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Welcome aboard the Voyage!

Fasten your seat belts and Hold on to the Esoteric ride!

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PRESENT:

"Warning, Abnormal Altitude Collapse"

"Warning, Abnormal Altitude Collapse" the sirens of the Salvos buzz into a deep, red hued main

cabin carrying the four scientists on an exploration and humanity spread out mission.

The spaceship is about to crash land over the nearest Earth-like planet after it has passed through

the unknown gateway in Space-Time.

"We are going to die...I swear...we are!!" Taehyung’s boisterous scream fills the ears of the crew.

"Can you shut up for a second...Let us breathe!" Jungkook hisses holding onto his seat secured

with eight belts and pressure cushions.

"HOW CAN I SHUT UP...WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE...AYYYYYY!" Taehyung retorts with

a scream.

"I can't believe you guys are fighting at the exact instant when we are literally going to make the

impact upside down.... if you don't pull that damn lever Jungkook!" Yoongi cries quickly and

loudly.

"On it...!!" Jungkook pulls the lever for the ship which is taking a straight trajectory with the

cockpit on the nose pointed towards the center of the planet, diving right into it. Just a few seconds

before the impact, with enough lift created by the unusually thick atmosphere and the tilted

spaceship, belly facing the surface, Salvos touches down with a belly landing.

There's a huge dune of soil displaced just in front of the ship, that's accumulated over the glass

viewports of the ship, blocking the view of the planet. It's dark inside the ship, apart from the

blinking red lights from few sensor readings, on the sides. The blue, red, green lit dials of the

cockpit and the thin golden strips of light that run in various patterns lighting up the interior of the

ship. The cool air conditioning of ship feels much colder with the circumstance.

"Are we dead or alive??!...Somebody answer me!!" Taehyung is back at screaming his lungs out.

"Kim Tae hyung...why don't you answer that yourself.... DUMBHEAD!!" Jungkook answers

mockingly.

After panting for a few seconds Jimin opens his eyes while the ship stops buzzing warnings and

it's reached an utter silence and a suffocating darkness.

"We are alive sweetie...now everyone, disengage from the seat, and assemble at the strategy

station...NOW!!" Jimin demands, as soon as everyone finds their breath.

Taehyung is inhaling large volumes of air through his mouth, filling up his lungs as if it’s deprived

as he's slowly unbuckling his seat belt. There are eight of them, secured for the rough landing and

he can't find any strength in his arms as he holds the tight belt but fails to pull it off.

"Someone...please...ahhh...help..." Taehyung low breathy voice pleads. He's physically fine. He's

just in shock of this unprepared landing and this whole experience as such.

Jungkook stomps towards Taehyung murmuring something which Taehyung assumes are curses.

He bends over Taehyung's chest to find the clutches located below the seat, where they are locked

in, trying to press them open.

His face is at the crook of Taehyung's neck, resting there as he takes a few sharp breaths over his

skin while Taehyung is holding his breath with the closeness of Jungkook. Taehyung's own warm

exhaled air fanning Jungkook's neck who has enclosed him with his broad muscular body on both

sides.

Jungkook pulls out four of the tightly secured belts before he backs up and glares at Taehyung with

those eyes of disdain and parted lips.

"And they said Kim Taehyung is gonna help us in survival.... wow...if only he learns to verify

whether one is alive or not!" Jungkook scorns as he's turning to walk away.

"Thank you..." Taehyung whispers softly after Jungkook has already walked past him.

He's still in pain, not the one in the body, but mind. Everyone slowly assembles at the station,

dragging their feet and Yoongi pulling up a cold coffee from the cabin.

"Yoongi just needs cold coffee to survive...guess we can have all the food supplies to ourselves...!"

Jimin comments laughing.

Yoongi raises his eyebrows, sporting a thin smile.

"So guaayss...ahhh...so CONGRATULATIONS...WE ARE ALIVE!!" Taehyung bursts into a huge

smile and runs over to hug Jimin tightly. He hugs Yoongi too, who just pats on his back. Then he

stops at Jungkook.

"Baby bun...we are ALIVE....Wanna give me a hug?"

"In your dreams...tchhh!"

"We just survived a crash landing, aren't you even a bit thankful for your life…ahh.. Don't you

want to appreciate the people …why are you so.... I don't know...just give me a hug already!"

Taehyung pouts frowning as he accuses Jungkook, eyeing him with probing eyes.

"I told you guys; we don't need this drama queen on our ship...you all voted for him...now do you

see...the consequences...!" Jungkook jeers.

"Just give him a hug Jungkuvaa...he's a darling!" Jimin requests with a low voice.

Jungkook rolls his eyes as he extends his arms, quirking an eyebrow. Taehyung jumps over him,

hugging him burying his face into his shoulders and legs wrapping around his waist smoothly.

Jungkook carries him with his arms under his hips immediately putting up an awkward smile.

"Instead of doing all this...just say, you wanna get fucked and go..." Jungkook whispers into

Taehyung's ear, turning his head, his teeth almost gritting.

Taehyung scoffs a smile turning into a smirk. He retorts in a whisper from over his shoulder.

"Baby...I thought I lost the opportunity to torture you so soon...so early...but no... you are alive and

my mission prevails...!" Before Jungkook responds Taehyung turns his head to bite Jungkook's

earlobe and earning a loud gasp and gets dropped onto the floor. He stumbles before he regains his

balance and winks at Jungkook cheekily before facing the station.

“Hyungie... This guy even bites. Is he even a scientist...?”

Jungkook whines making a mad face. Taehyung rolls his eyes before he faces the other side to

analyze a few readings on the monitor fixed to the walls of the spaceship.

Jimin shrugs it away asking him to stop being so petty.

“So, first things first... Where are we??!” Yoongi asks, sipping his coffee unbothered.

“That's a great question Hyung... Only problem...I have no answer...” Jimin sighs.

"WHAT??! What about the celestial co-ordinates? Change it into galactic frame and check…

Don’t tell me, we are…" Jungkook is moving his fingers swiftly on the hologram, changing the

frame of the co-ordinate system, but it still flashes, "no data available."

"I told you guys...we are dead...!!" Taehyung sighs, whose back is facing the strategy station.

Jimin frowns at his statement.

"What do you mean?? We are all ghosts now? Everyone go and check your mass, who knows, if

we lost 2 grams?!" Yoongi cackles, shrugging his shoulder lightly sipping more of his coffee.

"NO... what I mean is, our vitals...they are not being recorded.... nothing at all!!" Taehyung

clarifies. As he eyes between the members and the monitor.

Jungkook whips his head, narrowing his eyes on the screen that should radiate with red and blue

waveforms but has a thin straight line at the zero point of it, lifeless.

"Change the amplitude...!" Jungkook orders.

"What...which one?!"

"Heartbeat, metabolism...energy decay...everything...change the amplitude!!" Taehyung follows

his instruction changing it until he magnifies it a thousand times, still, he can't find the waveform!

"Wait...what I meant was, change the frequency...I am sorry..." Jungkook corrects himself as he

finds amplitude change wasn't showing any changes in the waveform.

"Ohhk... on it!" Taehyung changes the frequency and within a few knob twists, the waveform is

showing up. With a few more twists, the waveform is finally back, but frequency highly reduced.

"Thought you were a scientist.... can’t you even decide for yourself...what you need to do??!"

Jungkook questions with a raised eyebrow and crossed arms.

"See...baby bun...I am in a bit of haze.... I will be alright and I will be more useful than you can

imagine. So please, spare me...Also... (Taehyung huffs) You know what this means right??!"

"What??!"

"Our metabolism...it's not reduced, we are talking, walking and doing everything in the same

way...it's the time...which is changed...We all need to add a clock of this planet to the

system...Yoongi hyung, please do it as fast as you can. Jimin, let's strategize, shall we?"

"Yeah guys, now that we know, there's several scales of time we are missing out in real

life...although it doesn't matter, because who knows...maybe we start a civilization over

here...so...ahmm.... See, we are all scientists here and I am not definitely the one to go by the book.

So, instead of wasting our time by following the handbook procedure, we need to start exploring."

"Yes...you are right...those are for the noobs. Now, shall we?" Jungkook is off to press down the

handle for the opening of the shields."

"Well AFTER ENSURING SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR HOMO SAPIENS" Taehyung stops

him with his warning.

"Are you fucking insane?? We need at least half an hour of our clock to run the spectroscopic

analysis of the atmosphere and the gravitational field intensity. Till then go do your pull up

thingy...or make me a smoothie...hmm" Taehyung waves his arms shooing him away from the

handle.

Jungkook scoffs at his own ridiculous move. He can't give Taehyung such clear reasons to look

down upon him.

"Kid...take it easy.... we are gonna have fun soon...trust me...I am going to incorporate the mind of

the ship into a single system so when we travel...we can operate and beckon it every time."

"That's genius!!" Jimin coos with a shy smile. Yoongi smirks, not even sparing a glance as he

breaks into a nonchalant shrug working magic with his fingers. Jimin goes to lean beside Yoongi,

trying to understand what he's up to, eyes straining due to the blue holograms flashing in the air.

Yoongi looks so hot like this, working calmly and being a freaking genius. If only he gives a damn

to the surroundings and finds a person dying to get his attention.

"I am gonna go check the damage on the thrusters and body then.... the smoothie is available in the

fridge so go and take it on your own!!" Jungkook snarls at Taehyung before departing to the

backside of the ship.

Taehyung hisses at Jungkook before he's back at the strategy station with Jimin studying the

analysis. The ship is running on an advanced artificial system that has been developed in the last

hundred years after the fourth technological revolution. It has already started the required studies

within a few seconds of the touchdown.

"How's it going? I see...the composition is.... OHHHH..." Taehyung rests an index finger on his

chin as he's inspecting the results.

"That's too much oxygen.... something like a few million years after the Great Oxidation event of

the Earth...but let's wait...although it's safe as per say...we would be better with less oxygen as

such...Jimin, refill the tanks with oxygen as much as you can!!"

"Oh, it's already happening... This spaceship does all of it itself...I know you haven't got much time

to learn upon the operations, it just does whatever is spoken to it...Like..."

"Hey Salvos, reduce the temperature by 4 degrees!!" Taehyung jumps with a gasp from his

position as a huge rush of air hits his ankles at the bottom, cold air instantly filling up the place and

it's colder within a few seconds.

"Wow....this is quite impressive...I am…. oh...Salvos, show me the processed atmospheric

composition details!!"

"The compositional results are as follows...Oxygen---"

Taehyung cuts off the machine, " Just don't say it.... show it...!" The machine stops it's reading and

goes into silence, flashing a beautiful graph for him. Taehyung leans into it and he studies it more

carefully. He is sighing here and there taking notes.

Taehyung is a fast learner. He's a genius in his own field, although he is a bit loud and expressive.

He deals with plants and astrobiology and bioastronautics in general. It took him a few seconds to

get the cue of various systems. He wasn't chosen by Jimin and Yoongi for nothing. Although

Jungkook being an utterly petty scientist voted against him for the Salvos crew. But Taehyung is

on board anyways.

"Thank you for reducing the temperature..." Yoongi asserts in a low voice with a soft smile to

Jimin who's resting his head over Yoongi's shoulders casually.

No, Yoongi isn't an oblivious one. He just doesn't want to acknowledge it with words. He feels no

need when his actions are as clear as day. Jimin is the oblivious one as ironic as it sounds. He feels

Yoongi is not reciprocating his feelings or even the fondness.

The way he doesn't even spare Jimin a glance from the instant they are aboard the spaceship, that

is the only logical conclusion. That's the problem with scientists, you need evidence for the theory

and no evidence is equivalent to just having a speculation. Jimin's mind couldn't handle just the

speculations his heart did. He needs proof, a tangible one more precisely. Yeah, they are all the

same breed of people. You can't get them out of the utter rational thinking that didn't have space

for emotional 'speculations'.

"Of course, your system was heating up.... it’s better to not pressurize the mainframe instead cabin

cooling is more effective." Jimin remarks calmly, their conversation only audibles to themselves.

Taehyung claps quickly in tiny as if he's found something but furrows his brows instantly.

"I should say, even after losing the coordinates. I can't believe we ended up on an Earth like

planet...that system recognized...but it's failing now…it doesn't make sense." Taehyung's frown

deepens.

"There might be many reasons why the coordinate system fucked up but honestly it's fine, I

checked it and I am clueless too!" Yoongi adds.

"Where ARE we??!" Jimin whines stomping his feet.

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"Wait from what I learnt...the ship chooses the planet from the database right, of the mapped earth

like planets... and their coordinates??!" Taehyung inquires.

"Yes...but there's an extra mechanism for situations like these...sometimes the heat signature and

the magnetic field mapping is used to determine the habitable planets close by.... I guess maybe

that's why we could land here...!" Jimin offers.

"Hmm..." Taehyung's still thinking greatly.

"I think it's the second case then...because this planet is just PERFECT...it's gravity almost 89% of

earth's, Oxygen is around thirty five percent, don't worry, it won’t lead to oxygen toxicity, we can

burn few woods...there's a lot of thermal signature of natural vegetation, prominent magnetism, but

are quadrupole rather than dipole so we might face few storms randomly...I mean, before we figure

out the winds... and natural radiation levels are quite low. Since we are around a K type star, we

are good to explore...!" Taehyung quickly reports in a deep loud voice.

"Copy that..." Jimin orders.

"Baby bun...what's your status?" Taehyungs speaks into the mic connected to the whole spaceship.

"The fuel engine is damaged and needs repair, in fact we need a lot more fuel if you wish to fly.

The main nozzle, it's torn to pieces at places, there are holes 1cm to 10cm long. And the excess

oxygen will oxidize the exposed parts real quickly if we don't start moving and start the repair.

Actually...we just can't...we don't have the material...I am disconnecting the nozzle to reduce the

weight of the ship...!"

"No, don’t...ten people can sleep inside that...you don't know when it would be useful...keep it...!"

Taehyung butts in.

"Ahhhhh...it's Fucking useless, it's toxic Kim Tae hyung...you can't use it as an umbrella or a pipe

as you assume it to be!! So... release procedure activating in 3...2...1..." There's a huge sound of a

metal hitting the ground that sends a wave of shock through the ship itself rippled through the

ground. The gigantic nozzle is detached as it falls and rolls over the ground, a few meters away.

The ship has been designed to operate independently with each of its components. The storage

room, the data room, the living room and the controls room with the mainframe are all secured

with redundancy systems independently. The different parts of the ship can be detached and be

converted into a furnished working house on a planet.

The ship can still be used for cruising through a planet but can't lift off out of planet anymore as

that requires high ****** forces. This meant only one thing, they are stuck on this planet forever

with the current technology they are possessing.

Taehyung sighs defeated.

"Ohhk…so guys, I am ready with the strategy...Jungkook over to the station quick!!" Jimin orders.

"I am done...now everything is controlled by this tiny device...which I am placing inside this water

and bullet proof case but can be accessed anyway... " Yoongi carries out the procedure as he places

a tablet-like thing into a four inches thick box that is radiation, water, ice and shock wave resistant.

"There..." Yoongi smirks in victory as he holds up with a triumphant expression only for it to be

snatched by Jungkook who examines it turning it around.

"Now...I carry it...!" he declares.

"Of course, kid...you carry it…!" Yoongi flashes his gummy smile which radiates happiness.

Taehyung glares at him with disgust. How utterly ungrateful he was for all the work Yoongi

apparently did and took it into his hands as if it's his.

"WHAT? I am the captain of this ship if you forgot already!!" Jungkook smirks with questioning

eyes.

"Of course, captain..." Taehyung flashes his teeth in an awkward manner. Damn Jungkook's

immense confidence, he looks so hot with that adding to his charms.

"Jimin… briefing...please!"

"Yes Captain. Salvos, Day 1, planet Moira, we landed around 34 minutes ago, Critical damages

include main engine nozzle, fuel tank and front shield covered with dust. No clear visuals of the

planet. Habitable environment confirmed. Solar shields are up and efficiency remains at seventy

percent. Copy that.

We are going to do our first walk on the planet Moira in a few minutes. The missions for the day

include, cleaning up the front glass shield, finding a place as a habitat that can reduce the

dependency on the ship. Find a water source as soon as possible along with identification of

plausible food resources. Copy that."

"That's a lot to do for the day!!" Yoongi sighs exasperated.

"Why did you name the planet Moira...?!" Taehyung asks amusedly with widened eyes.

"That's for you to find out...darling!" Jungkook gloats over Taehyung's cluelessness.

"Aren't you such an asshole Bunny??!" Taehyung retorts.

"Guys...we need to work together...ok...both of you will go look for water and food sources if there

are any and also carry a radiation meter with you!! Yoongi and I will clean up the ship...hmm...all

clear...!!"

"Yeah yeah...get to work guys...the sooner we start, the faster we finish! Darling, get a

spectrometer; you are not going to sniff water for god’s sake!!" Jungkook orders Taehyung.

"I was getting it anyway. I would like to put it out to Salvos and the crew that I am not at all

comfortable with the endearment of “darling” even if you wanna **** me hard...."

"Are you done darling??" Jungkook deadpans but has already pulled the lever, so before Taehyung

retorts, the shield is already opening up, with a huge siren giving the first clear visuals of the

planet. They are in the transfer zone where the vehicle and the surroundings are connected through

a passage which shuts on one side and opens on another to prevent any contamination.

They are all wearing the head gear with smallest oxygen tank, until it's deemed to be really safe for

breathing. Jungkook steps down the ramp first as he steps his foot over the planet's soil for the first

time. A victorious smile curls upon his lips as he looks ahead towards the lush green vegetation

shining in all its glory, a sight for the sore eyes.

The smile falters within seconds as a huge gust of wind reaches their ears, it's amplitude steadily

increasing. It was coming closer, faster.

"Everyone, back to the ship...all shields close in 30 seconds." Jimin and Yoongi who are still at the

beginning of the ramp run inside along with Taehyung and Jungkook securing into the main deck

and strapping themselves to the seat as they wait for the impact.

"Salvos...what are the stats?" Jungkook screams.

"It's the storms I was talking about...!" Jimin cries.

"Tornado, negative pressure of nine hundred hectopascals...impact in 23 seconds, velocity of

300km/hr." Salvos replies.

"We are gonna die...!!"

"Ohh…for god’s sake Taehyung...this ship can resist until 1000 hectopascal.... it’s just gonna cross

us and... " the impact has already started making Jungkook's voice die in between the loud

warnings.

The main frame buzzer blows into life again as the ship is again painted in deep red, signifying the

panic the crew is going through.

"Hold TIGHT EVERYONE!" Jungkook cries one last time before the eye impacts them and they

can feel that they are floating, their ship is lifted for a few seconds, but it hits the ground after

twelve seconds with a loud thud.

Taehyung's eyes widen as he gulps at the sight in front of them. Everyone is catching their breaths,

huffing, as they slowly open their eyes.

"Guys...GUYS...LOOK AT THAT..." Taehyung breathily shrieking as he points his hand towards

the front shield whose glass is cleared of the dirt with the Tornado weathering it away. As the

colloidal dust settles, a sight that stops everyone's breath comes into sight.

"Impossible...." Jungkook whispers which rings loudly in the utter silence that ensues after the

passing of the tornado.

"Technically... you know it's just the probability is minute...not that..." Taehyung starts to tease

Jungkook with his deep voice, but he cuts him off.

"I know...I freaking know...but this is...." Jungkook takes a deep breath.

A few moments of silence follow.

"Baby bun...wanna go on an adventure with me?" Taehyung breathily asks in excitement but more

as a joke.

"This may surprise you darling...but YES!!" Jungkook answers exhilarated, devouring the vision in

front of him.

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