Welcome to the Voyage

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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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