Arc of the Souls Chapter 7: Arc 1, Chapter 7 - Dangerous Liaisons

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“Hey! We’re approaching Testharia.” A person yelled out in the shuttle, ceasing the auto-pilot command as they exited lightspeed travel in the next minute. This shuttle was part of the Soul-Core and property of the Star Gazers Squad. They had set course to Testharia in order to negotiate an alliance with the Mobilizers of Testharia. However, to their unexpected liking... They did not know that they already made an alliance with Dark Intrinium. “Finally... it’s been hours sat in this tiny ship.” Mikael sat upwards in his chair, taking his helmet off the armrest and cleaning the inside, ready to put it on any second. “Tiny, or are you just big?” The loud-mouthed individual spoke back to Mikael, smirking as he said so. Mikael turned his head to the person sitting down at the controls. He had a red t-shirt with a white cape. He wore a white jacket on top of that. It wasn't just any kind of casual clothing, but if you looked clearly, you would think he was playing superhero. He was the captain of the Star Gazers Squad. The captain wanted to say something to Mikael, before turning his head to a lone girl taking a nap on a small mattress. “Hey, sleepyhead! Wake up, we’re close!” The girl yawned, standing up quickly. She napped for a good 5 hours, which would really be enough to count it as a good night’s sleep. “Uff...” With a little moan, she opened her eyes, stretching her arms. “Orders from the General. We’re to try and secure an alliance with the Mobilizers of Testharia. Should be a piece of cake since we look presentable, rite?” “Ughg... I just... wanted to sleep more. Do we really have to...?” Mikael got annoyed by the girl’s slothful demeanour and quickly shut her down. “It’s not our fault that you didn’t get any sleep before we departed the Space Station, Nanasu.” Nanasu pouted. “Yeah, because you didn’t give me time to sleep!” The captain clapped his hands, smirking. “It’ll be fine! Just as long as we remember our squad dance, right? Right?” Mikael and Nanasu stared intensely at the captain, clearly ready to flame him for his ‘stupid’ recommendation to dance in front of the Great Kamisword. Nanasu specifically stared at him with a very annoyed look. “We’re not doing that.” However, the captain just smirked. “Captain’s orders! Can’t deny!’ Nanasu took a deep breath, inhaling and exhaling a couple more times, before stretching her arms and legs again. “Right...” The very thought of treading into unfamiliar territory wouldn’t be a good one, so she slapped her cheeks to be on high alert from the get go. You never know if you’re going to get attacked, despite Testharia being a peaceful planet. “Huaghghghg... I hate this...” She yawned again. The shuttle exited lightspeed, appearing right before Testharia. But something was wrong. “Woah...” The captain immediately noticed the Soul Energy trail the Dankasho intruder left off. “What happened there?” “I don’t know... the news channels have been very restrained in releasing information, especially with less public planets like Testharia.” Mikael added. The moon of Testharia – Dankasho, felt and looked different lately. It had fewer lights as it was in a state of emergency. The military base was left partially destroyed and was to be rebuilt immediately. Zephite City was closed off from the neighbouring cities and towns to keep any kind of criminal activity away from the city. And lastly, no one had permission to go in and out of Dankasho, even their own residents. The shuttle approached the exosphere of Testharia and immediately fell under the radio signal zones. If they tried anything that was hostile, they would be taken down the second after. “Hmm...” The captain slowed the shuttle down. There was a huge laser encircling the planet, meant to control traffic of incoming and outcoming aircrafts. Every foreign ship was subjected to this, as they had to register themselves before entering the exosphere. “Hey, did we even tell the government we were coming?” Mikael asked. “Looks like we