star spangled

 Roy had made the quick decision to stay on the alien planet as some sort of inexperienced recon. His friends all wanted to go play intergalactic warrior, but Roy was more than content to stay at home, a few monitors and a headset supplied to him. He was pretty good at this, considering he has gotten no calls at all so far. Maybe he should consider a career in stuff like this. Get a cool name like..prophet. Roy was snapped out of his thoughts when a broken up message came over his headset. 

“DAMN IT!” Courtney said when her communicator fell to the ground. She was just starting to roll her eyes at herself for being so clumsy when she felt it again: the earth was freaking shaking! She picked up the headset and tried to say it calmly, although she was certain her voice was as steady as the ground below her.

Kalix heard when the door was pushed open, not leaving his seat for a few seconds as he finished taking notes of a new species of plant he had found some days ago. His favorite part of being a botanist was that Meraviglia had too much flora to study and he could keep himself busy all the time. “I wouldn’t touch that one. Beautiful, but highly toxic.” Said when he walked towards the person, a possible client or maybe just someone who wanted to see the plant sanctuary. “Can I help you with something?”

“Right. Toxic plants. What’s the point anyway.” Court chuckled a bit and sat beside the boy, smiling a little at him. “Nope. You already warned me about the deadly flower, what else could I ever ask of you?”

Raven was astonished when the Queen’s broadcasted that a neighboring planet was suffering due to what had happened with the Queens and Krunul. Being a hero she was quite used to things like people picking someone else to pay for your mistakes. But the fact of the matter is that something this serious and planned could’ve happened so close to their new home worried her. Instead of volunteering though she chooses to stay behind just in case. the People of Mera were able to hold their own so long as a choice few stayed behind to protect them. She sighed looking up at the sky as she did normally when thinking of the people who’d taken off no so long ago. “Do you think they will be okay?” she whispered to the person next to her.

Courtney fought the urge to shrug and looked down instead. She sighed before looking at the other. “I honestly don’t know. This is just crazy. Before all this I never thought I’d die because someone snapped their fingers, but then here I am.” It didn’t take long before she realized she’d said a little too much. “Sorry. I tend to keep talking when I’m nervous. What are we supposed to do here anyway?”