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"It's time, (Y/N)!" Quinn calls, giving the door to your room a few, quick knocks.
You have just proceeded putting on a newly clean suit. "Coming!" You reply, half-regretting you had agreed to go on this mission.
You hurry out of your room and run down the long, luminous corridor to catch up with the others - Quinn, Gary and Little Cato -, ending up between the two males.
"Huh, there you are," Gary says in relief and laughs. "You know, for a second there, I thought you had changed your mind."
"Oh no no," you assure, a little out of breath from all the stress you had gone through the past few minutes. "I just had a hard time finding one of my gloves for some reason."
"Oh, I see. I've been there myself," the blonde tells you in a dramatically low voice. "It's more of a pain than it seems..."
Just then, KVN joins the walking group, swinging out of a nearby room. "Heyyy guys! Don't worry, KVN is still going!" He declares in his own ever joyous way, whirling around in the air before lowering himself to have his arms around you and Gary's shoulders.
"Hey KVN," you can't help but greet him with a smile.
"Talk about pain..." Gary mutters grumpily, scowling in the robot's direction. "Don't make me regret that you're going too!" He snaps and tries desperately to pry the unwanted arm off of him.
KVN giggles and lets go of the two of you.
"Hey. (Y/N)," Little Cato, who is already wearing his dark gray helmet, tries to get your attention. "I've got your guns," he says, handing you two simple, red guns.
Weapons are only given to you when it's necessary, and even then, the ones you get are always tiny and rather harmless compared to the others' bigger and more advanced firearms. Knowing your place, you don't mind. You know that you are much better at flying a spacecraft than shooting during fights. It's for the best.
"Oh, right, I forgot all about those!" You take the two small guns and fasten them to your belt. "Thank you!"
"No problem."
You all come to a stop before a giant doorway at the back of the ship.
"We will be in an optimal position soon. Get ready to jump in 30 seconds," HUE announces over the speakers.
You feel your nervousness increase, your heart beating faster and your palms getting sweaty underneath the gloves.
Normally, you are on one of the smaller spaceships whenever you leave the Galaxy One. This is your first time jumping into space, only having a helmet to protect you from the intimidating, oxygenless vacuum surrounding you.
"Yes! Let's do this!" Gary exclaims, his body language expressing his excitement just as much as his words.
"Gary," Quinn turns to look at him sternly with her hands on her hips. "Could you stay focused this time?"
"I am focused!" He guarantees, though, he doesn't appear to convince her.
You put on your helmets and are about to do the same thing with one of the jetpacks hanging on the wall when you discover that there are only three of them.
"I guess one of us will have to stay here?" Little Cato implies uncertainly.
"Uh, I'll just do that," you are quick to suggest, raising a hand.
After all, you have never done this before. It's probably best to leave it to the professionals.
However, Quinn doesn't seem to give up just yet. "No, we'll just..." She begins, frowning and bringing a hand to her chin in thought.
"I've got an idea!" KVN blurts out. "I'll just carry (Y/N)," he goes over to you and places a hand on your shoulder while pointing the other at himself.
"I guess that'd work," Quinn says, less worried, and looks at you with a little smile. "Would you be okay with that?"
You glance at the robot hovering next to you and smile. "Sure."
KVN giggles and goes right behind you. "This'll be fun."
"Time to jump in 10, 9, 8..." As HUE starts the countdown, you are breathing heavily in an attempt to calm your nerves.
The robot seems to notice that. "Everything all right?" He asks.
You chuckle shakily. "Yeah. J-Just a little nervous, is all."
"Heey," KVN says softly, placing both hands on your tense shoulders, stroking them in reassurance. "It'll be okay. You have nothing to worry about. I gotcha," he wraps his arms tightly around your torso. "I promise."
Before you can answer him, the gray metal door opens in front of you, and HUE reaches the last number: "1."
"Now!" Gary yells, and everyone leaps into the cold, starry darkness of space.
You feel a rush of adrenaline travel through your body as you are abruptly lifted from the ground, and you gasp, squeezing your eyes shut.
When you open them again, you are met by the sight of the vibrant, green planet, towards which you are heading, as well as your teammates surrounding you. You look down to see that KVN still has his arms around you.
He tightens his grip on you. "See? Gotcha."
You feel as safe in the robot's strong arms as you would in the secure restraints of a roller coaster, and a fond smile spreads on your face. You reach your hands up to hold onto him.
"Thank you, KVN."
"You're so welcome."
Your heart is still beating rapidly, and you are faintly aware that it's not entirely from jumping into space anymore.
"We're gonna get 'em so hard!" Little Cato cries to your right.
"Yeah, woohoo! Go Team Squad!" Gary cheers next to the small Ventrexian.
KVN laughs excitedly and picks up speed, flying closer to the others. "(Y/N) and KVN for the win! Hooray!"