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Damian had finished patching up (y/n), letting her free to see Will.
And after having to navigate through the Jupiter, she eventually found him. "Will."
Upset with the bandage on her head, Will gave her a worried look. "You're head doesn't hurt any more, does it?" He asked, carefully touch her head and tilting the injured side towards him.
"I'm fine now. And I'm really sorry about what Damian said. It was super uncalled for-"
"It's okay." Will interrupted with a sad smile. "He was kinda right. I ignored you when you said you wanted to go and got you hurt."
(y/n) frowned at the boy's words, taking the hands from her head to hold them with her own. "It's not your fault Will. You were just curious and I get that. Besides, this isn't the first time I've gotten hurt, I'll make it through."
The girls words were supposed to be of comfort, but it only made the boy's pit in his stomach grow. As did his desire to finally end things with the robots.
Will gave (y/n) a small smile. "I need to put Smith in the cryotube but I'll meet you when we launch."
The girl nodded and watched as he walked away before turning and heading to the hub. Unaware of the boy's clenched fist.
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The launch was beginning to prepare as all the kids buckled themselves up in the hub. (y/n) and Will sat next to each other with Liam on the other side of the boy.
He look towards the robot in the center. "A little late to bring this up, but why'd you have to fix the Jupiter's engine if we've got that? Seems like we'd be on Alpha Centauri in time for dinner if you switched it on."
As if robot heard Liam's words, he turned towards them and spoke out. "Danger."
"That machine rips open a hole in the fabric of space. We have to be in orbit to use it safely." Will told the boy.
"Well, by the sounds of it, getting into orbit is gonna be pretty dangerous too."
"Don't worry Liam, we have a very good captain." (y/n) smirked.
And by coincidence, Judy's voice came over the radio. "Launch commences in T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."
The ride was extremely bumpy, the lights were flicker off and the Jupiter was shaking. There were harsh turns every now and than, but with computer turned back on; they were able to make it out safely.
Will and (y/n) unbuckled the seat belts and jogged towards the cockpit. Having a look outside the glass was terrifying. The planet's chunk was more visible and it was much deeper than expected.
"What the hell happened down there?" Grant asked the kids.
"At first, we though maybe impact from one of the meteors but no meteor would be large enough to create that kind of destruction." Will said.
"Agreed."
(y/n) sighed and crossed her arms. "Which means that it wasn't a natural accident. Something else must've caused it."
"Than what did?" No one responded to the man's question. Not have an answer to the possibilities of what could have occurred.
The doors behind them opened as Judy walked in. "Okay, everyone. I don't wanna stay here longer than we need to. Will, can you make sure the robot's ready?"
"Yeah."
"And Penny and (y/n), can you check on the kids, please?"
"Sure." (y/n) agreed as she starting walking towards the door.
"Wait." Penny said. "Sorry, Will has one job and I have 97 jobs?"
"(y/n)'s there with you. Beside, you're better with the kids than he is." Judy grinned.
"Hey!" Will said offended.
"Sorry, it's just they're a little intimidated by you."
"Really?" Penny asked. "Have they met him?"
"Yeah, he's like a soft puppy." (y/n) teased the boy, causing his cheeks to turn pink.
"I am not!" He argued.
"Well, Will has a robot." Judy pointed out.
"Uh, well, Penny has a strong boyfriend."
"And which one of your boyfriends is the strong one again?" Will joked to his sister, causing Judy and (y/n) to let out a laugh.
The three started to leave the room when (y/n) gave Will a high five. Seeing this, Penny rolled her eyes and raised her arms dramatically. "Okay, I don't care for any of you."
"Next stop, Alpha Centauri." Judy yelled to them. Turning around, she walked to biological father's side. Copying his stance as they looked to the Fortuna.
"It was once the greatest ship ever built." The man told her. "Never even had a chance to complete her mission."
Judy hummed. "Well, she kept you and your crew alive."
Grant shook his head. "Life's not just about survival. It's about making a difference. So when you're all done, you can say, "I did that."."
"Look, about what happened earlier-"
"Happened. Past tense. No need to dwell on it. Let's just move on."
"Understood."
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Penny and (y/n) were attending to the other kids, preparing for when robot would open the portal to Alpha Centauri.
A pamphlet of the planet was spotted on the floor. Penny picked it up and looked to the little boy in front of her. "I though we said no loose items during flight."
"Sorry. It's just, my mom says if you ever get nervous, just stay focused on the goal."
"Well, then we're going to have to do a better job of tucking that in." Penny smiled, folding the paper and putting it in the pocket of his shirt.
Will watched his sister's softness and lightly smiled, remembering that family was his reason of ending things.
He turned back around and began to talk to robot. "When I was in the ruins, I recorded these sounds." He began to play one of the recordings. "I think it might be some kind of language, made by whoever built you. Do you know what it's saying?"
The dot's on robot's face began to scatter, but it seemed that robot didn't know what it was saying either. "Look, I know you don't remember much about the way you were before, but do you understand what I mean when I talk about programming. It's the way we tell a machine like a computer, what we want it to do."
"Yes, Will Robinson."
"So, what if these sounds are how they controlled the robots. And if so, maybe one could even stop them. or at least slow them down-"
"Hey, lazy butts." Penny called out to the two. "I would like to point out that (y/n) and I's 97 things are done, and your one thing still hasn't turned on the map."
"Sorry." Will apologized before speaking to the robot. "Go ahead. We'll have time to finish working on this problem on Alpha Centauri."
Robot followed his directions and walked towards the alien engine in the center of the room.
"What's the problem?" Penny asked her brother.
"Oh, nothing. It's a robot thing." Will waved off.
"Okay, don't pull t he robot card on me."
"I'm not. Since when did you get to be so nosy?"
"First of all, I've always been nosy. Second of all-"
"Hold on." Will interrupted his sister, moving his attention to robot, whose metallic chest began to flicker blue.
"What? What is he doing?" Penny asked him.
"His lights are turning on. Like in the ruins." Will told her.
"What's the hold up?" (y/n) walked towards the trio, noticing the glowing light emitting from robot. "Doesn't he do that when he's communicating with Scarecrow?"
"You think he's connecting to Scarecrow right now?" Penny asked them. "Mom. Dad, are you there?"
Robot lifted his right hand as his fingers twitched.
"Why isn't anybody answering?"
Will nor (y/n) were able to respond as robot lifted his other hand up to show the map. He began swiping to show the danger universe.
"Hey. What's talking so long?" Judy joined in, stopping when she notice the planets.
Vijay stood up from behind them and walked closer. "That's not Alpha Centauri, is it?"
Will confirmed his theory. "No, it's not."
"It's the danger universe." (y/n) whispered out. Only to be shocked when Robot abruptly raised his hand towards their faces, scaring the others.
"Robot, what are you doing?"
"Will, tell the robot to stop. That's not where we wanna go." Judy said to her brother.
"Wait." Vijay suddenly said. "Those are Jupiters. That's our parents." He pointed to a little ring of circle that was connected with metal and Jupiters.
Robot moved the map sideways to show another ship in the distance. "Danger. Family." He said in an almost broken up voice, causing Will's eyes to widen.
"Why would mom and dad show us this?" Penny asked.
"They're not." Will looked into the face of robot. "SAR is."
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