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build-up. It’s like crying. You cry when you’re sad and not whenever you want to. The same way, you can use these kinds of powers only when there’s a certain level of emotion flowing through your body.”
    “So what’s with the chanting? Magic?” Q asked. To him, the whole chanting thing looked too fantasy-like and not futuristic enough.
    “In a way, yes. We’re using our life energy and emotions as powers. We train ourselves to unlock these powers with a certain codeword. My codeword for this power is Adoris. I can stop all movements of a particular object. In simple terms I can freeze it,” Carlos said.
    So thanks to Carlos, instead of falling to their doom, they were floating like paper in the air. They floated all the way down and landed softly on the surface.
    Kai immediately put on the standard issue armor, which conveniently double-functioned as a space suit, and ran out of the ship.
    They all took reserve suits from the pit and got out of the ship. Q realized that these suits had an inbuilt helmet as well.
    Kai was running around the Atlas furiously, mumbling something in between. He was completely focused on fixing the ship.
    Q heard a crackle inside his helmet. “I’m going off to help Kai” he heard Carlos’ voice say.
    Q realized that the suits acted as communicators as well. He looked around himself. The planet’s terrain was peppered with rocks. The surface was sheer rock and the landforms that Q could identify were pointy rocks that grew out of the surface. The whole place was a barren wasteland. There seemed to be no sign of life.
    It looked like Taylor was already a step ahead of Q. She had already walked over to a huge crater about a hundred meters away.
    “Taylor! Wait up,” Q said on the intercom. No reply.
    “That’s odd,” Q muttered to himself. “Taylor never ignores another person.”
    Maybe her armor was defective.
    Not a good sign.
    Q ran behind her. Well you could say ran. But Q was floating like a balloon since the planet’s gravity was apparently very weak. . Taylor on the other hand was walking normally.
    Q wondered how she was able to do that. His top priority was to get to Taylor but it seemed like she was moving away from him. Something seemed wrong to Q. He needed another plan.
    He ran back to the Atlas. He searched for Carlos and Kai, but they were nowhere to be seen.
    “Carlos! Kai! You guys here?” he said on the intercom. The only reply he got was a bunch of static.
    Q ran to the hangar in the Atlas. He’d seen a rover in there. He was sure he could use that to catch up with her.
    How hard could driving a rover be, he thought.
    He started the rover. The hangar door opened up and a platform extended towards the ground. Q rode the rover down the sloping platform to the rocky surface of the planet. He couldn't hear the engine because of the lack of air. He stepped on the accelerator and the rover rolled forward.
    His idea was working out quite well. He was able to regain sight of Taylor in a few minutes. She seemed to be following something. Q looked closer. He couldn’t make out what it was but it closely resembled a fly. A giant one!
    “Taylor! Taylor! Are you there?” He yelled into the intercom. She didn’t seem to hear him.
    The rover brought him closer to her. It was only when he got to her could he actually see what was really going on.
    There was a huge insect and it was carrying her!
    There was one more insect that was prancing around her. It was only because she was flying that she moved faster and that’s why Q did not see her float up in the air.
    The insects were completely grey in color and closely resembled bees. Their wings though remained invisible. Q wondered if it was because they were moving their wings at a very high speed. They had large black eyes. Q could see sharp teeth protruding from their mouth.
    He didn’t know what the insects wanted with Taylor but he was pretty sure that it involved the words ‘dinner’ and ‘menu’.
    Not