QT: Against My Will-Chapter 632 - 12.12 - Little Mascot - Interstellar Voyage

Juliet and Laura were still just rookie pilots. Eventually, their spacecraft ended up getting completely destroyed.

Laura quickly hid inside Juliet’s space ring, where she entered her own space. She plopped on the couch, sighing, "I need a therapist, seriously, I need a therapist!"

Juliet picked up Laura’s knife, and flew inside the enemy ship to look for the lost voodoo doll.

"We are running out of time," Shina informed, "If you don’t find a way back in fifteen minutes, I’ll deploy someone to pick you up."

Stealthily, Juliet approached the nearest spacecraft only to discover that they were all DNA locked, designed to respond only to the specific genetic code of the enemy crew.

Her sharp eyes scanned for an opportunity. It wasn’t long before she spotted an isolated enemy soldier that was running away from a tiny voodoo doll, unaware of her presence.

Silently, she crept up behind him and in one swift calculated movement, Juliet struck.

With the soldier subdued, Juliet quickly dragged him to the nearest enemy spacecraft. Positioning the soldier’s hand on the DNA scanner, she held her breath, hoping her plan would work.

"Mommy, mommy!" Aunty! Wait for Stinky Bun! The voodoo doll trotted in her direction, waving its fabric hands, "Mommy, Boom, Pew!" Mommy said this ship is going to blow up, so we need to return with the other auntie immediately!

The boy completely forgot he was supposed to protect the aunties and wandered off to play tag with the other party, forcing his mommy to remind him of his task.

Juliet couldn’t help but pause as she summoned Laura. The doll seemed to have evaded the chaos and found its way back to them.

"Are you kidding me?! Another ship?" Laura quickly boarded the spacecraft, her heart racing as she familiarized herself with another set of alien controls. It was an unfamiliar territory again, but she was a fast learner, and her adaptability was one of her greatest strengths.

Laura’s gaze shifted from the spacecraft being prepped for departure to Juliet, and then to the knocked out soldier, "How quick can you learn something by watching others do it?"

Juliet understood the implication, "Fast enough," she replied and disappeared on the spot. Changing into a wisp of wind, she picked up the fabric doll and moved toward the departing spacecraft.

Laura seated the knocked out soldier into the seat and tied his hands around the steering wheel. Now, she had to find a way to operate this ship with this guy still connected to it.

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Douglas let out a sharp whistle the moment Laura and Juliet stepped onto the hangar deck. "Now that’s what I call making an entrance."

Orion stepped forward, clapping them both on the back in a brotherly manner. "Outstanding work, you two."

The rest of the team gathered around, congratulating Laura and Juliet on the successful mission.

Shina told them to offer little handshakes and salutes to the MVP of this mission — the voodoo doll — too. Everyone complied, except for Douglas, who decided to salute it from a huge distance.

"What is this?" Liam asked, shaking a hand with the creepy little thing.

"My baby boy," Shina responded, picking up her son after he received a bit of praise from everyone.

The voodoo doll shook its arms around, "Mommy, mommy!" Stinky Bun was able to tag two hundred and thirty two people!

"So many?!" Shina exclaimed proudly, "You must be very exhausted now," she said, "Time to return home and take a rest."

"Mommy, mommy." The voodoo doll settled on her palm, looking content and seemingly ready for a well-deserved rest.

"..." The alien crew, once doubtful and apprehensive, looked on with a newfound respect and perhaps a hint of fear. They had expected Shina to utilize her entire team’s force for a full-scale assault similar to how she did to them. But instead, she only deployed two members of her team and a little mascot!

"You are back!" Laura jumped onto Aria’s back, drilling her fist into the other girl’s helmet, "How did it feel to get possessed, huh?"

"Scary. I’m afraid it might happen at any time again," Aria looked warily at the alien crew, "Some of them can even get access to your memories and alter them. What if they got access to something important?"

"Didn’t our lady teach us how to make up some fake memories and also how to take control of our dreams? No matter what they got, they wouldn’t be able to tell what’s fake and what’s real." Laura hummed, her eyes studying her surroundings, "I wonder if someone can currently read our thoughts."

"I wouldn’t be surprised," Aria muttered. Their lady had been scaring them left and right about this, and they got quite paranoid in response, "Do you know what our lady just did? She let those creatures push our guys through the same mind control thing like me. Whoever could overcome the mind control in a minute will receive a prize from her later."

"What?!" Laura exclaimed, "Did someone pass?" She wanted a prize too!

Aria glanced at three of their members, "Henry, Alain, and probably Liam."

"Probably Liam?" Laura scrunched her brows.

"Mm, you know how he always likes to act, right? Instead of going completely hammock like the rest, he became a worse version of the ’usual’ him." Aria described their shameless asshole of a teammate who tried to provoke their Lady into a fight, acting as if he was strong like a mighty god and Shina a mere peasant.

Both girls followed their team towards the wormhole generator, relaxing a bit after Shina had created some sort of an alliance with the alien crew.

The alien crew tried to identify their language and used a translator to pass a message in a most similar language. They explained that after activating the wormhole, the spaceship would need time to recuperate and regenerate its power supply. Their mobility and options for quick escape would be limited.

This meant that Shina’s team and the alien crew would have to remain in the same destination until the ship’s energy reserves were replenished.

Thinking how she would need a knowledgeable guide for this trip, Shina agreed to the partnership.

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The wormhole looked like a tunnel with swirling colors like blue and purple.

When the spaceship entered it, everything outside turned blurry and strange. Inside, it felt weird, as if time and space got mixed up. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The trip through the wormhole was very fast. The vessel came out far away in a different part of space, having traveled many light-years in just a moment.