“What do you mean Suho’s been compromised?! He’s Suho! He can’t be compromised!”   Chanyeol winced at the screech the flight user let out, holding the crystal ball in his hand after retrieving it from Luhan’s locked room. He was quickly walking back up to his room where his husband and their friends were still located while Xiumin stayed with the sleeping Kai and distressed king. He waited until he was inside his room again, fervently knocking on it to be let in so they didn’t use up Luhan’s energy more than necessary. The other three awake looked at him shocked seeing the crystal ball in his hand.   “Flames! Lu can’t keep this up!”   “I’m getting there, wings! I know it’s difficult right now!” Chanyeol yelled back, glaring into the ball into Kris’ eyes. “But there’s no other way to immediately communicate!”   “… Then how did you get in touch with them?” Baekhyun asked slowly, walking over to look into the ball as well. He scrunched up his nose at seeing the sweat covering Kris’ face. “Why are you all sweaty?” And then his eyes widened in excitement and joy. “Did you already do the do with him?!”   A shriek was heard before the ball was dropped and Tao and Sehun rolled their eyes at the question, Chanyeol’s eyes widening to see the images better and see if that’s the reason why they’re sweaty. They didn’t expect D.O. to pick up the crystal ball next. “You almost made Luhan pass out, Baek,” he commented dully even though they could see the spark of mischief in his eyes as well, “How’s Jongin?”   “He’s sleeping right now,” Chanyeol quickly responded back, adding in, “Don’t worry. He’s snoring though.”   “Ew.”   The others laughed before the ball was given to Kris again after composing himself. “Tell me Suho’s situation.”   Sehun, Tao, and Baekhyun looked to Chanyeol immediately, wondering how bad the situation actually is. The latter sighed tiredly, running his hand through his short hair. “Kai suggested Suho be transported to the dungeons in the original Land of Night.” His husband’s eyes widened at the words. “Suho tried to fight his way out, or the woman allowed him to come back partially, before he suddenly screamed due to pain until Kai cut off his airway to make him pass out.”   A solemn expression fell over Kris’ face at the words before they saw him look up and to the side of him. “Requesting for the dungeons is worse than the cellars.”   “Suho seemed to agree.”   “What did he do for them to suggest that?”   “Turn on the king and attack him.”   Suddenly, the images passing through the crystal ball became distorted, Chanyeol and Baekhyun squinting to try and see Kris on the other side. They heard as Kris whispered soothing words to Luhan, trying to get him calm again to focus his power into the crystal ball in his hand, and they gave him sad smiles. Kris saw and rolled his eyes at them.   “Lu is wondering how someone can turn on such a kind king. And he’s wearing out fast.”   “Then you should know we’re transporting Suho soon.”   “And possibly Amber as well,” Tao suddenly piped up, causing the strategist to look at him confused. He simply gave him a cute smile that hadn’t seemed to change over the years. He’d been practicing that look well. “Amber is apparently pregnant.”   The crystal balls from both ends fell to the floor as they all screeched out “What?!”   Somebody scrambled for the crystal ball the same time Baekhyun bent down to get it only to see D.O’s and Luhan’s faces in the screen. “She’s what now?!”   Baekhyun shrugged, not knowing if it was actually true. “Tao had a vision she was pregnant.”   “Since when?!” D.O. screamed out, causing the others around him and through the connection to flinch at the loud noise. They’ve never really heard the earth user scream so loud before even while Kai was still awake.   “Uh,” Baekhyun trailed off, unsure of how to answer that. He looked to Tao who shrugged as well. “Ask Henry?” he suddenly questioned, looking back to the ball to see D.O. looking over to the side as well as the connection starting to get fuzzy. “Is Luhan okay?”   Kris took the ball back, causing them to see Luhan leaning onto him heavily for support. Chanyeol worriedly looked at them, retrieving the crystal back as well. “Lu, you okay?”   “I’m fine,” the other responded back softly, trying to keep his eyes open despite the sweat and fatigue pulling at him now.   “He hasn’t had to work this hard in a long time.” D.O. commented next before Chanyeol spoke up again.   “Little master, I have a request before we cut the conversation.”   The earth user grabbed the ball back before looking into it confused. “What is it?”   “I need you to create an underground tunnel connecting the lands.”   Everybody looked at him wide-eyed and confused. “But that’d–” Sehun tried to say before his husband cut him off.   “I know,” Chanyeol solemnly said, giving him a brief half-hearted look, before looking back to a wide-eyed D.O, “But we need to ensure his safety, and consequently Amber’s if she goes with him. We need to have Suho constantly knocked out so the other telekinesis user won’t get to him and see where he currently is.”   “Then what about the king?”   Nobody knew how to answer that, so none of them did, silence falling between them as they tried to figure it out themselves. They knew Lay wouldn’t want to leave his calling alone for so long, but they needed him to stay and draw out the one telekinesis user pulling them apart so they can tear her down to shreds. They briefly wondered why Lay had it the most difficult out of all of them.   “He is the king,” Luhan suddenly spoke up, seeming to read their thoughts until he said the next part of his thought, “When Suho arrives, I can try and drive the other telekinesis user out. It is the least I can do to repay him for giving me life again.”   A fond smile made its way to Chanyeol’s face at the words. “How are you so like yourself again?” He chuckled as he shook his head, indicating that it was a rhetorical question. “If you are willing, little master, please provide the way.”   “I’ll get on it,” D.O. quietly said before he left the area, giving the ball back to Kris, “It’ll feel like constant little earthquakes when I’m close enough to you.”   “Thank you, little master,” Chanyeol called out before he lowered his voice to speak to Kris, “We were all affected by her except Kai and Lay, wings.”   Kris frowned at the information given, pulling Luhan close to him on the soft couch as he felt him slumping even more against him. He was covered in sweat, and he knew the elder was straining to keep the connection alive. “Why do you think?”   “Because Luhan invaded their minds previously.” The fire user then frowned, thinking about the situation some more. “Xiumin was able to move freely as well it looked like after a while but sooner than she actually allowed.”   Luhan opened an eye at the information before he reached out a hand and plopped it down on top of his crystal ball. “My terrible actions in the past saved some of you?”   Chanyeol and Kris smiled at the words, Tao, Sehun, and Baekhyun doing the same. The former nodded, looking to his best friend affectionately. “Rest up, Lu. We’ll need you again in the near future,” he shifted his gaze to Kris in the crystal ball, “Keep an eye on him and protect him. He might be the key to winning this drawn out battle.”   Suddenly, the line was cut and the crystal ball turned into a normal ball, being transparent enough to see his hand through it. Sehun looked from the object up to Chanyeol’s eyes, a small smile on his face at seeing the other’s lost look. “How was he able to do that in such a short amount of time?”   Chanyeol looked up from the object to him, chuckling as he scratched the back of his neck embarrassedly. “I ordered Jackie to transform into a fish and get a message over to the other land as soon as she could. It seemed like Eunji helped out Luhan and Kai a lot in the short time they were there.”   “She got there pretty fast as a fish,” Sehun commented back, still smiling softly at the other, and then it slowly faded away. “Is Suho really that compromised?” He frowned when his husband gave him an apologetic look before turning their attentions to the still sleeping Amber. He still couldn’t believe it. He wanted to see it for himself.   “Is she really pregnant?”   “I had a vision of her pregnant,” Tao softly answered back, looking towards their friend, “It is the first vision I have had since Luhan and Kai woke up. It must be important.” They watched as Baekhyun walked back over to Amber and sat on the edge of the bed, watching over her silently.   Chanyeol eyed each of his friends and then his husband, noting the slight furrow in his forehead, as he seemed to be thinking about something. He wondered if it was the same thing he was thinking about. “If she is pregnant,” he started off, watching as Sehun turned to face him as well, “That’d explain why her energy was so low that Lay needed to drain a bit more from her to actually make her go to sleep.”   “That would be reasonable,” Tao commented back before he heard shuffling behind him. He turned around to see Sehun dragging Chanyeol out of the room. “Make sure our king is okay?” he questioned quietly causing the other two to nod at him before locking the door behind them.   A few minutes of silence passed between the remaining men before Baekhyun finally spoke up, “Why would Amber being pregnant be so important?”   A frown graced Tao’s face as he walked over to him, putting a hand on Baekhyun’s shoulder before reaching around to gently grab Amber’s hand, watching as her lip twitched at the movement. He sighed as Baekhyun leaned onto his body. “I do not know.”   “Nothing’s going to happen to her, right?”   “She looked happy in the vision.”   Baekhyun smiled at that, reaching out to lightly flick Amber’s forehead to see if that’d wake her up. He laughed slightly. It didn’t. “Wake up, goofball,” he affectionately called out, “You’re worrying us to our graves.”   “It is true, extraordinaire,” Tao added on, shaking her hand a bit, “At least wake up soon to tell us you are okay.”   They waited patiently only for no response to come. They sighed at the lack of activity before Baekhyun got up from the bed and moved over to sit on the couch in the room, Tao following him after staring at Amber a bit longer. They stared at each other, Baekhyun looking up to his husband as they shared soft, unsure smiles.   As Tao sat down and raised an arm for Baekhyun to fall into his side, they didn’t know what was going to happen next. Their stronghold was falling apart one by one.   ...   Right when the line cut off, Kris immediately looked down to Luhan against his side, eyes closed and panting as sweat covered his entire body once again. He frowned, putting the crystal ball on the ground next to them before maneuvering their bodies so Luhan’s head was on his lap instead, the rest of his body laid out on the couch they were on top of.   After their spar with D.O, they were quick to get a message from Henry again, only to be confused to see Jackie with him as well. They were surprised when she had almost fainted from the exhaustion from swimming between the two lands even though she was in the form of a fish. It was only after D.O. had assured they were fine and for Henry to go back down to the stream that they received the message they needed to form a connection with the other land again. They were going to go up to the common room only for Jackie to break away from them to go back and talk to Henry next to the stream.   Kris was glad they were in the common room considering how exhausted his calling looked. He bit his lip as he continued to stare at him before running his fingers through the other’s hair gently. He didn’t know if he was awake or not. “Lu?” he questioned quietly, watching as Luhan tilted his head to the side and rubbed his cheek on his thigh, “Go to sleep.”   A deep sigh was heard and Kris immediately moved his other hand to Luhan’s chest, feeling his heart beating erratically as the latter tried to calm down. He didn’t know what to do in this situation. “Do you actually sleep?” he tried to ask quietly, thinking about all the times Luhan was the sole guard to the whole kingdom previously.   “Barely,” Luhan whispered back, shifting so his neck was in a more comfortable position.   Kris frowned at the actions before he nudged his calling so he could get up and grab a pillow from the other couch and place it on his lap. “Try that, Lu,” he softly said, watching as Luhan whined in the back of his throat before situating himself on his lap again and then sighed contently. He smiled at the sound. “Better?”   “Yeah.”   “Go sleep, Lu.” Kris tried again.   “But I can’t,” Luhan whined, opening his eyes up to stare at his calling tiredly, “I think I need noise to sleep.”   The flight user gave him a confused look before thinking about it. He guessed it made sense for the guard. He had to be extra careful with or without noise, but if there was an absence of it, it could lead to an eerie and sudden attack. “I could sing for you?” Kris questioned uncertainly, shifting his gaze down to see Luhan’s eyes glazed over. “Lu?” he murmured, concerned with the sudden change in appearance.   “I remember someone singing to me to help me sleep,” Luhan softly said, still seeming to be in a trance, “I can’t remember who though.”   A small prick could be felt in Kris’ heart at the words. He knew that person had to be the king. It couldn’t have been anyone else given his history. He smiled sadly at Luhan, continuing to run his fingers through his hair. He didn’t know what to say. He just waited for Luhan to snap out of his daze, waiting those few minutes until Luhan slowly blinked before shifting his gaze to meet his.   “Your voice is soothing to me though,” the telekinesis user admitted, “But I don’t want to connect you to whoever that is.”   Kris stilled in his movements, looking at Luhan surprised. “What?” he whispered out, watching as Luhan sluggishly rolled and fell to the floor before pushing himself to stand up. He flinched at the thud that resonated throughout the room before he was hoisted up from the couch. His brows furrowed in confusion as the crystal ball floated to nudge against his free hand and the pillow fell from his lap. He looked to the ball before grabbing it just as Luhan started to tiredly drag him out of the room. “What are you–”   “I want to see your room,” Luhan suddenly mumbled out, tips of