1 Planet Ipra

A lone ship crashes on the surface of the frozen planet of Ipra during a blizzard storm. The planet's cycles are different than any other planet; this planet only has two months of daylight, four months of night, and two more months with both day and night. The planet has a red sun and three moons. However, the space pilot was very fortunate that they crash-landed at the beginning of the two months of daylight. The strong wind and snow hit against the ship as the windows began to frost over.

The pilot wore a black full-body suit with black boots and a white house of El symbol on the chest, and she also wore a black helmet with a black visor. The pilot softly sighed as she first looked back to make sure the pod was ok, and when she saw that the pod was ok, she was relieved. She looked at the seat next to her and stared at the highly advanced android named Aurora.

The android has blonde hair in an extended pixie cut. Her eyes are crystal blue, and her skin is slightly tan, with circuit lines on her arms and small circuit lines at the corner of her eyes. She also wore a full black bodysuit with black boots, the house of El symbol on the chest; however, she wasn't wearing a helmet.

" So what was that about? It should be an easy landing Sennilia, don't worry about the storm Sennilia." The woman said to Aurora crossly. Aurora looked back at her.

"I thought you could've handled it, I miscalculated." Aurora snarkily answered her. She unbuttoned the harness that kept her to the seat, and she walked over to the pod to scan to make sure everything was ok which it was.

Sennilia was a bit taken aback by her reply. She unbuttoned her harness as well as she stood up; the visor on her helmet rose up, then split apart as it began to melt into the helmet. Then the helmet began to melt into the suit to reveal a beautiful woman with long black hair. Her eyes are emerald green, and her skin is pale.

"Are you getting snippy with me?" Sennilia asks Aurora. Aurora looks at her with hardly any expression.

"Lady Sennilia, indeed, you must have imagined it." Aurora reply. Aurora walked to the door as she looked back at sennilia.

"Please stay here, Lady Sennilia, while I assessed the situation." Aurora said as she pressed a button and the door slid open, the strong wind blowing snow into the ship. Sennilia began to shiver for the first time, which she thought was strange as Krypton is an ice planet also; the cold shouldn't affect her as it does. Aurora shut the door after her, and Sennilia was glad that the ship heating system was still operational.

Sennilia walked over to the pod and pressed a button on it. The pod's lid became transparent; she could see the inside lining was soft red material for the tiny baby to lay on. The infant was also wrapped up in a red blanket sleeping. Sennilia felt terrible as her childbirth was difficult.

For the baby to survive, she had to stay in the pod; the pod had three crystals built into it, and each crystal held the power of a sun. Yellow, Blue, and white will help the baby get stronger, Thanks to Sennilia's cousin Jor-El's report on the effect of different suns on Kryptonian physiology.

"Don't worry, Ava, one day you will be vital to get out of this pod, and you will be stronger than any other; you will be an unstoppable force, that no one can stop, I will make sure of this my beautiful daughter." Sennilia said as she softly touched the pod's lid, and it turned back to solid again.

The door opened again as the cold wind chilled Sennilia to her bones as Aurora stepped back in and closed the door. Sennilia looked at Aurora as she wondered how bad their situation was.

"Lady Sennilia, I checked the ship and found out that our power source is at twenty percent, and the engine is not functional, and I can not fix it." Aurora told her.

Sennilia felt as if her heart dropped as she began to feel worried; however, she tried her best to keep calm and her composure.

"Ok, what other problem is there; what are the chances of us surviving?" Sennilia asked her. Aurora paced back and forth as she ran through every scenario and calculated the survival percentage in her mind. When she came to a desirable answer, she stopped and looked at Sennilia.

"The planet temperature is lower than Krypton; However, for some reason, it doesn't seem natural; I have to do more tests on this to fully understand it. I have noticed through my scan that this planet can sustain life through my scan of the area; however, these life forms are not sentient, very hostile. I do advise, we must find another shelter, for the ship will freeze completely once the power source is completely drained.

I also found a cave suitable for our needs; with our supplies and technology, I can turn the cave into a nice place to live until we can find a way off the planet. I can also build a larger pod for lady Ava and a chamber for her when she gets older. So I can successfully rate our survival at seventy-five percent. Luckily the cave isn't too far." Aurora told her.

Sennilia sat down in a chair, a bit conflicted. She has to admit that those odds are favorable; however, she was more worried about Ava. Sennilia looked at Aurora.

"Very well, let get our supplies together and put it in the crystals to make it easier to carry." Sennilia said as Aurora nodded, and they got busy getting the supplies together. Aurora set a clear crystal next to it; the crystal absorbed it and turned white. Aurora picked up the crystal, and it was absorbed into her suit.

Sennilia placed her right hand on the pod as a golden chain of light wrapped around her wrist to keep the pod from getting lost in the blizzard.

Aurora created another chain that wrapped around her waist and wrapped it around Sennilia to keep her from getting lost as well. Both Sennilia and Aurora's suits form the helmet to protect their head from the storm.

They walked to the door while the pod followed them, hovering a couple of inches above the ship's floor at Sennilia's waist level. Sennilia looked at Aurora, and she looked back at her. " Please, Lady Sennilia, stay close. Once we leave, just follow the direction you feel the chain pull. In this storm you can't rely on your eyes." Aurora said to her, and Sennilia nodded.

Aurora turns back to the door and opens it. Sennilia's eyes widened behind the tinted visor. She saw how completely white it was outside as she couldn't see anything. She is glad that since the suit is complete again, the heating system is on again. Despite the heat in her suit, she can feel the cold wind as it blows snow into the ship.

"Are you able to find the cave again?" Sennilia asked loudly over the roaring wind.

"Yes, I had mapped out the exact location." Aurora said, and with that, they walked out of the ship. Aurora shut the door and powered down the spaceship; there might be a way for her to recharge the power source. But for now, her top priority is to get Lady Sennilia and Lady Ava to the cave and prepare it for them. There's no telling how long they'll going to be here.

Sennilia couldn't believe how hard it was to venture through the storm; however, here she is once again, depending on Aurora's help, it was Aurora who helped her escape from Darkseid when she was pregnant.

She also helped her through her complicated childbirth and built the pod for Ava to survive.

Sennilia thought to herself that she was thankful and lucky to have Aurora to help her. Still, she also felt so useless and helpless, and she was aggravated with herself because of those feelings. She is from the noble house of El; she shouldn't be vulnerable. But here she is; exactly that...weak, the one word that her father always thrown in her face; when she didn't live up to his expectation.

They slowly and carefully walk through the snow and wind as Aurora navigates them away from a cliff that Sennilia couldn't see. It felt like hours to Sennilia until they stopped at a natural ice bridge over a canyon.

If Sennila could see clearly, she would've sawed the cave entrance at the end of the ice bridge. Still, she would also have noticed if she looked down at the bottom of the canyon; she would see the large spikey icicles; falling off the bridge would spell for certain death.

"Lady Sennilia, the cave is just across this bridge; please, be mindful of where you step." Aurora said to her, and they continued on carefully and slowly across the bridge.

Sennilia's foot slipped off the edge, and Sennilia felt her heart drop to her stomach for a split instance. Before she went over the edge, she cried out for Aurora. She and the pod fell off the bridge, which caused the chain to snatch Aurora backward onto her back as it pulled her to the edge.

"Engaged claws mode." Aurora said, and her hands turned into crystalized claws. She embedded them deep into the ice bridge as she stopped suddenly.

"Increase strength to two-hundred." Aurora said, and she could feel the jerked on the chain that let her know that Sennilia and the pod had stopped falling.

Sennilia looked down at the pod as it was pulling her on her arm, her muscles being stretched to their limit; her hands grabbed at the chain as she tried to pull the pod up, but she wasn't strong enough. She was starting to panic as she could feel tears beginning to form in her eyes. If she thought useless before in this situation.

She can't exactly explain what she's feeling now, but she can say that she despises it. Her child is in trouble, and there's nothing she can do. It felt like the pod's weight was trying to rip her arm off; however, she kept holding the chain, hoping that Aurora could save them once again.

Aurora begins to crawl away from the edge slowly; there's no telling how fragile the bridge is; she just knows she has to save them. She thought back to when she was created, out of all her father's children.

Out of all her father's children, Aurora is the most powerful AI; she can disconnect herself from him. She's can also evolve.

Aurora finally got a safe distance from the edge as she slowly began to stand up. Once she planted her feet, Aurora grabbed the chain and slowly began to pull them back up.

Sennilia felt being pulled back up slowly; she was ecstatic that Aurora could save her again. It wasn't long as she felt Aurora grab her around the waist and pull her back on the bridge. She watches Aurora pull the pod back up as well.

Sennilia rushed to Aurora and hugged her tightly. It couldn't be seen, but Sennilia was crying as she kept telling Aurora over and over, thank you. It took Aurora a bit to calm her down, but she managed to do it. Aurora scanned the pod to make sure Ava was ok; however, she came to find out that not only was Ava ok, but she slept through the whole ordeal.

"Lady Sennilia, I'm so glad that you and Lady Ava are ok, please be careful, from now on." Aurora said to her, and Sennilia could only nod to agree, and with that, Aurora led them to the cave again.

It wasn't long until they made it inside the cave. However, the inside of the cave wasn't frozen like the outside. Crystals were growing inside of the cave; it seemed as if there were multiple smaller chambers. Aurora walked to the cave entrance and placed a crystal on the ground, sprouting multiple crystals as it crisscrossed over the opening until it was closed entirely.

There was another reason why Aurora chose this cave out of the others, especially those even closer to the ship. This cave system seems to have a natural heating system.

Sennilia and Aurora's helmets went back into the suit as they looked around.

"Before you tell me relax, don't even think about it. I'm going to help you set things up. If we're going to be living here, it is best to get as comfortable as possible." Sennilia told Aurora before she could say anything. So they began to work after Aurora released their supplies and technological equipment from the crystal she used before.

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