Moonhawk

Chapter 28 - Unwanted Tension

"And... What about Davy?" Moon carefully asked.

Hawk's feelings shifted to a sorrowful angle, but he couldn't hold it back to not show it publicly. Moon could clearly hear out of his current voice, how saddened he was after he shook his head. "Davy didn't make it. He's dead."

"No..." But she became more saddened than Hawk, even a tear on the cyan members visor showed up. Her strength in holding the training sword disappeared and she let it fall down from her grasp. Moon, her whole movements steeped in despair, searched for balance on Hawk's body, hugging him tight and began to cry, as she hid her face in his chest. Shepp then petted her back gently and joined them in grieving. There was nothing he could change or help the situation now, besides giving Hawk and Moon the needed support, of course.

"Moon, take a break from our sword training for today." That's all Shepp could do. Giving them the time to handle the current situation as he noticed that it became too much for them. It wasn't just Slimey who had died in such a short period of time, but Davy was lost as well. The Nightclaw crew had now lost two members ever since that fateful encounter with those impostors occurred.

"Let us visit the medical station. I'm sure that Captain Blaze would like to meet you before the meeting starts, Moon." It was a small but nice idea that Hawk had a small brainwave about: something to distract the current thoughts. Tears were still seen on Moon's visor, though. As she whisked them away, she was ready to see Flash and Captain Blaze.

Only Moon followed Hawk to the medical station, Shepp went back to the Nightclaw to report to the others that Flash had returned and survived. The lovely couple stepped intrepidly into the room. Moon couldn't hold herself back as she caught sight of Flash lying on one of the beds. She got the overwhelming urge to hug him, and she didn't hold herself back from rushing over to him. The yellow member was really happy to see the familiar faces of Commander Moon and his captain again. But, for now, Flash was enjoying the comfortable hug from Commander Moon right now way too much.

All the while, however, Hawk had approached Blaze's bed instead. It had been a very long while since he last saw the fire bean.

"Hawk, it's nice to see you again." Blaze greeted his colleague.

The purple captain nodded in agreement. "Indeed, Captain Blaze. I've heard about the terrible things that happened to your spaceship."

"Hawk..." Blaze began, even holding his hand while he said: "... I lost my whole crew. Not just a whole space ship."

That information shocked Hawk in silence even more. It's sorrowful news that he lost his beloved crew. Very well known... how much Blaze cared for them. Every single member of his crew.

"They're in a better place now, Blaze." Somehow, Hawk tried to encourage him. He tried to show Blaze what Moon taught him. Moon near the other bed had heard their conversation and turned herself around to look at Blaze.

"Hello, Captain Blaze. I don't think we've met before." Moon greeted him.

"I don't believe so, but it's nice to finally meet the Nightclaws Commander. Hawk and myself worked before and he was talking about you a lot." That made Hawk blush. It was true that he did talk about her on the past mission with Blaze.

"I do remember that he teamed up with your crew before. But I've never had the chance to actually see you in person." Such a wild mission that was; Moon thought to herself swimming in past memories. She didn't do much, but Hawk did tell her about everything that happened after he returned from that planet.

"Well, Moon. Now you finally can."

"Blaze? Do you possibly know who attacked you?" The sudden question came from Hawk after Moon's conversation with Blaze ended. Observing how the fire elemental captain winced his visor together as he was lost in painful memories.