Space Ranger

Steves rescue

Hafu stared down Apollo once she had boarded Chilleds ship. He stared at the ground, standing slightly behind his original commander. He couldn't stand to look at Hafus' face.

"Apollo. Dropship. Now," she ordered. He slowly boarded and waited as Hafu thanked Chilled for keeping him safe. She followed him onto the dropship, but he spoke before she could

"I'm sorry," he mumbled. He didn't dare look up, afraid that Hafu would be upset

"I don't blame you. But you can't just leave like that. You scared us all," she said, he only nodded. Not trusting himself with the words. "Come on. We have to get back to the Skeld. We might have found Steve,"

"He's under mind control," Apollo said, wincing as his voice cracked

"Then let's get him back," she said. For the first time in a long time, Apollo stared at his leader. She wore a confident look, one that made it hard to say no to. He nodded

They did get to the Skeld, and then they got down to Polus. And they did in fact find Steve.

"We can't hurt him!" DK yelled as he blocked an attack from his partner. All of the crew knew that. Nobody dared to hurt Steve.

"So what do we do?" Scott asked. He moved away from an attack. Steve pulled out his gun, not speaking as he aimed it. He pointed it towards Hafu and everyone froze.

"Steve, don't." 5up whispered, hoping he could get to his friend. Hafu didn't move, she stood frozen and wide eyed in fear. Would Steve really shoot her?

He pulled the trigger and it went through her stomach. Hafu cried out and collapsed. Steve moved to shoot someone else but Apollo tackled him, the gun flying away.

Steve and Dumbdog wrestled for dominance before Apollo straddled Steve, pinning his hands over his head.

"Steve enough," Apollo said, Steve only growled. He continued to squirm under Apollo as he tried to figure out the best way to free his friend.

DK and Scott flanked Apollo, standing there in case something went wrong and Steve escaped. Everyone else was attending to Hafu's injury.

"Apollo, kiss him," Scott said. Dumbdog looked back in confusion

"Excuse me,"

"Try it. Just do it. It could technically work," DK prompted. Apollo still looked unconvinced as he glanced down at Steve. The man wasn't himself, and yet Apollo still felt the magnetism.

So he leaned down and connected their lips for the first time ever. Slowly he felt Steve kiss back and the shorter man went limp. Apollo pulled away and saw Steves eyes had returned to their normal look.

"Apollo?"

"You alright bud?" He asked, helping Steve sit up. Steve wrapped his arms around Apollo's neck as he started to cry. He shook slightly, scared because of what he had done.

"Please tell me Hafu is ok,"

"She's fine. She will be fine," Apollo whispered while he hugged Steve close to his chest. Steve clutched onto Apollos suit as he continued to cry.