When the ocean meets fire

~~~~~~~~~~~~Disappointment~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi! Sorry about the last couple of chapters; I was feeling a bit random. Being cooped up inside all da mut be getting to my head... Anyway, we're back to proper, non-nyan cat chapters now, so enjoy!

Thank you so much for reading

ThoseSunsetEyes

“It’s Junior: he’s a dick!” Well we knew that already Taz thought. Bug and February had just come rushing back onto the main ship after their supposed ‘date’ down on Bug World. She would have ignored them normally as the sight of the pair holding hands and whispering to each other made her feel sick, but now was the one moment when the blonde chica actually sounded like she had something important to say.

“It’s true.” Bug continued their statement, “He’s been lying to everyone all along. He knew about my crashed Starship, he knew everything about the Bug World, and he even wanted February to get captured.” Taz didn’t dislike that plan at the moment, but she had to concentrate; it looked like they were going to have to arrest someone.

“...Galactic League of Extra-Terrestrial Exploration wants to capture the bugs, so they can make their own twisted abominations!” February waffled on.

“Damn that G.L.E.E: they’re always making twisted abominations of everything!” Up shouted, and Taz wasn’t sure, but she thought Up might’ve been talking about her being forced to go on the mission... but Taz couldn’t dwell on it too long, as an annoying squeaky sound was interrupting her thoughts.

“...he hand-picked all of us because he thought we were all too stupid to figure it out,” estupida, eh? When that cabron gets back here he’s gonna feel more than a knife in his back... February then went ahead and blatantly pointed out why she thought Junior had picked each of the crew apart from her (Taz had obviously terrified the girl enough that the message had gotten through). She would’ve smirked, but then she noticed Up who was standing beside her: his shoulders were slumped over, his head was hanging low and although his eyes were downcast, Taz could see the sadness in his eyes. As she’d decided many times before, if it was anyone else she would have rolled her eyes and written them off as weak; pathetic; soft... But seeing Up like this: with such hurt in his eyes, made the urge to pull him into her arms even harder to fight.

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When February had said that Junior had only picked him to go on the mission because he was a ‘total pussy’, it hadn’t hurt as much as when Taz had called him ‘soft’, but it had still hurt. Even though he knew that it hadn’t been Junior’s decision (even though he’d said it was), the way that he was talked to now: like he was nothing more than a battle-worn commander who wouldn’t- no- couldn’t hurt a fly, made him feel like exactly that.

However he knew that something inside of him was still as he used to be when his head instinctively shot up when the noise of a drop-pod docking sounded through the computer system.

“Sir, another pod is docking with the starship!” Specs called out and Up realised that she was actually talking to him. Suddenly he felt more like a commander again and his smile, soft though it may have been, returned to his face.

“That’s probably that cabron Junior right now.” Up heard Taz say from behind him, and for a second it felt like old times. I guess my talk with Bug really did help, he thought.

“Krayonder!” Up felt even better when the private stood to attention and saluted when he said his name, “Prepare to take our friend Junior into custody.” He finished, and when he heard Krayonder reply with ‘Yes sir!’ he felt even more confident. Krayonder then proceeded to stand in front of the sliding doors with hand-cuffs, ready to arrest Junior when he walked onto the ship.