Nex pulled her closer until his chest was pressed to her back, he smiled and ran his nose through her hair gently as he had the option to do so, the two were pointed in the direction of the lake, the water gently making noises of life, fish moving within the lake, near the top, a few fish could be seen on the top of the lake, moving outward until they could no longer be seen.

Nex followed the creature with his eyes, seeing life in its prime, even though it was within a closed area. "Cara.... If you don't want me to go back there," He said, repeating that which was most likely still on their minds, "I will not go... Alright.... I promise... But danger follows me everywhere you realize.... Its part of being a Maverick."

Cara smiled, relaxing against his back. Her mind wondered off as she looked out at the lake, when Nex spoke she snapped back to reality. She let out a soft sigh, turning to face him. Looking up at him, she thought. She was still a bit undecided on that issue.. She would hate for their work to be for nothing, however, the danger. Her body tensed a bit at the thought, and she turned her head away, looking over the lake again. "I know.." Cara said, remembering that the AIP would be after him, whether they were on that planter or not. "I wish it didn't." she added softly, watching the fish in the water. She sighed again, running a hand through her hair. "That's a 'we', not an 'I'.. I.. I don't want for you to have to leave your ship parts behind.. Or let all those people die. It's up to you."

Nex knew that there was going to be a bit of an argument no matter what he said, there was great danger with the IAP and the space pirates, yet their work was now worthless, and all that was left was one more part.... The other parts were still back in the same location as well. He sighed, he was torn apart by two things. "I.... I don't know what to do...." Nex burried his head into her hair, finding comfort in taking in her scent, "I wish it was a simple answer...." he said through a muffled mouth. Nuzzling her head shortly after.

Cara blushed a bit, feeling his face in her hair. She turned to face him, nuzzling his neck and wrapping her arms around him in a hug. Her hands gently rubbed his back as she lay gentle, lingering kisses along his neck. "You'll come up with something.. And whatever answer it is, I'll be right ehre with you." she said, hoping to comfort him a little. After the argument in the hospital, she figured the last thing he needed was pressure from her or Wolfe to stay off of the planet. Cara had made her decision already... She wanted to go back, finish what they started. She had already reconsidered earlier, but she had now firmly decided.

Nex smiled as she turned to him, the two were face to face finally, feeling her kiss along his neck and rub his back, it caused him to relax greatly at her touch, his mood changed to a great smile. "Thank you Cara...." he had wanted to go back badly, and now he had the support of his love to add to it. But before he could say anything.

"Before you say anything!" it was Wolfe, he walked up from behind the treeline, Nex groaned, he wasn't in the mood for this, "You might need some help." he paused, several people stepping up behind him, the way they all looked, they were all battle hardened and battle ready, there was at least 30 of them seen through the trees, "I couldn't let you go there alone..... These guys will be watching your ass as you extract the final pieces to your ship, Wherever it is... We aren't going to let those assholes get their hands on it!"

Cara smiled, nodding at him, expecting him to finish. She frowned a bit as they were again interrupted by Nex's friend. Half expecting another argument on the subject, she rolled her eyes. When she turned to face him and the men he had, and Cara was greatly surprised. She looked among the trees at the men... all looking rather battle-ready. To her, the help would be a good thing, seeing as Nex would need help and Cara couldn't fight well. Looking up at Nex, she smiled, gently nudging him. "We need the help... you know that."

Nex looked at the group, entirely speechless for the moment. But the nudge brought her back to earth. "Yeah...." She was right, if the two of them were going back down there, they needd some protection, in the form of fellow mavericks. Nex recognized most of them, he smiled and gave Cara a big hug, "Thank you for supporting me.... in all of this..."

"So we are clear... 'eh?" Wolfe laughed, "In two hours we will be waiting for you in the main hangar, you will be in my ship again, but we have many starships to back us up. We have pleanty of protection." he nodded, walking off shortly after, the group did as well, not bothering to say hello, their gazes said enough between them.

Nex smiled and leaned a bit againxt Cara a bit, "Well.... We better get ready..... I need to resupply... I'll take you to the local stores.... in a moment.... lets stay here until then..." he smiled and kept his arms around her, tightening his hug.

Cara smiled, returning his hug again. "No problem." She turned a little to watch the mass of men leave, then looked back up at Nex. She didn't like the idea of getting ready to leave right away, but she smiled up at him, nonetheless. She pulled him a bit closer as he tightened the hug, enjoying the time they had together for now. "I love you, Nex." she said softly, planting a gently kiss on the side of his mouth.

Nex knew that it was going to be annoying now that the two were back to the same old tasks again, but now once they would finish it, the majority of their problems would be over with this final journey. He savored what time he could with Cara. "I love you too.... With all of my heart...." he said, his arms tightly gripping around her. He pressed his lips to hers slowly, not caring that the two were out in the open, ashe was openly affectionate, as long as it did not get too heavy on the outdoors.

A stunning reallity came to his thoughts as soon as he had thought of it, he knew he would have to meet Pyrus again, he shivered at the thought, he did not want to go through the fear of having his arm ripped off again....

Cara smiled, savoring her time with him, knowing there would be little time alone for the two of them once they left. She loved that he was openly affectionate, returning the kiss gently. Her mind wondered off a bit, thinking of something Wolfe had mentioned. she pulled back for a moment, looking up at Nex. "I... know space pirates, and AIP members... but who is Pyrus?"

Nex eyes took a look of fear in them, he felt there was no choice but to repeat his story of pain, he took a deep sigh and looked downward, "I suppose I have no choice.... But to recite this story.... He means nothing personally to me, he is only a random merc which I meant 4 years ago... But it was in which the way I had met them which still haunts me today...." He paused, "It was the dead of winter on the planet of Xeres, there was a great war going on and I had decided to help in the volunteer effort and attempt to redeem myself for working in the IAP. I did not know that the IAP began to hire mercenaries, and sadly to these circumstances... I was the first to meet him in contact... Bodies flew everywhere.... And back then I lacked the mechanical enhancements to meet him face to face. That didn't stop him...." He shivered at the account, "After the horrifying accounts of seeing my brother and father torn in half along with all of my friends, he came to me and told me that he was going to let me live, but he wanted to let me know how useless I was on this earth before he left me with a present... He tore my right arm of.... and removed much of my skin in the process... It was a miracle that I lived.... But also a curse...." he told his tale in no tone changes, there was no emotion in his voice, only signs from the shiver he had shown earlier.

Cara listened to his story quietly, a shiver escaping down her back. Sympathy took over her, hearing of his brother, father, and friends, but was quickly taken over by a look of utter horror slowly coming to her facial expression. She wasn't sure what to say, or if she could say anything at all. The way he described that man... Pyrus, and the shiver she had caught.. Her body stiffened a bit. What if they ran into him? Nex still seemed intimidated by the man, and if Nex couldn't stand up to him.. she was sure they wouldn't live to tell the tale, to say the least. At the same time, she wanted to comfort Nex, his past didn't seem very happy, and he would most likely need it from the lack of emotion he now seemed to have. Still a bit speechless, Cara wrapped her arms around Nex, pulling herself close to him.

Nex stood silent for a long time after this, he had no words, none at all as he allowed her to take in the story for as long as she needed. It seemed eons before she finally put her arms around him, something he had needed after the memories began to flash in his mind. But then the horror flashed through his mind of a single possibility, a possibility that would cause him to scream and throw away everything just to see her safe. What if Pyrus got her hands on Cara? He felt a nausea overtake him at the sheer thought of this, his head spun, but finally after regaining his composure, he knew what he had to do in that situation.

He spoke it out loud and directly into her awaiting ear. "... Cara.... If Pyrus.... If he ever gets his hands on you.... I will toss aside all fear I have ever had of the man.... I will tear him in twain and mercy will be no object. I will martyr myself to see your safety." Truth was behind all of his words, he knew she would most likely do the same for him... He had heard once that love made you do stupid things. Well, if there was anytime for Nex to show his idiocy, now was the best time ever.

Cara held onto Nex during the silence, already dreading the man whom he had just talked about. The name rang in her head as if she already knew the man, and she had the feeling she'd be scared stiff if she were to ever meet him. She already fretted over Nex's safety enough with the IAP and the space pirates... but, this man.. he seemed to be a much larger threat to him. That thought changed after what he said. Cara wasn't the best fighter, she knew that. After what Nex said, it seemed that.. if she was captured by this... Pyrus person.. Nex would risk his safety for her. She shook her head, burying her face in his chest. What he had just said made it clear that it wasn't Pyrus who would threaten his safety the most, it was her. "I can't fight, Nex... You know that. If he were to get his hands on me, you can't play the hero in this. I'd... much rather you find your ship parts and get the hell outta there.. I'm flattered that you'd care enough to do that, but.. please don't." her voice was weak, already dreading if that situation were to come. She knew she would do the same for him. Hypocritical as she was, she loved Nex dearly.. she'd hate to be the cause of his pain.

Nex knew she wouldn't accept this, but he wouldn't accept her not accepting this. He gave his reasons of course, but as she buried her head into his chest, his arms had to go around her in the process, giving her some of the comfort that he had as well. "Cara.... I love you more than anything.... To lose you.... Would be to lose myself... My heart.... If you are somehow captured... I will see you safe... I can't live without you...." there was no convincing him, it was evident with the strength of his voice, but he was not all for the negative options, they had to be considered, but Nex was a confident man. "That is why I'm here to make sure none of that happens..." He squeezed her in the hug shortly after, his eyes down upon her face, kissing her forehead lovingly to show her his care for her.

Cara's arms wrapped a little tighter around Nex. His arms were a comfort, but his words were not. They did comfort her somewhat, but she still couldn't accept what he would be willing to do for her.. even if she would do the same for him. She didn't want to end the discussion, but she knew there would be no convincing him. Rather than keep trying pointless persuasion or giving in to his side of the discussion, she only said four words, very softly. "I love you, Nex." She looked up at him, happy that he was a confident man. She wasn't a very positive person, she had thought negatively since she was 9.. However, hearing that from him comforted her negative thoughts somewhat, relaxing some of the dread that was still running through her mind.

Nex heard her words which touched his heart, he smiled and gave her a quick kiss, it didn't last long, as the two of them had work to do. "... I love you too...." he said, sighing shortly after, disappointment lining his voice with his next words, "Well.... Its time we head off to the hangar.... I need to pick up some stuff along the way..." he said, taking her hand gently and leading her down familiar streets.

It wasn't long before they came to a quaint house in a pretty good part of town, he smiled warmly at the house, "And this.... Is where I live...." the house was painted a brown color, similar to all of the other houses here, the lawn was a rich and dark green in color and there was a fence around the area which glowed with the energy similar to his plasma blades, his door had no knob, but as the two walked up to it, the door reacted with a dim, blue light. "Welcome Home Nex!" The computer voice said in a peppy way. He nodded, as though he was speaking to someone.

Upon walking into the area, everything was uniform and set up with nothing really special, there was a few strange devices, one set up against the wall. It was elongated and had a gap in the center of what appeared to be a metal rod, the rod was placed upon a silver orb. What was a few feet away from it was a couch, pointed in that direction. To the left was a room with an entirely silver covering, it was his kitchen, and down in front of them was the bathroom, left a crack open with the light on.

A strange ball came out of the bathroom, two arms jutting from its sides. It had a smile upon its face, no nose, and glowing blue eyeballs which examined Nex and Cara curiously. It almost instantly addressed nex, its red arms flailing in excitement. "Master Nex! You've returned home! I've kept the place tidy like you have asked!" The robot was easily excitable. "Yes... I won't be here long though Ono... I'll take a break after this whole mess is resolved." the robot nodded and then looked upon the woman, "Right, and who is she?" the voice amazingly changed with curiosity, the machine seemed to have emotion. "She... She is my love.... Cara..." The robot smiled and began to show its giddy side yet again, it was almost childlike. "Alright! Nex is finally gonna stay home and have a bunch of kids and grow old with a lady and spend his days reading the newspaper and..." It went on like that for some time, making various references to what the generic family should be, all while circling around Cara. He laughed, "Don't be alarmed.... He's my robot... A butler of sorts.... He's very excitable..."

Cara smiled a little, returning the quick kiss. Yes, it was quick, but it was enough to lighten her mood. She was a bit disappointed when she realized that they had to get going, but held Nex's hand and followed him, still smiling. Cara looked up at the house they arrived at, admiring it a bit. It was much nicer than what her house had been like.. She smiled even more when she heard it was his house. "It's nice." she commented, eagerly following him inside. Cara was a little alarmed at the butler robot at first, but seeing as Nex seemed to know it, she relaxed. She stayed silent while the robot and Nex talked, watching it with curiosity. Yes, she had seen a robot before, and, yes, Nex was a cyborg, but he interested her greatly. She waved, smiling politely as she was introduced. A dark blush appeared on her face as it went on about their generic family.. but kept on smiling. It seemed rather child like, and she became fond of it almost instantly. She nodded at what Nex said, gigling a little as it continued on. "It's...very nice to meet you..."

Nex walked deeper into the house, but turned around to see the robot circling around Cara still, prohibiting her from entering his domicile any further. He reached out and stopped the robot's movements with his hands, yanking the hunk of metal back so he could get eye contact with her. "Its nice to meet you too Cara! I'm Ono!" It said in its excitable voice, twirling about in a childlike manner shortly after. It paused, examining Cara closely, "You are what Nex would call.... beautiful...." he said in his childlike way of complimenting her, as though he had no knowledge of what the word meant. Nex jumped on the opportunity, looking about his home in the process, "She is beautiful.... The most beautiful woman in the world..." Nex continued to look about the house, walking into the kitchen.

The robot outreached for her hand, yanking her into the house, the door closing itself behind her. "Come on! I gotta show ya around!"

Cara couldn't help but giggle a little yet again, smiling at the robot. "Hello Ono." she said softly, then stood awkwardly as the robot examined her. She found her self blushing a bit again at the compliment. "Thank you.." she said, to both the robot and Nex, even thought she was sure the robot didn't know what it meant. She was taken back when the robot yanked her into the house, but smiled a little. "Um.. okay." she paused for a moment, looking around at his house. It was very clean, she first of all noticed, compared to most homes on her planet. It was somehow insane to her how amazing this whole place was..

Nex continued his stroll while the robot continued to drag her about the house, showing her every inch of the house.

The living room was rather basic, outside of the odd machine which the couch faced, the robot explaining it as a television set, upon the walls there were a few paintings, one of them being a picture of Nex with his mother, and Nex with Wolfe and several other men that would be recognized as people that were going to aid them on their journey back to the planet. Yet another picture was on the wall was Nex in his high school years, back then he had no mechanical impliments at all, he was 18 at that time, a normal boy.

Next he showed her the kitchen, there were no designs that were special, a silver faucet and a rather large fridge, Nex pulled a can of soda out of it and downed it in a few gulps, it had been a while, the robot offering her a drink if she so pleased. The kitchen was entirely white with blue counter tops.

The next room was Nex's private room, his bedroom, Nex had no problem with this whatsoever, allowing the two to enter without any complaints. There was a single bed in the center, on the other side of the bed another, much smaller television set. Along another wall was a bookshelf, covered in books that were of varying sizes and such, a photo album was there, the robot allowed her to look if she wanted. There was a large chest at the end of the bed.

The last room was the bathroom, nothing special here, but the robot felt compelled to show her it anyway, however, it didn't last long, as it was the smallest room in the house. The robot then allowed her to walk freely, but not before hovering alongside her and asking her opinion of the house.

Nex was still rummaging at the time, groaning in annoyance as he had yet to find what he came for.

Cara silently admired Nex's house on the extensive tour the robot was showing her on. Her house had been much different, especially since they didn't have... 'televisions'. She didn't quite understand what they did, but they were something that she had seen before. They looked confusing, though, so she'd never dared to try to operate one. She especially like the pictures he kept in his living room, taking a longer time to look them over.

Looking at the shelf of books in his room, she couldn't help but feel uneducated. She had been taught basics.. but she probably couldn't read much of the words in the books he kept. Her distress was apparent, until the robot offered for her to take a look in the photo album. This invitation she eagerly accepted, carefully sliding the album off of his shelf and sitting to look at it. While the robot hovered, she politely answered his question, that she found the house rather lovely and she admired at how tidy it was kept.

She couldn't help but notice Nex seemed to be looking for something, and he seemed a bit frustrated because of it. "Sweetie, what are you looking for?" She then froze. "Err- I mean, Nex." The robot's earlier talk of their generic family and them growing old together must have been stuck in her head, seeing as it was affecting her speech.

The photo album was filled with Nex all the way from his early childhood years to what he was currently. Early on there were some pictures of him as a child, a small patch of red here where his long hair was now. A lot had changed, now seemed to be the only time he had his long head of hair.

As Nex walked into his own room to see the robot and Cara going through his photo album, he paused for a moment at a word he hadn't heard before from her mouth. He rose an eyebrow, sweetie? He thought of the future at this, the generic stereotype of the family entering his head, it was true that he had thought of what would happen of the two had children, but it would be anything but the generic family. "Err... Well... Its a very special item.... its an attatchment to my arm... a High Powered long range plasma rifle.... Its very useful... for combat.... Tell me if you see it."

Cara smiled, flipping through the album. She thought the little red tuft of hair he used to have was cute. Of course, now it wasn't exactly what could be considered a 'tuft'. Her face was still a bit flushed, after calling him by that word. Sweetie. What had I been thinking? Cara nodded, then set the photo album down, going to help search for his 'High Powered long range plasma rifle'.. whatever that was.

She started looking around the house, not entirely sure what it would look like, but it seemed to be some type of weapon. Anything that looked like a weapon she assumed could be what he was looking for.

Nex did not spend much more time looking for it, opening the chest at the end of his bed and sighing, he thought he had lost it, pulling it out, it looked to be a massive and dangerous weapon, it was larger than his regular arm, and at the end there was an open cannon for which the plasma to fly out of.

"I found it!" he shouted, the large weapon flashing in the dim light of his room.