The First sighed. “I swore to uphold the Captain. I have already severely damaged that oath, even before I shot his ass, but I am still going to try...to maintain the mission parameters as they were outlined to me. At least it will take the chamber several cycles to grow him a new arm and patch up his shoulder, but at the end of this mission, there will be a firing squad waiting for me.”They will be waiting a very long time, the Science Officer grimly promised himself – a thought shared to one. No, he's not! the other voice said, the voice she had spent the last five years ignoring. He'll be back. There's a good explanation.Then why didn't he leave a note? Why isn't he cooking you breakfast? Why didn't he wake up with you? He used you and fucked you.It was all she could do not to burst into tears. Marissa put Alan's shirt in the hamper in his bathroom and found a pair of shorts and a blouse in her suitcase. She looked around to make sure she wasn't forgetting anything and then wheeled. ” “But you saved me!” Ari yelled, trying to make sense of his apology. “You can’t be-” Her words were cut off almost instantly when the man stood quickly and blurred over to her. Her hair rushed across her face at his approach and her eyes bulged. He was leering down at her, an inch away from her face and then he showed her his fangs. A whimper escaped Ari’s throat and she closed her eyes until a hand grasped her elbow. “You see what I am,” he whispered breathing heavily as he shook her. I'm usually not this way ... we're going to have to be super careful," she said."I know," I said, getting out of the car."We'll just ... we'll just go our separate ways ... and ... we'll still run together, won't we?" Yes." We were walking to the front door."And there's the class we have together." Yes." I was opening the door."I won't come to your Friday night pizza and beer parties," she offered. I let her enter the house ahead of me."That wouldn't be fair to you, and it wouldn't be fair to.