Shard just stood over Treble Mix as he lay on the ground while holding his nose in pain. "Part of me thinks you deserve it."

Treble glared at him as he got to his feet while still holding his nose in one hand. "And why exactly did I deserve it?"

"I dunno, I just feel like you've done something awful before and that this was the universes way of getting even with you." As Shard said this, Treble took an uncomfortable glance at Shards sword and rubbed his neck slightly. He flipped Shard the bird before walking off, leaving the swordsman confused.

As Shard turned around he was immediately tackled to the ground by Ditzy who latched onto his torso, hugging him close. When he landed on his back he took a second to catch his breath before wrapping his arms around her lovingly.

"Well, looks like someone missed me." Ditzy just hugged him tighter as she began to nuzzle into his chest with a soft blush on her face. "Seriously Ditzy, I was only gone for a few hours, we've spent more time apart before."

"But I was so bored and lonely without you here..." Ditzy moaned as she cuddled into him.

"What about Ray and the others? Couldn't they have kept you company?"

"Most of them were busy, and when Bonbon and I tried to play Battlefield together...things got very weird very fast. Just let me hug you!" She only tightened her embrace and snuggled into his chest. Shard rolled his eyes and began gently stroking her hair with his hand. He used his other hand to reach up, pull Ditzy's face closer to his before softly kissing her on the lips. She approved of this and leaned into the kiss, cupping Shards cheek in her hand as she closed her eyes, losing herself in the bliss of the moment.

When Shard pulled away Ditzy moaned in disapproval and put on a pouty face. Shard just smirked and booped her nose teasingly. She glared at him for a second before smirking. She reached back and pinched his rear, causing him to yelp and jump off of the ground in suprise. He took a moment to recompose himself while a huge blush appeared on his face while Ditzy laughed at his reaction. "Seriously?! You had to pull that move?!"

Ditzy just giggled at his outburst. "What? I thought it would be funny, and it was!"

Rayleigh just rolled his three eyes and began floating off down the street to travel to Shards home to leave the couple to their antics.

"Just don't do anything like that without giving me any warning alright?!"

"You know you liked it~"

"Oh mg God just fuck already!" They both heard Vinyl yell from a distance. Both of them looked at each other awkwardly before shaking their heads.

"Nope, we're not there yet." Shard said while trying to rid himself of the huge blush that had formed while Dutzy struggled not to show her own. "Let's just, get...home..." Shard suddenly fell to his knees and grasped his chest while coughing.

"Shard! Your injuries!" Ditzy rushed over to him. "Wait, how were you ok when you were in the portal?"

"I...I don't know...I couldn't feel my wounds...while I was in there. Looks like they're...still there." He managed to get his coughing under control before Ditzy helped him up by pulling one of his arms over her shoulder to help him walk.

"Let's just get you home, I'm sure there's some weird herbs one of your cousins or aunts have sent over that could heal you."

CyCorp

Plas Proto stood with a neutral glare as he watched over Cybes body which was currently sealed inside a capsule filled with light blue liquid with a life support machine hooked up to it. After managing to enter the arena chamber, by using one of their weapons divisions prototype weapons to blast the door off its hinges, the CyCorp medical staff were able to grab Cybe and take his body to the medical sing not long after Ditzy had fallen asleep. Cybe was by no means alive, but he wasn't dead either, he was caught somewhere in between, his body comatose but not in any typical comatose state.

A small screen behind Plas lit up to reveal Soledad. "Is he dead yet?" He merely asked.

"You seem impatient." Plas commented dryly. "Am I to assume that the doors failing was your doing?"

"Oh Plas, you know I could never try to bring harm to another living being, it's in my programming."

Plas narrowed his eyes and turned to the A.I. "Except that you weren't bringing harm to a living being, you were preventing anyone from helping him. You found a loophole and exploited it for your own selfish gain."

"Bravo mister Proto, bravo indeed. It only took you a few seconds to figure it out." Soledad responded sarcastically while playing a slow clapping sound. "Why don't you just let the kid die? Shard pretty much killed him twice now."

"Shards involvement in Cybe losing his limbs is not him killing Cybe." Plas snapped back. "Now go back to your master computer and stay there or I am wiping you out of the system for good!"

Soledad narrowed his eyes slightly. "Will you now?"

"All it takes is one voice command, yeah, we figured out your little plan months ago, had safety measures put in place in case you ever went rogue."

Soledad remained silent, staring into the determined eyes of the scientist before him. "Well aren't you just a clever little boy? If you're that smart then you'll actually wipe me from the system before I can do any of that stuff. Oh wait, you can't..." Soledad vanished from the small screen and entered a much larger screen nearby and glared down at Plas. "...because I have all of the research data of multiple divisions in this building. Peoples lifes work, years upon years of development and experimentation. If I go, all of that goes too! Think about it..." And with that, Soledad switched off to go back to his master computer.

Plas sighed and looked back to Cybe. "Let's hope Shard can bring this asshole down..."

Author's Notes:

Soledad getting into a serious villain role now, I am looking forward to developing this guy