"Mom!" Shelby screamed as she jerked up from her slumber. She looked around and that she was in her sleeping quarters. "Just a bad dream," she sighed as she got out of her bunk. She went to her closet compartment and got one of her 50 anti-Infinity Guard shirts, a pair of black ripped jeans, and a pair of open toed sandals. She went down to the medical bay and saw that Avocato was still asleep and saw that Edmond was watching him with blood shot eyes. "You didn't have to watch him the whole time I was sleeping." Edmond was snoring while standing still. She chuckled and said, "Wake up, guys."

Avocato and Edmond awoke in a daze. "Sleep well, Shelby?" the raven asked with a yawn before raffling his feathers.

"Fine," she lied.

"How long was I out for?" Avocato said while trying to get up, but he was still on the table. "Long enough to leave?" he asked hopefully.

I shook my head with a frown. "You were out for… how long was I asleep for R.O.S.S.?" she asked someone who Avocato couldn't see.

"Approximately 5.6 hours," a male computerized voice said from the P.A. system.

"A.I. Navigation System? I've met a few of them, only one I like is named H.U.E.," he said. "He supposed to look after a prisoner, who became my friend."

Shelby listened as she took inventory of her medical and herbs. "What's your friend's name?" she asked as she picked up a glass medicine bottle.

"Gary Goodspeed," as soon as he said that Shelby dropped the bottle she was holding onto the floor.

She turned to face him with widened eyes. "You know Gary?" she asked. "Me and him were best friends when I was little," she said as she grabbed the photo and held it over his eyes. "That little girl is me and that boy is Gary," she said as she pointed to the kids in the photo.

Avocato smiled for a second, but then turn into a teeth showing frown. "That's the Lord Commander! Why is he in the photo? Are you working for him?!" he growled and struggled.

"No! He wasn't always the evil pint sized devil he is now. He used to be my kind caring Uncle Jack," she explained as she looked at the picture.

"Uncle?! You're related to that monster?!" He shouted again and struggled even harder before Shelby slapped him across the face. "Continue," he said with a smile like nothing happened.

"He, my mother, and John Goodspeed were best friends, Jack was always around, so he felt like his uncle to me. But after that mission when Gary's dad died, something changed Jack into the power hungry, telepathic, devil he is now," she explained while rubbing her chin.

Avocato sighed. "Why wasn't your mother on that mission?" he asked.

Shelby looked at him. "I had the flu and my mother stay behind to take care of me. To this day I don't know what happened," she explained further. She then heard stomachs growling. "I guess it's time for breakfast. Edmond, your usual?" She asked.

He nodded.

"Avocato?"

"If you have any fish I'll take it raw," he said.

"Hmm, I think I still have some salmon from the last time I visited Earth. Have you ever had an earth fish?" she said as she unclamped him from the table. "You have to stay with me while I'm cooking, if you try to run I'll will hit you tranquilizer dart, got it?" She asked Avocato while helping him off the observation table. He nodded and they went off to the kitchen.

After they arrived Avocato sat down at the eating table. "Why don't you use a food synthesizer? It would way faster than actual cooking," he asked as Shelby went to the fridge and got out the ingredients.

She got out a cutting board from the cupboard. "I find that the synthetic food lack the taste of a home cook meal," she said as she chopped the head off the salmon. "Anyway, how did you meet Gary, I heard he impersonated an Infinity Guard member and blew up 92 Imperium Cruisers and a small family owned Mexican restaurant, I don't know why he did that. Although, he was never the smartest boy in class," she explained as diced the fish into tiny pieces and placed them in a bowl and served it to Avocato.

"Let me explain from the beginning," he started to explain everything, after about two hours he was done. "After knowing all that do you still want me here?"

Shelby walked over and placed her hand on his shoulder. "My mother used to say something to criminals who wanted to reform, 'We're all broken, it's just a matter how far we are willing to go to fix it.'"

His eyes widen. "Gary told me that right before we saved my son, now I can see where he got it from," he said before he started eating.

"Look, Avocato, I'm not gonna ask you to stay after your all healed, but I am going to need help with my next patients after you," Shelby spoke in a serious voice.

Avocato looked out the window at the vast void. "Only if you can promise that we will track down Gary so I can be with my son," he said as he held out his hand.

Shelby nodded and shook his hand.