Okay here's chapter 2 on Wednesday, just like promised! You'll begin to see why their relationship is different in my story... Aha, thanks for the reviews and the story alerts so far, I really appreciate it! This chapter's a bit short but I promise a much longer one for Sunday! Do I have to disclaimer every chapter? I DON'T OWN TAZ OR UP OR THE STARSHIP RANGERS BUT ALL ORIGINAL CHARACTERS ARE 100% MINE! I am also upset Zoe hasn't reviewed so dude IF YOU'RE READING THIS REVIEW MY STORY OMG. Anyways. Ooh shit I haven't chosen a song yet...

I think you're just evil
You're just some racist who can't tie my laces
Your point of view is medieval
Fuck you!
Fuck you very, very much.
- Fuck You, Lily Allen

Up struggled to hold the girl who was protesting and moving around so much in his arms he thought she was going to break another rib, "Calm down there, little lady. You're safe now. I'm a Starship Ranger." She shot a glare at him that made him falter; he had never seen so much venom in one tiny girl.

"Put me down, idiota, I can walk!" She screamed, somehow punching him across the face again. In his slight daze and growing annoyance he dropped the girl to the ground, not noticing or simply ignoring the sharp burst of air that shot from her mouth as she hurt her rib. He was ready to move on, leave her to what remained of the local medical team when she stood up and rounded on him, "And don't call me 'little lady', do you understand you big hijo de puta?" She stood with her hand on a hip, glaring at him that would make any other grown man cower in fear. Up, however, just rolled his eyes and began to walk away, his patience growing thin with the troublesome girl. "And just where the fuck do you think you're going, cabrón?" Groaning, he spun around to face her,

"I am going back to my Starship to do my job; I do not have the time to stand around listening to little girls bitch at me for saving their life." He turned around once more and began walking in the same direction as the limited number of Rangers. Until he heard her voice again.

"What good are you Starship Ranger? You didn't do anything!" She screamed at his back, "You want me to thank you for saving my life? What about the lives of my family? Every single one of them is probably dead you puta idiota and I'm not much better. You expect me to treat you like some big hero when you were too damn late to save anyone? You were supposed to be doing your job but you're nothing but a useless hi-"

"ENOUGH!" He roared, storming back to her and shoving his face towards hers, "You know nothing, nothing of what it's like as a Ranger! So stop pretending like you know exactly what I was supposed to do! You are nothing but a little girl who thinks she's as tough and as experienced as Rangers like me just because she took down two robots! I will not stand around and be screamed at by some immature little teenage girl! People lose their lives every day! And yes, you should be thanking me because I tried my damned hardest to keep you alive. I could've let those robots beat you to death but I didn't, why? Because it is my damned job to keep idiot civilians like you alive!"

She kicked him in the shin and screamed in his face, "You don't care! You maldito bastardo you don't care! Everyone I have ever known is probably dead and you just don't give a shit! What makes you so different from the robots, senor?" She sneered sarcastically.

He really didn't mean to but out of nowhere his hand whipped around and punched her in the face, he held himself at the last moment so there was no way she could be hurt but the look in her eyes made him immediately regret his actions. She wasn't hurt or even shocked; she looked smug, like she had just been proven right. "No difference whatsoever." She hissed, she began to walk away when she heard another voice,

"Tazia! Tazia Lopez!" Out of the corner of her eye she saw the Ranger straighten up beside her into a salute. Commander Herson ran towards to pair, relieved to find at least one person he knew alive. "Lieutenant Up! At ease. Well done for saving her, Ranger." Taz heard him mutter an insult under his breath but collected himself and said wirily,

"Just doing the dead-goddamn job done, Sir." Up watched with apprehension as his Commander scooped the girl in his arms and started fussing over her as she hissed in pain, "Uh – permission to speak, Sir?" The Commander waved his hand and he continued, "I hope I'm not being too bold here, Commander, but how exactly is it that you know each other?"

"Oh, of course!" Herson tore his attention away from Taz and clapped Up on the shoulder, "Tazia Lopez meet Lieutenant Up, the best dead-Goddamned Ranger in the entire G.L.E.E – if I do say so myself. I've known Tazia since the day she was born, in fact I was there! Her family and I go way back. I went to school with both her parents and graduated the Academy with her Father. We fought some good battles together but then came the Battle of Andamanta and…" He trailed off and Taz's eyes grew sad again. "We lost a lot of good men that day but I'll never forget Antonio, great, great man. I've kept in contact with Tazia and her family ever since, they even had me around for Thanksgiving last year, isn't that right, Tazia?"

"Taz." She muttered, looking around, "Tio Greg? Have you seen- Is there anyone else?" She sounded so young and vulnerable Up almost allowed a small bit of guilt to creep in for hitting her. Almost. The Commander smiled sadly and placed a large hand around her shoulders and kissed her head lightly,

"I'm sorry, kid." He truly meant it, her family was the only family he had every known and now it had just been ripped away. It was just as hard on him.

"Don't call me 'kid'." She sighed, but her heart wasn't in it. She rubbed her eyes, smearing even more of the atrocious makeup down her face; she really was a sorry sight to behold. "Adios Tio, I'll write soon." She muttered, walking off and gingerly holding her rib. Up sighed in relief, he was never one for moments with loved ones; they were in the middle of a war dead-goddamn it, they couldn't just stop and talk with old friends when they felt like it.

Herson sent the girl's retreating back an odd look, "Tazia, Taz! Where are you going?"

She called back without turning around, "To see my house is liveable, if not, I'll just find somewhere else." Up should've felt a twinge of sadness at this, in another time, maybe, but this was a war and kids much younger than her were squatting in holes much worse than the destroyed houses that surrounded them, just waiting for their deaths. Up had learnt long ago that feeling sorry for yourself or anyone else got you nowhere, the only way to end it all was to kill every dead-Goddamn robot that polluted the Galaxy.

"Wait, Taz! We're taking you back with us!" Herson yelled. Up whipped his head around to stare at his Commander in disbelief.

"Sir?" People died every day, they were faced with literally dozens of orphans every time they went on a mission but you didn't see them picking up each and every one and take them back to the Starship, there were just too many. Up raised his eyebrow at his Commander, he had always respected the man, though he'd never go as far as to call them 'friends', and Up had never seen him act like this before. Sure, his compassionate side often came out and he might've made sure that one of the younger children made it to the refugee tents but he had never been foolish enough to bring a child on board before, an injured one no-less. They didn't need a child taking up the medical resources needed for the Rangers.

"Lieutenant, that girl is the closest thing I have to a daughter, you wouldn't understand. She's coming back with us."

Damned right, I don't understand, Up thought bitterly, "And what exactly do you intend to do with a wounded 12 year old girl, sir?" Taz had reached them by that point and punched him hard in the arm, it may have left a bruise on anyone else but Up barely felt it and simply raised a patronizing eyebrow,

"I'm 15, you estúpido cabrón!" She glared at him angrily, almost daring him to insult her in front of Herson. He didn't but let out a long breath as he stared at his Commander, waiting for an answer.

"She's joining the Academy."

"What?"

Once again sorry for the shortness but, enjoy! Reviews make me happy... ;D