X left her room not long after Bomber fell asleep and returned to the bridge. She told the captain the Bomber was asleep before seating herself in front of the navigational console to try and sit out the wait for Bomber to wake up. Every half hour either X, Buffer or Swain would go down to check on her and finally, on Buffer's third trip, she was awake. She had been asleep for roughly 4 hours, the longest she'd had in a long time.

Bomber sat up when she heard someone sit in the seat beside her rack. It was Buffer. She forced a smile and moved to stand as if to try and show she was alright when clearly she wasn't.

"Hey Bomber. Just stay there. Swaino's getting you something to eat."

Bomber nodded and sank back down. She felt awful, the events from that afternoon were obviously very draining. Not only that but she felt sick with the guilt of not telling anyone what he was doing to her. Swain walked in at that moment and handed her a sandwich and a glass of water.

"Thanks Swain,"

She attempted to eat her sandwich but the more she ate the more Bomber felt sick. She managed half of it before she couldn't eat any more. Obviously this was enough for Buffer as he took the plate from her hands and moved to sit on the rack next to her. Bomber shrugged on her jacket before turning to look at Buffer.

"Buff, can I just apologise. I feel awful that I made you come out there and get me. I'm so sorry," Bomber apologised.

Buffer placed a hand on her shoulder. "Bomber, if there's anyone who should apologise it's me. I'm sorry that you had to do this and that I didn't realised something was up sooner. I should have been able to see something was wrong and I didn't."

"Buffer, it's ok. I didn't want anyone to know. I tried to hide it from you all, I thought it would go away but, well, obviously it didn't."

"Bomb, what's going on? You can tell me you know."

"Yea Buff, I know. Thanks," she smiled appreciatively at Buffer. Her first real smile in days. The two sailors sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes, each lost in thought, before Bomber turned to Buffer.

"Buffer, do you have to be anywhere?" she asked. Buffer looked at her, he didn't know where this was going but he didn't so he shook his head. Bomber took a deep breath and looked at him. Then she began to tell him what had happened the past two weeks.

"It started just over two weeks ago when we finished a patrol. I went home and checked my emails. There were two from an unknown address so I checked them. The first one said that he knew who I was but I didn't know him and he was going to make me his bride. That freaked me out but I didn't think much of it however I didn't delete the email. I made a new folder and moved it there. Then I read the second one. It said pretty much the same as the first but that rules stood in the way but that I shouldn't worry about that cos he'd find a way around them. I had no idea what he was talking about. He also said that I shouldn't tell anyone if I knew what was good for me," she paused and looked at Buffer who placed a comforting hand on her arm. Taking a deep breath she continued.

"The emails became more frequent then, I got at least two a day usually more. On the third day he sent me pictures of myself from when I was at the grocery store. He's stalking me! After that I only left the house for patrols. Eventually it became clear that he was in love with me and that, despite whatever rules were in place, he wanted me to marry him. Then he said that because he couldn't have a relationship with me no one could. He threatened you guys, the crew, because I am friends with you all. He said that I was his! Then he told me to leave the Navy but I didn't, obviously. I guess that made him mad cos then he said that if I killed myself he would spare you guys and then kill himself so we could be together. It's sick! I disregarded it at first but this morning he said that I had 24hours or he would kill you all. So then I felt obliged. Believe me, I don't want to at least I didn't at first but I don't want him getting to you guys."

When she had finished she looked down and realised that she was crying. She hastily wiped the tears away but they kept falling. Damn, she thought, I'm shaking. She moved her gaze up to Buffer and saw through her tears that he had his own tears pooling in his brown eyes. He moved his arms around her and embraced her in a very unbuffer like move. But he felt he owed her that much.

"It's ok," he soothed. "You're safe now."

She nodded into his chest and pulled back.

"Was it only the emails Bomber?"

"No Buff. There were a few letters, written with cut-outs from magazines. I kept them, their at home. Oh and phone calls but he used a voice enhancer or something," she admitted.

"Ok," he moved his hand back to her arm. "You're ok. We should probably go tell the Captain."

Bomber nodded. "What about dinner? I should go make that."

"Don't worry about that. Spider and ET are taking care of it," he responded.

She returned his gaze with a look of mock horror. "Uh oh. Don't eat dinner then!" she offered him a small smile and to her surprise he smiled back.

"Come on, let's go find the CO."

"Oh Buff?" Bomber asked to which he replied with a nod. "Thanks for listening."

A/N: Ok, please I need honest reviews. Is this story too weird to continue?