One month later...

Three's eyes were open as he stared off into the darkness, listening to the silent hums of the Raza while it stayed in FTL. Behind him, Minako was sleeping soundly, he can tell by her slow and calm breathings now. He got up and went over to the couch, crouched down and pulled out an envelope before glancing back over to her. She stayed asleep so he risked the chance and left the room, not stopping until he went to Two's quarters, ringing her bell until she finally opened the door.

Two was dazed and confused as she rubbed her eyes before taking in Three, "What the hell are you doing here? And where's your pants?"

"This is why I'm here" Three handed her the envelope.

Two took the envelope and opened it up before she suddenly became fully awake. It was pictures taken from the last station they were in, but they were all of Three and Minako walking around, doing errands, and kissing. In some pictures, you can see a slight bump come off of Minako, but they were confirmed in one where Three has his hand on her bump with a proud smile on his face. Stunned, Two glanced up to Three as he placed his hands on his hips, waiting for her to see all of the pictures.

"I got bumped at the last marketplace we went to" Three explained, "The woman told me that she was a messenger from Zairon"

"What?" Two barely breathed out.

"He's planning on going public with the photos" Three told her, "We've been caught"

Two blinked, "No, we can still talk to Ryo, somehow see our side in all of this-"

"What side is he going to see, Two?" Three threw out his arms, "He was betrothed to Minako, her family has the best ships, and we lied to his face in order to let us go. Whatever loyalty you think he might have to this crew is now gone"

"What does Minako think about this?" Two asked.

Three glanced down to his feet and shifted as Two let out, "You did tell her, didn't you?"

"She's expecting a baby, I don't want to stress her out about this" Three reasoned, "I barely got her to stop worrying about her parents and now this shit happened"

"So what do you want to do?" Two asked.

"I don't know!" Three let out in a voice louder than he even expected, "That's why I'm asking you"

"Okay" Two raised up her hands in some sort of surrender, "Just come inside and we'll talk about it"

Three sighed and walked into her room, flicking on the lights as he came in. Two glanced around just in case Three had woken up anyone from his outburst. She then walked in and closed the door as she took a seat on her bed, watching Three as he crouched and stared at his palms. She honestly didn't know what to say to him in order to make him feel better.

"You know for a while, I forgot who I was" Three started, "Who Marcus Boone was. I was just an ordinary guy waiting for the birth of his first child but fate had a sick way of reminding me that I'm nothing but a criminal. When Ryo breaks the news, everyone's going to be after us to seek justice. They won't care to know that Minako and I are really happy...all they'll see is a criminal who made his prisoner fall in love with him"

"We'll use the blink drive" Two promised, "Whenever there is a sign of trouble"

"You're gonna run out of places to go, Two" Three picked up his head, "We won't be able to hide"

Two narrowed her eyes, "What are you suggesting?"

"What is the only thing that is right" Three sighed, "I'm going to have to leave"

"No!" Two let out, "Three, you have a baby on the way! You can't just drop off and leave, I won't let you!"

"It doesn't matter what you let me do or not" Three said, "What matters is that you take care of my girlfriend and our baby"

"I will" Two nodded, "But with you, Six, Five, the Android and everyone else that has our back-"

"That's not a lot" Three huffed.

"But it's enough" Two said firmly.

Three sighed as he ran his hand over his face and paused for a moment. He didn't want to do this but he knew this was the only way to protect his family. His heart beat out of his chest as he wondered what kind of life he would have to live being alone and knowing his family were away from him. Three knew as long as they were on this ship, he would feel comfortable enough to know his friends will take care of them.

An arm went around Three's shoulders as he realized that he had started to tear up as Two held onto him. Believe it or not, but he had plans for him, Minako, and the little one and being hunted down wasn't part of it.

"In the back of your mind, you always knew that this was going to happen, right?" Two asked.

Three nodded as he sniffed, "Yeah"

"And how were you planning on dealing with it then, Three?" Two pressured, "Alone? That doesn't sound like you. I'm not going to let you off of this ship even if it means having the Android tie your ass up and put you in the vault"

Despite the serious situation, Three cracked a smile and chuckled as Two said, "You're a part of this family, Three; Minako is too, whatever happens with Zairon, we'll deal with it together"

Two shook him a little bit as she said in her no bullshit tone, "Got it?"

"Got it" Three nodded.

"Now, as much as I hate to say this; let's wake up and tell Minako because I know she will be pissed if she finds out on the news" Two got up.

"What do you think will happen?" Three asked, "With everything going public and all"

Two sighed as she shrugged, "I don't know, but we'll deal with it when the time comes"

"Which seems like it will be tomorrow"

The next morning, it was all over the news just as Three feared, nearly every station had it or even stopped their normal morning broadcast for this scoop. Telling Minako wasn't easy, she panicked and cried when she noticed they were being watched but then it turned to anger for how Ryo sent a spy out to watch them. She preferred to eat in the room, away from the TV and Three honestly couldn't blame her. Each station had a spin of their own story just to keep viewers watching their channel and trusting them… none of the channels were even close to the real story.

The Crew of the Raza did nothing but sit and stare, unable to even comprehend what was happening. Three's former life's name was all over the galaxy now and it was linked to royalty and even Ryo which gave Three a bitter taste. He couldn't even bring himself to look at the TV as he hovered over his food, eating, wondering if he should've brought his food back to the room like Minako did.

The only time he did pick up his head was when he heard a live broadcast at Chang'e as the Emperor was addressing matters that didn't concern his daughter, but, there is always one reporter who has to ask. He said nothing but got off the stage and went to the nearest exit as everyone called his name.

Only the Crew seemed to realize that the man had clenched his jaw at the sound of Marcus Boone's name.

"A couple of stations and talk shows have been requesting to talk to both Three and Minako from all over the galaxy" the Android said.

Everyone turned and stared at her as she looked down to the table, "Okay then, I'll decline them"

"No, don't say anything to them" Two demanded, "We only know the truth and if people are just calling for a juicy story, then screw them. We'll come out when Minako wants to have a public statement"

"Two?" the Android spoke up.

"What is it?" Two turned to her.

"The Emperor of Chang'e is requesting to speak to you and you alone… no one else in the room" the Android said, making everyone tense up.

Two glanced to Three as he seemed the most uncomfortable before she nodded, "When I tell you, patch it through my room, I'll handle this"