Stoker and Rimfire were sitting with the guys trying to distract them from what they had been through by talking to them about anything and everything that they could think of but the three rarely responded to them aside from the occasional twitch of their tails or ears. Their eyes and expressions were blank and the two mice couldn't help thinking that staring at the three as they were now, was much like looking at a trio of corpses.

There was no real emotion behind anything, nothing to give away their thoughts or feelings. Although they did sort of notice that the three wounded men kept glancing towards the door almost expectantly.

Stoker would bet that they were looking for Commander Ruby, probably secretly hoping that she would come back if he knew his boys at all. It would seem that some things about his boys hadn't changed much in the past three years. The door slid open and they all looked in that direction and held their breath as a dark haired woman slipped into the room and looked at them all for a second and gave Rimfire and Stoker an nervous looking smile and wave then walked over to the spare bed across the room and started messing around in the cabinets next to it and pulled out some sheets and started to put them on the bed.

Stoker frowned and stood up and walked up behind the female. "Excuse me-" The woman stopped messing with the bed sheets and turned her head and looked at him. "Is everything okay?" He wondered out loud. The only reason he could think of for the spare bed to have sheets put on it was if it was going to be used and he worried that maybe someone had gotten hurt when the ship had tipped earlier.

He hoped that this wasn't the case. After all he and Rimfire owed the humans for finding their captured generals, but accidents did happen. And they sometimes happened more often than he cared to admit. "Everything is fine." The woman said with another nervous smile as she started to mess with the sheets again.

"Are you sure?" Stoker asked his tone concerned.

The woman finished making the bed as the infirmary door opened again and Carbine, the dark haired, and the blond male from before, plus another with rusty colored hair and icy blue eyes all came into the room arguing and carrying the limp and lifeless looking blond Commander.

Stokers fur bristled for a second and he hissed, his expression alarmed as Rimfire quickly got to his feet, his expression equally alarmed as the group continued to argue.

"This is all your fault! If you hadn't pointed that gun at me-" The dark haired male snapped.

"I told you to move over so that I could fly us to the base!" Carbine growled, her tail thrashing a little bit in irritation.

"It wasn't anyone's fault but Jeans." The blond man deadpanned as he shifted his hold on the woman in his arms as the other male growled.

"Fuck you Gabbie. I wouldn't feel the need to try and knock your teeth out every time I saw you if you were less annoying than you are."

"I'm not that annoying."

"Bullshit you cocky little shit! Just because the Commander keeps you around doesn't mean that your not annoying. It just means that your a-"

The blond man turned and pulled a large bowie knife from somewhere and put it against the mans throat before anyone could react and said in a blood chilling tone. "It is so crucial to your future that you do not finish that sentence. Or I will have to kill you for slandering our Commander's reputation. Do I make myself clear asshole?"

The rusty haired male gave the blond a dark look then looked at the unconscious woman and gave the man with the knife a sly smirk. "What's wrong? Afraid that I'll hurt your little bitch's feelings?" No sooner than the words had left the guys mouth than Stoker, and Rimfire took a threatening step towards the group intending to tear into the human. But stopped when they saw Throttle, Modo and Vinny out of the corner of their eye, shift themselves towards the edge of their beds with murderous expressions on their faces.

Apparently they didn't like what the male had said about the woman who had saved them either.

Only to stop cold when the blond turned and thrust the woman into the dark haired males arms causing him to stagger back with a startled 'omff' as he tried to keep the woman from slipping from his grasp while the blond turned back and then grabbed the rusty haired male by the throat. And gave them all and apologetic smile.

"Sorry for the drama everyone-" The man said almost cheerfully before turning to the dark haired woman standing next to Stoker and saying in a serious tone. "Jenna, take care of Ruby for me. I have to some business to attend too in the cargo bay."

"Take you're time and remember not to kill him too quickly." Jenna said soberly as she waved at him. He gave her a feral looking smile and dragged the other man out of the room kicking and gasping for air.

Stoker scratched his cheek as the woman clapped her hands together once to get everyone's attention as she cheerfully said. "Mark, bring Commander Ruby over here-" The man made a strangled sound and picked the woman up a little more and carried her over to the bed that Jenna had fixed for Ruby to sleep in earlier and with help from Jenna set Ruby on the bed.

"You three injured guys, settle back, everything is fine-" Throttle and the others looked doubtful that everything was as fine as the woman said it was, but knew that they would be more hindrance than help and so did as she told them. Reluctantly. "And the rest of you please move aside so that I can do my job. Thank you."

Stoker, Carbine and Rimfire moved back a few steps and watched as Jenna leaned over Ruby and started to check her over while asking questions about what happened. Mark told Jenna about Carbine pulling a gun on him and arguing with him about driving the ship, then about how Jean had apparently gotten loose from the ropes that Gabriel had used to tie him up and come looking for the man and had tried to hit him.

Ruby had tried to stop the conflict between the two groups and had gotten shoved back and had lost her footing and hit her head when she had fallen. Naturally, this, had stopped the fighting.

Jenna rolled her eyes and muttered something about stupid boys and their male posturing. Honestly would the boys never grow up? "Well, she doesn't seem to have a concussion or anything. She's just unconscious. So no real harm done." Jenna said as she straitened her spine and tugged the covers up over the woman.

"I guess it's a good thing that she has such a thick skull." Mark half joked as Jenna went through the small pack sitting on the table next to the Commanders bed and pulled out a needle and a small vial of clear liquid.

Mark frowned as she fixed the needle and then moved back over to Ruby's side and was about to stick the needle in the woman's arm when Stoker grabbed her wrist and stopped her. Surprising both Jenna and Mark as he asked in a suspicious tone. "What's in the needle?" He knew that it probably wasn't any of his business but he couldn't help but wonder what sort of drug the woman was trying to give to the blond laying on the bed.

"It's something to help her sleep more comfortably." Jenna said as she looked at the dark haired alien male, her expression unreadable. Stoker frowned and glanced at Ruby.

"Is she in pain?"

"Not sure. She's not awake to tell me. But I do know that since Gabriel isn't here at the moment then I should probably keep her asleep."

"Is the reason relevant?"

"It has to do with the time that she spent in captivity." Throttle's voice sounded from behind them. Stoker and the others turned to look at him for a second and noticed that he was sitting on the edge of his bed, his legs dangling over the side. He looked like he was ready to try walking at any second.

Rimfire moved to his side and tried to get him back into bed, but the older male slapped his hands away and growled at him. He did not want anyone touching him unless it was absolutely necessary and right now, it wasn't.

Stoker, Carbine, Rimefire and Mark all got horrified expressions on their faces as they looked at him and Throttle frowned as he looked over the human male. What the hell was he looking so horrified for? She was his Commander, he should know this shit already. Yet he got the nagging feeling that the man wasn't playing around.

Which meant that Ruby was keeping secrets from her team. And that wasn't good.