As Q entered the ship and went to the engine room, he walked to a speaking tube bank and told everyone that if they wanted they could return home to visit their families while Q stayed to fix Exile. Everyone but May reported that they were leaving to see their families as Q walked into the engine room and looked at the damage to the engines.
Seconds later, May walked into the room, stood next to Q and said as she surveyed the damage, "Burst pipes, twisted shafts, and one of the pistons in the right engine needs to be replaced. That's all the damage in only thisroom."
"We have our work cut out for us… By the way, why did you not go visit your family?" Q asked as he turned to her.
"Gran said to not visit until I was in complete control of all my powers…. And married." May replied as she climbed to the top of the engine with the broken piston.
"So, who are you interested in?" Q asked her with a grin as he started to unbolt the bottom of the broken piston from the crank shaft.
"Ummm…" Q heard May reply from above as he felt her embarrassment rising through their connection.
Q about dropped the large bolt he was holding as he realized; 'Me'
'Really me?'Q asked her surprised.
'Don't laugh!' May shot back as she lifted the piston out of the engine.
'I like you too.'Q thought back shyly.
May stood dumbstruck at the comet as Q continued working below the engine.
'I have been wanting to ask you something for a little while now but never got the courage to say it until now.'Q thought as he came up from the bottom of the engine and faced her as he pulled something out of his bag.
"May, will you be my wife?" Q said cautiously as he gave her a small box.
"Yes." May replied immediately as she opened the box and pulled out a ring.
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Two days later, everyone returned to the ship and a large wedding was held as May and Q were married along with Alek and Deryn. Apparently, Alex had proposed to Deryn over their break to visit their families. On this day, was nothing but happiness and celebration.
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Deep in Exile somewhere, a little box sat in a steam pipe and showed on the small screen attached to it; 2 years, 2 days, 5 minutes, 30 seconds, and slowly counted down.
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May and Q were happily married. Soon, a year passed and as exile was slowly repaired, Q and May were gifted with a baby girl which they named Coro Elysium, and Deryn and Alex were also gifted with a baby boy named Harrow Sharp. When the children were born, Coro had two gears on her back as all exiles did but they weren't moving and Harrow had a single small gear on his chest. When the new parents quizzed Exile they were told that, '...children born from Exiles grow like normal children until the age of 18. when they reach that age they age slower like you since they are also immortal unless they are hurt badly. they are also given the ability of one random power until they were activated by the King and Queen or me. Then they will have the full powers that a grown up has and the second large gear will join with the small first gear. Coro however, has the ability to hold all the powers like you do, hence the normal markings on her back there is also the possibility that she can use all her powers, as if they were activated, in times of intense concentration.'
When Exile was done explaining, Q went to Zoro and Tashigi and asked them to take care of Coro should something happen to Q or May before adding, "And if something happens, leave her in the dark until she is 18."
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Another year passed as Exile was repaired to the point of being able to lift off. On the day Exile was to be brought up to full pressure, Q and May ordered everyone in the vicinity of the park to leave until they were given the ok to return. As Zorro and Tashigi took Coro with them, Q handed Zoro a bag that had his possessions in it and reminded him not to tell Coro anything about them until she was 18, before heading to the boiler room of Exile.
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Deep in Exile, the timer's screen said: 0 years, 0 days, 5 minutes, 50 seconds and kept counting down.
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Deep in Exile, Q met May at the main boiler room and took out Exile's boiler and held so May could see it.
"Ready?" Q asked as he turned to May.
"Ready." she replied back a second later.
Then as Q went to put the ball into its place, Q heard three beeps before everything went black.
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Outside Exile, Deryn and Alex watched as Exile suddenly exploded in a giant cloud of steam, three miles tall, that was soon replaced by a towering, white tree of ice. As the steam cleared, the mammoth tree sat where Exile once was but no remnants could be found of the large ship. Upon further inspection, they found that the tree was not melting in the summer's heat, but was actually living, with stream running through its veins, and slightly thrumming mysteriously. Sadly, the remaining crew of Exile asked the US government if they could set up their own ghetto in the branches of the tree and seek employment in the world they were in.
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