Erik Schwartz

Sometime during the day, his door got slammed opened again, he knew very well who that was.

"Now, ya have to tell me, why the hell the Commander got arrested?" the American sat himself lazily on the free chair in front of Erik's desk and crossed his arms.

He took a deep breath "He was arrested, because he was accused to negotiate with Dizzy." He knew what was going to happen next.

"WHAT?! And'ya let that sun of a bitch do as he wished, are ya mad? You know very well that the Commander…" Schwarz slammed his fist on the desk.

"Mr. Badguy, I know very well that Mr. Kiske is not involved." He leaned over, "I know everything about your mission Mr. Badguy, I know actually way too much." He massaged the temple on his left.

"And that why, I thought you are going to watch after our Commander, you moron!" Sol was looking him angrily, but then again when was he not angry.

"I can't just tell them what Commander Cliff has planned!" now the American stood up.

"So WHAT?! Let the old man go to jail damn it! I am going to skin that Fox."

Erik looked at him in shock, he had to stop the Gear, before he did something stupid.

"Sol, the Commander went into jail in his own will. He wants to clear his name, because he believes he is innocent." Badguy was still looking at him with blazing eyes.

"He is just too damn good for this world" it seemed as if Sol was talking more to himself as to Erik.

"You have to respect his decisions. You know how upright he is."

"Tch, ya right, I will have to drag him outhe there and he still will go back on his own." The American sat on the chair again. "What do you plan to do?"

"I have sent someone in order to inform Commander Cliff. If we are lucky he will come back soon and clear everything." The German looked to the side - the sun was going down already. It will be a cold night again.

The door got suddenly opened again and the Fox came in.

"Ahhh, Mr. Badguy, I was looking for you." He smiled in his usual way, but his eyes didn't. They actually never seemed to change with the moods of the red haired. That man was wearing a mask all the time.

"Mr. Kiske…" Badguy stood up clenching his fists.

"Commander, Kiske!" the German was looking first to Sol than to Adam, he had to prevent any fight between them. The Gear could easily snap the Irish's neck.

"Formal Commander Kiske, told us, you were sent away on the order of Commander Cliff. Were you sent to negotiate with the Gear Dizzy?"

"It is none of yur fucking business Fox. You sniffed around enough, why don't ya go back to yur hole?" Badguy tilled his head to the side and smirked. The brown haired man was ready to fight, he had to do something.

"So, you don't deny negotiating with Dizzy." The Fox was standing at the door, Erik was pretty sure that the spy was scared of the Gear and wanted to have a sure escaping way to go.

"Mr. Badguy's mission is confidential, he has no right to speak of it, only Commander Cliff can answer your questions Mr. Fox." Sol looked at him with this crazy look of his he had, when he was going into a fight.

"I see, well I hope Commander Cliff comes back soon then." The Fox smiled one more time and left the room.

Erik sighed and wanted to sit himself again, he didn't even notice how he had stood up. Before he could sit something tight squeezed his neck.

"Ya know Schwarz, ya live only because of my Commander, otherwise I would just eliminate ya…"

"Gkhg, Mr…Badguy, please, you have to calm yourself down…gkhg…" it was getting black before his eyes. He tried desperately to push the Gear away, but it was no use. The American was holding him with just one hand, the sheer power of that man was incredible.

"Let, him, go, Badguy San!" Erik could see the bright pink hair of the Japanese woman trough his already teary eyes. She was standing in fighting position, ready to strike.

Sol turned to her and let him go. He collapsed on the floor and tried to catch his breath.

"Tch…" was everything he said and left the room. That was close, Sol was quite the monster, when he had that crazy look in his eyes.

"Th…aha…thank you Baiken…ugh" she helped him up.

"Badguy San is very angry with you?"

"Yes, he… blames me for everything… and he is right, I should have seen that coming…"

"Schwarz San, it is not your fault. Badguy San is just frustrated, because he couldn't hit the Fox, he knew better." Erik nodded, thank God the American knew his limits. It would have been a catastrophe, if he had hit Adam.

After that nerve breaking day the Gears attacked again.

Sol Badguy

It was fighting time again, he could again loose free and kill. His mind went blank, every time he lost himself in a fight. He was just cutting brutally through flesh and shell and fur, he was slashing and killing, he just loved it. He wished every time it was that Chinese bastard, or the red haired moron he killed. They all have hurt his sweet Commander. No one was allowed to hurt him, no one was allowed to touch him, to make him cry, to make him moan, but him! Ky was his Commander and nobody else's. He smirked and rushed against the next pathetic Gear, which thought it could defeat him.

Almost every day after that, Gears were attacking them. He could barely rest, he didn't have any time to go to Ky. He just ate, slept and fought.

Ky Kiske

There were Gear attacks almost every day and Sol didn't show up for at least two weeks. Every day soldiers, who survived, or got hurt, or even with a death wound came to his cell and begged for a prey and forgiveness. They reached thought the bars saying "please Commander, help me, prey for me, prey with me." He would take their hands and help them ease their pain as much as he could. His heart got torn every day, as soon as he was alone, his tears stared rolling down his cheeks, he couldn't be out there, he couldn't fight, he couldn't support them.

He barely got to sleep, he wanted to be there for his soldiers and there were coming every hour. Nobody could stop them from seeing him, not even the Fox. Suddenly there was a noise of a gate getting opened, he woke up. When did he fall asleep?

"Mr. Kiske, Commander Cliff has arrived. You are to come to his office immediately." The Vampire was standing in front of him smiling warmly.

Ky rubbed his eyes, Cliff was back? How much time had passed since he was gone, did he manage to negotiate with the New England Heads?

"Yes…I am coming…" he was perplexed. They both walked out of the dungeons, Hanry nodded at them as they got out.

Once they were in Cliff's office, Ky noticed it was dark outside as he looked at the clock, the time said 4am.

"Ky, you look terrible! Cliff stood up and hugged him."

"So nice to see you back Commander Cliff, how was your…"

"Blah, blah, never mind the nice words. We need to discuss something."

"The door got opened again and Anji came in followed by one very grumpy Sol.

"This better be good, I hate not…"

"Good day Sol, I see you are back too. You will report to me after this meeting. We have to discuss the matter with Ky's accusations." Anji sat himself next to Schwarz and Slayer.

"Please you two, don't stand up, this is a difficult topic, so you better be sitting."

Cliff looked at each and every one of them, before starting talking, this was obviously very difficult for him.

"Now, Ky here was accused for negotiating with Dizzy, we all know that he didn't do that. It was me who did it. You all know Dizzy is a very important person to us, but she is a Gear. Negotiation with her is a threat to the NUS and the Foxes. However we need her to win this war." He looked at them again with a stern expression.

"I have already talked to the Nation Heads, they know about my decision already and they agreed."

"What decision?" Ky asked, what was going to happen now? He noticed from the corner of his eye that Mito shifted his position on his chair. He already knew.

"Ky, you are to tell the whole world that you love Dizzy and you will marry her." This dropped like a bomb in the room. Badguy, who was sitting lazily in his chair almost asleep straitened himself and leaned towards Cliff. Then he looked at Ky, who looked at him too. He could see the irritation and maybe pain in his eyes?

"I…can't…marry her, I don't even know her…I"

"Ky, you will be banned from the Order, if you refuse to do what I tell you. This is the only way to bond Dizzy to us and not to accuse you, me and Badguy of treason. The NH agreed and understood. They thought you really love her. I explained that Sol was sent to find her and talk to her about the marriage."

The American was sitting totally stiffened on his seat staring at him.

"I…I don't understand, why is she so important, why me, why do I have to marry her…" what was going on, how did he manage to get into such situations every time?

"Dizzy always worked for us, since she was defeated. She can read Gear minds and is therefore crucial to us, to find Justice and her troops." He paused in order to give him a minute to think of what was just said.

"The accusations put on you could only be redrawn, if you say you loved her forever and you want to marry her, that way the NH, the NUS and the Foxes won't see her as a threat, because you will be a family. You are the only one they would trust in having such a relationship." Ky leaned himself back, he didn't notice how sore his muscles were. He had nothing to say. He looked at his clenched fists and then back to Sol.

The American was now looking in front of him blankly. His fingers were holding the armrests tightly.

"Tomorrow I will arrange the meeting between the NUS and the Fox, there you have to sound very confident! You need to show them your love for her. Anji will tell you the details. Now you are allowed to return to your room. Mito will come in a while." Without a second look at him Cliff turned to Erik.

"Mr. Schwarz, please escort the Commander back to his room and come immediately back."

Erik Schwarz

They didn't speak through the whole way. It was very clear that Ky was devastated, he was stepping in a shit pile over and over again.

"Please Sir, relax, before Mr. Mito comes."

"Erik, I can't marry her, how…I" his voice cracked. He almost never called him by his first name. The German's heart stiffened, but he couldn't say anything.

Ky opened his room and entered looking at him once more.

Erik hurried back to Cliff's room and it was already a chaos inside.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING, NO ARE YOU THINKING AT ALL. YOU CAN'T JUST MARRY HIM TO THAT WHORE! SHE WILL KILL HIM, I CAN'T PROTECT HIM WHEN SHE IS ALWAYS BY HIS SIDE. HOW DARE YOU EVEN THINK OF SUCH A DUMP IDEA!" it was Sol, he was screaming his head off. He was throwing stuff around, his eyes were full of anger. Mito and Slayer were standing on the side, ready to stop the Gear, if he did something stupid. Cliff was sitting on his chair and was following Badguy's moves carefully.

"Sol, you have to calm down, she is harmless, she won't hurt him. They probably won't even live together, it is just a marriage for a disguise."

"I DON'T CARE FOR WHAT IT IS. YOU CAN'T JUST MARRY HIM TO HER. THAT DIRTY, LITTLE BITCH, THE COMMANDER DESERVES BETTER, MUCH BETTER!" he had never seen the Gear son angry, he was out of his mind.

"No one is good enough for Ky, Sol and you know it! There are no angels on this earth." Badguy stopped walking around and looked at Cliff. What was the American thinking of?

"Tch!" he rushed out of the room, smashing the door down. They heard more stuff getting destroyed on his way.

The old Commander sighed "I knew, he would hate this idea… he hates me for this…he will never forgive me."

"You had no choice Cliff Sama, otherwise we all could have lost you, Kiske Sama and Badguy San."

"Yes, Mito please go to Ky and explain him the whole marriage situation." The Japanese bowed and left the destroyed room.

"Mr. Schwarz, you do understand how important you are now? Ky will need every support he can get from you. He doesn't love that girl. She is a Gear, his whole world is crumbling now, you need to be there for him!" Erik couldn't say anything, this was too much for him too.

"Mr. Slayer will find the Gear and we will arrange the marriage after we come back from New Australia! Till then, we need to prepare our Hope for his married life."

Sol Badguy

How could he do such a thing? How could he arrange a fucking marriage with that, that slut? He should kill her, right now and everything will stay as it was. His Commander is going to marry… he was going to be boned to someone. His mind exploded, thinking Ky would be touched by her, eventually. He tightened his grip around the huge tree in front of him and ripped it out of his roots. He couldn't let that happen.

Ky Kiske

Mito talked about how they should have met with Dizzy, how they had fallen in love, how they had communicated during all this time. He said to him, how he was supposed to act when talking about her and he should act when he met her.

Ky was listening carefully, but his mind was somewhere else. He couldn't forget the shock in these eyes. Sol was angry, but he knew he saw something else in his golden-red orbs. Last time he was with him Sol was so gentle, he was holding him in his arms, whispering and promising him, how he would always protect him. He was scared to see this so sensitive side of the and now he wished Badguy would come and whisper in his ear again.

"Commander Kiske Sama?" Ky looked up, the Japanese noticed his absence.

"I know, You are tired and this situation is overwhelming for You, but You need to listen to me. It is important for everybody." He sighed, he knew that very well, but accepting it was very difficult.

"I am sorry Mr. Mito, do please continue."