Izura shook his head.

"Even when I didn't kill someone everything gets blamed on me." he said, quite annoyed. 'This is ridiculous! I haven't done anything other than protect his sister and he still gets all puffed up about it!' Suddenly, an image of the back of Gabriel's skull where it met the neck flashed in his mind. The Spartan cringed.

"No. He's with us... He's with us..." Izura repeated. Moka had just walked in when he stopped, gently knocking on the open door.

"Hey, how you holding up?" she asked. When Izura answered, his voice cracked.

"I'm as far from fine as Earth is from Pluto." he whispered, shuddering as he remembered seeing the back of Gabriel's skull.

"What's wrong? Bad dream? Hallucination? Or maybe a bad memory?" she asked. Izura almost couldn't speak, terrified of what might happen there after.

"I... I imagined the back of Gabriel's skull, like I always did when I wanted to kill someone. The thought of me wanting to kill someone like him scares me... It terrifies me..." he answered, shaking as he backed away as far as he could into his room. Moka just followed him in, closing the gap between them once he was backed to a wall. 'Halsey. I need Halsey- just go get Halsey!' he shouted at himself in his head. But his demands for himself wouldn't be met. Izura was shaking too much to stand, his eyes were too watered to see, and he was malnourished from having completely denying himself food.

"Stay here, I'll go get help." Moka said as she turned around, running off for the med bay.

"I swear to god If I knew you better I'd say you're being a jackass..." he joked, trying to make himself laugh.

She reached Halsey within minutes and was back before Izura realized she left, Halsey and a team of doctors standing behind her.

Halsey knelt next to Izura and looks over his body.

"A mild case of malnutrition along with stress. We'll take him to med bay and put him up there for the next few days for a little R&R." she said a small smile appearing on her face. Two doctors carrying a stretcher, lift Izura on and carry him away. Moka soon followed after them.

Meanwhile…

Gabriel was running all over the ship looking for his sister.

"ALICE!" He yelled. Eventually, he leaned against the wall catching his breath.

"God dammit. Where the fuck could she be?" He was never good at finding her when she ran off. Gabriel usually waited until she got hungry and ran into the kitchen looking for food. He sighed and headed to the kitchen, making a detour to his room to grab the note, his sketchpad, and a pencil to help pass the time. He sits on the metallic counter top and opens his sketchbook and starts to draw listening for any sign of his little sister. All the happenings within the past few days had taken its toll on him, causing him to neglect things he cared for like his drawings or his friends. He heard a bunch of loud footsteps and raises his head from his sketchbook. Izura passed by him on a stretcher with Moka in tow. Gabriel didn't care about Izura in fact he knew that Izura was starving himself but if that dumbass wanted to do it why stop him. He also couldn't understand what Moka saw in him I mean he didn't even care for her. Gabriel came to one conclusion.

"If he hurts her I will kill him." He whispered to himself. Finishing the drawing, he wrote his signature, the date, and let out a yawn before deciding to nap while waiting for Alice.

A few hours later…

He blinked as a bright light entered the previously dark room. A small silhouette stands in the light. Gabriel stood up quietly and snuck behind her, putting his hand on her shoulder. She let out a squeak and punched Gabriel square in the jaw. His head moved slightly and he grinned. "I deserved that one" he said with a hint of sadness in his voice. Gabriel frowned and embraces Alice in a tight hug.

"Y…you bastard!" she said, anger seeping into her voice. She started hitting him in the ribs, causing his body to recoil slightly. She began to pant and eventually stopped punching looking up at Gabriel. He had a sad look in his eyes but he gave a small laugh.

"Finally tuckered out huh." Alice gritted her teeth, feeling a fresh set of tears brimming in her eyes.

"Hey I'm sorry I didn't tell you about dad earlier but I can't stand to see you cry it makes me cry too." He said as tears starting to fall from his eyes.

"Bro…." she said as she fought back her own tears.

"It's okay to cry Alice just let it out." Alice allowed the tears to flow and buries her face in his chest. Gabriel smiled and wiped his own tears. Pushing Alice away slightly, he reaches into his back pocket he pulls out the letter and hands it to Alice

"You need this more than me. Looks like you brother is just a big crybaby too." He said with a wide smile. Alice nodded, putting it over her heart and returning his smile. "Let's go to bed okay."

"Okay." They headed back to their beds.

"Hey Gabriel? There's something Izura wants to tell you." Yukari looked nervous, taking a deep breath.

"He doesn't want to tell you in person though. Well, he... he somehow saw the back of your head, where the neck meets the skull and right where snipers usually aim to kill." she said.

"I will deal with him tomorrow right I'm exhausted Yukari." He said his voice thick with sleep as he followed his sister to their beds.

"Okay I will tell him that you want to meet him tomorrow then." She said walking off towards the med bay.