(A/N: I do not own Duck Dodgers or Looney Tunes. That right belongs to Warner Bros.)

Queen Tyr'ahnee was in a stressful mood. This investigation was taking a lot more time than she had anticipated and the more she waited, the more she ached for the truth. Normally, she would be able to instruct a scribe from the Archives that recorded every person's move in the palace in every room to bring her footage from a said time.

However, it was different in this case for the footage from Dodger's room the night before what was supposed to be their wedding was heavily encrypted. For what reason, the scribes did not know for sure but it was pretty obvious that someone did not want this footage to be seen by pretty much anyone. This caused serious suspicion to the Queen.

This gave credibility to Dodger's accusation of the Commander. After all, he out of anyone had the most motive to do such a thing. With Dodger's departure, he was given his position of Commander back and of course, his crush on her.

Ever since their to be wedding ended with her confessing her love for Dodgers and her breakup of him, Tyr'ahnee tried her hardest to maintain a professional relationship between the two of them. However, she could still sense the feelings he had toward her which made their relationship awkward. Now she felt bad about breaking up with him the way she did but she just couldn't hold her feelings inside anymore and it wouldn't be right for him to be married to a woman who only truly loved him as only a friend.

Going back to the encrypted archives, it wasn't impossible to decrypt them. It was just not going to be something that could be done in an hour. She expected a result very soon from her planet's top scientists. Though it was pretty obvious that whoever did encrypt it wanted it encrypted enough so that he or she could alter the archive enough so that they can clear themselves of any accusation. The more time went on, the more it was looking like the Commander was the culprit.

Usually, the Commander would be right at her side with whatever project she was working on but given the circumstances, she wanted him to stay as far away from this as possible. As a result, she assigned him to watch Dodgers while he was being held prisoner. She felt he would be happy with being able to see how he succeeded over him which was rare in their ever long rivalry.

As a gesture, she felt that she should have a one on one with him so he could potentially come clean. Her punishment of him would be far less harsh if he at the very least tells her the truth. So she relieved him of his duties for a short while so they could speak and she could get an insight on what happened the night before her and Dodger's wedding.

She called him into her throne room and tried her hardest to keep an expressionless look on her face even though there's a good chance she betrayed her trust.

X-2 was feeling a mixture of happiness and nervousness. Happiness because for one, he was always happy to speak to the queen and always hoped that whenever they talked, she would reconsider her position on them being together. Another reason is that he felt that whatever was going on was coming to a close and soon Dodgers would soon be a thing of the past.

On the other hand, he was nervous because he constantly thought about her comments to him when Dodgers was supposed to be executed and he was eagerly wanting to know what she meant.

"Good evening, my queen" X-2 said, bowing.

"Good evening, Commander. You're looking well" The Queen said, starting off with small talk to get the ball rolling.

"Why thank you my queen. You're looking quite beautiful yourself" X-2 said, complimenting her famous beauty.

Tyr'ahnee resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Thank you, Commander. The reason I called you tonight is because I wanted to talk about Dodgers"

X-2's hope started to rise and was hoping to hear that the execution would commence.

"Why yes, my queen. I would be very happy to discuss that with you. Are you ready to proceed with the execution?" X-2 asked.

"Not yet. I wanted to ask you something actually. It's about when Dodgers and I were supposed to be wed some time ago" The Queen said.

X-2's blinked before saying "Oh. Why do you want to discuss that, your majesty?"

"Nothing important, really. I just wanted to know what it was like working as a slave under him?" The Queen asked.

X-2 shuddered at the memory. "Why it was purely dreadful, my queen. Being forced to serve him was bad enough but the feeling I had knowing he was about to marry you and full power over me for life was excruciating. It scares me sometimes that it was even a possibility.

Tyr'ahnee narrowed her eyes. "Indeed. That's understandable. I hope there's no hard feelings between the two of us regarding that"

X-2 quickly shook his head. "No. Of course not, my queen. Absolutely not. It taught me to never do anything unless you command it"

"Good, good. I wouldn't want there to be tension between us especially since our...special relationship throughout these many years" The Queen said.

X-2 beamed at the reminder of the time they were together for a short time before the Queen continued.

"Anyway...I was wondering if there was anything further you wished to tell me about when you were enslaved to Dodgers. Something you may have kept...as a secret?" The Queen asked. She didn't want to express any emotion in her questioning of him so to not give him any reason for him to be suspicious of what this was about.

X-2 raised an eyebrow. He was not expecting this and was very confused as to why she was questioning him on this but he answered her anyway.

"Why not at all, your majesty. I have nothing I kept a secret when I was enslaved to Dodgers. I've said all I had to say regarding that" X-2 said.

Tyr'ahnee gave a slight glare. "Hmm...very well then, Commander. Thank you. You may return to your post"

The Commander, still a slight bit confused, turned towards the exit and started walking towards the doors. However, before leaving, he turned back towards the Queen.

"My queen, may I ask one more thing?" The Commander asked.

Tyr'ahnee raised an eyebrow. "Yes, Commander?"

"Well my queen, I was only wondering about...well...our relationship in the future" X-2 asked as he started walking back towards the Queen.

The Queen gave a bit of a scowl. "What about our relationship, Commander?"

"Well...you see..at our wedding, you said that the reason why you didn't proceed with our wedding was because you said that you thought you still had feelings for Dodgers" X-2 said.

"Well yes though I don't recall me ever saying that I 'thought' I had feelings for Dodgers. I said I did have feelings for Dodgers" Tyr'ahnee said.

"Of course your majesty but considering the fact that he's about to be executed, I can only assume that means that means you're over him for good" X-2 said.

Tyr'ahnee said nothing of this for the longest of time until she asked what his point was.

"Well, your majesty, my point is that I was hoping that...you've reconsidered us?" X-2 asked hopefully.

Tyr'ahnee again said nothing for quite a while before giving a sigh.

"Commander, I don't think it's appropriate to discuss any further possibility of me and you being together. For both of our sakes, it's best to put it behind us" The Queen explained as calm and as friendly as she could.

X-2 almost looked like he was about to cry. "Your majesty, I urge you to reconsider"

"No, Commander. I've made up my mind. You'll see it's for the best someday" Tyr'ahnee said.

"With all due respect, I disagree, my queen. Our relationship was the best thing that ever happened to me. I...I've loved you ever since I first laid my eyes on you and I know you still have feelings for me too" X-2 said.

Tyr'ahnee sighed. This is the kind of talk between them she had wanted to avoid.

"Commander...I admit that I did have some feelings for you some time ago but it isn't like that anymore. The both of us are two different. We both want different things" Tyr'ahnee said.

"What do you mean?" X-2 asked with a slight tear rolling down one of his eyes.

"Well...you want a relationship with someone that would never love you as much as you did her...and I want…" Tyr'ahnee trailed.

X-2 tearful expression turned into that of frustration. "Dodgers?"

"How dare you even bring him up! I...It has nothing to do with him!" Tyr'ahnee said angrily.

"Your majesty, I think it does and oh, does it make me angry! I should just go down to the holding cells and finish him off myself if that's what it takes" X-2 said, his eyes beaming with rage, keeping his hand on a blaster he kept in his belt.

"Absolutely not! Dodgers is my prisoner, Commander. Not yours! He will live as long as I say he will" Tyr'ahnee said.

"But your majesty-" X-2 tried to say before he was interrupted.

"No, Commander. Enough! I'll hear no more of this. I am the ruler of Mars. This is my palace and what I say here goes and I say Dodgers will live until further notice. Do you understand?!" Tyr'ahnee asked, frustrated.

X-2 after a pause calmed his stance and took his hand off his blaster. He leaned his head down and bowed before the Queen.

"Yes, my queen" X-2 said, his body still trembling with anger.

"Good. You're dismissed, Commander. You may go. Now!" Tyr'ahnee ordered.

X-2 turned and walked towards the door. He practically marched out of the room and walked back to his post of guarding Dodger's cell. He was going to make sure this duck would experience a living hell before shipping him down to said place.