A/N: So did I want them to be a couple. Hard headed Mark. At least Joe had a life.

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Back at the base, Joe paced the office floor. Waiting for Nambu to say they found her. He was so mad at Ken for leaving, and not finding Jun. He looked at his commander, and frowned. Ken stood there looking out the window, lost in his thoughts. Yeah, thoughts that he killed Jun. Damn it I should kill him, stupid leader. How could he leave her there, lousy commander, and he was supposedly in love with her. Yeah right.

"Well commander, guess you don't have to worry anymore about Jun giving you those looks anymore at the snack J. You got rid of her." Ken turned around, fire in his eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Joe walked over to him, standing there eye to eye.

"Is this your idea of love? You left her! You know what they might do to her, but you left her there." Ken grabbed his shirt front and shook him.

"Joe, I had no choice. We will get her back, as soon as we find where they took her. I would never hurt her."

"Yeah, you never would hurt her." He mocked him. "Yeah, you hurt her with the way you ignore her. Are you human, Ken? Do you need anyone?" Ken swung at Joe striking him on the cheek, and Joe took a swing at him, hitting him in the eye and another across the chin, sending him to the floor with a thump. Ryu ran over and kept them apart, just as Nambu walked in.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Just telling the commander, what kind of bastard he is." Ken got to his feet and tried to push past Ryu.

"That is enough, out of both of you. Quit acting like teenagers."

"But we are."

"That is beside the point." He took a seat behind his desk and looked at the boys. He picked up a pencil and began to chew the eraser part. "Sit down, all of you." He watched Ken and Joe take seats across the room from each other.

"Well what did you find?"

"Nothing yet. But we have our spies looking. We checked the base, all clean. Till then I want you boys to go home and relax."

"Relax? Why not ask us to go chop up the moon and make grilled cheese sandwiches?" Nambu smiled at Joe, and shook his head.

"Joe you know the moon isn't made of cheese, Jupiter is." But the joke fell short, and the air remained heavy. "Now go rest, I will contact you when I hear something. Oh yeah, no fighting amongst yourselves." He watched them leave the room.

Ken was walking out the door, behind the others. He had done his duty, but he hated doing it. Joe just didn't understand what it was like being in command. Being in command and trying to live up to his what his father would have wanted. When he was a kid, his dad had always insisted in perfection. Somehow he couldn't do it, still.

He turned the corner and went to his car. He would drive for awhile, clear his head. The others ignored him anyway. He got in his car and sped off, out of the tunnel and entrance and onto the highway.

Why did I leave her? I should have stayed and not left till I found her. Images of her face came into his sight. Left her to the enemy, to their tender mercy. Left the woman he loved. Yeah he could admit it to himself, sometimes. But he couldn't tell her, or show her.

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Joe was sitting in his trailer with a beer in one hand, as he listened to his stereo playing. He leaned back on his leather sofa and tried not to think. Damn it, they should have tied Ken up, and gone in there got her out. He knew how he felt about her, but he knew it was never going to be, because of Ken. She loved their commander and not him. He would give up anything for her, wouldn't ask her to wait either. Life was too short for that. Seeing his bottle was empty, he reached for another one, popping the top of it.

Ken found himself in front of the Snack J. The lights were on, and he knew it was open, Sally worked there, and kept it open for Jun. He got out of his car and walked in. She smiled up at him when he did. There were about six people in there, since it wasn't yet dark out.

"What can I get for you Ken?" She ask him when he sat on the stool.

"Coffee." Ryu came out of the back, and over to Ken.

"I don't blame you, Ken. Don't listen to Joe." He put a big hand on Ken's shoulder.

"He's right you know. I should have stayed, hang regulations."

"Maybe. but we have been here before. We always win."

"Do we? Will we?" Ryu sat down beside him, and sipped his milkshake. Leaving Ken alone with his thoughts, but being there if he was needed.

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Jun awoke with a headach, from the gas she had inhaled. She was hanging from the ceiling, on a chain. Her wrist were numb, and her feet didn't touch the floor. As her eyes focused she saw Katse standing there, watching her.

"Welcome back, swan. Glad you could join us."

"Go eat some bugs, Katse."

"Gladly if you will join me." He smiled at her, and his guards stood there leering at her.

"Well what are you going to do to me?"

"Well, let's see.... cut off your toes, nose? Nah, how about your tongue?"

"Go to hell."

"So pretty. Now I want to know where your base is. I want info on your friends. Details. Give them to me, and I will take you to my planet, and you wont have to fight anymore."

"No deal." Katse walked closer to her. He reached out and one of his men put a few long needles in his hand.

"Ah, Katse. Starting to knit, get some yarn to match your lipstick. You know where I come from, men don't wear makeup." Katse took one of the needles from his other hand and he smiled. The smile sent shivers up her spine.

He motioned for several of his men to grab and hold her. He took the needle, positioned it, then drove it three inches into her leg, and he began to jerk and knot up. Such pain radiated from it. She tried to hold back but moaned anyway. He left it there.

"Does that hurt little swan? She just looked at him, with tears in her eyes.

"Go to hell, when I get lose I am going to teach you about pain."

"Good, still got spirit. When I am done you will have none. Maybe I will give you over to my men. They like pretty toys. Oh yeah not so pretty when I am done. Maybe I should let them have you now?" Jun looked at him and spit at him.

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