Author's Note: Sorry for the wait. life has really been getting in the way. anyway enjoy.

Chapter 3: Explanations

It has been a few days since Krystal joined the team; she was getting well adjusted already. Right now Colleen and her were in the gym. Colleen spent the past few days teaching her how to fight, and she was doing well. After a little routine they did they both decided to take a little rest. They sat down on a nearby bench. Colleen turned to Krystal and spoke, "you're doing really well you know."

"Really?" she asked.

"Yes, you're doing real well," Colleen said.

"That's good then," Krystal said. "Thanks again for the lessons, I really appreciate it."

Colleen smiled, "it's no problem, I was glad to help."

"Not only that, I want to thank you all of you for the kindness you all shown me over these few days," Krystal said.

"We always help out when ever we can," Colleen said.

"Thanks," Krystal said. "So Colleen how long have you and Hunter been married?"

Colleen smiled as she spoke, "we been married for over a year now, we both have been real happy since then."

"That's nice," Krystal said. "How were you both before you married?"

Colleen spoke, "We loved each other when we first met. Our feelings for each other grew over time. We never told each other because we both were afraid to tell each other because we didn't think the other would return it. But after a mission we admitted it to each other, we dated after that and six months into our relationship Huntie proposed and we've been married ever since."

Krystal was amazed at hearing it all, "wow that's wonderful. I'm glad you both found happiness."

"Thank you," Colleen said as she stood back up. "Now lets continue where we left off."

"Alright," Krystal responded as she stood up also.

They both went back to training unaware that someone was watching them. Blitz was just outside the door watching them. He was looking at Krystal, for the past few days he has been having feeling when he looked at her. He sometimes felt a bit of peace when he was around her. A small smile was of he face as he kept looking at her. "What are you doing?" a voice said.

Blitz was startled a bit from the voice. He turned around and found the voice coming from Axel. "Wha…oh hey Axel."

Axel then got a suspicious look on his face, "hey, so what are you doing?"

"Oh…just watching," Blitz said.

"You like her don't you?" Axel asked.

"Wha…" Blitz said, caught off guard.

"Krystal…sorry, I can sense it inside you," Axel said.

Blitz sighed, "Ja, I do. It's just that I look at her and I get this feeling for her. Its been happing since she got here."

Axel smiled as he walked to him and put his hand on his shoulder. "It's all right, I'm happy for you. I knew you'd like someone soon."

"I know," Blitz said. "But I don't know if she would feel the same way."

Axel spoke, "that's the thing, you may never know if you don't say anything."

Blitz sighed, "I know but, I don't I'm not sure about it."

"Hey, talk to Hunter. He was just like you with Colleen, I'm sure he'll help," Axel said.

Blitz smiled, "Ja, I should, thanks Axel."

"What are friends for," Axel said as he walked away.

Blitz went back to watching. 'Soon…soon' he thought to himself.

Atlantic Ocean, few miles off the coast

The sun was beginning to set as Captain Rios and his squad made their way to the ship. Himself was on a small boat that was covered with a camo tarp resembling the color of the water, so any troops on top won't discover them. One of his lieutenants, Louis, was on the same boat as him. His other lieutenant, Jake, was on the boat next to his. The rest of his men were underwater, swimming, to the ship. They saw the rear opening, it was open at the moment. They were able to make it in unnoticed, and it was currently unguarded. Once inside they docked and made their way up the ramp. They then sank their boats, so no one will see them. They got their assault riffles, and sub machine guns out and started sneaking deeper into the ship.

Meanwhile Salem and Mac led their men underwater to the side of the ship. They neared ladders and started climbing up. Once topside they noticed that they were hidden behind some crates. Once all up they got out of the wetsuits and started getting their equipment out. They all went with their leaders and began their plans.

Rios crew made their way through the lower parts of the ship, without being detected. They made their way to a door that had a keypad door. Rios turned to Jake. "Jake you know what to do."

"On it," he said as he went to the lock. He pulled out a small computer and connected a cord to the keypad. He started typing on it. The red light on it then turned green. He closed it and moved out of the way. Louis then moved up, opened the door slightly. He took a sleep grenade, pulled the pin and rolled it in there and then closed it. After a couple of minutes he opened it and found a couple of crew members on the ground knocked out. The inside of the room looked like some sort of security post. Rios spoke, "Alright Jake you know what to do here." He turned to a set of his men. "stay here and guard him." Jake and the men went into the room. he sat down at a terminal and pulled out his computer and plugged it in. he started hacking into the system and was able to access some of the ships security commands. He turned back, "Captain I have access."

Rios nodded, "Alright." He then turned on a radio. "Salem, start the attack."

Back with the Rovers

Krystal walked into the rec room after she and Colleen finished training. Once she entered she saw Axel, Ariel, Shadow, and Sierra watching TV and talking. She decided to join them; she walked over and sat down on the couch. Ariel saw her, "Hey Krystal."

Krystal spoke, "hi everyone."

Axel looked at her, "So Krystal how are you adjusting to here?"

She smiled, "good, everything is wonderful here so far."

Shadow spoke, "that's good to hear."

"I know," Krystal said. "You all have been really good to me over these few days."

Ariel spoke, "we're always up to help friends."

"And I'm grateful for that." Krystal said.

Axel spoke, "so how's training going?"

"Real well," Krystal said. "Me and Colleen started talking a bit."

"About what?" Axel asked.

"Just something…so Axel how did you and Ariel meet?" Krystal asked.

Axel smiled as her knew what they talked about. "Well after I became a stray I wondered around the city and soon found her resting."

Ariel spoke, "when I saw Axel I wanted to be with him. So when he left I kept following until he accepted me as a travel companion."

Axel spoke, "the more we travel together the more we fell in love."

"Wow that's nice," Krystal said. "So how did you two come to be married?"

Axel spoke, "sometime after we told each other about our love we were soon separated from each other."

"That's horrible," Krystal said.

Ariel nodded, "I know. I spent all my time looking for him. One day some men caught me and when I woke I saw him. We were both overjoyed to have each other back."

Axel put his arms around her shoulders, "we started dating again and soon I relished I truly loved her and I proposed. We've been married for almost a year."

Krystal smiled, "I'm glad you two found happiness through all that."

"Thanks," they both said.

Krystal looked at Shadow and Sierra, "so how did you two meet?"

Shadow spoke, "Hunter and Colleen brought me here first to see my son's wedding. After that the Master let me stay here."

Sierra spoke, "then Hunter and Colleen brought me here after my previous owner abandoned my old home. We both saw each other and we fell in love."

Shadow grabbed her hand, "love at first sight. I wanted to be closer to her. We started talking to each other, and our feelings grew more. Until we told each other of our love."

"That's wonderful," Krystal said. "So what else happened?"

Sierra smiled, "our love grew as we spent more time with each other."

Shadow spoke, "then on Christmas I felt ready and I asked her to marry me."

"I was so glad he did," Sierra said.

"Wow that's all wonderful," Krystal said. "I'm glad you all managed to find love in your lives."

Axel spoke, "thanks we all managed to find someone special in lives. So Krystal did you ever…"

Axel was interrupted by the Master's voice, "Rovers Report to The Briefing Room, We have an emergency."

Ariel sighed, "Here we go again."

Krystal spoke, "what's happening?"

Axel rose, "we have a mission to go on, come on." With that the three of them raced to the briefing room.

A/N: hope you like. because of the life thing my creativity is slipping. i'll do better in the next chapter.