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Authors Note: This takes place shortly after Man of Mercury II. And thank you for all who reviewed! Greatly appreciated!

Dare

Tyzonn stared out the window with a blank expression on his face. The grey, cloudy sky almost perfectly matched the grey of his eyes. The rain that was falling from the sky too matched his eyes; one tear drop fell out of his emotionless eyes while he sat beside the water condensate window. He thought that everyone had gone off on their own to play pool or something along those lines, leaving him with his thought. Little did he know that one member stayed behind. Ronny quietly walked into the small room and stared at Tyzonn for a few minutes, just to soak in his quiet form. For some unexplainable reason, she was scarred to approach him. To Ronny, this was an unfamiliar experience. She never was the shy type. She could usually talk to anybody at anytime about anything. But with Tyzonn, it was different. With him, she usually got tongue tied and couldn't put complete thoughts together logically. Eventually, after a long battle between her brain and her feet, her feet won and carried her to the window where Tyzonn sat.

"Hey there, what are you up to?" Ronny found herself whispering to Tyzonn. Why she was whispering, she had no idea. Nobody else was even close to being near the two. Apparently, she had startled him because his entire body jumped when she began to speak. When he realized who it was that snuck up to him, he visibly relaxed and just shrugged his shoulders to answer her question.

"Noting, really." He said nonchalantly. However, Ronny saw something in his eyes; something was wrong. Seeing that he didn't turn back around to face the falling rain, Ronny saw it as an invite to sit and join him, so she did. She began to sit down, and as she did so, Tyzonn shifted over to make room for her.

"Hey," she gently said while putting her hand on his arm carefully, "what's wrong?" With that, his head dropped slightly. "And don't say nothing." She added before he had to chance to answer with that response. So instead, he just let out a small sigh. "Come on, you can tell me." She quietly prodded. She then bent her head down and cocked it to the left slightly so she could see his face and he could see hers. "Please." She begged in a whispering tone.

"Okay." He whispered in defeat, knowing that she wasn't going to let up. Laying his arms over his knees, he began to explain his feelings to Ronny. If it were anybody else, he would have just shrugged them off and blamed it on allergies or something stupid and silly like that. But Ronny was different, he had a soft spot for her, and he was beginning to realize this as he stared into her deep and concerned eyes. They truly were filled with worry and sympathy. "I know it's kind of dub, but I still don't think I should be here." he confessed. Ronny began to open her mouth to rebuttal, until she was interrupted. "And don't say that's completely ridiculous because you deserve to be here." She closed her mouth. They had only been around each other for a couple of days and he already could read her mind. "It's not that I don't want to be here, it's just that I don't trust myself. I couldn't stand loosing any of you like I lost my other team, especially you." With that last remark, he looked at her after starring at his hands the entire time. Ronny was shocked by his last comment, but after seeing the slight fear in his eyes, she decided to push it away for the moment.

"It's okay, really. If I was in you shoes, I would be terrified. I don't think I could be as calm as you are about this whole ordeal." She stated rather calmly, compared to her normally hyper self. "I know it's going to take time, but you just have to learn to trust yourself…I trust you." Tyzonn didn't say anything for a few seconds.

"Thanks." He finally admitted, but he never really smiled. Seeing that he was still upset, Ronny tried a different approach. She sat up straight, causing him to look at her in confusion.

"Let's play a game!" she exclaimed excitedly.

"Okay?" Tyzonn responded in confusion. He had yet to understand her randomness. "What game?"

"Truth or Dare. Have you ever heard of that game?" She asked, remembering that he wasn't use to earth customs or games.

"No, no I haven't. But it doesn't sound too complicating."

"Oh it's not. Here. All you do is ask Truth or Dare to a person. Then, they pick which one they want to do. For instance, if you pick truth, I get to ask you any question and you have to answer it truthfully. But, if you pick dare, I get to pick something for you to do and you have to do it. Make sense?" He nodded his head in comprehension. "Okay, so, Ty, truth or dare?" she asked, beginning the game.

"Truth." He decided to play it on the safe side, at least for the first round. Ronny had to of come up with some really ridiculous dares.

"Okay, umm, got it. If you were a girl, what would you want your name to be?"

"I've always been fond of the name Veronica. It always had a nice ring to it. I don't know why though." Ronny sat there in shock. Did he know that Veronica was my name, or is that a coincidence "Ronny?"

"What?" she asked, once he snapped her out of her thoughts.

"I said truth or dare, it's your turn."

"Oh umm, truth."

"Okay, hmm. If you could go anywhere, where would you go?"

"That's an easy one. I'd visit your home planet. I mean, you got to see earth where I got to grow up, I want to see where you grew up at and see what its like." He just nodded his head in understanding, but Ronny saw the spark of interest that glittered in his eyes. Ronny then smirked on the inside. "Ty, truth or dare?" she asked in a goofy, complete fake, sinister like voice.

"I'll take my chances on dare this time." Perfect Ronny thought to herself.

"Ty, I dare you to not smile." She said with a side smirk. His brow furred in confusion, until he saw that she was trying to make him smile, to try to make him happy. Then she did something that he did not expect; she grabbed his hands and laced her fingers through his. He looked down for a moment at their attached hands, then back up to her face to find a small, hopeful smile on her face. He couldn't help it. A small smile snuck onto his face. After that, Ronny's small smile transformed into a larger one and she let out a small laugh.

"The dare was not to smile." She joked.

"Sorry, I just couldn't help it." He answered still smiling.

"No really, it looks good on you. I like it." She said, trying to ignore his apology. But then he caught her off guard and wrapped his arms around her gently, into a comfortable hug. At first she tensed up at his initial action, but quickly melted into his strong arms and returned the hug. They sat like that for a few minutes, fitting perfectly into each others arms. Little did they know, the rain had stopped and the sun had come out.

"Hey Ty, Ronny. Where have you two been all d-"Mack began to say as he rounded the corner, but stopped once he saw the two hugging. He noticed the look on Ronny's face; the way her eyes were closed and the content, soft smile on her face, as the same with Tyzonn. However, he noticed even more how their heads were leaning into each other. Mack then leaned against the frame of the door for a few seconds, watching two of his close friends in complete happiness. He decided to leave the two, as not to interrupt their private moment. But before he left, he whispered something into the air, really for no one to actually hear, but intended for the two people in the room.

"Way to go, you deserve it." Then he left with a smile of satisfaction on his own face.

Authors note: Hope you enjoyed it. I added a couple of lines from some actuall episodes but in different seasons. Let's see how many of you can pick up on them. Also, when I was writting this, it kind of reminded me of Switchfoots song Dare you to Move. That is one of my favorite songs...I just thought that it kind of fit in this short story.