Tereus walked in,

"Hey Yoshitsune," Tereus greeted Yoshitsune, he glanced up,

"Hey Tereus, I'm guessing Deunan went home already huh?" Yoshitsune assumed,

"Yeah, she heard about Briareos being here," Tereus walking over to the cyborg's body.

"Deunan's never going to be able to get over this, its so hard for her, she had to break the code of leaving her partner behind, she feels so guilty, the guilt is eating her insides out," Yoshitsune softly, Tereus knew that, but he couldn't have just left her there, his number one priority was getting Deunan out alive, its what he wanted and he knew that Briareos wanted it to.

"Yoshitsune, can I have a minute with him," Tereus asked,

"Of course Tereus," Yoshitsune nodded and left the lab, Tereus made sure he was gone and sat there talking to Briareos like he was just asleep, that he would wake up any minute and be alive.

"I've messed up Briareos, I don't know what to do with her, Deunan, she didn't want to leave you there, and I knew that we couldn't get out alive with your body, but she is ate up with guilt, and… Briareos, she is dying, if you could see her, she is killing herself over having to leave you, just tell me what I can do to help her, to carry some of her pain, to lessen the shit that she has piled on top of her," Tereus seriously. Nothing, not a word came from the cyborg's body, Tereus noticed the watch had been in perfect condition but the face plate on the watch had cracked, Tereus slipped it off of Briareos and put it in his pocket. Footsteps could be heard entering the lab again, Tereus turned his head to the side and looked down,

"Could he have been saved if we had brought him back with us?" Tereus having to know the truth no matter how painful it was,

"No, there was no way, the cyborg body was burnt to a crisp, there would have been nothing anyone could do," Yoshitsune explained. Tereus closed his eyes,

"I guess it still wouldn't have mattered to Deunan, as long as she hadn't left him up there, but I am the one to blame, I pulled her off of him and made her get on that ship," Tereus explained.

"Tereus, not you too, you have to stay strong for Deunan, if you hadn't pulled her away from him she would be laying here too," Yoshitsune explained as he put a hand to Tereus' shoulder,

"Yeah, but we shouldn't have left him there," Tereus walking into the locker room and changing into street clothes, he pulled his jacket on and checked the pocket, he pulled the box out and opened it up, the locket was still there. Quickly he shut the box and put it back in his jacket pocket and left.

At Deunan's Place

Tereus took a deep breath and got off his bike and grabbed the beers, he walked up to the door and rang the doorbell, Deunan came to the door and opened the door, she leaned on the door, staring at him, there he stood in a plain white t-shirt that was a bit tight on him because of his muscles, wearing his black jacket with the white tribal artwork on one arm of the jacket and black pants with his black boots. Noticing that Tereus had beer, she smirked and with a sad expression on her face,

"Come in old friend," Deunan allowing him to come in, her German Shepard greeted him,

"Max, you been keeping our girl company?" Tereus petting him, he barked,

"Good boy, lets see if I can't help with that," Tereus talking to the dog, Deunan shut the door and took the case of beers from Tereus and got two out and put the rest in the fridge.

"You going to come in and sit or talk to the dog all night, be careful, there's kind of a mess in here and I haven't been able to pick it up," Deunan laying on the couch, Tereus walked into the living room, there were picture frames thrown in the floor and broken glass everywhere, he grabbed a beer from Deunan, he noticed her hand was bloody and saw a baseball size hole in the wall.

"Deunan," Tereus giving her an ugly look as he sat his beer down and quickly ran to the bathroom and got some cleaning supplies for her hand, he came back and sat down on the glass table amazed that it had not been in pieces itself,

"You can't do this Deunan, you can't just go on hurting yourself like this," Tereus serious, he pulled the beer out of her hand and fixed her hand, he made sure no bones were broke or fractured, then finished bandaging her hand.

"Did you see his body?" Deunan whispered, Tereus stared at her, he act like he hadn't heard the question,

"Did you see…" Deunan being interrupted,

"Yes…I saw Briareos," Tereus staring her eyes down with his golden glittering eyes, Deunan looked away.

"I'm sorry Deunan, I should have tried to get him on the ship, now you are …" Tereus shaking his head and being interrupted by her this time, she grabbed his hand, he stared at her,

"No, you did the right thing Tereus, there's no way we could have gotten him on the ship," Deunan strongly, Tereus gently pushed her hair back, she stared at him, he moved to his pocket,

"I thought you might want this," Tereus pulling out an analog watch that matched hers, she gently took in her hands, she threw her arms around Tereus' neck, she shut her eyes tightly.

"Thank you Tereus," Deunan swallowing back the tears, Tereus wrapped his strong arms around her tightly,

"It's not a problem, I got a little something else for you," Tereus pulling out the box from his other pocket, Deunan pulled away from him slowly, she took the box and looked at Tereus, she smirked,

"Go on," Tereus nudging her to open it, she opened the box, she looked the silver locket over, on the front was an inscription that read: I will always protect you, she flipped it over and there was the rest of it; even if the world comes to an end. By this time Deunan started to shake, she glanced up at him, he saw the tears that would never fall, she opened the locket, there inside was a picture of Deunan and her cyborg partner and the other was Tereus with his gold eyes. Deunan had to laugh to keep from crying,

"Looks like a nice little family," Deunan hugging Tereus again, he hugged her back and rubbed her back,

"I mean what the inscription says too, I will Deunan, you are my partner, I am going to protect you," Tereus knowing it was more than likely killing her. Her grip on her hug tightened,

"Hey, let's drink, that's why you came over to cheer me up right?" Deunan pulling away, Tereus smirked,

"Sure," Tereus opening her can for her and handing it to her and he took his can and opened it, he took a swig and sat it down and went and got the broom and swept the broken glass up and threw it out.

"That wasn't necessary Tereus," Deunan explained, he came back over and lifted her legs up and sat down with his beer and put her legs back in his lap,

"No more making holes in the wall or breaking things in your house okay?" Tereus explained,

"Sure," Deunan chugging the beer down, soon she was wasted, it was only 8pm. Tereus stared at her laying on the couch almost asleep, he got up,

"Come on Deunan, its time you tried getting some sleep," Tereus picking her up in his arms, he had thrown her arms around his neck,

"I don't want sleep, it never comes anyways, always those stupid dreams of the past, it's always war," Deunan mumbled.

"Shh, I'm here, I'm not leaving you to sleep by yourself tonight," Tereus walking through the hallway to her bedroom.