"We should just keep him there. Forever." Aerrow looked smug as the Dark Ace paced about in his "prison," which was actually just a knocked up box with scrap metal plating.

"I wish," Finn grumbled. "So...lemme get this straight." He turns to face Venus. "You're the goddess of love? Can you, like, make chicks totally dig me? Like, forever?"

Venus tilted her head a bit to one side, playful. "I'll see what I can do," she yawns, stretching. "Oh, Zeus, it's been a long day...I think I'll have some ambrosia and go to bed..."

"Oh, no, you don't," Aerrow growled, grabbing her hand. "Ah!" A gasp escaped his mouth; her skin burned like fire. She smiled wryly.

"Men cannot touch me without feeling flames encircle their veins," she whispered. "It's just how I work."

Finn was practically drooling, by now. "...you're hot," he said, eyes blank. Venus merely flicked her hair behind her ears and placed her hands on her hips.

"Now, look here, Sky Knight," she said, addressing Aerrow. "It's not my fault my plans went haywire. I'm a goddess, not God. So don't go around blaming me. Things happen, alright? So your enemy's in love with your navigator. It's no big deal."

"No big de...Are you kidding me?!" Aerrow shouted. Dark Ace looked up.

"Who's kidding who?" he grumbled.

"You...shut up," Aerrow barked at his prisoner. "And you," he hissed at Venus, "Are going to fix this. We're not flying around with this...this...thing, for the rest of our lives. Does the spell wear off, or...?"

"Love, dear, doesn't wear off. Ever."

"Don't you dear me, lady, you're gonna-"

Venus slapped him across the face. Aerrow's cheek burned so badly, he felt as if a hot iron had been pressed to it. He looked up to see Venus' clear blue eyes flashing with anger. "You will treat me," she whispered, her voice dangerously soft, "With respect. Else I'll feed you to the dogs of Hades. Understood?" Aerrow nodded, slowly. "Now. There is one way we can make the spell go away."

"What is it?" Aerrow asked.

"Piper has to make the Dark Ace hate her beyond comprehension. She has to do something so horrible, so painful to him, that he'll be shocked out of his lovestruck daze and return to his normal state of loathing." Venus paused. "But this has repercussions, Aerrow. If this backfires..."

"Then what?"

Venus shook her head. "You don't want to know, Sky Knight." Pause. "You really don't want to know..."

Finn groaned. "Pfft. Why do I always end up with the doom and gloom ones? Later." And he trudged off towards the hanger bay.