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OOC - I must add that bits of this were posted with permission from the apropriate person involved.
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The interviewer weaved through the crowd on screen, looking for famillies to interview. Sentimental messages poured out of the screen and the battlefield was falling silent. Evwn the monsters were stopped in their tracks by the unseen forces at work.

"Hey! Hey stop!" The mic was grabbed by a stocky raven haired woman.

"Oh, ah. Hello, who might you be?" Ted asked, momentarilly flusterd by the brazen assult.

"Amber, and this is my brother Rufus." She gestured to a man with shaggy blonde hair and a growing beard. He was carrying a small ginger haired little boy.

"Ah, the FeBuggure twins!" The interviewer said, consulting some notes.

"A.. Actually it's Rufus LaChance now." He grinned. "We M.. Managed to get out i... In my lab." He grinned and put his arm around the tall red head next to him.

"Well as you can see we are safe, and know that you all are out there somewhere." Amber looked into the camera and smiled, her eyes full of tears. "Dad, Uncle Jay..." She used the title for him she hadn't used since she signed up to be a pilot.

"We'd like you to meet some people." The red head smiled at the camera. "Wave to the camera now." Three little hands waved, two from almost out of shot. The camera zoomed and panned slightly to reveal the full familly.

"T... This is Phil, Jay and Tara." Rufus gestured to the boy in his arms and then to twins stood by their mothers feet. "W.. We.. N.." He lost his voice and choked back a sob.

"Named them After you." Rosette finished, her eyes betraying the loss she felt. Amber grabbed the mic again.

"We miss you guys. We know that you are safe and out there somewhere. I hope you get this one day and know that we all love you and want you home." She grinned, wiping back a tear. "Smeg heads."

"Isn't that great." Ted smiled his interviewer smile and moved on to the next familly.

As the Dwarfers began to turn back to 'normal' Black began to remember too. She had no one. No one to go back to, no familly to love her. She was alone. She turned her back on the screen and stalked to wards the Command Centre.

"Excuse me. Can I have the microphone please?" A voice rang out from the screen to Black, cutting deep into the core of her being. She froze in her tracks.

That voice... I know it...

"Why of course, any message is welcome." Ted said, handing over the mic to a woman.

"I... I'm not sure what to say..." She paused, flicking a strand of loose dark hair from out of her eyes. The top of a tattoo of a spiderweb was just visible above her t-shirt. "Jade... I know you were transferred to the Blue Dwarf. Rather than finishing your tour."

Something twisted inside Black, like a snake trying to eat its own tail. She turned to look up. Several people were staring at her.

"I've still got it and I keep it safe." The woman had been crying a lot. Her eyes puffy and red although she tried to be strong. The hand that wasn't on the mic was clutched around something. A sandy haired man came up to her and put his arm around her comforting her.

"We miss you DJ" He smiled out across the millennia.

"Come back home. You promised." The woman said. "They legalized on Luna. I was going to fly you to the moon when you came back from your tour..." She said, her voice wavering. "Like we talked about..."

"...In Paris." Jade said at the same time as the woman on screen. "Abbie..." It all came flooding back in a wave of emotions. Jade felt like she was going to burst from all of the conlficting emotions inside.

"Don't go all soft on me Abs." Jade whispered. As if on cue, hearing the words across time and space Abbie sniffed and took a deep breath closing her eyes for a moment. The man spoke up.

"Whatever happened to that big ship you are on. We will always be here for you." He winked at the camera.

"Thanks Danny." Jade smiled.

"Come home soon Jade. I love you." Abbie said a big grin on her face now she had control of her emotions.

"Love you too Abs." Jade whispered. She wiped a tear from her face and looked around, feeling ridiculous in her Dervish gear carrying a huge sniper rifle.

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