Eventually, our entire group was ready to go face the alien, and find out what she wanted. We were all nervous, and were stalling for as long as possible, insisting that we needed a group name before going into action. We all talked about it for a long time, arguing and debating, until we eventually decided that our superhero team name would be Light Force, since Gill and April's powers involved the sun, my superhero name involved light, and Ben was ok with it. 

Steven, Warren, Jess, and Mike were all going to stay behind in the lab, watching what's happening from the camera's in our suits, and talking to us through the comms in our ears. All four of them were anxious, which wasn't all that surprising, and Gill had to reassure Steven that he had his safety bracelet multiple times, and promise that he would try to be safe. 

In truth, I was scared too. I was worried that the alien was going to try and kill Gil, or that we would have to kill her, or that something worse would happen. However, if a possibly dangerous alien crashes into a planet, demanding to see one person in particular, it's that person's job to face it. So that's what we were going to do, because there was no way in hell we were going to let Gill face her alone. 

***

We made our way to the crater where the alien crash landed, finding it swarmed with government officials who were trying their best to keep people from staring, put a tent around the alien to hide her, and keep her in the crater. We weren't able to get very close, but we didn't really have to, because the second the alien's seven eyes landed on Gill, she began running towards us, not caring who she hurt in the process. 

"You." The alien hissed, towering over Gill, who stood his ground, and stared back up at her.

"Who are you, and why are you here?" Gill asked, making it clear that he wasn't there to play games. 

"My name is Aristach, and your mother destroyed my planet, and my family, and everything I loved. So I'm here to destroy the one thing she loves." The alien, Aristatch, explained, scooping Gill up in one of her clawed hands, and bringing him up so he was eye level with her. 

"My mother?" Gill asked. "That's not possible. My mother is just a human, and not a very nice one. She couldn't have destroyed a planet."

"You're mother is evil! She killed us all, leaving only me as a survivor."

"How is that possible? Like I said, my mother is just a human."

"Don't be a fool! Those human's you've been living with aren't your real parents! Do you think that you would have your powers, or that you could do the things you do if your parents were human? You're the child of Sun, and the spawn of evil. Sun took everything away from me, so now I'm gonna take you away from her." 

"Like hell you are!" I yelled at Aristatch, not wasting any time as I pulled my batons off of my back, and whacked Aristatch's legs with them as hard as I could, causing her to glare down at me and kick me with her clawed foot. I was thrown back a bit, but landed on my feet, and didn't hesitate to charge Aristatch again. 

The other's started fighting in an effort to get Aristatch to leave Gill alone too. April was making vines grow out of the ground, and causing them to wrap around Aristatch's legs, squeezing them tightly, while Ben punched Aristatch as hard as he could, wherever he could reach. I looked up at where Gill was being held, and saw him start to glow a bit, and Aristatch suddenly dropped him, acting as though she had been burned. April rushed to grow a tall plant that caught Gill with a thick leaf, and lowered him to the ground safely. 

A battle between Aristatch and Light Force began. Aristatch didn't seem to care about April, Ben, and I at all, and only seemed focused on trying to kill Gill. Naturally, the rest of us couldn't let that happen. We were throwing everything we had at Aristatch, and were actually doing quite a bit of damage, but Aristatch was doing her fair amount of damage to us as well. In truth, Aristatch was a lot bigger, tougher, and stronger than most of us, and the only person who rivaled her strength was Gill. 

Aristatch had knocked April, Ben, and I down, and April and I stayed down to breathe heavily for a moment. Ben got beat down a moment later, which gave Aristatch the opportunity to get to Gill a hell of a lot easier. Aristatch snatched Gill up off of the ground once again, holding him in her claws, and lifting him up to her head. 

"You're mother brought me pain. She killed everyone I knew, everyone I loved, and she destroyed my planet. She left me with no one, and nowhere to go to. She took everything I loved, and now I'm going to do the same to here, to show her how it feels." Aristatch hissed at Gill, squeezing him slightly. 

"You won't accomplish anything." Gill grunted. 

"Of course I will. I'll get my revenge." 

"That won't fix anything."

"Yes it will!" Aristatch yelled, and she threw Gill at a nearby building, and began punching an scratching the stone around him, causing that side of the building to collapse to the ground with Gill in it. 

April, Ben, and I pulled ourselves off of the ground, and went back to trying to fight Aristatch before she could do more harm to Gill. However, the three of us were weak, wounded, and tired, meaning it wasn't long before we were all brought down again. 

Ben was passed out, blood leaking out of his nose, and wounds that littered him. April was near the destroyed building, appearing to turn brown, and almost look like she was wilting more and more by the second, and calling out for Gill.  I watched as Gill crawled over to April as best as he could before collapsing to the ground just within arm's reach of April. He reached over to her and touched her gently, a light as bright as the sun projecting out of his hands, and getting soaked up by April. After a little while, Gill passed out. 

I looked at everyone, my vision blurring, my head feeling heavy, my ears ringing, and every one of my limbs refusing to move. I struggled to keep my eyes open as the edges of my vision went dark, and I tried my damn best to make myself move. To get to the others and see if there was something I could do to help them. But I just couldn't, and I let my head hit the ground below me as I was succumbed by darkness. 

***

I could have almost sworn that I had died and come back to life once again when I woke up. I was awake before I opened my eyes, which were still very heavy. I found that I was in Warren's room, though he wasn't there, which meant that Steven, Warren, Jess, and Mike had came and gotten Gill, April, Ben, and I after we all passed out. I didn't think it was a good idea, but I got out of bed and went to look for someone, anyone really, as soon as I realised what was going on. 

I went down the hall, and knocked on the door to Gill's bedroom, opening it before I got a response. Gill was still asleep on his bed, but at least he was alive. Mike and Steven were both in Gill's room, both having pulled chairs up to his bed. Steven fell asleep with his head in his arms, and holding onto one of Gill's hands. Mike was also asleep, but he was kind of leaning against Steven, with one of his hands in Gill's hair. 

"Ty?" I heard Warren call from down the hall. I left Gill's room, closing the door behind me, and walked down the hall a bit to where Warren was standing partly out of the door to his room. 

"You're awake." Warren said. 

"Yeah." I responded, and I watched as Warren's eyes grew teary. He walked towards me quickly, and captured me in a hug. I felt Warren's tears wet my shoulder, and I hugged Warren back right away. 

"I thought you died again. All we could see through your cameras was you lying motionless on the ground, and you weren't responding to your comms. I was really worried." Warren told me with a shaky voice. 

"I can't die. Remember? I'm ok." I told Warren, doing my best to comfort him as much as I could.

Ben woke up soon after I did, and April had woken up quite a bit before me. As soon as they had gotten us back to Steven's house, Steven, Warren, Jess, and Mike had checked all of us out to make sure that we were all going to be ok. They expected Gill to stay passed out the longest, since he had taken the most damage, and used the last bit of energy he had to help April, which probably saved her life. 

Everyone was waiting anxiously for Gill to finally wake up, but he was taking his sweet time with it. Steven nervously told me that this was almost the longest time that Gill had ever been asleep, though that record was still held by when everyone was abducted while I was dead, and Gill accidently used his powers to kill eleven people. 

Gill using large amounts of his powers drained him of his energy, and often caused him to pass out. We all guessed that with the amount of damage Gill took from Aristatch, combined with him using his powers to save April, meant that he might be asleep for over a day. This, of course made Steven and Mike both unbelievably anxious. Neither one of them were really willing to leave Gill's room for very long, not wanting him to be alone, which meant that they weren't exactly taking care of themselves. 

Steven wasn't eating a whole lot, while Mike was stress eating more than usual. Mike had taking to snacking on food a lot throughout the day, and had gained quite a bit of weight, which was made evident in his thighs, cheeks, stomach, and ass. I could tell that Mike was self conscious about it, but Gill was always quick to tell him that he loved him, and how great he thought he looked. Gill was a great boyfriend. 

I missed having Gill as my boyfriend, which I knew wasn't fair of me, but it was true. Gill was always a very supportive, and loving person, but those qualities almost seem to be amplified when we were a couple. Gill was hands down, the best boyfriend I had ever had, and he deserved the best boyfriend in the world too. And I think that was exactly who he had. 

Mike was a great guy, who stood by his morals. He was very nice, and polite, and was just the kind of person who could have been friends with anyone, because he was just that loveable. Best of all, he clearly loved Gill, which was made clear by the bright grin he got on his face anytime Gill kissed him on the cheek, how he always greeted Gill with a caring hug, and how he smiled fondly at Gill every time he was with him. 

Mike and Gill were very good people for each other, and I was happy to see that they both had someone who would love them unconditionally, even if I wished I was part of that with them.