This is an alternate version of the ending of the movie, Prospect.

Erza has been gone a long time. You decide to take off in search of him and stumble into the middle of more than you bargained for.

Swearing and innuendo. Some violence.

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You're heading to that damn planet where your so called boyfriend took off for a few weeks ago.

You've been worried sick. You'd been trying to reach Erza on the radio transmitter for days. Nothing.

You finally decided to just go and look for the stubborn son of a bitch yourself. You're not even sure if he's... alive.

Fear seizes you momentarily before you get ahold of your senses. You're edgy and just want to know if Erza is all right. And if he is, he won't be for much longer.

"We're here, ma'am." The captain of the ship you managed to book passage on, says. You unbuckle yourself and head into the back room to put your damn suit on.

Man, you hate weathering these damn suits! They're so inconvenient. And awkward and cumbersome and hot as hell. You're impatient to leave the ship and go in search of Erza.

However, the captain has informed you that no one is allowed to go off alone. He says there's dangers all around and he won't be responsible for something happening to anyone.

There were four others that travelled along. Two men, wanting to prospect, same as Erza and an older lady and a young boy, who was about six and terribly shy.

The woman was taking the boy to see some relatives. Not on this planet, of course, but they'd planned on trying to book passage in other ship from here.

You thought that story sounded rather fishy, but you weren't planning on staying anything about it. You had enough to worry about at the moment.

Finally, an hour later, everyone was prepared to exit the ship. The captain spouted off his long list of what to do or not to do before he finally opened the back hatch and everyone got out.

You're getting antsy by this time, wanting desperately to just bolt and run, searching for your Erza.

But you don't dare. You're really not in the mood to be scolded. So, you do as you're told, whispering under your breath that you hope Ezra is one: still here on this planet and two: he's okay.

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You know that old saying, be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it? Well, you sure got it all right!

You hadn't been walking for more than twenty minutes, when who should you run into, but the devil himself.

He's...with some young girl and you wonder what the hell that's all about. You hurry over to him, temporally forgetting that you're seriously pissed at him and throw your arms around him, clinging and sobbing. Thank God he's alive.

"Y/N?!" Ezra is beyond shocked to see you there. You just clutch at him, wanting to hold on to him.

"I-I came to look for you! Oh, Erza! I'm so happy you're okay!" You dissolve into tears once again. He puts his arms around you and comforts you the best he can in these damn suits.

Once you've finally composed yourself, you see the girl eyeing you warily. You eye her just as warily.

"Who's your new friend?" You ask. "And where are all the other crew members you left with?"

"Uh, well, honey, they're kinda all...dead."

"WHAT?!"

"Yeah. Things kinda got derailed some."

"And her?" You jerk your head in the girl's direction.

"First off, lady, he's not my friend. He killed my father. Second, we're only working together as a mutual agreement, so we can get off this shitty planet and I can go back home!"

"Didn't your father teach you how to speak towards people, girl? And where the hell is your mother and why the hell would she agree to let you out here alone?"

"My mother's.. dead. Not that that's any of your damn business. And you must be deaf, because clearly you didn't hear what the hell I just said!"

You glare at her and then at Ezra. He always was a little soft in the head when it came to women in distress.

"Ditch this disrespectful little bitch," you snap at Erza. "We're leaving. I got us a ride home."

The girl's eyes widen. It suddenly dawns on her that she has a ride home and can leave here to go, well, wherever she wants to.

"I'm not leaving until I find the Queen's Lair, pet." Ezra starts walking away, but you quickly follow him.

"Like hell you are, asshole! I found you and you're coming back with me, like it or not!"

"Pet, I'm so close! I can't give up now. Please. Come help us find it. Then we'll leave. I promise."

"The ship I booked passage on isn't sticking around past tomorrow afternoon. If you still haven't found your damn treasure by then, we're still leaving. Because I'm not going anywhere without you, you dumbass."

Erza smiles at you and you melt just a little.

"Then we'd best keep going."

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You've been trudging through this dense, thick forest for nearly two hours and haven't found a damn thing.

The girl, Cee, will occasionally talk to Erza, but never says a word to you. You find this odd, especially seeing how she said that Erza killed her.. father.

At last, Erza comes across a huge cave and announces that this is indeed, where the Queen's Lair is located. You shiver, not sure you want to go inside.

Ezra says that you don't have to, but there's no way in hell you're letting him out of your sight after just finding him again.

So. In you all go, you and Cee holding up the special lanterns for light. It's deathly quiet as you all continue further into this place. It's starting to give you the creeps and make you feel claustrophobic.

The only sounds are the sounds of your breathing and footsteps as they echo loudly with each step you take.

You finally reach a sort of large open cavern and you discover that you're not the only ones here.

Several others are chipping away at the solid granite walls, with different types of tools. Several of them turn in your direction as you all walk past. You don't make eye contact.

Erza finds an empty area and gives you and Cee instructions on how to get started and what to do when you find any gems.

You all quickly get to work. You can feel the eyes of the others on you as you work. You can't get out of this place fast enough.

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Four hours later, you've found a few gems, but not much. You're sweaty and tired and crabby and ache from all this pointless work.

And some of the others kept trying to start shit with you and a couple of them even fired their damn weapons in your direction.

Cee surprised you, though, by jumping to your defense and holding her ground against the tyrants. She earned some of your respect for that.

At last, Erza came to his damn senses and decided you could leave this eerie place. Thank God.

As you trudged back out into the daylight, which was slowly fading, Erza took your hand and smiled at you. You smile back.

"Just wait until I get you alone, pet," he drawls in that slightly southern accent of his. "I'm going to ravage you until you won't be able to move!"

You laugh. You gently squeeze his hand.

"Go ahead, asshole. As long as you don't leave me anytime soon."

"I won't, pet. I swear on it."

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One month later: After you all returned, Cee taking off to wherever. You really didn't like the idea of her off on her own, but you really didn't feel like being responsible for her, either.

You and Ezra headed for home, where you both stayed in bed for three days straight and did all sorts of inappropriate things to each other

Then you went and turned in the gems, getting some actual damn money, for a change in your lives.

Then Erza insisted on buying some nice things for you and you decided to be nice about it.

After that...you went back home and went straight back to bed, clinging tightly to your beautiful Erza and thankful that he was here with you.

"I love you so damn much, pet." Erza kisses you passionately and you smile, stroking his facial hair and lips before returning the kiss.

"Same here, asshole. Oh, if you ever even think about taking off like that again, I'm going to kill you."

Ezra just laughed and kissed you again.

"I don't doubt that for a second, pet."