Christine and the rest of the quartet were looking for Michael, having not seen him run outside the castle. Then they heard it explode.

"Oh no..." She whispered as they seen his body along with Jeremy launched across the moon's surface. They ran towards the two boys in panic, Brooke following behind them.

When they found the couple, Michael was cut up, his clothes tattered and his hair a mess. Jeremy was in worse condition though. He was covered in spots of blood, his dress ripped up in multiple places. His lip was busted and his hair was matted to his face.

"Michael!!" Christine got on her knees and held her best friend up while Rich and Jake grabbed Jeremy and began crying.

"I thought they would've made it out..." Brooke whispered but Christine knew it had nothing to do with them. It was Squip surely.

They all froze at the sound of coughing and Michael sat up in a fit of panic, when he turned his head to where Rich and Jake were holding Jeremy.

"Jeremy...no...no he can't be..." He crawled over to the two and grabbed the Prince's body in his arms, sobbing as he realized Jeremy was probably dead. "We were gonna...we were gonna finally be together...we were gonna be happy......Stupid Squip had to ruin everything! And now you're dead....I failed you...I failed to protect you and now your kingdom is gonna fall under chaos...I'm sorry Jeremy...I'm so sorry..."

At this point, Rich and Jake were sobbing into each other, Christine was turned away, and Brooke was blaming herself for everything.

"He killed you...he said he loved you but he killed you...I never would've put you in danger like that...thinking about it...I could've let you go...you would've been able to escape...I let you die...I let you be hurled out of an explosion...it was my fault... I... I'm a horrible person..." Michael's sobs were louder than they had been as he clutched Jeremy's body closer to himself. "I'm sorry Jeremy.... I don't deserve you...I knew I wasn't the hero you told me I was...and now you're gone forever..." Michael looked down at Jeremy's hand with the ring on it and held it tightly.

He knew he wasn't getting Jeremy back. He knew Jeremy was dead...there was no way around it. The rest of them stood there speechless, not knowing what to say because if they tried to comfort Michael it would probably make the situation worse.

They made a decision to let Michael have some alone time with Jeremy, even if the brunette was dead. When they began walking away Michael felt something grip his hand.

He looked at Jeremy, who was very weakly smiling at him.

"J-Jeremy you're... you're okay!?" Michael felt dumbfounded as Jeremy nodded softly. "Guys!! He's alive!" He yelled and the group all stared in shock at how Jeremy was somehow okay.

Their joy didn't last long when they heard laughter coming from Squip's airship, which was the only thing of him that survived.

Surprisingly, the laughter was coming from an unscathed Winston, who had stolen one of the many electrical whips in the airship. He flung it at the group and grabbed Michael, which didn't surprise any of them as they knew he had a thing for Michael.

He pulled on it but was in some astonishment at how somebody who was as weak as Jeremy was in that moment was holding Michael back.

"Silly Prince, do you actually think you can stop me from taking Michael?" Winston yanked the rope harder which sent Michael flying upwards(yay moon gravity)before being pulled back down.

"L-Let him go Winston.!" Jeremy yelled, ignoring the blood dripping down his lip as he force himself up.

"No." Winston pulled out a necklace with a red gemstone at the end and smiled as he wrapped it around the struggling Michael's neck. "I don't think I will." He snapped, revealing he had a second gemstone and Jeremy's heart sank as Michael's squinted eyes became lifeless, red, glowing orbs.

In an absolute fit of rage, Jeremy ran over to the airship and punched Winston square in the jaw, ignoring the massive amounts of pain shooting through his body.

"Today was supposed to be our day! But you and your brother had to ruin it didn't you!?" Jeremy was about to punch Winston again but the older male released his rope, which allowed Michael to move, and he stopped Jeremy's punch midswing. "Michael?"

"He isn't gonna let you hurt me Jeremy. Right Michael?" Winston teased and Jeremy felt any confidence he'd had vanish.

"Right." Michael's voice was monotone as he grabbed Jeremy by the arm and swung him over and into part of the airship.

Jeremy felt more blood on his face but he wasn't going to give up on Michael so easily. He looked up and seen Michael walking towards him with dead eyes, and Winston behind him, getting a kick out of this.

"M-Michael...please stop...it's me...it's Jeremy...please... don't kill me..." Jeremy's frail whimpers didn't seem to reach Michael's ears as he charged up two fireballs in his fists, and instead of being orange, they were a burning red.

"Michael stop!! You just saved him! You aren't going to kill him just because you're being controlled to are you!?" Jeremy and Michael turned to see Christine walking towards the ship, and her hands were covered in lightning, or her Thunderhand, a power of which she rarely used. She shot it at him, paralyzing him in place. "Jeremy get the necklace!" The Prince nodded, forcing himself up and grabbing Michael's hand, ripping the necklace from his neck and throwing it at Winston, hitting him in the nose.

"You little...you know what, fine, you win this time Jeremy. But I'm not letting you keep him forever."

"You're mistaken Winston... I-I'm engaged to him now...." Jeremy smiled as he pulled Michael off the airship, the taller male being slightly disoriented from being flung around and brainwashed. "C'mon Micha, let's go home..." He whisper, leading Michael towards the Comet Observatory.

***

(Like 50 minutes have passed by now in their journey home. Brooke has fixed them all up. Yay magic)

Jeremy and Michael had been allowed to use Brooke's bedroom to relax, as Michael felt like he could throw up, and Jeremy practically died.

"It's over isn't it?... Squip is finally dead... " Jeremy whispered and Michael knew Squip probably didn't survive an explosion, but then again they survived so who knows.

"I hope so. Because I don't wanna have to rescue you again. It's been six years and I thought he would've given up by now."

"He won't give up. But...but at least he can't make me marry him now." Jeremy giggled, looking at the ring and smiling. "I still can't believe you proposed."

"I meant to do it when the Star Bits were falling outside your castle. But I guess it saved you so that's all that matters."

"Mmhm...you know...you're the only person who would travel the world to save somebody who couldn't stop himself from being kidnapped. How come you think you aren't a hero?"

"I let you get hurt. If I'd let you go you could have escaped."

"And possible live without you after you proposed like you did?" Jeremy kissed Michael's bruised forehead and smiled. "Never. I love you too much for that."

"Thanks Jere. And I love you too...I'm glad you're safe. I missed seeing your face."

"And I missed hearing your v-voice."

"Are we ever gonna have a peaceful anniversary?"

"Nope. Space is a common theme for our anniversary it seems."

"Maybe next year can be different..."

"By then we'll be married."

"True. But that'll make it better."

"Mmhm."

"Guys get up we're home!!" Christine yelled and the two boys smiled as they left the bedroom and said their farewells to Brooke.

They were back home and they were together.

Things were gonna be fine.

SO LONG. Anyways I beat Mario Odyssey today so yeah