Ice Cream

"Yes, we do," Hana said as she sighed, pinching her temples, which almost made Toki's eyes watery. She looked at Jack, who honestly didn't want to do it; he had no intention of throwing away his own victory for someone else. Why the hell would he do that? He was not some kind of superhero, for fucks sake. 

"That's a dumb choice," the blue-haired captain said as he put the toki down and loaded his revolver. Before looking at Jack and Hana and winking.

Suddenly, the captain turned around and shot his two men in the head, and Toki used his skill to freeze the last one in his place. Jack turned off his barrier and took a sigh of relief. The blue-haired captain was suddenly engulfed in a yellowish color before turning into Dustin. 

Dustin united Toki while Jack set up the bomb. 

Hana really wished Toki would have actually died now, given the look he was giving her. "So you do care about me." 

Jack sighed as he prayed that Toki's soul rest in peace while Hana beat the shit out of him. Meanwhile, Dustin walked up to Jack, who was setting up the bomb. "How did you know it was me?" To be frank, Jack had no idea it was him, but he went along with it. 

"Luck," he said without refusing to explain further. Dustin only took it as a note in his own mind, thinking Jack could find him even if he was disguised. Which jack probably could with the identification skill only if he started using it more?

After a while, they left the engine room after throwing down the last member of the other team into the dark depths to see how deep it was. Unfortunately, they didn't hear any crashing sounds as both Jack and Toki sighed. Hana sighed, while Dustin just laughed. 

They went back to the observatory so Toki could see the stars one final time after a bit of a notification popped up.

[The ship takeover has finished.

Team takeover (S499) has won.]

And with that, they were teleported back into their normal rooms. Toki was wearing a proud look on his face as he looked at everyone who was fooled by his acting skills. Of course, he knew he wasn't going to die. He was too handsome to die—according to him, at least.

Meanwhile, Jack and Dustin both felt tired enough by now. Jack healed his injuries, and Dustin just slouched in a corner of the room. Meanwhile, Toki looked at the screen and spoke.

"Can we get something to eat?"

The screen made no response for a bit before asking what they would like to eat.

Toki went on to describe every meal known to man at that very moment.

Hana just ordered a steak.

Dustin ordered some drinks and a light snack for himself.

As for Jack, he thought about it before he ordered. "Get me a coffee, some chocolate ice cream, and, uh, ramen, I guess?" 

With that, a bright light appeared in the room as a table and chairs were teleported in with the food they requested. Jack was honestly happy to have the normal stuff again as everyone took their seats and began to eat. 

With all the apocalypse shit that had been happening recently, Jack had almost forgotten how good the simple life was. When he didn't have to worry about surviving every day, when life was simple, after finishing his noodles, Jack took a bite from the ice cream. 

The sweet taste had always been somehow comforting. That sweet taste reminded him of a memory he had almost forgotten. He remembered his mom, his grandpa, and his dad. When he was 3 or maybe even younger, but he remembers. When all of them would go out together to eat ice cream on the weekends, laughing and playing together, everyone was so happy; everything was so okay. Mom was…nice. Dad was…real. Grandpa was…alive. We were all happy. How did life come down to this? Why does it have to be like this, for fucks sake? Why does everything always go to sh*t?

Jack was suddenly woken out of his internal thoughts by a worried toki shaking him. "HEY JACK COME BACK TO US," he was almost shocked as he looked around. Everyone was looking at him, worried.

"Wh-what happened? I was eating ice cream." He looked down at his ice cream just to realize it was half-melted. How long was he in thought for?

"Are you okay?" Hana asked with a rather worried tone as Jack looked at her, his vision blurry for some reason. 

Dustin sighed and told him, "You are crying.". Jack placed his hand on his face as he felt the mask. He took it off in front of everyone without even realizing he was touching his face. There were indeed tears rolling down his cheeks, but he didn't even feel them for some reason. "Why am I crying?"