Tyran and Steel were sitting in one of the monitoring rooms of the mansion and were monitoring the Valkorians who had just arrived. A few times Tyran had caught Steel looking at him but whenever he turned to look at her she would quickly look away and he would return to his monitoring of the aliens who had arrived. Tyran's passive scanners had detected that whenever she looked at him, the rate her heart was beating at would increase. In addition it would seem to skip a beat once in awhile. He could see slightly increased facial heat on her cheeks at times which he could actually see without his scanners since she was still in her transformed state. In fact, as far as he could tell he had never seen Steel outside of her transformed state.

He could see a single tear roll down her face as he silently turned to look at her for a moment. "Steel. What's wrong?" He asked carefully as he handed her a small washcloth which she threw onto the floor as she sadly looked at him.

"You are what's wrong Tyran." She said sounding angry and sad at the same time as she stood up. "Do you remember the day we met? You saved my life. You managed to take down at least nine of Doctor Night's henchmen when I was still struggling with my powers when they were new. You have all this information in your head but you don't have simple human emotions or the ability to understand when someone is interested in you!"

Tyran stood up and looked down at her. "I...I'm sorry." He said simply as he felt an unfamiliar emotion beginning to rise to the surface. "But I wasn't built with advanced emotions by Master Sirius! The part of me that is still human...I can't...No, I won't access that part of my brain."

"Why not?!" Steel demanded as she stood and went face to face with him. She was crying openly now.

"Because it hurts." Tyran said quietly. "Before I met Master Sirius, I was human. And I was badly hurt both emotionally and physically. I had lost a woman who I deeply cared for to Doctor Night's henchmen one night. They beat me and left me for dead after killing her. When I met Sirius, I begged him to take away the pain and he did. But he said that I could access them whenever I wanted but I don't want to! I don't want to feel that pain ever again!"

Steel sobbed into her hands as she sat down. "I love you Tyran. I wish you could realize how much I care for you but it's like you don't even notice me half the time! All you care about is the mission." Tyran looked at her and for a brief moment he felt a brief spark from the part of his brain that had been blocked off by Sirius at his own request. For a brief moment he remembered emotions like Love and Passion, and the feeling of caring for someone more than you cared for yourself.

But he also felt the feeling of loss, and grief and heartache after losing someone. For a brief moment he felt the two sides battling for control and it was at that moment he made his decision. He closed his eyes and after hesitating for a moment...just a moment, he deactivated the block. All at once, he could feel the emotions that had been held back for all those years since his transformation and for a moment it overwhelmed him. His clutched his head for a moment as he tried to make sense of it all. Steel looked up at him as she prepared to finally blow up at him. To finally scream at him and get everything off her chest.

Instead she saw the man that she loved clutching at his head. "Whats wrong?" She asked as she stared at him as he slowly removed his hands from his face and looked at her. A small appeared on his face as he looked her over and it just kept growing. Steel had to admit, she was a bit unnerved by what she was seeing. "What did you do?"

Tyran continued smiling as he joyfully laughed as he pulled Steel into a hug. "I deactivated the Emotional block! I can feel so many things! I can feel so many things that have been blocked for so long!" He laughed as he looked Steel over again and raised an eyebrow as she blushed slightly. "And now that I can actually think clearly...I think I can understand what that blushing of yours means." He said slyly.

Steel backed away slightly as she continued blushing. "Tyran...your being hit with a lot of emotions right now. I can only guess how many." Tyran watched as she backed away from him. "I remember what I felt like when I was in love, and I'm sorry that it took deactivating that damn block to realize what my feelings are for you. You said you loved me and now that I can actually think clearly I think I can show you how much I care about you."

Steel stood completely still in shock as Tyran slowly approached her. Was he saying...what she thought he was saying? She had her answer a moment later as Tyran gently placed his hand on the side of her cheek and placed his lips against hers and gently kissed her. Steel stood completely still for a moment and stared at him in shock as she backed away from his slightly before a small smile appeared on her face. A smile that grew wider and wider the more she processed what had just happened. Steel concentrated for a moment and the unknown alloy surrounding her seemingly vanished into her body. She let out a low groan of pain as the transformation occurred but she didn't care. She looked at herself in one of the reflective surfaces on one of the monitors nearby. She had almost forgotten what she looked like without the alloy covering her. 

She was still wearing the same black T-shirt and battered and torn jeans she had worn all those years ago when she had transformed for the first time. She looked down at the belt she was wearing and noticed that the symbol was different then when she was transformed but she didn't care. She threw herself into Tyran's arms and pressed her lips against his. She nearly sent him flying backwards as she nearly tackled him as the two awkwardly made their way into the nearby med-bay, Tyran's arm awkwardly reached around and hit the control and immediately vanished back inside the room as the door closed behind the two of them, leaving the monitoring room empty.