AN: This is mainly a Dillon/Ziggy fic with a couple of other pairings thrown in to mix it up a bit. It's something I wrote purely to entertain myself, (like my NatM story), but I thought I might share it. This story is all written, so if you start reading, you will get to finish. Enjoy :)

"Dillon, no," Summer argued. "We're doing good work out here." They argued a lot lately. Mostly he thought it was because she expected too much of him.

"I know, and that won't change. But we have to go back to Corinth for a little while."

They'd been over this before. Summer was determined to save the whole world, but that had never much bothered Dillon before. As long as his friends and family were okay, that was enough for him.

"We?" she frowned.

He appreciated all that Summer had done for him, she had believed in him, and always had faith even when the virus was taking over. He didn't want to leave her behind.

"Yeah. Me, you and Tenaya."

"Dillon, I can't leave here. Not now. Not when there's still so much to do."

"Well I can't stay. I have to take Tenaya back. Her eyes are getting worse. Maybe Doc K will have something that can help."

That wasn't the whole story, but it was the one he thought Summer would best understand.

It did tip the scales in his favour.

"I can't argue with that," she allowed, finally giving up on the fight.

"So, you'll come?"

"No. But you should go. Get help for Tenaya if you can."

"We'll be back soon. I pr-"

Summer pressed her fingers to his mouth.

"Don't. You don't know if you can keep it."

He wanted to argue, but they had done enough of that, and she was right. Whatever this was between them had run its course, but that didn't mean he didn't still care about her.

He pulled her into a hug.

"Take care of yourself, Summer."

"You too, Dillon. I hope everything goes okay for Tenaya."

"Me too."

xxx

"Have I ruined things between you and Summer?" Tenaya asked from the passenger seat of the Fury.

"No. What makes you say that?"

"We're going back to Corinth because of me, and she stayed behind."

What could he say? Technically that was all true, but it wasn't the whole truth. Tenaya's deteriorating condition was the push he needed to finally go back, but the discontentment he felt had been building for a while. Pretty much ever since they'd left. Despite having his sister back, and a possible future with Summer, he'd still felt like something was missing.

Having had his memories messed with in the past, it was hard to pinpoint, but he was sure the answer was in Corinth.

"Dillon?" Tenaya checked, gently touching his arm. Since her vision had worsened, she'd become more tactile. Vaguely he remembered her being like that back when she was blind.

He sighed. There was no good answer to give when he didn't understand it himself. All he knew was that leaving Summer behind didn't feel wrong in the way that leaving Corinth had.

"It's okay," he told his sister. "Summer has things she needs to do. And so do I."

Tenaya's hand tightened a little. He knew she wanted him to be okay, just as much as he wanted her to.

xxx

They didn't have to wait for the shields to lower when they reached Corinth. The city didn't need to be locked anymore.

Driving into the city, they headed straight for the base to find Doc K.

The place looked pretty much the same as it always had when they pulled into the garage.

"Well look who it is..." An unmistakeable Scottish accent greeted them.

"Hey," Dillon said, hopping out of the car and smiling at his friend.

"Where's Summer?" Flynn frowned, noticing her absence immediately.

Dillon guessed it was pretty weird, showing up here without her.

"She's okay," he assured. "Rebuilding Omega City keeps her pretty busy."

"I suppose it would," Flynn agreed.

Dillon walked around to the other side of the car to help Tenaya. Her eyes weren't quite that bad yet, but he didn't want to take any risks with her. He opened the door and guided her out.

"Is everything okay?" Flynn asked, sounding a little worried.

Dillon honestly didn't know.

"Is Doc K around?"

"No, they're at school. Why? Is something wrong?"

He couldn't deny it as he led Tenaya to the couch, where Flynn started fixing the cushions automatically while he waited for an answer.

"We were hoping she could take a look at Tenaya's eyes."

"What happened?"

"My vision is getting blurry," Tenaya answered. "If it's a hardware problem, she might be able to fix it."

"And if it isn't?" Flynn asked worriedly.

Dillon gave Tenaya's hand a squeeze.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," he said.

Flynn gave him a pained look. That was the thing about Flynn, he always wanted everyone to be okay.

"I thought the school would be here," Dillon said looking around the spacious base.

That put a smile on Flynn's face.

"They figured out pretty quickly there's a lot of stuff around here that kids shouldn't play with."

Dillon could imagine that one of the kids getting hold of a nitro blaster might not end well.

"School is only a couple of blocks away if you want to go find the Doc."

That sounded good, now that they were here, Dillon didn't wanna waste any time. But he also didn't wanna leave Tenaya alone.

"It's okay," Flynn assured. "I can wait with Tenaya. If you like?"

Dillon looked down at his fierce, brave sister, getting more helpless by the day.

"Go, Dillon. I'll be fine here," she said.

"I won't be long," he told her.

"Thanks," he said to Flynn on the way out, giving his former teammate a pat on the back as he passed.

"It's good to see you again, Dillon."

"You too, Flynn," he replied honestly. Being back in Corinth and seeing a friend, had him feeling better already.

AN: I think this fic might be just a little bit sad, because I was a little sad when I wrote it.