Lionshine sits at the controls, staring fixedly at the screen. Shadepelt is resolutely staring anywhere but at Lionsine, and the ships flies on in awkward silence. The other cats, minus Greenface, sit around the room staring at Lionshine and Shadepelt in boredom.

Greenface came out of the bathroom, shaking out his fur, then stopped as he noticed the total silence. He looked from Lionshine to Shadepelt and back again. "Um, Shadepelt? Hi?"

Shadepelt doesn't even flick an ear in acknowledgement and simply stares right through him. Greenface begins to look freaked out.

"Um, hello?" he mews, waving his paw in front of Shadepelt's face. She doesn't blink, and he eventually gives up and goes to Lionshine. "Hi? Lionshine?"

"What do you want?" hissed Lionsine.

Greenface lets out an awkward purr.

"It was just so...quiet in here," he mewed. "Without you and Shadepelt arguing, it just seems so...empty."

"You want us to argue?"

"Well, maybe not ar--"

Lionshine turned to Alderwood. "Tell Shadepelt that I, with my great rocket steering skills, saved the crew!"

Alderwood turned to face Shadepelt. "I, with my great rocket steering skills, saved the crew!"

Lionshine looks to be at the point of banging her head against the dashboard.

"ALDERWOOD. That's NOT what I meant."

"Oh, right!" mews Alderwood quickly. "But it was hissterical, wasn't it?"

Lionshine, Pebblepounce and Shadepelt all groan and turn to face Alderwood.

"NO!" they all say.

"Awwwww."

Greenface began to feel like he was missing something. "Um, guys? D--"

"Alderwood, tell Shadepelt that she's a mousebrain."

"Shadepelt, Lionshine says you're a mousebrain."

Shadepelt hisses and stares more determinedly forward.

"Tell her that she's a piece of foxdung."

"Lionshine, Shadepelt says you're a piece of foxdung."

"Tell her that she's a--"

"STOP!" yowled Greenface.

All the cats go silent.

"What in the name of StarClan are you arguing about??!!" screeched Greenface in confusion.

"Which one of us saved the ship!" they said in unison, then glared at each other.

"I manually maneuvered the rocket so it didn't crash into the asteroid!"

"And I moved the ASTEROID!"

"Well, then. Didn't you do it together then?"

There is a pause as the two considered the option.

"Well--" began Lionshine.

"The thing is--" began Shadepelt.

"NO," they both say suddenly.

"You know what, I give up!" yowled Greenface. "Goodbye, both of you!" He stomped out the door angrily. The rest of the crew follows.

Suddenly, the surface of Mercury is in view, and Lionshine activated the landing controls. "You know," she mewed. "We really did both do it!"

Shadepelt purred. "Yep! No hard feelings!"

"And..." added Lionshine. "We got to annoy Greenface!" The two clapped their paws together.

Shadepelt purrs, and Lionshine and Shadepelt continue making idle conversation until they land.

This chapter was brought to you by Ember, who is sad that this was not very funny...sorry.

Published by Dusky :3