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His face feels like a raw steak. From what he'd seen in his reflection, 'hamburger' might be a better description. It's not the worst of the pain in his body, compared to the broken ribs that feel like ground glass whenever he breathes, but it's the most visible. If it were just the pain, he could handle it, but he's drained, physically and mentally. He knows what he needs, a quick jaunt near a sun, but getting this airlock door to open is easier said than done.

He pounds on it again, weakly. "Just need a bit of sun. Open up."

||You must report to medical. Your condition is-||

"I know my condition." He turns around and slumps against the wall, sliding down until he's sitting. "And I'm telling you, all I need is some sunlight."

||You must report to medical.||

"You're as bad as the Midnighter." He scowls at a wall, then lets his head droop a bit. "I don't need medical."

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"You need sunlight?" Wow, him too? "Maybe I can help."

"Huh?" Apollo looks up at Will. He'd be frowning in confusion, if his face didn't hurt so much. "What d'you mean?"

Woah hamburger face! Easy, Will, this guy needs help!

The girl lifts her hands to her chest, and a glowing jewel manifests floating above her palms. "This is the Heart of Kandrakar. It emits starlight. Kon sunbathes in it when he needs a boost, so maybe it can help you too."

Apollo blinks and pushes himself up a bit, examining it closely. He didn't doubt what she said, that it could act as starlight, but would it be enough? "Who's Kon?"

After a moment, he pushes himself into standing. "If you wanna give it a shot, go ahead." Trying never hurt anyone, right?

She holds up the Heart, and it glows brightly. It definitely has the qualities of sunlight, unlike the fake sun in the city.

"Is that helping?"

Oh.

Oh, okay. Yeah, that actually feels a little...

Apollo closes his eyes, taking a deep breath. "I hate to ask, but could you turn it up somehow?" It's not that it isn't enough, the effects are immediately obvious. His face is beginning to smooth out, extremely slowly. New skin is appearing in patches, and the swelling is gradually going down.

But it's slow.

"Sure, but I'll need sunglasses." Will would cover her eyes with her free hand, but it's in a sling right now. "Just let me know when it's enough!"

She turns her face away and calls the power up a notch. The Heart glows like a tiny, tiny star. It's slow, but fortunately, she can keep this up.

"Thanks." He grins. As the Heart glows brighter, Apollo's speed picks up rapidly, face reconstructing itself very quickly. After a minute, he's looking back to normal. A few seconds later, there's even a halo of sunlight forming around his head.

He holds up his hands, laughing. "Okay, I'm good now." More power would be fine, but he doesn't want to risk wearing the girl out.

The power doesn't come from her, so she still looks chipper as ever when the light fades. "Great! I'm glad it worked."

She's beaming. She likes being helpful.

"I'm Will, by the way. Are you sure you're okay now?"

She's admiring the halo. Neat!

That's a relief! "Thanks a lot." He laughs and pulls himself up to his full height, popping his neck a little. It feels a lot better, now.

"Apollo. Sorry." He gives her a grin, and a joking little salute. "I'm perfectly fine now. Thanks for the help."

And wow, he's tall.

"Apollo? That's a god's name, isn't it?"

If he turns out to be THE Apollo, Will's just going to . . . well, not ever not expect anything again.

"It is." He nods, stretching a bit. "I think it suits me rather well. But, well. That's why it was given to me." Apollo's no god. But he can damn well look like one.

That's for sure.

"So . . . you're not THE Apollo? I'd almost expect it, at this point."

"Maybe you should listen to Stacy.." He bit into his lip as he poked his head around the corner. He had heard a voice and had come to investigate, but he hadn't been expecting to find Apollo there. Especially not looking like someone blew a star up on his face.

"Pff." Apollo chuckles and waves a dismissive hand, groaning a bit at the sharp jabs in his chest. "I've had worse. I just need to get out there." He jerks a thumb at the door. "I'll be fine after that."

"You don't know that for sure. We could be anywhere." He shook his head and watched Apollo with utter worry on his face. He slowly moved towards the man. "For all we know you could open that door and be sucked into a black hole!"

He chuckles again, pushing himself up to a standing position. It's slow going. "If I get sucked into a black hole, Angie'll find some way to get me out." He's got enough faith in her abilities. "Besides, I need sunlight to survive. I'd rather risk running dry out there with a chance of success than risk running dry in here."

He nods a bit and again wishes the Karolina had popped. She was made of sunlight, or some kinda of light. She'd be able to help. Billy though did have one idea.

"Well I know there's another guy on board who needs the sunlight. He got one of the people here to magically conquer him some. I could try to do that."

"Magic sunlight?" Well, there was a possibility he'd never considered. Then again, his experience with magic begins and ends with the Doctor. "I... suppose it could be worth a shot?"

He smiled a bit. "It's really up to you. I want to help you, but only if you want my help."

"If it won't wear you out too much, I'm fine with it."

Billy nodded his head and closed his eyes. He wanted this to work, because Apollo was a good man. At least he seemed like a good guy. He admired him at the very least. So when his hands started glowing with a faint light, Billy reopened his eyes. He focused on his hands and the light of the sun that he was generating. His lips moving in a spell so quiet, only he could hear it.

Apollo's pretty good at seeming like a good guy. He tries to be one, after all.

He closes his eyes when he feels the first rays of light hitting his exhausted body, and takes a sharp, shuddering breath. "That feels good." Maybe he should have talked to the kid earlier.

As his body absorbs more of the sunlight, the injuries on his face start to smooth out, cuts sealing themselves and bruises fading into healthy, tanned skin.

Billy watched as the wounds healed over and smiled. He was actually being helpful! It felt nice to be useful again. Even if it was something as simple as healing someones wounds with magical sunlight.

There's a laugh of wry amusement behind him. "I don't think it's going to be that simple, I'm afraid," Ahava remarks. "But if it helps Stacy decide to let you out, I can offer to take a look at you?"

"Bah." He makes a weak, amused noise. "If this were the Carrier, I'd already be circling Hawaii." Apollo does wave, though, and makes an effort to sit up. "Are you sure you want to be playing Doctor with me, Ahava? I know a very large man in leather that might be a bit disgruntled." He grins.

She laughs again at that, easily matching his grin with one of her own. "Then you'll just have to explain I do that with quite a few members of the crew and that you turned me down."

She lifts an eyebrow and smirks challengingly. "Unless you aren't going to?"

He cocks his head to the side, as if considering for a moment. "Hm. I suppose that as long as you don't need me to turn my head and cough, it should be okay." Maybe.

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