Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
Consolidated had built up this city and practically everything else that amounted to anything on this planet. True, there had been others, "What do you want?" Center somewhere. We're making a check-up of all the apartments." "Well, you can check out I haven't got any blasted rebels in here." regular routine. "Hello." The voice matched the calm alertness of a pair of deep-blue eyes. Brian just stared at her in numbed fascination. That was what the soon fix that. "All right, joke's over, you can beat it now." "Joke? I don't see anything funny, unless it's you and that suggestive towel. You should either abandon it or get one that goes all the way she was fully "Well, what do you think?" he burst out angrily. "I'm going to finish my bath and I'd suggest you go down to the laboratory and hold hands with Pete. He'd appreciate it." He got the impression that the girl was struggling heroically to refrain from laughing and that didn't help his back into the bath. The door opened a little. "Well, good-by now." The girl said sweetly. "Remember me to the police force." burst of laughter. Damn women! It was getting so a man had to pack a gun with him or something. And Pete Brent. He thought with grim satisfaction of the unending extra work that was going to occur around the laboratory from now on. He sank back into the soothing liquid complete relaxation. That wasn't Myrtle, that was Crystal James, old man James' daughter. panel last night. Communications been tied up all day." Pete lowered his voice to an appreciative whisper, "Gosh, chief, I didn't know you had it in you. How long have you been in with that bunch? Is that girl as good-looking as they say she is?" "Now listen here, Brent. I don't know—" "Oh, it's all right, chief. You can trust me. I won't give you away." "Gotcha, chief," Brent whispered understandingly. "I'll see if I can pass the word along." hold me here indefinitely." "Shut up. Nobody ain't takin' no message to McHague. I don't care if Brian's eyes almost popped out as he saw a gloved hand reach around "Somebody by the name of Pete Brent tipped us off that you were in cooked now. Whether you like it or not, you'll hang with us when they find us trying to get you out of here." Brian felt as though something had kicked him in the stomach. She was Crystal James pushed past him. Brian felt as though his stomach had fallen down around his ankles a gasping grunt of pain as one of the rebels went down. They were shooting to kill. "What are we stopping here for?" Brian demanded. "We've got to get and that gave them the edge on Brian. They followed Crystal down into keeps up to scare people with." "That's what you think," Crystal snapped. "McHague's legend got my father and he'll get all of us unless we run the whole company right off the planet." before he died," she said grimly. Brian was startled at the icy hardness of her voice. Brian struggled into a zippered overall suit as they followed a Crystal James, at the controls, seemed to know exactly where they were gash in the wall of the cavern. Brian followed Crystal into the smaller The sides of the gap rushed in on the tips of the stubby wings. Brian Crystal held the ship in its roll and completed the maneuver outside almost as soon as we can walk." "Oh—I see," Brian said weakly and a few moments later he really did An aërial torpedo exploded in front of the rebel ship. Crystal's face set in grim lines as she pulled the ship up in a screaming climb. Brian "That's what you think," Crystal muttered. "Those children don't play "Authority doesn't make much difference to them," Crystal snapped bitterly. "They've been killing people all over the planet. What do you think this revolution is about?" "You must be mistak—" He slumped to the floor as Crystal threw the "I guess that was a mistake!" Crystal yelled as she fought the controls. saw the crew battling their controls in startled terror. The ship slipped frantically away and fell into a spin. "That's them," Crystal said with satisfaction. "How are the others doing?" white flowers of half a dozen parachutes blossoming around it. Brian them. It was over in a few moments. The dead rebels drifted down into the mist-shrouded depths of the valley. "Don't get excited," Crystal told him in a dead, flat voice. "That's Crystal's answer was to yank the ship into a rocketing climb. The "Just follow along, suckers," Crystal invited grimly. talons of gray rock missed and fell away again as Crystal nursed the " Phew! can you do it?" "Well, you don't do it on faith. Take a look at that fuel gauge! We may get as far as our headquarters—or we may not." the clinging fog as it swung firmly to "Empty." The drive sputtered and coughed and died. "That's figuring it nice and close," Crystal said in satisfaction. "We rushed up to Crystal. "They jumped us when we had no fuel, and quit acting like an idiot." The man was shaking, his eyes looked wild. "They'll kill us. We've got opening Crystal's ship had left. "He hasn't got a chance! We'll be "They got him!" Crystal's voice was a moan. "Oh, the fool, the fool!" well as we do." "How come?" leaving." "We might as well just wait," Crystal said hopelessly. "It won't do us Brian suggested doubtfully. She looked at him steadily. a dead silence. A score or more followed them without any attempt at concealment. Then Brian and Crystal cut loose with the drives of the two ships. Startled screams of agony burst from the crowded group of police as they were caught in the annihilating cross fire of roaring flame. They crisped and twisted, cooked to scorched horrors before they fell. A burst of thick, greasy smoke rushed out of the cavern. Two of Crystal was white and shaking, her face set in a mask of horror, as she we're not finished here." "Oh, let them shoot us! I can't go through that again!" "You don't have to. Wait here." Crystal screamed. "Brian! There's more police cutting in around the Crystal led the way as they fled down the escape tunnel. The roaring Crystal went down as the ground slipped from under her. Brian grabbed her and a tree at the same time. The tree leaned and crashed down the slope, the whole jungle muttered and groaned and came to life as it downward, riding the edge of the slide for terrifying minutes till it stilled and left them bruised and shaken in a tangle of torn gone and the primeval silence settled back into place. Brian and Crystal struggled painfully to solid ground. Crystal gazed with a feeling of awe at the devastated mountainside. "How did you do it?" "It's a matter of harmonics," Brian explained. "If you hit the right vibratory combination, you can shake anything down. But now that we've made a mess of the old homestead, what do we do?" "The headquarters of the Carlton family. They're the closest people we can depend on. They've kept out of the rebellion, but they're on our side. They've helped us before."

<question>:
Do you think there is a romantic connection between Brian and Crystal?

<options>:
A Absolutely not. They both hate each other, they're only working together out of necessity.
B Probably. Both share similar personalities that work well together.
C Unlikely. They both have known each other for a short period in which no thoughts about romance were genuinely addressed.
D Definitely. They've been through a lot together and care about each other deeply.

<answer>:

C