Author's Note: This takes place in Season 4 not long after 'The Spider Stratagem'. (And I'm sorry, but it is a crossover!) Some things I'm not sure of (like can you put a ship on auto-pilot in Slipstream?) but I just put what I thought and hoped it was right. I love sci-fi and Andromeda, but, as you might be able to tell from the story, I'm more of a fantasy writer than a sci-fi writer. But then my friend calls me on the phone and asked me to write and Andromeda fan fiction, so, well, here it is. R&R would be really appreciated.
Crossover: Forgotten Realms/Andromeda
Characters: Beka, T. Rhade, Harper, Dylan, Trance and original character
Disclaimer: Story is mine, but that's about it. Regrettably, I'm not making any money off this. :(
Rating: PG-13 for a little violence and adult situations
Dedicated to: One of my best friends, Erin Fallon, who is leaving my school this year.
Illusions
If someone on your crew is
acting oddly or hiding something from you,
shoot them
It makes life much easier.
-Anonymous Nietzschean
Chapter 1
Beka watched as the worker androids lifted the last of the spare parts into the Maru's cargo pod, silently thanking Harper for convincing Andromeda to allow Beka to bring along some of the worker 'bots.
"That's all of it, Beka," Rommie's voice said from one of the 'bots. The five androids proceeded to walk into the cargo pod and shut down.
Beka closed the cargo pod door and was on her way to the cockpit when a bright flash of light off to the side startled her. "What the hell" she muttered, drawing her forcelance and blinking furiously to get rid of the spots that were annoyingly blocking her vision. She froze as the muzzle of a gun pressed into the back of her neck, lifting her hands as a show of surrender.
"You, Beka," a feminine voice from behind her said, taking the forcelance. "Move!"
"Whatever you say, you got the gun," Beka replied as the person roughly shoved her toward the cockpit. The voice sounded familiar, but the inflection didn't. Distracted by a flash of light, she berated herself. Oldest trick in the book, and I fell for it. How did she get on board anyway? She kept her hands raised as she was shoved into the pilot's chair.
"Set a course for the Andromeda," the woman demanded.
Beka snorted. "Why should I take you to the Andromeda?"
"Simple," the woman said calmly. "I have the gun. You don't."
"Can't argue with that logic," Beka said, igniting the engines.
As Beka entered Slipstream, the woman spoke for the first time since lifting off. "Put it on auto-pilot," the woman ordered.
Beka complied; sliding the chair back as the woman bound her hands together with... rope? "Kinda old-style, then, huh?" Beka asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It works well enough," the woman responded. "It's the main thing we use where I come from."
"So where do you come from?"
"You don't need to know yet," the woman said. "Turn around."
Beka stood up and turned around to look at her kidnapper. She saw the face and nearly fell over in shock.
Her kidnapper looked exactly like... herself.