CHAPTER ONE
"Wow! There's sooo much to do!" said Trance as she looked at the busy city centre.
The whole crew had been given a day off while the Andromeda was having some external repairs done. And Trance had every right to be excited, this time they had all been given complimentary passes to the planet that this particular habitat was orbiting.
"This place is so cool!" enthused Trance. Again.
Even Harper had to admit he was excited, this planet was famous for its reputation of having fun. There had never even been a war on this planet, everyone was just so darn nice to each other!
Trance tugged at Harper's arm like a little kid, "I want to see everything! Can we see the museum of plant biology first? Oh please oh please oh pleeease!" She whined.
Harper, on the other hand, had different ideas on how he would spend the day.
"I don't want to go to some stupid plant museum. I want to see the exhibition on new persied inventions in the Aerospace museum, and it's in a completely different area of the city. And after that I want to go to the amusement park, you know how you hate those white-knuckle rides. So why don't we split up and I'll meet you back at Andromeda?"
He turned to look at her, and saw worry splashed all over her face. Poor thing was scared!
Holding her shoulders, he told her in his best protective guy voice, "You'll be fine! There has never, ever been any crime on this planet, and at the moment we are the only foreigners on this planet. You'll be fine!" And with a quick hug he turned around and walked off in the direction of the aerospace museum, stopping only to give her a quick wave, before disappearing into the crowd.
She took a deep breath. And then another. Just one more to be sure. There, now Trance felt like she was brave enough to explore on her own. It was just she had always had Harper, Beka, or Rommie beside her when she was on new planets and stuff! Now it was just her again.
The last time she had been alone was when she first arrived at a Polyniekes when she was a teenager. No-one turned up to meet her, and she spent two weeks on the streets before she met Chloe. She and Chloe had set up a 'business' whereby Trance would 'find' a certain object for people for a fee. Since then she had always had someone beside her. But now she was an adult. Albeit a purple one, with a tail.
Looking at her surroundings she saw a market square just down the street. There were hundreds of stalls selling all kinds of things. Then she saw them. She gasped.
"Bags! Lots and lots of Bag!!" She squealed while running towards the bag stall.
She was running so fast though that she didn't see the girl before it was too late. She ran full on into her, flying into the air before hitting the ground, knees first.
"OWWWW!" she cried out, feeling the sharp, stinging pain in her knees.
"Are you ok?" asked the girl, when all of a sudden Trance felt the familiar touch of a tail on her shoulder. This tail didn't belong to her though.
This tail was blue!
"Wow! There's sooo much to do!" said Trance as she looked at the busy city centre.
The whole crew had been given a day off while the Andromeda was having some external repairs done. And Trance had every right to be excited, this time they had all been given complimentary passes to the planet that this particular habitat was orbiting.
"This place is so cool!" enthused Trance. Again.
Even Harper had to admit he was excited, this planet was famous for its reputation of having fun. There had never even been a war on this planet, everyone was just so darn nice to each other!
Trance tugged at Harper's arm like a little kid, "I want to see everything! Can we see the museum of plant biology first? Oh please oh please oh pleeease!" She whined.
Harper, on the other hand, had different ideas on how he would spend the day.
"I don't want to go to some stupid plant museum. I want to see the exhibition on new persied inventions in the Aerospace museum, and it's in a completely different area of the city. And after that I want to go to the amusement park, you know how you hate those white-knuckle rides. So why don't we split up and I'll meet you back at Andromeda?"
He turned to look at her, and saw worry splashed all over her face. Poor thing was scared!
Holding her shoulders, he told her in his best protective guy voice, "You'll be fine! There has never, ever been any crime on this planet, and at the moment we are the only foreigners on this planet. You'll be fine!" And with a quick hug he turned around and walked off in the direction of the aerospace museum, stopping only to give her a quick wave, before disappearing into the crowd.
She took a deep breath. And then another. Just one more to be sure. There, now Trance felt like she was brave enough to explore on her own. It was just she had always had Harper, Beka, or Rommie beside her when she was on new planets and stuff! Now it was just her again.
The last time she had been alone was when she first arrived at a Polyniekes when she was a teenager. No-one turned up to meet her, and she spent two weeks on the streets before she met Chloe. She and Chloe had set up a 'business' whereby Trance would 'find' a certain object for people for a fee. Since then she had always had someone beside her. But now she was an adult. Albeit a purple one, with a tail.
Looking at her surroundings she saw a market square just down the street. There were hundreds of stalls selling all kinds of things. Then she saw them. She gasped.
"Bags! Lots and lots of Bag!!" She squealed while running towards the bag stall.
She was running so fast though that she didn't see the girl before it was too late. She ran full on into her, flying into the air before hitting the ground, knees first.
"OWWWW!" she cried out, feeling the sharp, stinging pain in her knees.
"Are you ok?" asked the girl, when all of a sudden Trance felt the familiar touch of a tail on her shoulder. This tail didn't belong to her though.
This tail was blue!