Disclaimer: I do not own Andromeda
Seamus Zelazny Harper had a decision to make.
Standing in the machine shop and pointing a gauss gun at his creation, the tesseract machine.
The very machine that killed his friend Hohne in front of him and seemingly substituted his other friend, Trance, for a…person.
A person that he, Seamus Harper, did not know and probably never would.
Everyone stood around the tesseract machine while Harper aimed at it. He seemingly had made up his mind and obviously chose to die for the sake of Hohne's life.
While Tyr and Dylan were busy arguing who would have to kill Harper, Rommie and Beka just stood silently watching the scene.
Harper seemingly wanted to destroy what he worked so hard for, a remarkable, very not-harper-like change of mind. Maybe they all had seen another person in the engeneer. No member of the crew would have believed that he actually could be willing to give his life to save another person's.
Meanwhile Rekeeb the Perseid waited for Harper's decision leaning against the wall and holding his hand, aching from Dylan's force lance shot. He had tried to destroy the machine on his own, failing miserably. If Harper really would follow the path he just chose, Hohne would live again. This was reason enough for the perseid to stop all efforts destroying the machine by himself.
Trance from the future knew what she had to do. Circling around the machine she searched for the switch that would initiate the tesseract process and thus save Harper's life.
Dylan and Tyr made a final attempt convincing Harper not to destroy the machine. Harper though did not hear a word they said.
He watched the being circling around his tesseract machine. While she looked like Trance, something was different, besides the color. She looked aggressive, cunning. Whatever had made her this way, it was now doing the same to his real Trance. And Hohne…
Hohne alone was more than enough of a reason to end his life. Hohne, the most brilliant and ingenious person he ever knew.
Harper had decided. After all, there still was a small flicker of hope left for him.
More than enough for the engeneer to bet his life on.
While Andromeda's hull was pierced by Magog craft and Magog from the near past crowded the Hallways fighting against ancient warriors and future invaders, Harper placed his bet.
Seamus Zelazny Harper pulled the trigger.