Disclamer: I dont own Andromeda, not yet.

Feedback: Yes, gimme...

Rating: G

Author´s note: This is just part 1, more will come later.

Trance walked towards hydrophonics. She was happy, and started singing when she entered the doors, but froze in her tracks as soon as she saw that one plant was missing. It was not a special plant, there where others like it, but she had named it, and there was only one who could have taken it without asking. She started running towards Harpers quarters, since she knew he had the day off.

"Harper!" Her voice was loud and clear, and Harper knew what she wanted. She had noticed the missing plant.

"Trance babe, glad you came, I want you to see something. I tell you, I am a freaking genius." He hoped his experiment would take her mind off the plant, but he knew it was probably gonna fail.

"What have you done to Otto? I know it was you." She was angry, but seeing him so happy and exciting made her cool down. Besides, Otto was probably in a million pieces, or in another part of the galaxy by now.

"I haven´t done anyth..." He stoped, thinking about the name. "Otto? You named him Otto? That´s a silly name." He laughed a little.

"It is not, I think it´s cute." She said, not seeing the funny in that name.

"Ok, whatever. I haven´t hurt him. I just needed him for a little experiment. He will be back in hydrophonics in a matter of minutes. Just watch this" He pointed towards a table, where Otto was standing. He looked ok, except for a device that was attached to the base.she was just about to ask what it was when Otto diseapeared in front of her eyes. She turned to Harper and asked "What happened?"

"It is so smart, I should be named 'smartest genius in the universe' for this thing" He said, and contiued "It is a device that changes the structure of the molekules in any organic thing, making them invisible."

She Understood what he was saying, but had to ask anyway "You can make people invisible?"

"Yes, at least i think so. I have to do more tests before i try it on a person, but it works in theory, and on Otto"

She was about to congratulate him, when she felt something against her arm. She looked down, and saw some green slime. It took her only a second before she knew what it was. She looked over to the table, and saw the pot Otto had been in was visible, and broken. Then she heard Harper say "It seems like it only works for 30 seconds, then the device is overheated, and boom. Well, back to the drawing board."

"You killed Otto!" Now she was angry again, and was about to yell at Harper, when she saw that most of Otto was on Harper´s face, making him look... funny. She started laughing, and whiped some of if off him.

"Just a temporary setback, I will have figured it out by the end of the week, I hope." he said, and suddenly he noticed how close Trance was, and how beautiful she was.

They looked at eachother for a few seconds, but it seemed like an eternity. Harper blushed and said "I´d better clean up here, sorry about Otto."

"I´ts ok, I have to go" Trance said, and started walking to the door. When she was outside she smiled.

She was walking back to her quarters, when she stoped and said "Rommie." Instantly, the hologram apeared besides her. "Yes, Trance?"

"Where is Beka?"

A second of silence, then Rommie answered "She is in command."

"Is she alone?" Trance needed to talk to someone, and Beka was the only womanon the ship, besides herself, and Rommie, but Rommie couldn´t help her with this.

"Yes, she is." Rommies voice brought her back to reality, and she thanked Rommie and started walking to command.

She walked in to command, and saw Beka sitting and reading and old book. She looked up and said "Hi Trance", and then went back to reading. Trance walked and sat down next to her. Beka stoped reading, and looked at her crewmate. Something was bothering the little purple girl. "What is it?" She asked, sincery concerned.

"Beka, how do you know when you are in love?"