I know I know…three is a crowd. But technically I only have two.
Besides, I LOVE ANDROMEDA!!! And I can't stand not writing this one. So please note that I'm still writing my other two, just want to have fun writing this one…
All new Reviewers!! This takes place in Season 1. And if it's a hit, then I'll continue to the next season with different adventures and fics.
Anyway, on with the fic!!
Title: A Flaming Pearl
Author: Elora Nova
"Some things are not as they appear"
-Anonymous
Chapter 1: The impossible is possible
The Andromeda Ascendant travels through a slipstream route. Beka Valentine pilots the ship with ease. Her body moving in time with every turn the Andromeda takes.
Captain Dylan Hunt looks straight on from his post. Seamus Harper impatiently taps on his consol. Rev Bem is in the back, ideally stoking his triangle medallion. Tyr Anasazi is behind the weapons controls, clearly waiting for any threat that comes once they leave slipstream. Rommie stands by Dylan, her arms behind her back.
The last would be Trance. Her purple tail is swishing from side to side, as she smiles a secret smile.
Blue light from the slipstream shines on them all. All are unknowing, except probably Trance, that their lives are about to change forever.
"Exiting slipstream…now." Becky states out loud.
With a lurch forward, the Andromeda exits slipstream.
"Dylan, I'm reading mechanical debris up ahead." Andromeda states as she appears on screen.
Dylan looks up towards the screen as it shows the crew the mass of debris floating around in space.
"I'm reading energy signature from the debris. I believe this was once a star vessel." Andromeda states matter of factually.
"Then let's get the hell out of here before the ones who did this come back!" Harper states as he looks towards the debris in fear and shock.
Andromeda begins to scan the debris, her eyes moving from side to side.
"It appears there was a battle here, for I am reading weapons discharge all across the field." Andromeda states.
Trance walks towards the screen. She inclines her head to the side, almost like she was listening to something only she could hear.
"Andromeda, could you scan right…here?" Trance asks as she points to a specific clutter of debris to the far right.
"Scanning…" Andromeda says as she scans the debris.
When she finishes she looks towards Dylan, her eyes wide open in shock.
"I'm reading a life sign." She states in amazement.
Dylan forwards his brow and taps a series of buttons on his consul. The screen zooms in on the clutter.
"You mean an escape pod?" Beka asks as she stands up.
The clutter of debris shifts away, and the crew sees someone floating in space.
"O man!" Harper says as he faces away from the screen. Loss and regret clearly on his face.
"Magnify." Dylan orders.
The screen zooms in on the figure, and all eyes see it to be a girl with flaming red hair. She appeared to be wearing a white gown; the color of it matching her skin.
"Dylan…she is alive." Rommie states as she too scans the person.
"WHAT?" Harper asks.
"Beka ready the Eureka Maru. Trance, and Beka your with me. Andromeda, have a medic bed ready for when we come back." Dylan orders as he runs out of the command room followed by his chosen team.
The Eureka Maru launches off from Andromedas launch pad. Beka fly's towards the clutter of debris, making sure not to scrape against any thing.
When they were close enough to the body, Beka stops the ship.
"I'm going out there. Trance, be prepared to help the girl as we come back."
Trance nods her head and solutes to Dylan.
Dylan readies himself by wearing an oxygen suit. "Beka, pressurize the cargo bay and open the doors." Dylan orders as he is already inside the cargo bay room.
Pressing a series of buttons, his boots become like magnets, sticking to the ground. The doors open, and Dylan is met by space.
He slowly walks towards the opening, his boots magnetizing to the floor as he walks.
Reaching the opening, he looks out and sees the floating figure. Attaching a cord from his suit to the side of the opening, Dylan latches it to a hook.
With a deep breath, he steps off the platform and slowly glides towards the person.
The closer he gets, the more his heart beats like a drum. Fear in his veins as he approaches the figure.
His gloved hand grasps for the girls hand, and pulls her towards him.
Her eyes were closed, her lips partly opened. Hair the color of flames spreads across her face, going in every direction; her skin was so pale that it seemed to almost match her gown.
Dylan rapped his arm around the girls' waist, and began to pull on the cord. Instantly it began to recoil, pulling Dylan and the girl towards the cargo bay doors.
Looking towards the girl, Dylan notices that the gown was actually a night gown.
"The attack must have happened when she was sleeping." Dylan thinks to himself.
As they reach the platform, Dylan activates his boots and immediately they suck unto the floor.
"Beka, I have the girl. Close the doors." Dylan states towards Beka.
The doors begin to close. When they close, the room returns to normal.
The girl slumps unto Dylan, who catches her in his arms. The door, on the other side, opens and Trance comes in with a medic kit.
Dylan slowly places the girl unto the floor, as Trance quickly does a scan over her body with one of her instruments.
"Dylan this is going to sound strange, but I can't read her. It's like she doesn't exist." Trance states as she looks towards Dylan in shock.
Dylan looks down at the girl, and notices that color had returned to her skin.
Her skin resembled the color of peaches. Her red hair fell loosely over her shoulders.
Leaning closer towards the girl, Dylan inclines his ear over the girls' lips. She was breathing!
"Trance, she is breathing!" Dylan states.
Trance scans again, and miraculously the scanning now picked up the girls life sign.
"That's odd, it didn't do that before?" Trance said.
"Let's head back to the Andromeda. From there we can get some answers about the girl." Dylan states as he get up, while picking up the girl.
When Dylan lifted the girl, his arm went underneath her back. Completely pressing against the area where her lungs would be located. In doing so caused the girl to give out a short gasp of pain.
Dylan stopped and looked at the girl, and noticed that she was waking up.
Trance leaned towards the girl, just as her eyes fluttered open.
Dylan gave out a gasp of surprise, except Trance, when his eyes beheld the color of eyes the girl had.
Pure golden eyes stared back at them, repeatedly blinking as she looked from face to face.
Dylan saw fear and shock cross over the girls feature. He wasn't prepared for the ear splitting scream that erupted from the girls' lips.
"LO-MEN-TA!!! SHAN-TENLO, SHAN-TENLO!!!" The girl screamed over and over again as she tried desperately to get down from the strange mans arms and to get away.
When Dylan let her go, she immediately started running towards the other side of the hanger. Trance hot in pursuit.
The girl was still screaming, her voice echoing like a siren. Some of the consols began to spark as the girls screaming sent an invisible shock wave towards them. Dylan was covering his ears as the pain of the girls screaming grew inside his ears.
Trance, on the other hand, seemed unaffected by the girls screaming. Trance watched the girl stop running, as she came to a dead end.
The girl turned around, looking desperately for a way out. She stopped screaming, but she was still yelling out the words over and over again.
Trance noticed that the girl was quite tall. Trance estimated that the girl could be around the ages of thirteento fourteen. Trance brought her hands up, as asign of peace. While at the same time speaking softly towards the scared girl.
"It's alright. No one is going to hurt you. I promise. We are friends." Trance said as she edged closer towards the girl.
The girl was looking towards Trance in fear and confusion. She had no idea what Trance was saying, but she knew that she was trying to calm her fears.
The girl scooted back, as Trance grew closer. With a sigh, Trance thought that this wasn't going anywhere. Then an idea struck her.
Looking straight at the girls eyes, Trance, faster then the eye could catch, shifted her eyes to the color of gold and back again.
It worked. The girl gave out a gasp of surprise. Trance new that she wasn't the same species as the girl, but maybe now the girl would trust her a little knowing that Trance too had golden eyes.
The girl slowly walked towards Trance, but at the same time keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.
The girl was so close to Trance, that she could have reached out to her and hold her hand. But suddenly the girl gave out a cry of pain.
Her hand reached towards her chest, grasping her night gown like that would stop the pain. Her eyes expanded, and for a fleeting moment Trance saw the image of a planet.
The planet looked green with only a few oceans. There was one sun, but three moons behind the planet. It looked like a beutifull place to live. Trance felt that this place was a place of peace and love, and Trance knew the for a fact.
Suddenly the planet exploded, pieces of it flying in all directions until there was nothing left but dust.
The image disappeared, and the girl, with one last cry of pain, crumbled to the floor.
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