~ Chapter One ~

Kickarrot here this is my first crossover with Andromeda and Dragon Ball Z, I hope you will like it. Not sure if this is the first story like this but hey if it is it's something new. So this story takes place after the start of the third season of Andromeda and after the Buu Saga in DBZ; Vegeta and Bulma never got together, but Miri Trunks does live with them. He came back to the past after killing Cell in his' time, the Z gang will not appear until later chapters. The story is under R for language, adult situations, and violence.

Disclaimer: I do not own Andromeda Mr. Gene Roddenbarry (* did I spell his' name right?) and Dragon Ball Z is owned by Akira Toriyama. Now on with the story . . . . and remember R&R

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Dylan sat there quietly in his room aboard the Andromeda Ascendant, he was watching some home movies of his' life 300 years ago, he was so involved in them, he didn't hear Rommie enter, she stood behind him quietly, and watch the movies herself. Dylan smile as brown hair girl of the age of 10 came on the screen, she was sitting in a deep red velvet chair, she was wearing a light blue silk dress, she was waiting for someone, the front door open and young man in his early 20's walked in. The girl smiled, then ran to him, and hugged him. He grinned at the little girl, then picked her up, and swung her around. The movie went on as Dylan felt a hand touch his' shoulder, he sightly jumped, and turned to see who the hand belonged to.

"Rommie . . ." he stated tiredly.

"Dylan, we need you on the bridge, we've found a ship, and it's not responding to our calls." clarified Rommie as he stood, and they started walking to the bridge; neither one of the said anything for a few minutes. She could tell that Dylan was beating himself up inside about the little girl in the video, he always did this after watching them, she sighed.

"Dylan it wasn't your fault that she disappear without a trace."

"Yes, it was." he stated coldly, then walked onto the bridge, Rommie followed him, and joined everyone else on the bridge.

"Ok, so have we been able to reach them?" asked Dylan as he walked up to Beka.

"None what so ever." Beka answered.

"The problem might be is because it's stuck in time near that black hole, may I say the same way the Andromeda was, when we found her." claimed Harper as Rommie made the view a little bit bigger, so that everyone could see it.

"Let send some cameras to get a better look at it and it's name." Dylan ordered, they got to work, and in a few moments four cameras were on their way to the ship.

They were 40 to 50 feet away, they started to circle the ship, there was no damage to it, one of them made their way to the front of the ship, where it found Japanese writing on the side of it, behind the writing was a green dragon with red eyes, it also had seven orange balls around it.

"Finding the translation of those marks . . . They mean 'Eternal Dragon'" stated Trance (Gold-Trance) "Mr. Harper can we get her out of there?"

"Yes, she's just sitting there not moving. It's like someone just placed her there, and made sure she didn't move."

"Beka get us in close so that we can hook on to her, and bring her into safety."

They nodded, and then they got started. It took 5 hours to pull the 'Eternal Dragon' out of where it was, everyone got suited up, just in cause there was no oxygen on the ship, then they went on board.

"Dylan there is no sign of life, but the ship has oxygen, so you guys can take the suits off." Rommie claimed as she walked with them, he nodded, then they started to remove the suits. They started to walk down the hallway, as they walked there were t.v.'s on the walls, each one was playing a different home movie, as they neared the bridge they all heard something.

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour . . . ."

"What is that?" asked Beka

"It's William Blake: AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE, Rommie I thought you said there was no one aboard?" answered Dylan as he look at her, she stopped, and checked again.

"There is no one aboard, so it must something else."

They continued to bridge, when they got there they saw more t.v.'s on the bridge, one of them had a young woman of 18 on the screen reading the poem, Dylan and Rommie looked at each other, then back at the screen.

"Wow, who's the brown hair chick?" questioned Harper more to himself then to anyone else.

"Mr. Harper can you get into the ships records?"

"Sure thing boss." answered Harper as he set him self at the pilot seat, where the main computer was, the movie was still going and the girl was still reading the poem. Harper got connected, and went in; he walked around the computers system looking for the history of who this ship belong to. He turn to find a girl with long brown hair standing in front of him, she was wearing a black and sliver dress, her head was down, so that you could not see her face. All the sudden she looked up, blowing Harper back into his' mind, and out of the computer system.

"What the hell was that!?" screamed Harper as he stood and moved away from the computer.

"What happened?" asked Tyr.

"That girl is in the computer, I turned and there she was out of the blue. She was in a black and sliver dress, she had her head down, then all the sudden she looked up, pushing me the fuck out of the computer."



"Rommie give it a try . . ." stated Dylan calmly as he looked at her, she nodded, then went to where Harper had been, and entered the computer. She walked around as Harper had done, as she rounded a corner the girl was standing there, the girl looked at her for a minute, then smiled, she waved to Rommie, then left, and let Rommie walk around.

On the outside of the computer, where the others where waiting, the girl was almost done with poem, Trance walked around looking at some of the books that had been left on the bridge. Tyr was looking at some of the weapons that were on board as was Beka, Harper stood near Rommie, and Dylan stood in the middle of the room.

"Every Morn & every Night Some are Born to sweet Delight. Some are Born to sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night.

We are led to Believe a Lie When we see not Thro' the Eye . . . . We are led to Believe a Lie When we see not Thro' the Eye . . . . We are led to Believe a Lie When we see not Thro' the Eye . . . ." the girl started to repeat the line on the t.v and in the computer system, Dylan and the others noticed, and so did Rommie. She turned to see the girl, she was repeating the line, she looked at Rommie, and then walked away.

"What does it mean?" asked Trance

"Don't know, lets go back on the Andromeda and figure it out. Harper stay with Rommie and see what you can find out about the people on board the ship."

Beka flew the ship into one of Andromeda's ports as Rommie and Harper tried to get the ship's records, and Dylan went back to his' room to think of what the girl was talking about. Trance walked around the ship, Tyr checked out all the weapons on board, then placed them in Andromeda's weapon department.

A few hours later, Trance, Harper, and Rommie walked into Dylan's room, he stop the movies that he was still playing, and turned to them.

"The ship's report is gone, wiped out, zip, a hole bunch of nothing . . ." Harper was about to continue when Dylan raised his' hand that he understood.

"We looked every inch of the computer system, but someone didn't want anyone to find what was on the ship. Trance did find something on the ship that was weird." stated Rommie, Dylan looked at Trance.

"Well, on one of the walls there is a big picture of the Dragon like on the outside of the ship, he has red eyes to that shined when I walked pass."

"And also Dylan, the girl is still saying the line 'We are led to Believe a Lie, When we see not Thro' the Eye', also she come up to me and her eyes were red?" commented Rommie as she looked at him and then the others, Dylan thought for a minute, it was like a puzzle.

'A ship with no one aboard, the girl is repeating a line from William Blake, and the Dragons eyes shine. We are led to Believe a Lie, When we see not Thro' the Eye. Led to believe a lie . . . . no one aboard . . . when we see not thro' the eye . . . the eye's of Dragon shine.' thought Dylan, then it hit him, he figured the puzzle.

"I got it. Get the others and meet me on the 'Eternal Dragon' I figure it out." order Dylan as he stood, then started walked out of the room.

"Figured what out?" asked Harper.

"The puzzle . . ." is all Dylan answered with.

When everyone got to the Eternal Dragon, their were trying to figure out what Dylan had been talking about, they all stood in front of the picture of the dragon.

"What was Dylan talking about?" questioned Beka.

"He said he figured out the puzzle . . . but what puzzle is he talking about?" answered Trance not even knowing what he had been talking about.

"The puzzle I'm talking about is that Rommie is wrong about no one being on board." commented Dylan as he walked up behind them, they all looked at him like he was crazy, he walked passed them, and up to the painting, then turned back to them.

"How can Rommie be wrong, Dylan?" inquired Tyr.

"'We are led to Believe a Lie': Rommie said that there was no one here, but there is . . ."

"Who?" asked Beka

"The girl from the movies, she is here, she must have been placed in cyrogenetics tank."

"But for how long was she in there? The body has to gone . . . . ." protested Beka.

"Wait! That's why someone placed the ship near the black hole, because it slows time down, so the body may not be gone." stated Harper.

"And that may be why they wiped the ship's reports clean, so no one would know who was in here." continues Rommie as she looked at Dylan, he nodded.

"But now the questioned is where is she?" wonder Trance.

"Does anyone remember the line after 'We are led to Believe a Lie'?" asked Dylan, they all thought for a minute.

"'When we see not Thro' the Eye'." answered Tyr.

"Correct Tyr. Now Trance found this painting of the dragon, his' eyes are red . . ."

"I don't get it Dylan, what does this have to do with the line in the poem?" questioned Harper

"I wasn't finished, when Rommie was in the system of the ship the girl came up to her, told her the line, then left. But she gave Rommie a clue, her eyes where red." said Dylan as he moved to one side of the painting, then he hit one of the seven orange balls, then the rest. The dragon's eyes glowed a deep red, then a door opened where the painting was, they all walked in, and saw a tank. Harper and Rommie got to work to get it to defrost, it took an hour for it to defrost, they opened it to find the brown hair girl asleep, still the same age she was when she was placed near the black hole, and wearing a black and silver dress.

"We have a pulse she's still alive." stated Rommie as she placed her hand on the girl's neck, the girl moaned, then started to move. She opened her eyes, everything was a little fogy, when everything got clearer she saw a bunch of people standing over her, she looked at all of them, then at one who look happy to see her.

"Dylan?" she asked softly but loud enough to hear, he smiled at her, then picked her up, and carried her off the Eternal Dragon. Everyone watched they leave then turned to Rommie who was smiling.

"Rommie who was that and how did she know Dylan?" questioned Beka.

"Her name is Elizabeth and she's Dylan's sister." answered Rommie, then she walked off the ship leave them to deal with the news.

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So there is the first chapter, hoped you liked it . . . .^.^

I do not own AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE the poem belongs to it's writer; WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827), so please don't sue me . . . anyways like I have any money. . . . -.-,