Team Alpha Omega

Chapter three

"Sacrifice"

By Cindra

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[Earth

In a high-class mall Fawn, Philly, Angel, Lexi, and Beth were all getting gowns for the Galaxy Alliance's formal gala.

Pippa held up two dresses for them to see. "What do you girls think? Should I go with the electric blue one or the hot pink?" She asked her friends.

"This one has your name on it." Angel held up a liquid silver gown.

"She's right Pippa that will go great with your hair." Lexi smiled, as she showed them the electric blue ball gown that she had her heart set on.

"I myself want to make a certain guy fall to his knees when he sees me in this little number." Beth winked at them, as she showed off in her choice, a liquid gold strapless slinky evening gown that hugged her curves in all the right places.

"That only leaves Angel and Fawn, who need to decide on something to wear." Philly arched a brow at her friends.

"I like this black velvet one. I think that should make Derek fall to his knees." Angel grinned.

"Okay girls I need you to be honest and tell me what you think about this one." Fawn emerged from the dressing room in a strapless, backless, emerald green gown.

"Kane is gonna die when he sees you in that!" Pippa grinned.

"Ma! Ma!!" Thea reached out for her mother from where she sat in her stroller.

"See even Thea likes it." Lexi giggled.

"Come here munchkin." Fawn reached down and picked up her daughter.

The boutique's owner watched in horror, as the tiny little girl threatened his prized creations. "Madam I must insist that the child remain seated in her stroller while she is in my store!" Franc exclaimed in a snooty tone of voice.

"Look mister! I will hold my child whenever and wherever I feel like it!" Fawn snarled at him.

"Not in one of my priceless designs you won't!! That brat stays in that stroller!!" Franc's voice rose another octave and he took the child out of her mother's arms and set her back into her stroller.

Fawn waited until Franc had set her daughter down before she punched him square in the jaw, sending the man flying into the mannequins in the center of the store. "BRAT!!!? My baby girl is an angel not a BRAT!!! My father would throw you to the lions and my husband will strangle you if he finds out that you called his baby girl that!!!" She seethed at him in sheer fury.

"FAWN!" Angel exclaimed when Fawn grabbed the little man by his neck and then punched him again.

"So much for trying to keep a low profile. GNN just arrived." Pippa hissed at them.

"HOW DARE YOU A MEASLY GALAXY GARRISON OFFICER STRIKE ME!!! I'LL HAVE YOUR RANK FOR THIS!!!" Franc roared in outrage.

"MEASLY OFFICER!!!" Fawn screeched in fury. "YOU ARROGANT SELF CENTERED JERK!! YOU ACT ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY AND THEN TREAT YOUR CLIENTS LIKE PEASANTS!!"

"Easy Fawn. We're starting to cause a major scene." Pippa hissed.

"YOU MUST BE SOCIALLY BLIND FRANC OR YOU WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED MY FRIENDS AND ME AND THEN JUMPED AT OUR EVERY WHIM!! DOES PLANET ARUS RING ANY BELLS IN THAT NO CELL HEAD OF YOURS!!!?" Fawn was beyond caring if she was making a scene or not.

"Princess Andromeda happens to be on of my best clients." Franc glared at her.

"Andromeda is my sister, those are my cousins, that is Princess Phillippa of the Planet Druel, and that is Commander Angelica Monica Sinclair Knight. Now since that brat happens to be my sister's niece I would suggest that you start doing some major sucking up!" Fawn narrowed her eyes at him.

"PRINCESS FAWN!! PRINCESS'S ELIZABETH, ALEXIS, AND PHILLIPPA!?" The poor man looked, as if he were about to die of a heart attack at the thought of losing his major clients.

"Come along girls I hear that Selena has some fabulous gowns at her shop and she adores Thea." Fawn went into the dressing room to change.

"NO!! Not her!! I'll be ruined!!!" He whined.

"Look at the camera's Franc you're going out of business Franc!" Beth glared at him.

"You can have the gowns and all the accessories as a gift! Please I'm begging you!!!" He pleaded with them to reconsider, but it was too late the girls were on their way out the elegant glass doors.

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Kane roared with laughter, as he watched the live GNN broadcast on the screen in the Sit Room. "Way to go Angel!!" He grinned at the other guys in the room.

"She just slugged a famous fashion designer and you're happy about it?" Jeff frowned.

"He's a weak little man who called my baby girl a brat!" Kane snarled darkly. "He's lucky that he's still living!"

"Look at the girls are they hot or what." Zach grinned, as he looked at the girls on the screen.

"Only Beth and Fawn are wearing their gowns though." Jason pouted.

"Beth looks like a knock out in that dress." Zach was practically drooling. "I can't wait till tonight."

Drew glared at the screen. "Why doesn't my baby sister just paint a target on herself?" He growled. "Hasn't she learned anything!?"

"Easy Drew. Fawn just lost her temper, besides my father hates this universe, so she's perfectly safe." Kane arched a brow at his brother-in-law.

"You may like being a target, but I lost a brother and I don't intend to lose anyone else!!" Drew snarled at him.

"Face it Andrew. You happen to be Keith's son and that makes you a prime target whether you like it or not." Derek growled softly.

"Andy has gone through this all of her life, has managed to marry the man of her dreams, and raise a family. Why the sudden panic attack?" Kane had never seen him come this unglued before.

"Remus that's why! He keeps leaving me messages on my EMAIL!! I won't let my feelings for Phillippa put her life in jeopardy!!" He snarled.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Derek roared at him. "REMUS HAS BEEN THREATENING YOU! HOW THE HELL CAN YOU LET THAT BASTARD DICTATE YOUR ACTIONS? DIDN'T HE TAKE ENOUGH FROM YOU? ARE YOU GOING TO LET HIM TAKE AWAY PIPPA AS WELL?!"

"Look! I nuked his ship and now he wants Payback. Philly is his cousin and he'd rather see her dead than married to me. He never bluffs and always carries out his threats and I'm not willing to risk her life and that is all there is to say about it!" Drew went back to what he had been working on the data pad.

"What about Pippa's feelings Andrew? It's going to destroy her if you do this! Are you willing to do that to the woman that happens to be your soul mate?" Kane took the data pad away from him and forced him to listen to him.

"THAT MIGHT BE TRUE KANE, BUT AT LEAST SHE WILL STILL BE ALIVE. I CAN'T TAKE THE CHANCE!! I WON'T TAKE THAT CHANCE!!" Drew stalked out of the room.

"Contact Pippa and tell her that I need to see her. She needs to know what Drew is going to do and why." Jeff ordered Kane and Derek.

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Pippa frown, as she glanced down at her watch. "What does Uncle Jeff want? I have to make myself beautiful for Drew tonight." She knocked on Jeff's office door. "You wanted to see me Uncle Jeff?" She entered his office.

"Come on in and have a seat." Jeff was staring out at his undersea view.

"What did I do now?" Pippa took her seat.

"Nothing angel… How are you and Drew getting along these days?" Jeff tried to think of a way to tell his goddaughter what he had to tell her and took his seat behind his desk.

"Why? Is something wrong?" Pippa frowned.

"Andrew would do anything to keep you safe. He's planning on telling you something tonight. Just don't let what he says destroy the feelings that you have for him. He has a really good reason for doing this. Hell he's so confused that he's only thinking with his mind and not with his heart!" Jeff slammed his fist against his desk in frustration.

"What did he tell you Uncle Jeff? Who wants to harm me?" She was trying to take in what he was trying to say to her.

"Your cousin Remus has this…Never mind angel...just go and get ready for the gala and no matter what happens remember what I told you." Jeff sighed in defeat.

Pippa rose from her chair and left his office totally confused. "Forget what? I have no idea what you were trying to tell me." She sighed.

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Drew was all decked out in his prince attire and was checking his appearance in the mirror. "Not the crown I hate this thing." He muttered to himself.

"Wow little brother you look great." Andy's voice complimented him from the Tele-monitor in his bedroom.

"Thanks sis. How's my newest nephew doing?" He turned around to smile at the image on the screen.

"Incredible would you believe that he actually sleeps through the night now. So tell me what's bugging you baby brother. I know that something's bothering you." Andy cut to the chase.

"Nothing's wrong and you're hearing things!" He snarled.

"You're awfully touchy this evening…you're forgetting that you can't hide anything from me. What's wrong baby brother is the family's curse finally catching up to you? Because denial won't make it go away. Tony was your twin, but you were the stronger one." Andy watched to see how he was reacting to his words. "You can't give up Pippa! Andrew Anthony Edwards!! I know what you're doing and it's a major mistake!!"

"Lay off Andromeda Marie Edwards Lawson! I'm nineteen-years-old and I don't want a lecture from my sister! I have no choice, at least this way she's gonna be safe!" He snarled in frustration.

"SAFE AND TORN TO SHREDS AFTER YOU TEAR HER HEART OUT!" Andy shouted at him.

"You're just like Daddy, Andrew! Nothing can beat you if you don't want it to! Tony was wild! You're calm, cool, down to earth, and that makes you a deadly enemy and a treasured ally and friend. Damn it Andrew! You're just like Daddy!! Why can't you just see that?" Andy tried to get him to see reason.

"THAT DOES IT ANDY! GO LECTURE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO HEAR IT!" He roared at her and then cut off the call in mid lecture. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT SUGAR? I HAVE NO CHOICE!" He snarled at his collie.

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Fawn grinned at her reflection in the mirror. "Now this is more like it." She winked at her reflection. "Now if only I can convince Kane to let me join the team."

Kane walked up behind her and pulled her back against him. "Why don't we skip the gala and have a private celebration of our own here."

"Nice try darling, but we're still going." She blew a kiss at his pouting reflection. "We can have the other celebration tonight."

"My grandparents are going to have their hands full with two babies and my little brother." Kane sighed.

"Don't be silly darling! Dad's parents adore watching them." She turned around in his arms and kissed him.

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Pippa had never been so nervous and jumped in surprise when the door to her apartment chimed. "Relax Pippa. It's only Drew." She chided herself, as she went to answer her door.

Andrew took in the view of Pippa in her gown and almost chucked his entire plan. "You take my breath away." He whispered hoarsely and held out the corsage that he had gotten for her.

"Come on in Drew. I'm just about ready." She walked back into the living room.

"Your already perfection what's left to do?" He growled softly.

"My crown jewels and the rest of what goes with my title. You know the drill." She winked at him.

"We need to talk princess." Drew pulled himself together and got down to the business at hand.

"You sound serious handsome what's wrong?" She arched a brow at him, as she clipped the earrings to her ear lobes.

"I can't go…" He began to say what he had to say, but was interrupted by the chime of her front door. "Are you expecting anyone?" He frowned down at her instantly on the alert.

"No just you…" She went to answer the door, but drew stopped her. "Andrew let go of my arm. I need to answer my door." She glared at him.

"I'll get it." He pulled out a small phaser just in case and went to answer the door. Haz, Merla, Allura, and Keith all stood in the entryway. "Sweetheart our parents are here." He still hadn't lowered his weapon.

"Drew? Why are you pointing that phaser at us?" Keith arched a brow at his son.

"You can never be too careful and Phillippa wasn't expecting anyone but me." He placed the weapon back in his pocket.

Pippa stared at Drew, as if he had grown two heads. "Why are you armed? We're only going to the gala?"

"Let's just say that I have every reason to be cautious and leave it at that." He snapped.

"Mother…Daddy…Uncle Keith…Aunt Allura…Come in and make yourselves at home while Drew and I have a little chat." She smiled graciously at them and then dragged Drew with her into the bedroom and then slammed the door. "Alright Andrew Anthony talk!!" She snarled at him.

"I can't be with you anymore!!" He snarled coldly.

"What did you say?" She whispered hoarsely not believing what she'd just heard him say.

"You and I are over Phillippa. What we had is gone." He growled hoarsely.

"WE LOVE EACH OTHER DREW!! YOU CAN'T MEAN THIS!!!" Pippa's heart was breaking.

"Loved each other Phillippa! I don't love you anymore!" His voice was as cold as ice and he was dying inside, as she looked at him as if he had stabbed her straight through the heart. I'm so sorry.

"NO ANDREW YOU CAN'T MEAN THIS!! TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!! WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER!!"

"I JUST DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE!!" He roared at her, left her room, stalked past their parents, and waited until he was outside to give into his tears. "I HATE THIS!! IT'S KILLING ME INSIDE, BUT I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE!!!" He shouted angrily at the heavens, as he got onto his hover cycle and then left his future behind him.

Pippa raced outside after him, but he was gone. "NO!!! DREW!!! COME BACK!!" She cried out in agony. "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO US!!" She shouted angrily up at the heavens. Then what her Uncle Jeff had said finally made sense to her. "REMUS DID THIS!! I'LL KILL HIM FOR THIS!!" She vowed up at the sky, now that she knew why Drew had done what he had done. He still loves me I could see it in his eyes. This was killing him inside! Remus must have threatened my life and Drew is trying to protect me!

Haz and Merla ran outside to comfort their daughter. "He didn't mean a word of that angel. He's under a lot of pressure from someone and that's what made him do this." Merla crooned softly.

"That young man loves you enough to protect you even if it means that he has to give you up." Haz agreed with his wife.

Keith and Allura knew that something was terribly wrong with their son. "He loves you Phillippa. Don't let him be sensible fight for him." Keith encouraged her.

"It worked with Keith, so it will work with our son." Allura gave her a hug.

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Kane frowned at his Uncle. "I say that we lynch him. If we have to attend and suffer through this boring stuffy gala then Drew should suffer along with us."

"I agree with Kane." Zach and Jason snarled in unison.

This does not look good. Jeff watched as Keith and Haz arrived with their wives and they didn't look happy to be there. In fact they looked ready to kill someone. "Where are Drew and Phillippa?"

"We don't know and if we did he would have some serious explaining to do!" Haz snarled.

"Don't you think that those two are old enough to handle this by themselves?" Jeff narrowed his eyes at Keith and Hazar.

Keith grabbed him by the lapels of his dress uniform and lifted him off the ground. "JEFF!! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!! AND I HAD BETTER LIKE WHAT I HEAR!! START TALKING NOW!!" He roared at his best friend and kid brother, causing everyone in the gala to stop what they were doing and stare at the scene that was going on in the corner of the huge ball room.

"Remus..." Jeff croaked in a hoarse tone of voice.

"MY NEPHEW!! IS CAUSING ALL OF THIS! DIDN'T HE TAKE ENOUGH FROM US BY TAKING THE LIVES OF KORAN, TONY, AND MY BABY GIRL!?" Haz roared in fury.

"Drew crippled Ren's fleet. Now he wants payback, but Drew won't play his game." Jeff tried to explain. "He made up his mind to protect her no matter what the cost."

"Look Jeff! He broke my baby's heart and she went to go kill her cousin! Now where would Drew go off to brood at?" Haz filled Jeff in on what had happened.

"That's just great! She's falling right into their hands! What is wrong with the two of you? Couldn't you stop her or are you both a blind as Andrew?" Jeff was not hearing this.

"She's out for blood Jeff and is the mirror image of Merla in a full blown temper. I doubt that Andy would have tried to stop her." Keith rolled his eyes at him.

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(Mars base)

"Why kill them when I love to make them squirm." Remus chuckled in amusement.

"She's Merla's daughter or are you forgetting that factor?" Logan frowned at him.

"I wasn't born during those days, besides she isn't Merla." He rolled his eyes at Logan.

"Oh really? She looks like, talks like, and has the same temperament as her mother." Logan corrected him.

"She's a kitten not a full grown lioness!" Remus roared with laughter at the thought of Logan being weary of Phillippa.

"You'll see kid, but don't say that I didn't warn you." Logan stalked out of the room.

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(Wayne memorial park)

Andrew stood in front of his brother's memorial. "I need to talk to you so bad…" He got down on his knees and broke down and cried. "Everything is seriously messed up!"

"And I thought that I made stupid mistakes when I was alive." Tony's ghostly image was leaning casually against a tree.

"HE WAS GOING TO HURT HER! I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE!" Drew exclaimed in total frustration.

"Andrew when are you gonna get it! You paid attention in class! You're just like Dad! You've just never had a chance to prove it!!" Tony sighed in frustration, as he sat down beside his twin.

"Why did you have to go and get yourself killed?" Drew glared at him.

"That wasn't my intention, but it happened, and there's nothing that I can do to change that." He growled hoarsely. "Shell and I need the two of you to be happy and you aren't making that easy are you Andrew."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you Tony, but I won't allow anyone to harm Philly!" He snarled at his brother.

"NEWS FLASH GENIUS!! SHE WENT TO CONFRONT REMUS! SHE'S MERLA'S DAUGHTER! DO REALIZE JUST HOW POWERFUL SHE ACTUALLY IS?" Tony snarled back at him. "SHE'S IN DANGER NOW ANDREW AND YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CAUSED IT NOT REMUS! YOU!"

A fourteen-year-old teenager was walking her Lhasa apso puppy by the new memorial park and noticed Drew talking to thin air. "He must have lost someone in the bombing." She went to get a better look at Drew.

"Andria went back in the past with Bruce right?" Tony was curiously eyeing the young girl.

"That's right so what's with the questions?" Drew frowned at him.

"Because Andria's great whatever granddaughter is staring at you." He grinned.

"Yeah right Tony and Andy isn't Nightshade anymore." Drew snorted in disbelief, but turned around to see what he was talking about.

Tamara Andria Wayne glared at Andrew when she realized who he was. "ARE YOU HERE BECAUSE OF GUILT?" She shouted angrily at him.

"Excuse me!" Drew narrowed his eyes down at the teenager.

"THIS WAS A TRAP THAT MARS GROUP SET FOR YOUR TEAM! MY PARENTS DIED IN THAT BOMBING AND YOUR TEAM IS TO BLAME FOR IT!" She stalked up to him and slapped him hard across his face.

Drew took a deep calming breath and fought back the urge to take her over his knee and spank his great niece. "I lost my twin brother and none of us knew about Killian's plan to bomb this city!!"

"YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!! I LOST MY PARENTS!! MY OLDER BROTHER AND THOUSANDS LOST THEIR LIVES!! TO HELL WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THE ALLIANCE!! ALL OF YOU CAN GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE!" Tammy raced out of the park in tears completing forgetting Ching her fluffy little fur ball.

"Like I really needed to deal with this right now." He groaned in defeat. "Wonderful!! She forgot her fur ball! Come on little guy it looks like you are going home with me." He scooped the pup up into his arms and headed for his bike. "In you go fur ball." He carefully tucked the Pup away inside his jacket and then headed back towards the base.

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(Mars Base)

"Killy is gonna strangle you." Logan watched the fuel depot blow sky high.

"So she's mad as hell, Logan. Prince Andrew was a loser anyway and I did her a favor. Now watch the master at work." Remus activated the compounds main defense system and shot down her ship.

"Now you shoot her down! After she shot our base full of holes!" Logan glared at him.

"She only took out our reserve fuel, besides now we'll have more of an excuse to torment the little brat." Remus waited for his men to retrieve Pippa.

"Get your hands off of me you creeps!!" She wrenched herself free of Remus's men by sending them flying with a mental blast. :I AM GOING TO TEAR YOU APART REMUS!! HOW DARE YOU THREATEN ANDREW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO KILL ME IF HE DIDN'T BREAK UP WITH ME!:

"That's not so little cousin. I merely hinted about killing you, if he didn't stay away from you." Remus narrowed his eyes at her. "You and Andrew were not supposed to exist a mistake, which I intend to rectify by taking the two of you out of the equation permanently."

"Drew and I both had twins! Twins that you murdered in cold blood!! You must have been sleeping for the better parts of your life, that or you just don't keep up with the media. Otherwise, you would have known about us!" She snarled at him.

"Enough! It's time to rid myself of your existence little cousin!" Rem activated his trap and the floor that Pippa was standing on became electrified.

Pippa's cyber suit insulated her from the harmful effects of the deadly electrical current coursing through the floor. :How about if I give you a taste of your own medicine!: She fingered a device on her wrist and shot Logan with her tazer.

"Try again brat and this time pay attention to who you're aiming at. Logan wasn't at all pleased that you shot him." Remus laughed at her in amusement. "Now on to phase two of my trap," The floor underneath Pippa's feet began to move.

Pippa kept her balance and fired another one of her weapons at the control panel beside Remus's arm, this time singeing her target and her tormentors arm. "Give it up Remus! I trained in the Hades program and this is nothing but child's play to me!" She flipped over two of the fallen guards at her feet and fired again successfully blasting the control panel.

Remus was becoming impatient with his little game and had her pinned to the floor in minutes. "Meet reality little brat!"

"Feel pain you monster!" Pippa brought her knee up hard against Remus's lower anatomy.

Remus retaliated by punching her in the face. "Bad move little cousin!!"

"LET GO OF ME!!!" She clawed at his face with her fingernails.

Remus having had more than he wanted to take from his cousin ended her struggling by punching her in the stomach causing Pippa to go limp in his arms. "NEVER MARE MY FACE! FOR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SUFFER A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH!"

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(Less than an hour later)

Drew was receiving a message from his computer at his apartment and he forwarded it to the computer on his hover cycle's tiny computer screen. "PHILLIPPA!!" He felt instant fury over come him, as he took in the image of her hanging over a bed of razor sharp spikes. What have I done! He raced his cycle towards the base and his ship only to be stopped by to Galaxy Garrison MP's.

"Lt. Commander Edwards we have orders to bring you in." The young MP eyed Drew's beyond furious face.

"Not even on your best day boys! Now get the hell out of my way! I need to be somewhere in an hour and you two aren't going to stop me!" Drew snarled at them and then gunned his cycle to full power and easily maneuvered between their two hover cars. "See ya around!"

The fresh out of the dry docks New Explorer, shot Drew's hover cycle with a tractor beam, and literally plucked him and his cycle off of the ground. "Shit! I don't have time for any of their lectures! Phillippa needs me!!" He snarled under his breath, as the beam carried him into the hanger bay.

"You are AWOL! That gala was an official function and you weren't allowed to skip it!" Derek glared at him.

"Something came up and I couldn't make it! I had to go somewhere and think!" Drew snarled at him.

"You fell for Rem's trap kid. Now what are you gonna do about it?" Derek glared at him.

"My mistake…my fault…my problem so stay out of it Derek! This is personal!" Drew wasn't at all pleased that this way slowing him down.

"Sorry kid, but you happen to be part of a team and we're going to get her back together." Kane walked over to his brother-in-law.

"She isn't going to die and if you follow me that's exactly what's going to happen!" Drew's azure blue eyes had darkened into an almost midnight blue and the look that he was giving Kane dared him to try and stop him.

Keith placed a hand on his son's shoulder. "Team work son, don't ignore all of your training just because you feel the need to kill someone."

"SCREW THE TRAINING FATHER!!! THIS IS ALL ABOUT REVENGE!! KILLIAN HATES HAZAR AND REMUS WANTS PAYBACK FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS FLEET!! THIS ISN'T ABOUT HONOR, BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT GETTING EVEN! SO STAY THE HELL OUT OF IT!!" He stalked towards his ship.

"I don't believe that we gave you a choice, Andrew Anthony Edwards." Fawn stepped in front of her brother and grabbed him by his arm.

"Move out of my way Fawn. I caused her to go and get herself hurt like this. You of all people know that I have to do this. Please Fawn I need to do this." Drew looked down into her eyes.

"Not alone Drew. You need someone to watch your back." She still wouldn't let go of his arm.

"Who did you have in mind?" Drew narrowed his eyes at her.

"Me." She smiled. "I know the layout of their base, can disarm their security, and can easily hold my own in a battle."

"Not gonna happen Fawn nor will I allow it!!!" Kane shot down her idea.

"Won't allow it? How dare you say that to me Kane! I developed the Hades program not you! I created Ira!! I'm in top form now and I didn't pass all of those bloody tests over a month ago for nothing!!" She was furious with Kane.

"YOU DID WHAT?! DID YOU TWO KNOW ABOUT THIS?!" He roared at Derek and Jeff.

"SHE WOULDN'T PUT SAM BACK ONLINE, BESIDES SHE ACED THE HADES PROGRAM, AND WAS ONLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE NOT OFF THE TEAM" Jeff roared back at him.

"Would you two stop snarling at each other! It's too late anyway! They're both already gone!" Derek lay on the floor next to Keith and Hazar. "She's good. Did Dromi teach her to fight like that?"

"She taught her everything that she knows and that's what worries me sometimes." Kane growled in frustration.

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Tammy watched Drew's ship launch from the explorer and followed her prey. "You're gonna pay for taking my family away from me, blood relation or not." She vowed.

"Are you sure that this is wise mistress?" An elderly man's voice seemed to be coming from the computer console of her ship.

"I have no other choice Al." She was so bitter. "Mom, Daddy, and big brother were killed because of them!"

"They were in a bombing, Tamara. It was a terrorist attack on the city. This young officer wasn't involved in any of it. In fact he lost his twin in the whole mess." Al lectured her.

"They aren't above the law. These royal upstarts are going to pay. Starting with Prince Andrew and his Princess." Tammy vowed.

"Your forefather Bruce Wayne would not have approved of what you are about to do, Tamara Andria Wayne." The cyber image of Alfred's face scowled at her.

"Great Grandfather created Batman after losing his parents. I'm only doing the same." She glared at the image on the screen. "Why Daddy insisted on recreating an original version of Alfred is still a mystery to me."

"Don't even think about it young lady! I'm wired into this ship!!" He narrowed his eyes at her.

"Lay off Al, I'm not going to change my mind!!" She snarled.

"We aren't finished with our discussion! You need to realize…" His voice was drowned out by the music that she had cranked up to full blast.

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Drew eyed the black ship that was following him and snarled. "Who would dare follow me in the mood that I'm in?"

"Uh little brother it seems that we have a stowaway." Fawn held up the puppy.

"Oh no…I forgot all about you and your wacky owner. Who happens to be…" He read the holo license on Ching's collar. "Shit! She really is one of Dria's descendants…Tamara Andria Wayne. This is all I need…a niece out to get me, because she thinks that the team is to blame for killing her parents and older brother!"

"What are you talking about little brother? Did you take her puppy?" Fawn glared at him.

"No I did not take her puppy! She left him at the park! She thinks that our team caused those bombings! She lost her family in that explosion and now she wants Payback!" Drew raked his fingers through his hair.

"The poor girl must be so angry, confused, and all alone." Fawn felt for the girl.

"Angry is right, but try insane instead of confused." He corrected her. "She wants to kill me Fawn! My own niece wants me dead!"

"You're blowing things way out of proportion." Fawn rolled her eyes at him.

"Oh really? Then why are all of her ships weapons coming on line?" Drew activated his ships shields.

"She probably thinks that you happen to be a hostile ship." Fawn hailed Tammy's ship and Tammy's answer was to fire on them.

"See what I mean Fawn? She's out of her mind with vengeance." He easily avoided the laser fire.

"The Explorer is keeping her occupied; let them deal with her for now. We need to save Philly." Fawn eyed the time on her wrist-com.

"They followed us!! When will they learn that I can handle this on my own!!" He snarled in frustration.

"This isn't about you Andrew!" Fawn whacked him in the head with her palm.

"Knock it off Fawn!!" He snarled.

"Michael and Hunter act more mature than you!" She snarled. "Now shut up and fly! We're being detected by the bases sensors." She activated the ship's stealth mode.

"That's just great Fawn! I thought that you were the expert on their security!" He dodged their artillery fire.

"Me? You're the one flying this crate!!" Fawn glared at him.

"Crate!!" Drew dove towards the base.

"I take it back Drew! Don't get us killed! Think of your niece!" Fawn squealed in terror.

"This crate can land anywhere!" Drew focused in on the bases main door and fired.

"That's just great Andrew! Why didn't you just send up a flare?" She narrowed her eyes at him. "Are you Drew or has Tony taken over your body!?"

"That was low Fawn. Especially, when hearing it from you." Tony's voice echoed in the ship's cabin.

"Tony?" Fawn gasped in surprise.

"Yes sis, it's me. Now lay off Drew. He's under some major stress okay and you're staying here with me while he faces Rem on his own." Tony waited for Drew to leave the ship before locking the two of them inside. "Now sis, let's have a long talk while Andrew goes and rescues his princess." Tony winked at his older sister, who was staring at who he was holding in his arms. "Oh and meet Danielle."

"Hello Aunt Fawn." Dani smiled at her Aunt and Fawn fainted in her seat.

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"Lure him into the main arena and just to make this even more interesting light the pit under the princess." Remus ordered his men.

"You'll never win Remus! Drew is going to tear you in half!" Pippa snarled at him in a weak voice.

"Andrew is a weakling little cousin. I seriously overestimated his bravery and sense of honor." Rem rolled her eyes at her.

"He loves me so much that he risked losing me to keep me safe!" She defended her man.

"And what good did that do? You're about to die and he is nowhere to be found!" Remus snarled.

"I wouldn't say nowhere Remus!" Drew was pointing a BFG gun at him.

"Impressive Lt. Commander, so your manhood is expressed in the way of a very big gun to compensate for having a pathetic version of the real thing." Remus taunted him.

"HE DOES NOT REMUS!!" Pippa shouted at him in outrage.

"PHILLIPPA!!?" Drew stared wide-eyed up at her.

"You slept with her? You had her and you still gave her up? You are a bigger moron that I thought!" Remus snarled at him.

"No I haven't made love with her as of yet, but that's something that I intend to rectify as soon as we get back home!" Drew made sure that his voice was loud enough for her to hear him.

"Get me down Andrew Anthony and then we'll talk." She answered back.

Drew took in the sight of his princess and saw that she wasn't in very good shape. "THEY HURT YOU!? YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT REMUS!!" He fired at the red hot spikes and the blast of the icy beam extinguished the flames under her and destroyed the deadly spikes.

"My trap!! You've ruined my plan!!" Remus attacked him.

"Hit me with your best shot! My father is legendary and it happens to run in the family!" Drew stood his ground and sent Rem flying with a well place kick to his midsection.

"Lucky kick Edwards! It won't happen again!" Rem launched a series of bone breaking moves at Drew.

Drew matched him move for move. "I'm not my brother. I paid attention in class!" He was getting tired of this fight and launched a series of lightning fast moves of his own.

Remus wasn't about to lose and tackled Drew to the floor of the arena. The two enemies continued to pummel each other. Drew flipped Rem over his head and into the smoldering pit. "What's the matter Remus is this getting a little too hot for you to handle?"

Remus howled in pain, but managed to throw some of the smoldering hot ashes into Drew's face. "I happen to be the King of underhandedness!" He snarled back. "This heat doesn't bother me at all Drew! My attire happens to be fire proof!" He stood up and brushed off the red-hot ashes from his clothing.

Drew even though blinded by Rem's foul play, easily used his training to zero in on his opponent. "I happen to like fighting blind! In fact I fight my best while blindfolded!" He fired at Rem with his tazer and sent Rem flying into the water that surrounded the arena.

"DREW!! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE, SO THAT I CAN CHECK YOUR EYES." Pippa shouted down at him.

"I'll be right their sweetness…" He winced in pain, as he vaulted back up to his feet. His eyes felt like they were still on fire.

"Drew? Pippa? You two okay?" Zach and Jason appeared in the arena along with the rest of the team.

"I'm fine just get Pippa down." Drew stumbled his way towards the water.

"Angel, get the Med-kit! Pippa's hurt!" Jason was holding Pippa's limp form in his arms.

Drew had found the water and was dunking his face into the cool water. "Ah that feels so much better." He sighed in relief.

Pippa squirmed out of Jason's arms and stumbled over to where Drew was still submerged in the water. "Andrew speak to me!" She pulled at his shoulders.

"MY GOD KEITH! DREW IS TRYING TO KILL HIMSELF!" Haz shouted in horror.

"NO SON DON'T!" Keith raced over to him and pulled his face out of the water.

"Do you mind? I'm kind of in pain here!" He snarled at his father not able to glare at him for his eyes were swollen shut.

"Oh Drew your eyes." Pippa gently touched his face.

"You were worth it." He pulled her into his arms and they both fell back into the water, as they continued to kiss each other.

"They seem fine to me." Derek looked down at them. "A little singed but otherwise fine."

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(A few hours later)

Andrew and Pippa lay in bed in the bases Med-wing barely able to move. "From now on I promise that I'm going to be completely honest with you." He groaned in pain when she punched him in the arm.

"You most certainly will mister!!" She glared at him.

"Be gentle will you I happen to be an injured blind fool." Drew winced in pain.

"My hero." She kissed him.

"My love." He pulled her closer to him.

"Easy there tiger. We're in no condition to attempt what you have on your mind." She giggled.

"I know that, but its damn fun trying." He was slowly kissing each of her fingers when he encountered her new ring. "You're wearing it?" He frowned in confusion.

"It's beautiful Andrew. I love the design of a rose carved from a ruby with emeralds for the petals." She admired her ring.

"I don't get it. I haven't had a chance to ask you yet…" Drew was confused.

"It was in your cyber-suit. I already knew that I wanted to marry you, so I put it on my finger." She settled herself in his arms and drifted off to sleep.

Tony's voice echoed in his mind. (Someone had to do it…see ya around bro.) He chuckled. (Oh yeah, before I forget Tammy was taken in by Gwen. She's her guardian now, so she shouldn't be trying anything anymore.)

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On to chapter four

Tammy's story is continued in chapters 6,7,8,9 of Gen X

Cindra©1999-2007

DISCLAIMER I in no way own any of the original characters in this story and Voltron is the property of World Events Productions, ltd. (So nobody sue me okay ;) The new characters on the other hand are mine and under no circumstances are they to be used without my permission.