Disclaimer: I do not own any of Andromeda's characters or other details. All rights belong to Gene Roddenberry and whomever else has legal rights to Andromeda. Casey , along with minor characters, and story idea however are mine.

Hey guys, here's another chapter. I don't know if I'll be able to update in the next couple of days due to Thanksgiving here in the USA. I hope to be able to, but I can't promise anything. And speaking of Thanksgiving, I want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Until later, Happy Reading!

Chapter 25

Casey found out that Tyr didn't do anything half way. After an intense make out session, he pulled back panting. "Does that answer your question?" He asked breathless. His voice rumbling deep within his chest. He gazed down into Casey's eyes that were glazed over with desire and passion. Making him only want to kiss her again. Her voice was low and husky as she answered. "Yes, but it only causes a lot more issues." She answered him sitting up, putting a little more space between them.

Tyr reached over, grabbing one of Casey's hands and brought it up to his lips. He kissed each fingertip softly. "Perhaps, but I'm sure with some adjustments, these so called issues will go away." Tyr replied, studying Casey as she watched him kissing her hand.

"These issues are not just going to go away with a wave of your hand Tyr. They are serious, and important to our very lives." Casey stated becoming upset as she withdrew her hand from Tyr and stood up. She needed to put some space between them. She couldn't think with him so close, and while he continued to hold and kiss her hand.

Tyr seemed unconcerned with Casey's withdraw from him. He leaned back deeper into the sofa and looked up at her. "I did not say it would be an easy task. I said with some adjustments; which I meant from both of us, these so called issues will go away." He clarified his statement.

Casey could feel her anger rising. She was almost positive Tyr would expect her to do most of the adjusting. While his life remain fairly unchanged, except for taking on a wife and a mother to his future children. She glared at Tyr, her back ridged, and her hands planted on her hips.

"And just what type of adjustments are you willing to make, Tyr?" Casey asked her voice clearing telling of her anger.

Tyr could easily see she was angry, although he didn't understand why. Did he not just explain to her, they would both have to make adjustments. He thought about her question, and the best way to answer it. After a few moments to think, Tyr stated calmly and sincerely, "What do you want me adjust?"

Tyr noticed Casey's uncertain and hesitate frown. He could tell that she wasn't so much angry anymore as she was skeptical, and hesitate of his willingly to adjust his plans and life.

"You didn't answer my question, Tyr. What are you willing to adjust for there to be an us?" Casey's anger had dulled some, now she was mostly curious, while still leery. She wanted to know what Tyr was willing to change.

"I'm willing to make my life here, if this is were you want to stay. If you choose to stay and rule the Atreus Pride." Tyr answer honestly. He hated it here, and thought the Atreus people inferior, but Casey could along with his help make great changes.

"So you are willing to adjust to life as a Prince, and a leader?" Casey asking thinking him unreal. Did he really expect her to believe he was doing that for her. "Being a ruler over an entire pride wouldn't having anything to do with your willingness to adjust, would it?" Casey snapped, her angry and disbelief coming back into her tone and expression.

"Do you really think I would care to stay herek among a people I find worthless and inferior. With a people who have done nothing but mock and put me and my pride down." Tyr asked becoming angry himself. His eyes hard as they stared intently at her, as if burning a whole thru her. "There is no one here I find even close to tolerable, except one. And that one being you. So yes, I consider that a big adjustment on my part." Tyr informed her sharply.

After a few minutes of tense and awkward silence, Tyr sighed frustrated and tired, and came to his feet. He held Casey reserved gaze as he spoke, "There are things I am willing to change for you. All you have to do is ask. Good night Casey." Tyr informed her, then headed for the door.

Casey was very surprised by Tyr's statement. What else was he willing to change for her? If she asked him to would he be willing to only have her for his wife? But was that fair of her to ask him for that? She was so confused to what she should do. The only thing she knew for sure was if Tyr was sincere, she needed to give him a chance. "Tyr," Casey called as he reached the entrance hall that lead to her door. Tyr stopped and turned to face her. She could tell he was not very happy with her right now.

"What is it Casey?" His tone no longer holding the tenderness it held earlier.

"I only ask right now; that tomorrow when you defeat your opponents, that you don't do any permanent damage. I will still need them to be able to stand and fight against the Drago Pride when the time comes." Casey said softly.

Tyr gave a slight bow of his head, "As you wish." He answered her a more aloof manner, before turning and leaving her to herself.

Casey sighed feeling overly tired. Her head still ached from the noise from the crowd, and her body was stiff. Her joints ached miserably. She decided she needed to stretch her aching body, hoping a good workout would help get the stiffness out of her joints.

Tyr laid in bed that night, thinking over Casey and his conversation. It had not gone as he had hoped or planned. She still didn't fully trust him. Casey believed he would do almost anything to be the head of his own pride again. Which she was almost correct. His plans to rebuild the Kodiak Pride has not changed. Only the possibility of how he was to start the rebuilding had changed. He was sure that Casey figured he planned little in changing, that he expected her to do most of the readjusting of her life. She was wrong, but he didn't want to discuss it, when he was angry. Her comment about caring more of being leader of this inferior pride, than his willingness to adjust his life for her, had angered him greatly. He had rather take her away to start his pride or he should say their pride from scratch, than raise any of his children in the Atreus Pride. No matter if she was their Queen or not. But tonight was not the time to discuss it.

However, Tyr couldn't help the smile that crossed his face when he remembered her request from him right before he left. "When you defeat your opponents, don't do any permanent damage. I still need them to fight against the Drago Pride." "She has no doubt to my winning the contest tomorrow." Casey's trust in his ability to defeat the Atreus men, made him swell with pride. He had no intentions of losing, but he would double his efforts tomorrow to please her.

Casey felt a little better after her workout, but her body still felt overly sore. So she called and asked Trance if she could fix her something to help her relax and sleep. Trance did as Casey asked and fixed her the same herbal concoction she had given Casey when they were on board the Andromeda. Trance also helped rub Casey down with the pain cream, before saying good night. Casey thanked Trance for coming so late, then wished her a good night as well.

It wasn't long before the herbs started working, causing Casey to growing sleepy. Twenty minutes later Casey was sound asleep. She slept so soundly that she didn't hear the men who entered her bedroom. It was only when a large hand clamped firmly over Casey's mouth did she jerk awake, startled by the man who held her firmly to the mattress. She tried to escape, kicking and pushing. She tried to grab the lamp from her nightstand, but was only able to send it crashing to the floor. Casey didn't get a chance to get a good look at her attacker, before she was injected with some type of tranquilizer. She was barely conscious when her attacker put something dark over her head, then grabbed her up and hauled her over his large shoulder.

"Where is she?" Lord Reginald demand impatiently from Jane. His temper growing. "The contest is due to start any moment."

"I do not know you lordship. She sent word to me by message that she did not wish to be disturb this morning." Jane answered nervous. She was uncomfortable in Lord Reginald presence when he was angry.

"This is ridiculous." The annoyed man growled. "I will stale the competition. Try and reason with her." Lord Reginald demande, then stormed away.

"Yes your lordship." Jane said in a low voice as she tried to call her Princess again over her intercom, as well as her messenger station.

Lord Reginald staled the crowd by going into the proud history of the Atreus Pride. The crowd didn't seem to notice anything was amiss. However Dylan was frowning and glancing down at his timepiece. Casey should have been here already. She was always very prompt. Which meant Lord Reginald was stalling. Planning on finding out what was going on, Dylan stood and removed himself from the stands. "Where are you going?" Beka whispered with a curious frown.

"Something doesn't feel right, I'm going to check on Casey. She should have been here by now." Dylan answered quietly.

"Do you want me to come?" Beka asked hopefully. She didn't wish to sit here and listen to the boring history of the Atreus Pride.

"No, it would look to suspicious if we all left." Dylan answered and saw Beka's disappointment. He gave her a compassionate smile, knowing she was bored silly. He left the stand, but he did manage to catch Tyr's attention. Tyr frowned as he glance to where Casey's empty chair stood. He slipped out the back of the arena unnoticed. Dylan meet him in the hallway. Tyr had grabbed his weapon out of the locker room on his way out.

"Casey should have been here by now. Which means the Lord Reginald is stalling." Dylan stated as he and Tyr made their way to Casey's suite. Jane was standing at the door hitting the door bell and call for Casey.

"What's going on?" Dylan asked Jane when they approached her.

"She will not answer my calls. She sent word this morning that she didn't wish to be disturbed. I figured that was until the competition started. Lord Reginald came by to escort her, but she wouldn't answer his call." Jane said upset.

Dylan sidestepped Jane and hit the intercom button. "Casey, it's Dylan. Are you okay?" Dylan said waiting for Casey to answer.

After a few moments of silence, Tyr took charge. "Get me the override code to the door." Tyr commanded with such authority that Jane didn't hesitate to do as he ordered. She was back under three minutes, handing him the piece of paper with the override code to Casey's suite door. Tyr punched in the code, and the door automatically unlocked. Tyr readied his gun, as did Dylan. "Stay here." Tyr told Jane as Dylan moved ahead of him and made to entered Casey's suite.

They checked all the rooms except Casey's bedroom, but found nothing remiss. They met up outside the bedroom doors. Tyr on the right. Dylan was on the left. Both men listened for any signs of moment, but didn't hear anything coming from behind the doors. Readying their weapons, Dylan reached up and knocked on the door. "Casey are you in there?" Dylan called out. After a moment of silence, Dylan and Tyr both reached for the handles on the double doors. "On the count of three. One. Two. Three." Dylan counted. When he reached three, they thrust opened the doors, and stormed the room. However there was no one in the room. Dylan bent down next to the bed, and picked up a piece of the broken lamp.

A few moments later Tyr came out of the bathroom, after checking it for Casey or for any clues to what had happened to her. He looked from Dylan to the broken lamp, then to the bed. The covers and sheets were twisted as if there was a struggle. Spotting something on the floor next to the bed, he bent down and retrieved a small silver dart. An deep angry frowned covered his face, as his body tensed with rage.

Dylan stood up and noticed Tyr's intense glare as he stared down at something small in his hand.

"What is it Tyr?" Dylan asked with his own frown coming to inspect what Tyr had found.

"It's a Drago tranquilizer dart. The Drago Pride has kidnapped her." Tyr's snarled.

"Just great. If they aren't trying to kill her, they're kidnapping her. Let's go." Dylan said and headed for the door.

"Dylan, wait." Tyr called out putting his on Dylan's shoulder to stop him. "We need to keep this quite. If the Atreus's find out the Drago have kidnapped Casey, they will try and attack in retaliation. They are no where near ready to stand against the Drago. They will only end up costing Casey her life." Tyr reasoned coolly.

"What do you have in mind?" Dylan asked curious, knowing Tyr was already working on a plan to get Casey back, if it wasn't to late.

"Have Jane inform Lord Reginald that Casey had caught a stomach bug, and wishes not to be disturbed by anyone, except Trance and Beka. They can detour any visitors that might come to see Casey. You and I are going to pay the Drago's a unwelcome visit." Tyr growled out menacing.

"I'll handle Jane. You get Trance and have her get Beka. We don't want any of the Atreus leaders see you and Beka leaving together. They'll probably get suspicious." Dylan said knowing the way Lord Reginald and the other's hated Tyr. It wouldn't be a good idea for them to think he was up to something. "I'll meet you in you room, in fifteen minutes." Dylan said as Tyr and Dylan stepped out of Casey's bedroom, making sure to close the door behind them.

Tyr left without a word, while Dylan told Jane that Casey had caught some type of stomach bug, and gave orders for no one to disturb her. She didn't wish to see anyone except Trance Gemini and Beka Valentine. Dylan made sure Jane understood his orders clearly, and that Casey would be greatly displeased if anyone disturbed her rest other than she asked for. It wasn't long before Trance and Beka hurried to Casey's room.

"Is Casey alright?" Trance asked concerned when she saw Dylan talking to Jane outside Casey's suite.

"She's sick to her stomach. Come inside she wants to see you." Dylan said ushering Beka and Trance inside and into Casey's bedroom. Both Trance and Beka looked confused when Casey wasn't there.

"What's going on Dylan?" Beka asked now suspicious.

"Casey's been kidnapped by the Dragos." Dylan informed them becoming serious.

"Ole no." Trance gasped out upset and worried over her friend.

"I've told Jane that Casey has given strict orders that she doesn't wish to see anyone, but the two of you. I want you guys to run interference. Tyr and I are going to go get Casey back."

"Why aren't we alerting the others?" Beka asked confused.

"Tyr has a point. The Atreus pride will only try and retaliate, and they're not ready to stand against the Drago. They will most likely end up getting Casey killed. We have a better chance of getting in and getting out without as much trouble. At least that's what I'm hoping." Dylan explained worried about being able to slip in the Drago's territory and get out without one of them getting seriously injured, if not killed, and/or starting the war before the Atreus were ready.

"Be careful." Beka offered with a worried expression as she and Trance watched Dylan leave to meet Tyr, in hopes of rescuing their good friend Casey.