Beka listened to Dylan, wondering how he could be so sweet and so
irritating at the same time. It had been a while since any one had said
such nice things about her as he was doing at the moment.
'It isn't real though.' She reminded herself. 'It is just the bug juice in his blood talking.'
She finished bandaging his hand just as Rommie stormed out of the room with Tyr only a few seconds behind her.
"Gee, I wonder what's up with them?" Dylan asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine." She replied.
"So, now that we are finally alone…" Dylan started putting his arms around her and trying to pull her closer.
"Sorry, Dylan but Trance needs to me to uhm, to help her water her plants. See ya!" she called, hurrying out of the room and down the corridor.
Once she was sure he wasn't following her, Beka leaned against the wall to catch her breath.
'It's not real. It's not real.' She kept repeating to herself.
'Yeah, too bad, huh?' her subconscious said.
"Oh, shut up!" she yelled at herself.
"Beka, are you all right?" Andromeda asked, appearing in her hologram form.
"Just peachy keen." Beka said bitterly.
"Good. My avatar form wants to speak to you. She is currently on command deck."
"Fine." Beka said.
When Beka arrived on command, she noted that not only was Rommie there but just about everyone else as well.
"So what's up?" she asked.
"We thought you might like to be informed that Tyr has taken the Maru." Rommie said.
"What? What the hell did he do that for?"
"We have no idea. We haven't been able to contact him. However, he didn't go very far. He is stopped just in front of us." Dylan said. Beka could see the image of her ship on the viewscreen.
"Well, make him bring it back." She demanded, stamping her foot imperiously.
"Yeah, right. Like that overgrown G.I. Joe wanna-be would listen to me. He bit me remember?" Dylan said.
"Then you do it." She said, looking at Rommie. "He will listen to you. He loooooves you."
"We aren't exactly on good terms right now. I sort of told him to go jump out of an airlock." Rommie said sheepishly.
"You did what?" Trance demanded. "Didn't you hear me when I told you to be careful with what you said to him?"
"I was careful. It wasn't like I told him to set fire to himself or shoot himself. I mean I certainly don't want a mess on me." Rommie responded, rolling her eyes.
Andromeda appeared on the viewscreen. "I have an incoming recorded message from the Maru."
"Let's hear it." Beka said looking at her ship intently for any signs of tampering.
"Playing message."
"This is Tyr. Calm down Captain Valentine. I have no intentions of hurting your precious ship. I made a promise to my beloved to do anything she asked of me to prove my love. Therefore I am honoring her request. Tyr out."
"I am detecting the cargo hold of the Maru opening." Andromeda said grimly. "I detect no signs of Tyr aboard the Maru.
'It isn't real though.' She reminded herself. 'It is just the bug juice in his blood talking.'
She finished bandaging his hand just as Rommie stormed out of the room with Tyr only a few seconds behind her.
"Gee, I wonder what's up with them?" Dylan asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine." She replied.
"So, now that we are finally alone…" Dylan started putting his arms around her and trying to pull her closer.
"Sorry, Dylan but Trance needs to me to uhm, to help her water her plants. See ya!" she called, hurrying out of the room and down the corridor.
Once she was sure he wasn't following her, Beka leaned against the wall to catch her breath.
'It's not real. It's not real.' She kept repeating to herself.
'Yeah, too bad, huh?' her subconscious said.
"Oh, shut up!" she yelled at herself.
"Beka, are you all right?" Andromeda asked, appearing in her hologram form.
"Just peachy keen." Beka said bitterly.
"Good. My avatar form wants to speak to you. She is currently on command deck."
"Fine." Beka said.
When Beka arrived on command, she noted that not only was Rommie there but just about everyone else as well.
"So what's up?" she asked.
"We thought you might like to be informed that Tyr has taken the Maru." Rommie said.
"What? What the hell did he do that for?"
"We have no idea. We haven't been able to contact him. However, he didn't go very far. He is stopped just in front of us." Dylan said. Beka could see the image of her ship on the viewscreen.
"Well, make him bring it back." She demanded, stamping her foot imperiously.
"Yeah, right. Like that overgrown G.I. Joe wanna-be would listen to me. He bit me remember?" Dylan said.
"Then you do it." She said, looking at Rommie. "He will listen to you. He loooooves you."
"We aren't exactly on good terms right now. I sort of told him to go jump out of an airlock." Rommie said sheepishly.
"You did what?" Trance demanded. "Didn't you hear me when I told you to be careful with what you said to him?"
"I was careful. It wasn't like I told him to set fire to himself or shoot himself. I mean I certainly don't want a mess on me." Rommie responded, rolling her eyes.
Andromeda appeared on the viewscreen. "I have an incoming recorded message from the Maru."
"Let's hear it." Beka said looking at her ship intently for any signs of tampering.
"Playing message."
"This is Tyr. Calm down Captain Valentine. I have no intentions of hurting your precious ship. I made a promise to my beloved to do anything she asked of me to prove my love. Therefore I am honoring her request. Tyr out."
"I am detecting the cargo hold of the Maru opening." Andromeda said grimly. "I detect no signs of Tyr aboard the Maru.