Tyr came back aboard Andromeda. Rommie was waiting for him in the docking bay. As soon as he had debarked the Maru, she ran forward, throwing herself into his arms.
"You were magnificent." She said.
"I am happy that I could please you." Tyr said with tears of joy in his eyes.
Harper and Trance came into the room.
"Uhm, Tyr, hi big fella. That was some performance you gave out there." Harper said trying his best to keep his laughter in check.
"I am a man of many hidden talents." Tyr said haughtily.
"I'm sure you are." Trance giggled. "Look Tyr, I know you and Rommie would like to spend some quality time alone, but you probably need some rest and Harper and I need Rommie's help with an experiment."
"As much as it grieves me to be without my love, I will make the sacrifice. We shall have the rest of our lives together."
"I shall count the minutes until we are together again." Rommie whispered before leaving with the other two.
"So what is this experiment?" she asked when they entered the hallway.
"Well, your main self has asked us to find out why you are acting so strange." Trance said without thinking.
"There isn't anything wrong with me. You just want to keep me away from Tyr." She said turning to leave.
"Grab her!" Harper yelled to a couple of the 'bots that Andromeda had sent just in case this happened.
"Put me down." Rommie yelled.
"Relax Rom-doll. The 'bots are just taking you to engineering so I can do a quick once over of your circuits." Harper said.
"There is nothing wrong with me." She replied.
"Rommie," Trance said, "you just spent three-quarters of an hour watching Tyr dance in space, and you enjoyed it. Then you hugged him and said he was magnificent. Something is definitely wrong."
"You are just jealous because you don't have a strong, talented, handsome, hero type man willing to do something so wonderful for you." Rommie said, turning her nose up at Trance.
"More like a overgrown, insane, scary looking, homicidal maniac type man." Trance whispered to Harper.
He burst into laughter. When Rommie turned her head to glare at him, his laughter quickly turned into a coughing fit.
Arriving at engineering, Harper moved ahead and began preparing his equipment for Rommie's checkup.
A few minutes later, he had the results and was shocked at what his findings were showing him.
"Well, what is it?" Trance asked looking over his shoulder at the readings.
"This is unbelievable." He gasped.
"What is?" Rommie asked grumpily.
"It's not possible, is it?" Trance asked amazed.
"What's not?" Rommie asked, trying to get loose from the bots to see the results.
"Rom-doll, it seems that you have been bitten by the love bug too." Harper answered.