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Legal mumbo-jumbo can be found prior to the introduction to this story.
Chapter Six
The sparkely red porche pulled up next to the Wayist Monestary. Trance Gemini exited the car the instant it came to a stop. Seamus Harper looked up at her.
"I wasn't that bad of a driver...was I?"
Trance gave him a sarcastic grin. "Let's just say...I'm driving us back."
Harper glared at her. "And you could do any better?"
"Yep."
Dylan Hunt landed the shuttle next to the Maru in the docking area for the Alteka-7 Intergalaxial Science Convention. Along with him were Rommie and Trance. The three of them hadn't spoken since they left the Andromeda, obviously all worried about Harper. Finally, he decided to break the silence.
"So just how bad is this, Rommie?"
She turned and looked back at him. "Could be worse, I guess. I won't have any trouble entering his dream and communicating with him. Freeing him, however, won't be as easy."
Trance spoke up. "We better hurry, the scientist said that time was of the essence."
Dylan nodded. "Alright, let's go then."
The trio exited the shuttle and informed the ticket collector of the tickets reserved in their names. Unlike Harper, they had no trouble getting in.
They were impressed by the convention. It was obvious that it was something that Harper would enjoy. There were lots of booths and tables filling the building, covered with gizmos which did god-knows-what. As they wandered through the convention, they looked around for the fish-headed scientist.
The fish-headed scientist, who was watching Harper and Trance chatting with a friendly Magog That's not something you see a lot of these days... took a look up to see the trio approaching. He spoke.
"Ahh, you must be Captian Dylan Hunt, am I correct?"
"The one and only."
Dylan and the scientist began to discuss their plans. Rommie prepared to interface with the Dream Catcher, while Trance snuck behind the scientist and peered down at the viewscreen.
Harper and Trance were sitting in a small room speaking to Rev Bem, their good friend and leader of the Wayists on Earth, the majority of it's members being Magog.
Rev smiled at the duo. "So what brings the two of you to this monestary?"
Trance put a worried expression on her face. "It's about Harper. He's been acting odd recently and claims to have lost his memory. I know you're not a doctor, especially not a human doctor, but could you talk to him for a while?"
Harper sat up in shock. "Hey, woah. Slow down a second here...you didn't say I was getting a counselling session! I don't need one! Really, I don't?"
Trance, still with her worried expression, looked at Harper. "I know, but it's for your own good." She got up and left the room.
Harper, while angry that Trance had tricked him, was still overall happy. He did want to talk to Rev, and hopefully he would see some more of his old crewmates from the Andromeda. He turned to look at Rev and spoke.
"So how's it going, bug-eyes?"
"Listen to me, Harper. Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes we don't
know what that reason is. We just have to accept it as a mystery of the universe.
Harper laughed. Even after all these years, he's still nuts. Not as much as that fish-headed guy, though...wait a minute, FISH-HEADED GUY?!?!? "Sometimes, I can remember bits and pieces. Just now I remembered a fish-headed guy. But if I try to remember any more, I get a killer headache."
Rev nodded, stroking his beard. "Perhaps I can help you to remember. Tell me what you know about this...um, fish headed guy."
Harper started to say something, then paused for a moment. "Well...now that you
mentioned it, I really didn't know a lot about him. He didn't tell me his name
or race. He was tinkering with something, I can't remember what. And... Come
on, Harper, remember, you can do this! he needed help with it."
Harper grabbed his head, it was pounding with pain. "I'm sorry, Rev, I can't
remember any more."
"Perhaps," Rev tilted his head. "Perhaps...it was an illusion, a dream that you can remember. Dreams often hold the keys to the mysteries of the universe."
How right he was.
"Alright. Rommie, you know what to do. Trance, you watch over Harper's vital signs. If there is the slightest problem make sure Rommie gets out of there. Myself and..." That's odd, the scientist never told me his name. "I'm sorry, your name was?"
The scientist looked at him. "I am called Ajax," he said.
"Okay. Myself and Ajax will monitor Rommie and her connection to the Dream Catcher."
What a mess of cables was lying around on Ajax's booth. His computer was connected to a modified VR helmet, which was hotwired to Harper's neural implant with a home-made cable. Rommie had a few cables of her own connected to various parts of the system.
"Okay, are we all ready?" said Dylan.
No one said a word.
"All right then, let's go save our engineer." Rommie closed her eyes while Dylan and Ajax began to flick switches and press buttons. A few seconds later...she was in."
End of Chapter Six
Author's note: The story is almost complete now - but don't stop reading!
The best part (in my opinion) is coming up in the final 2 chapters.
Actually the last section of the story isn't really a chapter, it will be a conclusion, similar to the introduction. Unfortunately this throws my stories out of sync with the FFN chaptering system. Oh well.
As much as I want to write the last 2 sections right now, it would be better to leave you in suspense for at least a couple days. Patience is a virtue...
- ~Thissa~