Dylan had just finished telling Janet's story to his crew. Beka was not happy. Dylan's idealism had lead them into trouble again and this time the trouble was some Nietzscheans out for revenge. Rev believed that the Divine had sent Janet to them so they could help her. Trance was ready to help and do whatever she was told. Harper wasn't very pleased with the idea of two Nietzscheans on board. Rommie agreed with Dylan, she knew they couldn't leave Janet. Tyr was suspicious of the newcomer. Something just didn't sound right about her story. Why would she betray her own pride? Why were they so angry at the death of their Alpha? He had been killed by the person he was going to kill. Since he had obviously lost in a fight didn't that make him inferior and therefore unfit to be Alpha? He planned to have a little talk with Janet soon. Right now though Harper had reminded the crew that they had a ship full of Nietzscheans nearby who wanted Janet dead.
"How are we going to deal with them?" Harper asked. The room was silent. Nobody knew. Tyr thought about suggesting to destroy the Nietzschean ship but decided against it. He would be wasting his time, Dylan would never do it unless provoked. "Tyr?" Trance said.
"Yes?"
"You... uh... looked like you were going to say something"
"I wasn't"
Trance had guessed wrong again. She had been doing it alot lately. She had brought Janet to the bridge which had not turned out like it was supposed to. Then she had left Rev to look after Janet, that had also not turned out like it was supposed to. The possibilities were changing quicker than usual. It was as if with every thought the others made the possiblities changed. She consoled herself with the knowledge that 90% of the time guessing was 50/50.
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Back on the Nietzschean ship....
Thor was getting impatient. What was happening on that ship? He had allowed the captain some time to hand over the traitor but this was ridiculous! He wanted that woman in the brig of his ship in 2 hours. He wasn't going to cooperate with that High Gaurd Captain any longer. "Prepare a shuttle", he ordered. "We're going to get her."
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On the Andromeda...
Tyr walked onto the Obs. Deck. Andromeda had told him he would find Janet there. Janet heard the footsteps and turned around. 'Oh', she thought 'It's Tyr. He's probably going to ask me about my pride and my family'. She wasn't too happy with the thought of that. She hated talking about her background. So far no Nietzschean knew where she was from and she liked it that way.
"Dylan told me about what you've done", Tyr said.
"That's nice." replied Janet.
"Why did you betray your pride?"
"I don't consider it betrayal. All I did was set the slaves free and defend myself against someone who was going to kill me. I didn't know that was betrayal but you would know more about betrayal than I would. I'm sorry about the fall of your pride." 'That's it Janet take the focus off yourself.' she thought but she was out of luck. Tyr was determined to find out what he wanted to know.
"Why did you do it though?"
"I felt sorry for the slaves. You should've seen it, they were treated like dirt. Coyote Pride had no right to do what they did."
Tyr agreed with her."They became inferior because they depended on the slaves to do all the work. They depende on them to feed them and clothe them."
"I never thought of it that way but now that you mention it yes that's exactly right."
"Coyote Pride seem very angry about the killing of their Alpha."
"Yeah. Odius was the one that made Coyote Pride powerful. It was during his rule that the first slaves were captured. He had seven wives and eighteen children. His eldest son is Thor. He's determined to follow in his fathers footsteps and become Alpha."
"Wouldn't Thor be considered inferior now because his father was killed by you?"
"I think he's afraid of that and that's why he's so determined to capture me, to prove that he is superior."
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In Dylan's quarters.....
The hologram of Andromeda appeared in front of Dylan. "Dylan a shuttle just departed from the Nietzschean ship and is coming toward us."
'Great', thought Dylan.'Just what I need.' Then he said "What Hangar are they heading for?"
"Hanger 4"
Dylan got up and headed towards Hanger 4."Let them into Hangar 4 but no where else."
"Yes sir", and with that the hologram flickered out.
