Title:
Sapphire Fire
Author:
Kia Lee, (trance_harper@yahoo.com)
Rating:
PG-13 (a little bit of swearing and violence, but not too much )
Summary: Gerentex returns to reap his revenge on the
crew of the Andromeda, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Disclaimer: I don't own Andromeda, those characters
belong to Gene Roddenberry. But Aiden,
Talen, Gerentex's new crew (though they are nameless), and others who are not
on the show (and never will be) are my own creation, so if you wanna use them,
just ask!
Feedback: Oh please... oh please, oh please, please,
please...
Part V
"Hey watch it babe!"
Harper yelled at the dark-skinned woman that held him at gunpoint. "Don't damage the merchandise…"
This only prompted
the woman to press the end of the gun further into his back and hiss, "shut up"
in his ear.
Tyr and Talen were
walking about fifteen paces behind of him, Tyr also being held at
gunpoint.
The door to the
command deck slid open in front of Harper and he was shoved inside. The instant he was inside, he caught sight
of the most beautiful thing he had seen in what seemed to be a very long time.
"Trance…" he
murmured, his eyes dancing over her form. "Trance!"
The purple girl's
head shot up, eyes darting to the owner of the voice. Her heart caught in her throat.
"Harper!" she
yelled, trying to pull herself away from the Nightsider that held her
captive. She struggled against his grip
but was unable to free herself.
"Hey, let her go!"
Harper yelled at the Nightsider, pulling away from the woman that held him at
gunpoint and running towards Trance.
Harper pushed the
Nightsider off of Trance, sending the furry creature sliding across the
floor.
No longer caring
about anything else but the girl that stood before him, Harper leaned closer and
cupped her face in his two hands, gently brushing her cheeks with the pads of
his thumbs.
"Are you alright?"
he whispered, his heart aching from the sight of her. Trance bit her bottom lip, her eyes meeting his. She nodded, tears of relief threatening to
spill down her cheeks.
Harper saw her eyes
go glassy, a single tear escaping her eye, and pulled her into his arms. He buried his face in her hair, losing
himself in her warmth.
"Shh…" he whispered,
his hands rubbing up and down her back. "It's alright…"
Trance just
whimpered softly, burying her face in his chest, wrapping her arms around his
mid-section.
"Shh…"
"Well isn't this
sweet…"
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"Well isn't this
sweet…" Gerentex hissed, grinning evilly at the group of people that stood
before him.
Trance and Harper
were still wrapped up in each other's arms, Rommie lay unmoving on the floor,
her head resting in Rev's lap, Tyr stood close to Beka, his stance protective
of her, and Dylan stood in the front, glaring menacingly at Gerentex.
"Sadly my plans
didn't go as well as I'd imagined the last time we met, but this experience
more than makes up for that. The
Andromeda Ascendant now belongs to me, Captain Hunt."
Dylan seethed with
anger. "You'll take my ship over my
dead body," he growled.
Gerentex continued
to grin. "That's the plan," he said,
pulling a gun from the folds of his clothes. "You people didn't actually think that I'd leave you alive to come after
me, did you? No, I won't repeat your
mistakes."
He moved the gun,
pointing it back and forth between the crew in front of him, until he finally
settled on Trance.
"I think that I'll
start with you girl." He said, priming the gun to shoot. "I obviously didn't do a good enough job the
first time, so I'll be sure to get it right now…"
Trance felt Harper's
arms tighten around her, and she closed her eyes, preparing for the blow that
would come. She whimpered softly, and
felt Harper lean close to her ear. His voice
was so soft that she was sure that only she could hear his whisper…
"I love you…"
With that, Harper
yanked Trance behind him just as a single shot echoed through the command
deck.
The wounded man gave
a soft moan and there was a soft thud as his body hit the ground.
Then…silence…
End Part V