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 VI
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…
Harper and Trance
both opened their eyes slowly, as if not believeing that they still stood, and
looked at the scene around them in amazement. The entire group's focus rested solely the man who had just been shot.
There, on the cold
hard floor, lay Gerentex, writhing in pain.
"You back-stabbing
little bitch!" he hissed. "How dare you
betray me?"
There, in the
archway of the command deck stood Aiden, her long hair hanging slightly tousled
around her face, her bright sapphire eyes shining. In her hand was the High-Guard force lance that she had used on
Tyr, and it was pointing directly at Gerentex.
Gerentex's employees
were across the room and after her in a second.
She turned back just
before she began running and yelled at the Andromeda's crew, pulling a gun from
her belt and throwing it at them.
"Heads up!" she yelled,
sending the weapon flying across the air and into Dylan's waiting hands.
They all gaped at
the girl in astonishment for a second, but Dylan shook it off and got their
attention.
"Harper, Trance,
Rev… you three stay here and keep an eye on Gerentex. Beka, Tyr, you come with me. I'm reclaiming my ship…"
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Aiden raced down the
halls of the ship, knowing the corridors like the back of her hand, dodging the
shots Gerentex's crew fired at her.
She had knocked out
the other two Nightsiders and the dark-skinned female not fifty feet from the
entrance to the command deck, and now the only ones who remained were Talen and
the cyborg woman.
She turned yet
another corner, and stopped running for a moment. She leaned over, panting, completely winded. Her grip tightened on her force lance, and
she felt it deploy itself, almost as if it had a life of its own.
Aiden managed to
catch her breath, and looked up just in time to see the cyborg turn the corner,
gun pointed straight at her. Unable to
duck in time, she felt a sudden burning pain scorch her side.
Barely able as the
white-hot pain shot through her body, she barely managed to lift the force
lance and point it at her attacker.
Three small bolts of
blue energy shot out from the end, and the woman was knocked back, slamming
against the opposite wall.
It took a second,
but Aiden was soon in control of her body once more, and she pulled herself
away from the wall, gripping the force lance in her right hand, knuckles
straining white from her grip.
With a sweeping
movement, she knocked the cyborg's legs out from under her with the end of the
force lance, and her attacker's head slammed against the hard metal wall,
rendering the woman unconscious.
Gasping for breath
once again, Aiden used leaned against the staff to steady herself. Perspiration ran down the girl's forehead,
running in little paths down her pale face. Her head was throbbing, and she could hear her heartbeat pounding in her
ears. Dark patches began to cloud her
vision as she struggled to stay conscious.
In her sheer
exhaustion, she hadn't noticed Talen approach her until she heard him prime his
weapon to fire…
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She, Dylan, and Tyr
had split up in an effort to search for the girl, and Beka was now running down
the long corridor alone.
She came to an
abrupt halt as she caught sight of the large man standing before her, facing
away.
As she quietly
neared him, she could see the girl standing in front of him, gripping her force
lance in an effort to remain standing.
"Don't do this,
Talen," the girl said softly. "You've
already lost, don't make the situation worse…"
But the girl's
reasoning did nothing to deter the man from his objective, and his finger
tightened around the trigger.
"Sorry Aiden," he
said, thought his voice lacked anything even related to pity. "You brought this upon yourself…"
The girl looked past
Talen and saw Beka approaching behind the man. Beka brought a finger to her lips, motioning for the girl to be silent,
and the girl's eyes went right back to Talen.
"Sorry Talen," she
said, repeating his earlier speech to her. "But you brought this upon yourself…"
The large man barely
even had a chance for the look of confusion to spread across his face before
Beka pulled out her own force lance and sent a bolt of energy into the man's
back.
Talen crumpled to
the floor, his weapon hitting the hard surface with a clang. Beka stepped closer and kicked the gun from
his hand, sending it sliding down the hall.
Beka's eyes met the
girl's. Aiden gave a small smile,
immense gratitude radiating from her deep blue eyes.
"Thanks Beka," she whispered
just before the grip she had on her force lance loosened.
Without the staff to
support her, the girl's legs gave out beneath her and she crumpled to the
ground.
End Part VI