To Die For
Note: This is my first Andromeda fic, so be nice! and Anastashia, I corrected the mistake. Thanks for telling me!!
Captain Dylan Hunt ran his eyes over the crew. One of them was missing. "Rommie," he asked, "Where is Trance?"
"Still in her room." Dylan decided to give her a little more time, but after five minutes he sent Tyr after her.
Although the Nietzschean thought collecting officers was below him, he had to admit that he was curious. No one had gotten a glimpse of Trance's room-except Andromeda, of course. But all of his visits to hydroponics hadn't prepared him for this. The floor was a carpet of aquamarine moss, with ferns and trees growing everywhere in every shade of blue. A dozen types of fruit, all purple, were blossoming. Tyr stepped into the exotic forest, and felt something crunch under his boot. Looking down, he saw a shiny disc, similar to the ones he had seen Harper use. Tyr tucked it into his pocket, wondering how it got into Trance's room.
The little purple alien would blend perfectly in this environment, but he focused on the sound of her breathing. He spotted her in a tall tree, hanging by her tail. Several yellow snakes slithered around the trunk. Tyr bent over to examine them. They seemed to be healing the tree, repairing the damage age had caused. Suddenly Andromeda's holographic image appeared, lips pursed. "I thought you were retrieving Trance, not playing with her pets."
"I was...distracted." Tyr said, brushing a beetle off his shoulder.
"I'm sure," said Rommie, amused. "Just wake her up, okay? We need her if we want to get anything done today." The hologram disappeared. Tyr shook his head and poked the sleeping alien, causing her to sway from side to side. He sighed, and unwrapped her tail from around the branch. Trance fell to the ground with an "ouch." Tyr was already out the door, calling "Report to the main deck," over his shoulder.