Spoiler: Just this chapter, It Makes a Lovely Light.
Author's Note: Thanks for all the great reviews! I'm going to have a couple more chapters after this, but it's almost done! SOrry it took so long, I've been very very busy. Please review!
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The Maru is still in pitch darkness.
Beka: Okay, whoever you are, I have a gun. A big gun. And I'll use it, no matter who you are.
Voice: Hello, Beka.
Beka: Victor? (Relief fills her voice) Victor, it's you. Listen, I'm really tired, and I don't want to talk right now. You can let yourself out, right?
Whoever it is doesn't respond. Beka groans, and gets up. She looks for a flashlight, very noisily.
Beka: I never get any sleep anymore, dammit. Where did I put my forcelance?
Beka gasps. Sounds of struggling.
Beka: Vic, get the hell off of me! What are you doing? Victor, stop it.
More struggling and a thud. Noises like someone is tying someone to a chair.
VEH: You never could sit still, Becky.
Beka: (In pain) What the hell are you talking about? And what are you doing?
VEH: Shh, shh. We can get to that later.
Sound of a slap.
VEH: Now, Rebecca. Shall we begin?
Beka: Begin what, you creep?
Victor slaps her again.
VEH: You never screamed, Beka. (Hits her) Not once. (Hits her again) Every other girl did. (And again) But never you. (Again) You were too good, weren't you, Beka?! I screamed when my father hurt me. I screamed every time. (Kicks her) I screamed a long time, Rebecca, until I couldn't scream any more. And then I kept screaming.
Beka: (Whispering) I didn't know.
VEH: Shut up! And my mother never did anything! Not once! She sat back, glad it wasn't her he was hurting, that he had me! (Punches her several times) And then my mother died, and I was glad. My father never had time for me; he was busy with his company, doing all the things my mother used to do. (Hits her again) Then you came. With your blonde hair. You looked so much like my mother, Beka. I knew, I knew that this was my chance to get my life back. (Slaps her) To start over with you. I loved you, Beka. And you betrayed me.
Beka: (painfully) H-how?
VEH: You left me, Rebecca. I never meant to hurt you; I couldn't help myself. It wasn't my fault. But you couldn't handle it, you were too weak. I bore the pain for twenty years, but you couldn't even handle it for three days! And my father blamed me. He started all over again. But I was ready. (Hits her) I killed him.
Beka: (Confused) But your father was a nice man. A good man.
VEH: (Screaming, hitting Beka again and again) No he wasn't! You didn't know him! He beat me every night! Just like what I'm going to do to you.
Beka: (Out of breath) You don't have to become your father.
VEH: (Calmer) You don't know how hard it is. (Beat) Maybe you do, Booster Rocket.
Beka: Don't call me that.
VEH: I heard what happened to your father, Beka, when I was following you. Flash overdose, right?
Beka: Shut up, you asshole.
VEH: (Laughs) Have you ever tried Flash, Rebecca? (Beat) Answer me! (Hits her)
Beka: (Very quietly) Once.
VEH: What happened, Beka? You can tell me, sweetie.
Beka: It was an almost impossible piloting mission. I took Flash to enhance my abilities. I got hooked, things got ugly, I shot one of my friends, and I OD'd.
VEH: Just like your dear old dad.
Beka: Just like my father.
VEH: You see? That wasn't so hard. You're just like your father...and I'm just like mine. Let's get on with it.
Beka starts screaming.
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Dylan is sitting on Command in the pilot's chair. Rommie's face appears onscreen.
Rommie: Dylan?
Dylan: Hm?
Rommie: I'm not picking Mr. Havanna up on my sensors.
Dylan: Is his ship still in the hangar bay.
Rommie: Yes. And Dylan, the Maru, I've lost contact with it. And the ship is completely powerless.
Dylan: (Sounding worried) Where's Beka?
Rommie: I left her on the Maru. To the best of my knowledge, she's still there.
Dylan: Tell Tyr to meet me at the Maru, fully armed. Harper as well.
Rommie: Aye.
Dylan runs out of Command.
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Tyr and Dylan are standing outside the Maru. Harper is trying to get in.
Tyr: I still don't see why we are here, Captain Hunt. Beka and Mr. Havanna are most likely procreating.
Dylan: Better to have to explain ourselves to Beka than let her be hurt.
Tyr: Why do you believe she will be injured?
Dylan: Something she told me. Are you finished yet, Mr. Harper?
Harper: Almost. Beka put in a few new security systems since I last hacked into her ship. There.
The door slids open. They hear screaming.
Harper: Oh my god, that's Beka.
Dylan: Tyr, you're the expert. Do those sound like screams of pleasure?
Tyr: (Pushes past Dylan and Harper) Out of my way.
They rush into the Maru, forcelances on flashlight mode.
Dylan: Harper, try to regain power. Tyr, let's go find Beka.
They follow Beka's screams, searching with their flashlights. Suddenly, all of the lights come on. Beka is tied to a chair, slumped over, shaking, and barely conscious. From what they can see, she is covered with blood and bruises. Victor is holding a knife over her.
VEH: And here's something my father enjoyed doing most of all-
Tyr roars and launches himself at Victor. With little effort, Tyr takes Victor down and knocks him out with a few punches and a shock with a forcelance. Dylan unties Beka, who cries out, stumbles away from him, and huddles in a corner. Harper enters the room.
Harper: Oh, god, Beka!
He tries to go to Beka, but Dylan stops him.
Dylan: Harper, wait.
Dylan walks over to Beka, who is crying and umbling incoherently in her corner.
Dylan: Beka. Beka, I'm not going to hurt you.
Beka: (Hoarse, quiet, in a pain and fear-filled voice) Get away from me.
Dylan: (Inches forward) Beka, it's Dylan. You know me. You have to trust me. I won't hurt you.
Beka: Don't touch me! Get away!
Dylan: Beka, it's okay, I'm here. Let me help you.
Beka: (Even quieter) Daddy?
Dylan: I'm here, Beka, it's okay.
Beka lets him near her. Dylan wraps his arms around her. She moves into his embrace, and passes out in his arms.
Dylan: Tyr, put him in V-Deck. Make sure he can't get out. (Speaking into his comm) Rommie, tell Trance to meet me on Med-Deck immediately.
Rommie: (V.O.) Is Beka alright?
Dylan: Just do it. Harper, go tell Rev what happened. I have a feeling that Beka's going to need him. She's going to need all of us.
Dylan picks Beka up and carries her out of the ship. His face is very angry.
End Part Five