pt. 2 Flash Back
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Oh man was it hot! Beka sat down in the sand and hung her head between her knees. She was breathing hard. It had taken 3 hours for them to unload 3/4 of the things on board, and they still weren't done. They had to lower everything on ship down to the sand by rope. Box by box...Beka sighed. Rommie had been trying to contact Andromeda, but something was blocking the signal. So Beka, Harper, and Tyr unloaded everything by themselves. There had to be an easier way to do this...
"I didn't do it!"Beka looked up to see Harper and Tyr fighting again. They had been fighting all morning. The men were on the ship with an upside down box between them. Obviously Harper and Tyr had dropped the box, spilling the contents all over the deck. Tyr was blaming Harper for dropping the box.
"Well, if you hadn't pulled that little stunt, then it would not be upside down." Tyr said stalking back into the ship.
I'd better get up there and stop this before they kill each other... Beka thought as she slowly got up. She climbed the rope and jumped up on the deck. Just then she heard a blaster power up. Beka pulled hers out and ran toward the sound. Tyr had lifted Harper up and against the wall, with his blaster to Harper's head.
"Drop him Tyr..." Beka warned. Tyr looked over to her and backed away, dropping Harper to the floor.
"Thanks boss..." Harper said scrambling to get up. He turned around to stand next to Beka, who slapped him in the back of the head. "Oww, what was that for?"
"For being a pain in my side..."Beka said not taking her eyes off of Tyr and the blaster. Harper opened his mouth to say something and thought the better of it, so closed it again.
"Now look you two," Beka said in all seriousness "I'm getting tired of you fighting, so get over it. Now, it's low tide. Go do what Dylan told you to do. Okay?" She added an extra cheerfulness to the end and then frowned again. The men turned around to do as she said, mumbling all the while. Men... Beka thought as she put her blaster away. She was looking up from putting her blaster away, when she saw the dried blood from the bump on the back of Harper's head. Poor Harper...Poor Harper? Where did that come from? Beka walked over to the railing of the ship, looking out at the sea, rubbing her aching shoulder. She remembered last night, when she had hurt her shoulder...when Harper woke her up...
Flash Back
"Beka, Beka wake up!"
"Harper you had better have a good excuse for waking me up..." Beka turned over and sat up. At that time a small shutter went through the ship, knocking Beka out of bed. She had been sleeping in her underwear. She grabbed the covers just in time to cover herself before Harper paid any attention. She stood up real quick.
" That's the reason I woke you up. We are stuck in the middle of a storm. Dylan said he might need your help." With that Harper started out the door.
" Harper, wait," Harper stopped short when he heard her call him, "Where are you going? What are you going to do?"
"I've got to go wake up Trance and get down to the engine room."
"Wait let me go with you..." But Harper was gone, he didn't hear her. With the way the ship was moving, he could really get hurt. That's the last thing she wanted to happen on her vacation. Beka threw her clothes on and ran out the door. At that time Harper was running out of Trance's cabin. Beka sprinted behind him. When she got to the engine room door a tremendous wave shook the ship, knocking her into the wall. She had dislocated her shoulder...she went through the door to see Harper hit an engine. She called out his name but he went unconscious. Another force threw her back, knocking her over onto the floor. They had hit something. The ship had stopped rocking! Beka did her best with the dislocated shoulder to climb down to Harper. She threw him over her other shoulder and tried to climb back without killing them both. She was near the top of hr climb when she saw a hands come down and grab Harper off of her shoulder. It was Tyr.
" You have dislocated your shoulder...why did you not ask for help." Tyr said tossing Harper over his shoulder.
"Can we get him to Trance now? I think I need something for this shoulder."
"Sure..." Tyr started for the bridge, while Beka followed behind nursing her shoulder
Beka rested her chin in her hand. The things I do to keep that engineer alive...
"Beka?" Beka turned around to see Rommie on the deck.
" Yes, Rommie. Did you make contact?"
"I think the storm we hit was a hurricane. Because my sensors are scrambled and look..." Beka looked toward the area that Rommie was pointing at. She had not notice the wind had picked up and the sky had darkened. She walked over to the other side of the ship to see if she could spot Dylan. He was no wear in site. Great...
" Rommie tell Tyr and Harper to get up here. We have to move the things in land. The storm isn't over yet." Rommie hurriedly disappeared into the ship.
Oh it's going to be a bumpy ride... Beka thought as she climbed down the rope. A bumpy ride indeed...