Spoilers: Nada
Notes: I still have no idea how long this fic is gonna be. I hope that you all like it but don't expect anything great and wonderful. I'm just writing this for my own enjoyment.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They are all copyright G. R.'s Andromeda. The song "Falls Apart" belongs to Sugar Ray off their CD 14:59.
Chapter 3: Talking to Tyr
"I know that it's kinda odd, me searching you out to talk to and all, but I need someone I know is impartial and detached from all this to hear me out. I need your bluntness. However, before I tell you anything you have to promise me that you won't repeat anything I tell you." finished Harper as he looked intently into the Nietzscheans' eyes.
"I don't know why I'm doing this, little man, but you have my word."
"Also promise me that you won't judge her or anything. Judge me. Hate me. But not her."
"Again, I give you my word." responded Tyr resignedly getting more comfortable in his chair.
She falls apart by herself
No one's there to talk or understand
Feels the sting dries her eyes
Finds herself opens the door and sighs
"I have feelings for Trance. They're new feelings but they run deep. Right now though she doesn't need a boyfriend, she just needs a friend. A shoulder to cry on. And you think that I, being the super-genus that I am, would know how to do that. But I don't. I don't have any idea how to go about it."
"Why does the purple one need a shoulder to cry on?" asked Tyr curiously.
"That's not my story to tell Tyr."
"I said that I wouldn't tell anyone what you told me boy. I already said I wouldn't hate or judge her. I meant those things. I keep my word. I don't fell I can offer you any true advice without knowing the whole story."
"Tyr I better not regret this." said the genus imploringly.
"You won't."
People see right through you
Everyone who knew you well
Fall apart, might as well
Day is long and nothing is wasted
Harper took a deep breath and gave Tyr the abbreviated version of Trance's past. "When Trance was younger her planet went through a revolution. Her father was a General and he...he made her fight. Not actually fight but..."
"Go on." prodded Tyr.
"He made her use her abilities to get into the opposing troops head and lead them to their deaths. She hated it but she was young and didn't have much of a choice. Anyway, she eventually ran away. But she just can't shake her guilt over what she did."
"The little girl has some big secrets." stated Tyr.
"She feels incredibly guilty. She told me that she was haunted by ghosts. How am I supposed to help her?"
"I never would have thought that our purple one was hiding all of that. If it was truly a war then she shouldn't feel so incredibly guilty. Especially if she didn't have any choice."
"Believe me I know that. I've told her that but I'm not sure if she actually believed me."
"Well I know to tell you is just to be there for her and understand." said Tyr showing an unexpectedly soft side. "I can not believe that none of us even sensed she was anything but happy."
"That's my Trance. Quite the actress."
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold on to you but you're going away
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
"What?" asked Harper quickly becoming un-nerved by Tyr's emotionless stare.
"I did not know that you could talk so sensibly, boy."
"Yeah well don't tell anyone. I've gotta keep up my egomaniacal super-genus image for the others. It's the part I play. We all play parts."
"True." replied Tyr. Noting the shocked look on the young mans face he asked, "You did not think that I was completely one-sided, did you?"
"Um...no?"
"Never mind, we've gotten completely off-track. We were talking about the purple on."
You walk along by yourself
There's no sound nothings changing
They've gone away left you there
Emptiness is nothing you can share
"Uh...I actually think we were done." said Harper.
"Not so fast. Why would I hate or judge you? We didn't really talk about you at all."
"Well, okay. Only my problem isn't anything like Trances."
"Well?"
"Okay....I'm sorta engaged."
"What?" spluttered Tyr.
"Well you see I'm sorta engaged to my best friend from Earth. We both grew up together. The last time I saw her we both agreed that we'd get married in seven years. I meant it then. I wasn't in love with her or anything but I did love her. That was, let's see, four years ago." explained Harper.
"But now there's Trance." finished Tyr for him.
"Exactly. And I don't fell I can have a proper relationship with her until I've settled things with Dom."
"Dom?"
"Dominique Lancaster." clarified Harper.
"Did she love you?" questioned Tyr.
"Did she love me? Yeah. But she wasn't in love with me anymore than I was with her."
All those words that hurt you
More than you will let it show
Comes apart by yourself
All is well and everything's wasted
"Dom never would take my shit. She was always brutally honest with me. I feel I owe her an explanation about all this. I just won't feel right about things until I do."
"You don't think that she will be angry?" Tyr asked sincerely.
"Nah, not Dom. I've just gotta get Dylan to let her come. 'Cos' I need to tell her all this in person."
"You impress me little man." repeated Tyr yet again. "Do you know where she is?"
"Some where on her ship." replied Harper.
"Her ship?"
"The Lucent. It's this horrid hunk of junk. But for some reason she just loves it."
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold on to you but you're going away
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
"Is it worse than the Maru?"
Chuckling, Harper replied, "Yes."
"How can that be possible?" asked a truly baffled Tyr.
"You don't want to know." Sobering Harper asked, "How can I convince Dylan to let Dom come here?"
"Explain things to him." stated Tyr simply.
"Sheesh Tyr! How the hell am I supposed to do that?"
Raising an eyebrow Tyr replied, "Open your mouth and speak boy."
"Oh my god. Did you just make a joke?"
Growling Tyr brought Harper back down to *ahem* Earth by saying, "Forget explaining things to Dylan. I'd worry more about Trance."
Sometimes I feel around
It scares me some I can't be down
All this time to be on my own
"Oddly enough I'm not that worried about telling Trance. I just know that she'll understand. Besides I think she'll really like Dom."
"You intrigue me boy."
"How so?" question Harper.
"It would make more sense for you to mate with the Dom person since you are both of the same species. Yet you choose Trance for your mate. Why?"
"Hold on one second there. No one said anything about mating. There will be no mating!" spluttered the beat read engineer.
"All right. Why did you choose Trance?" asked Tyr changing his question.
"It just feels so right. I can't explain it. I just know that she's the girl for me."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Can I ask you something?"
Hesitating Tyr finally said, "Yes."
"If I ever do anything, unwittingly, to hurt Trance I want you to tell me."
In is out to be again
This time we'll waste another friend
I know where they will know
Where they'll runway
"You have my word." said Tyr with a rather releaved look on his face.
"How did we get so off topic again?"
"I actually have no idea."
"One minute we were talking about Trance and then, whamo, here we are." said Harper returning to his old self.
"So..." trailed off Tyr.
"Um...I think we're done."
"That's good." said Tyr as he too returned to his usual aloof persona.
She falls apart no one there
Hold her hand it seems to disappear
Falls apart might as well
Day is long and nothing is wasted
"I guess I'll go now."
"Boy," said Tyr, "I hope things work out for you and the purple one."
Nodding at him Harper replied, "Thanks. I hope things work out for you too Tyr."
"Oh and boy?"
"What Tyr?"
"Tell anyone about our conversation and I'll kill you."
"No problem Tyr. No problem." said Harper striding out the door.
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold on to you but you're going away
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
Cut to: Several hours later...Trance and Harper
"...so are ya gonna kill me babe?" asked Harper after he'd explained the whole situation to her.
"No. You told me the truth and I respect that. Besides you made that promise before you'd met me."
"Are you okay? Honestly Trance."
"I'm doing better. I still have all this guilt but you're helping me come to terms with it Seamus."
"I'm glad I can help you." Harper said as he moved and wrapped her in his arms.
"Will I like Dom?" asked Trance snuggling into his arms.
"You will."
"Good. Seamus?"
"What?"
"Could you maybe hold me a little looser. I kinda need to breath here."
Runway, runway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're going away
But you're leaving today
But you're leaving today
Notes: I still have no idea how long this fic is gonna be. I hope that you all like it but don't expect anything great and wonderful. I'm just writing this for my own enjoyment.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They are all copyright G. R.'s Andromeda. The song "Falls Apart" belongs to Sugar Ray off their CD 14:59.
Chapter 3: Talking to Tyr
"I know that it's kinda odd, me searching you out to talk to and all, but I need someone I know is impartial and detached from all this to hear me out. I need your bluntness. However, before I tell you anything you have to promise me that you won't repeat anything I tell you." finished Harper as he looked intently into the Nietzscheans' eyes.
"I don't know why I'm doing this, little man, but you have my word."
"Also promise me that you won't judge her or anything. Judge me. Hate me. But not her."
"Again, I give you my word." responded Tyr resignedly getting more comfortable in his chair.
She falls apart by herself
No one's there to talk or understand
Feels the sting dries her eyes
Finds herself opens the door and sighs
"I have feelings for Trance. They're new feelings but they run deep. Right now though she doesn't need a boyfriend, she just needs a friend. A shoulder to cry on. And you think that I, being the super-genus that I am, would know how to do that. But I don't. I don't have any idea how to go about it."
"Why does the purple one need a shoulder to cry on?" asked Tyr curiously.
"That's not my story to tell Tyr."
"I said that I wouldn't tell anyone what you told me boy. I already said I wouldn't hate or judge her. I meant those things. I keep my word. I don't fell I can offer you any true advice without knowing the whole story."
"Tyr I better not regret this." said the genus imploringly.
"You won't."
People see right through you
Everyone who knew you well
Fall apart, might as well
Day is long and nothing is wasted
Harper took a deep breath and gave Tyr the abbreviated version of Trance's past. "When Trance was younger her planet went through a revolution. Her father was a General and he...he made her fight. Not actually fight but..."
"Go on." prodded Tyr.
"He made her use her abilities to get into the opposing troops head and lead them to their deaths. She hated it but she was young and didn't have much of a choice. Anyway, she eventually ran away. But she just can't shake her guilt over what she did."
"The little girl has some big secrets." stated Tyr.
"She feels incredibly guilty. She told me that she was haunted by ghosts. How am I supposed to help her?"
"I never would have thought that our purple one was hiding all of that. If it was truly a war then she shouldn't feel so incredibly guilty. Especially if she didn't have any choice."
"Believe me I know that. I've told her that but I'm not sure if she actually believed me."
"Well I know to tell you is just to be there for her and understand." said Tyr showing an unexpectedly soft side. "I can not believe that none of us even sensed she was anything but happy."
"That's my Trance. Quite the actress."
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold on to you but you're going away
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
"What?" asked Harper quickly becoming un-nerved by Tyr's emotionless stare.
"I did not know that you could talk so sensibly, boy."
"Yeah well don't tell anyone. I've gotta keep up my egomaniacal super-genus image for the others. It's the part I play. We all play parts."
"True." replied Tyr. Noting the shocked look on the young mans face he asked, "You did not think that I was completely one-sided, did you?"
"Um...no?"
"Never mind, we've gotten completely off-track. We were talking about the purple on."
You walk along by yourself
There's no sound nothings changing
They've gone away left you there
Emptiness is nothing you can share
"Uh...I actually think we were done." said Harper.
"Not so fast. Why would I hate or judge you? We didn't really talk about you at all."
"Well, okay. Only my problem isn't anything like Trances."
"Well?"
"Okay....I'm sorta engaged."
"What?" spluttered Tyr.
"Well you see I'm sorta engaged to my best friend from Earth. We both grew up together. The last time I saw her we both agreed that we'd get married in seven years. I meant it then. I wasn't in love with her or anything but I did love her. That was, let's see, four years ago." explained Harper.
"But now there's Trance." finished Tyr for him.
"Exactly. And I don't fell I can have a proper relationship with her until I've settled things with Dom."
"Dom?"
"Dominique Lancaster." clarified Harper.
"Did she love you?" questioned Tyr.
"Did she love me? Yeah. But she wasn't in love with me anymore than I was with her."
All those words that hurt you
More than you will let it show
Comes apart by yourself
All is well and everything's wasted
"Dom never would take my shit. She was always brutally honest with me. I feel I owe her an explanation about all this. I just won't feel right about things until I do."
"You don't think that she will be angry?" Tyr asked sincerely.
"Nah, not Dom. I've just gotta get Dylan to let her come. 'Cos' I need to tell her all this in person."
"You impress me little man." repeated Tyr yet again. "Do you know where she is?"
"Some where on her ship." replied Harper.
"Her ship?"
"The Lucent. It's this horrid hunk of junk. But for some reason she just loves it."
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold on to you but you're going away
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
"Is it worse than the Maru?"
Chuckling, Harper replied, "Yes."
"How can that be possible?" asked a truly baffled Tyr.
"You don't want to know." Sobering Harper asked, "How can I convince Dylan to let Dom come here?"
"Explain things to him." stated Tyr simply.
"Sheesh Tyr! How the hell am I supposed to do that?"
Raising an eyebrow Tyr replied, "Open your mouth and speak boy."
"Oh my god. Did you just make a joke?"
Growling Tyr brought Harper back down to *ahem* Earth by saying, "Forget explaining things to Dylan. I'd worry more about Trance."
Sometimes I feel around
It scares me some I can't be down
All this time to be on my own
"Oddly enough I'm not that worried about telling Trance. I just know that she'll understand. Besides I think she'll really like Dom."
"You intrigue me boy."
"How so?" question Harper.
"It would make more sense for you to mate with the Dom person since you are both of the same species. Yet you choose Trance for your mate. Why?"
"Hold on one second there. No one said anything about mating. There will be no mating!" spluttered the beat read engineer.
"All right. Why did you choose Trance?" asked Tyr changing his question.
"It just feels so right. I can't explain it. I just know that she's the girl for me."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Can I ask you something?"
Hesitating Tyr finally said, "Yes."
"If I ever do anything, unwittingly, to hurt Trance I want you to tell me."
In is out to be again
This time we'll waste another friend
I know where they will know
Where they'll runway
"You have my word." said Tyr with a rather releaved look on his face.
"How did we get so off topic again?"
"I actually have no idea."
"One minute we were talking about Trance and then, whamo, here we are." said Harper returning to his old self.
"So..." trailed off Tyr.
"Um...I think we're done."
"That's good." said Tyr as he too returned to his usual aloof persona.
She falls apart no one there
Hold her hand it seems to disappear
Falls apart might as well
Day is long and nothing is wasted
"I guess I'll go now."
"Boy," said Tyr, "I hope things work out for you and the purple one."
Nodding at him Harper replied, "Thanks. I hope things work out for you too Tyr."
"Oh and boy?"
"What Tyr?"
"Tell anyone about our conversation and I'll kill you."
"No problem Tyr. No problem." said Harper striding out the door.
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold on to you but you're going away
Runaway, runaway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
Cut to: Several hours later...Trance and Harper
"...so are ya gonna kill me babe?" asked Harper after he'd explained the whole situation to her.
"No. You told me the truth and I respect that. Besides you made that promise before you'd met me."
"Are you okay? Honestly Trance."
"I'm doing better. I still have all this guilt but you're helping me come to terms with it Seamus."
"I'm glad I can help you." Harper said as he moved and wrapped her in his arms.
"Will I like Dom?" asked Trance snuggling into his arms.
"You will."
"Good. Seamus?"
"What?"
"Could you maybe hold me a little looser. I kinda need to breath here."
Runway, runway
Wanna hold you tomorrow but you're going away
But you're leaving today
But you're leaving today