Finally, chapter two! Hooray! Sorry it took so long, but Ive been working on something else to make all you D/B fans happy! May I proudly present... *drumroll* Anada! (Http://www.geocities.com/Ms_K_Spooky/index.html) The first Beka/Dylan site in the world! Not many of the links work right now, but hopefully I'll have some time to get it all up soon! So come visit! Make me feel happy! Oki.. back to buisness! The first little bit of this chapter is back in the present, simply because I felt like developing the story a little more. One more thing! This chapter is dedicated to the one I love VERY much, DYLAN! No, not Dylan Hunt, my boyfriend Dylan (yes, thats his real name!)! *snuggles* Love ya bunches!
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Chapter 2: Lost Souls
Dylan sighed as he entered entered med bay. It had been two days since he had woken up, but Beka had still shown no signs of conciousness. Over those two days, the memories of the previous week had slowly been returning to him. The rest of the crew had managed to get him to come out to eat, but he spent most of his time in med bay talking to Beka, as if the sound of his voice would somehow magically bring her back. As the memories had returned it became even more important to him to stay by her side.
Im back Beka, Dylan picked up the hand of his best friend, though they were certainly more than friends now, and squeezed it.
Yes, things had changed in Dylans mind as memories returned. And as Trance had told him only yesterday, instead of fighting for one life, he was fighting for two.
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I think were in trouble! Beka swerved the Maru sharply, trying to avoid the rapidly increasing fire from the Nietzschean ships. Another blast hit the rear of the ship, setting off a blaring red light on the main console, Were definatly in trouble!
Wheres the nearest planet? Dylan was having to hold onto the back of the pilots chair to keep from falling over at the violent jolts that shook the Maru.
About five minutes away, but I think we can make it! She flicked the reserve power onto the engines, Cmon baby....
The engines roared to a second life, and the Maru shot away, with the nietzscheans in hot pursuit. After a few minutes, a small white dot in the distance grew rapidly larger, until the small snow covered planet loomed up in front of them. But their escape was not going well.
Shit! Beka jerked as another blast rocked the small ship, One more direct hit and were dead!
Even as Beka was speaking, a shot glanced off the rear of the ship, shorting out the engines as they entered the planets atmosphere. Down they went. The Maru skipped a few times across the snow covered surface before coming to a screeching halt after running into several trees.
Beka! Dylan pulled himself up from where he had been thrown, Beka, are you alright?
Beka groaned as she sat up from where she had been thrown from her chair, Yes, Im fine. Bruised, but nothing worse.
Youre sure youre just bruised?
Yeah, aah! Its a good one though, Beka stood up shakily.
Ah, Beka? Dylan turned his head to the side.
What?
Dylan pointed, and Beka observed that her towel was now barely covering her front, and not doing a very good job with her back.
Oh, She quickly snatched the corner of the towel, pulling it back into place, I should probobly go put some cloths on now, shouldnt I.
Probobly. Dylan kept his eyes averted as her heard the sound of Beka quickly making her way out of the room.
He heard her going down the hall a ways, then, Dylan!
Hearing the distress, Dylan jumped up and followed the sound of her voice. He found her partway down the main hall, standing in fron of a large mess of railing and deck plating that was blocking the way.
Beka grumbled, Great, just great! Now I cant even get to my quarters!
I think we can move this, Dylan examined the blockage, but itll take both of us, and I dont think youd want to try it in, uh, that. he motioned to here current apparel, Here, he took off his sweater and handed Beka the t-shirt he was wearing underneath, Its not much, but its better than a towel, he pulled his sweater back on.
Thanks. Beka pulled the t-shirt, which came nearly to her knees, all the way on before letting the towel drop from under it, So, she rubbed her hands together, where do we start?
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It wound up taking nearly an hour for Dylan and Beka to sufficiently clear all of the rubble out of the way. Luckily, it seemed to be the only obstruction between Beka and her quarters. Once they got there, Beka turned to Dylan.
Im gonna get dressed and go back to the bridge, but youre welcome to use the shower if you want.
Thanks.
Dylan took a very long shower. He hadnt realized how much the events of the day had taken their toll on him. He just leaned against the wall and let the water calm his nerves. He stayed in the shower for nearly 45 minutes before drying himself with a towel and putting his cloths back on. Then, he walked back to the bridge to find Beka. He was surprised to see through the bridge windows that it was getting dark outside. Everything that day had happened so fast, it hadnt seemed like much time was passing.
Beka, he saw, had fallen fast asleep in the pilots chair. One arm was bent behind her, holding up her head, as the other rested gently on her stomach, and one leg was curled almost to her chest, while the the other draped lazily over the edge of the seat. He sighed, and for a moment was content just to watch her like that, the gentle rising and falling of her chest with each breath, the way a loose lock of her hair drifted gently across her serene face.
He snapped out of his reverie and shook her, Beka... hey, Beka!
Hmm? she blinked sleepily, Oh man, I fell asleep didnt I?
Yep. Cmon, its night time, youll sleep better in your quarters.
Mmm... she stood up and walked rather disorientedly out of the room next to him, then leaning on him.
They hadnt been walking for more than fifty feet when Dylan suddenly felt Beka slump against him. It took him about two seconds to realize that she had fallen asleep again. He nearly laughed out loud, but instead picked her up and carried her the rest of the way to her quarters, where he set her gently down on the bed and tucked the covers around her. He was almost out the door when he heard her sleepy voice behind him.
Wherer you going?
Uh, back to the bridge?
Un uh, cmon. she patted the bed next to her.
What? Dylan was a bit startled.
Oh come on, were both fully clothed. You need to sleep and theres only one decent bed on this ship.
Um, ok.... Dylan hesitantly layed down on the bed next to her. She was right, he knew, this was probobly a much more comfortable place to sleep than the pilots chair, which was where he probobly would have wound up sleeping. He rolled over to thank her, only to find that she had already fallen back asleep.
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Beka yawned and opened her eyes to find herself face to face with a sleeping Dylan. She also noticed, with more than a small surprise, that her arms were firmly intertwined with his, not to mention the fact that she was pressed up against him rather tightly. She panicked for a moment until she realized that they were both fully clothed. Then she remembered the previous day and groaned, deciding shed rather go back to sleep than face the morning stranded on a very cold planet on a broken ship. And she did just that, unconciously snuggling a little closer to the still sleeping Dylan and drifting back into her dreams.
Dylan woke a little while later, and was just as surprised as Beka had been. He sure as hell didnt remember falling asleep like that the previous night. Trying not to wake Beka, he carefully extracted himself from her grasp and went to find some coffee.
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Alrightly then, done with chapter two!! Dija like? Do tell! Oh, and one small note: the whole stranded on a snowy winter planet in the Maru thing.... I wrote the beginning of this chapter before I ever even saw the preview for Exit Strategies, so leave me alone! Anyway, as I said at the top, this chapter is dedicated to my sweetie!! Why? Because I dunno about anyone else, but sure as hell wanna wake up like that with MY Dylan! :D
