Future Bound
Chapter 8: Unknown Saviour, Help from Nowhere
'I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die,' though Harper as he cautiously walked down the eerily quiet corridor.
He walked further down the seemingly deserted hallway, gun in hand. That's when he heard it. The wailing screams of Magog. They had caught Harper's scent and were running straight towards him.
"Dammit!" he screamed, "I knew the peace was too good to be true."
Harper fired at them and ran back the way he came. A wave of Magog followed him as he ran. Not only were they behind him but they were now in front of him too.
"God help me," he pleaded as he took a right
Harper reached the Slipstream engine room and ran up across the bridge. He was almost completely across when a new wave of Magog suddenly came up in front of him. He stopped running at looked to his left and then to his right.
"God, Ingrid," said Harper, "Trance..."
He closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable to happen, waiting for the burning pain he would feel when the Magog sunk their claws and teeth into his flesh. To be ripped apart as slowly as possible. And then he felt it. A tight pressure squeezing around his chest.
'I love you Trance,' he thought.
"Going up?" asked a voice in his ear.
Harper felt himself being lifted off the ground.
"What the f...?!"yelled Harper as he opened his eyes.
He saw the Magogs far down below and heard their angry screams. A purple tail encircled his chest and he was pulled into an overhead vent high above the bridge.
"I'm alive!" Harper rejoiced feeling his arms and face.
"Get moving!" said his rescuer, "you've got to get this ship's defences back on-line!"
"All right," said Harper, "which way?"
"Go straight," she said, "I'm right behind you."
**
They came out of the vent into a long cylindrical part of the ship. Harper went straight to the consul and opened it up.
Harper's rescuer was purple, just like Trance, complete with tail and pointy ears. She had long pinkish/blonde hair, which was layered, around her face.
"Y'know Maggie I'd really appreciate it the next time you told us you'd be dropping in," said Harper.
"How about 'Gee Maggie thanks for saving my life'?" she asked.
"You'll get that if we live through this," said Harper.
"Just get the Andromeda back on-line midget," said Maggie.
"Hey is that anyway to talk to your favourite brother-in-law?" asked Harper.
**
"Well?" asked Ingrid tearfully, "Mama?"
"Sweetie I..."started Ft. Trance, "I don't know."
The room grew quiet and everyone was coming to their own conclusions as to what had happened to Harper. They were trying to think of something to say when the lights flickered.
"What was that?" asked Ingrid.
Soon the lights came flashing on and the Andromeda was back on screen. Her virtual self also appeared beside her physical form.
"Dylan, the power has been restored," said Andromeda, " all systems up and running."
"Well then feel free to fire all weapons at our very unwelcome guests," said Ft. Dylan.
"And Seamus Zelazny Harper does it again," said Ft. Harper jumping down from an overhead vent.
"Daddy!" shouted Ingrid plowing into him.
"Harper!" said Ft. Trance running over to them.
"I knew there was something not right about that girl," said Harper, "I knew it!"
Trance just looked away smiling. Everyone of the past crew was dumbstruck.
"You mean she's a...," started Dylan.
"Hybrid? Half-blood? Cross-breed?" helped Ft. Tyr.
"Uh, yeah," said Dylan, "I guess you could say that."
"Was she really that desperate for a mate?" Tyr whispered to Terra.
"Guess so," she whispered back.
Suddenly there was a large shock that shook the ship (A/N: tongue twister^^;)
"What was that?" asked Trance nervously.
"The Magog ships are leaving the hull," said Andromeda, "and half of them have been destroyed."
"Andromeda are there any other ships out there besides us and the Magog?" asked Dylan.
"No there's nothing," said Andromeda.
"That's not possible," said Ft. Dylan, "there has to be something else out there."
"Something's coming out of slipstream," said Andromeda
A new fleet of Magog ships just came through the slipstream.
"Why do I feel all tingly?" asked Trance.
"I feel it too," said Ft. Trance.
"I don't feel anything," said Will.
"It feels like electricity," said Ingrid watching the little hairs on her arm stick up.
Almost as soon as she said that a massive blue light shot over the Magog ships from behind them, trapping the ships like a net, and disintegrated them.
"What was that?" asked Dylan
"What I want to know," said Tyr, "is what species have weapons of that calibre that can destroy an entire fleet?"
"Uh, Dad," said Will.
"What?" asked Ft. Dylan.
"Why aren't there any Magog life signs on our ship?"
"Ok, What?"
"Check for yourself."
"Rommie?"
"There is no sign of Magog life, Dylan," she said.
"That's not possible," said Tyr, "there are thousands of those foul creatures in one swarm ship."
"It might be possible," said Ft. Harper, "I mean come on how the hell do you think I made it here from the slipstream engine room?"
"You were in the engine room?" asked Ft. Beka, "The nearest vent is almost a hundred feet up."
"How did you manage that?" asked Ft. Tyr.
"She told me not to tell you," he said.
"There's something else on this ship?" asked Ft. Beka, "a she?"
"There gone now."
"They?"
"They."
"Harper!"
"It's a surprise."
"We're probably going to be killed in an even worse way than Magog," said Tyr.
"Very funny," said Ft. Harper, "would you all just trust me?"
"This had better be good Mr. Harper," said Ft. Dylan.
"It is trust me,"
"You do remember what happened the last time he told us to trust him don't you?" asked Ft. Tyr.
A/N and disclaimer: You have no idea how many different endings this chapter had until I was happy with this one. So who's Maggie? why are all the Magog dead? Why did the swarm ships leave the hull? and what's the surprise?
Next Chapter: 'Chapter Nine: Back to Tarn Vedra'
Andromeda belongs to G.Roddenberry, don't sue ~Vee~
Chapter 8: Unknown Saviour, Help from Nowhere
'I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die,' though Harper as he cautiously walked down the eerily quiet corridor.
He walked further down the seemingly deserted hallway, gun in hand. That's when he heard it. The wailing screams of Magog. They had caught Harper's scent and were running straight towards him.
"Dammit!" he screamed, "I knew the peace was too good to be true."
Harper fired at them and ran back the way he came. A wave of Magog followed him as he ran. Not only were they behind him but they were now in front of him too.
"God help me," he pleaded as he took a right
Harper reached the Slipstream engine room and ran up across the bridge. He was almost completely across when a new wave of Magog suddenly came up in front of him. He stopped running at looked to his left and then to his right.
"God, Ingrid," said Harper, "Trance..."
He closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable to happen, waiting for the burning pain he would feel when the Magog sunk their claws and teeth into his flesh. To be ripped apart as slowly as possible. And then he felt it. A tight pressure squeezing around his chest.
'I love you Trance,' he thought.
"Going up?" asked a voice in his ear.
Harper felt himself being lifted off the ground.
"What the f...?!"yelled Harper as he opened his eyes.
He saw the Magogs far down below and heard their angry screams. A purple tail encircled his chest and he was pulled into an overhead vent high above the bridge.
"I'm alive!" Harper rejoiced feeling his arms and face.
"Get moving!" said his rescuer, "you've got to get this ship's defences back on-line!"
"All right," said Harper, "which way?"
"Go straight," she said, "I'm right behind you."
**
They came out of the vent into a long cylindrical part of the ship. Harper went straight to the consul and opened it up.
Harper's rescuer was purple, just like Trance, complete with tail and pointy ears. She had long pinkish/blonde hair, which was layered, around her face.
"Y'know Maggie I'd really appreciate it the next time you told us you'd be dropping in," said Harper.
"How about 'Gee Maggie thanks for saving my life'?" she asked.
"You'll get that if we live through this," said Harper.
"Just get the Andromeda back on-line midget," said Maggie.
"Hey is that anyway to talk to your favourite brother-in-law?" asked Harper.
**
"Well?" asked Ingrid tearfully, "Mama?"
"Sweetie I..."started Ft. Trance, "I don't know."
The room grew quiet and everyone was coming to their own conclusions as to what had happened to Harper. They were trying to think of something to say when the lights flickered.
"What was that?" asked Ingrid.
Soon the lights came flashing on and the Andromeda was back on screen. Her virtual self also appeared beside her physical form.
"Dylan, the power has been restored," said Andromeda, " all systems up and running."
"Well then feel free to fire all weapons at our very unwelcome guests," said Ft. Dylan.
"And Seamus Zelazny Harper does it again," said Ft. Harper jumping down from an overhead vent.
"Daddy!" shouted Ingrid plowing into him.
"Harper!" said Ft. Trance running over to them.
"I knew there was something not right about that girl," said Harper, "I knew it!"
Trance just looked away smiling. Everyone of the past crew was dumbstruck.
"You mean she's a...," started Dylan.
"Hybrid? Half-blood? Cross-breed?" helped Ft. Tyr.
"Uh, yeah," said Dylan, "I guess you could say that."
"Was she really that desperate for a mate?" Tyr whispered to Terra.
"Guess so," she whispered back.
Suddenly there was a large shock that shook the ship (A/N: tongue twister^^;)
"What was that?" asked Trance nervously.
"The Magog ships are leaving the hull," said Andromeda, "and half of them have been destroyed."
"Andromeda are there any other ships out there besides us and the Magog?" asked Dylan.
"No there's nothing," said Andromeda.
"That's not possible," said Ft. Dylan, "there has to be something else out there."
"Something's coming out of slipstream," said Andromeda
A new fleet of Magog ships just came through the slipstream.
"Why do I feel all tingly?" asked Trance.
"I feel it too," said Ft. Trance.
"I don't feel anything," said Will.
"It feels like electricity," said Ingrid watching the little hairs on her arm stick up.
Almost as soon as she said that a massive blue light shot over the Magog ships from behind them, trapping the ships like a net, and disintegrated them.
"What was that?" asked Dylan
"What I want to know," said Tyr, "is what species have weapons of that calibre that can destroy an entire fleet?"
"Uh, Dad," said Will.
"What?" asked Ft. Dylan.
"Why aren't there any Magog life signs on our ship?"
"Ok, What?"
"Check for yourself."
"Rommie?"
"There is no sign of Magog life, Dylan," she said.
"That's not possible," said Tyr, "there are thousands of those foul creatures in one swarm ship."
"It might be possible," said Ft. Harper, "I mean come on how the hell do you think I made it here from the slipstream engine room?"
"You were in the engine room?" asked Ft. Beka, "The nearest vent is almost a hundred feet up."
"How did you manage that?" asked Ft. Tyr.
"She told me not to tell you," he said.
"There's something else on this ship?" asked Ft. Beka, "a she?"
"There gone now."
"They?"
"They."
"Harper!"
"It's a surprise."
"We're probably going to be killed in an even worse way than Magog," said Tyr.
"Very funny," said Ft. Harper, "would you all just trust me?"
"This had better be good Mr. Harper," said Ft. Dylan.
"It is trust me,"
"You do remember what happened the last time he told us to trust him don't you?" asked Ft. Tyr.
A/N and disclaimer: You have no idea how many different endings this chapter had until I was happy with this one. So who's Maggie? why are all the Magog dead? Why did the swarm ships leave the hull? and what's the surprise?
Next Chapter: 'Chapter Nine: Back to Tarn Vedra'
Andromeda belongs to G.Roddenberry, don't sue ~Vee~