Future Bound
Chapter 9: Back to Tarn Vedra
"Now I'm taking you to Med. Deck," said Will, "and no talking."
"Excuse me?" asked Ft. Beka
"I know you're going to try and talk me out of this but I'm not going to listen, Ma," said Will stubbornly.
"Just wait a minute before you go," said Ft. Dylan, "Andromeda blow the airlocks to everypart of the ship except the Bridge."
"Right," she said, "blowing airlocks."
"You can do that?" asked Beka.
"Twenty years and you don't think I'm going to upgrade my ship?"
"And it was a very good upgrade if I do say so my self," said Ft. Harper, "no more manual cleanups just blow the airlocks and dead Magog go bye-bye."
"Re-pressurising," said Andromeda, "Will you are now free to go."
"Good," said Will, "let's go."
He helped Ft. Beka up and helped her limp out of the Bridge with Ft. Trance and Ingrid following behind.
"How much damage was done?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Surprisingly little except for where they broke in," said Andromeda
"And would that have anything to do with your surprise Mr. Harper?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Maybe," said Ft. Harper
"We've got mail," said Ft. Rommie
"On screen," said Ft. Dylan
"Captain Hunt, this is Corporal Raeis I am to inform you that the damage to the Andromeda II has been repaired and we are awaiting your arrival."
The screen went blank.
"A couple days?" Beka asked Harper
"So my estimate was off my oh, say 42 hours," said Harper, "Those guys work fast."
"Well I guess that means we're on our way back," said Ft. Dylan.
"To Tarn Vedra?" asked Harper
"No, to Magog Colony," said Tyr, "what do you think?"
"I think someone needs a nap," muttered Harper quietly
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"Would you care to pilot?" Ft. Dylan asked Beka
"Just give me the co-ordinates," said Beka.
**
"Corporal I believe you sent word of a ship being finished?" asked Ft. Dylan when they had arrived back at Tarn Vedra.
"Yes, sir this way,"said Corporal Raeis
The three Neitzscheans had already departed to the sparring deck, Will and Ingrid had run off together and everyone else followed Raeis. They came to a room with a fairly large window looking down upon the Andromeda. Both Magog were there to greet them.
"It's good to see you all again," said Rev as they entered.
"It's good just to be alive," said Harper
"Could somebody please tell me why the hell we're always getting attacked by stuff," said Ft. Harper, "I mean even on vacations we get attacked."
"We received your message about the attack Captain," said Raeis
"Do you know what was up with that?" asked Ft. Beka
"With the information you sent us we pinpointed them to the allied slipstreams rallying a strike of some sort."
"Have you launched a fleet to stop them?" asked Dylan
"All their ships were actually destroyed soon after your rescue," said Raeis
"How?" asked Ft. Dylan
"They said they were friends of yours."
"Well if those friends just killed a ton of Magog I like them already," said Harper
"Does this have anything to do with your surprise Harper?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Maybe," said Ft. Haper
"They were just here," said Ft. Rev, "and left before you arrived."
"Did you meet them?" asked Harper
"Of course, and they were very...interesting to say the least," said Rev glancing at Trance
"And I believe they left you something with a cadet."
Just as Harper was about to question Rev some more, the door burst open and in rushed two breathless teens.
"You....got a....message," panted Will handing something over to Ft. Dylan.
"You ran all the way here just to deliver a message?" questioned Ft. Dylan
"Yeah I read it and it's good," said Will
Ingrid stood beside him nodding her head.
"It's marked private and it's encripted," said Ft. Dylan
"So I bypassed it," said Will shrugging, "not like it was hard."
"Where'd I go wrong with you?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Letting Harper baby-sit 24/7," said Will, "I learned some pretty nifty stuff."
Just then a panic-stricken cadet burst in
"Corporal Sir I...Oh Captain Hunt I see you have received that message."
"Uh..yeah I did why?" asked Ft. Dylan looking at Will and Ingrid
"Well Sir I had it with me, then I set it down, just for a second and it was gone!" said the Cadet.
"Well everything is under control you are dismissed," said Raeis with a small smile.
Seconds after the cadet left...
"I'm not going to ask," said Ft. Dylan waving the message, "how you got this."
"Good idea," said Will
"You..." started Ft. Beka
"...borrowed it," interuppted Will
"No you..." started Ft. Beka
"...found it?" asked Ingrid cutting her off
"You know what I want to say," said Ft. Dylan
"There's a 12,456,123 chance out of 15,000,000 that we know exactly what you're going to say," said Ingrid.
"Really?" asked Ft. Beka
"Uh huh," said Ingrid nodding
"It was that easy?"
"So read it already," said Will, "it's to the rest of the crew too."
"Fine," said Ft. Dylan
"He pushed some buttons on the message thingy and a cloaked hologram appeared:
"Captain Hunt, we have heard about your predicament and have been following you since you picked up your guests. If you haven't guessed by now it was us who helped you with the Magog problem you faced earlier. We know of a way to get your past crew back to their time. The slip stream co-ordinates to the Sequoia Ruse Nebula where Kain and his fleet departed for the past are included in this message. The journey through time is very complicated. Kain had his Neitzschean pilot on Flash to get through. Don't worry about your crew we shall meet you there.
Signed,
Major Judekär Gemini of the Hydrangea Glory"
"Gemini?" asked Harper.
"Don't ask," said Trance
"Isn't that your last name?"
"I said don't ask Harper."
"Fine be secretive," he said
"If Kain had a Neitzschean on flash how the hell are we going to get through?" asked Beka
"How about we just call it really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really..."
"HARPER!"
"Really advanced technology," Ft. Harper finished
"So when do we start out?" asked Beka
"As soon as possible," said Dylan
"Cuz you can't stand me right?" asked Will smiling
"That's not it," said Dylan taken aback
"Pain in the ass?"
"No?"
"You don't think I'm annoying?"
"Not really,"
"Loud mouth?"
"Nope,"
"You're stupid," said Will
"What?"
"Just let it sink in," said Will, "it'll get to you."
"O.....kay," said Dylan
"Will," said Ft. Dylan
"What?" He whined
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A/N and disclaimer: There's only going to be about two more chapters in this fic and I'll try to make them good. That last interaction between Will and Dylan I got from Scrubs and it belongs to the writer's of that show. Andromeda belongs to G. Roddenberry.
Chapter 9: Back to Tarn Vedra
"Now I'm taking you to Med. Deck," said Will, "and no talking."
"Excuse me?" asked Ft. Beka
"I know you're going to try and talk me out of this but I'm not going to listen, Ma," said Will stubbornly.
"Just wait a minute before you go," said Ft. Dylan, "Andromeda blow the airlocks to everypart of the ship except the Bridge."
"Right," she said, "blowing airlocks."
"You can do that?" asked Beka.
"Twenty years and you don't think I'm going to upgrade my ship?"
"And it was a very good upgrade if I do say so my self," said Ft. Harper, "no more manual cleanups just blow the airlocks and dead Magog go bye-bye."
"Re-pressurising," said Andromeda, "Will you are now free to go."
"Good," said Will, "let's go."
He helped Ft. Beka up and helped her limp out of the Bridge with Ft. Trance and Ingrid following behind.
"How much damage was done?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Surprisingly little except for where they broke in," said Andromeda
"And would that have anything to do with your surprise Mr. Harper?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Maybe," said Ft. Harper
"We've got mail," said Ft. Rommie
"On screen," said Ft. Dylan
"Captain Hunt, this is Corporal Raeis I am to inform you that the damage to the Andromeda II has been repaired and we are awaiting your arrival."
The screen went blank.
"A couple days?" Beka asked Harper
"So my estimate was off my oh, say 42 hours," said Harper, "Those guys work fast."
"Well I guess that means we're on our way back," said Ft. Dylan.
"To Tarn Vedra?" asked Harper
"No, to Magog Colony," said Tyr, "what do you think?"
"I think someone needs a nap," muttered Harper quietly
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"Would you care to pilot?" Ft. Dylan asked Beka
"Just give me the co-ordinates," said Beka.
**
"Corporal I believe you sent word of a ship being finished?" asked Ft. Dylan when they had arrived back at Tarn Vedra.
"Yes, sir this way,"said Corporal Raeis
The three Neitzscheans had already departed to the sparring deck, Will and Ingrid had run off together and everyone else followed Raeis. They came to a room with a fairly large window looking down upon the Andromeda. Both Magog were there to greet them.
"It's good to see you all again," said Rev as they entered.
"It's good just to be alive," said Harper
"Could somebody please tell me why the hell we're always getting attacked by stuff," said Ft. Harper, "I mean even on vacations we get attacked."
"We received your message about the attack Captain," said Raeis
"Do you know what was up with that?" asked Ft. Beka
"With the information you sent us we pinpointed them to the allied slipstreams rallying a strike of some sort."
"Have you launched a fleet to stop them?" asked Dylan
"All their ships were actually destroyed soon after your rescue," said Raeis
"How?" asked Ft. Dylan
"They said they were friends of yours."
"Well if those friends just killed a ton of Magog I like them already," said Harper
"Does this have anything to do with your surprise Harper?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Maybe," said Ft. Haper
"They were just here," said Ft. Rev, "and left before you arrived."
"Did you meet them?" asked Harper
"Of course, and they were very...interesting to say the least," said Rev glancing at Trance
"And I believe they left you something with a cadet."
Just as Harper was about to question Rev some more, the door burst open and in rushed two breathless teens.
"You....got a....message," panted Will handing something over to Ft. Dylan.
"You ran all the way here just to deliver a message?" questioned Ft. Dylan
"Yeah I read it and it's good," said Will
Ingrid stood beside him nodding her head.
"It's marked private and it's encripted," said Ft. Dylan
"So I bypassed it," said Will shrugging, "not like it was hard."
"Where'd I go wrong with you?" asked Ft. Dylan
"Letting Harper baby-sit 24/7," said Will, "I learned some pretty nifty stuff."
Just then a panic-stricken cadet burst in
"Corporal Sir I...Oh Captain Hunt I see you have received that message."
"Uh..yeah I did why?" asked Ft. Dylan looking at Will and Ingrid
"Well Sir I had it with me, then I set it down, just for a second and it was gone!" said the Cadet.
"Well everything is under control you are dismissed," said Raeis with a small smile.
Seconds after the cadet left...
"I'm not going to ask," said Ft. Dylan waving the message, "how you got this."
"Good idea," said Will
"You..." started Ft. Beka
"...borrowed it," interuppted Will
"No you..." started Ft. Beka
"...found it?" asked Ingrid cutting her off
"You know what I want to say," said Ft. Dylan
"There's a 12,456,123 chance out of 15,000,000 that we know exactly what you're going to say," said Ingrid.
"Really?" asked Ft. Beka
"Uh huh," said Ingrid nodding
"It was that easy?"
"So read it already," said Will, "it's to the rest of the crew too."
"Fine," said Ft. Dylan
"He pushed some buttons on the message thingy and a cloaked hologram appeared:
"Captain Hunt, we have heard about your predicament and have been following you since you picked up your guests. If you haven't guessed by now it was us who helped you with the Magog problem you faced earlier. We know of a way to get your past crew back to their time. The slip stream co-ordinates to the Sequoia Ruse Nebula where Kain and his fleet departed for the past are included in this message. The journey through time is very complicated. Kain had his Neitzschean pilot on Flash to get through. Don't worry about your crew we shall meet you there.
Signed,
Major Judekär Gemini of the Hydrangea Glory"
"Gemini?" asked Harper.
"Don't ask," said Trance
"Isn't that your last name?"
"I said don't ask Harper."
"Fine be secretive," he said
"If Kain had a Neitzschean on flash how the hell are we going to get through?" asked Beka
"How about we just call it really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really..."
"HARPER!"
"Really advanced technology," Ft. Harper finished
"So when do we start out?" asked Beka
"As soon as possible," said Dylan
"Cuz you can't stand me right?" asked Will smiling
"That's not it," said Dylan taken aback
"Pain in the ass?"
"No?"
"You don't think I'm annoying?"
"Not really,"
"Loud mouth?"
"Nope,"
"You're stupid," said Will
"What?"
"Just let it sink in," said Will, "it'll get to you."
"O.....kay," said Dylan
"Will," said Ft. Dylan
"What?" He whined
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A/N and disclaimer: There's only going to be about two more chapters in this fic and I'll try to make them good. That last interaction between Will and Dylan I got from Scrubs and it belongs to the writer's of that show. Andromeda belongs to G. Roddenberry.