The Giving-part 12
Disclaimer in part 1
Slight spoilers for season two.
Rommie cut the transmission from Dylan and re-entered the Maru. Harper looked up from the console he was currently working on as she entered.
"What's up Rommie? Where are the parts you were going to bring in?"
"Sorry Harper. Dylan just called me. They haven't caught up with Beka yet but they do know where she is. She was taken to the palace of someone called Lord Tourk. They need the pod in order to reach her in time."
"In time for what?" Harper asked nervously.
"I wish I knew Harper." The avatar replied. "I am going to take the pod to the village where Dylan and Tyr are waiting. Then we will go to the palace and get her back. Dylan wants you to continue working on the Maru. He wants it ready when we get back."
"I'll do my best but I can't make any promises." He sighed. "She's pretty bad off."
"Just do what you can Harper and be careful. Keep the doors locked at all times. Dylan said the villagers had arranged an ambush for them and they do know where the ship is."
"Yeah thanks for the heads up Rom-Doll. That makes me feel loads better.
Dylan and Tyr waited in a field a short distance from the village. They had been silent for the past ten minutes.
"I still do not trust these peasants to leave us alone." Tyr said. "I am going to circle the edge of the village on look-out."
The only answer he received was a non-committal grunt. Shaking his head in exasperation at Dylan's distraction, Tyr turned and headed back toward the village.
Dylan barely noticed when Tyr left. He was thinking back over the conversation he and Beka had right before she left on the supply run.
****FLASHBACK****
Dylan entered the docking bay looking around for his first officer. He noticed her almost immediately, sitting on the boarding ramp of the Eureka Maru. She was reading a flexi and had not noticed his entry into the room. He took a moment to watch her. It was rare that he saw her when she was at ease. Since they had encountered the Magog and their world ship she had been worried about everyone including him. He still felt bad for laying his self-doubts and worries at her feet the night she had found him after his nightmares but she had never complained. She had reassured him that night and all the other sleepless nights that followed. Those nightmares rarely plagued him any more thanks solely to her. He looked closely at her face.
'Yes,' he thought sadly, 'there are a couple more worry lines than she had before but at least the dark circles under her eyes are about gone. That is probably because she is actually sleeping again since Harper's cure.' Dylan offered a silent prayer once again to whatever deity had led them to the small planet that had held the answer to the young man's survival.
Shaking his head he returned his gaze and thoughts to Beka.
'She definitely has lost weight as well. I will have to remember to tell Rommie to make sure she eats regularly.'
His thoughts were interrupted by a very amused sounding voice.
"Are you going to stand there all day looking at me or are you going to tell me what you want?" Beka asked looking up at him for the first time since he had entered the docking bay.
"How long have you known I was there?" he asked trying to sound stern but failing miserably. There was no way he could possibly be mad when she was looking at him with that trademark grin of hers that melted his heart.
"Awhile," she said. "So what's up?"
"Harper wants you to try and find these parts on your supply run." He said, sitting beside her and handing her another flexi.
She looked it over and then set it inside the door of the Maru along with the one she had been reading earlier.
"No problem. Was there anything else?"
"Yes," he said, "I still want you to take someone with you. I don't like the idea of you being alone. Too many things could happen."
Beka sighed and resisted the urge to scream out loud. They had had this conversation several times in the past two days and she was tired of it. She was tired of him being overprotective. She was tired of worrying about everyone on board. But mostly she was just tired. She yearned for some peace and solitude.
"Dylan, please understand that being alone is exactly the reason I don't want anyone else going with me. I need some time alone away from everyone and everything. And I don't want us to argue about it again. Please."
Dylan looked at her for a moment debating with himself as to whether or not he should push the idea of someone joining her. Looking into her eyes he realized just how exhausted she really was. Not physical exhaustion but emotional.
Reaching up he gently laid his hand against the side of her face. She nuzzled her cheek against his palm.
"Promise me you will be careful and will keep in touch. I don't want you taking any chances or getting yourself into any trouble."
"Me? Get into trouble? That'll never happen." She said with a laugh.
Shaking his head Dylan laughed along with her.
"Yes and Tyr will dance the hula in full drag." He replied.
"Ooh now that is something I would pay to see." She answered.
Still grinning he leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.
"Take whatever time you need Beka but I want you to come back to me safe and sound."
"I promise Dylan. I will be back before you can miss me."
****PRESENT TIME****
'You were wrong Beka. I miss you. I have missed you since the moment you left.' He thought sadly to himself. 'But I will bring you back safe and sound. I promise you that.'
Beka dressed slowly trying to put off the inevitable as long as possible. She didn't want to join Tourk for lunch. She wanted nothing more than to run as fast as she could back to her ship and pray she could make it off this planet. But she was well guarded and knew she needed to bide her time if she ever wanted to see Dylan and the others again. And at the moment she wanted nothing more than to see them all. Especially Dylan.
Disclaimer in part 1
Slight spoilers for season two.
Rommie cut the transmission from Dylan and re-entered the Maru. Harper looked up from the console he was currently working on as she entered.
"What's up Rommie? Where are the parts you were going to bring in?"
"Sorry Harper. Dylan just called me. They haven't caught up with Beka yet but they do know where she is. She was taken to the palace of someone called Lord Tourk. They need the pod in order to reach her in time."
"In time for what?" Harper asked nervously.
"I wish I knew Harper." The avatar replied. "I am going to take the pod to the village where Dylan and Tyr are waiting. Then we will go to the palace and get her back. Dylan wants you to continue working on the Maru. He wants it ready when we get back."
"I'll do my best but I can't make any promises." He sighed. "She's pretty bad off."
"Just do what you can Harper and be careful. Keep the doors locked at all times. Dylan said the villagers had arranged an ambush for them and they do know where the ship is."
"Yeah thanks for the heads up Rom-Doll. That makes me feel loads better.
Dylan and Tyr waited in a field a short distance from the village. They had been silent for the past ten minutes.
"I still do not trust these peasants to leave us alone." Tyr said. "I am going to circle the edge of the village on look-out."
The only answer he received was a non-committal grunt. Shaking his head in exasperation at Dylan's distraction, Tyr turned and headed back toward the village.
Dylan barely noticed when Tyr left. He was thinking back over the conversation he and Beka had right before she left on the supply run.
****FLASHBACK****
Dylan entered the docking bay looking around for his first officer. He noticed her almost immediately, sitting on the boarding ramp of the Eureka Maru. She was reading a flexi and had not noticed his entry into the room. He took a moment to watch her. It was rare that he saw her when she was at ease. Since they had encountered the Magog and their world ship she had been worried about everyone including him. He still felt bad for laying his self-doubts and worries at her feet the night she had found him after his nightmares but she had never complained. She had reassured him that night and all the other sleepless nights that followed. Those nightmares rarely plagued him any more thanks solely to her. He looked closely at her face.
'Yes,' he thought sadly, 'there are a couple more worry lines than she had before but at least the dark circles under her eyes are about gone. That is probably because she is actually sleeping again since Harper's cure.' Dylan offered a silent prayer once again to whatever deity had led them to the small planet that had held the answer to the young man's survival.
Shaking his head he returned his gaze and thoughts to Beka.
'She definitely has lost weight as well. I will have to remember to tell Rommie to make sure she eats regularly.'
His thoughts were interrupted by a very amused sounding voice.
"Are you going to stand there all day looking at me or are you going to tell me what you want?" Beka asked looking up at him for the first time since he had entered the docking bay.
"How long have you known I was there?" he asked trying to sound stern but failing miserably. There was no way he could possibly be mad when she was looking at him with that trademark grin of hers that melted his heart.
"Awhile," she said. "So what's up?"
"Harper wants you to try and find these parts on your supply run." He said, sitting beside her and handing her another flexi.
She looked it over and then set it inside the door of the Maru along with the one she had been reading earlier.
"No problem. Was there anything else?"
"Yes," he said, "I still want you to take someone with you. I don't like the idea of you being alone. Too many things could happen."
Beka sighed and resisted the urge to scream out loud. They had had this conversation several times in the past two days and she was tired of it. She was tired of him being overprotective. She was tired of worrying about everyone on board. But mostly she was just tired. She yearned for some peace and solitude.
"Dylan, please understand that being alone is exactly the reason I don't want anyone else going with me. I need some time alone away from everyone and everything. And I don't want us to argue about it again. Please."
Dylan looked at her for a moment debating with himself as to whether or not he should push the idea of someone joining her. Looking into her eyes he realized just how exhausted she really was. Not physical exhaustion but emotional.
Reaching up he gently laid his hand against the side of her face. She nuzzled her cheek against his palm.
"Promise me you will be careful and will keep in touch. I don't want you taking any chances or getting yourself into any trouble."
"Me? Get into trouble? That'll never happen." She said with a laugh.
Shaking his head Dylan laughed along with her.
"Yes and Tyr will dance the hula in full drag." He replied.
"Ooh now that is something I would pay to see." She answered.
Still grinning he leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.
"Take whatever time you need Beka but I want you to come back to me safe and sound."
"I promise Dylan. I will be back before you can miss me."
****PRESENT TIME****
'You were wrong Beka. I miss you. I have missed you since the moment you left.' He thought sadly to himself. 'But I will bring you back safe and sound. I promise you that.'
Beka dressed slowly trying to put off the inevitable as long as possible. She didn't want to join Tourk for lunch. She wanted nothing more than to run as fast as she could back to her ship and pray she could make it off this planet. But she was well guarded and knew she needed to bide her time if she ever wanted to see Dylan and the others again. And at the moment she wanted nothing more than to see them all. Especially Dylan.