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Raven & Lauriene & Bolo what can I say you guys are the best!
Warning here for swearing and spoilers that go to the season 2 finale.
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A few hours later Beka found him in one of the machine shops. The lights were dim and he was sitting with his back against the bulkhead. He held a piece of something he was working on his hand but his mind was far away. Beka watched him for a moment as he twirled what ever he was holding over and over again. She cleared her throat and stepped into the dark room.
"Hey sport what's up?"
Harper jumped a little and gave her a wry smile, embarrassed that he had been surprised. "Nothing just thinking."
Beka slide down the bulkhead and sat beside him on the floor. "It's the middle of the night why aren't you sleeping?"
He shrugged noncommittally.
"Bad dreams?" she knew Harper had nightmares but she accounted them all to his life on earth but it was the memories of what had happened since he left earth that had been plaguing him lately.
"Yeah a bit. He gave a small smile again. Beka knew Harper better then anyone else and she knew he often smiled to cover up the pain. "What's you're excuse?" he asked.
"The same I guess… do you ever think about the time we tried to get to Tarn Vedra?"
Harper's heat skipped a beat. "Which time?"
"Before Andromeda."
Harper practically squirmed. "Have you been talking to Trance?"
"No why?" She asked curiously.
"No reason." He took a deep breath. "What made you think of Tarn Vedra?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I was just thinking now that we have fifty worlds signed finding Tarn Vedra would slam the door on all the doubters of the new Commonwealth."
"Beka there will always be someone who has doubts…I don't think Tarn Vedra would make a difference."
"You're a pessimist Seamus." She joked but her smile quickly faded. "You're probably right for once. It sure would be nice though."
She slowly stood up "well I better get some sleep." She looked at him once more with worried eyes. "You better get some to."
"Yes boss." He replied once again with a smile. She mussed his hair as she stepped towards the door."
"Night then."
"Night."
Harper watched her go. Sleep wasn't going to come soon. Trance was right, sooner or later he would have to tell her. The fear of her finding out was eating him alive. How could he tell her though?
"It started so simply." He whispered. "Where did I go wrong?"
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"SON OF A BITCH!!!!" screamed Harper as Beka tried to pin him to the wall.
"Rev, Vex help!" yelled Beka.
"No. Not the Magog! He'll smell the blood and lose it!"
"Harper calm down."
Harper had been working on one of the engines when the Maru encountered some unexpected asteroids.
The sudden jolt caused Harper's nano welder to slip across his hand when it did he jumped back at the surprise burn and fell on to the sharpened pipe he had been trying to gerry-rig into a new coolant valve. The pipe had neatly sliced into his shoulder.
"Aggh!" he yelled again in pain.
Beka kept him forced up against the bulkhead trying to keep him from curling up around his wounds as she kept pressure on his shoulder. She wanted him talking. He was loosing blood fast and she didn't want him to pass out till Vexpax arrived with the med kit. His eyes were closing.
"Harper!"
"What." His voice snapped but he didn't open his eyes.
"Look at me mister! What happened?" She shook him a little and he groaned.
He eyes opened half way "I slipped … what happened to the Maru."
"Asteroids, just as we were coming out of slipstream… VEX!!!" She screamed again over her shoulder.
Vexpax arrived with Rev Bem close on his heels just when Harper's knees began to buckle.
Vexpax quickly stepped in and scooped Harper off his feet and ran him down to the crew quarter's placing him on his own bed as Harper's was to hard to access and began attacking Harper's injuries.
Beka paced worriedly around the crew quarters as Rev Bem said a quick prayer. After about twenty minutes Vexpax looked up from his work. "He's going to be okay as long as we can keep any infections at bay and as long as we can get him some blood. Captain your blood type is A- correct?"
Beka nodded. "Good… come sit here I'll need your help."
Beka sat down and Vexpax set up an IV. "Good, now I'll just need to mix up some new vitamins to helps fight the infection. Reverend? May I ask for your assistance?"
Rev bowed and followed him from the room.
Beka watched the blond boys chest rise and fall as her blood entered his system. After a few moments his eyes began to blink open.
"Hey boss." He whispered.
"Hey, yourself."
Harper looked confused. "What happened?"
"You said you fell."
"Oh yeah I remember…"
His eyes began to close once again. "Thanks."
"No problem." She smiled softly and brushed an errant lock from his eyes.
Maybe it was the loss of blood or the shock of the injury but Harper had a thought race through his head and it came out of his mouth before he could stop it. "You know you look a little like my mother… only you're younger of course and she has had blond hair."
Beka was more then a little touched. "We'll I am no ones mother but you and I …we share the same blood now Seamus we're family."
His eyes closed and she wasn't sure if he heard it but she meant it. This little stick thing of a human had stuck up for her and tried to save her from Bobby. He had forgiven her for abandoning him for a flash fix… he had shared the map with her when he could have easily ran off with it and saved it for him self. She had been so long since her father had died and her brother left… Bobby had been little solace. Finally for the first time in a long time she had hope all because of a little mudfoot. The universe sure had a sense of humour.
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TBC … look no cliffhanger!
Raven & Lauriene & Bolo what can I say you guys are the best!
Warning here for swearing and spoilers that go to the season 2 finale.
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A few hours later Beka found him in one of the machine shops. The lights were dim and he was sitting with his back against the bulkhead. He held a piece of something he was working on his hand but his mind was far away. Beka watched him for a moment as he twirled what ever he was holding over and over again. She cleared her throat and stepped into the dark room.
"Hey sport what's up?"
Harper jumped a little and gave her a wry smile, embarrassed that he had been surprised. "Nothing just thinking."
Beka slide down the bulkhead and sat beside him on the floor. "It's the middle of the night why aren't you sleeping?"
He shrugged noncommittally.
"Bad dreams?" she knew Harper had nightmares but she accounted them all to his life on earth but it was the memories of what had happened since he left earth that had been plaguing him lately.
"Yeah a bit. He gave a small smile again. Beka knew Harper better then anyone else and she knew he often smiled to cover up the pain. "What's you're excuse?" he asked.
"The same I guess… do you ever think about the time we tried to get to Tarn Vedra?"
Harper's heat skipped a beat. "Which time?"
"Before Andromeda."
Harper practically squirmed. "Have you been talking to Trance?"
"No why?" She asked curiously.
"No reason." He took a deep breath. "What made you think of Tarn Vedra?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I was just thinking now that we have fifty worlds signed finding Tarn Vedra would slam the door on all the doubters of the new Commonwealth."
"Beka there will always be someone who has doubts…I don't think Tarn Vedra would make a difference."
"You're a pessimist Seamus." She joked but her smile quickly faded. "You're probably right for once. It sure would be nice though."
She slowly stood up "well I better get some sleep." She looked at him once more with worried eyes. "You better get some to."
"Yes boss." He replied once again with a smile. She mussed his hair as she stepped towards the door."
"Night then."
"Night."
Harper watched her go. Sleep wasn't going to come soon. Trance was right, sooner or later he would have to tell her. The fear of her finding out was eating him alive. How could he tell her though?
"It started so simply." He whispered. "Where did I go wrong?"
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"SON OF A BITCH!!!!" screamed Harper as Beka tried to pin him to the wall.
"Rev, Vex help!" yelled Beka.
"No. Not the Magog! He'll smell the blood and lose it!"
"Harper calm down."
Harper had been working on one of the engines when the Maru encountered some unexpected asteroids.
The sudden jolt caused Harper's nano welder to slip across his hand when it did he jumped back at the surprise burn and fell on to the sharpened pipe he had been trying to gerry-rig into a new coolant valve. The pipe had neatly sliced into his shoulder.
"Aggh!" he yelled again in pain.
Beka kept him forced up against the bulkhead trying to keep him from curling up around his wounds as she kept pressure on his shoulder. She wanted him talking. He was loosing blood fast and she didn't want him to pass out till Vexpax arrived with the med kit. His eyes were closing.
"Harper!"
"What." His voice snapped but he didn't open his eyes.
"Look at me mister! What happened?" She shook him a little and he groaned.
He eyes opened half way "I slipped … what happened to the Maru."
"Asteroids, just as we were coming out of slipstream… VEX!!!" She screamed again over her shoulder.
Vexpax arrived with Rev Bem close on his heels just when Harper's knees began to buckle.
Vexpax quickly stepped in and scooped Harper off his feet and ran him down to the crew quarter's placing him on his own bed as Harper's was to hard to access and began attacking Harper's injuries.
Beka paced worriedly around the crew quarters as Rev Bem said a quick prayer. After about twenty minutes Vexpax looked up from his work. "He's going to be okay as long as we can keep any infections at bay and as long as we can get him some blood. Captain your blood type is A- correct?"
Beka nodded. "Good… come sit here I'll need your help."
Beka sat down and Vexpax set up an IV. "Good, now I'll just need to mix up some new vitamins to helps fight the infection. Reverend? May I ask for your assistance?"
Rev bowed and followed him from the room.
Beka watched the blond boys chest rise and fall as her blood entered his system. After a few moments his eyes began to blink open.
"Hey boss." He whispered.
"Hey, yourself."
Harper looked confused. "What happened?"
"You said you fell."
"Oh yeah I remember…"
His eyes began to close once again. "Thanks."
"No problem." She smiled softly and brushed an errant lock from his eyes.
Maybe it was the loss of blood or the shock of the injury but Harper had a thought race through his head and it came out of his mouth before he could stop it. "You know you look a little like my mother… only you're younger of course and she has had blond hair."
Beka was more then a little touched. "We'll I am no ones mother but you and I …we share the same blood now Seamus we're family."
His eyes closed and she wasn't sure if he heard it but she meant it. This little stick thing of a human had stuck up for her and tried to save her from Bobby. He had forgiven her for abandoning him for a flash fix… he had shared the map with her when he could have easily ran off with it and saved it for him self. She had been so long since her father had died and her brother left… Bobby had been little solace. Finally for the first time in a long time she had hope all because of a little mudfoot. The universe sure had a sense of humour.
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TBC … look no cliffhanger!
