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Back to the present

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Two days after his late night chat with Trance Harper had come to a decision. He would tell Beka what happened, after all that they had done together she deserved to know. If she kicked him off the ship… well he deserved it. She had said once that she would never leave him. Even years later he still didn't trust that promise… why he never could rationalize. Really, he wasn't a kid anymore; these people were his friends. In his mind he knew he should be over his distrust of people but his heart betrayed his mind. He would catch himself doing things unconsciously. His thoughts drifted back to the other day when Dylan had come to the machine shop to talk to him. Every time Dylan stepped towards him he had taken two steps back; he didn't mean too and he had chastised himself about it later. Dylan just wanted to see what he was working on. It was the little things like that that reminded the others that he was still a mudfoot even after all these years. Harper sighed he had to except that he was who he was. He was a man with a less then stellar past. Beka had once told him that they both had pasts and she didn't need to hear his unless he wanted to tell it, but now when all he wanted to do was forget he felt she needed to know. Heck after all they had been through she deserved to know. Now that the decision was made there was only one thing left to do…He headed down the hall towards Beka's quarters.

"Come in!" shouted Beka as he chimed at her door.

"Hey Boss it's me."

Beka came out of the adjoining room carrying a sandwich. "Hey I was just about to have some supper you want some?"

"Nah, thanks though, I don't think my stomach could take it right now."

Worry instantly crossed her face. "What's wrong are you sick?" She reached for his forehead to feel for his temperature but he stepped away. "What's wrong?"

"Beka why did you ask me about the time we tried to find Tarn Vedra?"

Beka sighed heavily and sat in an over stuffed chair nearby. She looked sad and confused. "You know I don't remember much of what happened right?"

Harper nodded silently

"Well I don't know something I've seen recently got me thinking about it again." She paused for a moment she looked unsure of what to say. She took a deep breath, stood and walked over to a near by cabinet and pulled out a small brown disk it looked old. "Please tell me you can explain this?" Her eyes were pleading as she activated the disk.

A little hologram about six inches high appeared. It was a communications disk. The hologram was a picture of Harper four nearly five years ago when he had first left earth. The disk also carried a message and the warning filled the silence that hung between the two friends.

"Seamus Zelazny Harper wanted for prosecution for the mass murder at a regional bank on Calbidium Prime. The murder is believed to have been politically motivated."

The hologram flashed again to a shot of Harper sitting on the floor of the bank surrounded by dead people. Harper turned white as the blood drained from his face.

"This man is also wanted for the destruction of a slipstream portal in Webston district. The slipstream was the main source of commerce and trade for two nearby planets whose economy was destroyed as a result. Motives for this action are unknown. If you know of the whereabouts of this individual please contact your local authorities. A reward of one hundred thousand thrones has been offered for any tips leading to an arrest." The disk restarted its message but Beka turned it off.

Harper couldn't meet her eyes but he heard it all in her voice as it quivered the questions. "Harper what really happened and why didn't you tell me?"