This is the fic that never ends it just goes on and on my friends...
RAVEN!!! Boy you're in big trouble now!!
Lauriena, Raven, Bolo, fanficaddict, starfish, Spooky-Girl, Jaina22 and everyone else you guys rule thank you soooo much!
This is just a snippet for now … sorry I've been busy … more soon.
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On The Andromeda…
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Beka looked down at Harper who sat sobbing on her rug. A vast wave of emotions flowed through her. She felt rage, sorrow, love, pain and all threatened to boil to the surface at once. She clasped her hands over her mouth in an attempt to keep her emotions bottled but she was losing the battle. She panicked and ran from the room. Not unlike what Harper had done fours years previously.
Harper watched her go through blurry eyes. His heart had been broken so many times but as Beka ran from the room he held his hand over his chest and gasped with pain. He had changed a lot since those events, but his reactions were still the same. As he watched her go he thought of black. Warm, soothing encompassing blackness…
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A couple of hours later Trance wandered over to Beka's quarters. She wanted to borrow one of Beka's shirts for a dinner the crew of the Andromeda was expected to attend on a near by planet the next evening.
She paused even before she asked for entry sensing something was wrong. She noticed that Beka's door wasn't locked. This puzzled Trance, as Beka was always one for security and always locked her door.
She walked into Beka quarters the lights were all on but the room was deathly silent.
"Beka?" She whispered stepping into the main area. Then she gasped slightly as she saw Harper sitting on the floor by one of the chairs. He stared straight ahead with a strangely blank look on his face.
"Harper?" she called but he didn't react. She ran to his side. He had no apparent wound but she could tell something was seriously wrong. "Harper?" she said again as she knelt in front of him. But hid did not twitch. No smile, no joke, he didn't even met her eyes but only stared directly ahead.
Trance reached up and touched his cheek trying to direct his eyes to hers when she felt his cold skin. He was ice cold. "You must be in shock." She spoke to him in a quiet calm voice. "We need to get you to medical okay?" She stopped for a moment and still no reaction. She bit her lip with worry. Harper hated go to Med Dec and always complained. Instead of calling the droids to bring a stretcher she radioed Tyr. Maybe with his help they could walk him down to medical. She reached up and pulled the blanket from the chair and wrapped it around his shoulders trying to warm him up.
He shivered slightly but that was the only reaction at all. "I guess you must have told Beka?" Spoke quietly and calmly hoping he might come back from where ever he went. "It didn't go well did it? Harper, talk to me okay? I'll go talk to her for you if you like. She is probably just surprised... She loves you a lot you know." She continued to whisper until Tyr arrived at the door.
"What did he do this time." Asked Tyr. His voice was annoyed but his concern was evident.
"I think he had an argument with Beka but they will have to tell us the details."
"What could possibly have happened to cause this?"
Trance just shrugged her shoulders innocently but neither of them believed she was innocent anymore.
Tyr let it drop for now and reached for Harper. "Come on little man."
They each grabbed an arm and raised the lost engineer to his feet. And pulled him a long the corridors. At one point Trance let go of his arm to hit a door release and he nearly sagged to the floor. He seemed so boneless so spiritless.
Once Trance had him settled in medical Tyr went to find the answer to the mystery; he went to look for Beka.
It didn't take him long to find her. She was in the first place he looked. Beka sat in the cockpit of the Eureka Maru. She had her knees pulled up and she was resting her chin on them. Tyr approached her silently. The two of them had developed something over the last couple months so it bothered him to see her now with nearly the same expression Harper wore when they took him medical. "Are you planning to go somewhere? I do believe that involves starting the ships engine's."
"Tyr go away."
"Why so you can brood, that hardly seems productive. What did you do to the little professor?"
Finally a normal reaction, "What! What do you mean? I didn't do anything to him. Did he tell you I did?" She was angry. This Tyr could work with.
Tyr shrugged noncommittal as he wandered to her side. "He's not saying much at all."
"What do you mean?" Beka was angry, confused and hurt but she had cared for Harper to long to dismiss any concerns easily.
"He's on Med Dec."
Beka's pale face quickly grew paler. "What did that stupid idiot do now"? She whispered afraid that their conversation had had fatal results. Harper was prone to rash actions when in pain of any sort.
"He's alive." Tyr studied her face with interest. "He's simply hiding with in himself. Not a fabulous survival tactic."
Beka looked away from Tyr's analyzing eyes quickly rubbing a tear away. "He's always managed to survive one way or another though hasn't he?"
"Indeed."
Beka sighed and started babbling. "I really don't remember much of what happed you know. I remember Rev shouting that the Maru was being boarded and after that… just flashes and pain. I think I was drugged and then I was injured. I vaguely remember that Gerentex was there. It was the first time I saw him. At the time I didn't even know who he was but I learned that later. I don't remember Harper at all till we met up again months later."
"What are you referring to?" asked Tyr confused.
Beka quickly whipped a few more tears away. "I don't know if I should tell you but I really need to talk to someone…" Beka continued to recount the tale from her point of view of how she met Harper up until Harper's most recent confession.
Tyr had to admit he was more then a little shocked and well … impressed he hadn't thought the little professor had it in him. "What bothers you now?" He questioned.
"You know what has bothered him the most is that he left me when he wasn't sure I was dead. But, what bothers me is that all these years he hid it from me, he didn't trust me enough to tell me." Beka gasped out a small sob but tried to maintain control. "Him running away was completely understandable, he grew up on earth … it would be an instinct for him. He watched to many people he loved die. So he would have learned to run even when those around him weren't."
Tyr nodded in understanding. "Sometimes it is necessary to survive."
"But I thought we were friends… hell! Family! Why couldn't he tell me?"
For that Tyr had no answer but as Beka fell against his shoulder sobbing he did not push her away and he wrapped his arms around her frail body.
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On Med Dec
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Dylan and Trance stood over Harper. Trance had made him comfortable and warm. She also had applied so Intervenes packs to keep him hydrated. Due to the fact that all he drank was Sparkies and alcohol he was usually a little dehydrated anyway so the Intervenes certainly wouldn't hurt but other then that there wasn't much she could do.
"What's wrong with him?" questioned Dylan.
Trance shrugged her shoulders noncommittally. "I think he's tried to deal with some of his past but he couldn't deal with it so he's hiding."
Dylan rubbed a hand over his face. "Damn! I knew there was some chance of this. I just didn't know when it would come. Beka always said he had a lot of bad memories. This is just bad timing with that dinner we have tonight."
"I gave him something to help him sleep he shouldn't be awake till morning, still… someone should be here with him."
Dylan nodded "Well, I would like you there if possible Trance."
"Beka could stay with him she knows more about what he's going through then anyone."
"Damn, I really need you all down there but I guess it's best if she stays. Rommie?"
"Yes Dylan." Rommie the hologram appeared quickly. She had been monitoring the situation and was worried about Harper. Her AI was planet-side helping with preparations. It was a good thing she wasn't here anyway she had been to well, too emotional lately anyway.
"Please tell Beka I need to talk to her."
"Right away." And she disappeared again.
Dylan looked again to the young man asleep on the bed in front of him. An obvious concern for him covered his face which Trance found touching. She reached forward and lightly placed her hand on his forearm. "He'll be okay he just needs some time."
Dylan nodded "I just hope he realizes how much we need him."
"I don't think he does." She whispered "But he will."
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TBC
Lauriena, Raven, Bolo, fanficaddict, starfish, Spooky-Girl, Jaina22 and everyone else you guys rule thank you soooo much!
This is just a snippet for now … sorry I've been busy … more soon.
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On The Andromeda…
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Beka looked down at Harper who sat sobbing on her rug. A vast wave of emotions flowed through her. She felt rage, sorrow, love, pain and all threatened to boil to the surface at once. She clasped her hands over her mouth in an attempt to keep her emotions bottled but she was losing the battle. She panicked and ran from the room. Not unlike what Harper had done fours years previously.
Harper watched her go through blurry eyes. His heart had been broken so many times but as Beka ran from the room he held his hand over his chest and gasped with pain. He had changed a lot since those events, but his reactions were still the same. As he watched her go he thought of black. Warm, soothing encompassing blackness…
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A couple of hours later Trance wandered over to Beka's quarters. She wanted to borrow one of Beka's shirts for a dinner the crew of the Andromeda was expected to attend on a near by planet the next evening.
She paused even before she asked for entry sensing something was wrong. She noticed that Beka's door wasn't locked. This puzzled Trance, as Beka was always one for security and always locked her door.
She walked into Beka quarters the lights were all on but the room was deathly silent.
"Beka?" She whispered stepping into the main area. Then she gasped slightly as she saw Harper sitting on the floor by one of the chairs. He stared straight ahead with a strangely blank look on his face.
"Harper?" she called but he didn't react. She ran to his side. He had no apparent wound but she could tell something was seriously wrong. "Harper?" she said again as she knelt in front of him. But hid did not twitch. No smile, no joke, he didn't even met her eyes but only stared directly ahead.
Trance reached up and touched his cheek trying to direct his eyes to hers when she felt his cold skin. He was ice cold. "You must be in shock." She spoke to him in a quiet calm voice. "We need to get you to medical okay?" She stopped for a moment and still no reaction. She bit her lip with worry. Harper hated go to Med Dec and always complained. Instead of calling the droids to bring a stretcher she radioed Tyr. Maybe with his help they could walk him down to medical. She reached up and pulled the blanket from the chair and wrapped it around his shoulders trying to warm him up.
He shivered slightly but that was the only reaction at all. "I guess you must have told Beka?" Spoke quietly and calmly hoping he might come back from where ever he went. "It didn't go well did it? Harper, talk to me okay? I'll go talk to her for you if you like. She is probably just surprised... She loves you a lot you know." She continued to whisper until Tyr arrived at the door.
"What did he do this time." Asked Tyr. His voice was annoyed but his concern was evident.
"I think he had an argument with Beka but they will have to tell us the details."
"What could possibly have happened to cause this?"
Trance just shrugged her shoulders innocently but neither of them believed she was innocent anymore.
Tyr let it drop for now and reached for Harper. "Come on little man."
They each grabbed an arm and raised the lost engineer to his feet. And pulled him a long the corridors. At one point Trance let go of his arm to hit a door release and he nearly sagged to the floor. He seemed so boneless so spiritless.
Once Trance had him settled in medical Tyr went to find the answer to the mystery; he went to look for Beka.
It didn't take him long to find her. She was in the first place he looked. Beka sat in the cockpit of the Eureka Maru. She had her knees pulled up and she was resting her chin on them. Tyr approached her silently. The two of them had developed something over the last couple months so it bothered him to see her now with nearly the same expression Harper wore when they took him medical. "Are you planning to go somewhere? I do believe that involves starting the ships engine's."
"Tyr go away."
"Why so you can brood, that hardly seems productive. What did you do to the little professor?"
Finally a normal reaction, "What! What do you mean? I didn't do anything to him. Did he tell you I did?" She was angry. This Tyr could work with.
Tyr shrugged noncommittal as he wandered to her side. "He's not saying much at all."
"What do you mean?" Beka was angry, confused and hurt but she had cared for Harper to long to dismiss any concerns easily.
"He's on Med Dec."
Beka's pale face quickly grew paler. "What did that stupid idiot do now"? She whispered afraid that their conversation had had fatal results. Harper was prone to rash actions when in pain of any sort.
"He's alive." Tyr studied her face with interest. "He's simply hiding with in himself. Not a fabulous survival tactic."
Beka looked away from Tyr's analyzing eyes quickly rubbing a tear away. "He's always managed to survive one way or another though hasn't he?"
"Indeed."
Beka sighed and started babbling. "I really don't remember much of what happed you know. I remember Rev shouting that the Maru was being boarded and after that… just flashes and pain. I think I was drugged and then I was injured. I vaguely remember that Gerentex was there. It was the first time I saw him. At the time I didn't even know who he was but I learned that later. I don't remember Harper at all till we met up again months later."
"What are you referring to?" asked Tyr confused.
Beka quickly whipped a few more tears away. "I don't know if I should tell you but I really need to talk to someone…" Beka continued to recount the tale from her point of view of how she met Harper up until Harper's most recent confession.
Tyr had to admit he was more then a little shocked and well … impressed he hadn't thought the little professor had it in him. "What bothers you now?" He questioned.
"You know what has bothered him the most is that he left me when he wasn't sure I was dead. But, what bothers me is that all these years he hid it from me, he didn't trust me enough to tell me." Beka gasped out a small sob but tried to maintain control. "Him running away was completely understandable, he grew up on earth … it would be an instinct for him. He watched to many people he loved die. So he would have learned to run even when those around him weren't."
Tyr nodded in understanding. "Sometimes it is necessary to survive."
"But I thought we were friends… hell! Family! Why couldn't he tell me?"
For that Tyr had no answer but as Beka fell against his shoulder sobbing he did not push her away and he wrapped his arms around her frail body.
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On Med Dec
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Dylan and Trance stood over Harper. Trance had made him comfortable and warm. She also had applied so Intervenes packs to keep him hydrated. Due to the fact that all he drank was Sparkies and alcohol he was usually a little dehydrated anyway so the Intervenes certainly wouldn't hurt but other then that there wasn't much she could do.
"What's wrong with him?" questioned Dylan.
Trance shrugged her shoulders noncommittally. "I think he's tried to deal with some of his past but he couldn't deal with it so he's hiding."
Dylan rubbed a hand over his face. "Damn! I knew there was some chance of this. I just didn't know when it would come. Beka always said he had a lot of bad memories. This is just bad timing with that dinner we have tonight."
"I gave him something to help him sleep he shouldn't be awake till morning, still… someone should be here with him."
Dylan nodded "Well, I would like you there if possible Trance."
"Beka could stay with him she knows more about what he's going through then anyone."
"Damn, I really need you all down there but I guess it's best if she stays. Rommie?"
"Yes Dylan." Rommie the hologram appeared quickly. She had been monitoring the situation and was worried about Harper. Her AI was planet-side helping with preparations. It was a good thing she wasn't here anyway she had been to well, too emotional lately anyway.
"Please tell Beka I need to talk to her."
"Right away." And she disappeared again.
Dylan looked again to the young man asleep on the bed in front of him. An obvious concern for him covered his face which Trance found touching. She reached forward and lightly placed her hand on his forearm. "He'll be okay he just needs some time."
Dylan nodded "I just hope he realizes how much we need him."
"I don't think he does." She whispered "But he will."
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TBC
