As Kael and Harper entered the computer chamber, Harper couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. The computer was very large, filling the whole chamber.
"Holy…" Harper started to say.
"Seamus, let's save the expletives for the way out, where I'm sure they'll be much more appropriate," Kael silenced him. "Right now, you need to focus on the computer. You'll need to disable the security measures one by one, then melt the core."
"Any particular reason?" Harper asked sarcastically. "Or do you just get a kick out of telling the computer whiz what to do with a computer."
"If you don't, instead of disabling the systems, you'll set them off, killing your friends, and my leader," Kael snapped. "You need to melt the core because the systems are self-repairing. If the core isn't slagged, they'll just fix themselves."
"Alright! I was just teasing! Geez!" Harper exclaimed plugging into the computer.
"I apologize for snapping at you, Seamus, but we've been here a while and I'm sure the demolitions team is near done setting the explosives. I'd like to get out here before the building blows." Kael smiled. "If you need me, I'll be over in the doorway guarding the entrance."
"K, thanks for the warning," Harper said. He looked over the vast expanse over the computer cavern. "Just hope I do this right," he muttered to himself.
****
Better get moving, Rommie thought, as she finished up another bomb and moved quickly on. I still can't believe this though. I really never thought about Seamus that way. How the hell are we going to have a relationship? Does he even want one? What will his reaction be when I tell him this? The questions circled about in her mind like a rampaging tornado. She pulled out the ingredients for her last explosive and paused. What if he wants children? What would we do about that? What would they look like? This thought amused her. Little Seamuses and little Rommies running around the ship, terrorizing Dylan and the rest of the crew. She laughed, then sighed. We'll figure that out when we get there I suppose. A 5-minute warning message snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Shit!" She swore, furrowed her brow, and hurried to put the last explosive together. She completed it, stuck it to the ceiling, and hurried down the hallway. She got to a door, opened it, and gasped.
It was Chancellor Rycar.
"Very clever, my dear, but I need your ship, and you seem to be the only way to get it," he said calmly. Rommie drew her blaster, but something tugged it out of her grasp, and she saw it melt in mid-air.
"Ah ah ah, my dear, can't have you doing that," he warned. He then waved his rifle at her. "Move," he snapped.
Rommie could do nothing but follow his orders.
****
"Ha ha! I've done it again! Thank you! Thank you! No autographs please!" Harper said with a smile as the computer gave an overload warning.
"Good, now let's get out of here," Kael said, uninterested in Harper's performance. "Jack out, grab your gun, and let's go! Guards are already closing in on our position!"
"Gotcha, Doc," Harper said, trying to get a rise out of Kael.
They started out of the room and disappeared into the murky corridors.