Sorry just a small bit tonight.more soon
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Some time later she was startled out of her sleep and on to the floor by a sudden scream. It was Harper. She tried to hurry but her legs were tangled in the blankets and she fell bruising her knees and scoring her hands. Despite it all she was in the crew quarters in under a minute.
Harper was sitting up in bed gasping for air.
"Harper what is it?" she asked alarmed.
"Boss.?" Didn't you see it? It was horrible."
"See what? Are you okay?" He was shaking, pale and sweat dripped off the end of his nose. She stood on her toes and reached up to touch his cheek. "Harper, your very hot. Can you climb down?"
Harper looked around the room suspiciously before slowly climbing down. His knees nearly buckled but Beka was there and but his arm across her shoulders. "Easy sport.. Lie down on this bunk." She helped him into Vexpag's old bed.
"Beka it's not safe!" he seemed more panicky then usual.
"Harper your sick.you're seeing things."
"It was horrible! You don't understand I didn't imagine it!" he was getting more upset so she decided to take him seriously.
"If you stay here I'll look around okay?" Harper lay back but his body did not relax. His eyes flitted rapidly around searching the semi darkness.
"It was horrible." He whispered again.
Beka looked around the empty crew quarters once again before she stood and made her way to the door. "I'll be right back."
She walked slowly. Alert just in case Harper hadn't dreamed about the monsters under his bed. He had always had nightmares but usually he kept them under control. Seeing him so rattled made her nervous. Her boots echoed with each footstep as she made her way down the hall making a slow inspection of the ship.
She even double-checked the air lock and it was sealed shut.
Her last stop was in the galley where she got a cool drink for Harper and some meds. She had seen nothing. He must have imagined it.
She reached for a hand towel but suddenly paused to look at it. It was swaying back and forth on its hook. She shook her head and laughed to her self, grabbing the towel. Harper had her spooked there many air shaft drafts on this old ship. She must just simply not have noticed that one before she would need to get Harper to check it when he felt better.
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Harper jumped visibly when she re entered the room.
"Did you see it?" he asked. His eyes shone from fear and fever.
"No, what ever you saw is gone. I checked the whole ship we're locked up tight. Harper let out a long deep breath. Beka helped him sit up to drink the water and used a hypo spray to inject some meds. "What did you see exactly?"
"They were tall.very tall.Tyr tall. Their arms were like sticks, sharp and pointy."
"There was more then one?"
"Two." He shuddered. "Uglier then a Magog bred with a Than."
Beka ignored the analogy. "Harper how could something so huge get in here?"
"I don't know." He pouted because he couldn't explain or prove it. The meds started to make him drowsy and he yawned loudly.
"Sleep." She whispered
"What if they come back?"
"I'll be awake and I'll introduce then to my blaster."
A small smile found Harper's face. "I'd like to see that." It was barley more then a whisper. He was asleep once more.
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Some time later she was startled out of her sleep and on to the floor by a sudden scream. It was Harper. She tried to hurry but her legs were tangled in the blankets and she fell bruising her knees and scoring her hands. Despite it all she was in the crew quarters in under a minute.
Harper was sitting up in bed gasping for air.
"Harper what is it?" she asked alarmed.
"Boss.?" Didn't you see it? It was horrible."
"See what? Are you okay?" He was shaking, pale and sweat dripped off the end of his nose. She stood on her toes and reached up to touch his cheek. "Harper, your very hot. Can you climb down?"
Harper looked around the room suspiciously before slowly climbing down. His knees nearly buckled but Beka was there and but his arm across her shoulders. "Easy sport.. Lie down on this bunk." She helped him into Vexpag's old bed.
"Beka it's not safe!" he seemed more panicky then usual.
"Harper your sick.you're seeing things."
"It was horrible! You don't understand I didn't imagine it!" he was getting more upset so she decided to take him seriously.
"If you stay here I'll look around okay?" Harper lay back but his body did not relax. His eyes flitted rapidly around searching the semi darkness.
"It was horrible." He whispered again.
Beka looked around the empty crew quarters once again before she stood and made her way to the door. "I'll be right back."
She walked slowly. Alert just in case Harper hadn't dreamed about the monsters under his bed. He had always had nightmares but usually he kept them under control. Seeing him so rattled made her nervous. Her boots echoed with each footstep as she made her way down the hall making a slow inspection of the ship.
She even double-checked the air lock and it was sealed shut.
Her last stop was in the galley where she got a cool drink for Harper and some meds. She had seen nothing. He must have imagined it.
She reached for a hand towel but suddenly paused to look at it. It was swaying back and forth on its hook. She shook her head and laughed to her self, grabbing the towel. Harper had her spooked there many air shaft drafts on this old ship. She must just simply not have noticed that one before she would need to get Harper to check it when he felt better.
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Harper jumped visibly when she re entered the room.
"Did you see it?" he asked. His eyes shone from fear and fever.
"No, what ever you saw is gone. I checked the whole ship we're locked up tight. Harper let out a long deep breath. Beka helped him sit up to drink the water and used a hypo spray to inject some meds. "What did you see exactly?"
"They were tall.very tall.Tyr tall. Their arms were like sticks, sharp and pointy."
"There was more then one?"
"Two." He shuddered. "Uglier then a Magog bred with a Than."
Beka ignored the analogy. "Harper how could something so huge get in here?"
"I don't know." He pouted because he couldn't explain or prove it. The meds started to make him drowsy and he yawned loudly.
"Sleep." She whispered
"What if they come back?"
"I'll be awake and I'll introduce then to my blaster."
A small smile found Harper's face. "I'd like to see that." It was barley more then a whisper. He was asleep once more.
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