Title: A Human Heart
Author: Ryoko 03
Started: October 2002
Status: Part 9/?
Disclaimers and warnings posted in Part Prologue.
+blah+ = recorded voices and/or sounds
~*~blah~*~ = dreams/memories
~blah~ = dream flashbacks
=blah= = Harry/Melfina/Gilliam 'speaking' (interface)
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A Human Heart
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=Arrival in Sector 21 in approximately thirty seconds.= [1]
"Thanks, Mel," Gene said in response. "Do we have a tail?"
Harry answered: =One ship, unidentified, about a day and a half behind us.=
"Could be MacDougall."
Aisha shook her head, sending her braid flying up a bit. "If I were a gambling woman, even I wouldn't take you up on such an obvious bet, Jim! And a day and a half doesn't give us much time if he slips into hyperdrive...."
"No." All eyes turned to Gene. "He won't pass us; he doesn't know *where* they Leyline is." The 'but we do, in a way' remained unspoken but understood. Shortly after their abrupt departure from Heyfong, the redhead finally revealed the strange truth to his crew. At first Aisha and Jim were skeptical, while Suzuka was oddly accepting. Over the course of the conversation, it was revealed that the samurai was a firm believer in the idea of dreams holding messages; it seemed to her that Gene was indeed supposed to seek out the Leyline and find out once and for all what had happened to Harry MacDougall.
Of course, Harry had no qualms about going. Ron never did tell him what happened to his body; perhaps now he'd find the answer. [2]
=Arriving in Sector 21... now.=
Silence fell over the five people on the bridge as they took in the area before them; then:
"Oh my gods and goddesses, we found it." [3]
The Leyline looked just as the group remembered it, the only sign that it was situated elsewhere in space the star patterns surrounding the whirling mass. Gene closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Hopefully their luck would hold out and they'd be long gone before MacDougall got anywhere near them.
"Mel, set coordinates for the center of the Leyline," he said as he opened his eyes again.
=Already on it,= the bio-android replied; indeed the Outlaw Star was moving towards the Leyline even as she 'spoke.' =Hopefully I can guide us through like the last time.=
=Hey! Don't forget I got through it the first time, too!= Harry chimed in, a light teasing tone in his 'voice'; apparently he was also relieved that they'd finally arrived.
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[1] Gee, guess what my second favorite GW pairing is?
[2] Oh, will he ever find out!
[3] That's Aisha, if you were wondering... although it could easily be Suzuka if you prefer =^_^=
Author: Ryoko 03
Started: October 2002
Status: Part 9/?
Disclaimers and warnings posted in Part Prologue.
+blah+ = recorded voices and/or sounds
~*~blah~*~ = dreams/memories
~blah~ = dream flashbacks
=blah= = Harry/Melfina/Gilliam 'speaking' (interface)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A Human Heart
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
=Arrival in Sector 21 in approximately thirty seconds.= [1]
"Thanks, Mel," Gene said in response. "Do we have a tail?"
Harry answered: =One ship, unidentified, about a day and a half behind us.=
"Could be MacDougall."
Aisha shook her head, sending her braid flying up a bit. "If I were a gambling woman, even I wouldn't take you up on such an obvious bet, Jim! And a day and a half doesn't give us much time if he slips into hyperdrive...."
"No." All eyes turned to Gene. "He won't pass us; he doesn't know *where* they Leyline is." The 'but we do, in a way' remained unspoken but understood. Shortly after their abrupt departure from Heyfong, the redhead finally revealed the strange truth to his crew. At first Aisha and Jim were skeptical, while Suzuka was oddly accepting. Over the course of the conversation, it was revealed that the samurai was a firm believer in the idea of dreams holding messages; it seemed to her that Gene was indeed supposed to seek out the Leyline and find out once and for all what had happened to Harry MacDougall.
Of course, Harry had no qualms about going. Ron never did tell him what happened to his body; perhaps now he'd find the answer. [2]
=Arriving in Sector 21... now.=
Silence fell over the five people on the bridge as they took in the area before them; then:
"Oh my gods and goddesses, we found it." [3]
The Leyline looked just as the group remembered it, the only sign that it was situated elsewhere in space the star patterns surrounding the whirling mass. Gene closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Hopefully their luck would hold out and they'd be long gone before MacDougall got anywhere near them.
"Mel, set coordinates for the center of the Leyline," he said as he opened his eyes again.
=Already on it,= the bio-android replied; indeed the Outlaw Star was moving towards the Leyline even as she 'spoke.' =Hopefully I can guide us through like the last time.=
=Hey! Don't forget I got through it the first time, too!= Harry chimed in, a light teasing tone in his 'voice'; apparently he was also relieved that they'd finally arrived.
~*~*~
[1] Gee, guess what my second favorite GW pairing is?
[2] Oh, will he ever find out!
[3] That's Aisha, if you were wondering... although it could easily be Suzuka if you prefer =^_^=