Beka had let Shay sit in the pilot's chair on the Maru as she made sure it
was still in good condition. Harper was still upgrading the Maria Louise,
which was used a bit more on some missions to help protect their identity
in some cases. She was glad that the Maru had about a year's break but she
was tempted to take Shay out in it for a short joy ride. She knew Harper
would object and Angel wouldn't let Shay off the Andromeda without her
until he was older. Angel was still worried about some of her people out
their waiting to kill him. Beka was amazed how well Shay's imagination was.
"It is the coolest" He said to the computer, "you would be in heaven with mamas ship." He remembered when he was in his mother and how the ship was so caring and helpful. The ship actually had a computer in it with a persona to it; it was a smaller version of the Andromeda but looked identical to the Maru. "Did the Maru answer you back?" Beka asked coming up front. "No but oh well." Shay said standing up in the chair. He rested his short arms and his chin on the back of the chair. Beka saw his angelic innocence in him. It scared her to see a child look so care free in the galaxy. He looked as if he was Jesus or something along those lines. She couldn't help but smile. "Hey it's time for me to go give Tyr his next dosage of medications, wanna come and help your Aunt Beka?" She asked. He looked up at her with slight fear in his eyes. He quickly calmed himself down and the fear left his eyes. "Sure." He said jumping off the chair and running to get Beka's hand. As they walked Shay became happy and bouncy. It was weird for he had had no caffeine of any kind and it was something that she didn't understand. "Beka- Tyr has been asking for you for the last 10 minutes." Andromeda said blinking in next to them when they arrived at Tyr's door. When they entered Tyr was sitting up in the bed reading a book. He didn't bother looking up until he heard Shay's voice. "Tyr are you upset that I hurt you?" Shay had a hint of fear and hurt in his voice. He no longer was holding Beka's hand. "Of course not boy. Come here and talk to me. I am bored and I know Beka has to give me medication." Tyr said reaching out to Shay. He went and sat on Tyr's lap. "You now you're such a sorry wart and a big baby when it comes to you and medications. You know that right Tyr?" Beka said as she gave him and injection of medications. "I shouldn't be subjected to this kind of torture." Tyr said. "Whats torture?" Shay asked. "It's when you are put through pain." Tyr said as simple as he could. "But Tyr is referring to being bored as his kind of torture right now." Beka said as she sat on the edge of Tyr's bed. "How long have you been awake?" "About a half an hour, I decided to read while I was waiting for you." "How are you feeling?" "Better I would like to go walk around." Tyr said. "Andromeda, where's Angel?" Beka asked. Andromeda blinked in. Seeing the three of them and how they looked like a family made her smile inwardly-if that is possible for a ships' hologram. "In my matrix, and so is Harper." She said. "Anyone to watch young Shay here?" Beka asked right when Rommie walked in. "Come on Shay I'll show you something very special." Rommie said holding her hand out. Without argument Shay went with her. Tyr and Beka went on a walk around the ship until Beka's next shift, which was in a couple more hours. Rommie stopped at the painting on the wall when they reached it. It was on the corridor near the observation deck. "What is it Rommie?" Shay asked. "It's a painting your mother painted for us before you were born. She has the same tattoo on her shoulder but without the this symbol." Rommie said pointing to the commonwealth symbol that was missing a small section on it. "Of course her tattoo is smaller then this picture too." Beka and Tyr reentered Tyr's room. They sat on his couch talking that led into them kissing. Beka was lying on her back and Tyr was lying on top and had her somewhat pinned down. Beka didn't fight him; she loved him and enjoyed kissing him even more. Their tongues explored each others mouth as they kissed breathlessly. He could smell her arousement and she could feel his by the bulge he had in his tight leather pants. She smiled inwardly. Suddenly the ship shook violently throwing both Tyr and Beka off the couch. "Here it comes 'battle stations'" Beka mumbled as she and Tyr struggled to stand up and exited his room as the ship continued to shake. As soon as the words left her mouth Dylan had said the exact same comment on the ship wide communication line. "Do you know how much you just sounded like Captain Hunt?" Tyr said more than asking. "Don't start with me on that right now Tyr." She said as they entered command. Rommie entered a moment later with a frightened Shay in her arms. She handed him to Angel. "I'm an android, I'm not affected as easily as organic beings." Rommie said seeing the question in her eyes. Angel nodded in her understanding. The firing had stopped and they all let out a breath that they didn't know they were even holding. They were hailed. "Hand over the child!" The greasy man said roughly. "Which child?" Beka asked. She couldn't help but ask that- but she said it seriously. "The mutt, he is not of true blood." The guy replied. "I'm not of true blood and I act like a child does that mean you want me?" Dylan asked. Everyone was laughing inwardly. "You're Captain Hunt? I thought you were a myth." The guy said. "True in the flesh and bone." Dylan said. "And he doesn't even look a day over 100." Harper smirked. "What do you want with a child?" Tyr asked full of curiosity. This wasn't a Nietzschean for the fact of the ears. "To kill him of course." He replied. "Oh no not another Piscine that is in revolt of this. We settled this six months ago." Dylan said sighing. Shay had climbed out of his mothers' arms and walked up to the screen. "You look like mommy but really dirty." He said, he was afraid and hated hearing that someone wanted to kill him. 'Don't Shay please don't' Angel thought. She knew very well how his power ability worked. Her prayers went unanswered because the guy on the screen fell dead. "Shay how could you?" Angel asked him. "He wanted to kill me, I turned it on him. Are you mad at me mommy?" Shay said turning around. Angel sat down on the command floor. She held the tears back. 'You have a lot to learn my child.' She thought as Shay walked over to her. "I'm upset with you but I am not mad. You will need to learn how to handle situations like that. You can't kill them every time dear." She said holding him on her lap. Everyone watch in quiet amazement as Angel explained a lot of stuff to her son - with the help of the crew were she needed the help. She had looked at his wrists. His spurs had finished cutting through and didn't hurt that much. Rommie had pulled Dylan aside to talk to him.
"It is the coolest" He said to the computer, "you would be in heaven with mamas ship." He remembered when he was in his mother and how the ship was so caring and helpful. The ship actually had a computer in it with a persona to it; it was a smaller version of the Andromeda but looked identical to the Maru. "Did the Maru answer you back?" Beka asked coming up front. "No but oh well." Shay said standing up in the chair. He rested his short arms and his chin on the back of the chair. Beka saw his angelic innocence in him. It scared her to see a child look so care free in the galaxy. He looked as if he was Jesus or something along those lines. She couldn't help but smile. "Hey it's time for me to go give Tyr his next dosage of medications, wanna come and help your Aunt Beka?" She asked. He looked up at her with slight fear in his eyes. He quickly calmed himself down and the fear left his eyes. "Sure." He said jumping off the chair and running to get Beka's hand. As they walked Shay became happy and bouncy. It was weird for he had had no caffeine of any kind and it was something that she didn't understand. "Beka- Tyr has been asking for you for the last 10 minutes." Andromeda said blinking in next to them when they arrived at Tyr's door. When they entered Tyr was sitting up in the bed reading a book. He didn't bother looking up until he heard Shay's voice. "Tyr are you upset that I hurt you?" Shay had a hint of fear and hurt in his voice. He no longer was holding Beka's hand. "Of course not boy. Come here and talk to me. I am bored and I know Beka has to give me medication." Tyr said reaching out to Shay. He went and sat on Tyr's lap. "You now you're such a sorry wart and a big baby when it comes to you and medications. You know that right Tyr?" Beka said as she gave him and injection of medications. "I shouldn't be subjected to this kind of torture." Tyr said. "Whats torture?" Shay asked. "It's when you are put through pain." Tyr said as simple as he could. "But Tyr is referring to being bored as his kind of torture right now." Beka said as she sat on the edge of Tyr's bed. "How long have you been awake?" "About a half an hour, I decided to read while I was waiting for you." "How are you feeling?" "Better I would like to go walk around." Tyr said. "Andromeda, where's Angel?" Beka asked. Andromeda blinked in. Seeing the three of them and how they looked like a family made her smile inwardly-if that is possible for a ships' hologram. "In my matrix, and so is Harper." She said. "Anyone to watch young Shay here?" Beka asked right when Rommie walked in. "Come on Shay I'll show you something very special." Rommie said holding her hand out. Without argument Shay went with her. Tyr and Beka went on a walk around the ship until Beka's next shift, which was in a couple more hours. Rommie stopped at the painting on the wall when they reached it. It was on the corridor near the observation deck. "What is it Rommie?" Shay asked. "It's a painting your mother painted for us before you were born. She has the same tattoo on her shoulder but without the this symbol." Rommie said pointing to the commonwealth symbol that was missing a small section on it. "Of course her tattoo is smaller then this picture too." Beka and Tyr reentered Tyr's room. They sat on his couch talking that led into them kissing. Beka was lying on her back and Tyr was lying on top and had her somewhat pinned down. Beka didn't fight him; she loved him and enjoyed kissing him even more. Their tongues explored each others mouth as they kissed breathlessly. He could smell her arousement and she could feel his by the bulge he had in his tight leather pants. She smiled inwardly. Suddenly the ship shook violently throwing both Tyr and Beka off the couch. "Here it comes 'battle stations'" Beka mumbled as she and Tyr struggled to stand up and exited his room as the ship continued to shake. As soon as the words left her mouth Dylan had said the exact same comment on the ship wide communication line. "Do you know how much you just sounded like Captain Hunt?" Tyr said more than asking. "Don't start with me on that right now Tyr." She said as they entered command. Rommie entered a moment later with a frightened Shay in her arms. She handed him to Angel. "I'm an android, I'm not affected as easily as organic beings." Rommie said seeing the question in her eyes. Angel nodded in her understanding. The firing had stopped and they all let out a breath that they didn't know they were even holding. They were hailed. "Hand over the child!" The greasy man said roughly. "Which child?" Beka asked. She couldn't help but ask that- but she said it seriously. "The mutt, he is not of true blood." The guy replied. "I'm not of true blood and I act like a child does that mean you want me?" Dylan asked. Everyone was laughing inwardly. "You're Captain Hunt? I thought you were a myth." The guy said. "True in the flesh and bone." Dylan said. "And he doesn't even look a day over 100." Harper smirked. "What do you want with a child?" Tyr asked full of curiosity. This wasn't a Nietzschean for the fact of the ears. "To kill him of course." He replied. "Oh no not another Piscine that is in revolt of this. We settled this six months ago." Dylan said sighing. Shay had climbed out of his mothers' arms and walked up to the screen. "You look like mommy but really dirty." He said, he was afraid and hated hearing that someone wanted to kill him. 'Don't Shay please don't' Angel thought. She knew very well how his power ability worked. Her prayers went unanswered because the guy on the screen fell dead. "Shay how could you?" Angel asked him. "He wanted to kill me, I turned it on him. Are you mad at me mommy?" Shay said turning around. Angel sat down on the command floor. She held the tears back. 'You have a lot to learn my child.' She thought as Shay walked over to her. "I'm upset with you but I am not mad. You will need to learn how to handle situations like that. You can't kill them every time dear." She said holding him on her lap. Everyone watch in quiet amazement as Angel explained a lot of stuff to her son - with the help of the crew were she needed the help. She had looked at his wrists. His spurs had finished cutting through and didn't hurt that much. Rommie had pulled Dylan aside to talk to him.