They all headed towards Harper's room, he and Angel and their darling child
Shay never moved back into their prepared room. When they got their Tyr and
Angel were asked nicely to wait in the corridor. They did. They woke Harper
up and pulled him to a safe corner of his room.
"Harper, do you think you could reprogram me to be able to give birth?"
Rommie asked.
Harper looked at her like he had just seen a ghost. It was something that
you couldn't do very often to make him turn that white. Angel so far has
been the only one to pull that trick off numerous times.
"Yes I can, but don't you want to talk to Dylan about this first?" Harper
asked.
"I don't want him to know yet, I'll tell him I want it to be a surprise.
Can you do that Harper?" Rommie said.
"We are both counting on you." Beka added in.
"Ok. Ok. Genius at work will keep a secret." Harper said. Beka and Rommie
nodded and left. Angel went in and crawled into bed, Harper crawled in
after her.
"What was so important that you both had to go in there?" Tyr asked when
they came out.
"A surprise Tyr, you'll know soon enough." Beka and Rommie said in unison.
The next morning Beka and Rommie went to machine shop to meet up with
Harper. Shay stayed with Rev for the day. Rev taught Shay about the Way and
the Divine. Shay was fascinated by it. He was an eager child when it came
to learning about things. Angel forbade him to even try sparring or any
other types of martial arts until he was older; his physical development
had slowed down to the speed of a human's growth.
"So exactly why are 'we' doing this?" Harper asked using the term we
loosely.
"Because I want the ability to be able to give birth. I want to give birth
to Dylan's children if he wants to, too." Rommie said.
"And you're part of this how boss?"
"Confession hour was left back with Rev about 3 hours ago Harper. Besides
I'm here to support Rommie." Beka said. Harper rolled her eyes. Rommie
giggled.
"What you think I'm funny now?"
"Didn't say that. You just hit a wire that is ticklish." Rommie said
giggling.
"Warships have tickle spots?" Beka asked blankly.
"Angel did that when she upgraded me. It was accidental; she modified some
of the modifications. But there are still some kinks in my wires." Rommie
said. Rommie enjoyed a lot of the modifications Angel and Harper had done.
She had more memory room and the sensors and all of her equipment was 50%
better then before the fall. She hated comparing to that time.
"There all done Rom-doll. I still don't understand why you didn't want to
approve it past Dylan first." Harper said.
"Harper just keep your skinny Earth mouth shut on this, kapeesh?" Beka
said.
"Aye, aye ma'am" Harper said giving Beka and Rommie both a mock salute as
they left. They just sighed. They had spent six long hours in Harper's room
that day; and they were exhausted. They couldn't figure out how Harper
could stay so hyper for six straight hours. They went to get something to
eat- well so Beka could eat. Rommie didn't feel like trying to eat the
android-friendly type food today. She was really worked up on her surprise.
"So when are you gonna tell him?" Beka asked. When she asked to question neither of them heard Dylan approach. Andromeda flickered on the video screen and in hologram. "Tell who what?" Dylan asked making Rommie and Beka jump about 3 feet into the air. "Don't do that Dylan Hunt!!" Beka yelled. "Ah the joys of you not being able to call me by my full name." Dylan said with a smile. "I can always find out." Beka said looking at the video screen. "You wouldn't" Dylan said to the computer image. "I might I might not Captain." She said. "I can get it out of one of the three of them Dylan, you know that." Beka said. She pointed to all three versions of Andromeda. Dylan looked at Rommie who was staring at him with the biggest smile on her face. "Well what is it dear?" Dylan asked. Even though he only called Rommie 'dear' at times he would still call her Rommie. "Come lets go talk in your office." Rommie said jumping up, grabbing Dylan by the wrist and pulling him to his office. "Auntie Beka" Shay said running up to Beka in mess. "Well look what was brought in by the Divine." Beka said smiling looking at Rev. "Nice sense of humor Beka. He's hungry I'll get him some food will you calm him down please. He's much to bouncy." Rev said walking towards the auto- chiefs. "Are you causing our Wayist trouble?" Beka asked Shay as she sat him down at the table. "I'm just curious is all. I don't mean too." Shay said sadly. "It's ok you're not in trouble young child. You just wear people and Magog's out. How about you take a nap after our lunch break?" Rev said placing food in front of Shay. Shay ate it hungrily. "Has he been feed at all today?" Beka asked. There was a hint of humor in the question. "Yes he has Beka, he has a lot of energy for a toddler." Rev said. "I can see, maybe a nap will help, how about I'll take him after lunch and you go do whatever Dylan may need you for." Beka said. Rev agreed to the thought. He left and went in search for Angel. He found Angel with Trance in medical. "You two having a nice time in here?" Rev asked making them both jump. "Blast a minute Rev. Wouldn't have it any other way." Angel said with a huge grin. "I'll see you later Angel and we'll talk then when we both are off duty." Trance said as she gathered her kit and headed off to find Harper. It was time for his monthly check-up.
"So when are you gonna tell him?" Beka asked. When she asked to question neither of them heard Dylan approach. Andromeda flickered on the video screen and in hologram. "Tell who what?" Dylan asked making Rommie and Beka jump about 3 feet into the air. "Don't do that Dylan Hunt!!" Beka yelled. "Ah the joys of you not being able to call me by my full name." Dylan said with a smile. "I can always find out." Beka said looking at the video screen. "You wouldn't" Dylan said to the computer image. "I might I might not Captain." She said. "I can get it out of one of the three of them Dylan, you know that." Beka said. She pointed to all three versions of Andromeda. Dylan looked at Rommie who was staring at him with the biggest smile on her face. "Well what is it dear?" Dylan asked. Even though he only called Rommie 'dear' at times he would still call her Rommie. "Come lets go talk in your office." Rommie said jumping up, grabbing Dylan by the wrist and pulling him to his office. "Auntie Beka" Shay said running up to Beka in mess. "Well look what was brought in by the Divine." Beka said smiling looking at Rev. "Nice sense of humor Beka. He's hungry I'll get him some food will you calm him down please. He's much to bouncy." Rev said walking towards the auto- chiefs. "Are you causing our Wayist trouble?" Beka asked Shay as she sat him down at the table. "I'm just curious is all. I don't mean too." Shay said sadly. "It's ok you're not in trouble young child. You just wear people and Magog's out. How about you take a nap after our lunch break?" Rev said placing food in front of Shay. Shay ate it hungrily. "Has he been feed at all today?" Beka asked. There was a hint of humor in the question. "Yes he has Beka, he has a lot of energy for a toddler." Rev said. "I can see, maybe a nap will help, how about I'll take him after lunch and you go do whatever Dylan may need you for." Beka said. Rev agreed to the thought. He left and went in search for Angel. He found Angel with Trance in medical. "You two having a nice time in here?" Rev asked making them both jump. "Blast a minute Rev. Wouldn't have it any other way." Angel said with a huge grin. "I'll see you later Angel and we'll talk then when we both are off duty." Trance said as she gathered her kit and headed off to find Harper. It was time for his monthly check-up.
