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Author's Notes (AN): Thank you to all my reviewers (especially the ones who are confused). I warned you all that I might not finish this fic. so don't get mad if I don't. It's one in the morning and all I've done so far is go online and give reviews to Mercury's Winter's new fics (hehehe). I feel like shit, but since I can't get to sleep I thought I should try and at least add to, or maybe even finish, this thing. So, why don't we get started? Shall we?
Chapter 5: Misery
"My name is Asher and I'm not the one that fired on your ship. I was being held here with a friend of mine. Would you help me find her?"
Dylan almost looked shocked at the young man's blunt attitude, but composed himself readily and gestured for the boy to lead the way. They walked down the dark corridors of the ship.
"Dylan, what makes you so sure you can trust him?" Rommie said from his side.
"I don't. But how else are we going to find any answers? He doesn't appear to be a threat."
Tyr grunted from behind him and Beka tried to suppress a smile at the image of a fully grown Nietzschean bested not only by young child, but a human one at that. (AN: I know I keep saying it, but it's just so darn funny.)
They walked to the Resource Station near the rear of the ship and so far hadn't seen any sign that anyone on the ship (besides Asher) had survived the confrontation.
"So, Asher, why were you and your friend being held here?" Rommie asked after several minutes of silence.
"We're from Earth." He said it without any emotion and looked like he expected them to run back to their ship in disgust and leave him there.
"Well then. You're in luck. We have a crew member on our ship that's from Earth. Maybe you know him, Seamus Harper." (AN: Dylan's an idiot.) Dylan said from behind the boy.
Asher went slightly tense at the mention of "that" name. "I've heard of him."
"Do you know hi-"
"-Where are you from, Captain Hunt?" Dylan looked at Rommie who merely raised an eyebrow. He looked back at the boy.
"Tarn Vedra." Asher made a rude sound and it was Dylan's turn to raise his eyebrows.
"I may seem young to you, but you don't have to lie to me. I'm pretty sure I can handle knowing where you're from." The sarcasm didn't go unnoticed.
"Actually, kid, he's telling the truth. You've never heard of Dylan Hunt? New Commonwealth? Nothing?"
Asher stopped and looked at her. It made a shiver go down her spine. Harper had looked at her like that before and it always bothered-no, it terrified her. She could only imagine the things either of them had seen growing up on Earth and that scared her. Not knowing the pains of a member of her crew. Not knowing the pains of someone she cared a great deal for. This boy made her remember the things she had had to go through when Harper had first come to be a member of her crew. All those nights lying awake listening to him scream and sometimes cry until she couldn't handle it and went to sit with him. She looked away and at Rommie who she knew understood the fear. Andromeda had been there to witness Harper's more recent nightmares although they had been few and far between until the events during and after the world ship, when his nightmares had spiked to an all new high.
Tyr had continued to walk and now came to an abrupt stop in front of them. "Ship, perhaps you should aid me so we may continue?"
Rommie and Tyr shifted heavy pieces of metal from the corridor in front of them while Dylan continued to converse with the boy.
"So, what's your friend's name?"
Asher looked at him hesitantly and licked his lips. "Maegwin." Dylan had to lean in to hear him, he spoke so softly. "She's not really my friend, she's my sister."
Dylan just nodded at him. "Dylan! There's someone in the room beyond." Rommie said, nodding down the blocked corridor. "We can't clear the way though."
"Is there a way around?' Beka asked. Rommie tilted her head slightly and then walked through the wall beside them.
They just stood there staring at the wall where she had disappeared. "Alright, what the hell just happened?" Beka asked
"How'd she do that?" Asher asked Beka.
"I just asked that, kid." Beka said back.
Dylan ignored them and activated the com link on his collar. "Rommie where are you?"
"This wall appears to be a holographic projection." She said walking back through the wall as if to prove her point.
"Why would they want to have a holographic wall?"-Beka
"Isn't it obvious?" Dylan turned to Tyr. "They were attempting to hide something."
"That would be a logical assumption."-Rommie.
"Okay, through the wall we go."
(AN: Uh..stuff.)
Author's Notes (AN): Thank you to all my reviewers (especially the ones who are confused). I warned you all that I might not finish this fic. so don't get mad if I don't. It's one in the morning and all I've done so far is go online and give reviews to Mercury's Winter's new fics (hehehe). I feel like shit, but since I can't get to sleep I thought I should try and at least add to, or maybe even finish, this thing. So, why don't we get started? Shall we?
Chapter 5: Misery
"My name is Asher and I'm not the one that fired on your ship. I was being held here with a friend of mine. Would you help me find her?"
Dylan almost looked shocked at the young man's blunt attitude, but composed himself readily and gestured for the boy to lead the way. They walked down the dark corridors of the ship.
"Dylan, what makes you so sure you can trust him?" Rommie said from his side.
"I don't. But how else are we going to find any answers? He doesn't appear to be a threat."
Tyr grunted from behind him and Beka tried to suppress a smile at the image of a fully grown Nietzschean bested not only by young child, but a human one at that. (AN: I know I keep saying it, but it's just so darn funny.)
They walked to the Resource Station near the rear of the ship and so far hadn't seen any sign that anyone on the ship (besides Asher) had survived the confrontation.
"So, Asher, why were you and your friend being held here?" Rommie asked after several minutes of silence.
"We're from Earth." He said it without any emotion and looked like he expected them to run back to their ship in disgust and leave him there.
"Well then. You're in luck. We have a crew member on our ship that's from Earth. Maybe you know him, Seamus Harper." (AN: Dylan's an idiot.) Dylan said from behind the boy.
Asher went slightly tense at the mention of "that" name. "I've heard of him."
"Do you know hi-"
"-Where are you from, Captain Hunt?" Dylan looked at Rommie who merely raised an eyebrow. He looked back at the boy.
"Tarn Vedra." Asher made a rude sound and it was Dylan's turn to raise his eyebrows.
"I may seem young to you, but you don't have to lie to me. I'm pretty sure I can handle knowing where you're from." The sarcasm didn't go unnoticed.
"Actually, kid, he's telling the truth. You've never heard of Dylan Hunt? New Commonwealth? Nothing?"
Asher stopped and looked at her. It made a shiver go down her spine. Harper had looked at her like that before and it always bothered-no, it terrified her. She could only imagine the things either of them had seen growing up on Earth and that scared her. Not knowing the pains of a member of her crew. Not knowing the pains of someone she cared a great deal for. This boy made her remember the things she had had to go through when Harper had first come to be a member of her crew. All those nights lying awake listening to him scream and sometimes cry until she couldn't handle it and went to sit with him. She looked away and at Rommie who she knew understood the fear. Andromeda had been there to witness Harper's more recent nightmares although they had been few and far between until the events during and after the world ship, when his nightmares had spiked to an all new high.
Tyr had continued to walk and now came to an abrupt stop in front of them. "Ship, perhaps you should aid me so we may continue?"
Rommie and Tyr shifted heavy pieces of metal from the corridor in front of them while Dylan continued to converse with the boy.
"So, what's your friend's name?"
Asher looked at him hesitantly and licked his lips. "Maegwin." Dylan had to lean in to hear him, he spoke so softly. "She's not really my friend, she's my sister."
Dylan just nodded at him. "Dylan! There's someone in the room beyond." Rommie said, nodding down the blocked corridor. "We can't clear the way though."
"Is there a way around?' Beka asked. Rommie tilted her head slightly and then walked through the wall beside them.
They just stood there staring at the wall where she had disappeared. "Alright, what the hell just happened?" Beka asked
"How'd she do that?" Asher asked Beka.
"I just asked that, kid." Beka said back.
Dylan ignored them and activated the com link on his collar. "Rommie where are you?"
"This wall appears to be a holographic projection." She said walking back through the wall as if to prove her point.
"Why would they want to have a holographic wall?"-Beka
"Isn't it obvious?" Dylan turned to Tyr. "They were attempting to hide something."
"That would be a logical assumption."-Rommie.
"Okay, through the wall we go."
(AN: Uh..stuff.)