Disclaimer: See previous for Andromeda disclaimer. I don't own the song
'One by One'. Chumbawamba does.
Author's Notes (AN): I don't have any. Although the story is a little more serious in this chapter and the next.
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Chapter 7: Pain
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Acid rain fell from the heavens coating him. He had been here before. This was a real memory, not like the others. Why were some real and others not? He wished he was home not here again; having to survive again. It felt like the flashes had begun years ago. He had all but kept his sanity trying to deal with his memories and..whatever these others were.
He walked down the filth ridden streets. He saw a woman sitting on the curb beside him cradling a dead baby.
"Hush little baby don't say a word."
He couldn't handle it again. Not again.
He ran as hard and as fast as he could. Why was this happening to him?
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"Trance his brain waves have spiked again. He's beginning to become restless."
Trance stood beside the unconscious form of her friend scanning him again and again. "Andromeda, I still don't know what's causing this. I-I don't know what to do."
"Trance, you've been very strange to my since you first became part of this crew and I know you have some kind of powers..Are you sure you can't help him? I do know how to keep a secret."
Trance completely ignored her and went to the tray beside the bed to get a different scanner. "Wait! Andromeda put his brain waves on the view."
Trance looked down at the consul and slowly began to grin like an idiot. "Got it."
"Contacting Dylan."
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"There once was a man from Nantucket. Who liked to spit his tabbacci in a bucket. He lived with his wife. What a terrible life, but soon gave up and said fu-"
"-Maegwin, what did I tell you about that song?"
Maegwin whirled around and saw her brother standing beside-who was he standing beside? But she didn't truly care as long as Asher was there she would be safe. She ran up to him and enveloped him in a hug.
"I thought you were..well ..you know."
Rommie quickly began scanning her for injuries, but after finding none they began their trek back to the Maru.
They were passing through the corridor leading to the hatchway when Dylan's com beeped. "Hunt."
"Dylan, something strange has happened to Harper. He's in some form of stasis and has been for about twenty minutes. Trance thinks she can devise a way to get him back."
Dylan looked back at Beka who looked a little worried. "We're on our way. Set up two crews' quarters. We're going to have some visitors for awhile. Hunt out."
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"Pontius Pilate came to our town
Up to the dockyards to see the picket line
We asked him to help but he just turned around
He's the leader of the Union now
Leader of the Union
All of our questions he ignored
He washed his hands and he dreamt of his reward
A seat in the House of Lords."
The singing continued through the cold night and reached mournful ears. No one was crying. They were either beyond caring or simply thought it was a bad idea to waste vital fluids like water. Harper stood alone. Apart from the rest. He remembered this all to well. Has much as he wished he didn't. But that didn't matter as the fires burned. The smell of burning flesh; the site of a loved one as the skin peeled back from their bones from the heat of the flames bubbling and dripping onto the other bodies. His cousins among them. He remembered this all to well for he was the one to cause it. Their bodies burned because of him. And now he was alone forever.
Author's Notes (AN): I don't have any. Although the story is a little more serious in this chapter and the next.
~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~
Chapter 7: Pain
~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~
Acid rain fell from the heavens coating him. He had been here before. This was a real memory, not like the others. Why were some real and others not? He wished he was home not here again; having to survive again. It felt like the flashes had begun years ago. He had all but kept his sanity trying to deal with his memories and..whatever these others were.
He walked down the filth ridden streets. He saw a woman sitting on the curb beside him cradling a dead baby.
"Hush little baby don't say a word."
He couldn't handle it again. Not again.
He ran as hard and as fast as he could. Why was this happening to him?
**************
"Trance his brain waves have spiked again. He's beginning to become restless."
Trance stood beside the unconscious form of her friend scanning him again and again. "Andromeda, I still don't know what's causing this. I-I don't know what to do."
"Trance, you've been very strange to my since you first became part of this crew and I know you have some kind of powers..Are you sure you can't help him? I do know how to keep a secret."
Trance completely ignored her and went to the tray beside the bed to get a different scanner. "Wait! Andromeda put his brain waves on the view."
Trance looked down at the consul and slowly began to grin like an idiot. "Got it."
"Contacting Dylan."
***********
"There once was a man from Nantucket. Who liked to spit his tabbacci in a bucket. He lived with his wife. What a terrible life, but soon gave up and said fu-"
"-Maegwin, what did I tell you about that song?"
Maegwin whirled around and saw her brother standing beside-who was he standing beside? But she didn't truly care as long as Asher was there she would be safe. She ran up to him and enveloped him in a hug.
"I thought you were..well ..you know."
Rommie quickly began scanning her for injuries, but after finding none they began their trek back to the Maru.
They were passing through the corridor leading to the hatchway when Dylan's com beeped. "Hunt."
"Dylan, something strange has happened to Harper. He's in some form of stasis and has been for about twenty minutes. Trance thinks she can devise a way to get him back."
Dylan looked back at Beka who looked a little worried. "We're on our way. Set up two crews' quarters. We're going to have some visitors for awhile. Hunt out."
***********
"Pontius Pilate came to our town
Up to the dockyards to see the picket line
We asked him to help but he just turned around
He's the leader of the Union now
Leader of the Union
All of our questions he ignored
He washed his hands and he dreamt of his reward
A seat in the House of Lords."
The singing continued through the cold night and reached mournful ears. No one was crying. They were either beyond caring or simply thought it was a bad idea to waste vital fluids like water. Harper stood alone. Apart from the rest. He remembered this all to well. Has much as he wished he didn't. But that didn't matter as the fires burned. The smell of burning flesh; the site of a loved one as the skin peeled back from their bones from the heat of the flames bubbling and dripping onto the other bodies. His cousins among them. He remembered this all to well for he was the one to cause it. Their bodies burned because of him. And now he was alone forever.