Face the Music, part 6
The next morning, Beka, Tyr, Trance and Heaper sat at a table in the mess hall, discussing the events of the night before. Beka turned to Trance, "So Dylan admitted to you that he loves Rommie?" Trance nodded, "And right after that, he asked me to leave." Tyr shook his head, "What douse he hope to gain be staring a relationship with an Android?" Beka looked at him, "Not everyone thinks like a Nietzschean Tyr: some of us have what we call 'emotions', and these 'emotions' can be very strange and powerful things." Tyr glared at her, "I know full what emotions are, but what is the point? They can't start a family." He fell silent as Dylan entered the room.
The other also fell quiet, watching him from the corner of their eyes. He collected his tray and walked to a table at the far end of the room, his back to them. Harper raised his eyebrow, "Has anyone seen Rommie this morning?" The others exchanged glances. Beka sighed, and led the way to Rommie's quarters. Trance knocked on the door, "Rommie, are you in there?" Silence. Beka tried, "Rommie, is there anything you want to talk about?" Again, they where met with silence. Harper pulled an override from his pocked at placed it over the hatch controls. The door opened, revelling an empty room. Trance picked up a piece of paper from the table and read it to the others: "Dear Dylan, I know I can't change the way I feel for you, and that you won't order my dismantling, so I've decided to take matters into my own hands. Goodbye. Love, Rommie." Beka grabbed the note and ran back to the mess hall.
Dylan was sipping his coffee when Beka handed him the note. He scanned it, and his face went white. He stood bolt upright, "Andromeda!" The hologram appeared before him, "Yes?" He held up the note so she could read it, "Where is she?" The hologram blinked, "In the engine room, above the exotic- matter reactor." The holograms eyes went wide, "Dylan, she's going to jump!" Dylan moved at a speed he'd never before accomplished, even in the midst of battle.
He ran along the corridors, and slid down the ladders that lead to the engine room. The hatchway opened before him, and he stopped cold: Rommie stood on a gantry high above the reactor core, looking down into the swirling cauldron of energy. He gasped, "Rommie!" the Avatar turned to face him, "It's the only way Dylan." He started to climb the ladder that led up to the gantry, "No Rommie, it's not!" he slowly stood on the narrow access way, "I spoke to Trance last night, and she helped me to realise that I love you!" Rommie looked at him, tears filling her eyes, "You're only saying that to stop me from jumping." Dylan took a careful step towards Rommie, "You know me better than that. If I just wanted you to come back down, I would have ordered you too." He took her hand, "If you jump, I jump. I love you Rommie."
Rommie didn't know what to say: he loved her! He had risked his life to reach her, and had admitted it her face that he loved her. She tried to speak, but words failed her. She turned to face him, but slipped and fell from the gantry.
TBC.
The next morning, Beka, Tyr, Trance and Heaper sat at a table in the mess hall, discussing the events of the night before. Beka turned to Trance, "So Dylan admitted to you that he loves Rommie?" Trance nodded, "And right after that, he asked me to leave." Tyr shook his head, "What douse he hope to gain be staring a relationship with an Android?" Beka looked at him, "Not everyone thinks like a Nietzschean Tyr: some of us have what we call 'emotions', and these 'emotions' can be very strange and powerful things." Tyr glared at her, "I know full what emotions are, but what is the point? They can't start a family." He fell silent as Dylan entered the room.
The other also fell quiet, watching him from the corner of their eyes. He collected his tray and walked to a table at the far end of the room, his back to them. Harper raised his eyebrow, "Has anyone seen Rommie this morning?" The others exchanged glances. Beka sighed, and led the way to Rommie's quarters. Trance knocked on the door, "Rommie, are you in there?" Silence. Beka tried, "Rommie, is there anything you want to talk about?" Again, they where met with silence. Harper pulled an override from his pocked at placed it over the hatch controls. The door opened, revelling an empty room. Trance picked up a piece of paper from the table and read it to the others: "Dear Dylan, I know I can't change the way I feel for you, and that you won't order my dismantling, so I've decided to take matters into my own hands. Goodbye. Love, Rommie." Beka grabbed the note and ran back to the mess hall.
Dylan was sipping his coffee when Beka handed him the note. He scanned it, and his face went white. He stood bolt upright, "Andromeda!" The hologram appeared before him, "Yes?" He held up the note so she could read it, "Where is she?" The hologram blinked, "In the engine room, above the exotic- matter reactor." The holograms eyes went wide, "Dylan, she's going to jump!" Dylan moved at a speed he'd never before accomplished, even in the midst of battle.
He ran along the corridors, and slid down the ladders that lead to the engine room. The hatchway opened before him, and he stopped cold: Rommie stood on a gantry high above the reactor core, looking down into the swirling cauldron of energy. He gasped, "Rommie!" the Avatar turned to face him, "It's the only way Dylan." He started to climb the ladder that led up to the gantry, "No Rommie, it's not!" he slowly stood on the narrow access way, "I spoke to Trance last night, and she helped me to realise that I love you!" Rommie looked at him, tears filling her eyes, "You're only saying that to stop me from jumping." Dylan took a careful step towards Rommie, "You know me better than that. If I just wanted you to come back down, I would have ordered you too." He took her hand, "If you jump, I jump. I love you Rommie."
Rommie didn't know what to say: he loved her! He had risked his life to reach her, and had admitted it her face that he loved her. She tried to speak, but words failed her. She turned to face him, but slipped and fell from the gantry.
TBC.
