Face the Music, part 7
Dylan saw Rommie's foot slip, and tightened his grip on her hand. The force of her fall pulled him off his feet, and he found himself gripping tightly to the gantry with one hand, while the other held Rommie with equal intensity. He looked down, and saw that she hung only meters from the pulsating slipstream core. He gritted his teeth tightly, "Hold on!" Rommie looked up at him, "Let go! It's the only way your be able to pull yourself back up!" Dylan shook his head, "I'm not letting you go!"
Rommie reached up to his hand with her other arm, and started to pull his fingers apart. Dylan screamed, "No! Rommie, don't!" She looked up at him, tears filling her eyes, "I'm not going to let you die trying to save me." Dylan found himself beginning to cry, "If you fall, I'll let go! I can't live without you!" Rommie stopped, "What about rebuilding the Commonwealth?" Dylan shook his head, "What's the point of rebuilding civilization if the one I love is not there to share it with me?"
Rommie was shocked: Dylan was willing to give up his mission for her! Before, when he was given the chance to go back in time and be with Sera, he had given it up to continue rebuilding the Commonwealth. She was about to reply when Dylan's grip on the gantry weakened, threatening to drop them both into the reactor. She started to loosen his finger again, desperate to relive him of her weight before his grip on the gantry gave way.
She had almost succeeded in removing his hand from her wrist when the engine room was filled with the sound of klaxons and alarm going off. There was a loud thud, and the reactor core fell away from below her. A huge metal hatch closed across floor. Dylan turned to see Harper at the engineer's station, grinning for ear to ear. Huge hands gripped Dylan under the shoulders, and Tyr pulled with all his strength, pulling Dylan back up to the gantry. Dylan immediately pulled Rommie up after him. Tyr look at them, "If you two have quite finished, we have a slip-drive to recover."
Dylan didn't pay Tyr any attention: Instead he leaned over and kissed Rommie. She returned the kiss eagerly, and nether of them noticed Tyr and Harper walk off, Harper smiling, Tyr shaking his head in utter disbelief.
TBC.
Dylan saw Rommie's foot slip, and tightened his grip on her hand. The force of her fall pulled him off his feet, and he found himself gripping tightly to the gantry with one hand, while the other held Rommie with equal intensity. He looked down, and saw that she hung only meters from the pulsating slipstream core. He gritted his teeth tightly, "Hold on!" Rommie looked up at him, "Let go! It's the only way your be able to pull yourself back up!" Dylan shook his head, "I'm not letting you go!"
Rommie reached up to his hand with her other arm, and started to pull his fingers apart. Dylan screamed, "No! Rommie, don't!" She looked up at him, tears filling her eyes, "I'm not going to let you die trying to save me." Dylan found himself beginning to cry, "If you fall, I'll let go! I can't live without you!" Rommie stopped, "What about rebuilding the Commonwealth?" Dylan shook his head, "What's the point of rebuilding civilization if the one I love is not there to share it with me?"
Rommie was shocked: Dylan was willing to give up his mission for her! Before, when he was given the chance to go back in time and be with Sera, he had given it up to continue rebuilding the Commonwealth. She was about to reply when Dylan's grip on the gantry weakened, threatening to drop them both into the reactor. She started to loosen his finger again, desperate to relive him of her weight before his grip on the gantry gave way.
She had almost succeeded in removing his hand from her wrist when the engine room was filled with the sound of klaxons and alarm going off. There was a loud thud, and the reactor core fell away from below her. A huge metal hatch closed across floor. Dylan turned to see Harper at the engineer's station, grinning for ear to ear. Huge hands gripped Dylan under the shoulders, and Tyr pulled with all his strength, pulling Dylan back up to the gantry. Dylan immediately pulled Rommie up after him. Tyr look at them, "If you two have quite finished, we have a slip-drive to recover."
Dylan didn't pay Tyr any attention: Instead he leaned over and kissed Rommie. She returned the kiss eagerly, and nether of them noticed Tyr and Harper walk off, Harper smiling, Tyr shaking his head in utter disbelief.
TBC.
