Disclaimer- Not mine yet. I'm working on ownership.
*yells as legal letter cuts finger*
All right, I admit it, it's not mine, I don't own it, I have no rights to this show. *turns to lawyer* How often do I have say this? Oh, right.
A/N- Sara, thank you for your review. Yours was the only one for chapter 4 for so long.
DB- sorry but out of all my friends, I got the highest in our English GCSE's. In fact, I'm helping two with essays for their re-sit. (poor things!) That means I'm stuck beta-ing my own stuff unfortunately for you the readers, but please be patient, I am trying. ^___^

Hope

Hey fish- face.
called Darwin happily as he swam to the side of the moon pool. He flipped his tail to splash his friend, but Lucas was expecting it and dodged the splash.
What were you doing at my room Darwin? Captain says he thinks you want to talk to me. What about?
Lucas sat on the edge of the moon pool again and waited for an answer.
Friends returning Lucas. Promise made is being kept.
Friends who made a promise are returning, Lucas repeated, His brow creased and he regarded the dolphin with puzzled eyes.
What friends Darwin? Darwin splashed again, out of frustration this time and tried again.
Friends promised to return. Promise made is being kept.
Lucas' eyes narrowed in suspicion and he asked his next question with trepidation.
Why did they promise to return? What do they want?
Return for Lucas. They want hope.
The teen's eyes widened as comprehension spread across his face. He stood up so suddenly that Darwin jerked back in surprise.
Oh my God...
_ _ _

Tim sighed as he ran his eyes over his board. Nothing was happening. Absolutely nothing. Not a single thing. Wait. What was that? Sitting up slightly straighter he listened intently, positive he had heard something. But the console didn't show any transmissions, incoming or outgoing.
I didn't think I was that board. Maybe I'm just tired.'
As the though finished forming, he heard it again. A whisper, just loud enough for him to hear.
We will return. We promise.
Shaking his head, he quickly checked the logs. As he had expected they showed nothing and no sound had been recorded. Sighing he thought back over the last week or so to when he had first heard the whisper. Then he focused on each other occurrence.
A small frown played over his features as he realised that every other day, he had heard the whisper at exactly the same time and only once.
Why was today different?
_ _ _

Miguel looked up as he heard Tim shift in his chair, wondering if anything was happening. He saw Tim's eyes flick quickly over his panel.
Checking transmissions,' he guessed. Wonder why.'
Before he could see Tim checking the logs, Miguel was distracted by a reading on his sensors. As he opened his mouth to report it, the reading disappeared. He stared at the screen in puzzlement.
What the hell was that?'
Unconsciously mimicking his friend, he quickly called up the logs, only to find nothing was recorded.
With a frown tugging at his face, he turned back to the sensors, only to see the reading again. But before he could do or say anything, it disappeared like before, leaving his screen blank.
_ _ _

Bridger leaned back into his chair, heaving a sigh of pure boredom. He almost wished he could see the image and hear the voice again, just to afford a distraction. His brow furrowed as he realised he could hear something. As he listened, the sound resolved itself in to running footsteps. Bridger barely had time to grin and think, Lucas,' before the boy came pelting on to the bridge. He skidded to a halt by the Captain's chair,hs entrance being so usual, only Bridger bothered to look up.
Hello again, he smiled.
Lucas just grinned slightly, to out of breath to reply. It didn't take him long to recover from his mad dash though and he returned the Captain's greeting.
Hi. Can I talk to you?
Sure kiddo. But I thought you were talking to Darwin. Bridger looked for the dolphin in the aqua- tubes but he wasn't there.
I was talking to him. I have talked to him. Now I need to talk to you.
Bridger held up his hand.
Slow down kiddo. What do you want to talk to me about?
Lucas took a deep breath and shifted his gaze so as his eyes were fixed on Bridger.



Dum dum dum!
Is this a plot surfacing at last? I certainly hope so. How many of you had this figured already? Review and let me know. If you really want to, you could tell me what you think of the story too.
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