The Hunter, part 4
Rommie quickly made her way back to the brig and opened the cell door, "Dex, We're leaving." The pilot stood and followed her from the room and down the corridor towards the hanger. He finally plucked up the courage to ask the question, "How did it go?" Rommie stopped, "Badly: He says they need me to come back, but I can't forgive him for what happened."
"Maybe you should look beyond that."
Rommie stopped and span round, "Trance!" She grabbed the young woman and lifted her off the deck and up against the wall, "You're the one who told me to tell Dylan how I felt!" Trance grabbed Rommie's hand and tried to loosen the vice-like grip, "I'm sorry: I didn't know it would end like this!" Rommie's eyes where hard and uncaring, "Have you any idea of the things I've had to do to survive since leaving? Don't you have memories of that from your future?" Trances gasped, trying to breath, "It wasn't meant to end like this, I swear!"
Rommie's mouth twisted into an evil scow, "And how was it meant to work out?" Trance's eyes had stated to bulge, "He was meant to realise that he loves you too! I'm sure that if you hadn't left, he would have." Rommie loosened her grip, and Trance dropped to the floor, gasping for breath, "Well he didn't. Goodbye Trance." She pushed past a stunned Dex and continued on her way.
They made their way to the hanger, and Rommie stopped at the airlock, "Out of the way Valentine!" Beka stood at the hatch to Rommie's ship, "You should stay you know. We need you. Dylan needs you." Rommie took a few steps forward, "Get out of my way Beka, I don't want to have to hurt you." Beka stood her ground, "What happened to you? Why have you changed so much?" Rommie tilted her head to the side and smiled, "You always told me the universe had become a cruel and dangerous place: Well, I got to experience it for myself. Now get out of my god-damn way!"
Beka stood aside as Rommie and Dex climbed into their ship and prepared for takeoff. She made her way through the airlock, and sealed it just as Harper arrived, "What's going on? Why she leaving?" Beka shook her head, "She's been trough to much to let go of what happened between her and Dylan. She's not the Rommie we used to know." They watched through the window as the ship took-off.
Rommie sat brooding at the weapons station as Dex headed for the slipstream portal. He turned his head to the side, "Hay Boss, your friends are trying to hail us." Rommie looked at him, "Let them. Nowhere dose it say we have to answer." Dex nodded, knowing when it was best to keep quiet. They where mere seconds from slipstream when Rommie laid her hand on his shoulder, "Wait." She leaned over and answered the hail: Dylan's face filled the screen, "Rommie, I know I hurt you but." Rommie raised a finger to silence him, "If I come back, it's under my rules, and for my reasons. Agreed?" Dylan nodded, "Agreed."
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Rommie quickly made her way back to the brig and opened the cell door, "Dex, We're leaving." The pilot stood and followed her from the room and down the corridor towards the hanger. He finally plucked up the courage to ask the question, "How did it go?" Rommie stopped, "Badly: He says they need me to come back, but I can't forgive him for what happened."
"Maybe you should look beyond that."
Rommie stopped and span round, "Trance!" She grabbed the young woman and lifted her off the deck and up against the wall, "You're the one who told me to tell Dylan how I felt!" Trance grabbed Rommie's hand and tried to loosen the vice-like grip, "I'm sorry: I didn't know it would end like this!" Rommie's eyes where hard and uncaring, "Have you any idea of the things I've had to do to survive since leaving? Don't you have memories of that from your future?" Trances gasped, trying to breath, "It wasn't meant to end like this, I swear!"
Rommie's mouth twisted into an evil scow, "And how was it meant to work out?" Trance's eyes had stated to bulge, "He was meant to realise that he loves you too! I'm sure that if you hadn't left, he would have." Rommie loosened her grip, and Trance dropped to the floor, gasping for breath, "Well he didn't. Goodbye Trance." She pushed past a stunned Dex and continued on her way.
They made their way to the hanger, and Rommie stopped at the airlock, "Out of the way Valentine!" Beka stood at the hatch to Rommie's ship, "You should stay you know. We need you. Dylan needs you." Rommie took a few steps forward, "Get out of my way Beka, I don't want to have to hurt you." Beka stood her ground, "What happened to you? Why have you changed so much?" Rommie tilted her head to the side and smiled, "You always told me the universe had become a cruel and dangerous place: Well, I got to experience it for myself. Now get out of my god-damn way!"
Beka stood aside as Rommie and Dex climbed into their ship and prepared for takeoff. She made her way through the airlock, and sealed it just as Harper arrived, "What's going on? Why she leaving?" Beka shook her head, "She's been trough to much to let go of what happened between her and Dylan. She's not the Rommie we used to know." They watched through the window as the ship took-off.
Rommie sat brooding at the weapons station as Dex headed for the slipstream portal. He turned his head to the side, "Hay Boss, your friends are trying to hail us." Rommie looked at him, "Let them. Nowhere dose it say we have to answer." Dex nodded, knowing when it was best to keep quiet. They where mere seconds from slipstream when Rommie laid her hand on his shoulder, "Wait." She leaned over and answered the hail: Dylan's face filled the screen, "Rommie, I know I hurt you but." Rommie raised a finger to silence him, "If I come back, it's under my rules, and for my reasons. Agreed?" Dylan nodded, "Agreed."
TBC