The Hunter, part 14
Tyr looked at Trance, "What have you got to smile about? Trance grinned, "Dylan and Rommie, alone. I just hope they finally work things out." Tyr stopped short, "What do you mean? Rommie hates Dylan." Dex laughed, "Not true my Nietzschean friend: she told me she still loves him." Trance span- round happily, "And have you seen the way Dylan's been looking at her? It's finally going to happen!"
Tyr was even more confused, "What is?" Trance looked him in the eye, "Dylan's going to admit how he really feels for Rommie, and hopefully she'll admit she feels the same." Tyr looked down at the golden-skinned alien, "Or she may kill him for putting her through what he did." Trance's face fell, "I didn't think of that!"
Dylan leaned on Rommie as they made they made their way long the service- tunnel. He gently blew in her ear, and she giggled, "Stop that! We have a mission to complete." He smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm just so happy that everything's worked out between us." He kissed her, "God I've missed you." Rommie smiled, "And I've missed you too, but we still have to get to the main AI and convince him we're friendly. Then we have to stop the Magog."
She suddenly pushed him to the ground as a bolt of energy shot down the tunnel. Dylan shielded his eyes as it exploded further along, "Plasma- round!" Rommie took a grenade from her backpack and tossed it down the corridor: it exploded with a bright flash that temporarily blinded Dylan. He shook his head to get his vision to clear, and saw Rommie walking back towards him, "What the hell was that?"
Rommie dropped a piece of burnt metal at his feet, "Flash-grenade: it had the same effect on the sensor as it did on you. Useful for getting past automated defences and security cameras." Dylan chuckled, "Your just full of surprises aren't you!" Rommie pulled him to his feet and grinned mischievously, "Just you wait till we get back to the ship: You'll see just how full of surprises I am."
There was movement along the tunnel, and a round struck Rommie in the chest, knocking her to the ground. Dylan screamed, "NOOOOO!" A second round caught him in the shoulder, and he landed next to Rommie. He looked up to see a security Android standing over him, an extended forcelance in its hand: the weapons moved with super-human speed, smashing into the side of Dylan's head, knocking him out.
TBC
Tyr looked at Trance, "What have you got to smile about? Trance grinned, "Dylan and Rommie, alone. I just hope they finally work things out." Tyr stopped short, "What do you mean? Rommie hates Dylan." Dex laughed, "Not true my Nietzschean friend: she told me she still loves him." Trance span- round happily, "And have you seen the way Dylan's been looking at her? It's finally going to happen!"
Tyr was even more confused, "What is?" Trance looked him in the eye, "Dylan's going to admit how he really feels for Rommie, and hopefully she'll admit she feels the same." Tyr looked down at the golden-skinned alien, "Or she may kill him for putting her through what he did." Trance's face fell, "I didn't think of that!"
Dylan leaned on Rommie as they made they made their way long the service- tunnel. He gently blew in her ear, and she giggled, "Stop that! We have a mission to complete." He smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm just so happy that everything's worked out between us." He kissed her, "God I've missed you." Rommie smiled, "And I've missed you too, but we still have to get to the main AI and convince him we're friendly. Then we have to stop the Magog."
She suddenly pushed him to the ground as a bolt of energy shot down the tunnel. Dylan shielded his eyes as it exploded further along, "Plasma- round!" Rommie took a grenade from her backpack and tossed it down the corridor: it exploded with a bright flash that temporarily blinded Dylan. He shook his head to get his vision to clear, and saw Rommie walking back towards him, "What the hell was that?"
Rommie dropped a piece of burnt metal at his feet, "Flash-grenade: it had the same effect on the sensor as it did on you. Useful for getting past automated defences and security cameras." Dylan chuckled, "Your just full of surprises aren't you!" Rommie pulled him to his feet and grinned mischievously, "Just you wait till we get back to the ship: You'll see just how full of surprises I am."
There was movement along the tunnel, and a round struck Rommie in the chest, knocking her to the ground. Dylan screamed, "NOOOOO!" A second round caught him in the shoulder, and he landed next to Rommie. He looked up to see a security Android standing over him, an extended forcelance in its hand: the weapons moved with super-human speed, smashing into the side of Dylan's head, knocking him out.
TBC