The Hunter, part 20
The Slipfighter landed in the centre of the deserted town: the tracer signal from the Argo placed the craft with 20-meters of Dylan's position. He popped the canopy and jumped down to the ground. The bright sunlight hurt his eyes, so he put on a pair of tinted glasses. Now all he had to do was find Rommie and convince her that he hadn't set her up back on the Andromeda.
There was the un-mistakable sound of a heavy weapon powering-up, and Dylan jumped clear as a hail of weapons fire struck the Slipfighter. He managed to get behind a low wall before the fighter exploded: what ever happened, he wasn't leavening the way he came. Drawing his forcelance, he poked his head cautiously round the end of the wall, "Rommie, it's Dylan: we need to talk!"
"Ok then, come out." Replied a voice that seamed to come from a dozen places at once. Dylan slowly got to his feet, but dropped to the ground again as a stream of gauss-rifle rounds passed just millimetres over his head. He spat dust from his mouth, "Rommie, I just want to talk!" again the voice echoed back from all around, "The time for talking is over Dylan."
The wall shook as it took fire from a dozen different locations. Dylan covered his head as a grenade went off nearby and swore to himself: Could he really blame her for reacting this way? He had betrayed her trust after declaring his love for her. She had every right to be pissed-off at him, but if she killed him, he'd never be able to make things right between the two of them.
He threw his forcelance over the wall, "I'm unarmed. I just want to talk: hear me out, and if you want till kill me then, that's up to you!" he hopped he was doing the right thing. "Ok, talk." The voice came from just over the wall. Dylan slowly stood, his hands raised in submission: Rommie stood less than 5-meters away, a heavy gauss-rifle in her hands, it's barrel pointed directly at his head.
"Look, Rommie, I had nothing to do with what happened back on Andromeda: I didn't know about it until we got back." He looked for any sign of emotion in her eyes, but they where as hard as stone. He tried again, "The last thing I would ever do is hurt you in any way: I love you Rommie, and I want to be with you." The androids eyes stayed fixed, "Talk's cheep Dylan: actions speak louder than words."
Dylan went to take a step forward, but Rommie raised the gun to her shoulder and took aim, "Stay exactly where you are!" Dylan stopped, "Ok, ok, I'm sorry! I didn't realise what the CIIC was planning to do: I've already submitted request for pardons for both you and Dex. We can get this all sorted out, it just needs time." Their where tears in Rommie's eyes as she looked at him, "There is no time Dylan."
With that, she pulled the trigger.
TBC
(As before, the next chapter will not be posted until tomorrow.)
The Slipfighter landed in the centre of the deserted town: the tracer signal from the Argo placed the craft with 20-meters of Dylan's position. He popped the canopy and jumped down to the ground. The bright sunlight hurt his eyes, so he put on a pair of tinted glasses. Now all he had to do was find Rommie and convince her that he hadn't set her up back on the Andromeda.
There was the un-mistakable sound of a heavy weapon powering-up, and Dylan jumped clear as a hail of weapons fire struck the Slipfighter. He managed to get behind a low wall before the fighter exploded: what ever happened, he wasn't leavening the way he came. Drawing his forcelance, he poked his head cautiously round the end of the wall, "Rommie, it's Dylan: we need to talk!"
"Ok then, come out." Replied a voice that seamed to come from a dozen places at once. Dylan slowly got to his feet, but dropped to the ground again as a stream of gauss-rifle rounds passed just millimetres over his head. He spat dust from his mouth, "Rommie, I just want to talk!" again the voice echoed back from all around, "The time for talking is over Dylan."
The wall shook as it took fire from a dozen different locations. Dylan covered his head as a grenade went off nearby and swore to himself: Could he really blame her for reacting this way? He had betrayed her trust after declaring his love for her. She had every right to be pissed-off at him, but if she killed him, he'd never be able to make things right between the two of them.
He threw his forcelance over the wall, "I'm unarmed. I just want to talk: hear me out, and if you want till kill me then, that's up to you!" he hopped he was doing the right thing. "Ok, talk." The voice came from just over the wall. Dylan slowly stood, his hands raised in submission: Rommie stood less than 5-meters away, a heavy gauss-rifle in her hands, it's barrel pointed directly at his head.
"Look, Rommie, I had nothing to do with what happened back on Andromeda: I didn't know about it until we got back." He looked for any sign of emotion in her eyes, but they where as hard as stone. He tried again, "The last thing I would ever do is hurt you in any way: I love you Rommie, and I want to be with you." The androids eyes stayed fixed, "Talk's cheep Dylan: actions speak louder than words."
Dylan went to take a step forward, but Rommie raised the gun to her shoulder and took aim, "Stay exactly where you are!" Dylan stopped, "Ok, ok, I'm sorry! I didn't realise what the CIIC was planning to do: I've already submitted request for pardons for both you and Dex. We can get this all sorted out, it just needs time." Their where tears in Rommie's eyes as she looked at him, "There is no time Dylan."
With that, she pulled the trigger.
TBC
(As before, the next chapter will not be posted until tomorrow.)