The Hunter, part 31
Rommie hit the deck hard, and lay motionless.
"NNNNOOOOOOO!!!" Dylan screamed as he ran to her side. Beka turned to Trance, "What have you done to her?" Trance smiled, "Something wonderful." The light emanating from within her body grew, forcing the crew to shield their eyes.
The light died, and Trance was gone.
Beka looked at the screen and saw the shockwave from the Nova Bombs was approaching the Andromeda at high speed. She span the ship round and quickly took it into slipstream. The ship was rocked as the slip-portal behind them collapsed, sending a ripple along the energy cords. Beka used every ounce of her skill to keep the ship on course. With a shudder, it transited to the New St. Petersburg system.
Dylan lifted Rommie from the deck and ran from command, "Andromeda, get Harper to the machine shop, NOW!" He ran along the corridors, crewmembers jumping out of his way rather than get run-down.
Harper was in the engine room when Ann suddenly grabbed his arm, "We have to get to the machine shop: something has happened to Rommie." Harper's eyes went wide, "What?" Ann shook her head, "I don't know: Trance did something to the Spirit of the Abyss, I think she killed it, then appeared on Command and hit Rommie with some kind of light-beam." Harper grabbed his tool-belt and ran out of the door.
Dylan had already reached the machine shop when Harper cam tearing trough the door, Ann following close behind. The engineer wasted no time in running his scanner over Rommie's still form. His jaw dropped as he looked at the readings, "What the?" He put his hand on the side of her neck and jumped back like he'd been burned, "Ann, scan Rommie and tell me what you see." The Avatar held her hand over Rommie and her eyes went wide, "How did that happen?"
Dylan looked at the two of them, "How did what happen?" Harper handed Dylan his sensor, "I don't know how to tell you this Boss, but Rommie's not an Android anymore: she's human!" Dylan grabbed the sensor and ran it over Rommie. He held her wrist: sure enough, there was a pulse. He looked at her again, and for the first time saw the slow, steady rising and lowering of her chest as she breathed. Without saying a word, he lifted her up and carried her to medical.
Dex was still in bed when Dylan came through the door, Rommie in his arms. He pulled himself out of bed and walked shakily to the examination table, "What happened to her?" Andromeda's hologram appeared, "Trance did something to her: she's human." Rommie opened her eyes, "I'm what?" Dylan held her hand as the doctors started running test on her, "I don't know what Trance did to you, but your human now." Rommie smiled, "Where is she, I want to thank her." Dylan was confused, "Why?" Rommie looked at him, "Because now there's nothing stopping us from being together."
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Rommie hit the deck hard, and lay motionless.
"NNNNOOOOOOO!!!" Dylan screamed as he ran to her side. Beka turned to Trance, "What have you done to her?" Trance smiled, "Something wonderful." The light emanating from within her body grew, forcing the crew to shield their eyes.
The light died, and Trance was gone.
Beka looked at the screen and saw the shockwave from the Nova Bombs was approaching the Andromeda at high speed. She span the ship round and quickly took it into slipstream. The ship was rocked as the slip-portal behind them collapsed, sending a ripple along the energy cords. Beka used every ounce of her skill to keep the ship on course. With a shudder, it transited to the New St. Petersburg system.
Dylan lifted Rommie from the deck and ran from command, "Andromeda, get Harper to the machine shop, NOW!" He ran along the corridors, crewmembers jumping out of his way rather than get run-down.
Harper was in the engine room when Ann suddenly grabbed his arm, "We have to get to the machine shop: something has happened to Rommie." Harper's eyes went wide, "What?" Ann shook her head, "I don't know: Trance did something to the Spirit of the Abyss, I think she killed it, then appeared on Command and hit Rommie with some kind of light-beam." Harper grabbed his tool-belt and ran out of the door.
Dylan had already reached the machine shop when Harper cam tearing trough the door, Ann following close behind. The engineer wasted no time in running his scanner over Rommie's still form. His jaw dropped as he looked at the readings, "What the?" He put his hand on the side of her neck and jumped back like he'd been burned, "Ann, scan Rommie and tell me what you see." The Avatar held her hand over Rommie and her eyes went wide, "How did that happen?"
Dylan looked at the two of them, "How did what happen?" Harper handed Dylan his sensor, "I don't know how to tell you this Boss, but Rommie's not an Android anymore: she's human!" Dylan grabbed the sensor and ran it over Rommie. He held her wrist: sure enough, there was a pulse. He looked at her again, and for the first time saw the slow, steady rising and lowering of her chest as she breathed. Without saying a word, he lifted her up and carried her to medical.
Dex was still in bed when Dylan came through the door, Rommie in his arms. He pulled himself out of bed and walked shakily to the examination table, "What happened to her?" Andromeda's hologram appeared, "Trance did something to her: she's human." Rommie opened her eyes, "I'm what?" Dylan held her hand as the doctors started running test on her, "I don't know what Trance did to you, but your human now." Rommie smiled, "Where is she, I want to thank her." Dylan was confused, "Why?" Rommie looked at him, "Because now there's nothing stopping us from being together."
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