Authors Notes: Again a short 'n' sweet little piece with our yummy engineer! Please review!
Namesake
Harper opened another cupboard searching through the contents and slamming it shut again.
"Where the hell's my freaking beer," he muttered trying another cupboard again with no luck.
"What are you looking for?" A voice asked from the doorway. Harper looked over to see the new crewmember standing their watching him, a curious look on her face. She had only been on board for a couple of weeks but Harper was beginning to like the mysterious purple alien.
"A beer" Harper explained "Can I help you Trance?"
"I was just wondering what you were doing." Trance said smiling "And you won't find any alcohol, Beka threw it all away."
Harper scowled "Great, I really need a drink"
"Well I brought this new drink when we stopped for supplies on that drift." Trance said with a smile "I liked the name"
She went over to the fridge and pulled out a can, passing it over to the engineer. "Beka doesn't like it, but you might"
"Sparky Cola" Harper read "Warning: Do not operate heavy machinery or navigate the slipstream while under the influence of this beverage"
He raised an eyebrow and took a slip from the can. "Not bad" he said with and grin, jumping to sit on the counter.
"Um...Harper can I ask you something?" Trance said
"What is it?" Harper asked, taking another mouthful of the fizzy liquid.
"Where did you get your name? Harper's a really strange name."
"So is Trance" Harper said, grinning but unsure where this conversation was going.
"Yes but your human" Trance said, sitting beside him.
"Harper's my last name" he explained, "My full name is Seamus Zelazny Harper"
"So why do you go by Harper and not Seamus?"
Harper swallowed wondering how to explain. Trance looked innocently at him, waiting for an answer.
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"Come on now Seamus blow out the candle."
The now five-year-old boy took a deep breath and closed him eyes.
"Make a wish," His father said as Seamus blew old the candle on top of his piece of bread.
Seamus opened his eyes as his family cheered. He grinned and his mother passed his baby brother over to his father so she could pick up her oldest son.
He giggled as she hugged him and gave his mother the cheeky grin she knew so well. Even when they had to go days without any food Seamus still managed to smile for her.
"You live up to your namesake" She said to her son.
"What's a nameshake mommy?"
"It's namesake Seamus, and it's when you're named after some one, someone important."
"So who am I nameded after?" The little boy in her arms asked.
His mom smiled, tears coming to her eyes. "When I was little I had a twin brother called Seamus. He was my best friend in the whole world and whenever I was upset Shay could always make me laugh."
"That's what you call me!" Seamus exclaimed, "You call me Shay"
"That's because it's what I used to call my brother too." His mom said
"So how comes I haven't meets him?" Seamus whispered looking up at him mom
"When we were ten some Neitzschean's came and took Seamus away from us." She whispered, a tear falling, "So when you were born I called you after him. He was my most favourite person in the world."
Seamus fidgeted round in her lab to face he properly "I'm gonna always make you laugh mommy. Just like my nameshake"
His mom laughed and Seamus smiled when hearing it. "You all ready do Seamus. Now I think all your cousins are waiting for you."
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"My mom gave me the name Seamus" Harper whispered looking over at Trance.
The purple alien's tail was twisting round her nervously, the young girl wondering if she had started the wrong conversation. She hadn't known the engineer for that long, only a few weeks but had never seen him look so said before; he normally hid everything under a bright grin and a sarcastic comment.
"Do you mind me asking what happened to her?" She asked gently, knowing form experience that sometimes talking to people about bad things helped.
"She died, saving me" He was even more quiet now, barley above a whisper.
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Someone was outside the house; Seamus could hear them moving around. Booted feet stepping on the broken glass. The young boys lay with his eyes closed, barely daring to breath. The body beside him moved and a little voice whispered "Shay what's goin' on?"
"Stay still Liam, and be quiet" Seamus whispered back, his body tense, listening to the noise outside.
He could hear his mom and dad in the next room, they were talking softly, so Seamus couldn't hear all the words. One word stuck out though. Neitzschean. Liam's small head poked up from under the blanket.
"Why did mommy say Neitzsion?" he stumbled over the word, his three year old face full of innocence.
Seamus swallowed ""It's okay Liam, stay quiet"
The younger boy fell silent, trusting his big brother. A figure moved in the darkness and Seamus recognised the footsteps of his mother. Her blond hair hung down in strands and her face was pale.
"Shay, sweetie are you awake?"
Seamus opened his blue eyes and nodded. His mother sat on the end of the bed, being careful not to squash Liam. "I need you to listen to me okay?"
Again Seamus nodded, a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"I want you to take Liam and go out the back way, and go to over aunts."
He opened his mouth to argue but his mother stopped him.
"Take him and run Shay, just run."
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"I'm sorry Harper" Trance said softy, gently touching his arm.
"You didn't know" Harper said, "It's okay, it was long time ago."
She nodded not quite convinced but not wanting to say anything else that could upset him. He downed the last of his Sparky Cola and smiled
"Hey Purple Sparky one, this stuff is great. I think I'll have another one."
Trance smiled back but before she could say anything Beka's voice came over the speaker "Everyone we have reached Infinity Atoll, pack your sun block and we will go down and met our employer."
Harper jumped loudly off the table followed by Trance though the later was quieter.
"You heard the lady," he said, letting Trance out the room first. "Hey, do you think we'll be able to buy anymore Sparky's while we're down there?"
Namesake
Harper opened another cupboard searching through the contents and slamming it shut again.
"Where the hell's my freaking beer," he muttered trying another cupboard again with no luck.
"What are you looking for?" A voice asked from the doorway. Harper looked over to see the new crewmember standing their watching him, a curious look on her face. She had only been on board for a couple of weeks but Harper was beginning to like the mysterious purple alien.
"A beer" Harper explained "Can I help you Trance?"
"I was just wondering what you were doing." Trance said smiling "And you won't find any alcohol, Beka threw it all away."
Harper scowled "Great, I really need a drink"
"Well I brought this new drink when we stopped for supplies on that drift." Trance said with a smile "I liked the name"
She went over to the fridge and pulled out a can, passing it over to the engineer. "Beka doesn't like it, but you might"
"Sparky Cola" Harper read "Warning: Do not operate heavy machinery or navigate the slipstream while under the influence of this beverage"
He raised an eyebrow and took a slip from the can. "Not bad" he said with and grin, jumping to sit on the counter.
"Um...Harper can I ask you something?" Trance said
"What is it?" Harper asked, taking another mouthful of the fizzy liquid.
"Where did you get your name? Harper's a really strange name."
"So is Trance" Harper said, grinning but unsure where this conversation was going.
"Yes but your human" Trance said, sitting beside him.
"Harper's my last name" he explained, "My full name is Seamus Zelazny Harper"
"So why do you go by Harper and not Seamus?"
Harper swallowed wondering how to explain. Trance looked innocently at him, waiting for an answer.
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"Come on now Seamus blow out the candle."
The now five-year-old boy took a deep breath and closed him eyes.
"Make a wish," His father said as Seamus blew old the candle on top of his piece of bread.
Seamus opened his eyes as his family cheered. He grinned and his mother passed his baby brother over to his father so she could pick up her oldest son.
He giggled as she hugged him and gave his mother the cheeky grin she knew so well. Even when they had to go days without any food Seamus still managed to smile for her.
"You live up to your namesake" She said to her son.
"What's a nameshake mommy?"
"It's namesake Seamus, and it's when you're named after some one, someone important."
"So who am I nameded after?" The little boy in her arms asked.
His mom smiled, tears coming to her eyes. "When I was little I had a twin brother called Seamus. He was my best friend in the whole world and whenever I was upset Shay could always make me laugh."
"That's what you call me!" Seamus exclaimed, "You call me Shay"
"That's because it's what I used to call my brother too." His mom said
"So how comes I haven't meets him?" Seamus whispered looking up at him mom
"When we were ten some Neitzschean's came and took Seamus away from us." She whispered, a tear falling, "So when you were born I called you after him. He was my most favourite person in the world."
Seamus fidgeted round in her lab to face he properly "I'm gonna always make you laugh mommy. Just like my nameshake"
His mom laughed and Seamus smiled when hearing it. "You all ready do Seamus. Now I think all your cousins are waiting for you."
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"My mom gave me the name Seamus" Harper whispered looking over at Trance.
The purple alien's tail was twisting round her nervously, the young girl wondering if she had started the wrong conversation. She hadn't known the engineer for that long, only a few weeks but had never seen him look so said before; he normally hid everything under a bright grin and a sarcastic comment.
"Do you mind me asking what happened to her?" She asked gently, knowing form experience that sometimes talking to people about bad things helped.
"She died, saving me" He was even more quiet now, barley above a whisper.
***********************************
Someone was outside the house; Seamus could hear them moving around. Booted feet stepping on the broken glass. The young boys lay with his eyes closed, barely daring to breath. The body beside him moved and a little voice whispered "Shay what's goin' on?"
"Stay still Liam, and be quiet" Seamus whispered back, his body tense, listening to the noise outside.
He could hear his mom and dad in the next room, they were talking softly, so Seamus couldn't hear all the words. One word stuck out though. Neitzschean. Liam's small head poked up from under the blanket.
"Why did mommy say Neitzsion?" he stumbled over the word, his three year old face full of innocence.
Seamus swallowed ""It's okay Liam, stay quiet"
The younger boy fell silent, trusting his big brother. A figure moved in the darkness and Seamus recognised the footsteps of his mother. Her blond hair hung down in strands and her face was pale.
"Shay, sweetie are you awake?"
Seamus opened his blue eyes and nodded. His mother sat on the end of the bed, being careful not to squash Liam. "I need you to listen to me okay?"
Again Seamus nodded, a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"I want you to take Liam and go out the back way, and go to over aunts."
He opened his mouth to argue but his mother stopped him.
"Take him and run Shay, just run."
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"I'm sorry Harper" Trance said softy, gently touching his arm.
"You didn't know" Harper said, "It's okay, it was long time ago."
She nodded not quite convinced but not wanting to say anything else that could upset him. He downed the last of his Sparky Cola and smiled
"Hey Purple Sparky one, this stuff is great. I think I'll have another one."
Trance smiled back but before she could say anything Beka's voice came over the speaker "Everyone we have reached Infinity Atoll, pack your sun block and we will go down and met our employer."
Harper jumped loudly off the table followed by Trance though the later was quieter.
"You heard the lady," he said, letting Trance out the room first. "Hey, do you think we'll be able to buy anymore Sparky's while we're down there?"