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Thank you for reading my story.I'm glad you are liking it so far..I'm sorry I just have a snippet for you know (don't you hate it when fic writers only update with a few lines lol) there will be more soon. I think I might have some time in the next couple of days which will be fantastic.

Thanks again parisindy

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"Go a head." Agreed Beka not waiting for Harper's consent. "Keep me informed."

"Does anyone want to hear my opinion?"

"No." replied Beka briskly. "Trance do something with him."

Trance grabbed his arm and directed him towards the crew quarters. "Hey careful I'm not cargo you know!"

Trance rolled her eyes. She had him sit on one of the old bunks while she went to get some I something from her belongings. She came back with a small bag of medical items. She ran a scanner of him as he hummed and hawed impatiently. Luckily his nose had already stopped bleeding.

"I need you to take your shirt of now."

"Scan away my purple petunia but the shirt stays on!"

"Harper I need to."

"Sorry the answer is no."

She quickly grabbed his arm and pulled up the sleeve to his T-shirt. "You have a rash. See? I need to see if it has spread and how bad it is."

"What part of 'no' do you not understand? Listen I know the Harper is hard to resist but .THE SHIRT STAYS ON!"

The glared at each other defiantly. Suddenly Trance made a grab for his shirt trying to pull it off. Harper yelled and tried to jump away. He managed to give her tail a solid yank. Trance screamed.

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Beka heard the screams from the cargo bay. Her heart leapt to her throat as she made a mad dash for the crew quarters. She turned the corner frantically and came to a screeching halt.

She had to put her hand over her mouth to suppress her snicker. In the middle of the room lay Harper tangled up with Trance. Both were being held in death grips and neither was willing to give up. Finally they saw her and she raised her eyebrow up inquisitively.

"It's not what it looks like!" croaked Harper. Whose head was being crushed by Trance's leg. Trance's cheek's turned a near florescent pink as she blushed. Quickly she let go of Harper, got to her feet and dashed behind Beka. .

"He's very stubborn." She complained.

Beka let out a loud short laugh before she gained control again. "I think he's not the only one. Just wait you two will probably be the best of friends."

"Forget it!" raged Harper. "Miss happy hands here will never be my friend."

Trance stuck out her tongue from behind Beka's back. Harper made an angry grab for her but missed.

Beka swore lightly. "Damnit it's like working in a daycare. How did this start?"

Both Trance and Harper started jabbering at the same time.

"STOP! Trance you go first."

Harper crossed his arms in a pout.

"I was just trying to do the medical exam you requested but Harper was being argumentative and I needed him to take his shirt off."

"Sounds like Harper what's the problem?"

"He wouldn't take his shirt off. I was just trying to help him...trying to possibly save his life.I just got here I don't want anyone to die." Trance turned on the water works and tears streamed down her face.

Beka looked crossly at Harper.

Harper stood with his mouth open. "Come on boss she's so faking!"

"Harper! I'm the Captain and I will not have any unknown diseases on this ship."

"But."

"No buts."

"It's embarrassing." He whined.

"Harper that was an order!"

He didn't know her well enough to know how far he could push her. He sighed reluctantly and pulled his tee-shirt over his head. He never opened his eyes. "Don't tell anyone okay." He whispered.

The silence that filled the small room was nearly unbearable. Trance cleared her throat and did her best to be professional. She ran scans over his very scarred torso. "The rash isn't to bad but I believe it will get worse. I'll give you some cream." her voice trailed off. Harper still hadn't opened his eyes. He probably didn't want to see their looks of pity or the look of sheer horror that was currently on his Captains face. Beka did her best to hide her shock but the fact that some one had done this to her engineer. she had to remind her self, he wasn't her engineer then. Still.

"Harper what happened?" she finally managed to croak.

TBC