Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Andromeda characters and all the rest of
the standard disclaimer that you could find written better on other
stories. Haven't made it for profit so please don't sue.
Ghosts, nightmares and love.
~*~
Never keep all your eggs in one basket.
Old Earth saying.
Meanwhile back on the Andromeda Tyr had just finished his daily workout and was now reading one of his books on the command deck.
Since Harper and his love doll had left several hours ago he had the entire ship to himself, except for the ship's AI of course. He didn't mind being alone because he liked the quiet and freedom it gave.
Suddenly the Hologram of Andromeda appeared on the command deck. "Tyr, there's a single slip-fighter approaching from the surface." She stopped, looked up for a moment, then looked back at Tyr. "It's Beka, strange my sensors show that the negotiations haven't finished yet."
Tyr snorted with a small grin. "I knew she wouldn't be able to last them out." He knew the Axians reputation and had even made a bet on it with Harper on when she would duck out on it.
He threw his book down and went to greet her at the hanger.
Beka exited the hanger looking completely frazzled. She took one look at Tyr's smirk and stated. "Don't start with me Tyr."
"Very well." Tyr said, the smirk turning into a restrained smile. It was then that he caught a whiff of the pungent odor and saw the stain on here shirt. "May I ask what happened." He asked pointing to the stain and looking more sincere.
She calmed down a bit, She could see Tyr was sincere and didn't want to know just to laugh at her. Unlike in the beginning where he didn't really talk to anyone unless it was part of his plotting or involved keeping his life safe and cared only for himself. "Lets just say the next time I complain about the Fishmen or Chinheads just remind me of today. And have I told you how much I hate planets." Wiping a hand through her hair and pulling out the last remains of bird-pooh.
"As you wish Captain Valentine." Tyr replied with the restrained smile returning and trying not to laugh at the bird pooh.
Beka looked around a realized someone was missing. "Where's Harper?"
"The Professor and his love doll have gone to get the supplies we need."
Beka's eyes shot up to his and had a look of desperation and pleading in then. "Tyr 'PLEASE' tell me they didn't take the Maru."
"Of course they did." Tyr stated a little confused at her reaction. "He told you he was going to borrow your. Ship. before you left for the negotiations, I was there remember?" The distaste was clear in his voice when he had said ship.
"Damn it." Beka said looking angry.
"Don't be angry with him, I highly doubt he's taken off with it never to return." He laugh, he couldn't thing of anyone stupid enough to steal that bucket of bolts, especially if they knew its captain.
"It's not that." She said waving her hands wildly. "I trust Harper. It's the fact that all my clothes are on the Maru."
"You mean 'ALL' your clothes except the ones you're wearing?" He asked raising his eyebrows at the comment.
She nodded seeing that her problem was finally dawning on him. While she also went a little red.
"Why?"
"It's my home Tyr and it always will be. You know that, I keep almost everything there."
"Well since you won't be able to wear the ones you have on, at least until they've been soaked for a week, you could borrow some of mine, Captain Valintine." Tyr offered with a restrained grin. (Remember he's a mercenary, he'd know what it would take to clean bad stuff out of clothing.)
Beka looked at the top he had on and his face and thought, Right. Leaning into him and placing a hand on his chest. She raised herself a little and spoke in a very low and sexy voice. "Trust me Tyr. Chain-mail doesn't look good on me and I think the could be some lack of concentration issues if I was wearing just those fishnet or see trough shirts of yours." She pushed off of his chest and saunted away, putting a lot of sway into her hips and smiling to herself at the shocked expression on his face from what she'd done and told him.
~*~ They say you can always go home. But after a few years is it still classed
as home.
Unknown Author.
Harper and Rommie had landed at Horse Head drift ½ an hour ago and had started to wonder around the station and had ended up in a rundown area of the drift.
"Ah, good old sector 32, home away from home." Harper said taking a deep breath and getting a god whiff of the air, before heading off again. His jacket that he'd thrown on to hide his port swished a little as he moved his arms.
Rommie who has just behind him stopped and sniffed the stagnate air as well. She smelled the mildew, the odor of too many people being packed into a small place, and the faint smell of urine and other bodily fluids.
It reminded her of when they were on Earth, the smell was the same and even the lighting was very dim as well. Rommie was totally disgusted at the way some people lived or had to live. When Harper had first came aboard she'd found the mess he created one of the worst things she'd seen, but after the trip to Earth and this place she found his habits a lot less appalling.
"Harper why are we down here?" Asked quickly to catch up.
Harper's usual smile brightened, he loved it when he got to teach someone something. "Rom-doll the oldest trick in the smugglers handbook is to hide something where nobody would look for it." He walked up to a door that looked like any other door in the corridor and gave three quick knocks, three long.
A woman in her early forties opened the door and looked at them. Her red hair was shoulder length and she was taller than either of them, she was also dressed like she was going out to work at a bar not sitting at home relaxing. "Yes?"
Behind her Rommie got a glance of the room. It was smaller and dirtier than any of her quarters, but it looked like a normal room.
"Kay, how's my best door girl going?" Harper asked smiling.
The older woman turned all her attention to him and really looked at him. After going up and down she settled on his face and his usual cheese grin. "Seamus?"
"I prefer Harper now, but yeah babe."
"It's been what, 3 years since you were here last?" He nodded. "God, I've now got to get that restraining order renewed." She said rolling her eyes with annoyance but giving a slight smile to tell you she was kidding.
"Hey, I'll be good." Haper said smiling and raising his hands.
"I'd like to see that." Rommie said smuggling, with a grin.
Kay looked at the smaller, younger and more beautiful woman. "Oh I like her." Directing her comment to Harper.
Harper turned to Rommie and with a suggestive jester. "Rom-doll if you'd let me I'd show you just how good I can really be."
Rommie just shook her head, it had been her main AI the look of pure disgust would be prominent. Yet with her the thought had crossed her mind once or twice, just to feel the thing that she'd been told was one of the greatest experiences of life.
"He hasn't changed has he?" Kay said to Rommie as they smiled at each other.
She was about to say 'No' when she realized that it wasn't entirely true. "Actually he has changed a little, and he does grow on you."
"YES." Harper yelled in triumph. "One small step for man, One giant leap for Harper kind."
"Are you so sure?" Kay asked looking at him.
Harper settled down and gave her a sarcastic laugh. It then dawned on him. "I just realized I haven't introduced you two lovely ladies. Rommie this is Kay, Kay this is Rommie."
Pleased to meet you." Kay said extending her hand.
"Like wise." Rommie replied shaking it.
"Now what can I do for you?"
"We're here for business." Harper took a quick glance at Rommie. "And maybe some pleasure. Is Throck in tonight?"
Kay looked disapprovingly at him. "Throck died 2 years ago."
"Damn. What do you know about the new owner? Are we still going to get a good deal?"
"See what happens when you don't check in for 3 years. Anyway you know the new owner and I think you'll get a good deal." Kay smiled knowingly.
"Ah, is that 'Know' in a good way or a 'Hey let's stick laser probes in your brain' way?" Harper asked a little nervous.
"A good way. What the hell's happened to you since we last saw each other?" Kay a little unnerved by his question.
Rommie decided to answer that one and try and stop the ghosts from the past few years raise up. "A lot and not all of it pleasant."
She got the hint from the younger women to drop it "Oh well, you better come in." Kay said opening the door all the way so they could walk in.
~*~
I hope you enjoyed these chapters. I'm going to have all the main charters and some others as well.
Ghosts, nightmares and love.
~*~
Never keep all your eggs in one basket.
Old Earth saying.
Meanwhile back on the Andromeda Tyr had just finished his daily workout and was now reading one of his books on the command deck.
Since Harper and his love doll had left several hours ago he had the entire ship to himself, except for the ship's AI of course. He didn't mind being alone because he liked the quiet and freedom it gave.
Suddenly the Hologram of Andromeda appeared on the command deck. "Tyr, there's a single slip-fighter approaching from the surface." She stopped, looked up for a moment, then looked back at Tyr. "It's Beka, strange my sensors show that the negotiations haven't finished yet."
Tyr snorted with a small grin. "I knew she wouldn't be able to last them out." He knew the Axians reputation and had even made a bet on it with Harper on when she would duck out on it.
He threw his book down and went to greet her at the hanger.
Beka exited the hanger looking completely frazzled. She took one look at Tyr's smirk and stated. "Don't start with me Tyr."
"Very well." Tyr said, the smirk turning into a restrained smile. It was then that he caught a whiff of the pungent odor and saw the stain on here shirt. "May I ask what happened." He asked pointing to the stain and looking more sincere.
She calmed down a bit, She could see Tyr was sincere and didn't want to know just to laugh at her. Unlike in the beginning where he didn't really talk to anyone unless it was part of his plotting or involved keeping his life safe and cared only for himself. "Lets just say the next time I complain about the Fishmen or Chinheads just remind me of today. And have I told you how much I hate planets." Wiping a hand through her hair and pulling out the last remains of bird-pooh.
"As you wish Captain Valentine." Tyr replied with the restrained smile returning and trying not to laugh at the bird pooh.
Beka looked around a realized someone was missing. "Where's Harper?"
"The Professor and his love doll have gone to get the supplies we need."
Beka's eyes shot up to his and had a look of desperation and pleading in then. "Tyr 'PLEASE' tell me they didn't take the Maru."
"Of course they did." Tyr stated a little confused at her reaction. "He told you he was going to borrow your. Ship. before you left for the negotiations, I was there remember?" The distaste was clear in his voice when he had said ship.
"Damn it." Beka said looking angry.
"Don't be angry with him, I highly doubt he's taken off with it never to return." He laugh, he couldn't thing of anyone stupid enough to steal that bucket of bolts, especially if they knew its captain.
"It's not that." She said waving her hands wildly. "I trust Harper. It's the fact that all my clothes are on the Maru."
"You mean 'ALL' your clothes except the ones you're wearing?" He asked raising his eyebrows at the comment.
She nodded seeing that her problem was finally dawning on him. While she also went a little red.
"Why?"
"It's my home Tyr and it always will be. You know that, I keep almost everything there."
"Well since you won't be able to wear the ones you have on, at least until they've been soaked for a week, you could borrow some of mine, Captain Valintine." Tyr offered with a restrained grin. (Remember he's a mercenary, he'd know what it would take to clean bad stuff out of clothing.)
Beka looked at the top he had on and his face and thought, Right. Leaning into him and placing a hand on his chest. She raised herself a little and spoke in a very low and sexy voice. "Trust me Tyr. Chain-mail doesn't look good on me and I think the could be some lack of concentration issues if I was wearing just those fishnet or see trough shirts of yours." She pushed off of his chest and saunted away, putting a lot of sway into her hips and smiling to herself at the shocked expression on his face from what she'd done and told him.
~*~ They say you can always go home. But after a few years is it still classed
as home.
Unknown Author.
Harper and Rommie had landed at Horse Head drift ½ an hour ago and had started to wonder around the station and had ended up in a rundown area of the drift.
"Ah, good old sector 32, home away from home." Harper said taking a deep breath and getting a god whiff of the air, before heading off again. His jacket that he'd thrown on to hide his port swished a little as he moved his arms.
Rommie who has just behind him stopped and sniffed the stagnate air as well. She smelled the mildew, the odor of too many people being packed into a small place, and the faint smell of urine and other bodily fluids.
It reminded her of when they were on Earth, the smell was the same and even the lighting was very dim as well. Rommie was totally disgusted at the way some people lived or had to live. When Harper had first came aboard she'd found the mess he created one of the worst things she'd seen, but after the trip to Earth and this place she found his habits a lot less appalling.
"Harper why are we down here?" Asked quickly to catch up.
Harper's usual smile brightened, he loved it when he got to teach someone something. "Rom-doll the oldest trick in the smugglers handbook is to hide something where nobody would look for it." He walked up to a door that looked like any other door in the corridor and gave three quick knocks, three long.
A woman in her early forties opened the door and looked at them. Her red hair was shoulder length and she was taller than either of them, she was also dressed like she was going out to work at a bar not sitting at home relaxing. "Yes?"
Behind her Rommie got a glance of the room. It was smaller and dirtier than any of her quarters, but it looked like a normal room.
"Kay, how's my best door girl going?" Harper asked smiling.
The older woman turned all her attention to him and really looked at him. After going up and down she settled on his face and his usual cheese grin. "Seamus?"
"I prefer Harper now, but yeah babe."
"It's been what, 3 years since you were here last?" He nodded. "God, I've now got to get that restraining order renewed." She said rolling her eyes with annoyance but giving a slight smile to tell you she was kidding.
"Hey, I'll be good." Haper said smiling and raising his hands.
"I'd like to see that." Rommie said smuggling, with a grin.
Kay looked at the smaller, younger and more beautiful woman. "Oh I like her." Directing her comment to Harper.
Harper turned to Rommie and with a suggestive jester. "Rom-doll if you'd let me I'd show you just how good I can really be."
Rommie just shook her head, it had been her main AI the look of pure disgust would be prominent. Yet with her the thought had crossed her mind once or twice, just to feel the thing that she'd been told was one of the greatest experiences of life.
"He hasn't changed has he?" Kay said to Rommie as they smiled at each other.
She was about to say 'No' when she realized that it wasn't entirely true. "Actually he has changed a little, and he does grow on you."
"YES." Harper yelled in triumph. "One small step for man, One giant leap for Harper kind."
"Are you so sure?" Kay asked looking at him.
Harper settled down and gave her a sarcastic laugh. It then dawned on him. "I just realized I haven't introduced you two lovely ladies. Rommie this is Kay, Kay this is Rommie."
Pleased to meet you." Kay said extending her hand.
"Like wise." Rommie replied shaking it.
"Now what can I do for you?"
"We're here for business." Harper took a quick glance at Rommie. "And maybe some pleasure. Is Throck in tonight?"
Kay looked disapprovingly at him. "Throck died 2 years ago."
"Damn. What do you know about the new owner? Are we still going to get a good deal?"
"See what happens when you don't check in for 3 years. Anyway you know the new owner and I think you'll get a good deal." Kay smiled knowingly.
"Ah, is that 'Know' in a good way or a 'Hey let's stick laser probes in your brain' way?" Harper asked a little nervous.
"A good way. What the hell's happened to you since we last saw each other?" Kay a little unnerved by his question.
Rommie decided to answer that one and try and stop the ghosts from the past few years raise up. "A lot and not all of it pleasant."
She got the hint from the younger women to drop it "Oh well, you better come in." Kay said opening the door all the way so they could walk in.
~*~
I hope you enjoyed these chapters. I'm going to have all the main charters and some others as well.
