~/^A.N./^~ Thank you all again for the reviews. Uh, I really love them. I
had Drama tryouts this week. I ended up getting one of the worst parts
possible. Oh, well. I don't care anymore. So now, on with the story!
Harper had been working on the coffee machine since his shift on command ended. He was almost finished when Dylan came in.
"Are you done with that coffee machine yet Harper?" He asked, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Be done in a sec boss." Harper replied finishing up, "There. Good as new." He stepped back and smiled at his handy work.
"Thank god. Have you seen Tyr? I can't find him."
"Haven't seen him. Why?"
"Well, like I said, I can't find him."
"I mean, why are you lookin' for him?"
"Because he's late for his shift on command."
"Oh, well.hum.you check med deck?"
"No."
"Maybe he's there."
"Yeah, maybe."
"Uh, Dylan?"
"Yeah?"
"Why don't you just have Rommie locate him for you?" Dylan looked at the floor. He hadn't thought of that.
"Rommie, where's Tyr?" Dylan asked, his cheeks turning slightly red.
"Tyr is in medical." She replied walking into the room.
"Thank you Rommie." Dylan said and then exited the room.
"So, Rom Doll, you come down here to thank me for keepin' you in such goo shape?" Harper winked at her.
"I'm here for that." She replied pointing at the coffee maker.
"You choose a coffee maker over me?" He faked a hurt expression.
"Yes." She replied picking up the machine and leaving.
"Fine! Be that way then!" Harper yelled sarcastically. He then left and went to Hydroponics to see Trance and Rev. They were just hangin' out and Harper thought he would join them.
Tyr was in medical, pacing back and forth.
"How many Kodiak live on you planet?"
"A hundred percent Kodiak?" Isa asked while wandering around the room, looking at stuff.
"Yes."
"Well, which planet?"
"All of them."
"Drifts too?"
"Yes."
"Oh, so you mean add them all together?"
"Yes!"
"Well, I don't know that. It's not like I go out and count." Tyr growled at her, "Okay, my best guess would have to be, maybe fifty. Give 'er take."
"And they're scattered between, how many planets?"
"Plants not Drifts?"
"Both."
"Okay." Isa thought for a moment, "about five of so."
"And this boy you friend in engaged to marry, he's pure Kodiak?"
"Not quite. I think he's like half."
"Hmm."
"TYR!" Dylan yelled bursting through the door.
"What?" Tyr turned and asked calmly.
"You two weren't fighting?"
"Nope. Just talkin'" Isa said from the other side of the room.
"Oh.Tyr, why aren't you in command?"
"He forgot." Isa replied for him. She began to walk towards the two men.
"That's what I figured. Tyr go to command, you're late." Tyr exited the room, "So Isa, I see you're doing well."
"Yep, I feel absolutely awesome. Especially since Trance hooked me up with some groovy painkillers after I ran into the counter." Isa replied gleefully, while dancing around the room (Purposely trying to be funny), causing Dylan to laugh.
"I guess your ready for your tour now, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Alright, I'll have Harper come and give it to you."
"Harper?"
"Yes, Harper."
"But he doesn't like me." Isa said trying to make him understand.
"Well, what a perfect chance for him to get to know you."
"But Dylan-!" She wined.
"No buts. Andromeda tell Harper to come down here please."
"He's on his way." He voice replied.
"No, come on Dylan please! Can't you give me the tour?" Isa was still begging.
"No. Harper's going to do it." Isa spent the next few minutes begging Dylan to NOT have Harper give her the tour.
"Hey Boss, you wanted to see me?" Harper asked as he came in.
"Yes. I want you to take Isa on a tour of Andromeda." Dylan's tone left no room for argument.
"Uh, sure."
"Good. Thank you Harper." Dylan said and then he left. Isa and Harper just stood there in silence and Isa refused to look at him. 'God she's cute! Okay, she looks harmless. So why am I so afraid of her!?!' Harper contemplated while he looked at her.
"So, uh, are you ready to go?" Isa looked up at him when he spoke. 'Damn he's hot!' was the firs thing to register in her mind when she looked to min.
"Uh, sure I guess. That is if you wanna go; I mean I want you to go, but you don't have to if you don't want to."
"Isa you're babbling." He smiled at her. 'Oh, he's got a great smile.'
"Oh." She looked at the floor again; Harper rolled his eyes. 'She's so shy.' He walked over to her, took her hand, and began leading her toward the door.
"So.where are we going first?" Isa asked after a few seconds of looking at their joined hands.
"Well, what do you want to see first?"
"I don't care. You're the one giving me the tour."
"Yeah, but you're the guest. So, you pick."
"Fine. You're the engineer, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then lets go see wherever it is that you work."
"Alright. Slipstream Core it is then." They turned left, out the door.
"So, do your have any other interesting qualities?" Harper asked trying to make small talk.
"What? Sensing things, levitating things, and being electro magnetically charged isn't enough for you?" Isa asked playfully.
"Nope." He replied just as playful.
"Well, you already know that I ask a lot of stupid questions. Um, oh. I got one." Isa smiled at him.
"What?" If possible, his smile got bigger.
"Okay, ready?"
"Yeah."
"Spell silk."
"S-I-L-K."
"Spell it again."
"S-I-L-K."
"Say silk."
"Silk."
"Say it again."
"Silk." They entered the slipstream core.
"Say it again."
"Silk."
"What do cows drink?"
"Milk.Oh!" They both laughed. (A.N. Cows don't drink milk; they drink water.)
"So, what's this big open space for?" Isa asked as they walked in a large open area in the middle of the room.
"It's for when I build something really big."
"Oh." Harper suddenly felt dizzy and began to sway a little. Isa wouldn't have noticed except for the fact that he let go of her hand, and looked like he was in a lot of pain, "Harper are you alright?" He had enough energy to shake his head no, then his eyes rolled back in his head and he fell to the floor. Isa wasn't quick enough to catch him, but she was at his side almost instantly. She tapped his cheek to get his attention, "Come on Harper. SEAMUS WAKE UP!" Isa was beginning to her scared, "Rommie, HELP!"
"Isa. Isa; Trance, Dylan, and Beka are on their way. I need you to support his head, okay?" The hologram instructed.
"Okay." Isa replied. She lifted Harper's head and placed it gently in her lap. She began gently stoking his cheek and playing with his hair, "Seamus, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't see it." She whispered worriedly to him, and then she leaned in and kissed his forehead, "Please be okay."
"Isa what happened?" Beka asked running over to her, followed by Trance and Dylan.
"I-I don't know. We were just talking and then he looked like he was in a lot of pain. I asked him if he was okay, he shook his head no, then his eyes rolled back in his head, and he passed out."
"Okay. Dylan carry him to medical, would you?" Trance asked. Dylan nodded, picked Harper up, and ran for medical.
Harper had been working on the coffee machine since his shift on command ended. He was almost finished when Dylan came in.
"Are you done with that coffee machine yet Harper?" He asked, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Be done in a sec boss." Harper replied finishing up, "There. Good as new." He stepped back and smiled at his handy work.
"Thank god. Have you seen Tyr? I can't find him."
"Haven't seen him. Why?"
"Well, like I said, I can't find him."
"I mean, why are you lookin' for him?"
"Because he's late for his shift on command."
"Oh, well.hum.you check med deck?"
"No."
"Maybe he's there."
"Yeah, maybe."
"Uh, Dylan?"
"Yeah?"
"Why don't you just have Rommie locate him for you?" Dylan looked at the floor. He hadn't thought of that.
"Rommie, where's Tyr?" Dylan asked, his cheeks turning slightly red.
"Tyr is in medical." She replied walking into the room.
"Thank you Rommie." Dylan said and then exited the room.
"So, Rom Doll, you come down here to thank me for keepin' you in such goo shape?" Harper winked at her.
"I'm here for that." She replied pointing at the coffee maker.
"You choose a coffee maker over me?" He faked a hurt expression.
"Yes." She replied picking up the machine and leaving.
"Fine! Be that way then!" Harper yelled sarcastically. He then left and went to Hydroponics to see Trance and Rev. They were just hangin' out and Harper thought he would join them.
Tyr was in medical, pacing back and forth.
"How many Kodiak live on you planet?"
"A hundred percent Kodiak?" Isa asked while wandering around the room, looking at stuff.
"Yes."
"Well, which planet?"
"All of them."
"Drifts too?"
"Yes."
"Oh, so you mean add them all together?"
"Yes!"
"Well, I don't know that. It's not like I go out and count." Tyr growled at her, "Okay, my best guess would have to be, maybe fifty. Give 'er take."
"And they're scattered between, how many planets?"
"Plants not Drifts?"
"Both."
"Okay." Isa thought for a moment, "about five of so."
"And this boy you friend in engaged to marry, he's pure Kodiak?"
"Not quite. I think he's like half."
"Hmm."
"TYR!" Dylan yelled bursting through the door.
"What?" Tyr turned and asked calmly.
"You two weren't fighting?"
"Nope. Just talkin'" Isa said from the other side of the room.
"Oh.Tyr, why aren't you in command?"
"He forgot." Isa replied for him. She began to walk towards the two men.
"That's what I figured. Tyr go to command, you're late." Tyr exited the room, "So Isa, I see you're doing well."
"Yep, I feel absolutely awesome. Especially since Trance hooked me up with some groovy painkillers after I ran into the counter." Isa replied gleefully, while dancing around the room (Purposely trying to be funny), causing Dylan to laugh.
"I guess your ready for your tour now, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Alright, I'll have Harper come and give it to you."
"Harper?"
"Yes, Harper."
"But he doesn't like me." Isa said trying to make him understand.
"Well, what a perfect chance for him to get to know you."
"But Dylan-!" She wined.
"No buts. Andromeda tell Harper to come down here please."
"He's on his way." He voice replied.
"No, come on Dylan please! Can't you give me the tour?" Isa was still begging.
"No. Harper's going to do it." Isa spent the next few minutes begging Dylan to NOT have Harper give her the tour.
"Hey Boss, you wanted to see me?" Harper asked as he came in.
"Yes. I want you to take Isa on a tour of Andromeda." Dylan's tone left no room for argument.
"Uh, sure."
"Good. Thank you Harper." Dylan said and then he left. Isa and Harper just stood there in silence and Isa refused to look at him. 'God she's cute! Okay, she looks harmless. So why am I so afraid of her!?!' Harper contemplated while he looked at her.
"So, uh, are you ready to go?" Isa looked up at him when he spoke. 'Damn he's hot!' was the firs thing to register in her mind when she looked to min.
"Uh, sure I guess. That is if you wanna go; I mean I want you to go, but you don't have to if you don't want to."
"Isa you're babbling." He smiled at her. 'Oh, he's got a great smile.'
"Oh." She looked at the floor again; Harper rolled his eyes. 'She's so shy.' He walked over to her, took her hand, and began leading her toward the door.
"So.where are we going first?" Isa asked after a few seconds of looking at their joined hands.
"Well, what do you want to see first?"
"I don't care. You're the one giving me the tour."
"Yeah, but you're the guest. So, you pick."
"Fine. You're the engineer, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then lets go see wherever it is that you work."
"Alright. Slipstream Core it is then." They turned left, out the door.
"So, do your have any other interesting qualities?" Harper asked trying to make small talk.
"What? Sensing things, levitating things, and being electro magnetically charged isn't enough for you?" Isa asked playfully.
"Nope." He replied just as playful.
"Well, you already know that I ask a lot of stupid questions. Um, oh. I got one." Isa smiled at him.
"What?" If possible, his smile got bigger.
"Okay, ready?"
"Yeah."
"Spell silk."
"S-I-L-K."
"Spell it again."
"S-I-L-K."
"Say silk."
"Silk."
"Say it again."
"Silk." They entered the slipstream core.
"Say it again."
"Silk."
"What do cows drink?"
"Milk.Oh!" They both laughed. (A.N. Cows don't drink milk; they drink water.)
"So, what's this big open space for?" Isa asked as they walked in a large open area in the middle of the room.
"It's for when I build something really big."
"Oh." Harper suddenly felt dizzy and began to sway a little. Isa wouldn't have noticed except for the fact that he let go of her hand, and looked like he was in a lot of pain, "Harper are you alright?" He had enough energy to shake his head no, then his eyes rolled back in his head and he fell to the floor. Isa wasn't quick enough to catch him, but she was at his side almost instantly. She tapped his cheek to get his attention, "Come on Harper. SEAMUS WAKE UP!" Isa was beginning to her scared, "Rommie, HELP!"
"Isa. Isa; Trance, Dylan, and Beka are on their way. I need you to support his head, okay?" The hologram instructed.
"Okay." Isa replied. She lifted Harper's head and placed it gently in her lap. She began gently stoking his cheek and playing with his hair, "Seamus, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't see it." She whispered worriedly to him, and then she leaned in and kissed his forehead, "Please be okay."
"Isa what happened?" Beka asked running over to her, followed by Trance and Dylan.
"I-I don't know. We were just talking and then he looked like he was in a lot of pain. I asked him if he was okay, he shook his head no, then his eyes rolled back in his head, and he passed out."
"Okay. Dylan carry him to medical, would you?" Trance asked. Dylan nodded, picked Harper up, and ran for medical.
