Chapter 22
And they were finished in about 15 minutes.
When it was finally done, Beka sighed and sat back.
"Well, it's crude but it should work. We've certainly done a very fine job considering the circumstances," said Harper, lying back on the floor of the room. Beka grinned, noticing he had said 'we'.
Tyr turned around. He was extremely relieved but anyone in the room would have said otherwise by the look on his face.
"Now that you're finished, hadn't we better see if it works?" he said.
Beka turned on the commlink, and a high-pitched noise came from it, but soon went away.
"Well, it works so far," Beka said, clearing her head "but I think I've gone deaf!" Then she sent out the message.
"Dylan, if you can hear me, Gerentex is on the ship and he has all of us captured. Harper's hurt and Rommie isn't functioning. I don't know where Trance is," she stopped talking quickly as a crackling sound came from the machine, "Dylan?" said Beka, hardly able to believe that their signal went through. They heard a voice that was definitely Dylan's.
"Beka! Where are you?"
She looked at the others for help "Um, the storage area's I think..."
"We're on our way. Dylan out," and the line was cut.
"Phew! I just hope he gets here soon, cause I really want to get my hands on a certain Nightsider in reference to a certain 84 000 throne debt," said Harper. He turned around to look at Rommie. So far he had been trying not to so his mind wasn't taken off the problem at hand, but now that it was dealt with he was free to work on her. He turned her over and opened up an unseeable panel in her back.
"Harper, what are you doing? You need to rest," said Beka.
"No, I'm fine, I just have to see if she'll be OK," he said. Beka pursed her lips but didn't say anything. She knew that nothing could convince Harper to rest, not while Rommie was broken.
All this time Tyr was immersed in his own thoughts. He wondered why Gerentex had even bothered to keep them alive if he was planning to take over the ship, which was no doubt what he was doing. The most logical reason was for the codes he would need, but there seemed to be something else. Something he was hiding. It was no question there was any number of things a beast of his nature would want to hide. But still, something didn't seem quite normal.
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And they were finished in about 15 minutes.
When it was finally done, Beka sighed and sat back.
"Well, it's crude but it should work. We've certainly done a very fine job considering the circumstances," said Harper, lying back on the floor of the room. Beka grinned, noticing he had said 'we'.
Tyr turned around. He was extremely relieved but anyone in the room would have said otherwise by the look on his face.
"Now that you're finished, hadn't we better see if it works?" he said.
Beka turned on the commlink, and a high-pitched noise came from it, but soon went away.
"Well, it works so far," Beka said, clearing her head "but I think I've gone deaf!" Then she sent out the message.
"Dylan, if you can hear me, Gerentex is on the ship and he has all of us captured. Harper's hurt and Rommie isn't functioning. I don't know where Trance is," she stopped talking quickly as a crackling sound came from the machine, "Dylan?" said Beka, hardly able to believe that their signal went through. They heard a voice that was definitely Dylan's.
"Beka! Where are you?"
She looked at the others for help "Um, the storage area's I think..."
"We're on our way. Dylan out," and the line was cut.
"Phew! I just hope he gets here soon, cause I really want to get my hands on a certain Nightsider in reference to a certain 84 000 throne debt," said Harper. He turned around to look at Rommie. So far he had been trying not to so his mind wasn't taken off the problem at hand, but now that it was dealt with he was free to work on her. He turned her over and opened up an unseeable panel in her back.
"Harper, what are you doing? You need to rest," said Beka.
"No, I'm fine, I just have to see if she'll be OK," he said. Beka pursed her lips but didn't say anything. She knew that nothing could convince Harper to rest, not while Rommie was broken.
All this time Tyr was immersed in his own thoughts. He wondered why Gerentex had even bothered to keep them alive if he was planning to take over the ship, which was no doubt what he was doing. The most logical reason was for the codes he would need, but there seemed to be something else. Something he was hiding. It was no question there was any number of things a beast of his nature would want to hide. But still, something didn't seem quite normal.
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