Echoes of future past, part 6
Beka's eyes went wide, "WHAT! How? We've only slept together once!" Dylan shrugged, "Sometimes that's all it takes. Andromeda scanned you as you entered medical, and confirmed you are indeed pregnant. According to Trance, the baby, that is, Ryan, will be born in just under 8-mounths."
Tyr appeared to be in shock, but suddenly stood and walked from the room. He stalked the corridors, trying to take in what Dylan had said: he had a son, a child by Beka. His feelings for her where still confused. He needed answers, and there was only one place to get them.
He stopped walking, "Ship, where is Trance?" Andromeda's voice came out of nowhere, "Trance is in hydroponics." Tyr quickly figured out the best rout to take, and started off again.
Trance was busy tending her plants when Tyr found her, "Why did you never tell me about Ryan?" Trance froze where she was, "Because it would have complicated matter: you may have changed your feelings towards Beka based on it, and that could have effected the outcome in a bad way. Tyr's hard eyes narrowed, "But his being here proves that you failed: how do you know that not telling me was the right thing?"
The golden skinned alien looked at Tyr, "If I had come up to you one day and said 'Hay Tyr, one day you and Beka are going to have a son, but you're going to die just as he's being born, and Beka soon after.' what would you have done?"
Tyr thought on it for a second, "I would have laughed at you, then tried to change the future by keeping away from Beka." Trance nodded, "And if you did that, it would only make matter worse. Ryan comes from the future as it stands now, not as it will be if we change it: his simply being here changes things, but not enough to make everything right." Tyr nodded, "Where is he at the moment?" Trance smiled, "In the observation bay, thinking."
Ryan was sat looking out of the window when he saw Harper and Rommie's reflections behind, "Let me guess: you've come to ask about your future." Harper shrugged nervously, "Can you really blame us?" Ryan smiled and turned round, "No, not really. It can't change anything, so there's no harm. What do you want to know?" Harper smiled, "What am, was, I like when I'm older?" Ryan thought on it for a moment, "You never lost hope, no matter what happened, but you did have bad nightmares about Beka's death."
Rommie took a step forward, "What was I like?" Ryan looked at her, "Sad: you never told me why, but Harper said it was because you never told someone that you loved them when you had the chance. Never found out who it was, but I have y suspicions." Rommie's eyes fell for a moment, and then looked up, "I won't make that mistake this time. Thank you."
Tyr walked through the hatchway and looked at Ryan, "We need to talk."
TBC
Beka's eyes went wide, "WHAT! How? We've only slept together once!" Dylan shrugged, "Sometimes that's all it takes. Andromeda scanned you as you entered medical, and confirmed you are indeed pregnant. According to Trance, the baby, that is, Ryan, will be born in just under 8-mounths."
Tyr appeared to be in shock, but suddenly stood and walked from the room. He stalked the corridors, trying to take in what Dylan had said: he had a son, a child by Beka. His feelings for her where still confused. He needed answers, and there was only one place to get them.
He stopped walking, "Ship, where is Trance?" Andromeda's voice came out of nowhere, "Trance is in hydroponics." Tyr quickly figured out the best rout to take, and started off again.
Trance was busy tending her plants when Tyr found her, "Why did you never tell me about Ryan?" Trance froze where she was, "Because it would have complicated matter: you may have changed your feelings towards Beka based on it, and that could have effected the outcome in a bad way. Tyr's hard eyes narrowed, "But his being here proves that you failed: how do you know that not telling me was the right thing?"
The golden skinned alien looked at Tyr, "If I had come up to you one day and said 'Hay Tyr, one day you and Beka are going to have a son, but you're going to die just as he's being born, and Beka soon after.' what would you have done?"
Tyr thought on it for a second, "I would have laughed at you, then tried to change the future by keeping away from Beka." Trance nodded, "And if you did that, it would only make matter worse. Ryan comes from the future as it stands now, not as it will be if we change it: his simply being here changes things, but not enough to make everything right." Tyr nodded, "Where is he at the moment?" Trance smiled, "In the observation bay, thinking."
Ryan was sat looking out of the window when he saw Harper and Rommie's reflections behind, "Let me guess: you've come to ask about your future." Harper shrugged nervously, "Can you really blame us?" Ryan smiled and turned round, "No, not really. It can't change anything, so there's no harm. What do you want to know?" Harper smiled, "What am, was, I like when I'm older?" Ryan thought on it for a moment, "You never lost hope, no matter what happened, but you did have bad nightmares about Beka's death."
Rommie took a step forward, "What was I like?" Ryan looked at her, "Sad: you never told me why, but Harper said it was because you never told someone that you loved them when you had the chance. Never found out who it was, but I have y suspicions." Rommie's eyes fell for a moment, and then looked up, "I won't make that mistake this time. Thank you."
Tyr walked through the hatchway and looked at Ryan, "We need to talk."
TBC
