Echoes of future past, part 12
"This is just about the weirdest thing I've ever seen!" Exclaimed Harper as Beka and Tyr took to the dance floor after their wedding. Ryan smiled, "You think you're finding it wired? I'm at my parents wedding, but I'm not even going to be born for another, what, 7-months? Wired is not even close!" Trance giggled, "Well, it's not taken them so long to get to this point this time round: last time, Beka was so heavily pregnant that she could hardly fit into her dress." Ryan burst out laughing, "What a wonderful mental image you've just given me." Harper stood and held out his hand to Trance, "May I have this dance?" Trance smiled, "You may."
As the two of them walked off to the dance floor, Andromeda's holographic form appeared next to Ryan, "What are you not telling us?" Ryan put his glass down; "the last thing I saw before I was sent back was the Maru's rear bulkhead giving way as the Magog attacked. In my time, if it could be said to be continuing, you're all dead. Yet, here I am, at my parents wedding, talking to you all, acting like nothings wrong." Andromeda lowered her eyes; "It must be very hard for you."
Ryan reached round to the small of his back and produced a golden armband. He held it up before Andromeda then pointed to Beka, "This is all I ever had of my parents, save the Maru and a few photos." Andromeda examined the armband: there where a few dents and kicks, but she new without needing to scan it that it was indeed the same one that Beka now wore on her left arm. Andromeda was about to say something when her eyes went wide, and klaxons started going off all over the ship.
Dylan looked at Rommie, "What is it?" she looked at him, "Over a dozen ships have just exited slipstream, heading our way!" Without another word, they all made their way to command, Andromeda simply dematerialising in one room, and reappearing in the other. Beka jumped into the pilot's station, slightly subconscious of the look's the rest of the crew gave her: it was the first time she had worn a dress while on duty.
Tyr grabbed the weapons station as Dylan stopped in the centre of the room, "On screen." The image shifted to show over a dozen large Starship approaching the Commonwealth fleet. Dylan smiled, "Pyrian's!" Rommie stood next to them, "The Admiral has hailed them from the Wrath of Achilles, and it's being sent out on tight beam to the rest of the fleet." She smiled, "They're here to help." Dylan let out the breath he'd been holding, "As Rev Bem would say: Thank the Devine! Stand down from battle stations." He turned to Beka and Tyr, "Sorry for the interruptions, but there is a war on you know." He grinned.
TBC
"This is just about the weirdest thing I've ever seen!" Exclaimed Harper as Beka and Tyr took to the dance floor after their wedding. Ryan smiled, "You think you're finding it wired? I'm at my parents wedding, but I'm not even going to be born for another, what, 7-months? Wired is not even close!" Trance giggled, "Well, it's not taken them so long to get to this point this time round: last time, Beka was so heavily pregnant that she could hardly fit into her dress." Ryan burst out laughing, "What a wonderful mental image you've just given me." Harper stood and held out his hand to Trance, "May I have this dance?" Trance smiled, "You may."
As the two of them walked off to the dance floor, Andromeda's holographic form appeared next to Ryan, "What are you not telling us?" Ryan put his glass down; "the last thing I saw before I was sent back was the Maru's rear bulkhead giving way as the Magog attacked. In my time, if it could be said to be continuing, you're all dead. Yet, here I am, at my parents wedding, talking to you all, acting like nothings wrong." Andromeda lowered her eyes; "It must be very hard for you."
Ryan reached round to the small of his back and produced a golden armband. He held it up before Andromeda then pointed to Beka, "This is all I ever had of my parents, save the Maru and a few photos." Andromeda examined the armband: there where a few dents and kicks, but she new without needing to scan it that it was indeed the same one that Beka now wore on her left arm. Andromeda was about to say something when her eyes went wide, and klaxons started going off all over the ship.
Dylan looked at Rommie, "What is it?" she looked at him, "Over a dozen ships have just exited slipstream, heading our way!" Without another word, they all made their way to command, Andromeda simply dematerialising in one room, and reappearing in the other. Beka jumped into the pilot's station, slightly subconscious of the look's the rest of the crew gave her: it was the first time she had worn a dress while on duty.
Tyr grabbed the weapons station as Dylan stopped in the centre of the room, "On screen." The image shifted to show over a dozen large Starship approaching the Commonwealth fleet. Dylan smiled, "Pyrian's!" Rommie stood next to them, "The Admiral has hailed them from the Wrath of Achilles, and it's being sent out on tight beam to the rest of the fleet." She smiled, "They're here to help." Dylan let out the breath he'd been holding, "As Rev Bem would say: Thank the Devine! Stand down from battle stations." He turned to Beka and Tyr, "Sorry for the interruptions, but there is a war on you know." He grinned.
TBC
