Beka hummed as she walked to her quarters. She was happy that Harper was better, and Dylan gave the whole crew ten hours of down time. When she came to Harper's door, she saw Sherlock sitting down the hall looking around the corner. "Sherlock, what are you doing?" Beka asked him, half expecting an answer from the strange cat. He meowed slightly and looked at her. Then he seemed to pounce at whatever he was looking at around the corner. Beka laughed a little and followed him. Around the corner, she saw a small kitten with dark gray and black stripes. "Where did you come from?" she asked as she picked up the kitten. As soon as she touched him, she got the strangest feeling she'd held the kitten before. She heard Harper whistling as he approached his door. "Hey, Harper, look what I found." She held up the kitten and smiled. Harper stopped dead in his tracks and stared at the kitten.
"Beka," he said slowly, "put the kitten down."
"What's wrong with you? It's just a kitten."
"It's the spawn of Satan, now put it down." Beka looked at him strangely. "Do you mean to tell me you don't remember that cat?"
Beka looked at the cat and shrugged. "I've got the feeling I've seen this cat before, but I have no idea where."
"Beka, that's the cat that kept popping up in your distress calls when you were trapped in the tunnel."
Beka nearly dropped the kitten when Harper said this. Harper carefully took the kitten from her and held it out. "I think Dylan needs to see this."
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Dylan sat in his chair at his desk in his quarters. He looked over some flexies while he waited for Andromeda to warm up a cup of tea for him. Just as the timer went off for his tea, Harper barged in carrying a black and dark gray kitten, followed by Beka. "Look familiar, Cap'n?" Harper asked. Dylan looked at the kitten closely and sat back.
"How did that get back on my ship?" he asked angrily.
"I don't know, but I don't like it."
"What's so bad about this thing anyway?" Beka asked from behind Harper. "Harper refuses to tell me."
Dylan looked at the cat while he spoke. "We're not sure what this thing is, but we know it can't be good. It showed up in your distress signals from the tunnel, and you tried to convince me to let you keep it while you were… not you…"
Holo-Rommie appeared next to Dylan's desk. "Dylan, I'm picking up significant energy waves coming from the cat."
"What does that mean?" Harper asked, suddenly panicked.
"I don't know, Harper," Rommie replied, annoyed. "I would suggest running some tests on it. It could be some kind of surveillance device left behind by the tunnel aliens."
"Why would they do that?" Beka asked.
"I don't think they were planning on being destroyed by us. Or they might have planted it to keep watch on the Commonwealth officials when they weren't near them." Holo-Rommie disappeared, leaving Beka, Dylan, and Harper to ponder her suggestions.
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"Beka," he said slowly, "put the kitten down."
"What's wrong with you? It's just a kitten."
"It's the spawn of Satan, now put it down." Beka looked at him strangely. "Do you mean to tell me you don't remember that cat?"
Beka looked at the cat and shrugged. "I've got the feeling I've seen this cat before, but I have no idea where."
"Beka, that's the cat that kept popping up in your distress calls when you were trapped in the tunnel."
Beka nearly dropped the kitten when Harper said this. Harper carefully took the kitten from her and held it out. "I think Dylan needs to see this."
* * *
Dylan sat in his chair at his desk in his quarters. He looked over some flexies while he waited for Andromeda to warm up a cup of tea for him. Just as the timer went off for his tea, Harper barged in carrying a black and dark gray kitten, followed by Beka. "Look familiar, Cap'n?" Harper asked. Dylan looked at the kitten closely and sat back.
"How did that get back on my ship?" he asked angrily.
"I don't know, but I don't like it."
"What's so bad about this thing anyway?" Beka asked from behind Harper. "Harper refuses to tell me."
Dylan looked at the cat while he spoke. "We're not sure what this thing is, but we know it can't be good. It showed up in your distress signals from the tunnel, and you tried to convince me to let you keep it while you were… not you…"
Holo-Rommie appeared next to Dylan's desk. "Dylan, I'm picking up significant energy waves coming from the cat."
"What does that mean?" Harper asked, suddenly panicked.
"I don't know, Harper," Rommie replied, annoyed. "I would suggest running some tests on it. It could be some kind of surveillance device left behind by the tunnel aliens."
"Why would they do that?" Beka asked.
"I don't think they were planning on being destroyed by us. Or they might have planted it to keep watch on the Commonwealth officials when they weren't near them." Holo-Rommie disappeared, leaving Beka, Dylan, and Harper to ponder her suggestions.
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