The search for sanity
By Natta
Summary: When all the male members of Andromeda are drugged to act strangely, Rommie, Beka and Trance has to take matters in their own hands and get their sanity back. Set in the beginning/middle of season 2 before Rev leaves.
Disclaimer: Let's see...I own them...I don't...I own them...I don't... I own them...I don't. Nope. I don't.
Trance had fallen asleep in her chair when the others came back. She woke with a start and smiled towards them (although they couldn't see it). Beka stopped her staring-game with one of the guards and Rommie simply turned her head. But the moment they entered, Trance could feel something was wrong.
'They are your women,' Kylin whispered in Tyr's ear. 'Look at her,' he nodded towards Beka, 'She's not wearing a Seka.'
Trance saw Tyr step up to Beka who immediately rose from her chair and backed a few steps at the strange look in his eyes. What he did next made Trance scream right out in fear and surprise. He lifted his hand and punched her face hard. Beka fell to the floor and didn't move.
'What are...you doing?' Trance stuttered while staring at Tyr as if she thought she was having a nightmare. Harper quickly moved forward and looked her sternly in the eyes.
'You shall be quiet.' Dylan nodded to Tyr who lifted Beka's unconscious form up from the floor and left the room, followed by Harper who had a tight hold on Trance's tail, Dylan who held onto a seemingly calm Rommie who didn't try to fight him off and last of all Rev.
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'And don't you dare try to escape,' was the last thing they heard Dylan say before slamming the door shut. The room was almost completely dark, save one light in a corner. Trance and Rommie ripped off their Seka's.
'Beka? Hello?' Trance shook her gently and it had effect. Her friend coughed a bit and groggily opened her eyes. Her hand went to her head as she tried to sit up.
'Gee,' she muttered, 'Who threw a rock on my head?' She moaned louder as she stood on her legs. 'Or a mountain.'
'Try to sit down,' said Trance and Beka slumped down on the floor again.
'That ambassador,' mused Rommie. 'He must've done something to them.'
'Yes,' Trance agreed, 'It seemed like they were all drugged, their eyes...well when Harper talked to me, it was as if he just looked on the wall behind me, as if he didn't see me.'
'It was the same with Tyr just before he hit me,' said Beka, 'but doesn't the Mandera do that to the women too?' Trance shook her head.
'No, they don't. They look at them with despise as if they're not worth anything, but they do look at them. I think they are drugged to act like Mandera, but it did something to their eyes too.'
'Maybe they are blind,' Beka proposed but Rommie shook her head.
'No,' she said, 'they're not blind. They do look at us when we talk to them, but the drugs make their eyes look strange.'
'A bit like flash,' Beka mumbled, shivering at the memory.
'Yes, it's actually a lot like flash, as they're both mind-altering drugs that makes you go...a bit mad.' She paused. 'No offence.'
'Talking about it,' said Trance. 'Beka, your father was...addicted to drugs,' Rommie looked surprised (A/N I don't think Rommie knew but I'm not sure) but didn't say anything. 'If they really are um, high,' Trance continued, 'do you have any idea on what to do? I mean, what did you do when your father was like that?'
'Well,' Beka started slowly, 'when I was little I'd normally just hide away until he was normal again, but when I got older, me and Rafe could get him inside a room and lock it if we worked together.'
'Maybe that's what we need to do,' said Rommie suddenly after a few moments of silence.
'But how?' asked Trance. 'there's only three of us and they are five. Sure you could fight them better as you're an android but they've got the forcelances.'
'We'll just have to surprise them, prepare an ambush,' said Rommie with her eyes gleaming in a way they never had seen before.
'Yes,' Beka continued, 'let's pretend we think this is completely normal, let's wear the stupid Seka's and do what they tell us to do and then overwhelm them when they least suspect anything.' Just when she had said that, they heard footsteps at the door. Trance and Rommie quickly put on their Seka's again and all three women stood up. Dylan, Tyr and Harper entered. Rev was nowhere to be seen. Harper was carrying a heap of fabric that could be clothes, probably additions to the Seka's.
'Your clothing is incomplete,' said Dylan and started walking in front of them. 'Especially yours,' he said and looked at Beka with unhidden despise. 'You will now be presented with more appropriate garments. Harper dropped the pile on the floor and started to give out, or rather simply throw the different pieces of clothing on them. They all received another, thinner Seka, coloured transparent fabrics to keep over their eyes and thick gloves. Beka also had the thick Seka and Trance was told to keep that "weird purple tail-thing" inside her Seka. They all put it on and when they were finished, they all looked like Mandera women.
'Good,' said Dylan when he satisfied looked at the three of them. 'You can now start your duties.'
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'Cleaning the ship, can you believe it?' Rommie muttered. 'Hell, I'm actually cleaning myself!'
'Well, at least you don't have to serve them drinks and then stand there and be a nice quiet girl in case they need something else,' Beka answered. She was on her way to command to serve them some Mandera speciality. She had carefully checked so there were no drugs in it first and now she was on her way to command. She bumped into a wall on the way there and cursed the limited vision under her breath. Then she carefully checked so the drinks had not been spilled out, but they seemed okay to her.
'You! Hurry up!' She saw Tyr standing a few meters away, so she half-ran up to him and handed him one of the drinks. Then she went to the others and gave them one each.
'Just go and stand over there,' said Dylan impatiently. He sat in the pilot's chair and seemed to be the "new pilot".
'I hope we can come up with a plan soon,' Beka thought, 'Because I'm not sure I can do this for much longer.'
TBC
By Natta
Summary: When all the male members of Andromeda are drugged to act strangely, Rommie, Beka and Trance has to take matters in their own hands and get their sanity back. Set in the beginning/middle of season 2 before Rev leaves.
Disclaimer: Let's see...I own them...I don't...I own them...I don't... I own them...I don't. Nope. I don't.
Trance had fallen asleep in her chair when the others came back. She woke with a start and smiled towards them (although they couldn't see it). Beka stopped her staring-game with one of the guards and Rommie simply turned her head. But the moment they entered, Trance could feel something was wrong.
'They are your women,' Kylin whispered in Tyr's ear. 'Look at her,' he nodded towards Beka, 'She's not wearing a Seka.'
Trance saw Tyr step up to Beka who immediately rose from her chair and backed a few steps at the strange look in his eyes. What he did next made Trance scream right out in fear and surprise. He lifted his hand and punched her face hard. Beka fell to the floor and didn't move.
'What are...you doing?' Trance stuttered while staring at Tyr as if she thought she was having a nightmare. Harper quickly moved forward and looked her sternly in the eyes.
'You shall be quiet.' Dylan nodded to Tyr who lifted Beka's unconscious form up from the floor and left the room, followed by Harper who had a tight hold on Trance's tail, Dylan who held onto a seemingly calm Rommie who didn't try to fight him off and last of all Rev.
****
'And don't you dare try to escape,' was the last thing they heard Dylan say before slamming the door shut. The room was almost completely dark, save one light in a corner. Trance and Rommie ripped off their Seka's.
'Beka? Hello?' Trance shook her gently and it had effect. Her friend coughed a bit and groggily opened her eyes. Her hand went to her head as she tried to sit up.
'Gee,' she muttered, 'Who threw a rock on my head?' She moaned louder as she stood on her legs. 'Or a mountain.'
'Try to sit down,' said Trance and Beka slumped down on the floor again.
'That ambassador,' mused Rommie. 'He must've done something to them.'
'Yes,' Trance agreed, 'It seemed like they were all drugged, their eyes...well when Harper talked to me, it was as if he just looked on the wall behind me, as if he didn't see me.'
'It was the same with Tyr just before he hit me,' said Beka, 'but doesn't the Mandera do that to the women too?' Trance shook her head.
'No, they don't. They look at them with despise as if they're not worth anything, but they do look at them. I think they are drugged to act like Mandera, but it did something to their eyes too.'
'Maybe they are blind,' Beka proposed but Rommie shook her head.
'No,' she said, 'they're not blind. They do look at us when we talk to them, but the drugs make their eyes look strange.'
'A bit like flash,' Beka mumbled, shivering at the memory.
'Yes, it's actually a lot like flash, as they're both mind-altering drugs that makes you go...a bit mad.' She paused. 'No offence.'
'Talking about it,' said Trance. 'Beka, your father was...addicted to drugs,' Rommie looked surprised (A/N I don't think Rommie knew but I'm not sure) but didn't say anything. 'If they really are um, high,' Trance continued, 'do you have any idea on what to do? I mean, what did you do when your father was like that?'
'Well,' Beka started slowly, 'when I was little I'd normally just hide away until he was normal again, but when I got older, me and Rafe could get him inside a room and lock it if we worked together.'
'Maybe that's what we need to do,' said Rommie suddenly after a few moments of silence.
'But how?' asked Trance. 'there's only three of us and they are five. Sure you could fight them better as you're an android but they've got the forcelances.'
'We'll just have to surprise them, prepare an ambush,' said Rommie with her eyes gleaming in a way they never had seen before.
'Yes,' Beka continued, 'let's pretend we think this is completely normal, let's wear the stupid Seka's and do what they tell us to do and then overwhelm them when they least suspect anything.' Just when she had said that, they heard footsteps at the door. Trance and Rommie quickly put on their Seka's again and all three women stood up. Dylan, Tyr and Harper entered. Rev was nowhere to be seen. Harper was carrying a heap of fabric that could be clothes, probably additions to the Seka's.
'Your clothing is incomplete,' said Dylan and started walking in front of them. 'Especially yours,' he said and looked at Beka with unhidden despise. 'You will now be presented with more appropriate garments. Harper dropped the pile on the floor and started to give out, or rather simply throw the different pieces of clothing on them. They all received another, thinner Seka, coloured transparent fabrics to keep over their eyes and thick gloves. Beka also had the thick Seka and Trance was told to keep that "weird purple tail-thing" inside her Seka. They all put it on and when they were finished, they all looked like Mandera women.
'Good,' said Dylan when he satisfied looked at the three of them. 'You can now start your duties.'
****
'Cleaning the ship, can you believe it?' Rommie muttered. 'Hell, I'm actually cleaning myself!'
'Well, at least you don't have to serve them drinks and then stand there and be a nice quiet girl in case they need something else,' Beka answered. She was on her way to command to serve them some Mandera speciality. She had carefully checked so there were no drugs in it first and now she was on her way to command. She bumped into a wall on the way there and cursed the limited vision under her breath. Then she carefully checked so the drinks had not been spilled out, but they seemed okay to her.
'You! Hurry up!' She saw Tyr standing a few meters away, so she half-ran up to him and handed him one of the drinks. Then she went to the others and gave them one each.
'Just go and stand over there,' said Dylan impatiently. He sat in the pilot's chair and seemed to be the "new pilot".
'I hope we can come up with a plan soon,' Beka thought, 'Because I'm not sure I can do this for much longer.'
TBC