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: Now, this is getting tiresome. For the last time: Andromeda does not belong to me. And that's final!
A/N I think this started to turn into a Beka/Tyr story in last chapter and it will continue. (Couldn't help it.) But the major plot will still be the original one. (see summary)
'So, it's time to sleep now, isn't it?' Rommie asked. She didn't sleep, but she knew the others would need to do that, or they wouldn't manage to work during the day.
'Yeah, I suppose,' Beka said. 'What else would be the reason that we were thrown in here? It's not like we have any free time.' Trance seemed lost in thought.
'I want a nickname,' she suddenly said. Rommie and Beka confused turned their heads towards her.
'What?' Rommie exclaimed.
'Well, you've both got nicknames, it would only be fair if I get one too.'
'Rommie's not exactly a nickname,' Rommie mused, 'It's the AI that's called Andromeda, not me. But well, I suppose you could call it a nickname.'
'Everyone's called me Beka for so long, Rebecca is hardly even my name anymore,' Beka continued.
'But they're still nicknames!' Trance complained. 'I really want one!' Beka groaned.
'I can't see why you're bringing this up now,' she said, 'but we'll call you Trancie, is that all right?'
'Yes,' Trance said happily. 'Should we sleep now?' Beka and Trance lay down on the floor and fell asleep almost at once even though it was cold and hard as rock. They had taken off their Sekas and used them as blankets. Rommie sat awake in the dark, trying to think of a way to get free and try to find a cure for the drug. But first things first. How were they going to take over the ship and lock in the others somewhere without any weapons at all?
Suddenly, someone opened the door and light streamed in. Rommie stiffened and watched closely as someone entered the room and closed the door behind him. As he got closer, she noticed it was Rev. She was prepared that he would order her to clean something or fix food for him, but instead he sat down in front of her. He seemed to be fighting with himself and Rommie looked closely into his eyes. Something there told her this was different.
'Wake Trance and Rebecca. I need to talk to the three of you.' Rommie went backwards, all the time keeping a close eye on him and then shook her sleeping friends, who reluctantly woke up from their sleep. Rev got closer to them.
'I'm trying to fight the drug,' he whispered, 'and I think I've found a way. I must pretend I don't in front of Dylan and the others though.' A jolt of happiness went through Rommie and she smiled.
'I will try to assist you as much as I can in trying to take over the ship. Do you have any plans?'
'Yes,' said Trance, 'We thought we'd try to lock you in somewhere. We'd take you by surprise and then get back to the Mandera homeworld to look for a cure.' Rev nodded.
'I brought you some weapons.' He gave them one gun each and they gratefully accepted them. I can try to distract them tomorrow, then you must make your move. Come to the bridge and I will make them all look at me when you enter. Then you can overtake them easily.' They nodded eagerly, and Rev left the room after saying goodbye.
'Finally,' Beka smiled. 'Now maybe we can find an end to this nightmare.'
****
The next morning, Beka and Trance was saved in the last minute from getting a bruising wake-up by Harper. Rommie saw him enter and quickly shook them awake.
'You're awake,' Harper snarled. 'Get to work.' He turned around and went out the doors.
'Nice to see you too,' Beka mumbled as she rose and started to put on her Seka. Well, hopefully, today's the last day in hell.' They brought up the guns they had carefully hid the night before and put them under their Sekas.
'He didn't tell us what to do, but that would mean cleaning,' Rommie said and took up the rags that lay at the door. She handed one each to her friends and then exited the door. She didn't want them to see her face, because although she was happy they now had a chance to get free, she had started to have other concerns. Before, it had been all about getting free, but now that it was closer, she had started thinking about what would come after. What if Dylan and the others wouldn't get normal again? She shuddered at the thought.
'No,' she thought and tried to shake the feeling off. 'They'll be fine. They have to.' They went to a part of the ship they hadn't cleaned yet and started working on it, waiting for an excuse to get on command. It wasn't long.
'One of you,' Dylan's voice was heard through the comm, 'get over here.' Rommie and Beka rose, checking their guns were there. Trance looked up at them.
'He said one of us,' she commented.
'Trance, you.' Rommie started.
'Trancie! You promised!' The purple girl had rose and glared at Rommie who rolled her eyes.
'All right, all right! We're supposed to ambush them, Tranc.ie.'
'Oh, right,' she said, seemingly happy with the use of her new nickname. Beka had already started walking and the others followed right behind her. The moment she took a step onto the bridge Rev acknowledged her and started to shout. Everyone's attention was turned to him.
'Hey, there's something really weird over here, look look!' Beka grinned. He really was a bad actor. The three women walked closely up to them and put the guns to one head respectively. They immediately stiffened and stood remarkably still. Rev walked around them and stood a bit away.
'You're coming with us,' Rommie said in an icy voice, her gun pointed to Harper's head. The three men didn't seem to object but walked in front of them all the way to the brig (A/N I'm not sure if they have a brig, but let's just say they do) and willingly went in. Rommie closed the door and smiled a victourios smile. Rev stepped up to them. He earned very angry looks from the three men behind bars but ignored them.
'I think you should lock me in to, just to be safe,' he said. At their confused looks he continued, 'I'm not sure if the drug will take over me again, it's always best to be careful. The others nodded and he followed them to another room where they locked him in. Then Trance turned to her friends.
'Now, how do we find a cure to this drug?'
'I don't know,' said Beka and frowned. 'Maybe they'll just wore off in time. But we won't know how long they last.'
'Maybe we could take DNA-samples and then find out more about the drug,' Rommie suggested.
'DNA-tests?' Trance asked. 'Would you like to go in there to them? I don't think that's a good idea.'
'Maybe not,' Rommie continued, 'but they've touched us a bit now and then, maybe we could find some. Although it's going to be hard to find, I suppose.'
'Maybe,' Beka started, but her voice faded.
'What?' Trance asked, turning her head. Beka took a deep breath. You could tell this was going to be hard.
'Well, I should have some of Tyr's.Tyr's.' She started to get tears in her eyes, 'Well, you know what.' The other's nodded. 'Maybe we could use that.' She looked at Trance who nodded.
'I think that will work,' she said and put an arm around Beka's now Seka- free shoulders and the three of them started walking toward the med bay.
'Would you lie down over there please,' Trance said as she went over to a panel. Beka compled and Rommie walked over to stand next to her. She looked down at Beka who had her eyes closed and bit her lip hard. She had never fully understood this with humen and crying. First, she had seemed to be over the event, not talking about it or anything, and then when it seemed as if it could actually be helpful, she got sad again. It was a bit weird, but then again, she still had a lot to learn about them. Trance put a small computer thing (A/N I don't really know what to write, okay?) on Beka's neck and started to tap in commands on the console all while telling them what she saw.
'Okay, I've found Tyr's DNA, isolating it, there. I think I have.' Suddenly she stopped tapping and her eyes went wide.
'Trance?' Beka asked, a bit uncertain. 'Is everything all right?' The purple girl shook her head a bit as if trying to shake off a bad feeling.
'Yeah, it's nothing. You can go now, and I'll try to find out more about the drug. It's a little hard when I've got so little to work with, but I think it'll work.' Beka nodded and took off the dataport. Before she and Rommie could start walking toward the bridge Trance smiled and looked at them.
'And by the way, call me *Trancie*!'
~TBC~
Q&A
MaryRose: So far so good. I read both versions and rape is really a traumatic thing. I don't think beka will be able to get over it and forgive Tyr just like that.
Natta: It was horrible to write since I have never written anything like that before. It's so typical, now I'm too young to read my own story, and yet I'm writing it. : p Well, we'll just see how they cope with it afterwards. But you have to remember that it wasn't really him and Beka knows that too.
Nsane1: Wow, that was really an amazing, powerful chapter!
Natta: Thanks. I'm happy people liked it, I wasn't sure if it was good or not.
Yullia: Thought it was a good start. It sounds interesting. Please keep going!
Natta: I am.; ) Things will get more interesting. you'll see.
Shadow: Hehe...Funny! Good, but funny. Sekas...LMAO! Just hope you get Harper back to normal! ;)
Natta: Hi there, where have you been through all the other chapters? I kind of fell in love with those sekas, now I can't stop writing about them. Maybe I should sew one myself. Not that I can.
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: Now, this is getting tiresome. For the last time: Andromeda does not belong to me. And that's final!
A/N I think this started to turn into a Beka/Tyr story in last chapter and it will continue. (Couldn't help it.) But the major plot will still be the original one. (see summary)
'So, it's time to sleep now, isn't it?' Rommie asked. She didn't sleep, but she knew the others would need to do that, or they wouldn't manage to work during the day.
'Yeah, I suppose,' Beka said. 'What else would be the reason that we were thrown in here? It's not like we have any free time.' Trance seemed lost in thought.
'I want a nickname,' she suddenly said. Rommie and Beka confused turned their heads towards her.
'What?' Rommie exclaimed.
'Well, you've both got nicknames, it would only be fair if I get one too.'
'Rommie's not exactly a nickname,' Rommie mused, 'It's the AI that's called Andromeda, not me. But well, I suppose you could call it a nickname.'
'Everyone's called me Beka for so long, Rebecca is hardly even my name anymore,' Beka continued.
'But they're still nicknames!' Trance complained. 'I really want one!' Beka groaned.
'I can't see why you're bringing this up now,' she said, 'but we'll call you Trancie, is that all right?'
'Yes,' Trance said happily. 'Should we sleep now?' Beka and Trance lay down on the floor and fell asleep almost at once even though it was cold and hard as rock. They had taken off their Sekas and used them as blankets. Rommie sat awake in the dark, trying to think of a way to get free and try to find a cure for the drug. But first things first. How were they going to take over the ship and lock in the others somewhere without any weapons at all?
Suddenly, someone opened the door and light streamed in. Rommie stiffened and watched closely as someone entered the room and closed the door behind him. As he got closer, she noticed it was Rev. She was prepared that he would order her to clean something or fix food for him, but instead he sat down in front of her. He seemed to be fighting with himself and Rommie looked closely into his eyes. Something there told her this was different.
'Wake Trance and Rebecca. I need to talk to the three of you.' Rommie went backwards, all the time keeping a close eye on him and then shook her sleeping friends, who reluctantly woke up from their sleep. Rev got closer to them.
'I'm trying to fight the drug,' he whispered, 'and I think I've found a way. I must pretend I don't in front of Dylan and the others though.' A jolt of happiness went through Rommie and she smiled.
'I will try to assist you as much as I can in trying to take over the ship. Do you have any plans?'
'Yes,' said Trance, 'We thought we'd try to lock you in somewhere. We'd take you by surprise and then get back to the Mandera homeworld to look for a cure.' Rev nodded.
'I brought you some weapons.' He gave them one gun each and they gratefully accepted them. I can try to distract them tomorrow, then you must make your move. Come to the bridge and I will make them all look at me when you enter. Then you can overtake them easily.' They nodded eagerly, and Rev left the room after saying goodbye.
'Finally,' Beka smiled. 'Now maybe we can find an end to this nightmare.'
****
The next morning, Beka and Trance was saved in the last minute from getting a bruising wake-up by Harper. Rommie saw him enter and quickly shook them awake.
'You're awake,' Harper snarled. 'Get to work.' He turned around and went out the doors.
'Nice to see you too,' Beka mumbled as she rose and started to put on her Seka. Well, hopefully, today's the last day in hell.' They brought up the guns they had carefully hid the night before and put them under their Sekas.
'He didn't tell us what to do, but that would mean cleaning,' Rommie said and took up the rags that lay at the door. She handed one each to her friends and then exited the door. She didn't want them to see her face, because although she was happy they now had a chance to get free, she had started to have other concerns. Before, it had been all about getting free, but now that it was closer, she had started thinking about what would come after. What if Dylan and the others wouldn't get normal again? She shuddered at the thought.
'No,' she thought and tried to shake the feeling off. 'They'll be fine. They have to.' They went to a part of the ship they hadn't cleaned yet and started working on it, waiting for an excuse to get on command. It wasn't long.
'One of you,' Dylan's voice was heard through the comm, 'get over here.' Rommie and Beka rose, checking their guns were there. Trance looked up at them.
'He said one of us,' she commented.
'Trance, you.' Rommie started.
'Trancie! You promised!' The purple girl had rose and glared at Rommie who rolled her eyes.
'All right, all right! We're supposed to ambush them, Tranc.ie.'
'Oh, right,' she said, seemingly happy with the use of her new nickname. Beka had already started walking and the others followed right behind her. The moment she took a step onto the bridge Rev acknowledged her and started to shout. Everyone's attention was turned to him.
'Hey, there's something really weird over here, look look!' Beka grinned. He really was a bad actor. The three women walked closely up to them and put the guns to one head respectively. They immediately stiffened and stood remarkably still. Rev walked around them and stood a bit away.
'You're coming with us,' Rommie said in an icy voice, her gun pointed to Harper's head. The three men didn't seem to object but walked in front of them all the way to the brig (A/N I'm not sure if they have a brig, but let's just say they do) and willingly went in. Rommie closed the door and smiled a victourios smile. Rev stepped up to them. He earned very angry looks from the three men behind bars but ignored them.
'I think you should lock me in to, just to be safe,' he said. At their confused looks he continued, 'I'm not sure if the drug will take over me again, it's always best to be careful. The others nodded and he followed them to another room where they locked him in. Then Trance turned to her friends.
'Now, how do we find a cure to this drug?'
'I don't know,' said Beka and frowned. 'Maybe they'll just wore off in time. But we won't know how long they last.'
'Maybe we could take DNA-samples and then find out more about the drug,' Rommie suggested.
'DNA-tests?' Trance asked. 'Would you like to go in there to them? I don't think that's a good idea.'
'Maybe not,' Rommie continued, 'but they've touched us a bit now and then, maybe we could find some. Although it's going to be hard to find, I suppose.'
'Maybe,' Beka started, but her voice faded.
'What?' Trance asked, turning her head. Beka took a deep breath. You could tell this was going to be hard.
'Well, I should have some of Tyr's.Tyr's.' She started to get tears in her eyes, 'Well, you know what.' The other's nodded. 'Maybe we could use that.' She looked at Trance who nodded.
'I think that will work,' she said and put an arm around Beka's now Seka- free shoulders and the three of them started walking toward the med bay.
'Would you lie down over there please,' Trance said as she went over to a panel. Beka compled and Rommie walked over to stand next to her. She looked down at Beka who had her eyes closed and bit her lip hard. She had never fully understood this with humen and crying. First, she had seemed to be over the event, not talking about it or anything, and then when it seemed as if it could actually be helpful, she got sad again. It was a bit weird, but then again, she still had a lot to learn about them. Trance put a small computer thing (A/N I don't really know what to write, okay?) on Beka's neck and started to tap in commands on the console all while telling them what she saw.
'Okay, I've found Tyr's DNA, isolating it, there. I think I have.' Suddenly she stopped tapping and her eyes went wide.
'Trance?' Beka asked, a bit uncertain. 'Is everything all right?' The purple girl shook her head a bit as if trying to shake off a bad feeling.
'Yeah, it's nothing. You can go now, and I'll try to find out more about the drug. It's a little hard when I've got so little to work with, but I think it'll work.' Beka nodded and took off the dataport. Before she and Rommie could start walking toward the bridge Trance smiled and looked at them.
'And by the way, call me *Trancie*!'
~TBC~
Q&A
MaryRose: So far so good. I read both versions and rape is really a traumatic thing. I don't think beka will be able to get over it and forgive Tyr just like that.
Natta: It was horrible to write since I have never written anything like that before. It's so typical, now I'm too young to read my own story, and yet I'm writing it. : p Well, we'll just see how they cope with it afterwards. But you have to remember that it wasn't really him and Beka knows that too.
Nsane1: Wow, that was really an amazing, powerful chapter!
Natta: Thanks. I'm happy people liked it, I wasn't sure if it was good or not.
Yullia: Thought it was a good start. It sounds interesting. Please keep going!
Natta: I am.; ) Things will get more interesting. you'll see.
Shadow: Hehe...Funny! Good, but funny. Sekas...LMAO! Just hope you get Harper back to normal! ;)
Natta: Hi there, where have you been through all the other chapters? I kind of fell in love with those sekas, now I can't stop writing about them. Maybe I should sew one myself. Not that I can.