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 somewhere in the first season
Disclaimer: Well at least *I* still have my sanity left.
Trance came to command with a look of disappointment on her face.
'What did you find?' Rommie asked, walking up to her. Trance looked sad and it took a few moments before she answered.
'Well, it was a very small sample of DNA, but well, from what I can see, the drug will take a very long time before it wears of, if it ever does. I could try to work something out, a potion that will work against it, but I'm not entirely sure that I can.'
'Are you saying,' Rommie started, her voice trembling slightly, 'that maybe we'll never get them back again?'
'Well,' Trance answered, 'our best chances would be to get back to the Mandera homeworld and try to make them help us.'
'Already on it,' Beka stated and took her place in the pilot's chair. 'I'll get us there in a couple of jumps.' She brought them into slipstream, but at the moment she started, she could feel something was wrong. She was dizzy and couldn't focus. She tried to get through the jump, but had to break off.
'I'm sorry, she panted,' I don't know what happened.' She looked up at Rommie, who appeared concerned and surprised. Trance on the other hand looked as if she'd been suspecting it.
'Tranc.ie,' Beka said and frowned, 'why do I get the feeling you know something that we don't?' Trance just gave a small smile.
'We can take it easy on the way back,' she said quietly. 'No slipstream, it'll take a while, but that's okay.' She avoided answering the question. Beka just shrugged her shoulders. Once that purple one had decided not to say anything, trying to make her was pointless.
****
Finally they had reached the Mandera homeworld. The three women looked at the planet with despise, even though they knew it was only the ambassador and maybe some others who had done this to them.
'Hail them,' Beka commanded and Rommie opened a channel.
'Channel open,' the AI stated from the viewscreen and a second later, the ambassador showed up. His smile faded when he saw that it wasn't Captain Hunt he was talking to.
'You, you,' he stuttered, 'you're not supposed to be here. That drug.it was supposed to make them despise you and treat you as slaves.' Beka smiled an ironic smile.
'Oh yes,' she said, 'it did. We just had to do something about it. They're locked up in our brig now and we will let them out, as soon as you've told us how to make them normal again.'
'They are normal,' he spluttered, 'you ought to be ashamed.'
'No,' Beka interrupted, '*you* ought to be ashamed. Now, give us some kind of antidote and we will leave.'
'Never,' the ambassador said stubbornly.
'That is very illogical of you,' Rommie broke in. 'Dylan is the captain of this ship, but if we can't let them out of the brig, Beka will be the captain. A woman.' She paused and let the words sink in. 'If you give us the antidote, we can let Dylan out and he will be captain again. Isn't that what you want?' The ambassador looked as if he was fighting with himself, but didn't change his mind.
'No,' he said. 'Either you can have them as you have them now, or not at all.' He closed the channel.
'He knows you're right,' Trance said quietly, 'he just can't admit it.'
'What are we going to do?' Rommie asked desperately, 'if they won't give it to us, then how are they supposed to get better?'
'We'll just have to steal it,' Beka said quietly.
'Yes,' Trance said. 'That would be the only way.'
'What? Steal it? How are we supposed to steal it?' Rommie asked.
'Well,' Beka said, 'I'll do the stealing, Trance makes sure it's the right poison, and you watch for intruders.'
'But who will stay and watch the ship?' Trance wondered.
'I'll see if I can get the AI to work again,' Rommie answered and started to work on it. 'We can set off in one hour.'
****
The AI was working again and had been filled in on what had happened. She had promised to watch the ship and make sure the prisoners wouldn't get out of the brig. Rommie, Beka and Trance sat in a slipfighter. They wouldn't take the Maru as it wouldn't be as easy to hide from the Mandera's sensors.
'All right,' Beka stated, 'We can land now. We're very close to what appears to be a lab.' They had been doing some scanning and found that the most likely place would be a large building that contained a very large amount of different chemicals. They landed the slipfighter at a safe distance, close to a forest where people wouldn't notice them.
'Okay,' Rommie said and took a deep breath. 'Let's...rock 'n roll.'
~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 somewhere in the first season
Disclaimer: Well at least *I* still have my sanity left.
Trance came to command with a look of disappointment on her face.
'What did you find?' Rommie asked, walking up to her. Trance looked sad and it took a few moments before she answered.
'Well, it was a very small sample of DNA, but well, from what I can see, the drug will take a very long time before it wears of, if it ever does. I could try to work something out, a potion that will work against it, but I'm not entirely sure that I can.'
'Are you saying,' Rommie started, her voice trembling slightly, 'that maybe we'll never get them back again?'
'Well,' Trance answered, 'our best chances would be to get back to the Mandera homeworld and try to make them help us.'
'Already on it,' Beka stated and took her place in the pilot's chair. 'I'll get us there in a couple of jumps.' She brought them into slipstream, but at the moment she started, she could feel something was wrong. She was dizzy and couldn't focus. She tried to get through the jump, but had to break off.
'I'm sorry, she panted,' I don't know what happened.' She looked up at Rommie, who appeared concerned and surprised. Trance on the other hand looked as if she'd been suspecting it.
'Tranc.ie,' Beka said and frowned, 'why do I get the feeling you know something that we don't?' Trance just gave a small smile.
'We can take it easy on the way back,' she said quietly. 'No slipstream, it'll take a while, but that's okay.' She avoided answering the question. Beka just shrugged her shoulders. Once that purple one had decided not to say anything, trying to make her was pointless.
****
Finally they had reached the Mandera homeworld. The three women looked at the planet with despise, even though they knew it was only the ambassador and maybe some others who had done this to them.
'Hail them,' Beka commanded and Rommie opened a channel.
'Channel open,' the AI stated from the viewscreen and a second later, the ambassador showed up. His smile faded when he saw that it wasn't Captain Hunt he was talking to.
'You, you,' he stuttered, 'you're not supposed to be here. That drug.it was supposed to make them despise you and treat you as slaves.' Beka smiled an ironic smile.
'Oh yes,' she said, 'it did. We just had to do something about it. They're locked up in our brig now and we will let them out, as soon as you've told us how to make them normal again.'
'They are normal,' he spluttered, 'you ought to be ashamed.'
'No,' Beka interrupted, '*you* ought to be ashamed. Now, give us some kind of antidote and we will leave.'
'Never,' the ambassador said stubbornly.
'That is very illogical of you,' Rommie broke in. 'Dylan is the captain of this ship, but if we can't let them out of the brig, Beka will be the captain. A woman.' She paused and let the words sink in. 'If you give us the antidote, we can let Dylan out and he will be captain again. Isn't that what you want?' The ambassador looked as if he was fighting with himself, but didn't change his mind.
'No,' he said. 'Either you can have them as you have them now, or not at all.' He closed the channel.
'He knows you're right,' Trance said quietly, 'he just can't admit it.'
'What are we going to do?' Rommie asked desperately, 'if they won't give it to us, then how are they supposed to get better?'
'We'll just have to steal it,' Beka said quietly.
'Yes,' Trance said. 'That would be the only way.'
'What? Steal it? How are we supposed to steal it?' Rommie asked.
'Well,' Beka said, 'I'll do the stealing, Trance makes sure it's the right poison, and you watch for intruders.'
'But who will stay and watch the ship?' Trance wondered.
'I'll see if I can get the AI to work again,' Rommie answered and started to work on it. 'We can set off in one hour.'
****
The AI was working again and had been filled in on what had happened. She had promised to watch the ship and make sure the prisoners wouldn't get out of the brig. Rommie, Beka and Trance sat in a slipfighter. They wouldn't take the Maru as it wouldn't be as easy to hide from the Mandera's sensors.
'All right,' Beka stated, 'We can land now. We're very close to what appears to be a lab.' They had been doing some scanning and found that the most likely place would be a large building that contained a very large amount of different chemicals. They landed the slipfighter at a safe distance, close to a forest where people wouldn't notice them.
'Okay,' Rommie said and took a deep breath. 'Let's...rock 'n roll.'
~TBC~