"Okay okay. I was meeting her cause I was thinking of buying some stolen
components for her, as I need it for a project."
"Oh?"
"Yeah."
"She risked being seen, just to sell you some parts?"
"The chick needed to see me, as she needed me to inspect some other stuff for her in exchange for lowering the price. I was gonna pick up the stuff tonight, but I guess I won't"
"I see." Dylan seemed to believe him.
"Yeah."
"Well, I'm sorry if you missed out on a good deal but that's the way it goes. You will be confined to quarters until further notice."
"Okay"
And so Dylan left.
So, Harper turned on his 'swing' music, and danced for a bit, ate some food,and then worked on some gadget he had to work on.
One day, Harper and Dylan were working alone on the bridge, when Dylan asked him.
"Is the device I asked for ready?"
"You mean the foot soaker? Yeah almost."
"I'll need it soon."
"Did ya get an injury?"
"No, Andrea is coming"
"What? Didn't she cheat on you?" Andrea was someone that Dylan had been having a long distance relationship with for almost two years. However, during her last visit, Harper and he had seen her kissing on of the delegates, and it had turned out that they were having a fling. She was also quite a flirt.
"I forgave her, on the condition that she come live on this ship as a sign of her commitment."
"Dylan, she cheated on you twice! Come on, you a nice, great looking guy, and can have any babe you want, but what do you do? you find yourself a woman who likes to get around."
Dylan was just looking at his console, trying not to get mad.
"She only cheated once, Harper"
"What about the time she kissed that dude at the bar?"
"It was to get some information."
"yeah, and I'm the Vedran empress" Harper rolled his eyes as he instinctively knew that she enjoyed that kiss. "Look, Dylan, I've seen her type, heck I've dated her type. They are good for a one night cosmic connection, but for a relationship, no freakin way!"
"Thank you Mr. Harper" Dylan said, and Harper knew this was Dylan's way of saying, 'I'm going to ignore what you just said.'
"Look, I know you care for her, but she's not worth it. She's gonna cheat on you again." Harper had seen her, behind Dylan's back, get just too flirty with people"
"I know you don't like her, but I love her and that should be good enough for you"
"Dylan...."
"She's coming to live here and that's final!"
"But... but.."
"This is not a debate."
Ten months later, after Andrea had come to live on the ship, she had another fling, but Dylan forgave her again.
"Dylan, why did you take her back?" Harper asked him one day.
"I wanted to give her another chance. She promises to change, and needs help"
"Dylan! I told you that this would happen. She's a damn slut!"
"Enough! Just because you don't like her, that doesn't mean that she is a slut!"
"She is! There are only two affairs that you know of, I've heard rumors Dylan, sorry to say."
Dylan just glared and ignored him.
"She's a thief. Some reliable informat told me."
He still ignored Harper.
Meanwhile, Harper, through informats he meet on some of the drifts he had to go to, found that most of the revolutionary group had to go underground or in exile, after some government crackdowns. He hoped that Corrina was safe, and not in prison or worse.
Andrea, was still around, for now.
One day, he was at a drift called Babylon, which was near a bigger than normal nebula.When he found an unusually looking object in a store. It was in the shape of a three dimensional hectigon. As he was trying to figure out what it did. The shopkeeper, who was an Inari, told him to open it.
"Sure why not" and so he did.
Suddenly, he found himself in a white room, when he saw a familiar figure come out.
"Beka?"
"We are the Prophets, or what you would call, the nebula aliens. We originate from a wormhole, but some of us traveled to this place."
"Oh I get it, you guys talk to me by appearing as people I know. That's pretty cool.Do you guys know the future? If so, can you tell me who is gonna win the big Emestee 3000 races?" He hoped that like Trance, they would have some sort of future predicting powers.
"You are a corporeal." the being looking like Dylan said.
"I guess so"
" We are not corporeal" the Beka look a like commented.
"The present, future, and past are one" Dylan's look-a-like said.
"OOOkay. So, do you guys wanna join the Commonwealth?"
"We need your help"
"How?"
"You will face many trials" Beka's look-a-like said.
"If you're trying to convince me, that's not the way to do it" Harper did not like the prospect of facing more trials than he needed to right now."
"The Harper must tell Hunt that his plan to fight the Ulits will only end in defeat. He must wait.
"Like he's gonna listen to me when it comes to military crap." Harper said sarcastically.
"He's not ready"
"Look, Dylan's not just gonna change his plans just cause you said so."
"It is necessary to save the battle for another day."
"Why don't you guys tell him yourself. "
"We have chosen you to be our messenger"
"Oh?"
"Yeah."
"She risked being seen, just to sell you some parts?"
"The chick needed to see me, as she needed me to inspect some other stuff for her in exchange for lowering the price. I was gonna pick up the stuff tonight, but I guess I won't"
"I see." Dylan seemed to believe him.
"Yeah."
"Well, I'm sorry if you missed out on a good deal but that's the way it goes. You will be confined to quarters until further notice."
"Okay"
And so Dylan left.
So, Harper turned on his 'swing' music, and danced for a bit, ate some food,and then worked on some gadget he had to work on.
One day, Harper and Dylan were working alone on the bridge, when Dylan asked him.
"Is the device I asked for ready?"
"You mean the foot soaker? Yeah almost."
"I'll need it soon."
"Did ya get an injury?"
"No, Andrea is coming"
"What? Didn't she cheat on you?" Andrea was someone that Dylan had been having a long distance relationship with for almost two years. However, during her last visit, Harper and he had seen her kissing on of the delegates, and it had turned out that they were having a fling. She was also quite a flirt.
"I forgave her, on the condition that she come live on this ship as a sign of her commitment."
"Dylan, she cheated on you twice! Come on, you a nice, great looking guy, and can have any babe you want, but what do you do? you find yourself a woman who likes to get around."
Dylan was just looking at his console, trying not to get mad.
"She only cheated once, Harper"
"What about the time she kissed that dude at the bar?"
"It was to get some information."
"yeah, and I'm the Vedran empress" Harper rolled his eyes as he instinctively knew that she enjoyed that kiss. "Look, Dylan, I've seen her type, heck I've dated her type. They are good for a one night cosmic connection, but for a relationship, no freakin way!"
"Thank you Mr. Harper" Dylan said, and Harper knew this was Dylan's way of saying, 'I'm going to ignore what you just said.'
"Look, I know you care for her, but she's not worth it. She's gonna cheat on you again." Harper had seen her, behind Dylan's back, get just too flirty with people"
"I know you don't like her, but I love her and that should be good enough for you"
"Dylan...."
"She's coming to live here and that's final!"
"But... but.."
"This is not a debate."
Ten months later, after Andrea had come to live on the ship, she had another fling, but Dylan forgave her again.
"Dylan, why did you take her back?" Harper asked him one day.
"I wanted to give her another chance. She promises to change, and needs help"
"Dylan! I told you that this would happen. She's a damn slut!"
"Enough! Just because you don't like her, that doesn't mean that she is a slut!"
"She is! There are only two affairs that you know of, I've heard rumors Dylan, sorry to say."
Dylan just glared and ignored him.
"She's a thief. Some reliable informat told me."
He still ignored Harper.
Meanwhile, Harper, through informats he meet on some of the drifts he had to go to, found that most of the revolutionary group had to go underground or in exile, after some government crackdowns. He hoped that Corrina was safe, and not in prison or worse.
Andrea, was still around, for now.
One day, he was at a drift called Babylon, which was near a bigger than normal nebula.When he found an unusually looking object in a store. It was in the shape of a three dimensional hectigon. As he was trying to figure out what it did. The shopkeeper, who was an Inari, told him to open it.
"Sure why not" and so he did.
Suddenly, he found himself in a white room, when he saw a familiar figure come out.
"Beka?"
"We are the Prophets, or what you would call, the nebula aliens. We originate from a wormhole, but some of us traveled to this place."
"Oh I get it, you guys talk to me by appearing as people I know. That's pretty cool.Do you guys know the future? If so, can you tell me who is gonna win the big Emestee 3000 races?" He hoped that like Trance, they would have some sort of future predicting powers.
"You are a corporeal." the being looking like Dylan said.
"I guess so"
" We are not corporeal" the Beka look a like commented.
"The present, future, and past are one" Dylan's look-a-like said.
"OOOkay. So, do you guys wanna join the Commonwealth?"
"We need your help"
"How?"
"You will face many trials" Beka's look-a-like said.
"If you're trying to convince me, that's not the way to do it" Harper did not like the prospect of facing more trials than he needed to right now."
"The Harper must tell Hunt that his plan to fight the Ulits will only end in defeat. He must wait.
"Like he's gonna listen to me when it comes to military crap." Harper said sarcastically.
"He's not ready"
"Look, Dylan's not just gonna change his plans just cause you said so."
"It is necessary to save the battle for another day."
"Why don't you guys tell him yourself. "
"We have chosen you to be our messenger"