Please don't let this be
Chapter 5 - Pain and Portals
"Rommie" yelled Trace running over to her Rommie lay unmoving were she fell Trance could see no visible injury's but she wasn't an engineer she wasn't qualified for this "Harper where are you?" she whispered to herself.
Beka was still staring at where the portal had appeared as if she could get it to open by will alone. "He's gone," she stated.
Beka then noticed Trance hunched over Rommie she walked over "Rommie" she called concerned. This was not good; they were trapped with no way out with two of her friends injured and one missing no make that two missing now she added mentally to herself.
She wanted to shoot who ever was responsible; that scary looking alien would do just fine by her but, he along with Dylan had disappeared into thin air; so she punched the wall instead. Her hand was bleeding but she was too angry to care, no one hurt her friends and got away with it.
Tyr walked over to her and took her hand he tore a piece of his clothing off and wrapped it round her hand. Beka was still in a trance alone with her anger.
In the corner of the room motion was heard as Rommie slowly picked herself up of the floor. "Rommie, your ok" said Trance and Beka in unison.
"Oww that hurt" said Rommie quickly followed by "Dylan! Where's Dylan?" as she glanced around the room.
"Dylan was taken though a portal that appeared to be controlled by the creature" Tyr stated flatly
"We tried to follow but the portal closed" explained Beka.
"Were you damaged ship?" inquired Tyr
"My systems were temporarily disrupted by the force with which I hit the wall but I am undamaged" she replied followed up with "We must find Dylan"
"I'm right there with you Rommie but how? " said Beka
"Of that I'm unsure" she admitted
"Well at least we know how they got in here now" added Trance "Maybe we can use the same technology to escape."
"But how?" said Beka again.
That went unanswered. The crew went back to sitting, waiting, and trying to come up with answers.
Trance noticed that Beka had a strange expression on her face "What's the matter?" she asked quietly since she was seated next to her "I need the loo" Beka whispered to her Tyr however with his superior hearing heard this much to her embarrassment.
"I believe that is provided for this purpose." Stated Tyr gesturing to a hole on the floor in the far corner.
"It's a hole Tyr!" spat Beka her embarrassment turned to anger, she started yelling and banging on the wall for the unseen creatures to let her out.
"I do not believe that will" work stated Tyr. Beka ignored him "They did not respond to our earlier attempts or have you forgotten" he tried again. Beka sank back to the floor.
"Trance moved over to whisper to Rommie, she then whispered to Beka. All three women stood and walked over to the corner with the hole; Rommie and Trance stood in front of the hole effectively providing a shield blocking view to the hole/latrine for Beka.
Beka then sank back over to the other side of the room where they were previously seated. They sat in silence contemplating their situation still waiting for the answers to their questions to be magically answered.
Some time latter the best plan they could construct was to ambush their captor should he return and grab the armband that appeared to control the portal; Trance surmised that he would at some point return to provide food, Tyr was doubtful, Beka's stomach rumbled at the mere thought of food.
Rommie dampened their small spark of hope by pointing out that their captor had thrown her clear across the room even with her android strength; she doubted even a group attack would be enough to overpower him Tyr agreed.
The new plan was to wait for another portal to be opened and for Rommie to scan the disturbance getting as much information as possible in the hope to reproduce it. How no one knew but it was their only glimmer of hope so they stuck to it.
Hours passed or time anyway it certainly seemed like hours to the trapped crew who had no way to gage time. No one came. Still no answers. No warship Andromeda swooping in to the rescue.
The crew were beginning to lose hope there was still no sign of Dylan and they were all worried about him. Were was he? Would they ever see him again? Or was he even still alive? Would they ever see Harper again? Would they ever see anybody again?
By now the crew were all hungry as well; even Tyr looked like the situation was taking its toll on him. Finally someone came and Rommie took what scans she could but far from exciting the flames of hope in the crew the flames were doused completely at what happened next. Their captor had brought with him a small cage the crew could not see it well and wondered what horror was about to be released from it; the horror turn out to be far worse than any of them could imagine.
In a lighting quick move their captor had scooped Beka up and stuffed her in the tiny cage locking the lid down. The others just watched in horror, as there was little else they could do; she was in the cage before they even registered what had happened.
The tiny cage was well tiny; Beka was curled up in a ball just to fit in there she could not even sit it was so small. Beka was to shocked to comment, the reality of her situation had yet to sink in; but Tyr was sure it soon would.
Before the others had even reached the cage to offer what help they could a thunder like scream was heard "GET ME OUT OF HERE" even Tyr backed off a pace at the tremendous noise.
Rommie, Tyr, and Trance pulled at the cage lid but, even their combined strength could not open it, what ever it was made of it was strong. Tyr however was not giving up easily he continued to pull at the cage trying to rip it open. "Don't worry Beka we'll get you out of there" said Trance softly.
As time passed Beka grew quite she simply curled up in a foetal position and stared. Tyr sat next to the cage, holding Beka's hand in a show of emotion that was rarely seen from him. "Be strong" he whispered but Rommie and Trance both heard as they both had exceptional hearing.
Somewhere in the back of Trace's mind she wondered just now deep the Neitzchean's feelings were for the captain. In her future Tyr was dead but time was changed now and things were not the same.
Trance tried to imagine the perfect possible future but with all the horrors she had seen it was too hard. She had thought that saving Harper would end the horror that had become her life; but it seemed the universe had not run out of horrors to send her way. The perfect possible future seamed to be slipping further and further out of her reach. "Harper where are you?" she whimpered, "I need you".
A/N: See I told you this one would be longer. Want to know what happened to Dylan, you'll have to wait and see :-} Hope you enjoyed this, more to come soon, I aim to finish this on chapter 10 but I only have the computer till Monday so I must finish by then. So back to the writing I guess. Reviews as ever are begged for.
Chapter 5 - Pain and Portals
"Rommie" yelled Trace running over to her Rommie lay unmoving were she fell Trance could see no visible injury's but she wasn't an engineer she wasn't qualified for this "Harper where are you?" she whispered to herself.
Beka was still staring at where the portal had appeared as if she could get it to open by will alone. "He's gone," she stated.
Beka then noticed Trance hunched over Rommie she walked over "Rommie" she called concerned. This was not good; they were trapped with no way out with two of her friends injured and one missing no make that two missing now she added mentally to herself.
She wanted to shoot who ever was responsible; that scary looking alien would do just fine by her but, he along with Dylan had disappeared into thin air; so she punched the wall instead. Her hand was bleeding but she was too angry to care, no one hurt her friends and got away with it.
Tyr walked over to her and took her hand he tore a piece of his clothing off and wrapped it round her hand. Beka was still in a trance alone with her anger.
In the corner of the room motion was heard as Rommie slowly picked herself up of the floor. "Rommie, your ok" said Trance and Beka in unison.
"Oww that hurt" said Rommie quickly followed by "Dylan! Where's Dylan?" as she glanced around the room.
"Dylan was taken though a portal that appeared to be controlled by the creature" Tyr stated flatly
"We tried to follow but the portal closed" explained Beka.
"Were you damaged ship?" inquired Tyr
"My systems were temporarily disrupted by the force with which I hit the wall but I am undamaged" she replied followed up with "We must find Dylan"
"I'm right there with you Rommie but how? " said Beka
"Of that I'm unsure" she admitted
"Well at least we know how they got in here now" added Trance "Maybe we can use the same technology to escape."
"But how?" said Beka again.
That went unanswered. The crew went back to sitting, waiting, and trying to come up with answers.
Trance noticed that Beka had a strange expression on her face "What's the matter?" she asked quietly since she was seated next to her "I need the loo" Beka whispered to her Tyr however with his superior hearing heard this much to her embarrassment.
"I believe that is provided for this purpose." Stated Tyr gesturing to a hole on the floor in the far corner.
"It's a hole Tyr!" spat Beka her embarrassment turned to anger, she started yelling and banging on the wall for the unseen creatures to let her out.
"I do not believe that will" work stated Tyr. Beka ignored him "They did not respond to our earlier attempts or have you forgotten" he tried again. Beka sank back to the floor.
"Trance moved over to whisper to Rommie, she then whispered to Beka. All three women stood and walked over to the corner with the hole; Rommie and Trance stood in front of the hole effectively providing a shield blocking view to the hole/latrine for Beka.
Beka then sank back over to the other side of the room where they were previously seated. They sat in silence contemplating their situation still waiting for the answers to their questions to be magically answered.
Some time latter the best plan they could construct was to ambush their captor should he return and grab the armband that appeared to control the portal; Trance surmised that he would at some point return to provide food, Tyr was doubtful, Beka's stomach rumbled at the mere thought of food.
Rommie dampened their small spark of hope by pointing out that their captor had thrown her clear across the room even with her android strength; she doubted even a group attack would be enough to overpower him Tyr agreed.
The new plan was to wait for another portal to be opened and for Rommie to scan the disturbance getting as much information as possible in the hope to reproduce it. How no one knew but it was their only glimmer of hope so they stuck to it.
Hours passed or time anyway it certainly seemed like hours to the trapped crew who had no way to gage time. No one came. Still no answers. No warship Andromeda swooping in to the rescue.
The crew were beginning to lose hope there was still no sign of Dylan and they were all worried about him. Were was he? Would they ever see him again? Or was he even still alive? Would they ever see Harper again? Would they ever see anybody again?
By now the crew were all hungry as well; even Tyr looked like the situation was taking its toll on him. Finally someone came and Rommie took what scans she could but far from exciting the flames of hope in the crew the flames were doused completely at what happened next. Their captor had brought with him a small cage the crew could not see it well and wondered what horror was about to be released from it; the horror turn out to be far worse than any of them could imagine.
In a lighting quick move their captor had scooped Beka up and stuffed her in the tiny cage locking the lid down. The others just watched in horror, as there was little else they could do; she was in the cage before they even registered what had happened.
The tiny cage was well tiny; Beka was curled up in a ball just to fit in there she could not even sit it was so small. Beka was to shocked to comment, the reality of her situation had yet to sink in; but Tyr was sure it soon would.
Before the others had even reached the cage to offer what help they could a thunder like scream was heard "GET ME OUT OF HERE" even Tyr backed off a pace at the tremendous noise.
Rommie, Tyr, and Trance pulled at the cage lid but, even their combined strength could not open it, what ever it was made of it was strong. Tyr however was not giving up easily he continued to pull at the cage trying to rip it open. "Don't worry Beka we'll get you out of there" said Trance softly.
As time passed Beka grew quite she simply curled up in a foetal position and stared. Tyr sat next to the cage, holding Beka's hand in a show of emotion that was rarely seen from him. "Be strong" he whispered but Rommie and Trance both heard as they both had exceptional hearing.
Somewhere in the back of Trace's mind she wondered just now deep the Neitzchean's feelings were for the captain. In her future Tyr was dead but time was changed now and things were not the same.
Trance tried to imagine the perfect possible future but with all the horrors she had seen it was too hard. She had thought that saving Harper would end the horror that had become her life; but it seemed the universe had not run out of horrors to send her way. The perfect possible future seamed to be slipping further and further out of her reach. "Harper where are you?" she whimpered, "I need you".
A/N: See I told you this one would be longer. Want to know what happened to Dylan, you'll have to wait and see :-} Hope you enjoyed this, more to come soon, I aim to finish this on chapter 10 but I only have the computer till Monday so I must finish by then. So back to the writing I guess. Reviews as ever are begged for.