Please don't let this be
Chapter 6 - Tears and Fears
Quite sobs could now be heard emanated from the tiny cage where Tyr still sat holding Beka's hand. Rommie and Trance sat quietly a few feet away the scan Rommie took of the portal long forgotten.
Rommie's efforts were now directed to freeing Beka from the cage it had no locks and seemed for all intents and purposes like it had been welded shut, but they knew it hadn't; the best they could figure was that the cage upon closure of the lid triggered a heat sealing device which literally fused the sides together. In short it was not a lock that could be picked. This cage was not designed to reopen; it was for single use only.
The air shimmered as another portal opened, but all that came though was a plate of food or at least that what they assumed it was although it looked rather like a plate of small pebbles. In fact Trance declared it tasted rather like pebbles dry, hard and tasteless.
Trance scoped up a handful of the pebbles and gave the plate to Tyr who still held the hand of a now sleeping Beka he gently squeezed it and she awoke; he pushed the plate in front of Beka but it soon became evident that the small cage did not even allow her enough movement to eat. Wordlessly Tyr tried to feed her the small pebbles but Beka already felt like a caged animal being feed was the ultimate humiliation. Tyr knew this but there was no other way "You must eat if you are to live" he told her in a stern voice and continued to feed her she took the food and swallowed nearly gagging on its taste.
Rommie of course did not need food, but she did need power; the others seemed oblivious to this and Rommie decided not to mention this just yet she still had at least 24-48 hours of power left.
During the meal Rommie came up with an idea to free Beka from the cage, she wondered why she hadn't thought of it before, after all she was an android maybe she had been damaged after all, or maybe the power loss was already starting to effect her neither answer was good.
Rommie still wasn't sure if her plan would work but it was worth a shot; she hated to see her crew, her friends suffer.
After the meal (if you can call it that) was finished Rommie announced she had an idea. She maybe able to generate an electrical impulse strong enough to melt the metal of the cage enough for it to be pulled apart. She told the others that it may not work she may not have the strength to pull apart the fused bars even part melted. What she did not tell the others was that this would severally deplete her energy reserves.
Had she told the others of this they may have tried to stop her, but she would not allow that; Beka needed her help she would give it no matter the consequences; she could not allow a member of her crew, a friend, to suffer. Rommie went to put her plan in to action, and advised Beka to stay as far away from the bars as possible, not an easy feat by any means. A blue light sparked from Rommie's hands and slowly the bars began to glow orange; Rommie pulled with all her might but she only managed to stretch the bars. Tyr joined in the effort despite Rommie's warning: the bars were far to hot for any organic to touch, but Tyr pulled all the same and with their combined strength the bonds weakened and Rommie ripped off the lid and helped free Beka from her imprisonment.
Trance jumped up to look at Tyr's hands they must be badly burnt she knew despite the Neitzchean's lack of complaint or visible discomfort. Trance dressed Tyr's wounds as best she could with strips of her own clothing.
Rommie sat down looking a little vacant Trance noticed this "Rommie are you ok?" she asked; Rommie just nodded, but she knew that the effort had used most of her energy reserves up she did not have long before her systems would start shutting down. Beka was sitting as far away from the cage as was possible, but with out leaving the group; Tyr seamed to notice this and in silent understanding kicked the cage sending it flying in to the opposite corner far away from Beka.
With Beka freed the group went back to their escape plans. Rommie informed the group that her scans of the portal reviled no useful information they could not force one open. They would have to find another way or wait to be rescued, but they didn't even know if Harper and Andromeda were ok; and just how would they find them if they were?
Exhausted the group finally fell asleep, but just before she drifted off a thought ran though Trance's mind. She had not seen Rommie move for sometime and she even looked sleepy, but androids don't sleep do they? Thought Trance just before her eyes shut and the land of sleep dragged her away from the horror that surrounded her.
A/N: This will not be finished as soon as I hoped but I will finish it by the end of next week I promise as I'm moving (and starting a new job) and will lose my internet connection. Hope your still enjoying the story; thanks for the reviews keep them coming, let me know what you think. P.S I haven't forgotten about Dylan, you didn't think I had did you?
Chapter 6 - Tears and Fears
Quite sobs could now be heard emanated from the tiny cage where Tyr still sat holding Beka's hand. Rommie and Trance sat quietly a few feet away the scan Rommie took of the portal long forgotten.
Rommie's efforts were now directed to freeing Beka from the cage it had no locks and seemed for all intents and purposes like it had been welded shut, but they knew it hadn't; the best they could figure was that the cage upon closure of the lid triggered a heat sealing device which literally fused the sides together. In short it was not a lock that could be picked. This cage was not designed to reopen; it was for single use only.
The air shimmered as another portal opened, but all that came though was a plate of food or at least that what they assumed it was although it looked rather like a plate of small pebbles. In fact Trance declared it tasted rather like pebbles dry, hard and tasteless.
Trance scoped up a handful of the pebbles and gave the plate to Tyr who still held the hand of a now sleeping Beka he gently squeezed it and she awoke; he pushed the plate in front of Beka but it soon became evident that the small cage did not even allow her enough movement to eat. Wordlessly Tyr tried to feed her the small pebbles but Beka already felt like a caged animal being feed was the ultimate humiliation. Tyr knew this but there was no other way "You must eat if you are to live" he told her in a stern voice and continued to feed her she took the food and swallowed nearly gagging on its taste.
Rommie of course did not need food, but she did need power; the others seemed oblivious to this and Rommie decided not to mention this just yet she still had at least 24-48 hours of power left.
During the meal Rommie came up with an idea to free Beka from the cage, she wondered why she hadn't thought of it before, after all she was an android maybe she had been damaged after all, or maybe the power loss was already starting to effect her neither answer was good.
Rommie still wasn't sure if her plan would work but it was worth a shot; she hated to see her crew, her friends suffer.
After the meal (if you can call it that) was finished Rommie announced she had an idea. She maybe able to generate an electrical impulse strong enough to melt the metal of the cage enough for it to be pulled apart. She told the others that it may not work she may not have the strength to pull apart the fused bars even part melted. What she did not tell the others was that this would severally deplete her energy reserves.
Had she told the others of this they may have tried to stop her, but she would not allow that; Beka needed her help she would give it no matter the consequences; she could not allow a member of her crew, a friend, to suffer. Rommie went to put her plan in to action, and advised Beka to stay as far away from the bars as possible, not an easy feat by any means. A blue light sparked from Rommie's hands and slowly the bars began to glow orange; Rommie pulled with all her might but she only managed to stretch the bars. Tyr joined in the effort despite Rommie's warning: the bars were far to hot for any organic to touch, but Tyr pulled all the same and with their combined strength the bonds weakened and Rommie ripped off the lid and helped free Beka from her imprisonment.
Trance jumped up to look at Tyr's hands they must be badly burnt she knew despite the Neitzchean's lack of complaint or visible discomfort. Trance dressed Tyr's wounds as best she could with strips of her own clothing.
Rommie sat down looking a little vacant Trance noticed this "Rommie are you ok?" she asked; Rommie just nodded, but she knew that the effort had used most of her energy reserves up she did not have long before her systems would start shutting down. Beka was sitting as far away from the cage as was possible, but with out leaving the group; Tyr seamed to notice this and in silent understanding kicked the cage sending it flying in to the opposite corner far away from Beka.
With Beka freed the group went back to their escape plans. Rommie informed the group that her scans of the portal reviled no useful information they could not force one open. They would have to find another way or wait to be rescued, but they didn't even know if Harper and Andromeda were ok; and just how would they find them if they were?
Exhausted the group finally fell asleep, but just before she drifted off a thought ran though Trance's mind. She had not seen Rommie move for sometime and she even looked sleepy, but androids don't sleep do they? Thought Trance just before her eyes shut and the land of sleep dragged her away from the horror that surrounded her.
A/N: This will not be finished as soon as I hoped but I will finish it by the end of next week I promise as I'm moving (and starting a new job) and will lose my internet connection. Hope your still enjoying the story; thanks for the reviews keep them coming, let me know what you think. P.S I haven't forgotten about Dylan, you didn't think I had did you?