Please don't let this be 10
"Harper" yelled Beka and Trance simultaneously while running to hug him this was quickly followed by "Dylan your alive" as the pair noticed who was standing behind him they quickly embraced him to. Tyr stood watching the scene quietly; when the girls finally let go of Dylan and Harper he stepped forward "I hate to interrupt this tearful reunion, but shouldn't we be leaving now"; the comment was typically Tyr but the smile that lit up his eyes and the relief that washed over his face, if only for an instant, was not.
Just then Harper and Dylan noticed Rommie sitting unmoving against the wall "Rommie!" Harper yelled running over. "I'm sorry we don't know what happened" Beka started "we woke up to find her this way." "Boy we have to move" came a voice behind him, but Harper showed no signs of moving. A hand clasped Harper on the shoulder comfortingly then Dylan knelt down and picked up Rommie. "Lets go" he said missing just a little enthusiasm.
"We have to be touching for the device to work, so all hold hands" Harper instructed sadly; the group did Tyr growled but complied as the group passed though the wall. "Which way?" gestured Beka; this time Harper really did have no clue with all the twist and turns he'd taken "Well." it's not like I have a map he was about to finish, but an idea struck him he pulled out his tools and reconfigured his scanner it sent signals that bounced of the walls so creating a map of sorts for him to follow; "This way" he said with a fluoresce pointing the right way.
Harper directed them though a series of long corridors then finally they neared the exit, but as he turned the final corner he came face to face with an army of guards lined against the wall, he quickly stuck his head back round and motioned for the others to stay back. "What is it?" Dylan whispered "A whole lot of guards" replied Harper. There were far to many to take on even if they didn't have supper strength the group stayed frozen. Trance continued to stare strangely at Dylan, a fact that was not lost on him, although no one else seamed to notice.
"Dam, my rescue attempt wasn't as secretive as I thought, but it's ok we can get thought this Harper muttered. "Any ideas?" Whispered Dylan; silence greeted him. "I came to rescue you so I shall" stated Harper with determination a minute later. "The guards are expecting this, we just have to give them something their not expecting." "Andromeda" called Harper "Is the Maru still space worthy?" This comment received him a sharp glance from Beka. "She took heavy damage but she can still fly" came Andromeda's response "Good" Harper added "see if you can link up with her systems and send her on auto pilot over to us, and then take off, making a show of it to attract their attention, with any luck they wont even think to look for another ship."
Seconds later Andromeda could be heard taking off she fired her lasers just outside the building causing it to shake and drawing attention towards her self.
"Dam, they got past us, how'd they do that?" one of the younger guards could be heard saying. "Don't let them escape shoot them down if you have too" another guard ordered and the rest dispersed to compile with the order.
"You just made Andromeda a target" complained Dylan. "Yes but not us, beside Andromeda can take care off herself" Harper answered.
"Umm guys, shouldn't we be leaving now" said Trance "Yes lets" responded Tyr. So the group headed off past the recently vacated spot to freedom. Tyr saw Dylan begin to falter as the weight of his charge slowed him down; wordlessly he took Rommie from Dylan and carried her the rest of the way.
Once outside Harper breathed a sigh of relief the Maru was parked not far away they would not have to climb that dam rock face again. As they neared the ship it's damage became apparent it was clear it had been in a battle "HARPER! What the hell did you do to my ship!" Beka yelled sounding much more like her normal self. Harper was almost relived Beka had seamed withdraw and quite in the prison type building; he wondered what they had done to her, what they had done to any of them. The seething look Beka was sending him, snapped him back to reality, "Uh. I'll explain later Beka" Harper added then scurried up to the Maru opening her hatch.
Minutes later the crew were on their way, Harper was piloting much to Beka's annoyance he insisted he was the rescuer and she should sit down and be rescued; Beka was about ready to strangle him, but Tyr held her back "you don't want to kill our only engineer do you?" He asked; the look she gave him said yes.
Suddenly the ship shuddered and alarms wailed "I guess they just found out our little deception" stated Dylan rather unnecessarily "Ya think so?" answered Harper sarcastically. Harper speed the ship up as much as he could into Andromeda's waiting arms or rather docking bay as she laid down cover fire.
Safely docked in Andromeda the crew emerged from the Maru; Andromeda's hologram flashed into existence to greet them "welcome back" she said, and mouthed a silent thank you to Harper. Andromeda closed her eyes and a worried expression overtook her face "Where is my Avatar?" she said "I cannot detect her." "She's with us" said Harper quickly "she just needs a little of that Harper magic" he silently hoped this was the case. Andromeda brightened a little, a very little, but asked "Dylan, what do you wish to do to about your captor's they are still firing on me" "Return fire Dylan ordered target their weapons I want to bring them before the commonwealth for this said Dylan; Andromeda fired and the prison building exploded. Dylan looked at the hologram questioningly "It seams I overestimated the amount of fire power needed" she replied and disappeared. Andromeda hated to go against her captains orders but the new commonwealth would not bring these people to justice she knew, and no one hurts her crew like that and gets away with it.
End of part 10
Authors Note: Ok I planned to finish this on chapter 10 but it seams my creative muse has not run out yet, and I ought to explain just why they were kidnapped in the first place, and oh yea didn't I promise to explain the Dylan thing, ops, and I cant just leave Rommie like that can I? So I guess I'll see you all for Chapter 11. PS If the thought of an end brings you out in a cold sweat much like I felt when Raven said she was finishing the Dairies soon, don't worry I already have a new multi part story planned where the crew must save Dylan for once as he manages to get a life threatening condition for which a cure is not easy come by; it only exists one place in the universe, and getting it wont be easy for our crew. Sound interesting? Ok that turned into more of an essay than a note, sorry. Claire
"Harper" yelled Beka and Trance simultaneously while running to hug him this was quickly followed by "Dylan your alive" as the pair noticed who was standing behind him they quickly embraced him to. Tyr stood watching the scene quietly; when the girls finally let go of Dylan and Harper he stepped forward "I hate to interrupt this tearful reunion, but shouldn't we be leaving now"; the comment was typically Tyr but the smile that lit up his eyes and the relief that washed over his face, if only for an instant, was not.
Just then Harper and Dylan noticed Rommie sitting unmoving against the wall "Rommie!" Harper yelled running over. "I'm sorry we don't know what happened" Beka started "we woke up to find her this way." "Boy we have to move" came a voice behind him, but Harper showed no signs of moving. A hand clasped Harper on the shoulder comfortingly then Dylan knelt down and picked up Rommie. "Lets go" he said missing just a little enthusiasm.
"We have to be touching for the device to work, so all hold hands" Harper instructed sadly; the group did Tyr growled but complied as the group passed though the wall. "Which way?" gestured Beka; this time Harper really did have no clue with all the twist and turns he'd taken "Well." it's not like I have a map he was about to finish, but an idea struck him he pulled out his tools and reconfigured his scanner it sent signals that bounced of the walls so creating a map of sorts for him to follow; "This way" he said with a fluoresce pointing the right way.
Harper directed them though a series of long corridors then finally they neared the exit, but as he turned the final corner he came face to face with an army of guards lined against the wall, he quickly stuck his head back round and motioned for the others to stay back. "What is it?" Dylan whispered "A whole lot of guards" replied Harper. There were far to many to take on even if they didn't have supper strength the group stayed frozen. Trance continued to stare strangely at Dylan, a fact that was not lost on him, although no one else seamed to notice.
"Dam, my rescue attempt wasn't as secretive as I thought, but it's ok we can get thought this Harper muttered. "Any ideas?" Whispered Dylan; silence greeted him. "I came to rescue you so I shall" stated Harper with determination a minute later. "The guards are expecting this, we just have to give them something their not expecting." "Andromeda" called Harper "Is the Maru still space worthy?" This comment received him a sharp glance from Beka. "She took heavy damage but she can still fly" came Andromeda's response "Good" Harper added "see if you can link up with her systems and send her on auto pilot over to us, and then take off, making a show of it to attract their attention, with any luck they wont even think to look for another ship."
Seconds later Andromeda could be heard taking off she fired her lasers just outside the building causing it to shake and drawing attention towards her self.
"Dam, they got past us, how'd they do that?" one of the younger guards could be heard saying. "Don't let them escape shoot them down if you have too" another guard ordered and the rest dispersed to compile with the order.
"You just made Andromeda a target" complained Dylan. "Yes but not us, beside Andromeda can take care off herself" Harper answered.
"Umm guys, shouldn't we be leaving now" said Trance "Yes lets" responded Tyr. So the group headed off past the recently vacated spot to freedom. Tyr saw Dylan begin to falter as the weight of his charge slowed him down; wordlessly he took Rommie from Dylan and carried her the rest of the way.
Once outside Harper breathed a sigh of relief the Maru was parked not far away they would not have to climb that dam rock face again. As they neared the ship it's damage became apparent it was clear it had been in a battle "HARPER! What the hell did you do to my ship!" Beka yelled sounding much more like her normal self. Harper was almost relived Beka had seamed withdraw and quite in the prison type building; he wondered what they had done to her, what they had done to any of them. The seething look Beka was sending him, snapped him back to reality, "Uh. I'll explain later Beka" Harper added then scurried up to the Maru opening her hatch.
Minutes later the crew were on their way, Harper was piloting much to Beka's annoyance he insisted he was the rescuer and she should sit down and be rescued; Beka was about ready to strangle him, but Tyr held her back "you don't want to kill our only engineer do you?" He asked; the look she gave him said yes.
Suddenly the ship shuddered and alarms wailed "I guess they just found out our little deception" stated Dylan rather unnecessarily "Ya think so?" answered Harper sarcastically. Harper speed the ship up as much as he could into Andromeda's waiting arms or rather docking bay as she laid down cover fire.
Safely docked in Andromeda the crew emerged from the Maru; Andromeda's hologram flashed into existence to greet them "welcome back" she said, and mouthed a silent thank you to Harper. Andromeda closed her eyes and a worried expression overtook her face "Where is my Avatar?" she said "I cannot detect her." "She's with us" said Harper quickly "she just needs a little of that Harper magic" he silently hoped this was the case. Andromeda brightened a little, a very little, but asked "Dylan, what do you wish to do to about your captor's they are still firing on me" "Return fire Dylan ordered target their weapons I want to bring them before the commonwealth for this said Dylan; Andromeda fired and the prison building exploded. Dylan looked at the hologram questioningly "It seams I overestimated the amount of fire power needed" she replied and disappeared. Andromeda hated to go against her captains orders but the new commonwealth would not bring these people to justice she knew, and no one hurts her crew like that and gets away with it.
End of part 10
Authors Note: Ok I planned to finish this on chapter 10 but it seams my creative muse has not run out yet, and I ought to explain just why they were kidnapped in the first place, and oh yea didn't I promise to explain the Dylan thing, ops, and I cant just leave Rommie like that can I? So I guess I'll see you all for Chapter 11. PS If the thought of an end brings you out in a cold sweat much like I felt when Raven said she was finishing the Dairies soon, don't worry I already have a new multi part story planned where the crew must save Dylan for once as he manages to get a life threatening condition for which a cure is not easy come by; it only exists one place in the universe, and getting it wont be easy for our crew. Sound interesting? Ok that turned into more of an essay than a note, sorry. Claire