Beka slowly woke up again and was startled when she found herself not in
the med deck, but in the Maru.
"What am I doing here?" she thought frantically, "how did I get here." She made an attempt to calm down and breathed slowly.
"Ok, let's see," she said to herself. "I feel asleep in the med deck. Someone must have taken me here when I was sleeping." A sudden fear hit her as she realized who that someone was.
"Oh God, no..." she thought as tears started to form in her eyes. "Dylan is going to take me away from the Andromeda...what is he going to do to me?" Her hand unconsciously fell to her still flat stomach where her – and Dylan's, baby rested.
She started to walk through the corridors, constantly on her guard in case Dylan would show up.
"He's probably in command," she whispered to herself as she took the turn the right way. She realized surprise was her only way to take him down, so she took a metal stick and prepared to hit him in the back of his head when she got there.
She was right. Dylan was sitting in the pilot's chair, apparently very calm so they had to be quite far from the Andromeda. Beka carefully sneaked up on him and hit his head, intentionally not hitting the right spot that would have killed him. For some reason, she didn't want him to die. She couldn't really kill him; maybe she would hurt people. She pulled his unconscious, but alive, body out of command and just left him there, locking the doors.
As she sat back in the chair to get back to the Andromeda, she started to feel fear of return inside her. She realized she had changed so much after this had happened and she didn't know if she could ever go back to being who she used to be. Maybe they would feel they didn't know her anymore, maybe they wouldn't want her with them. She also realized with Dylan gone she would become captain and leader of the mission to restore the commonwealth. She couldn't do that, she was too weak. She turned the ship and went in the other direction. Maybe she should let Dylan have her and do whatever he wanted to her. He had already taken so much, her personality, her friends and her body. Why not let him take her life too?
****
Back on the Andromeda, Rommie started a ship-wide alert as soon as she noticed the Maru had left the hangar bay.
"Emergency! All senior officers report to command!" Since all of the crew were "senior officers" it didn't take many minutes for them to arrive there.
"What's wrong?" Harper asked, looking around him and frowning when he realized neither Dylan or Beka was there.
"The Maru left the hangar bay seven minutes and forty-six seconds ago," Rommie announced, "Dylan was driving and Beka was there too, unconscious."
"She was sleeping in med deck," Trance mumbled with her eyes wide, "and I left her alone..." Tyr looked at her, annoyed.
"Guilt won't help us, girl," he said, then looking back at Rommie.
"Follow them," he said, "as quick as you can." Rommie looked at him.
"There lies the problem," she said, "Dylan have masked their tracks, using my command codes so I can't track them." Tyr started walking out of command.
"I'll track them down with a slipfighter," he said.
****
Beka saw the slipfighter appear on sensors and immediately knew it was Tyr. She didn't know how, but she just did.
"Does he care enough about a kludge to save me?" she said to herself and a tear rolled down her cheek. "But he doesn't know...he doesn't know me anymore." Suddenly, she heard a sound from outside the doors and her eyes widened in fear.
"He woke up," she thought, "he woke up and he's going to kill me." She pulled off the seatbelt and stood up, unsure of what to do with herself. She saw the slipfighter getting closer, but not close enough. Dylan had almost broken down the door.
In the moment the door broke down, she knew it was too late. Dylan had already noticed the slipfighter, there was no way she would be alive when Tyr arrived.
"Start self destruct sequence, command code "shut up and do what I tell you"," she almost smiled when she remembered that old code.
"Command code accepted. Self destruction in ten, nine, eight..." Beka's hand flew to her stomach. The baby would be dead before it ever knew life. Maybe it was better that way.
Tyr saw the Maru explode and he felt a pain stab in his heart, a way he never thought he'd feel again. He regretfully pushed the little button and contacted Andromeda.
"Beka and Dylan...are dead."
****
But in another part of the galaxy, on a hospital, a little baby girl was born. Her mother lift her up and looked at her with tears in her eyes, her red curls and blue-green eyes making her perfect. Her father stepped up to them and kneeled at the bed.
"Rebecca," he said. "May she never see the darkness."
The End
"What am I doing here?" she thought frantically, "how did I get here." She made an attempt to calm down and breathed slowly.
"Ok, let's see," she said to herself. "I feel asleep in the med deck. Someone must have taken me here when I was sleeping." A sudden fear hit her as she realized who that someone was.
"Oh God, no..." she thought as tears started to form in her eyes. "Dylan is going to take me away from the Andromeda...what is he going to do to me?" Her hand unconsciously fell to her still flat stomach where her – and Dylan's, baby rested.
She started to walk through the corridors, constantly on her guard in case Dylan would show up.
"He's probably in command," she whispered to herself as she took the turn the right way. She realized surprise was her only way to take him down, so she took a metal stick and prepared to hit him in the back of his head when she got there.
She was right. Dylan was sitting in the pilot's chair, apparently very calm so they had to be quite far from the Andromeda. Beka carefully sneaked up on him and hit his head, intentionally not hitting the right spot that would have killed him. For some reason, she didn't want him to die. She couldn't really kill him; maybe she would hurt people. She pulled his unconscious, but alive, body out of command and just left him there, locking the doors.
As she sat back in the chair to get back to the Andromeda, she started to feel fear of return inside her. She realized she had changed so much after this had happened and she didn't know if she could ever go back to being who she used to be. Maybe they would feel they didn't know her anymore, maybe they wouldn't want her with them. She also realized with Dylan gone she would become captain and leader of the mission to restore the commonwealth. She couldn't do that, she was too weak. She turned the ship and went in the other direction. Maybe she should let Dylan have her and do whatever he wanted to her. He had already taken so much, her personality, her friends and her body. Why not let him take her life too?
****
Back on the Andromeda, Rommie started a ship-wide alert as soon as she noticed the Maru had left the hangar bay.
"Emergency! All senior officers report to command!" Since all of the crew were "senior officers" it didn't take many minutes for them to arrive there.
"What's wrong?" Harper asked, looking around him and frowning when he realized neither Dylan or Beka was there.
"The Maru left the hangar bay seven minutes and forty-six seconds ago," Rommie announced, "Dylan was driving and Beka was there too, unconscious."
"She was sleeping in med deck," Trance mumbled with her eyes wide, "and I left her alone..." Tyr looked at her, annoyed.
"Guilt won't help us, girl," he said, then looking back at Rommie.
"Follow them," he said, "as quick as you can." Rommie looked at him.
"There lies the problem," she said, "Dylan have masked their tracks, using my command codes so I can't track them." Tyr started walking out of command.
"I'll track them down with a slipfighter," he said.
****
Beka saw the slipfighter appear on sensors and immediately knew it was Tyr. She didn't know how, but she just did.
"Does he care enough about a kludge to save me?" she said to herself and a tear rolled down her cheek. "But he doesn't know...he doesn't know me anymore." Suddenly, she heard a sound from outside the doors and her eyes widened in fear.
"He woke up," she thought, "he woke up and he's going to kill me." She pulled off the seatbelt and stood up, unsure of what to do with herself. She saw the slipfighter getting closer, but not close enough. Dylan had almost broken down the door.
In the moment the door broke down, she knew it was too late. Dylan had already noticed the slipfighter, there was no way she would be alive when Tyr arrived.
"Start self destruct sequence, command code "shut up and do what I tell you"," she almost smiled when she remembered that old code.
"Command code accepted. Self destruction in ten, nine, eight..." Beka's hand flew to her stomach. The baby would be dead before it ever knew life. Maybe it was better that way.
Tyr saw the Maru explode and he felt a pain stab in his heart, a way he never thought he'd feel again. He regretfully pushed the little button and contacted Andromeda.
"Beka and Dylan...are dead."
****
But in another part of the galaxy, on a hospital, a little baby girl was born. Her mother lift her up and looked at her with tears in her eyes, her red curls and blue-green eyes making her perfect. Her father stepped up to them and kneeled at the bed.
"Rebecca," he said. "May she never see the darkness."
The End