Chapter 2: Trance and Tyr.
Leave behind the walk of Shame
Take my hand, you're not to blame
Surrender to what you can't change, oh God
Don't let Life pass you by
Let it in don't ask why...
~Geri Halliwell: Scream, If You Want to Go Faster.
{Scream, If You Want To Go Faster}
Trance's POV
"MEDICAL EMERGENCY!!!" Is screamed over the comm. I drop the knife I had been trimming the plant with and run to the Med-Deck. I was turning to the front door as Rommie walks in with Harper in her arms....Oh-My God the blood---there is so much blood.
"What happened?!?" She opens her mouth to tell me when the door slides open and Beka walks in. Rommie turns around and walks towards her. I grab the nearest cloth and wrap it around Harper's wrist. A tear drips down my cheek. I wipe it away and can feel the blood sticking to my face. I calm my breathing... Flipping out will not help Harper. I reach over and pick up the nano-bot's. I lift the cloth and place the needle as close as possible to the cut. I inject them into his system and can see by the repairs that they are already working. I sigh in relief. But I still know that he has lost too much blood. I grab the bandages and tape. I remove the cloth and quickly place the bandage on and pulled off a strip of tape. I remove the cloth and quickly place the bandage over the wound, securing it with a piece of tape
He needs blood. No one on the ship has his blood-type. I walk over to the far table and grab two syringes with more nano's in them. Harper had made these years ago. When introduced into a subject's body they attach themselves onto the red blood cells and begin to create more blood cells at a faster rate. They were literally a life-saver. I rub the crook of his arm with a small amount of alcohol and inject both syringes. I sigh and walk over to the others.
Beka notices me. "Is he?" I shake me head.
"No, he's alive...but barely." I tell them as I rejoin the small group.
"Can I see him?" Rommie asks me.
"I want to clean him up first...maybe you should do the same." I tell her as I lightly touch her arm. She jerks back from my touch and I can't help but feel hurt.
Rommie and Dylan begin to have a hurried conversation. I am about to step in when he grants her five minutes with Harper. She tries to smile and walks over. I keep the time and I even let her have an extra two minutes. I walk over and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I need to work on cleaning him now." I tell her. I smile at her. "You can come back later. I promise."
"Sorry about just now." She tells me referring to not letting me touch her. I grin at her. It will take a while until everyone is used to the new me.
"It's okay. Go take a shower." She nods and backs away, placing Harper's hand back down beside him. I turn her around and gently push her towards the door like you would a child that has seen to much and is drained. This has taken so much out of her. I know she needs to go and rest. Everyone is drained and only myself and Rommie have seen him. Rommie brushes past the others and leaves. I walk over and smile at the remaining crew.
"I need to clean Harper up. Which means that you have to leave. Go and try and get some sleep." The other's slowly leave the room. I turn around and let out a small sob. So much blood. I walk over to the nearest sink and turn the water on. I begin cleaning my hands. The blood slowly rubs off. It finally washes off and I start on my face. Scrubbing until it hurts. Tears run freely down my cheeks. Harper...why after all of this why now.... I stop with my cheeks and drop my hands. I look into the mirror. A gold face stars back at me. I sigh and bring my emotions back under control. I turn back around and face the room.
I have so much work and so little time. I quickly begin. I clean up around the bed and then I move Harper and clean off the bed throwing the bedding in the recycler. I half-carry; half-drag Harper to the shower in the back of the Med-Deck. I strip him down to his boxers and lean him against the wall.
"Trance what are you doing?" He mumbles as he slowly comes to. I hush him. Placing a finger over his lips.
"I'm giving you a shower."
"When do I get to give you one?" I giggle.
"When you're better." I turn on the shower and step in with him. I grab some soap and gently clean him off. He is slippy and I have to lean him up against the wall. His bandages are soaked. I get some shampoo and clean his hair. I lick my lips and turn the water off. He looks better...Pale but better. I should go get some clothes for him. I help him back to the bed.
"Thanks..." He whispers before he falls back asleep. I dry him off as best as I can then lay him down. I lightly kiss his forehead.
"I'll be right back." I move backwards and then run to his room. I enter and gag at the smell. The blood has already clotted and it smells. Once I have him dressed I will come back. I grab the nearest clothes and run back to the Med-Deck. Harper is still lying there still. Motionless. I walk over and smile down at him. I change his boxers first, trying not to look. After that I slip on a pair of pants and probably his only plain grey top he owns. Just a plain tee-shirt looked weird on Harper. I grin. His hair is to limp. I brush my hand through it and spike it. There that looks better. I smile at him and kiss his cheek.
"I'll be near, Don't worry." With that I turn and walk to the door. I think it's about time for something to eat. I quickly get something to eat and I am unnerved by the silence on the ship. I believe that it is time to look back in with Harper.
When I walk back into the room. Tyr is coaxing him back to sleep I stay back a few steps and wait until Harper is sound asleep once more. I walk over to them and speak up."He's going to be fine."
"Is that a question or a statement?" Tyr asks me.
"A little of both." I reply. "Do you want me to leave you alone?"
"I was just waiting for him to go back to sleep." I want to let Tyr know that he can share his pain.
"He's going to need us more then ever." Is the only way I can think of.
"I know, and I just hope that I can help him as much as he will need it." He stands up and walks to the door. "Please inform me if something happens." I smile at him.
"I will. You might want to check on Beka. She didn't look to good when she left here." He nods. And I think I might be getting across to him.
"I will. See you later." He exits and again I am left alone with Harper. He is sleepying again. Moaning slightly as another dream assaults him. I walk over and place a hand on his head. I lower my mouth to his ear.
"Don't worry Seamus you are with friends." He begins to calm down. I smile and crawl up beside him. Being careful to not touch his injured side I lay down beside him. I remember the first time he saw me. The Old me...The purple me.
Flashback
"BOSS, I finally finished th-" He runs into me and I fall backwards.
He grabs my arm before I fall. "Sorry didn't see you." My tail flickers
and his eyes are drawn to it. He smiles. "Nice Tail." I blush.
"Thanks." Beka appears beside me.
"Harper what were you saying?" She asked him as he continued to look
at my tail it flickered back and forth.
"Sorry," He breaks his glance and looks at Beka. "I am finally
finished the AP coolant lines...Which by the way took way to long." She
brushes him off with a wave of her hand.
"I thought that you had finished those two days again."
"I said I was almost done them. TWO days again...." He looks back at
me and leans into his boss. "By the way who's the Purple Chick?"
"This Purple CHICK is a new member of the crew. WHO I want you to
behave around." She smiled at me. "How about you show her the crew's
beds." Harper Frowned.
"I still have work to do." Beka's eyes widened in anger.
"I am changing that. Harper just take her and answer any questions
then get back to work." He grumbled something has they walked down the
hallway.
End of flashback
I smile as I toy with his hair. I had to have asked him a billion questions that day just to bug him. But I had loved every second of it. I curl around Harper and just wish he would open his eyes just for one second. I get off the bed and turn around and begin to work.
"Trance? You in here?" I turn around.
"You're supposed to be sleeping.
"It can be our own little secret." Dylan tells me as I walk over to him.
"How's Harper?" He walks over to the bed.
"He could be better but people keep waking him Up." I tell him gently making my point known. He turns and nods to me.
"I get it and I just...I needed to see him for myself." He smiled at me. "I'll leave know if you want." I smile at him.
"Actually I was just going to take a break. How about you watch over him for me?" He grins at me.
"I will. Go take a nap." I smile, he doesn't need to know that I don't take naps.
"I will..." I turn and go to leave. "And Dylan." He looks at me.
"Yes."
"If he wakes up call me." He smiles at me.
"I will." He promises me. I turn and leave. I almost break into a run to get to my room but I force myself to walk the entire way. Once I get into my room I lay down on my bed. I am not entirely sure when it happened but I drift to sleep for the first time since I turned golden.
'Cuz sometimes it feels like the world's on my shoulders
Everyone's leaning on me.
'Cuz sometimes it feels like the world's almost over
But then she comes back to me.
~Eminem:Hailie's Song {The Eminem Show}
Tyr's POV
"MEDICAL EMERGENCY!!!" The ship yells over the comms.
"What has that boy done now!" I growl.
"We are going to find out." Dylan said. We run down to the Med-Deck. Where the Ships Avatar and Beka are talking. When the ship reports what has happened. Anger and disgust rush over me. Why did the boy do it? I can't stay in this room with the other's feeling bad for a person who couldn't even take the chance to survive.
"Intruders?" I prod.
"None." The ship says
"That would imply that the little professor" I don't finish my own sentence. I can't. My blood pressure rises and my breathing picks up. I can feel my mouth being set in a grim line.
"I will be in my room." And with that I turn on one foot and exit the room. I walk the entire way to my room boiling over with anger.
Why was this idiotic little mudfoot getting to me this bad? I walk to my room and grab the nearest thing and throw it against the wall. "Ship! Pravitcy mode."
"Pravitcy-Mode is engaged."
"God-Damn that little coward!!!" I yell as I throw another object into the wall. I continue until I can't find anything new to throw. I growl. I need to go for a run. I slip into more comfortable clothes and began to jog. I travel down a few levels then turned a corner and start back up. I didn't even realized that I was back at the Med-Deck. I slow my breathing and enter. Trance is no where in sight. The boy is asleep on the bed in the middle on the room. His chest is moving slightly faster then it should. He must be having a dream, I think to myself. I shake my head. After everything that he must have done to get here in life and he tries to kill himself....It doesn't make sense. I frown as my feet move me forward to him. I pull a chair up to his bed. Trance has cleaned him up. Along with the floor.
I take a deep breath and watch the boys chest rise and fall. He is twisting and slightly moaning. My anger is slowly fading into the background. I reach over and shake him lightly.
"Boy! Wake-up...Your dreaming." His eyes shoot open and he grabs at thin air. His eyes wide, he jumps back off the chair and reaches for the nearest thing. He holds it out in front of himself. I glare at him and then notice that he doesn't know he is back yet.
"Little professor. Are you really going to hit me with that or just wave it around?"
"Tyr?"
"Yeah, it's me." I watched as his body loosens up. He lightly smiles then his legs give out from underneath him. I jump up and over the table and am just barely able to get a hold of him before he falls but somehow I did. I fall underneath him and crash onto the floor. My legs slide under his body to lighten the blow. His upper body slams into my chest as we land.
"Remind me to never do that again." I huff as I gently push him off of me.
"I'll try." He looks at me sheepishly. "Sorry about the rude waking."
"Do not worry about it..." I pause and look at the pale boy. "can you tell me something?"
"Probably...I am a genius." He pulls himself up and back onto the bed. I gently helped him into the bed.
"I was wondering why you tried to committed suicide." Harper looked pained. "And also why you stopped." Harper glances down at his wrists and felt along the repairing lines.
"To tell you the truth. I really don't know. Everything was so...troubling. I didn't have anything better to look forwards to that I--- I took the easy why out...I knew I shouldn't but...Tyr my life has been so hard and after Hohne's death...I could have saved him Tyr and I couldn't."
"But why did you stop?" I think the ship has just upped the heat in this room. My hands are so sweaty it's not funny. I wipe them on my pants. He swallows.
"You guys." He told me softly. "My family changed my mind." He looked me in the eyes. "I couldn't do it. After what you all helped me through." I grin at him.
"Couldn't take the easy way out, huh." He grins back at me.
"Not after growing up on Earth. I'm might be a chicken but I'm going to be a live chicken." I smile at him.
"Go to sleep, boy get your strength back." I watch him drift back asleep and saw someone move out of the corner on my eye. "You can come out now, Trance." The newly golden girl appeared by my side.
"He's going to be fine."
"Is that a question or a statement?"
"A little of both." She replied. "Do you want me to leave you alone?"
"I was just waiting for him to go back to sleep."
"He's going to need us more then ever."
"I know, and I just hope that I can help him as much as he will need it." I stand up and walk to the door. "Please inform me if something happens." She smiles at me.
"I will. You might want to check on Beka. She didn't look to go when she left here." I nod.
" I will. See you later." I exit the door and sit down outside. I am drained of all emotions. I sit here for a long time. I finally stand up.
"Ship, where is Captain Valentine?"
"Captain valentine is on the Maru. In Harper's old quarters."
"Thank you." I lick my lips and move forward, I walk to the Maru and enter the room and enter not even thinking about knocking.
"Go away Dylan." Came a women's voice.
"If I was Dylan, I would But I'm not." Her head appears from the boy's pillow."Now stop crying and get up!"
Leave behind the walk of Shame
Take my hand, you're not to blame
Surrender to what you can't change, oh God
Don't let Life pass you by
Let it in don't ask why...
~Geri Halliwell: Scream, If You Want to Go Faster.
{Scream, If You Want To Go Faster}
Trance's POV
"MEDICAL EMERGENCY!!!" Is screamed over the comm. I drop the knife I had been trimming the plant with and run to the Med-Deck. I was turning to the front door as Rommie walks in with Harper in her arms....Oh-My God the blood---there is so much blood.
"What happened?!?" She opens her mouth to tell me when the door slides open and Beka walks in. Rommie turns around and walks towards her. I grab the nearest cloth and wrap it around Harper's wrist. A tear drips down my cheek. I wipe it away and can feel the blood sticking to my face. I calm my breathing... Flipping out will not help Harper. I reach over and pick up the nano-bot's. I lift the cloth and place the needle as close as possible to the cut. I inject them into his system and can see by the repairs that they are already working. I sigh in relief. But I still know that he has lost too much blood. I grab the bandages and tape. I remove the cloth and quickly place the bandage on and pulled off a strip of tape. I remove the cloth and quickly place the bandage over the wound, securing it with a piece of tape
He needs blood. No one on the ship has his blood-type. I walk over to the far table and grab two syringes with more nano's in them. Harper had made these years ago. When introduced into a subject's body they attach themselves onto the red blood cells and begin to create more blood cells at a faster rate. They were literally a life-saver. I rub the crook of his arm with a small amount of alcohol and inject both syringes. I sigh and walk over to the others.
Beka notices me. "Is he?" I shake me head.
"No, he's alive...but barely." I tell them as I rejoin the small group.
"Can I see him?" Rommie asks me.
"I want to clean him up first...maybe you should do the same." I tell her as I lightly touch her arm. She jerks back from my touch and I can't help but feel hurt.
Rommie and Dylan begin to have a hurried conversation. I am about to step in when he grants her five minutes with Harper. She tries to smile and walks over. I keep the time and I even let her have an extra two minutes. I walk over and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I need to work on cleaning him now." I tell her. I smile at her. "You can come back later. I promise."
"Sorry about just now." She tells me referring to not letting me touch her. I grin at her. It will take a while until everyone is used to the new me.
"It's okay. Go take a shower." She nods and backs away, placing Harper's hand back down beside him. I turn her around and gently push her towards the door like you would a child that has seen to much and is drained. This has taken so much out of her. I know she needs to go and rest. Everyone is drained and only myself and Rommie have seen him. Rommie brushes past the others and leaves. I walk over and smile at the remaining crew.
"I need to clean Harper up. Which means that you have to leave. Go and try and get some sleep." The other's slowly leave the room. I turn around and let out a small sob. So much blood. I walk over to the nearest sink and turn the water on. I begin cleaning my hands. The blood slowly rubs off. It finally washes off and I start on my face. Scrubbing until it hurts. Tears run freely down my cheeks. Harper...why after all of this why now.... I stop with my cheeks and drop my hands. I look into the mirror. A gold face stars back at me. I sigh and bring my emotions back under control. I turn back around and face the room.
I have so much work and so little time. I quickly begin. I clean up around the bed and then I move Harper and clean off the bed throwing the bedding in the recycler. I half-carry; half-drag Harper to the shower in the back of the Med-Deck. I strip him down to his boxers and lean him against the wall.
"Trance what are you doing?" He mumbles as he slowly comes to. I hush him. Placing a finger over his lips.
"I'm giving you a shower."
"When do I get to give you one?" I giggle.
"When you're better." I turn on the shower and step in with him. I grab some soap and gently clean him off. He is slippy and I have to lean him up against the wall. His bandages are soaked. I get some shampoo and clean his hair. I lick my lips and turn the water off. He looks better...Pale but better. I should go get some clothes for him. I help him back to the bed.
"Thanks..." He whispers before he falls back asleep. I dry him off as best as I can then lay him down. I lightly kiss his forehead.
"I'll be right back." I move backwards and then run to his room. I enter and gag at the smell. The blood has already clotted and it smells. Once I have him dressed I will come back. I grab the nearest clothes and run back to the Med-Deck. Harper is still lying there still. Motionless. I walk over and smile down at him. I change his boxers first, trying not to look. After that I slip on a pair of pants and probably his only plain grey top he owns. Just a plain tee-shirt looked weird on Harper. I grin. His hair is to limp. I brush my hand through it and spike it. There that looks better. I smile at him and kiss his cheek.
"I'll be near, Don't worry." With that I turn and walk to the door. I think it's about time for something to eat. I quickly get something to eat and I am unnerved by the silence on the ship. I believe that it is time to look back in with Harper.
When I walk back into the room. Tyr is coaxing him back to sleep I stay back a few steps and wait until Harper is sound asleep once more. I walk over to them and speak up."He's going to be fine."
"Is that a question or a statement?" Tyr asks me.
"A little of both." I reply. "Do you want me to leave you alone?"
"I was just waiting for him to go back to sleep." I want to let Tyr know that he can share his pain.
"He's going to need us more then ever." Is the only way I can think of.
"I know, and I just hope that I can help him as much as he will need it." He stands up and walks to the door. "Please inform me if something happens." I smile at him.
"I will. You might want to check on Beka. She didn't look to good when she left here." He nods. And I think I might be getting across to him.
"I will. See you later." He exits and again I am left alone with Harper. He is sleepying again. Moaning slightly as another dream assaults him. I walk over and place a hand on his head. I lower my mouth to his ear.
"Don't worry Seamus you are with friends." He begins to calm down. I smile and crawl up beside him. Being careful to not touch his injured side I lay down beside him. I remember the first time he saw me. The Old me...The purple me.
Flashback
"BOSS, I finally finished th-" He runs into me and I fall backwards.
He grabs my arm before I fall. "Sorry didn't see you." My tail flickers
and his eyes are drawn to it. He smiles. "Nice Tail." I blush.
"Thanks." Beka appears beside me.
"Harper what were you saying?" She asked him as he continued to look
at my tail it flickered back and forth.
"Sorry," He breaks his glance and looks at Beka. "I am finally
finished the AP coolant lines...Which by the way took way to long." She
brushes him off with a wave of her hand.
"I thought that you had finished those two days again."
"I said I was almost done them. TWO days again...." He looks back at
me and leans into his boss. "By the way who's the Purple Chick?"
"This Purple CHICK is a new member of the crew. WHO I want you to
behave around." She smiled at me. "How about you show her the crew's
beds." Harper Frowned.
"I still have work to do." Beka's eyes widened in anger.
"I am changing that. Harper just take her and answer any questions
then get back to work." He grumbled something has they walked down the
hallway.
End of flashback
I smile as I toy with his hair. I had to have asked him a billion questions that day just to bug him. But I had loved every second of it. I curl around Harper and just wish he would open his eyes just for one second. I get off the bed and turn around and begin to work.
"Trance? You in here?" I turn around.
"You're supposed to be sleeping.
"It can be our own little secret." Dylan tells me as I walk over to him.
"How's Harper?" He walks over to the bed.
"He could be better but people keep waking him Up." I tell him gently making my point known. He turns and nods to me.
"I get it and I just...I needed to see him for myself." He smiled at me. "I'll leave know if you want." I smile at him.
"Actually I was just going to take a break. How about you watch over him for me?" He grins at me.
"I will. Go take a nap." I smile, he doesn't need to know that I don't take naps.
"I will..." I turn and go to leave. "And Dylan." He looks at me.
"Yes."
"If he wakes up call me." He smiles at me.
"I will." He promises me. I turn and leave. I almost break into a run to get to my room but I force myself to walk the entire way. Once I get into my room I lay down on my bed. I am not entirely sure when it happened but I drift to sleep for the first time since I turned golden.
'Cuz sometimes it feels like the world's on my shoulders
Everyone's leaning on me.
'Cuz sometimes it feels like the world's almost over
But then she comes back to me.
~Eminem:Hailie's Song {The Eminem Show}
Tyr's POV
"MEDICAL EMERGENCY!!!" The ship yells over the comms.
"What has that boy done now!" I growl.
"We are going to find out." Dylan said. We run down to the Med-Deck. Where the Ships Avatar and Beka are talking. When the ship reports what has happened. Anger and disgust rush over me. Why did the boy do it? I can't stay in this room with the other's feeling bad for a person who couldn't even take the chance to survive.
"Intruders?" I prod.
"None." The ship says
"That would imply that the little professor" I don't finish my own sentence. I can't. My blood pressure rises and my breathing picks up. I can feel my mouth being set in a grim line.
"I will be in my room." And with that I turn on one foot and exit the room. I walk the entire way to my room boiling over with anger.
Why was this idiotic little mudfoot getting to me this bad? I walk to my room and grab the nearest thing and throw it against the wall. "Ship! Pravitcy mode."
"Pravitcy-Mode is engaged."
"God-Damn that little coward!!!" I yell as I throw another object into the wall. I continue until I can't find anything new to throw. I growl. I need to go for a run. I slip into more comfortable clothes and began to jog. I travel down a few levels then turned a corner and start back up. I didn't even realized that I was back at the Med-Deck. I slow my breathing and enter. Trance is no where in sight. The boy is asleep on the bed in the middle on the room. His chest is moving slightly faster then it should. He must be having a dream, I think to myself. I shake my head. After everything that he must have done to get here in life and he tries to kill himself....It doesn't make sense. I frown as my feet move me forward to him. I pull a chair up to his bed. Trance has cleaned him up. Along with the floor.
I take a deep breath and watch the boys chest rise and fall. He is twisting and slightly moaning. My anger is slowly fading into the background. I reach over and shake him lightly.
"Boy! Wake-up...Your dreaming." His eyes shoot open and he grabs at thin air. His eyes wide, he jumps back off the chair and reaches for the nearest thing. He holds it out in front of himself. I glare at him and then notice that he doesn't know he is back yet.
"Little professor. Are you really going to hit me with that or just wave it around?"
"Tyr?"
"Yeah, it's me." I watched as his body loosens up. He lightly smiles then his legs give out from underneath him. I jump up and over the table and am just barely able to get a hold of him before he falls but somehow I did. I fall underneath him and crash onto the floor. My legs slide under his body to lighten the blow. His upper body slams into my chest as we land.
"Remind me to never do that again." I huff as I gently push him off of me.
"I'll try." He looks at me sheepishly. "Sorry about the rude waking."
"Do not worry about it..." I pause and look at the pale boy. "can you tell me something?"
"Probably...I am a genius." He pulls himself up and back onto the bed. I gently helped him into the bed.
"I was wondering why you tried to committed suicide." Harper looked pained. "And also why you stopped." Harper glances down at his wrists and felt along the repairing lines.
"To tell you the truth. I really don't know. Everything was so...troubling. I didn't have anything better to look forwards to that I--- I took the easy why out...I knew I shouldn't but...Tyr my life has been so hard and after Hohne's death...I could have saved him Tyr and I couldn't."
"But why did you stop?" I think the ship has just upped the heat in this room. My hands are so sweaty it's not funny. I wipe them on my pants. He swallows.
"You guys." He told me softly. "My family changed my mind." He looked me in the eyes. "I couldn't do it. After what you all helped me through." I grin at him.
"Couldn't take the easy way out, huh." He grins back at me.
"Not after growing up on Earth. I'm might be a chicken but I'm going to be a live chicken." I smile at him.
"Go to sleep, boy get your strength back." I watch him drift back asleep and saw someone move out of the corner on my eye. "You can come out now, Trance." The newly golden girl appeared by my side.
"He's going to be fine."
"Is that a question or a statement?"
"A little of both." She replied. "Do you want me to leave you alone?"
"I was just waiting for him to go back to sleep."
"He's going to need us more then ever."
"I know, and I just hope that I can help him as much as he will need it." I stand up and walk to the door. "Please inform me if something happens." She smiles at me.
"I will. You might want to check on Beka. She didn't look to go when she left here." I nod.
" I will. See you later." I exit the door and sit down outside. I am drained of all emotions. I sit here for a long time. I finally stand up.
"Ship, where is Captain Valentine?"
"Captain valentine is on the Maru. In Harper's old quarters."
"Thank you." I lick my lips and move forward, I walk to the Maru and enter the room and enter not even thinking about knocking.
"Go away Dylan." Came a women's voice.
"If I was Dylan, I would But I'm not." Her head appears from the boy's pillow."Now stop crying and get up!"