Chapter 3; How?
Once on the Maru, Harper and Justine started talking about more than just old times together. Harper desperately needed to know, why? Why now? Why after over 7 years would he run in to Justine? He had fought so hard to forget about her. When he left Earth and he hadn't seen her for over two weeks, he presumed her dead. He would have kept looking for her, but her disappearance came right after a Magog raid, so he figured that she must have been killed, so he left. Harper had to get to the bottom of this mystery. He had to know how she got off Earth. So, he decided to confront her.
"Hey, Justine, could I ask you something?" Harper asked timidly. 'Wow she is the most gorgeous thing in the world!'
"Sure what's up Shay?" Justine said turning from the stars ahead to the stars in his eyes. 'God, he's handsome.' She thought. 'Why him? Why of all the people in this universe did I have to run into him?'
"Why are you here?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... how'd you get off Earth? After the Magog raid and then not seeing you for over two weeks afterwards I thought you were killed by a Magog!" He said, trying to get to the point. "You know I wouldn't have left without you if I knew you were still alive. You know that, right?" Harper had to make sure that Justine knew that he did and still loves her.
"I know you wouldn't Shay. I was... I was..." She started, but once she got up enough courage to tell him, the ship rocked violently. She was thrown off the pilot's chair where she was staring out into the stars and onto the floor. Harper was standing up and got thrown across the room and into a console. "What was that?" Justine asked as she picked herself off the floor.
"Owww..." She heard a mumble from across the room.
"Oh my god Shay! Shay, are you ok?" She asked running over to him. "You're not hurt are you?"
"Yeah... I'm fine... how about you?" Harper asked weekly trying to pick himself up off the ground.
"You're the one that was thrown across the room. I'm fine, the worst I have is probably just a bruise on my butt." She said helping Harper off the floor. "Shay! You're bleeding!"
"I'm glad you're fine, and, ow! I'm not bleeding that much," he said, trying so hard not to let his hurt show. He was failing miserably. He never could lie to her. It was kind of obvious he was hurt.
"You're not ok! You're bleeding and I think you broke your arm! Do you have a med-bay on this ship?" Justine asked, worried. She knew that anyone to escape Earth, with Harper's weak immune system, without immediate medical attention to an injury, it could be fatal.
"Well... OW! Careful! I can walk! There's nothing wrong with my legs." he said as Justine pulled his arm over her head. So Justine let go. Harper took one step and almost fell right back on the hard metal deck, he would of if it hadn't been for Justine there to catch him before he hit. "Ok, maybe I can't. There's a med-table in one of the storage rooms, back there."
"That'll have to do!" Justine said as she helped Harper to the room.
"What the hell hit us?" Harper asked.
"I don't know, but that doesn't matter right now. What matters is getting you better, we can figure out who you pissed off later." Justine said helping Harper up onto the bed, with a grin on her face as she remembered how much of a troublemaker Harper was.
With a hurt expression, Harper said, "Hey, I didn't piss anyone off... this time... and even if I had it's not my ship, how would they know I'm on it and not Beka?"
Justine was wandering around the room looking for something that could be used to bandage up Harper's gash on his side. "Well I don't know. Maybe Beka pissed someone off and they think she's on the ship." Justine wrapped the bandage she had found around Harper midsection, and went of looking for some painkillers, and something that could be used as a sling for his arm. "Once we get you patched up you can fix whatever's broken on the ship and I'll try to figure out who shot at us."
"Ok. Man my side is killing me. I think there are some painkillers in my room, second door on the left."
"Why would there be painkillers in your room?" Justine asked as she left the room to go looking.
"Let's just say this isn't the first time the Maru has been shot at while I was on it, and definitely not the first time I've gotten hurt on the Maru." Harper said. "Owww!" Harper cried as he tried to get off the med table and over to his room where Justine was. "Did you find them? Justine? JUSTINE? Where are you? If this is supposed to be a joke I'm not..." Just then someone grabbed him from behind. 'why do I think that's not Justine' Harper thought as we was dragged rather roughly to the back of the ship, into engineering and thrown onto the ground beside Justine who was tied and gagged. "Owww, hey be careful, that hurt! Justine?" he managed to get out before he to was gagged and tied with his arms behind his back, which caused a hot white pain run through his body from his broken arm. "Owww!!" he yelled, although it was muffled it still bothered his capturers and the kicked him in the face and then in the stomach, re-opening his side wound. 'I get it don't talk, how'd I know this was going to be a very bad day' Harper thought trying not to scream from his injuries. After he got himself up of the ground he was thrown back down, and everything in Harpers world went black.
Once on the Maru, Harper and Justine started talking about more than just old times together. Harper desperately needed to know, why? Why now? Why after over 7 years would he run in to Justine? He had fought so hard to forget about her. When he left Earth and he hadn't seen her for over two weeks, he presumed her dead. He would have kept looking for her, but her disappearance came right after a Magog raid, so he figured that she must have been killed, so he left. Harper had to get to the bottom of this mystery. He had to know how she got off Earth. So, he decided to confront her.
"Hey, Justine, could I ask you something?" Harper asked timidly. 'Wow she is the most gorgeous thing in the world!'
"Sure what's up Shay?" Justine said turning from the stars ahead to the stars in his eyes. 'God, he's handsome.' She thought. 'Why him? Why of all the people in this universe did I have to run into him?'
"Why are you here?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... how'd you get off Earth? After the Magog raid and then not seeing you for over two weeks afterwards I thought you were killed by a Magog!" He said, trying to get to the point. "You know I wouldn't have left without you if I knew you were still alive. You know that, right?" Harper had to make sure that Justine knew that he did and still loves her.
"I know you wouldn't Shay. I was... I was..." She started, but once she got up enough courage to tell him, the ship rocked violently. She was thrown off the pilot's chair where she was staring out into the stars and onto the floor. Harper was standing up and got thrown across the room and into a console. "What was that?" Justine asked as she picked herself off the floor.
"Owww..." She heard a mumble from across the room.
"Oh my god Shay! Shay, are you ok?" She asked running over to him. "You're not hurt are you?"
"Yeah... I'm fine... how about you?" Harper asked weekly trying to pick himself up off the ground.
"You're the one that was thrown across the room. I'm fine, the worst I have is probably just a bruise on my butt." She said helping Harper off the floor. "Shay! You're bleeding!"
"I'm glad you're fine, and, ow! I'm not bleeding that much," he said, trying so hard not to let his hurt show. He was failing miserably. He never could lie to her. It was kind of obvious he was hurt.
"You're not ok! You're bleeding and I think you broke your arm! Do you have a med-bay on this ship?" Justine asked, worried. She knew that anyone to escape Earth, with Harper's weak immune system, without immediate medical attention to an injury, it could be fatal.
"Well... OW! Careful! I can walk! There's nothing wrong with my legs." he said as Justine pulled his arm over her head. So Justine let go. Harper took one step and almost fell right back on the hard metal deck, he would of if it hadn't been for Justine there to catch him before he hit. "Ok, maybe I can't. There's a med-table in one of the storage rooms, back there."
"That'll have to do!" Justine said as she helped Harper to the room.
"What the hell hit us?" Harper asked.
"I don't know, but that doesn't matter right now. What matters is getting you better, we can figure out who you pissed off later." Justine said helping Harper up onto the bed, with a grin on her face as she remembered how much of a troublemaker Harper was.
With a hurt expression, Harper said, "Hey, I didn't piss anyone off... this time... and even if I had it's not my ship, how would they know I'm on it and not Beka?"
Justine was wandering around the room looking for something that could be used to bandage up Harper's gash on his side. "Well I don't know. Maybe Beka pissed someone off and they think she's on the ship." Justine wrapped the bandage she had found around Harper midsection, and went of looking for some painkillers, and something that could be used as a sling for his arm. "Once we get you patched up you can fix whatever's broken on the ship and I'll try to figure out who shot at us."
"Ok. Man my side is killing me. I think there are some painkillers in my room, second door on the left."
"Why would there be painkillers in your room?" Justine asked as she left the room to go looking.
"Let's just say this isn't the first time the Maru has been shot at while I was on it, and definitely not the first time I've gotten hurt on the Maru." Harper said. "Owww!" Harper cried as he tried to get off the med table and over to his room where Justine was. "Did you find them? Justine? JUSTINE? Where are you? If this is supposed to be a joke I'm not..." Just then someone grabbed him from behind. 'why do I think that's not Justine' Harper thought as we was dragged rather roughly to the back of the ship, into engineering and thrown onto the ground beside Justine who was tied and gagged. "Owww, hey be careful, that hurt! Justine?" he managed to get out before he to was gagged and tied with his arms behind his back, which caused a hot white pain run through his body from his broken arm. "Owww!!" he yelled, although it was muffled it still bothered his capturers and the kicked him in the face and then in the stomach, re-opening his side wound. 'I get it don't talk, how'd I know this was going to be a very bad day' Harper thought trying not to scream from his injuries. After he got himself up of the ground he was thrown back down, and everything in Harpers world went black.