A/N: Bwahahaha I'm so evil for not updating in a long time aren't I? hehe I'm sorry! I've been lazy and um yeah laziness pretty much sums it up but yeah, no one tried to cause me bodily arm to get it up so I had no incentive to post it, but yeah it's like 6 in the morning and I'm bored so I'm typing it up now muahaha again to the story!

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Chapter 10 - The Unsaid

Harper flipped a few switches, sets himself into the chair, straps himself in and takes the controls. The engine comes roaring to life. He grins as it starts up and slowly lifts off the ground, Harper manoeuvres it slowly around and heads up into the clear sky.

After a few hours of meditation, Trance stops her REM state. She gets up a bit stiffly from the bed and slowly walks to the command deck. She sees Harper flying the ship, Trance looks out the view screen and sees no sign of the Andromeda, she sighs and leans against the door way and calls out to Harper. "Harper? Any sign of the Andromeda?"

Harper glanced over his shoulder, and notices her leaning against the doorway seemingly for support "No, no sigh of them, we might just have to stay around here and make a few minor repairs until they come back." He stops and looks at her closely "Are you gonna be alright?"

Trance briefly smiled "Yes I'll be fine, but it will take a great deal more rest until I'm back to the way I was." She moves away from the entry limping slightly she moves over to Harper, gives him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek "Thank you and don't worry. Ill go back and get some more rest, which you should do soon."

Harper just smiled and nods a little bit smitten. Trance shakes her head, leaves the deck and heads back to her quarters. She lays herself down on the bed and falls into a fitful sleep.

Harper's head nods forward slowly, he jerks himself awake from almost falling asleep at the controls. He yawns "Okay, I should listen to Trance and get some Z's." he flips a few controls, leaving the Maru in orbit on autopilot. Harper gets up, dragging himself to the sleeping quarters. As he comes around the corner he hears moaning and whimpering.

He whispers "Trance?" he moves into the room. Trance is tossing and turning, her face us moulded into pain and sadness, calling out "No no no..."

Harper stands there for a few moments unsure of what to do "Well Harper this could be your time to be the great protector." He pulls off his boots and sets them on the floor then quietly makes his way over to the bed. He gently rests a hand on her shoulder seeing if she'll wake. She stirs slightly but doesn't wake. Harper takes that as an okay sign and quickly slides into the bed behind her; he pulls her into his body cupping it into his. Wrapping his arms around her stomach he whispers "Have no fear Harpers here." Trance calms down slightly as she relaxes into his arms. Harper lays his head down, he closes his eyes and lets Trances even breathing lull him to sleep.

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Trance slowly wakes, her sleep had been quite restless for a while until a presence came and seemingly calmed her sleep. She would have normally alone, but in her weakened state she could not fight off the dreams that came unbidden to her. They were the unpleasant dreams of the future and past, but when the presence came they disappeared.

Lost In her thoughts didn't realize there was a person sleeping near her with its arms wrapped around her. When she realized it was Harper It took everything she had to not jump out of the bed. Questions assaulted her mind 'Why was he here? What is he doing? Did something happen?'

A yawn escapes from Harper. Trance rolls over to face him, He smiles at her "Mornin' gorgeous."

She frowns "Harper...what are you doing here?" her voice stern and serious.

He keeps smiling "Well it looked like you were having a bad dream, so I thought I could calm you down or something if I lied in the bed with you, and well it worked and you told me to get rest anyway so..."

Trance growing a bit uncomfortable says "Well thank you could you maybe disengage yourself from me?"

Harper's smile broadened "What you don't like Harper's company?"

"Its...its not that I don't like, it's just that I feel..."she sputters out.

Harper looks at her curiosity etching his features" Feel what?"

Trance shifts uncomfortable under his gaze "That we shouldn't be doing this."

He looks at her sceptically "And why shouldn't we?"

Getting more unnerved by the barrage of questions, Trance tries to move away. "Its just....we shouldn't." She frees herself from his arms and gets off the bed. She looks at him closely for a moment.

He stares back at her with hurt written all over his features. She fidgets "Harper I'm..."She turns and escapes from the room. Fleeing to the command deck, she stops and stands staring out the view screen.

Harper lays there in a confused stupor for a moment, and then he quickly removes himself from the bed and chases after her. He arrives at the command deck, he catches Trance staring at the stars in the view screen.

Trance lets out a sigh "The stars are all so different but yet have the same fire burning within them." She says as if sensing Harpers presence.

Harper a little confused asks "What do you mean?"

She turns around frowning sadly at him "I mean that...." She looks away down towards her hands, to anything that will distract her "I don't know what I mean."

Harper tilts his head puzzled "Trance, are you alright?"

Trance nods looking back up at him, her golden face an expressionless mask, but her eyes betray the emotion still inside her gold interior "I'm fine."

He looks at her and goes over to her placing a hand on her shoulder, she flinches slightly as if going to brush his hand away, but Harper doesn't move he just stares into her eyes "I know your not, know you to well, I know there is still the old you in there, you're afraid to let her out, and I want to know why."

Trance let out a defeated sigh "There can only be one me, if I let her out, I risk many dangers, and I am this now so I can defend the others."

"You don't always have to be so strong Trance we are fully capable of taking care of ourselves." Harper declares smiling a little.

Trance shakes her head "Your not, we always have to pull you out of trouble."

"Well maybe, but I always like to be rescued by you, you're my knight in golden armour, and didn't I have to rescue you earlier?" he says chuckling a bit.

A small smiles forms at the corners of her lips "True, but that beside the point."

He smirks "Then what is the point?"

She sighs "I can't let my emotions rule me."

"And why not? Afraid that somebody will fall in love with you or are you afraid that you will fall in love with someone? What's so wrong with that?" he asked

"It will interfere with everything" She shrugged.

"How could it, its only a small thing, people are able to go day by day with it, even you could do it, Trance you should let someone in, you might be able to find some true happiness." He continued.

Trance sighs "Like whom? You? How could you possibly find that in me?"

Harper smiles "Yeah like me because." He lets out a breath "I already have."

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A/N: Muahaha I know I'm evil for stopping it there, but yeah I needed a cliffy, I think cause the rest of what I have written down doesn't have a convenient place to stop and I've only have a half of a page written down after where I stopped so yeah anyway.....Hopefully this chapter wasn't so corny it was bad *sigh* I try people I try, Feed back is awesome , and thanks a bunch to my dedicated fan/friend Pattie your love for my story keeps it going :) Side note: I haven't really watched much of Season 4 so um all this is pretty much season 3 based, 4 is getting to Dylan centered for my liking so yeah I'm done blabbing. R&R pweaze?

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