Do you feel funny?
Whack!
"Come on you stupid piece of crap!"
WHACK!
"WORK!"
beep beep beep beep beep....
"Ugh, finally" Harper wiped the sweat dripping off his forehead. He'd been working on one of Trance's medical machines for an hour, and in the end all it took was an almighty whack.
"You know Harper. You didn't need to hit it so hard." Trance was looking a bit miffed. She didn't approve of his 'technique' sometimes.
"Oh come on Trance! It's working now, ok? That's all that matters in my view." He was feeling exhausted, he had started fixing this machine the minute he'd gotten on board and now he had to fix one of Andromeda's circuits from inside her mainframe. That always took it out of him. Though he had load of other things to fix so he thought he'd better get to it, on the double as his aunt would say when he was a kid.
He started walking towards the slipstream core, all the time trying to think about what exactly had happened last night. It was really strange, he remembered walking into the bar/club, chatting up a girl, getting hit by the same girl and ordering more drinks. But after that, nothing. Absolutely nothing. He tried to think harder. Like, come one, something had to be in there. He hit himself in the head in an attempt to jog his memory.
"OW!" Maybe he'd himself too hard.
"Here I AM!" He walked through the door and sat down next to a computer. He picked up a jack as usual and stuck it into his data port...
"AAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
'hasssa farrrra shiiiiiiii hasssa farrrra shiiiiiiii' something was whispering to him.
He felt himself half in Andromeda's matrix and half in his body. It was NOT a nice feeling at all. His body in both reality and virtual reality was in fits.
"Harper, are you alright?" Virtual Andromeda asked.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHHH......ghhghhgggghghhhhhg." Harper couldn't speak. He was in so much pain. His head felt like it was going to explode. He wanted his mommy. Arrrgghhhh, it was so soooooorrrrrre.
"Dylan, Harper's in the slipstream core. He's tried to jack into me but he's not fully here. It's attacking both of us. Something's in here with me Dyl....."
Andromeda froze. Systems shut down all over the ship. Dylan raced towards the slipstream core with Tyr and Beka. When they got there, they saw Harper writhing on the floor with the jack still in his neck, smoke billowing up from it.
Beka rushed over and ripped it out of his neck. Harper calmed down immediately. He opened his eyes and saw Beka.
"It's ok kid, it's ok. I've got you now. Shhhh shhhhh." She scooped him into her arms while he whimpered like a little puppy.
Tyr and Dylan looked at each other with the same thought going through their heads.
This was bad.
Whack!
"Come on you stupid piece of crap!"
WHACK!
"WORK!"
beep beep beep beep beep....
"Ugh, finally" Harper wiped the sweat dripping off his forehead. He'd been working on one of Trance's medical machines for an hour, and in the end all it took was an almighty whack.
"You know Harper. You didn't need to hit it so hard." Trance was looking a bit miffed. She didn't approve of his 'technique' sometimes.
"Oh come on Trance! It's working now, ok? That's all that matters in my view." He was feeling exhausted, he had started fixing this machine the minute he'd gotten on board and now he had to fix one of Andromeda's circuits from inside her mainframe. That always took it out of him. Though he had load of other things to fix so he thought he'd better get to it, on the double as his aunt would say when he was a kid.
He started walking towards the slipstream core, all the time trying to think about what exactly had happened last night. It was really strange, he remembered walking into the bar/club, chatting up a girl, getting hit by the same girl and ordering more drinks. But after that, nothing. Absolutely nothing. He tried to think harder. Like, come one, something had to be in there. He hit himself in the head in an attempt to jog his memory.
"OW!" Maybe he'd himself too hard.
"Here I AM!" He walked through the door and sat down next to a computer. He picked up a jack as usual and stuck it into his data port...
"AAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
'hasssa farrrra shiiiiiiii hasssa farrrra shiiiiiiii' something was whispering to him.
He felt himself half in Andromeda's matrix and half in his body. It was NOT a nice feeling at all. His body in both reality and virtual reality was in fits.
"Harper, are you alright?" Virtual Andromeda asked.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHHH......ghhghhgggghghhhhhg." Harper couldn't speak. He was in so much pain. His head felt like it was going to explode. He wanted his mommy. Arrrgghhhh, it was so soooooorrrrrre.
"Dylan, Harper's in the slipstream core. He's tried to jack into me but he's not fully here. It's attacking both of us. Something's in here with me Dyl....."
Andromeda froze. Systems shut down all over the ship. Dylan raced towards the slipstream core with Tyr and Beka. When they got there, they saw Harper writhing on the floor with the jack still in his neck, smoke billowing up from it.
Beka rushed over and ripped it out of his neck. Harper calmed down immediately. He opened his eyes and saw Beka.
"It's ok kid, it's ok. I've got you now. Shhhh shhhhh." She scooped him into her arms while he whimpered like a little puppy.
Tyr and Dylan looked at each other with the same thought going through their heads.
This was bad.