Showdown
The machine shop came back into view as Harper exited Andromeda's systems. Now he just had to go extract a scary alien monster thing from the system too.
Oh goody.
No time to be wasted though, he thought with more conviction than he felt. Standing up, he took a breath to steady himself, then promptly ran off toward his quarters.
When he got there, he realised he didn't have a clue what he was going to do. Staring at the door controls in front of him, he desperately tried to think of an idea.
Any idea.
At all.
Anything?
He whacked his head in an effort to hopefully whack an idea into it.
Didn't work.
Now he had a sore head as well as no idea.
Great.
"Well if it's small, I'll need something to magnify it." He reached into his toolbelt and brought out his magnifier. He usually used it when he was working in the machine shop.
Slipping it on his head, he then unscrewed the panel in front of the door controls. He wasn't prepared, however, for what he saw behind it. The whole thing had been rewired. A black substance had spread all over the wires like ivy.
Turning up the magnification, Harper spotted something in the centre underneath all the new wiring. Being careful not to disturb the wiring, he poked his way through until he uncovered what was underneath.
It was a tiny little bot. Miniscule really, the only reason he could see it at all wa because of the magnifier. Actually, it sort of looked like a spider, a squished one, with its legs all akimbo.
He smiled to himself, he hated spiders and he was gonna make this one pay for the damage it had done. It had to be extracted carefully though, he couldn't risk leaving any part of it in the system. He got out his pointed tweezers and got a hold of the body of the machine, and with a pick he started to extract the machine carefully, leg by leg.
Eight legs later, Harper had successfully taken the machine out. Dropping his pick, he reached into his belt pocket and pulled out a little baggie that he sometimes used to hold small nuts and bolts. Opening up the bag, he dropped the little bastard that had caused all this mayhem into it. Then sealed it with a great amount of satisfaction.
He noticed that around him, Andromeda was slowly powering back up. Holo- Rommie suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I knew you could do it Harper!" she beamed.
"Hey, so did I!" Harper joked.
"Communications back online." Announced Andromeda.
Dylan's voice immediately came over the communications system. "What did you do Harper?"
Harper looked at Holo-Rommie before replying. "Come to machine shop 17 immediately. I have something to show you." And with a smile, he set off for the machine shop with a skip in his step.
The machine shop came back into view as Harper exited Andromeda's systems. Now he just had to go extract a scary alien monster thing from the system too.
Oh goody.
No time to be wasted though, he thought with more conviction than he felt. Standing up, he took a breath to steady himself, then promptly ran off toward his quarters.
When he got there, he realised he didn't have a clue what he was going to do. Staring at the door controls in front of him, he desperately tried to think of an idea.
Any idea.
At all.
Anything?
He whacked his head in an effort to hopefully whack an idea into it.
Didn't work.
Now he had a sore head as well as no idea.
Great.
"Well if it's small, I'll need something to magnify it." He reached into his toolbelt and brought out his magnifier. He usually used it when he was working in the machine shop.
Slipping it on his head, he then unscrewed the panel in front of the door controls. He wasn't prepared, however, for what he saw behind it. The whole thing had been rewired. A black substance had spread all over the wires like ivy.
Turning up the magnification, Harper spotted something in the centre underneath all the new wiring. Being careful not to disturb the wiring, he poked his way through until he uncovered what was underneath.
It was a tiny little bot. Miniscule really, the only reason he could see it at all wa because of the magnifier. Actually, it sort of looked like a spider, a squished one, with its legs all akimbo.
He smiled to himself, he hated spiders and he was gonna make this one pay for the damage it had done. It had to be extracted carefully though, he couldn't risk leaving any part of it in the system. He got out his pointed tweezers and got a hold of the body of the machine, and with a pick he started to extract the machine carefully, leg by leg.
Eight legs later, Harper had successfully taken the machine out. Dropping his pick, he reached into his belt pocket and pulled out a little baggie that he sometimes used to hold small nuts and bolts. Opening up the bag, he dropped the little bastard that had caused all this mayhem into it. Then sealed it with a great amount of satisfaction.
He noticed that around him, Andromeda was slowly powering back up. Holo- Rommie suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I knew you could do it Harper!" she beamed.
"Hey, so did I!" Harper joked.
"Communications back online." Announced Andromeda.
Dylan's voice immediately came over the communications system. "What did you do Harper?"
Harper looked at Holo-Rommie before replying. "Come to machine shop 17 immediately. I have something to show you." And with a smile, he set off for the machine shop with a skip in his step.