CHAPTER FIVE
As she opened her eyes, the familiar ceiling of her quarters came into focus. Trance sighed happily to herself and rolled onto her side. She hadn't slept for long, about 3 hours, she just didn't ever need that much sleep. Just as well, she thought, this ship is always getting into trouble and trouble didn't wait until you had a full nights sleep.
Anyway, she thought as she looked at her clock, it was time to get up and wake the new girl! She jumped straight out of bed, and after spending half an hour in the bathroom, put on her favourite blue velvet cat-suit and left her quarters.
Walking down the corridor she realised that most of the crew were still in bed. They were only humans after all, except for Tyr although you could sort of call him a half human but that didn't matter at the moment.
On her way to Guinevere's quarter's, she passed the machine hop and decided to peek in. She giggled as she saw Harper fast asleep at one of his tables, using his newest invention as a pillow and with a sparky in his hand. Resisting the urge to wake him up, she kept on down the corridors and came to the guest quarters.
She knocked on the door first but no-one answered, so she over-rode the unlocking system and let herself in.
There was no-one there. Funny, she thought and decided to look in the bathroom. She wasn't there either. Trance was starting to worry now. What on earth had happened to Guinevere?
Suddenly someone grabbed her shoulder. Trance screamed and jumped a mile.
"Hi Trance!" said the shoulder grabber. Trance turned round and saw it was only Guinevere. Her heart was beating a mile a minute.
"Did I scare you? Oh I'm sorry! I woke up about an hour ago and I was just exploring. Rommie said it was ok. Did I do something wrong?" Guinevere clasped her hands to her chest and looked guiltily to the floor. Immediately, Trance felt so stupid and guilty at making Guinevere feel bad.
She put her arm round Guinevere's shoulders, "Don't worry. You didn't do anything wrong. I was just worried when I didn't find you here, but not to bother. Now, I think it's time we went and got some breakfast, don't you?"
Guinvere looked up at Trance and gave a vigourous nod, "Yep! I'm sooo hungry!"
"Well let's go then!" said Trance and led the way to the officer's mess.
When they got there, they were the only one's there. Trance looked at the console on the wall and saw it was 7:30am. Not long till everyone's awake, Trance thought and to speak of the devil, Harper walked in looking none the better for his nights sleep in the machine shop. "Ugh," he said, "I feel like I just got run over by Andromeda." He walked over to where the girls were sitting and plonked himself down beside Trance.
Trance giggled, "Spent another night in the machine shop?" she said with a knowing look.
"Yeah, wanted to finish my new and improved nano-welder. Fell asleep straight after though." He rubbed a bump on his forehead, proving that he had infact fallen straight to sleep.
"How many times have I told you not to sleep in the machine shop." Trance scolded, "And I found that cot you tried to hide in the cupboard." She added, crossing her arms for emphasis.
Harper looked sheepish but then changed the subject.
"I had the weirdest dream last night. It was really freaky, felt so real. I was in the machine shop, working on my nano-welder, when the door opened and this beautiful woman walked in. The funny thing is I have no idea what she looks like, I just remember that she was incredibly beautiful. Then, I was back on earth during the magogg attacks. I had just seen my cousins being infested and the beautiful woman came up and stood beside me. I was crying my eyes out and she just took me into her arms and sang to me. I felt better instantly and after that I don't remember what happened. Then I woke up a couple of minutes ago. Weird huh!" the second he finished, he spotted the croissant on Trance's plate and snatched it up.
"HEY!" Trance shouted at him.
"Oh. Were you eating that?" he looked at her as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
She gave him a fair whack round the head, "Yes dumb-ass! Argh!"
She was so annoyed, until she heard Gwin giggling at the performance taking place before her eyes. Trance had to laugh. Harper and her were always fighting like this. They didn't mean anything by it. They were best friends after all, though sometimes she felt like there could be more between them. Just not at the moment.
"Sorry Gwin! We're always fighting."
"Don't worry about! It's actually quite fun to watch." Gwin smiled at Trance and then gave an even bigger smile to Harper, "You're really funny Harper!"
For a second his face registered shock, but he regained his composure and started making jokes again.
"See Trance! Someone appreciates my amazing comedic talent. You just don't know genius when you see it. ARGH!" he screamed as a croissant came flying at his head, by way of Trance.
He chose that moment to exit the Mess and come back when it was safe. Gwin was laughing even harder now.
"I just know I'm gonna have a great time here!"
As she opened her eyes, the familiar ceiling of her quarters came into focus. Trance sighed happily to herself and rolled onto her side. She hadn't slept for long, about 3 hours, she just didn't ever need that much sleep. Just as well, she thought, this ship is always getting into trouble and trouble didn't wait until you had a full nights sleep.
Anyway, she thought as she looked at her clock, it was time to get up and wake the new girl! She jumped straight out of bed, and after spending half an hour in the bathroom, put on her favourite blue velvet cat-suit and left her quarters.
Walking down the corridor she realised that most of the crew were still in bed. They were only humans after all, except for Tyr although you could sort of call him a half human but that didn't matter at the moment.
On her way to Guinevere's quarter's, she passed the machine hop and decided to peek in. She giggled as she saw Harper fast asleep at one of his tables, using his newest invention as a pillow and with a sparky in his hand. Resisting the urge to wake him up, she kept on down the corridors and came to the guest quarters.
She knocked on the door first but no-one answered, so she over-rode the unlocking system and let herself in.
There was no-one there. Funny, she thought and decided to look in the bathroom. She wasn't there either. Trance was starting to worry now. What on earth had happened to Guinevere?
Suddenly someone grabbed her shoulder. Trance screamed and jumped a mile.
"Hi Trance!" said the shoulder grabber. Trance turned round and saw it was only Guinevere. Her heart was beating a mile a minute.
"Did I scare you? Oh I'm sorry! I woke up about an hour ago and I was just exploring. Rommie said it was ok. Did I do something wrong?" Guinevere clasped her hands to her chest and looked guiltily to the floor. Immediately, Trance felt so stupid and guilty at making Guinevere feel bad.
She put her arm round Guinevere's shoulders, "Don't worry. You didn't do anything wrong. I was just worried when I didn't find you here, but not to bother. Now, I think it's time we went and got some breakfast, don't you?"
Guinvere looked up at Trance and gave a vigourous nod, "Yep! I'm sooo hungry!"
"Well let's go then!" said Trance and led the way to the officer's mess.
When they got there, they were the only one's there. Trance looked at the console on the wall and saw it was 7:30am. Not long till everyone's awake, Trance thought and to speak of the devil, Harper walked in looking none the better for his nights sleep in the machine shop. "Ugh," he said, "I feel like I just got run over by Andromeda." He walked over to where the girls were sitting and plonked himself down beside Trance.
Trance giggled, "Spent another night in the machine shop?" she said with a knowing look.
"Yeah, wanted to finish my new and improved nano-welder. Fell asleep straight after though." He rubbed a bump on his forehead, proving that he had infact fallen straight to sleep.
"How many times have I told you not to sleep in the machine shop." Trance scolded, "And I found that cot you tried to hide in the cupboard." She added, crossing her arms for emphasis.
Harper looked sheepish but then changed the subject.
"I had the weirdest dream last night. It was really freaky, felt so real. I was in the machine shop, working on my nano-welder, when the door opened and this beautiful woman walked in. The funny thing is I have no idea what she looks like, I just remember that she was incredibly beautiful. Then, I was back on earth during the magogg attacks. I had just seen my cousins being infested and the beautiful woman came up and stood beside me. I was crying my eyes out and she just took me into her arms and sang to me. I felt better instantly and after that I don't remember what happened. Then I woke up a couple of minutes ago. Weird huh!" the second he finished, he spotted the croissant on Trance's plate and snatched it up.
"HEY!" Trance shouted at him.
"Oh. Were you eating that?" he looked at her as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
She gave him a fair whack round the head, "Yes dumb-ass! Argh!"
She was so annoyed, until she heard Gwin giggling at the performance taking place before her eyes. Trance had to laugh. Harper and her were always fighting like this. They didn't mean anything by it. They were best friends after all, though sometimes she felt like there could be more between them. Just not at the moment.
"Sorry Gwin! We're always fighting."
"Don't worry about! It's actually quite fun to watch." Gwin smiled at Trance and then gave an even bigger smile to Harper, "You're really funny Harper!"
For a second his face registered shock, but he regained his composure and started making jokes again.
"See Trance! Someone appreciates my amazing comedic talent. You just don't know genius when you see it. ARGH!" he screamed as a croissant came flying at his head, by way of Trance.
He chose that moment to exit the Mess and come back when it was safe. Gwin was laughing even harder now.
"I just know I'm gonna have a great time here!"