I don't own Andromeda, seriously, I don't! Oh you must have me confused
with Gene Roddenberry. I often get confused with dead people. Yeah. Well.
On with the story.
CHAPTER SEVEN
As Andromeda sped away out of the system, Gwin walked into Command.
"What happened?" she asked Trance.
Trance looked up from her console and smiled comfortingly to Gwin, "It's nothing to worry about now. Just a little run in with the locals."
Gwin didn't look like she was convinced, but she went along with it anyway.
"Oh, okay then. I'm kinda done with my exploring now, so is there anything I can do here?"
Trance started to say the Gwin shouldn't bother, when Dylan interrupted her.
"Well, you can help Harper with his repairs if you like?"
Gwin' face lit up in an instant and she skipped over to where Harper was working. She knelt down and said something to him, which made him laugh. He handed her a nano-welder and they both set about repair the ship.
Trance was speechless. Dylan had never acted like that before. He usually never let guest's help where the hip was concerned. And Harper was just allowing her to tamper with his work. When Trance tried to help Harper, he snapped and told her to leave his work alone. So why was he different with Gwin?
Something was niggling Trance but she didn't know what. It's probably nothing, she thought, and turned back to her work. But every few minutes she felt the urge to glance over to where Harper and Gwin were working. They acted like they had been friends forever, laughing, chatting and the occasional brushes of their hands made her skin crawl.
She didn't know what was making her feel like this.
Yes you do, said her conscience, Harper is your friend, best friend, and you don't like him treating Gwin like he usually treats you.
No! She wasn't jealous! That was a stupid idea. "HA!" She laughed out loud without even realising it.
Everyone in the room turned to look at her, confused expressions on their faces.
"Something funny about the Environmental systems Trance?" asked Dylan.
Trance realised her blunder and covered it up quickly.
"Nope! Just thinking about a funny dream I had. I'm done here Dylan, I'm jut going to go to Hydroponics." She said calmly then walked out of Command.
Harper looked at Gwin crouching beside him. "Wonder what's eating at her?". He was the only one close enough to Trance to understand these subtle change in her mood.
For a moment he saw Gwin look at the door Trance had just used, with darkness in her eyes. But it was gone in an instant. She turned to face him and smiled.
"Maybe she's just tired from all the questions I've been asking her." She looked back at the wires in the machine in front of her, "So this wire does what? Do I cut it?"
Harper instantly forgot what had gone before and grabbed Gwin's hand away from the wire she had been about to cut.
"You don't want to cut that wire, that would cause the slip-stream drive to over heat and explode."
Gwin put her hand to her mouth and giggled. "Oh whoopsie!"
"Where am I" Trance said to herself. The landscape around her was
unfamiliar. It looked like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, burnt-out houses
were everywhere and fires were springing up all over the place. There
didn't seem to be anybody around.
"ARRGGGGHHHHH! NOOOOOOO! PLEASE GOD NOOOO!"
She heard screams from behind her. She whipped round and saw a cave, with
light emanating from within. Following her instinct, she ran into it,
knowing that whatever was happening in there was very bad.
She rounded a corner and saw two Magogg infesting two children. The child
that was screaming was flattened against the wall of the cave in fear.
The child looked awfully familiar...
"DECLAN! SIABOHN! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! Oh God I'm so sorry!" He
started weeping and fell to the ground.
Of course! This child was Harper. This must have been when he saw his
cousins being infested. She felt an overwhelming feeling to go and
comfort him.
However, when she tried to move towards him, nothing happened. She
couldn't move! Out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure. The figure
was walking into the cave and towards Harper. She couldn't see what the
figure looked like because of the hooded cloak it was wearing. She tried
to shout to Harper but she couldn't make a sound. The only thing she
could do was watch.
The figure stopped beside Harper and reached out a hand. Harper looked up
and stopped crying, he took the figure's hand and stood up. The figure
then pulled him towards them and started stroking his hair. Harper didn't
stop the person and just put his head on their chest.
Trance felt herself being pulled out of the cave, out of this dream, and
tried to shout one last time.
"SEAMUS!" she managed to shout.
Harper snapped his head up and looked straight at her for a second before
the image faded to black.
Trance sat up straight up as a bolt in her bed. Her heart was pounding.
That was such a strange dream, she thought.
No, it wasn't her dream, it was Harper's. She had no idea why she had
been in his dream but she had to see if the same had happened to him.
He ripped back her bedclothes and ran down the corridor to Harper's
quarters. Her nightgown flew behind her as she ran as fast as she could.
When she got there, she blew a gold mist into her hand and threw it at
the door controls. The door opened immediately and she ran in. She ran to
Harper, who was still sleeping, and knelt beside his bed. He was writhing
about as if he was having a bad dream, so Trance put blew the mist into
her hand again, and placed her hand on his forehead.
Harper immediately calmed down and slowly opened his eyes.
"Wha...? Ugh...huh? Trance? Is that you?" He reached for her face and touched
her cheek with one finger.
"Shhhhh, it's me. It's okay now, you're awake." She took his hand and
started stroking it.
Harper was silent for a moment, when he sat up suddenly.
"Trance! I dreamt you! You called out to me. It all seemed so real. And
that woman was there again."
"And you saw your cousins being infested, didn't you?" Trance asked
He slowly looked up into Trance's eyes with disbelief, "How did you
know?"
"Because I dreamt it too, but Harper, that woman is dangerous. I could
tell she didn't want me there. She stopped me from coming to help you."
She felt a tear slip from her eye, but didn't make a move to wipe it
away, "I wanted to so much, Harper. It hurt so much to see you so upset
and to not be able to help you."
Now it was Harper's turn to comfort Trance, he wiped the tears from her
face and took her hand.
"Shhh Shhhh. Don't worry. It was just a dream. Nothing to worry about
now." He put his arms round her and held her till she stopped crying.
"All better now?" he asked her, holding her at arm's length.
She nodded.
"Prove it."
She giggled and smiled at his silliness.
"That's my girl!" he beamed back at her and let go of her shoulders.
Trance suddenly felt awkward and decided it was time to leave.
"I'll just go back to my quarter's. I'm feeling better now." She stood up
to go.
Harper looked at her as if to ay that he didn't believe her.
"Are you sure? You could sleep in here tonight if you want?"
She backed up to the door, "No, no. I'm fine! Really!" she said as she
opened the door.
"Night." She said before turning down the corridor. The door swished
closed.
Confusing girl, he thought before flopping back down on the bed to go to
sleep.
CHAPTER SEVEN
As Andromeda sped away out of the system, Gwin walked into Command.
"What happened?" she asked Trance.
Trance looked up from her console and smiled comfortingly to Gwin, "It's nothing to worry about now. Just a little run in with the locals."
Gwin didn't look like she was convinced, but she went along with it anyway.
"Oh, okay then. I'm kinda done with my exploring now, so is there anything I can do here?"
Trance started to say the Gwin shouldn't bother, when Dylan interrupted her.
"Well, you can help Harper with his repairs if you like?"
Gwin' face lit up in an instant and she skipped over to where Harper was working. She knelt down and said something to him, which made him laugh. He handed her a nano-welder and they both set about repair the ship.
Trance was speechless. Dylan had never acted like that before. He usually never let guest's help where the hip was concerned. And Harper was just allowing her to tamper with his work. When Trance tried to help Harper, he snapped and told her to leave his work alone. So why was he different with Gwin?
Something was niggling Trance but she didn't know what. It's probably nothing, she thought, and turned back to her work. But every few minutes she felt the urge to glance over to where Harper and Gwin were working. They acted like they had been friends forever, laughing, chatting and the occasional brushes of their hands made her skin crawl.
She didn't know what was making her feel like this.
Yes you do, said her conscience, Harper is your friend, best friend, and you don't like him treating Gwin like he usually treats you.
No! She wasn't jealous! That was a stupid idea. "HA!" She laughed out loud without even realising it.
Everyone in the room turned to look at her, confused expressions on their faces.
"Something funny about the Environmental systems Trance?" asked Dylan.
Trance realised her blunder and covered it up quickly.
"Nope! Just thinking about a funny dream I had. I'm done here Dylan, I'm jut going to go to Hydroponics." She said calmly then walked out of Command.
Harper looked at Gwin crouching beside him. "Wonder what's eating at her?". He was the only one close enough to Trance to understand these subtle change in her mood.
For a moment he saw Gwin look at the door Trance had just used, with darkness in her eyes. But it was gone in an instant. She turned to face him and smiled.
"Maybe she's just tired from all the questions I've been asking her." She looked back at the wires in the machine in front of her, "So this wire does what? Do I cut it?"
Harper instantly forgot what had gone before and grabbed Gwin's hand away from the wire she had been about to cut.
"You don't want to cut that wire, that would cause the slip-stream drive to over heat and explode."
Gwin put her hand to her mouth and giggled. "Oh whoopsie!"
"Where am I" Trance said to herself. The landscape around her was
unfamiliar. It looked like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, burnt-out houses
were everywhere and fires were springing up all over the place. There
didn't seem to be anybody around.
"ARRGGGGHHHHH! NOOOOOOO! PLEASE GOD NOOOO!"
She heard screams from behind her. She whipped round and saw a cave, with
light emanating from within. Following her instinct, she ran into it,
knowing that whatever was happening in there was very bad.
She rounded a corner and saw two Magogg infesting two children. The child
that was screaming was flattened against the wall of the cave in fear.
The child looked awfully familiar...
"DECLAN! SIABOHN! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! Oh God I'm so sorry!" He
started weeping and fell to the ground.
Of course! This child was Harper. This must have been when he saw his
cousins being infested. She felt an overwhelming feeling to go and
comfort him.
However, when she tried to move towards him, nothing happened. She
couldn't move! Out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure. The figure
was walking into the cave and towards Harper. She couldn't see what the
figure looked like because of the hooded cloak it was wearing. She tried
to shout to Harper but she couldn't make a sound. The only thing she
could do was watch.
The figure stopped beside Harper and reached out a hand. Harper looked up
and stopped crying, he took the figure's hand and stood up. The figure
then pulled him towards them and started stroking his hair. Harper didn't
stop the person and just put his head on their chest.
Trance felt herself being pulled out of the cave, out of this dream, and
tried to shout one last time.
"SEAMUS!" she managed to shout.
Harper snapped his head up and looked straight at her for a second before
the image faded to black.
Trance sat up straight up as a bolt in her bed. Her heart was pounding.
That was such a strange dream, she thought.
No, it wasn't her dream, it was Harper's. She had no idea why she had
been in his dream but she had to see if the same had happened to him.
He ripped back her bedclothes and ran down the corridor to Harper's
quarters. Her nightgown flew behind her as she ran as fast as she could.
When she got there, she blew a gold mist into her hand and threw it at
the door controls. The door opened immediately and she ran in. She ran to
Harper, who was still sleeping, and knelt beside his bed. He was writhing
about as if he was having a bad dream, so Trance put blew the mist into
her hand again, and placed her hand on his forehead.
Harper immediately calmed down and slowly opened his eyes.
"Wha...? Ugh...huh? Trance? Is that you?" He reached for her face and touched
her cheek with one finger.
"Shhhhh, it's me. It's okay now, you're awake." She took his hand and
started stroking it.
Harper was silent for a moment, when he sat up suddenly.
"Trance! I dreamt you! You called out to me. It all seemed so real. And
that woman was there again."
"And you saw your cousins being infested, didn't you?" Trance asked
He slowly looked up into Trance's eyes with disbelief, "How did you
know?"
"Because I dreamt it too, but Harper, that woman is dangerous. I could
tell she didn't want me there. She stopped me from coming to help you."
She felt a tear slip from her eye, but didn't make a move to wipe it
away, "I wanted to so much, Harper. It hurt so much to see you so upset
and to not be able to help you."
Now it was Harper's turn to comfort Trance, he wiped the tears from her
face and took her hand.
"Shhh Shhhh. Don't worry. It was just a dream. Nothing to worry about
now." He put his arms round her and held her till she stopped crying.
"All better now?" he asked her, holding her at arm's length.
She nodded.
"Prove it."
She giggled and smiled at his silliness.
"That's my girl!" he beamed back at her and let go of her shoulders.
Trance suddenly felt awkward and decided it was time to leave.
"I'll just go back to my quarter's. I'm feeling better now." She stood up
to go.
Harper looked at her as if to ay that he didn't believe her.
"Are you sure? You could sleep in here tonight if you want?"
She backed up to the door, "No, no. I'm fine! Really!" she said as she
opened the door.
"Night." She said before turning down the corridor. The door swished
closed.
Confusing girl, he thought before flopping back down on the bed to go to
sleep.