I do not own Andromeda. Though my cat is one of the writing staff.
CHAPTER NINE
Trance was in hydroponics when Gwin arrived for her lesson a couple of hours later. She had spent those hours trying to think of reasons why Harper would just snub her like that.
Gwin sauntered in and sat in one of the foam seats in the corner.
"Hi! I'm ready to learn!" she chirped.
But Trance wasn't really concentrating. After a few seconds she realised the Gwin was there. She decided that she might as well teach Gwin this afternoon, it would keep her mind off Harper for a few hours at least.
"So what will I learn today?" Gwin asked eagerly.
Trance realised that she hadn't really thought about or prepared anything.
"Oh, um...." She improvised, "... well, what would you like to learn?"
Gwin's smile grew even bigger, "Oooooo!!! I'd love to hear how you met all of your crew-mates!"
Trance blinked in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah! I want to hear about 'your' life here!" Gwin leaned forward in earnest.
This is weird, thought Trance, though at least it'll be easy to talk about.
"Well," she started, "you already know how I met Dylan and Andromeda, so I guess I'll tell you about how Beka recruited me."
Gwin nodded in encouragement.
"Well, I was living on the streets when Rev Bem found me, you haven't met him, he's a Wayist. Well he took me under his wing and brought me back to the Maru. He was already part of the crew see. So was Harper. Well anyway, Beka asked me to prove if I was worthy enough to be in their crew so I 'found' some cargo that they needed to deliver to a client..."
"Found?" asked Gwin.
"Okay, stole then." Admitted Trance. "Well anyway, needles to say, she was pleased with me and I spent six months with them before we got the job to pull the Andromeda out of the black hole. And then the rest you already know."
"Cool!" exclaimed Gwin, "So tell me what Harper was like!"
Trance smiled slightly. "Well, pretty much the same as now." Something was a bit strange here.
Gwin stood up, taking Trance by surprise.
"Well, I'm going to go get lunch now then."
"Oh okay." Trance felt stupid. What was making her feel so tense.
"I'll see you there in a few minutes then." She said, turning around to feed her bonsai tree.
"Or not." She heard, before the door closed and a strange gas filled the room.
"BITCH!" Trance spat, before the world faded away.
CHAPTER NINE
Trance was in hydroponics when Gwin arrived for her lesson a couple of hours later. She had spent those hours trying to think of reasons why Harper would just snub her like that.
Gwin sauntered in and sat in one of the foam seats in the corner.
"Hi! I'm ready to learn!" she chirped.
But Trance wasn't really concentrating. After a few seconds she realised the Gwin was there. She decided that she might as well teach Gwin this afternoon, it would keep her mind off Harper for a few hours at least.
"So what will I learn today?" Gwin asked eagerly.
Trance realised that she hadn't really thought about or prepared anything.
"Oh, um...." She improvised, "... well, what would you like to learn?"
Gwin's smile grew even bigger, "Oooooo!!! I'd love to hear how you met all of your crew-mates!"
Trance blinked in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah! I want to hear about 'your' life here!" Gwin leaned forward in earnest.
This is weird, thought Trance, though at least it'll be easy to talk about.
"Well," she started, "you already know how I met Dylan and Andromeda, so I guess I'll tell you about how Beka recruited me."
Gwin nodded in encouragement.
"Well, I was living on the streets when Rev Bem found me, you haven't met him, he's a Wayist. Well he took me under his wing and brought me back to the Maru. He was already part of the crew see. So was Harper. Well anyway, Beka asked me to prove if I was worthy enough to be in their crew so I 'found' some cargo that they needed to deliver to a client..."
"Found?" asked Gwin.
"Okay, stole then." Admitted Trance. "Well anyway, needles to say, she was pleased with me and I spent six months with them before we got the job to pull the Andromeda out of the black hole. And then the rest you already know."
"Cool!" exclaimed Gwin, "So tell me what Harper was like!"
Trance smiled slightly. "Well, pretty much the same as now." Something was a bit strange here.
Gwin stood up, taking Trance by surprise.
"Well, I'm going to go get lunch now then."
"Oh okay." Trance felt stupid. What was making her feel so tense.
"I'll see you there in a few minutes then." She said, turning around to feed her bonsai tree.
"Or not." She heard, before the door closed and a strange gas filled the room.
"BITCH!" Trance spat, before the world faded away.