Part 4
Rommie's (Avatar) POV
My boots clank as they hit the deck as I walked through the halls. I wasn't even sure of where I
was going. I had left early, but I wandered around the drift for awhile. I just liked to watch people
sometimes, and its not like I was in any danger. But I was home now, and thats all that mattered.
"You seem upset." The disembodied voiced echoed through the empty halls. I hated it when she
tried to understand how I was feeling.
"I'm not upset!" I shout back angrily. "I'm just…flustered."
"So, your going to tell us that it's something else that's causing your face to turn red." My
holographic self appears before me. We are identical, except for the clothes, it being I changed to
go out to the bars with the crew. Did they always have to gang up on me like this?
"Ok, fine I'm angry. But why do you two care? It's not like I'm the only one who feels this way. I
would like to point out that I learned everything from you two. And the last time I checked, we
aren't supposed to have these feelings. So I blame you two for me being angry." They always
treated this like it was my fault. I had found someone else before. And while it didn't exactly
workout, I know that they never felt the same way I did. Before I realized it, I was at Machine
Shop 17. I could vent here, ya know, throw stuff around and kick stuff, and Harper would never
know.
I slam my fist into a bulkhead, I hold back just enough to keep from denting it, and I don't want
to have to explain anything,
"Hey! Could you not do that?" Her commanding voice booms from all around. "We get enough
damage from outside sources."
She had a point.
"Here, you need to see this…." There is a slight energy surge. It's a magnificent feeling having
all the knowledge in the world rush into your head. Now linked with my main self, I can see
everything on board inside and outside, all at once.
"They're home. I thought you might like to see what everyone has been up to." She was right, I
did like to know where my crew was, and it was better to see it myself then just have her tell me.
I feel my holographic self-link into the mainframe too.
All at once we watch Beka rush back to the Maru almost tripping over Tyr and Tyr crawling
around on the floor like a lost child. "I guess he's not as tough as he looks." I think and the other
two laugh. We take a glimpse into Harper's room to make sure he's still alive but we can't see
anything. "Privacy Mode." The main AI informs us, and at the same time we all realize that he's
in Trance's room. "This can't be good." We all say. "Why didn't you see them come in?" I ask
the other two. "They just look at me confused. "We have to tell Dylan." But as soon as I say this,
we all realize that he's not on the ship. "Well did he come in with the others last night?" I ask
and again the confused looks.
I break the link, I know that it has been about 2 seconds since the link was established, but so
much had gone wrong. As I head for command I yell, "Call everyone to command NOW. And I
DON'T want to hear any excuses." I hear her voice give out the order's. And all I can think is
"What the hell happened last night?"
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Hope that that wasn't too long. Let's throw it over to Trance! It's all you Gordon!