A/N- ok I admit this post is only for reviews. I updated this story on the
29th but it never got moved to the first page. So this is going to be
short for the few of you who have been following this and waiting for an
update (thanks for being patient, well except for Parisidy sorry but it's
something at least)
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"tchlaur-there are always opinions
tchlaur- options
mizdid-there are both
(AIM conversation one night)
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"Boss you can't, that thing is still out there." I looked down at Harper. Yesterday's wounds where still fresh on his face. He was working on fixing some circuitry and refused to stay in bed and rest. Finally Trance and I had carried every project that wasn't attached to the ship into his room and taken turns sitting with him all night.
"Harper I have no choice." Harper put down the part he was working on. His whole bed was covered with parts. He winced like he hated that phrase.
"Beka there are always choices, why do you always have to pick the ones that lead towards pain and death."
"Last time I check I was still alive."
"Yeah with a great scar collection."
"I am still alive. Harper he is not standing outside the airlock waiting to jump me. I chased him away yesterday and the fact is we have very little money and a long list of parts we need."
"There are other ports, lots of other ports. We should leave now and go to one of those many ports."
"The engines are barely running. You can barely sit up straight much less do any repair
work. We need parts and it will take weeks maybe months to get them somewhere else.
We cannot waste that time. Time is money in the savaging business."
"Money means nothing if you are dead or infested."
"I will be fine."
"Boss."
"Harper."
"I can have Trance go with me if that would make you feel better."
"I should go with you."
"What are you going to do? Bleed on him. Stay here, rest up. I will have you running around the Maru soon enough working on the engines."
"I don't like it Boss."
"I don't have another choice."
Harper just leaned up against the wall. His face was flushed and I could see signs of a fever starting. Harper was still in pain. I could see it in his eyes. He was also terrified. I didn't know how to help him. How could I take away the boogieman from his past that was now standing at the doorway?
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I was walking back to the Maru after picking up all the parts we needed. Well almost all the parts. We still needed some power supply wire and some microchips but Harper would have his hands full with the repairs and parts for now. I would have to hide half of them or Harper would work himself to the point of collapse. I was going to have to watch him as is. He was pretty banged up from the magog and he was so nervous he could barely sit still. Trance had stayed with Harper trying to convince him that everything was ok. Was every really ok?
I almost dropped everything that I was carrying as I walked into another person. I was so deep in thought that I hadn't been watching where I was going. I looked up and started to mutter an apology when I saw whom I had run into.
It was him, the magog.
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Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter." -Bono
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"tchlaur-there are always opinions
tchlaur- options
mizdid-there are both
(AIM conversation one night)
~~~*~~~
"Boss you can't, that thing is still out there." I looked down at Harper. Yesterday's wounds where still fresh on his face. He was working on fixing some circuitry and refused to stay in bed and rest. Finally Trance and I had carried every project that wasn't attached to the ship into his room and taken turns sitting with him all night.
"Harper I have no choice." Harper put down the part he was working on. His whole bed was covered with parts. He winced like he hated that phrase.
"Beka there are always choices, why do you always have to pick the ones that lead towards pain and death."
"Last time I check I was still alive."
"Yeah with a great scar collection."
"I am still alive. Harper he is not standing outside the airlock waiting to jump me. I chased him away yesterday and the fact is we have very little money and a long list of parts we need."
"There are other ports, lots of other ports. We should leave now and go to one of those many ports."
"The engines are barely running. You can barely sit up straight much less do any repair
work. We need parts and it will take weeks maybe months to get them somewhere else.
We cannot waste that time. Time is money in the savaging business."
"Money means nothing if you are dead or infested."
"I will be fine."
"Boss."
"Harper."
"I can have Trance go with me if that would make you feel better."
"I should go with you."
"What are you going to do? Bleed on him. Stay here, rest up. I will have you running around the Maru soon enough working on the engines."
"I don't like it Boss."
"I don't have another choice."
Harper just leaned up against the wall. His face was flushed and I could see signs of a fever starting. Harper was still in pain. I could see it in his eyes. He was also terrified. I didn't know how to help him. How could I take away the boogieman from his past that was now standing at the doorway?
~~~*~~~
I was walking back to the Maru after picking up all the parts we needed. Well almost all the parts. We still needed some power supply wire and some microchips but Harper would have his hands full with the repairs and parts for now. I would have to hide half of them or Harper would work himself to the point of collapse. I was going to have to watch him as is. He was pretty banged up from the magog and he was so nervous he could barely sit still. Trance had stayed with Harper trying to convince him that everything was ok. Was every really ok?
I almost dropped everything that I was carrying as I walked into another person. I was so deep in thought that I hadn't been watching where I was going. I looked up and started to mutter an apology when I saw whom I had run into.
It was him, the magog.
~~~*~~~
Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter." -Bono