Chapter 6
"Beka! What the hell are you doing?" Rhade yelled. The Andromeda had managed to reach Beka.
"I'm getting Trance back!" Beka said.
"You don't know what you are doing Beka!" Dylan said.
"Look, Dylan, I may not remember you but from what Rhade tells me, you care a lot about your crew. I am one of your crew. I may never remember you or know who any of you are! But Trance does remember. She knows who you are! You need her to defeat the Magog!" Beka yelled over the sound of Auril's ship's missiles. "Dylan, please. Trance is one of the most important people in my life. If I don't do anything, I will regret it. Rhade..."
Rhade looked up. Concern filled his eyes and made Beka's heart skip a beat.
"Rhade, I'm sorry. For what happened in Obs Deck. I didn't mean to make you feel uncom..." Right then, the communication was cut.
"Anything you want to tell me?" Dylan asked.
"Not at the moment." Rhade answered.
"Captain, she will reach Auril's ship in 35 seconds." Rommie said.
"Dammit Beka!" Dylan said.
"Captain, somebody should help her, she can't do it alone. How will she take on Shandow and Auril? She isn't exactly at her strongest." Rhade said.
"Agreed. Andromeda, How much longer until we are in range to shoot the bucky cables?" Dylan asked.
"Bucky cables are not offline." Andromeda responded.
"What! Since when?" Dylan asked.
"Unknown."
"You gotta be kidding me. Harper?" Dylan asked.
"it'll take me at least a half hour, Boss. I don't know how she did it but Auril screwed them up bad!" Harper responded.
"Great."
"Captain, why don't we take a slip fighter down?" Rhade asked.
"All hanger doors containing slip fighters are not operational either." Andromeda said.
"It's like they wanted Beka to come! We would have more of a chance of catching them in the Maru! The sealed all but the Maru's hanger doors knowing it would need Beka's access code to leave the hanger!" Harper said.
"Exactly what I was thinking, Mr. Harper." Dylan muttered.
"Are you saying there is nothing we can do? There is no way we can help her?" Rhade asked.
"Yeah, I have no idea...wait a minute! You could take an escape pod! Gimme a few minutes and I can make it fast enough to catch them!" Harper said excitedly.
"Do it Harper!" Dylan said.
"Rhade! Rhade! Dammit." Beka said as the transmission ended. "What am I getting into? I don't know where they might be keeping Trance! Great thinking Beka! Dylan wont come for you!"
Trance was pacing in what she imagined was Auril's brig.
"Beka is going to come, and Auril will get what she wants." Trance said, "If she catches Beka, she will have a clear path!"
"Beka! What the hell are you doing?" Rhade yelled. The Andromeda had managed to reach Beka.
"I'm getting Trance back!" Beka said.
"You don't know what you are doing Beka!" Dylan said.
"Look, Dylan, I may not remember you but from what Rhade tells me, you care a lot about your crew. I am one of your crew. I may never remember you or know who any of you are! But Trance does remember. She knows who you are! You need her to defeat the Magog!" Beka yelled over the sound of Auril's ship's missiles. "Dylan, please. Trance is one of the most important people in my life. If I don't do anything, I will regret it. Rhade..."
Rhade looked up. Concern filled his eyes and made Beka's heart skip a beat.
"Rhade, I'm sorry. For what happened in Obs Deck. I didn't mean to make you feel uncom..." Right then, the communication was cut.
"Anything you want to tell me?" Dylan asked.
"Not at the moment." Rhade answered.
"Captain, she will reach Auril's ship in 35 seconds." Rommie said.
"Dammit Beka!" Dylan said.
"Captain, somebody should help her, she can't do it alone. How will she take on Shandow and Auril? She isn't exactly at her strongest." Rhade said.
"Agreed. Andromeda, How much longer until we are in range to shoot the bucky cables?" Dylan asked.
"Bucky cables are not offline." Andromeda responded.
"What! Since when?" Dylan asked.
"Unknown."
"You gotta be kidding me. Harper?" Dylan asked.
"it'll take me at least a half hour, Boss. I don't know how she did it but Auril screwed them up bad!" Harper responded.
"Great."
"Captain, why don't we take a slip fighter down?" Rhade asked.
"All hanger doors containing slip fighters are not operational either." Andromeda said.
"It's like they wanted Beka to come! We would have more of a chance of catching them in the Maru! The sealed all but the Maru's hanger doors knowing it would need Beka's access code to leave the hanger!" Harper said.
"Exactly what I was thinking, Mr. Harper." Dylan muttered.
"Are you saying there is nothing we can do? There is no way we can help her?" Rhade asked.
"Yeah, I have no idea...wait a minute! You could take an escape pod! Gimme a few minutes and I can make it fast enough to catch them!" Harper said excitedly.
"Do it Harper!" Dylan said.
"Rhade! Rhade! Dammit." Beka said as the transmission ended. "What am I getting into? I don't know where they might be keeping Trance! Great thinking Beka! Dylan wont come for you!"
Trance was pacing in what she imagined was Auril's brig.
"Beka is going to come, and Auril will get what she wants." Trance said, "If she catches Beka, she will have a clear path!"