Daughters of Light
Chapter 8
The doors to med bay whooshed open and the three visitors saw Trance standing in the main console next to Beka's bed. Dylan felt Cam clutch onto his pant leg and hide behind his legs.
"Hey girls," Trance greeted. "Did you come to see your mommy?" Katie and Cam nodded their heads. "Well why don't you come with me?" Trance said extended her hand out to the girls. Katie and Cam each took one of Trance's hands as she lead them over to their mother's bed.
The girls stood their in silence as they stared at their mother noting the IV tubes that came out of her arms and the respirator coming out of her mouth.
"Can we talk to her?" Cam asked.
"Honey, I don't know if..." Trance's voice staggered.
"Of course Cam," Dylan continued. "I was talking to her last night about the two of you. I'm not sure how much she heard but it couldn't have hurt."
Cam walked over to her mother's bed and tried put her hands on the top surface and tried trusting her wait forward as she jumped up trying desperately to sit next to her mother. Trance helped Cam up knowing that their was no need for her to have another patient in med bay and then picked Katie up and put her next to Cam as she sat on the bed.
"Hi mommy," Cam began.
"Hi mommy," Katie said after her sister was done. Remembering that she had her teddy bear with her she put it under her mom's hand. "Cam and I wanted you to have Teddy while you got better."
"You have to get better mommy," Cam began. "Dylan is a lousy cook when it comes to bacon and eggs."
Trance held back a smile at the last compliment and then watched as the girls continued to interact with their mother.
"We miss you," Katie said. "Nothing has been the same without you."
"Daddy said that you were in a deep sleep as you recovered," Cam said. "That's okay because we know that you , Aunt Trance, Dylan, Uncle Harper, and Aunt Rommie all work very hard to keep this ship running but," she reduced her voice down to a whisper as she continued. "I don't want you to worry but you do a much better job then Dylan."
Dylan shot Trance a look wondering where they found out what their mother was doing on command deck. Trance gave him a stern look as if to say 'don't look at me I don't know where the girls got that from.'
The girls continued talking with their mother for several minutes talking about how much they missed her and insulting Dylan all the way until Trance told the girls it was time to go. Then each of them kissed their mother goodbye and promised to be back within the next two or three days to talk to her. Trance helped each of them down and the girls ran back to Dylan grateful to see their mother.
"Dylan can we come back tomorrow?" Katie asked as they left med bay.
"I'll have to check with Trance on that," Dylan said as he walked the girls back to their quarters.
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"OWW" Katie yelled as Dylan tried to take the clips that Cam had inserted into her hair out that night. "OWW!!" Why are you always rough with my hair?"
"I'm a guy," Dylan responded. "I don't have a hairdo gene like your mother."
"OWW!" Katie moaned again. "CAM!! NEVER AGAIN DO I LET YOU DO MY HAIR!!"
"I thought you looked nice," Cam commented her sister as she finished a puzzle of the Trigathalon Galaxy.
"Nice yes!" Katie began. "Comfortable? OWWW! No!"
"Almost done one more of these damn barrettes," Dylan said.
"Dylan you swore," Cam pointed out.
"I did?" Dylan questioned. "I'm sorry just never repeat it again."
"OWW!!" Katie screamed.
"Last one!" Dylan told her holding his arms up to show that he was surrendering to her. "Comb you hair and then it's time for bed."
Katie went to the bathroom and retrieved a comb as Dylan turned back to Cam. "I want say on everything you do to your sister's hair from now on. Do we have a deal?"
"Only if you teach me to pilot slipstream," Cam said.
"Maybe when you're older and when your mom gets better," Dylan said. "She's a much better slipstream pilot then I was anyway. She was born in the slipstream."
"Dylan where do babies come from?" Cam asked precociously.
"Okay time for bed," Dylan said he ushered Cam to her bedroom to tuck her in.
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Author's Note: I know this was a little shorter but the next chapter will be a little longer.
Chapter 8
The doors to med bay whooshed open and the three visitors saw Trance standing in the main console next to Beka's bed. Dylan felt Cam clutch onto his pant leg and hide behind his legs.
"Hey girls," Trance greeted. "Did you come to see your mommy?" Katie and Cam nodded their heads. "Well why don't you come with me?" Trance said extended her hand out to the girls. Katie and Cam each took one of Trance's hands as she lead them over to their mother's bed.
The girls stood their in silence as they stared at their mother noting the IV tubes that came out of her arms and the respirator coming out of her mouth.
"Can we talk to her?" Cam asked.
"Honey, I don't know if..." Trance's voice staggered.
"Of course Cam," Dylan continued. "I was talking to her last night about the two of you. I'm not sure how much she heard but it couldn't have hurt."
Cam walked over to her mother's bed and tried put her hands on the top surface and tried trusting her wait forward as she jumped up trying desperately to sit next to her mother. Trance helped Cam up knowing that their was no need for her to have another patient in med bay and then picked Katie up and put her next to Cam as she sat on the bed.
"Hi mommy," Cam began.
"Hi mommy," Katie said after her sister was done. Remembering that she had her teddy bear with her she put it under her mom's hand. "Cam and I wanted you to have Teddy while you got better."
"You have to get better mommy," Cam began. "Dylan is a lousy cook when it comes to bacon and eggs."
Trance held back a smile at the last compliment and then watched as the girls continued to interact with their mother.
"We miss you," Katie said. "Nothing has been the same without you."
"Daddy said that you were in a deep sleep as you recovered," Cam said. "That's okay because we know that you , Aunt Trance, Dylan, Uncle Harper, and Aunt Rommie all work very hard to keep this ship running but," she reduced her voice down to a whisper as she continued. "I don't want you to worry but you do a much better job then Dylan."
Dylan shot Trance a look wondering where they found out what their mother was doing on command deck. Trance gave him a stern look as if to say 'don't look at me I don't know where the girls got that from.'
The girls continued talking with their mother for several minutes talking about how much they missed her and insulting Dylan all the way until Trance told the girls it was time to go. Then each of them kissed their mother goodbye and promised to be back within the next two or three days to talk to her. Trance helped each of them down and the girls ran back to Dylan grateful to see their mother.
"Dylan can we come back tomorrow?" Katie asked as they left med bay.
"I'll have to check with Trance on that," Dylan said as he walked the girls back to their quarters.
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"OWW" Katie yelled as Dylan tried to take the clips that Cam had inserted into her hair out that night. "OWW!!" Why are you always rough with my hair?"
"I'm a guy," Dylan responded. "I don't have a hairdo gene like your mother."
"OWW!" Katie moaned again. "CAM!! NEVER AGAIN DO I LET YOU DO MY HAIR!!"
"I thought you looked nice," Cam commented her sister as she finished a puzzle of the Trigathalon Galaxy.
"Nice yes!" Katie began. "Comfortable? OWWW! No!"
"Almost done one more of these damn barrettes," Dylan said.
"Dylan you swore," Cam pointed out.
"I did?" Dylan questioned. "I'm sorry just never repeat it again."
"OWW!!" Katie screamed.
"Last one!" Dylan told her holding his arms up to show that he was surrendering to her. "Comb you hair and then it's time for bed."
Katie went to the bathroom and retrieved a comb as Dylan turned back to Cam. "I want say on everything you do to your sister's hair from now on. Do we have a deal?"
"Only if you teach me to pilot slipstream," Cam said.
"Maybe when you're older and when your mom gets better," Dylan said. "She's a much better slipstream pilot then I was anyway. She was born in the slipstream."
"Dylan where do babies come from?" Cam asked precociously.
"Okay time for bed," Dylan said he ushered Cam to her bedroom to tuck her in.
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Author's Note: I know this was a little shorter but the next chapter will be a little longer.