Honored Memories
By: Kryptonite
A/N: Here's a new chapter, finally got some inspiration, yay. Enjoy.
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" Harper? What are you doing?" Rommie asked, sneaking up on the genius.
" Gah!" He shouted, jumping close to a foot in the air. " Don't do that to a guy Rommie. Course it wouldn't be a bad way to go, death by a gorgeous woman." He said, turning the comment into a suggestion.
" Not going to happen Harper."
" Just thought I'd give a shot." He said shrugging and turning back to his work. " And to answer your first question, what Dylan told me to do. Build a replica."
" Didn't he also say no one was to use it?"
" Yes but I'm not using it, simply building. Dylan wants to know how this thing works and the only way I can tell him that is if I use it myself."
" Mr. Harper has a point about what Dylan wants." Dylan said, coming into the machine shop.
" Would people stop sneaking up on me?" Harper asked, after starting at Dylan's voice entering the conversation.
" Whatever you say Harper. Now, what are you doing here Rommie? I thought you were going to find Trance."
" I was. Then I saw Harper working willingly without music on. I was just trying to remember the last time that happened. I can't."
" That's because the last time I worked without music was when Dylan told me to turn it off or he'd shove me out the air lock."
" No I believe the last time I said I'd let Tyr do what he's always wanted to do to you." Harper shuddered.
" The difference?" Dylan laughed at that.
" Not much. But if you'll excuse me, I have to go find Beka and no, Rommie, I don't want you to tell me." Dylan spoke as he backed out of the machine shop, leaving Harper and the android together alone again.
" You weren't going to use this were you?"
" 'Course not Rommie. I don't want to relive my memories, unlike you guys."
" Good, because if you do I will be forced to hurt you, understand?"
" Yes Rommie." Harper muttered, having turned his attention back to the machine in front of him.
" Good."
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" Trance?"
" Yes Rommie?"
" I was wondering."
" About?" Trance continued to look over the plant she was currently trimming, refusing to turn and look at Rommie as she stood in the doorway to the arboretum.
" Why you were so adamant in knowing if Harper saw anything when you used the machine."
" Because… the memories I saw were not… pleasant ones. I wanted to make sure no one else saw them."
" Why?" Rommie asked, still confused as when she had walked in. Trance slammed the metal prunners on the shiny metal tabletop in anger.
" Because! They're my memories, not anyone else's." She spat, back tense, not turning her vision from the plant she was cutting.
" Okay. Sorry I asked." Rommie muttered, backing out of the room and letting the door slide shut in front of her. Inside, Trance broke down and fell to the floor, one hand covering her face, the other clutching the tabletop.
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" Beka? You in here?" Dylan's ears could hear some pronounced scrambling as he continued to walk towards her quarters aboard the Eureka Maru.
" Dylan." Beka said, practically sliding out the door before he could reach it. Dylan noticed she was breathing heavily.
" Did I interrupt something?"
" No, nothing at all." When Beka lied and was really nervous she licked her lips, much like she had just done. Dylan simply smiled and quirked one eyebrow.
" Then why are you breathing so heavy?"
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A/N: Everyone seems to ask Harper what he's doing. Has anyone else noticed that? Right now I'm just trying to catch up on the episodes, I've been taping, Bad Kryptonite. Sorry this isn't much longer than my last update but hey, I updated. Any guesses as to what Beka was doing?