I've been working on this fic for a while.

I skipped chapter 6 because it is NC17. I realize you didn't read chapter 6 unless

you read at WM. I'm trying to get a sense of how this chapter plays

independent of that chapter.

All comments are welcome.

Resting and Healing

Summary: Beka responds. Tyr rests easy.

::::::Tyr rested on the floor for a while after Beka drifted off to sleep.

He had let her cum until she could barely lift her head off the pillow.

'I cannot believe I just did that.' Tyr silently chastised himself. 'I was supposed to be taking it nice and slow since she hides behind sex. Damn!'

He had been sure that they would banter back and forth. He'd return to his quarters, aroused and alone.

"Well, I guess I am aroused and I can't do anything about it right now. What now?"

'The rest of my plan can go forward. I don't have to stop here because of these unexpected twists.'

Tyr picked Beka up and took her into her bedroom. He covered her body with a sheet.

::::::As Tyr re-entered the sitting area, he asked Andromeda a question.

"Meda, I need you to get Harper and Trance's gifts for Beka."

Gazing down at his body, he thought 'I don't quite think any of the crew wants to see me like this.'

Tyr stood still. He studied the scratches he had running down the center of his left leg. One gash started mid-thigh and extended itself to base of his calf.

He fondly remembered how he had received those marks. 'Once Beka had started screaming, she had only his leg to hold onto.' His lips curled slighted at the end.

"Some cuts are earned. Other abrasions are a badge of honor especially when skill is the deciding factor."

It would take him a little while to clean himself up. Plus, Beka needed her rest.

He'd think about fulfilling his sexual needs a little later.

Replay

Summary: Meda overwhelmed by what she watched Tyr do.

Meda would have answered Tyr if she were able to stop replaying the sexual scene between Beka and he.

Andromeda had warned both Tyr and Beka that she monitored the sexual contacts. She told them if it had implications for security, she maintained a strictly confidential record.

The top Weapons' Officer stroking the First in Command's clitoris had security overtones.

Meda had separated from her matrix after Andrea decided the details were not important.

Maybe not for the entire ship. For her, it created a visual reference for her earlier conversation with Tyr.

Her question was 'how can I make a Nietzchean respond to pleasure for pleasure sake or even training purposes?'

The answer might lie in doing what she wanted to Tyr without him realizing it was her. Maybe even if he didn't know anything was happening at all 'How can he reject what he doesn't know is happening?'

We'll see...

"Meda, do you hear Tyr calling for you?" Andrea broke through her thoughts.

"Of course, I did. What else would I be doing?" Meda pushed these thoughts back into the file reserved for hologram use only.

Harper had created the file once he began exploring the internal portions of Andromeda's system with his neural adapter.

Meda just had to remember to create a new system of files in time. A set of files even Harper knew nothing about.

Andromeda knew that there were a separate set of files. She just didn't know Meda could assess them without her entire system knowing.

"Yes, Tyr you called for me." Meda appeared to Tyr as he was stretching his left calf by pointing and flexing his toes.

"What am I gathering and why?" Meda took on the usual air of indifference.

Tyr had no idea what she could do to him. He should have never approached this area. Flirting with Beka was one thing.

Flirting with a photogenic life form integrated into this AI was a completely different story.

Caught and Called Out

Summary: Meda discovers she is not the only one who knows she watched.

Tyr glanced at Meda.

He had already found the skin knitter set in Beka's quarters. He just had to take the pain killer before he started repairing the damage.

"First, did you enjoy the show?" Tyr turned directly to her.

Meda flickered out.

Tyr smiled returning to the task at hand. Meda did not have to carry out his errands. Andromeda served the whole crew, not one crew member in particular.

'Done, now to call the drones to bring what I need.' Tyr put the knitter kit back into the emergency hold. Each crew quarter had one an emergency pack.

Tyr just didn't know that he would need one with Beka.

Harper Stands

Summary: Harper asserts himself.

"Harper." He stood at the inner communication module looking in on Harper's workshop.

"Yes?" Harper had already sent the drone carrying the Reader for the changes to the Eureka Maru. It was already waiting outside of Beka's crew quarters on the Andromeda.

"Do you have what I need?" Tyr reached out of view for the copy he made during his discussion with Harper and Trance earlier.

"The drone has been waiting for nearly 2 hours, Tyr." Harper replied, irritated with this new detailed visual of Tyr.

"You promised Trance and I. You said you wouldn't take advantage of the information we gave you. What happened to our agreement, Nietzchean?" Harper scowled at the view screen.

"Boy, Beka is sleeping. We agreed I wouldn't have intercourse with Beka. I did not penetrate her. That was the agreement." Tyr pointed at the agreement.

Under his breath, Tyr murmurred, "Not with my penis anyway."

"The nanobots, how are they coming?" Tyr's face was devoid of emotions.

"Come see for yourself." Harper looked around the Shop. "I will send a drone with a data viewer to your quarters as soon as you return and after I speak to Beka."

Harper leaned forward in the view screen, "Deal?"

"Beka won't be talking to anyone before her duty shift, Harper." Tyr sat back and gathered the rest of his clothes.

Harper watched, eyes narrowing the longer he watched.

"I will do the rest in the next few hours before my duty shift. I agree to your terms. When you have had a chance to talk to Beka, you can reach me in my quarters."

Tyr switched off the view screen before Harper said more.

'That boy is really getting the hang of this. Good. I won't stand for boneless allies.' Harper did notflinch one time.

'Good boy.'

Trance intercedes

Summary: Trance brings the supplies Tyr and she previously discussed.

:::After Tyr placed his uniform back in place. He contacted Trance directly.

"Trance, can you come here please?"

"Yes, Tyr. The drones are on the way with the flowers and the other items."

"Thank you Trance."

"No problem Tyr. I just think this is so romantic. The roses, lilacs, and lilies are such a nice touch."

Trance clicked off the com so she could meet him before Beka woke up.

Tyr had come to her sanctuary, The Garden, to discuss these props already. She already knew what would happen.

'Tyr could not have messed this moment up if he tried. Beka just wasn't used to the niceties of life.'

Trance decided to throw in the scented bath and choice toys. Trance gathered the butterflies, the @#%$ rings, and the restraints in with the chocalate basket.

She knew much more about the life line of Nietzchean males than most knew.

'I'm just sorry I didn't get a chance to brief Beka before she went into this session with Tyr. I will gladly fill her in when I get the chance.'

:::::Trance looked around the Garden before she went into the Medical Bay.

"Take this to Tyr in Beka's quarters." The drone left the Garden headed towards the scene of a very well-planned surprise for Beka.

'OMG, I almost forgot the hypo needles for Beka.' Although Trance knew he didn't penetrate her, she needed to let Beka know what the risks would be if she actually had sex with him.

The arrangement of pricks she must undergo to have sex with Tyr would be the informed choice she would have to make.