Chapter 2
"Wow. That was...odd" Beka said. She didn't mention that she was jealous. I'm not jealous! There's nothing to be jealous of! He rejected her, remember?
"Beka, look." Dylan said. Cindee was standing in front of the Maru with an insane grin on her face. She also was talking to herself. "I don't trust her." Beka said. Wow she's got it bad for Rhade, Bimbo. "Beka? Why are you giving her a death glare?" Rhade asked. Beka turned a light shade of pink and muttered something only Rhade's Nietzschean ears could pick up. "Back off. You don't deserve him." Did he hear that right? Rhade studied Beka. She seemed annoyed. More then when they were in the complex.
Beka took a deep breath. Get it together! You can't slip like that again! Rhade might have heard that! She looked over at him. He was staring out the window, frowning slightly. Beka knew he was thinking. She hoped it wasn't about what she just said. She gritted her teeth. She had more or less come to grips about how she felt for Rhade. As if it is possible for him to care about me. Nietzscheans don't fall in love. She thought angrily. Beka sighed. Rhade looked up.
She looked like she was having a conflict with herself. Rhade found himself thinking about how beautiful she was. Her hair, her lips, she even smelled good. Rhade didn't understand completely what he was feeling. He never had before. Perhaps I do have feelings for her. He thought about this all the way back to the Andromeda. He was in deep thought when Dylan called his name. "Yes?" "I called your name three times." "Sorry. I was thinking." "Alright...do you know who that Cindee person was?" "No. I'll check the Commonwealth data banks though." "Ok." Beka looked over her shoulder. Rhade was looking at her. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Huh?" Beka asked, surprised. "Oh yeah, fine. Why?" "Well you don't seem yourself. What's wrong?" "It doesn't matter." Beka mumbled. Rhade looked down. Beka had already turned around. "Andromeda, retract hanger port 13. Eureka Maru on landing approach."
Beka jumped back from the controls. "I am going to bed." Dylan nodded. Rhade said he was going to lookup Cindee in the data banks. Dylan sighed and went to his quarters. It seemed like it was only a few minutes before Andromeda was waking him up. "Dylan, your shift starts in ten minutes." "Thanks Andromeda." As soon as he got to Command, Dylan saw Cindee's face staring down at him. "Caida (Kay-duh)?" Dylan asked. Rhade and Rommie turned around. "Yes, her name is Caida Dermont. She has been arrested for bribery, selling and making fake I.D.'s and licenses for various things, and stalking. Her species is Tarian. Her home planet of Taria was half land, half water, half land and..." Rommie was cut off by Dylan. "Stick to Caida. What else do you know?" "She has been accused of smuggling and theft but never charged. She owns her own ship called The Divine Destiny of the Loving Souls." Dylan raised his eyebrows. "That's a very long name for a ship. Ok, Andromeda, lay in previous course." "Aye."
About an hour later, Rommie picked up a distress call, engines failing. "Captain, it is the Divine Destiny of...it is the Destiny." Rhade said. "Hmm... bring it in."
"Wow. That was...odd" Beka said. She didn't mention that she was jealous. I'm not jealous! There's nothing to be jealous of! He rejected her, remember?
"Beka, look." Dylan said. Cindee was standing in front of the Maru with an insane grin on her face. She also was talking to herself. "I don't trust her." Beka said. Wow she's got it bad for Rhade, Bimbo. "Beka? Why are you giving her a death glare?" Rhade asked. Beka turned a light shade of pink and muttered something only Rhade's Nietzschean ears could pick up. "Back off. You don't deserve him." Did he hear that right? Rhade studied Beka. She seemed annoyed. More then when they were in the complex.
Beka took a deep breath. Get it together! You can't slip like that again! Rhade might have heard that! She looked over at him. He was staring out the window, frowning slightly. Beka knew he was thinking. She hoped it wasn't about what she just said. She gritted her teeth. She had more or less come to grips about how she felt for Rhade. As if it is possible for him to care about me. Nietzscheans don't fall in love. She thought angrily. Beka sighed. Rhade looked up.
She looked like she was having a conflict with herself. Rhade found himself thinking about how beautiful she was. Her hair, her lips, she even smelled good. Rhade didn't understand completely what he was feeling. He never had before. Perhaps I do have feelings for her. He thought about this all the way back to the Andromeda. He was in deep thought when Dylan called his name. "Yes?" "I called your name three times." "Sorry. I was thinking." "Alright...do you know who that Cindee person was?" "No. I'll check the Commonwealth data banks though." "Ok." Beka looked over her shoulder. Rhade was looking at her. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Huh?" Beka asked, surprised. "Oh yeah, fine. Why?" "Well you don't seem yourself. What's wrong?" "It doesn't matter." Beka mumbled. Rhade looked down. Beka had already turned around. "Andromeda, retract hanger port 13. Eureka Maru on landing approach."
Beka jumped back from the controls. "I am going to bed." Dylan nodded. Rhade said he was going to lookup Cindee in the data banks. Dylan sighed and went to his quarters. It seemed like it was only a few minutes before Andromeda was waking him up. "Dylan, your shift starts in ten minutes." "Thanks Andromeda." As soon as he got to Command, Dylan saw Cindee's face staring down at him. "Caida (Kay-duh)?" Dylan asked. Rhade and Rommie turned around. "Yes, her name is Caida Dermont. She has been arrested for bribery, selling and making fake I.D.'s and licenses for various things, and stalking. Her species is Tarian. Her home planet of Taria was half land, half water, half land and..." Rommie was cut off by Dylan. "Stick to Caida. What else do you know?" "She has been accused of smuggling and theft but never charged. She owns her own ship called The Divine Destiny of the Loving Souls." Dylan raised his eyebrows. "That's a very long name for a ship. Ok, Andromeda, lay in previous course." "Aye."
About an hour later, Rommie picked up a distress call, engines failing. "Captain, it is the Divine Destiny of...it is the Destiny." Rhade said. "Hmm... bring it in."