Chapter 4
Caida's eyes were dancing around the room. "Well Caida?"
"Umm...well...I changed my name so people wouldn't know what I did!" She said in a high, squeaky voice. "I turned over a new leaf! I changed!"
"You sound like Rafe." Beka muttered. Rhade looked at Beka, confused. "My con-artist brother."
"Rafe? I worked with a Rafe! We were...working. But that was a long time ago! I've been clean for two years! Please! I just want to live my life the fullest I can!" Beka looked at Dylan.
"Fine. But don't get involved in crime or we will come for you. And don't come near my ship again."
"I won't I won't! I swear!"
As soon as Cindee left, Beka and Rhade both turned to Dylan and said," I don't trust her." Beka and Rhade glanced at each other.
"She sounds like Rafe and you know what happened to him. He showed up as a monk then tried to kill us."
"And there is the fact that she managed to find us so there is something onboard that she wants."
"Yeah, Rhade, you."
"Well if she shows up again..."
"When she shows up again."
"We'll deal with that when we come to it." Dylan finished. "Dismissed."
Beka walked to her room. She was exhausted. As soon as she was in, Holo- Andromeda popped up.
"It is funny you should talk about Caida being in love with Rhade." Andromeda said with an amused grin on her face.
"What are you talking about?" Beka asked.
"As I told our Inari guests a few years ago, my sensors are extremely precise. They can determine the difference between embarrassment, attraction and many others. When Rhade addresses you, you flush a little bit. Also, you seem to be excited whenever the two of you go on away missions together. My scans say and most likely correct that you are in love with Rhade."
"And if I am? There is no point. He is a Nietzschean. All Nietzscheans want is to pass on their genes to a strong female Nietzschean. I am not a Nietzschean so it is pointless to love him. Or so I keep telling myself."
"Do not mistake Rhade for Tyr." Andromeda said softly.
"What is the point of confronting me about this?"
"Just to give advice. Tell him. Act before another woman comes and does it instead." Andromeda said sadly. It was then that Beka realized this wasn't Andromeda. It was Rommie using a hologram. Beka vaguely wondered if this advice was first hand and about Dylan.
"I'll consider it. Rommie, please don't tell anyone."
"I wont Beka."
Caida's eyes were dancing around the room. "Well Caida?"
"Umm...well...I changed my name so people wouldn't know what I did!" She said in a high, squeaky voice. "I turned over a new leaf! I changed!"
"You sound like Rafe." Beka muttered. Rhade looked at Beka, confused. "My con-artist brother."
"Rafe? I worked with a Rafe! We were...working. But that was a long time ago! I've been clean for two years! Please! I just want to live my life the fullest I can!" Beka looked at Dylan.
"Fine. But don't get involved in crime or we will come for you. And don't come near my ship again."
"I won't I won't! I swear!"
As soon as Cindee left, Beka and Rhade both turned to Dylan and said," I don't trust her." Beka and Rhade glanced at each other.
"She sounds like Rafe and you know what happened to him. He showed up as a monk then tried to kill us."
"And there is the fact that she managed to find us so there is something onboard that she wants."
"Yeah, Rhade, you."
"Well if she shows up again..."
"When she shows up again."
"We'll deal with that when we come to it." Dylan finished. "Dismissed."
Beka walked to her room. She was exhausted. As soon as she was in, Holo- Andromeda popped up.
"It is funny you should talk about Caida being in love with Rhade." Andromeda said with an amused grin on her face.
"What are you talking about?" Beka asked.
"As I told our Inari guests a few years ago, my sensors are extremely precise. They can determine the difference between embarrassment, attraction and many others. When Rhade addresses you, you flush a little bit. Also, you seem to be excited whenever the two of you go on away missions together. My scans say and most likely correct that you are in love with Rhade."
"And if I am? There is no point. He is a Nietzschean. All Nietzscheans want is to pass on their genes to a strong female Nietzschean. I am not a Nietzschean so it is pointless to love him. Or so I keep telling myself."
"Do not mistake Rhade for Tyr." Andromeda said softly.
"What is the point of confronting me about this?"
"Just to give advice. Tell him. Act before another woman comes and does it instead." Andromeda said sadly. It was then that Beka realized this wasn't Andromeda. It was Rommie using a hologram. Beka vaguely wondered if this advice was first hand and about Dylan.
"I'll consider it. Rommie, please don't tell anyone."
"I wont Beka."