Part 23

Trance's POV


I sit in a conduct, thinking of my recent actions. As the ship goes into slipstream and out. I had resorted back to what I was before I came back to this time. I let a small tear fall down my cheek, quickly I shook my head, whipping the tear away. No time for that, Beka was at the end of this hall, I had 15 of those...things between me and her and I was not gonna let them stop me, not now, not after I had came this far.

Minutes passed as I went through the possible ways this could work out, 3 would get me there alive, not a good number. Okay one I would be hurt, nope can't have that. One I wouldn't kill any of them, and the other I killed them all. I pulled the spikes out of there holders and smiled, time to work.

I pushed the conduct door open and slowly stepped out, looking at the stunned faces. "Hi! Looking for me?" I ducked out of the way of a shot aimed for my head, rolling until I was a inch in front of shooter. "Guess so" I gab the spike into his head and pull it out. By now the others were firing at me. I dodge them too, taking out one guy by slicing his stomach open, then another by taking his head off. Next a grab one and throw him against my front using the classic 'enemy as the shield' he catches five shots before I toss him aside and roll again out of the way, I grab another ones foot and pull him down quickly breaking his neck, I look up as one runs at me, I reach down and break off the spike and throw it, hitting him smack in the head. I pick up the spike I had dropped and with both spikes this time gab them into ones chest where I hoped lungs would be, never the less he fell to the floor, by this time they were trying to run, I grab a gun and shoot two in the back, and was about to shot again when I felt a shot go by my ear, I stand up and speed over to him bringing my foot to his throat pushing my heel into it, cutting off air flow. Another fire almost hits me, I spin around and throw a spike at it, the spike fly through his stomach and into another ones head. I give a small laugh at that and run at the last three now shooting madly. In one fluid motion I break all there necks.

I turn around and look at my work, the bodies litter the floor. I look at one who was still moving, the one who had, had a spike through the stomach, his beanie eyes staring at me in fear. I could end his pain now I think, but in the end turn back around a face the door to Beka. I walk into it a see another one. I'm about to jump an kill him when I see it's fear, pure fear, and I smell it, scared shit less none the less. He must be young I think before pinning him against the wall, all his eyes widen "No..No.. don't kill me!"

I laugh "Don't kill you!?" I look at him closer "You're the one that stood by and watched him shoot me!"

His body shook under my grasp "Please... I'm only an intern, I don't like what they're doing!"

My eyes stared into his eyes, "Ok explain you're self then." I let his small body fall, keeping a very close eye on his ever movement .

He picks him self up and looks at me, then at the one spike in my hand and the blood, then back to my eyes. "Your friend, she being tried for a crime her father committed, he destroyed our planet, by the time we hunted him down, he was dead and only she and her brother remained, so we will put her on trial. I don't like it at all, but like I said I'm only an intern, so I can't really say if I like it or not I just do what they say." he trembled as I eyed him more seeing if he was lying to me.

I look at him "You're not lying, fine, if you want to live, you'll help me get Beka off this ship, First you'll gonna get you friends away from this room tell them anything you want but if you tell them I'm here I'll stick that spick of your's in your neck and take Beka anyway. Do I make myself clear?"

He nodded and moved to a consol "Sir! She's taken the captive, she's heading for launch bay 2"

I look at him anger building up "What are you doing? They'll know-

He looked at me "We're going to Launch Bay 7, other side of the ship." he moved over to Beka and began to remove medical interments from her. "If you want to wash that blood off, there's a basin to you left."

I look at him for a second trying to figure out his plan if he had one. Then I moved to the basin and begin to wash my hands off, the water quickly turning red, I wash the spike off as well and put it in it's holder, I turn around and he was still working on her, and by the time he had finished it had been and hour. "She'll wake on her own in a bit." He placed her in what looked to be a wheelchair. He then moved over to a computer "It looks like you other friends have arrived, they've done hell to our fleet. Now they're contacting us."

I smile "Tyr, I'll have to thank him later"

He looks at me and walks back to Beka "They're gonna kill me anyway ya know, for not killing you when I had the chance."

I look at him "I have a plan, if you help me, I'll make sure they can't kill you." I move to the door "Lets go" We moved out and into the hall, he takes one look at the dead bodies and freeze. I looked at him "Come on"

"You've got skill, to bad you're not one of our kind." He pushed Beka around the bodies and kept moving fast. We made good time and were at the launch bay in no time I looked at him and Beka as we loaded her on to a small ship that looked to be one of their spare fighters. I punched in a code and made a secure fed to Andromeda hailing them, Harpers face came up, his eyes lighting up "Trance! You're alive, where's Beka?!"

I take a deep breath "Harper I'm sending Beka over, make sure she gets there. Ok? I'm also sending one of them with her, don't harm him, he's kinda on our side."

Harper looks at me "What about you?"

I look at him sadness in my eyes "I have something I have to do"

He looks at me "Trance... No, there's others things we can do, you don't have t-"

"Harper I have to, Just make sure she gets home... for me." with that I cut off.

I looked back at the alien a confused look on his face "She can't fly, they'd shoot her down as soon as she left the ship. Now question is can I trust you not to betray me?"

He looked at me for a second "I won't kill her or you friends if that what you mean."

That would have to do, I nod and step out "Get to Andromeda as fast as you can and away from this ship." he nods and I move to a consol and open the doors. Their ship slowly lifts up and away from the floor then moves out of the ship. I begin to type frantic all I had to do is push confirm and it would be done. I watch as they disappear into Andromeda.

My hand pauses over the button, I would never see them again, I would never see Harper laugh at one of my questions, never see Beka smile at my inside jokes, never see Dylan's look when I told him to trust me, never see Tyr act like he hated me, and I'd never see Rommie try to study me. I look up and feel a tear fall. I have hope they will live.

I push the button