Sorry just a snippet for now but hopefully more ASAP.
I've been working a lot of over time etc.you RL stuff
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Sorry about the delay once again I really appreciate all you're wonderful comments though .thanks ((hugs)) -Parisindy
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Beka ignored the question as tears streamed from her own eyes. She had to swallow stiffly more then once before she found her voice. "Trance!"
The purple girl must have heard the urgency in her voice because Beka could hear Trance's feet race down the hall. When Trance entered the room she gasped and her hand flew to cover her mouth.
"Oh, no. I thought.but, not this soon." After taking a second to collect herself Trance stepped forward to take the girl from the Seamus' arms.
Seamus held his grip. "Take me home," he started to sob. "Take us home."
Beka stood to the side. the whole thing felt so unreal. She was good at relationships, dealing with cargo runners and the like. This, this sobbing mockery of a boy was beyond all her experiences. Her heart ached with uncertainly. She wanted to reach forward and pull him in her arms. Smother him with kindness and make all the evil demons that were his life go away. But, what if she made the situation worse? Could anything really save this boy from his own life? Not trusting her own instincts, she let Trance take the lead.
Trance climbed on the bed with Seamus and worked her own little miracles. "Its okay Seamus let me take her. I'll put her in a nice warm blanket and keep her safe okay. I can take care of her now."
"But, I was suppose to!" he hiccupped. "Now they'll never come back."
"Who won't come back?" questioned Trance gently. But, the boy couldn't answer he was too overwhelmed. Trance took the still form from his hands as Seamus did his best to muffle his cries by hiding his face in his arms.
Trance motioned with her head and Beka stepped forward. Trance wrapped Raven up snug in one of the blanket from the bed and handed her to the Beka.
Beka took her numbly and walked down the hall to the small closet they used for medical. The other boy was there also wrapped with a blanket; Beka laid the little girl beside him. She studied them both for a moment. In less then 24 hours she had watched two children die and shot two Nietzscheans. It had been a day of death. Beka bit her lip and studied the two children. They were evidently brother and sister. Yet, there features were different then Seamus'. Beka reached out and grazed the girls' soft hair. Raven had dark hair and Fergus was red headed but that was the biggest difference between the two. If Fergus weren't obviously older then Raven, Beka would have sworn them twins.
She let her mind drift back to when Rafe and her were kids. They hadn't been so very different from the dead children that lay before her. Well, perhaps a bit .cleaner. Rafe and her had had it rough as well. Their mother had left and their father was a mess. She wondered the story behind how Seamus became the caretaker of these two? She to had be responsible for others at a young age. She had taken car of her father and her brother even though both had been older. Unfortunately, both her and Seamus had fought the losing battle.
Sometimes the universe took things in to it's own hands.
What were they going to do with Seamus now? He wanted to go back to Earth. Beka's conscious wouldn't allow her to do that yet. He was alone, grief stricken and starving. She couldn't take him back. Maybe she could find his parents though. Maybe once she found them, Dylan would help her find them all a new home on one of the Commonwealth worlds. They could live happily and safely. Her father was dead, now Rafe was a mess.her family was beyond saving but maybe she could save Seamus'. She would start looking for them the minute they got back to the Andromeda. It might be a pipedream but she would do her best.
Bobby had always said she needed a cause. She thought it was Dylan's mission and maybe it still was. The HighGaurd felt it was their duty to save the weak and the oppressed. But this unexpected mission touched her in a very personal way. She felt she needed to do this, for her self as much as for Seamus.
There was also that little twinge of guilt in the bottom of her stomach. If the Eureka Maru had never had that power failure maybe these two kids would be still alive.
She sighed. She needed to get back to the Andromeda.
She took a green sheet from the nearby metal shelf and with a sweep of her wrists the sheet floated down gently over the two children.
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Seamus leaned on Trance's shoulder numbly. Trance had given him something 'to make it hurt a little less' so he could rest. But, he still couldn't sleep. So Trance had taken him to command as Beka, piloted them the final stretch towards the Andromeda. Trance hadn't wanted Seamus to be alone. They sat on the steps behind Beka's slip-chair.
"Look," Trance pointed at a star out the forward window in a vain attempt at distracting Seamus. "That star is named Sadal Suud it means luck of lucks."
Seamus gave a distracted nod. "Raven liked the stars. At least she got to see them before.before." He sighed sadly unable to finish his sentence.
"I am sorry all these bad things have happened to you. But, I think your luck is about to change. I think the star was a symbol of better things to come."
"How could it possibly?"
"Well I don't know," Interjected Beka. "But, she always made me feel lucky." Beka motioned out the front view port. In the not so far distance was the Andromeda Ascendant.
Grief temporarily forgotten Seamus stood up wobbly and walked closer to the view port. "Wow." He couldn't seem to pull his eyes away from the view in front of him.
Trance giggled a little.
Even Beka had to smile at the boy's awe. "Yeah, Wow about cover's it. Just wait till you meet her."
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TBC
Sorry about the delay once again I really appreciate all you're wonderful comments though .thanks ((hugs)) -Parisindy
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Beka ignored the question as tears streamed from her own eyes. She had to swallow stiffly more then once before she found her voice. "Trance!"
The purple girl must have heard the urgency in her voice because Beka could hear Trance's feet race down the hall. When Trance entered the room she gasped and her hand flew to cover her mouth.
"Oh, no. I thought.but, not this soon." After taking a second to collect herself Trance stepped forward to take the girl from the Seamus' arms.
Seamus held his grip. "Take me home," he started to sob. "Take us home."
Beka stood to the side. the whole thing felt so unreal. She was good at relationships, dealing with cargo runners and the like. This, this sobbing mockery of a boy was beyond all her experiences. Her heart ached with uncertainly. She wanted to reach forward and pull him in her arms. Smother him with kindness and make all the evil demons that were his life go away. But, what if she made the situation worse? Could anything really save this boy from his own life? Not trusting her own instincts, she let Trance take the lead.
Trance climbed on the bed with Seamus and worked her own little miracles. "Its okay Seamus let me take her. I'll put her in a nice warm blanket and keep her safe okay. I can take care of her now."
"But, I was suppose to!" he hiccupped. "Now they'll never come back."
"Who won't come back?" questioned Trance gently. But, the boy couldn't answer he was too overwhelmed. Trance took the still form from his hands as Seamus did his best to muffle his cries by hiding his face in his arms.
Trance motioned with her head and Beka stepped forward. Trance wrapped Raven up snug in one of the blanket from the bed and handed her to the Beka.
Beka took her numbly and walked down the hall to the small closet they used for medical. The other boy was there also wrapped with a blanket; Beka laid the little girl beside him. She studied them both for a moment. In less then 24 hours she had watched two children die and shot two Nietzscheans. It had been a day of death. Beka bit her lip and studied the two children. They were evidently brother and sister. Yet, there features were different then Seamus'. Beka reached out and grazed the girls' soft hair. Raven had dark hair and Fergus was red headed but that was the biggest difference between the two. If Fergus weren't obviously older then Raven, Beka would have sworn them twins.
She let her mind drift back to when Rafe and her were kids. They hadn't been so very different from the dead children that lay before her. Well, perhaps a bit .cleaner. Rafe and her had had it rough as well. Their mother had left and their father was a mess. She wondered the story behind how Seamus became the caretaker of these two? She to had be responsible for others at a young age. She had taken car of her father and her brother even though both had been older. Unfortunately, both her and Seamus had fought the losing battle.
Sometimes the universe took things in to it's own hands.
What were they going to do with Seamus now? He wanted to go back to Earth. Beka's conscious wouldn't allow her to do that yet. He was alone, grief stricken and starving. She couldn't take him back. Maybe she could find his parents though. Maybe once she found them, Dylan would help her find them all a new home on one of the Commonwealth worlds. They could live happily and safely. Her father was dead, now Rafe was a mess.her family was beyond saving but maybe she could save Seamus'. She would start looking for them the minute they got back to the Andromeda. It might be a pipedream but she would do her best.
Bobby had always said she needed a cause. She thought it was Dylan's mission and maybe it still was. The HighGaurd felt it was their duty to save the weak and the oppressed. But this unexpected mission touched her in a very personal way. She felt she needed to do this, for her self as much as for Seamus.
There was also that little twinge of guilt in the bottom of her stomach. If the Eureka Maru had never had that power failure maybe these two kids would be still alive.
She sighed. She needed to get back to the Andromeda.
She took a green sheet from the nearby metal shelf and with a sweep of her wrists the sheet floated down gently over the two children.
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Seamus leaned on Trance's shoulder numbly. Trance had given him something 'to make it hurt a little less' so he could rest. But, he still couldn't sleep. So Trance had taken him to command as Beka, piloted them the final stretch towards the Andromeda. Trance hadn't wanted Seamus to be alone. They sat on the steps behind Beka's slip-chair.
"Look," Trance pointed at a star out the forward window in a vain attempt at distracting Seamus. "That star is named Sadal Suud it means luck of lucks."
Seamus gave a distracted nod. "Raven liked the stars. At least she got to see them before.before." He sighed sadly unable to finish his sentence.
"I am sorry all these bad things have happened to you. But, I think your luck is about to change. I think the star was a symbol of better things to come."
"How could it possibly?"
"Well I don't know," Interjected Beka. "But, she always made me feel lucky." Beka motioned out the front view port. In the not so far distance was the Andromeda Ascendant.
Grief temporarily forgotten Seamus stood up wobbly and walked closer to the view port. "Wow." He couldn't seem to pull his eyes away from the view in front of him.
Trance giggled a little.
Even Beka had to smile at the boy's awe. "Yeah, Wow about cover's it. Just wait till you meet her."
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TBC