Three Parts Dead cont..
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Tyr Anasazi of Kodiak Pride and Seamus Zelazny Harper of Earth sat opposite each other at around table in the mess hall.
Tyr ate heartily while the younger man picked lightly at his food. Both sat in the silence of their own thoughts. The frantic pounding of feet scrambling down the hall quickly broke the silence. Beka turned the corner looking wide eyed and frenzied. "Are you okay!?" she asked breathlessly.
Harper nodded obviously surprised by her entrance.
"Alert the media." Mumbled Tyr under his breath.
Harper let out a small snicker.
Beka sighed loudly realizing that she was the butt of some joke and plopped her self down companionably in a chair between the to males. She straightened her shirt and ran her fingers through her hair. "You weren't there when I woke up .then Rommie said you were in here with Tyr...it thought.well never mind."
She then squinted at Harper just realizing he looked different. Seamus seemed to straighten up in his chair as she looked at him and a goofy grin lit his face up like a beacon.
Beka played it up and let out a low whistle. "Well hey stud, what happened to you?"
Harper blushed.
"Who new there was such a hunk under all that dirt! And, a blonde, blue eyed one to boot."
"Beka, you're going to give the boy a complex."
"Nonsense Tyr, he's going to have the girl's chasing him in no time." Beka let out a small laugh when the very tips of the boys ears turned bright pink.
Tyr got up and put his food in the recycler. Harper's eyes followed the large Nietzschean across the room. Seamus then stood up as if to mimic Tyr's movements. Beka placed a gentle hand on his arms. His bright blue eyes met hers with a question.
"Seamus, your plate is still full aren't you going to eat anymore?"
He fidgeted self-consciously. "I'm full." He muttered.
Beka took her hand away. As her thoughts traveled back to how little he had eaten on the Maru as well. Fergus and Raven had eaten like wild dogs while Harper ate next to nothing. Trance would want to do her medical exam as soon as possible. Beka would mention the young man's eating habits to her and see if there was a physical reason he wasn't eating. The boy was skinnier then fiber optics.
Harper followed Tyr's lead and dumped his excess food. Tyr headed for the door when he noticed Harper was still trailing.
A quick subtle smile came and went. "You have to stay with Captain Valentine, I believe she has some tasks that involve you."
Harper didn't hide his disappointment very well. "Okay." He shrugged trying to seem casual but his eyes had already given him away.
Beka grabbed an apple and then steered Harper out the door in the opposite direction. "Come on Kiddo, you have a date with Trance."
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Harper sat on his bunk in medical as Trance ran a scanner around different parts of hid body. He had been interested at first. But, after a while he had gotten board. Besides Trance, didn't really answer his questions properly. Getting a straight answer from the purple girl seemed an impossible feat.
He stood up from the bunk and started to wander away. He just wanted to look at some object that caught his attention but for the third time Beka made him sit on the bunk again.
He grunted frustrated. "This is stupid."
"What?" Asked Trance sweetly.
The nicer she was the grumpier he got. "I'm not sick, you people sure are nosey!"
Beka let out a short laugh and Harper just scowled at her.
"We want you to stay here awhile," started Trance, "So we have to make sure that you didn't bring anything aboard that will make others sick."
"Well I can't stay I need to go home."
Beka sighed. "I don't think that's a good idea. You don't know where your parents are and we killed two Nietzscheans... I don't think their friends will be too happy with us. It's just not safe for you to go back there."
Harper didn't answer. He couldn't think straight. He felt a little sick again as the muscles in his stomach contracted. He fidgeted with a loose string on the edge of his blanket. "It's just. I .." He wasn't sure of anything anymore.
Beka walked over and sat beside him. She looped an arm around his shoulders pulling him against her. "We'll figure out something together okay.lets just give it a bit of time okay?"
He let his head rest on her shoulder. He didn't answer her. He felt tired all of a sudden.
Trance stamped her foot impatiently.
Beka looked up. "Something wrong?"
"I can't get this stupid scanner to work!" Trance picked up a large medical tool and looked as if she was about to use it in an attempt to fix the scanner.
Beka leapt up pulling the instrument and the scanner from the purple girls hand. "Trance! Um, I think I have a scanner in my quarters, you really shouldn't try to fix this one.remember the coffee pot."
Trance's cheeks turned a dark purple. "Maybe you're right."
Beka threw both instruments on the bed beside Seamus.
"I'll go see if I can find it I'll be right back okay? Actually Trance can you come with me there something I want to ask you."
"Okay." Chirped Trance. But, before she followed Beka she turned back to Harper. "Will you be okay for a minute?"
Seamus nodded.
"Don't touch anything you shouldn't okay?"
Harper nodded again. Then he was alone.
He looked around the room. After this morning near fiasco he wasn't to willing to touch anything with out anybody around. His eyes fell on the broken scanner sitting on the bunk beside him. It was on his bunk right? It was broken anyway right? His fingers inched toward it.
"Trance said you weren't suppose to touch anything."
Harper pulled his hand back with a yelp. He nearly leapt out of his skin with fright.
Before him stood the goddess that he had met with the captain yesterday, once again he was struck dumb by her beauty.
"I'm sorry I startled you."
Harper didn't want to meet her eyes but he managed a quick look. He gave another small gasp.
"I can see right through you." Some of his nervousness fled as his curiosity took over. "Are you a hologram?" He waved his arm through her middle.
"I'm a warship. This is one of my forms."
"Cool! But you were a person yesterday."
"That was my avatar, Rommie. Chief Inspector Hohne created her on Sinti. He is a brilliant man."
"Hmm." He wasn't paying attention to her words anymore. It explained why she was so perfect. "Do you use holo-emitters or something else?" He looked up at the ceiling looking for a the source
"My essence is part of this ship." She replied proudly. "I draw my energy from many different sources."
"You didn't answer the question."
"I don't use holo-emitters they are old fashion. I'm state of the art."
"You are that." Harper gave up trying to figure her out and flopped back on the bed. His stomach protested and he grimaced.
"Are you okay, do you want me to call Trance?"
"I'm okay." He picked up the scanner. He actually felt very at ease with her now. once he knew she wasn't a real person. Machines he understood. Machines he could relate to. He pulled the front cover off the scanner and took a look at it. "Hmmm." He got up a looked around the room.pulling a few of Trance's drawers open.
"I don't think she would like."
"It's okay, I'm not snooping I'm looking for something." Finally in he found what he was looking for. A very tiny screwdriver, it was bent in the middle but it would still work.
He hummed happily to himself. And after a moment her turned to the Hologram proudly as he snapped the scanner back together. "See all fixe." he dropped the scanner and the screwdriver on the floor and clutched his stomach in pain.
The room started to turn red around the edges and he fell to his knees. He gasped and squeezed his eyes shut. He held his breath afraid if he opened his mouth he would scream. There was a sharp pain by his ear as his head hit the floor. The pain in his stomach demanded all his attention though. He didn't want the Perfect Hologram lady to see him like this. He wanted to tell her to go away. A low groan was the only thing that slipped by his lips. All his air left his lungs in a whoosh. Then it was dark and cold. And, if it was possible, he felt even more alone.
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Tyr Anasazi of Kodiak Pride and Seamus Zelazny Harper of Earth sat opposite each other at around table in the mess hall.
Tyr ate heartily while the younger man picked lightly at his food. Both sat in the silence of their own thoughts. The frantic pounding of feet scrambling down the hall quickly broke the silence. Beka turned the corner looking wide eyed and frenzied. "Are you okay!?" she asked breathlessly.
Harper nodded obviously surprised by her entrance.
"Alert the media." Mumbled Tyr under his breath.
Harper let out a small snicker.
Beka sighed loudly realizing that she was the butt of some joke and plopped her self down companionably in a chair between the to males. She straightened her shirt and ran her fingers through her hair. "You weren't there when I woke up .then Rommie said you were in here with Tyr...it thought.well never mind."
She then squinted at Harper just realizing he looked different. Seamus seemed to straighten up in his chair as she looked at him and a goofy grin lit his face up like a beacon.
Beka played it up and let out a low whistle. "Well hey stud, what happened to you?"
Harper blushed.
"Who new there was such a hunk under all that dirt! And, a blonde, blue eyed one to boot."
"Beka, you're going to give the boy a complex."
"Nonsense Tyr, he's going to have the girl's chasing him in no time." Beka let out a small laugh when the very tips of the boys ears turned bright pink.
Tyr got up and put his food in the recycler. Harper's eyes followed the large Nietzschean across the room. Seamus then stood up as if to mimic Tyr's movements. Beka placed a gentle hand on his arms. His bright blue eyes met hers with a question.
"Seamus, your plate is still full aren't you going to eat anymore?"
He fidgeted self-consciously. "I'm full." He muttered.
Beka took her hand away. As her thoughts traveled back to how little he had eaten on the Maru as well. Fergus and Raven had eaten like wild dogs while Harper ate next to nothing. Trance would want to do her medical exam as soon as possible. Beka would mention the young man's eating habits to her and see if there was a physical reason he wasn't eating. The boy was skinnier then fiber optics.
Harper followed Tyr's lead and dumped his excess food. Tyr headed for the door when he noticed Harper was still trailing.
A quick subtle smile came and went. "You have to stay with Captain Valentine, I believe she has some tasks that involve you."
Harper didn't hide his disappointment very well. "Okay." He shrugged trying to seem casual but his eyes had already given him away.
Beka grabbed an apple and then steered Harper out the door in the opposite direction. "Come on Kiddo, you have a date with Trance."
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Harper sat on his bunk in medical as Trance ran a scanner around different parts of hid body. He had been interested at first. But, after a while he had gotten board. Besides Trance, didn't really answer his questions properly. Getting a straight answer from the purple girl seemed an impossible feat.
He stood up from the bunk and started to wander away. He just wanted to look at some object that caught his attention but for the third time Beka made him sit on the bunk again.
He grunted frustrated. "This is stupid."
"What?" Asked Trance sweetly.
The nicer she was the grumpier he got. "I'm not sick, you people sure are nosey!"
Beka let out a short laugh and Harper just scowled at her.
"We want you to stay here awhile," started Trance, "So we have to make sure that you didn't bring anything aboard that will make others sick."
"Well I can't stay I need to go home."
Beka sighed. "I don't think that's a good idea. You don't know where your parents are and we killed two Nietzscheans... I don't think their friends will be too happy with us. It's just not safe for you to go back there."
Harper didn't answer. He couldn't think straight. He felt a little sick again as the muscles in his stomach contracted. He fidgeted with a loose string on the edge of his blanket. "It's just. I .." He wasn't sure of anything anymore.
Beka walked over and sat beside him. She looped an arm around his shoulders pulling him against her. "We'll figure out something together okay.lets just give it a bit of time okay?"
He let his head rest on her shoulder. He didn't answer her. He felt tired all of a sudden.
Trance stamped her foot impatiently.
Beka looked up. "Something wrong?"
"I can't get this stupid scanner to work!" Trance picked up a large medical tool and looked as if she was about to use it in an attempt to fix the scanner.
Beka leapt up pulling the instrument and the scanner from the purple girls hand. "Trance! Um, I think I have a scanner in my quarters, you really shouldn't try to fix this one.remember the coffee pot."
Trance's cheeks turned a dark purple. "Maybe you're right."
Beka threw both instruments on the bed beside Seamus.
"I'll go see if I can find it I'll be right back okay? Actually Trance can you come with me there something I want to ask you."
"Okay." Chirped Trance. But, before she followed Beka she turned back to Harper. "Will you be okay for a minute?"
Seamus nodded.
"Don't touch anything you shouldn't okay?"
Harper nodded again. Then he was alone.
He looked around the room. After this morning near fiasco he wasn't to willing to touch anything with out anybody around. His eyes fell on the broken scanner sitting on the bunk beside him. It was on his bunk right? It was broken anyway right? His fingers inched toward it.
"Trance said you weren't suppose to touch anything."
Harper pulled his hand back with a yelp. He nearly leapt out of his skin with fright.
Before him stood the goddess that he had met with the captain yesterday, once again he was struck dumb by her beauty.
"I'm sorry I startled you."
Harper didn't want to meet her eyes but he managed a quick look. He gave another small gasp.
"I can see right through you." Some of his nervousness fled as his curiosity took over. "Are you a hologram?" He waved his arm through her middle.
"I'm a warship. This is one of my forms."
"Cool! But you were a person yesterday."
"That was my avatar, Rommie. Chief Inspector Hohne created her on Sinti. He is a brilliant man."
"Hmm." He wasn't paying attention to her words anymore. It explained why she was so perfect. "Do you use holo-emitters or something else?" He looked up at the ceiling looking for a the source
"My essence is part of this ship." She replied proudly. "I draw my energy from many different sources."
"You didn't answer the question."
"I don't use holo-emitters they are old fashion. I'm state of the art."
"You are that." Harper gave up trying to figure her out and flopped back on the bed. His stomach protested and he grimaced.
"Are you okay, do you want me to call Trance?"
"I'm okay." He picked up the scanner. He actually felt very at ease with her now. once he knew she wasn't a real person. Machines he understood. Machines he could relate to. He pulled the front cover off the scanner and took a look at it. "Hmmm." He got up a looked around the room.pulling a few of Trance's drawers open.
"I don't think she would like."
"It's okay, I'm not snooping I'm looking for something." Finally in he found what he was looking for. A very tiny screwdriver, it was bent in the middle but it would still work.
He hummed happily to himself. And after a moment her turned to the Hologram proudly as he snapped the scanner back together. "See all fixe." he dropped the scanner and the screwdriver on the floor and clutched his stomach in pain.
The room started to turn red around the edges and he fell to his knees. He gasped and squeezed his eyes shut. He held his breath afraid if he opened his mouth he would scream. There was a sharp pain by his ear as his head hit the floor. The pain in his stomach demanded all his attention though. He didn't want the Perfect Hologram lady to see him like this. He wanted to tell her to go away. A low groan was the only thing that slipped by his lips. All his air left his lungs in a whoosh. Then it was dark and cold. And, if it was possible, he felt even more alone.
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