Wow those are some great reviews guys thanks and totally unexpected!
((hugs)) here's the next bit...sorry it's so short and it's not really
proof read but I thought I would put it up anyway.so please excuse the
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Beka went to check on Harper. She was pleasantly surprised to find him with Trance and taking small bites of a cookie. She wasn't sure what she would find after 'the Rev' incident.
"Hi gang, whatcha playing?" She greeted.
Seamus put down the cookie quickly as she entered and a strange look came across his face. "Nothing," he shrugged not meeting her eyes.
"Seamus and I are playing yesshedunno." Chirped Trance happily. "He's a very smart learner. He even told me his mother calls him a genius."
Harper seemed to blush.
Beka walked over to him. She was still worried about him and now he refused to look at her. She tried to keep it light; they all had had enough stress for one day. "I wouldn't be surprised. You fixed the slipstream controls like it was nothing." Beka smiled. "And, you've never been on a ship before. That really is something. How did you know what to do?"
Harper hopped down of the bed ignoring her question. "Can I go see what Tyr's doing?"
Harper was obviously asking Trance, as he faced her when he asked the question. But, the whole time he studied the floor, his fingers fidgeting at his side.
"Seamus is something wrong?" Beka couldn't help to ask.
"M'fine. I just want to go."
Beka continued to watch him. Had she done something wrong to upset him?
Trance gave a shrug, "As long as you're careful with your gel packs and I don't want you to be running around to much. Everyone really wants you to get better."
Harper fidgeted for a moment more. "I don't know where he is and there is a Magog." His words were mumbled and hard to hear.
Trance in her strangely infinite wisdom seemed to size up the situation immediately. "I have some things to do in hydroponics but Beka can take you."
Beka called for Rommie. "Rommie? Locate Tyr and Rev Bem please."
"Tyr's on the observation Deck." Came the polite reply seemingly from the walls. "Rev Bem is currently reading in his quarters."
"Thanks. It's okay Seamus, Rev Bem.the Magog, is in his room. He won't come out, so I take you to see Tyr." Beka stepped forward to put her hand nonchalantly on Harper's shoulder and direct him towards the door. Seamus flinched and took a step away from her. Now, she was really concerned.
"Harper?"
"Let's just, go alright." He snapped at her as he headed for the door. Beka turned towards Trance with a questioning look. Trance shrugged, she didn't know what was going on either.
Beka followed Seamus out the door.
He tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for her.
"Alright spill." She demanded. She hated when people wouldn't come out and say what they had to say.
"Nothing. Let's go."
"Why are you in such a big hurry to see Tyr. Especially after he said if you were his kid he would beat you?"
"He tells me the truth. I understand him." Harper yelled.
Beka was taken a back. Seamus was a quiet boy. He barley talked and when he did it was in near whispers. Now he was yelling at her. "And, I don't." she finished the thought.
"Forget it," He growled.
"I'm sorry kid that's not the way it works. You're pissed at me and at least deserve to know why!"
"You didn't tell me there was Nietzscheans or Magog here! You won't take me home. I cried! I cried in front of everybody! Do you know how humiliating that is?! You treat me like a kid!"
Beka was stunned by the outburst. "But, Seamus you are a kid."
He didn't reply to that but he was studying the floor again. He seemed to want to look everywhere but her face.
"Where are Raven and Fergus?" He spoke so quietly she wasn't sure she had heard him correctly.
"What?" She asked puzzled.
"Where are Fergus and Raven?!"
"In stasis pods in the cargo hold. Why?" She was confused, why was he changing the subject?
"I want to see them. I need to see them." His trip to see Tyr seemed suddenly forgotten.
It was the last thing in the world she wanted to do. She felt responsible for the death of those two children. She didn't want to stare it to their cold, oversized stasis pods. She had been doing her best to focus on Seamus and not think about them. It was hard to believe the two silent children in the cargo hold were the two vibrant kids that sat at her table on the Maru not that long ago. She felt sick to her stomach when ever she remembered their smiling faces and what happened to them. But now Harper met her eyes with out faltering. He was right she had lied to him. She thought she was protecting him. But, here he stood strong and brave. She was the one who needed protecting.
"Okay, she agreed."
TBC
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Beka went to check on Harper. She was pleasantly surprised to find him with Trance and taking small bites of a cookie. She wasn't sure what she would find after 'the Rev' incident.
"Hi gang, whatcha playing?" She greeted.
Seamus put down the cookie quickly as she entered and a strange look came across his face. "Nothing," he shrugged not meeting her eyes.
"Seamus and I are playing yesshedunno." Chirped Trance happily. "He's a very smart learner. He even told me his mother calls him a genius."
Harper seemed to blush.
Beka walked over to him. She was still worried about him and now he refused to look at her. She tried to keep it light; they all had had enough stress for one day. "I wouldn't be surprised. You fixed the slipstream controls like it was nothing." Beka smiled. "And, you've never been on a ship before. That really is something. How did you know what to do?"
Harper hopped down of the bed ignoring her question. "Can I go see what Tyr's doing?"
Harper was obviously asking Trance, as he faced her when he asked the question. But, the whole time he studied the floor, his fingers fidgeting at his side.
"Seamus is something wrong?" Beka couldn't help to ask.
"M'fine. I just want to go."
Beka continued to watch him. Had she done something wrong to upset him?
Trance gave a shrug, "As long as you're careful with your gel packs and I don't want you to be running around to much. Everyone really wants you to get better."
Harper fidgeted for a moment more. "I don't know where he is and there is a Magog." His words were mumbled and hard to hear.
Trance in her strangely infinite wisdom seemed to size up the situation immediately. "I have some things to do in hydroponics but Beka can take you."
Beka called for Rommie. "Rommie? Locate Tyr and Rev Bem please."
"Tyr's on the observation Deck." Came the polite reply seemingly from the walls. "Rev Bem is currently reading in his quarters."
"Thanks. It's okay Seamus, Rev Bem.the Magog, is in his room. He won't come out, so I take you to see Tyr." Beka stepped forward to put her hand nonchalantly on Harper's shoulder and direct him towards the door. Seamus flinched and took a step away from her. Now, she was really concerned.
"Harper?"
"Let's just, go alright." He snapped at her as he headed for the door. Beka turned towards Trance with a questioning look. Trance shrugged, she didn't know what was going on either.
Beka followed Seamus out the door.
He tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for her.
"Alright spill." She demanded. She hated when people wouldn't come out and say what they had to say.
"Nothing. Let's go."
"Why are you in such a big hurry to see Tyr. Especially after he said if you were his kid he would beat you?"
"He tells me the truth. I understand him." Harper yelled.
Beka was taken a back. Seamus was a quiet boy. He barley talked and when he did it was in near whispers. Now he was yelling at her. "And, I don't." she finished the thought.
"Forget it," He growled.
"I'm sorry kid that's not the way it works. You're pissed at me and at least deserve to know why!"
"You didn't tell me there was Nietzscheans or Magog here! You won't take me home. I cried! I cried in front of everybody! Do you know how humiliating that is?! You treat me like a kid!"
Beka was stunned by the outburst. "But, Seamus you are a kid."
He didn't reply to that but he was studying the floor again. He seemed to want to look everywhere but her face.
"Where are Raven and Fergus?" He spoke so quietly she wasn't sure she had heard him correctly.
"What?" She asked puzzled.
"Where are Fergus and Raven?!"
"In stasis pods in the cargo hold. Why?" She was confused, why was he changing the subject?
"I want to see them. I need to see them." His trip to see Tyr seemed suddenly forgotten.
It was the last thing in the world she wanted to do. She felt responsible for the death of those two children. She didn't want to stare it to their cold, oversized stasis pods. She had been doing her best to focus on Seamus and not think about them. It was hard to believe the two silent children in the cargo hold were the two vibrant kids that sat at her table on the Maru not that long ago. She felt sick to her stomach when ever she remembered their smiling faces and what happened to them. But now Harper met her eyes with out faltering. He was right she had lied to him. She thought she was protecting him. But, here he stood strong and brave. She was the one who needed protecting.
"Okay, she agreed."
TBC
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