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Bold Italics are memories/dreams

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This contains what little I remember from Spider's Stratagem and what's on the web site so please forgive me if his memories aren't by the book/show.

Remembering

Beka followed Rhade's gaze out the window. "Shit, Harper get Dylan on." But before Harper could move the people reached the ship and began pounding on it with guns.

"Is there anyway we can talk to them with out opening the door?" Rhade asked.

Beka turned to Harper who shrugged, "ten minutes."

"Do it." She ordered watching him leave before turning to Rhade with one eyebrow raised. "Is some reason why I have a group of angry people beating the paint off of my hull?"

Rhade started to say something but extreme pain filled his head as everything went black. Damn it not again. Was the last thing he remembered thinking.

He stood in the doorway of the ship behind Beka looking out over dry sandy land. "One suit is missing."

"You must have miscounted," she replied not looking at him.

Rhade wanted to believe her but he couldn't, he knew the facts. "I've counted twice there's one suit missing."

Then he was laying on a bunk trying to sleep but also wanting to go to Beka. To hold her, to love her. She was behind him her eyes glowing bright red. She swong the axe she's holding at his heart. He rolls out of the way trying to trip her so that she wouldn't get hurt. Trying to get the axe away from her he receives a slash along his thigh. Blood began to pour out of the cut as he somehow gets the knife to her throat. "Beka please stop." Her only reply was to throw him over her shoulder into the wall. Then she was on top of him reaching for his heart as if she wanted to rip it out with her bare hands. Then she stops staring at him the glow gone from her eyes. She stared at him with a look of horror before fleeing.

Rhade lay on a different bed dressed only in a pair of shorts when the door beeped. He stood up and opened it to find Beka dressed in a long shirt that barely covered her shorts.

"Can I talk to you?" She asked her eyes traveling over his body, her speech slurred.

"Sure," he stepped back allowing her to enter.

"Rhade," she stumbled and he caught her smelling the whiskey on her breath.

"Beka," he led her to the bed where she sat dazed. He took the bottle out of her hands.

"Help me."

He sat down pulling her close as she started to cry. "Beka what's wrong?"

"They're gone, everyone's gone."

"Who?" He wiped the tears off her cheeks hating to see her like this. She was so different from the women that he loved.

"Everyone, dad, mom, Rafe," she broke off reaching for the bottle.
Rhade grabbed her wrist, "you don't need that, I'm here." He whispered.

They sat that way for a while until she drifted off to sleep. He gently laid her on his bed tucking her in throwing the bottle away.

"Rhade you and Beka are need on command." Andromeda said appearing on the screen next to his bed.

"Tell Dylan Beka's sick or something." Rhade said looking for something to wear.

"Rhade, Rhade wake up."

Rhade blinked at Beka trying to remember where he was. "Where am I?"

"You're on the Maru." Beka said her eyes filled with worry again.

Damn, now I remember. We never had anything, but she wants to start something. God why did I have do take that dare? Rhade blinked rubbing his head where he must have hit it when he fell. "I think so. How long was I out?"

"A few minutes are you okay?"

"No, I won't be okay until I know what I've forgotten, but for now I'm physically fine." He replied pulling himself to his feet.

Beka's relief was obvious. "Now you sound like Rhade."

"Hey boss I got it." Harper called.

What the hell I might as well play this out. "I don't know if I'd normally say this but thank you for coming after me." He turned and went to where Harper waited. Leaving a shocked Beka behind.

"Their pretty pissed," Harper said turning on the screen to show the towns people beating on the side of the ship with their guns and demanding that they surrender.

"You try first, and act as if I'm not here," Rhade whispered to Beka staying out of the screens range.

Beka stepped up to the screen, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Her voice must have been amplified a lot because the pounding stopped and everyone in view of the screen covered their ears. "We demand that you surrender or leave at once." One man, the leader shouted.

"We will once you get away form my ship," Beka retorted, "unless you want to deep fried more then a burned out circuit."

The leader pulled another man away from the ship and they both looked at a small screen. Then the leader approached the Maru again. "You will release Telemachus Rhade to us and stand trial."

Rhade grabbed his arm as pain laced through it. He stumbled backward as the pain spread throughout his body, unable to cry out. Then his head felt as if it had been smashed out pain filling all of his senses. Something like hot knives sliced through his body tearing everything in there path. Dimly he heard someone call his name. Images, memories, and feelings flashed before his eyes. Is this what it's like to die? Years of memories some he knew some he just remembered flooded through him.

Then the pain went away and he was sitting on the deck in the Maru leaning against one hull with Beka and Harper kneeling on either side of him.

"Are you all right?" Harper asked.

"What happened this time?" Rhade asked rubbing his arm where the pain had started.

"You grabbed your arm and stumbled back sliding down the wall." Beka explained the worry clear in her eyes.

"Are we still surrounded?" Rhade asked pulling himself to his feet.

"Yes and their still demanding that we surrender. What did you do here?"

"I crashed," Rhade said staring at the hull. "They wouldn't demand our surrender if we had something they don't'."

"Yeah like you," Harper said sarcastically.

"Harper," Beka growled turning to Rhade, "and do you mind telling me what you're thinking because it involves MY ship."

"I'm talking about Dylan. This is one of those pre-commonwealth planets that worships him. But it will only work if we can get him down without him being killed." Rhade explained.

"And how do we do that? Incase you haven't notice we're surrounded by people demanding your surrender." Harper said.

"We send a message to Captain Dylan Hunt of the Andromeda Ascent requesting help. I say a message because it also needs to be sent so that they can see it."

"And you expect them to believe us?"

"I don't see you coming up with any other ideas."

"Jeeze, look why don't you two duke it out after we get off of this planet?" Beka broke in. "Harper get that message out to Dylan and send them a copy but make it look like it's not meant form them."

Harper glared at Rhade while Beka walked away.

"Do you have a problem?" Rhade asked.

"Why the hell would I have a problem with a damn Nietszchean?" Harper snarled looking from a flexi to the screen as he started working.

"Rhade, come here," Beka called.

Rhade went but not before seeing the look of hatred on Harper's face. Divine, he thinks I'm like Tyr and just want to betray her. That's why I never even asked her on a date. I've already lost my wives and children I sure as hell don't want to lose her. Please let her forget that dinner date. It was her idea though. Does she have feelings for me?

"Exactly how much do you remember?" Beka asked leaning against the back of the flight chair.

"Almost everything, I think." Rhade replied. Might as well tell her the truth.

"Uh-huh," Beka said before grilling him on his work. "Sounds like you know your job at least.

Something beeped and Rhade moved to the communications consul. "We've got a message coming in from Dylan."
"Put it on," Beka ordered turning around to face the screen.

"What's going on," Dylan asked appearing on the screen. "Last time I checked only Rhade and the Lancers called me Captain."

"I can't leave because they have us surrounded. We need you to come down and talk to them." Beka said.

"Why?"

"This is one of the pre-commonwealth planets." Rhade said stepping up to Beka so that Dylan could see him.

"I'll be down in a few minutes can you hold on tell then?"

"Of course, Maru out." Beka said cutting the link. "You owe me big time."

"You'll have to wait a couple hours for that payment."

"We'll see about that, why do they want you so bad?"

"Don't ask me." Rhade said.

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