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Vee017: well, I'm trying to space out the angst, so you don't have to worry about chapter after chapter of sadness. The first few chapters are all action, hardly any angst. Joss Whedon? :scraches head, confused as usual, shrugs: thanks tons, and stay with me!

vampiregirl081: thanks!

prin69: thanks!

Jamieson Z: good god, you sure put in the weirdest hours! well, as long as you're looking forward to it, I'll keep uploading!

Iara: well... here's more!

Fox of the Nova: whoa, glad you like it! ummm, what would I do for a prank... there's no Rhade (or will there be?), so... ummmm... gimmie about an hour... funniness is not my strong point with Tyr fic. Harper could change holo-Rommie's outfit to some slut-thing... OH! I got it! Harper could get Rommie to put something in Tyr's shampoo so his hair comes out looking like a fro! I would pay to see that:P that's all I've got so far. like any of 'em?

Note: stole this quote from Simple Plan, LOVE their music!

-xXx-

I never could have seen this far.

Never could have seen this coming.

It seems like my world's falling apart.

Why is everything so hard?

Simple Plan, 'Perfect World'

-xXx-

Chapter 2

Andromeda shook violently as the ray hit them.

"I'm barely damaged-" Rommie paused. "Something-something-something's..." her voice changed inflections and tones, "...w-w-wronnng..." The viewscreen flickered once, twice, and turned off.

"Shutting-shutting-shhhuuutttinnng dooownnn..." Andromeda's voice rang through the corridor, and the lights went out to be replaced by red emergency lighting.

Dylan caught Rommie as she collapsed. "Damn!" he yelled. "Rommie, speak to me!"

"Uh, Dylan, we got problems," Beka interrupted.

"Now what?" Dylan demanded, setting Rommie gently on the decking.

"That blast from the Magog completely incapacitated Andromeda," Telemachus answered. "Weapons control, maneuvering, internal defenses- all disabled."

There was an eerie silence for a moment, then all at once a loud crunching and tearing.

"They're punching through the hull," Trance said apprehensively.

-xXx-

Death surrounded him as Veghn stumbled down the corridor barely ahead of a wave of Magog blasting everything in their path.

"Veghn, go!" Gaheris yelled, shoving his son forward. "Lock yourself in your mother's quarters!"

Veghn hesitated as Gaheris fired at the Magog, inciting sqeals of pain and rage.

"Go!" Gaheris ordered, and Veghn ran, hearing his father give a fierce yell as he threw himself at the Magog.

A crewmember, bleeding and crying fell to the ground in front of him. Veghn screamed and ran past, locked in a never-ending nightmare. He knew not where he was going, guided only by his own gut instinct. All the door were closed, and Veghn frantically tried all of them. The fifth one he tried opened on his command. He slammed the door shut behind him, breathing heavily with fear.

His glance darted around the room. Veghn grabbed a side of the large bed and heaving tried to pull it in front of the door to block it. The bed was bolted down however, and he gave up. His tail beat down on the floor in a quick tempo as he stood in the middle of the room, cradling the forcelances in his tiny hands.

The child moved to the opposite wall and slid down to the floor, facing the door. He pointed the forcelances at the door, hearing loud banging and chanting. "Andromeda?" he whispered, breathing heavily.

There was no answer.

"I'm scared."

-xXx-

Xena pressed her back against the wall, peering around the corner and firing several shots.

"They're all dead!" Boa yelled hoarsely. "The Lancers!"

"We can't hold this hallway!" Xena yelled back over the roaring din. "We've got to get out of here!"

The two Nietzscheans retreated. Boa nearly screamed as he tripped and found himself face-to-face with the Than they had spoken to earlier. Gulping, he scrambled past the body and dashed after Xena.

-xXx-

"Captain!" The transmission was weak and full of static, flickering as if it would disconnect. "We're pinned down and need-" Xena's image winked out for a moment, the flickered on again to be replaced by Boa.

"I thi... can... ix... drome..." The visual and audio cut off as the last thing heard was a scream.

"Fett!" Dylan yelled. "Teraskasi, come in!" Nothing. "Damn!" he hit his fist off his console.

"If he can fix Andromeda, we'd have a fighting chance," Telemachus said grimly.

"You heard them: they're pinned down," Beka pointed out. "We'd need magic or something to get to them. She sighed in disgust. "It's impossible."

The door to the Command Deck hissed open, and Terla dove in, purple robes smoking. Before the door hissed shut again, a blast of lightening erupted from her fingertips. The door closed on Magog sqeals and Terla dusted herself off, morphing into the familiar form of Liara.

Dylan raised and eyebrow. "Magic.

Preview of Chap3: Magic! Please remember Terla is NOT of the Andromeda universe, so she CAN do these things. Harper receives something that could change the course of the battle.