Shout Outs To:

L.C. Brotherton

Prin69

Flash Foreward

JamiesonZ

Rommie's Voice

Vee017

Jade Rhade

Coldqueen

Angelii

BekaRhade

AN: Well this is it, the final chapter! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and enjoyed it.

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Chapter 6

Dylan looked at Rommie, "how many Magog are on the ship?"

"About fifty, I managed to get our shields back up and I'm searching for weaknesses in the Magog ship, the others are taking care of the Magog."

"I hope so." Dylan replied.

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Beka raised her blaster and shot the Magog down. That was the tenth in the last twenty minutes. So far thirty had been hunted down in various parts of the ship. She wanted Rhade and she was in love with him, she could admit that now.

She had too.

She had tried every excuse she could think of to hold him at arm's length, to keep him from getting close; had tried to compare him to Tyr.

Tyr; her mind spat out his name like a fruit that had gone bad. He had no honor and had only cared about himself. For months she had convinced herself the Collectors had made him into what he had become; but the truth of the matter was, Tyr had always been scum.

Rhade was what a Neitzchean should be; caring, honorable, and a true comrade and friend. He obviously harbored some feelings for her. That kiss they had shared before parting ways, the kiss in the Maru that had begun all this.

So wrapped up in her thoughts she didn't notice three Magog advancing on her until it was to late.

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Rhade was one deck above her and had gotten rid of four of them in just five minutes, this was what being a Nietzchean was truly about; doing what was right, helping those you cared about, fighting the good fight.

Being a warrior.

Beka was just the same as him, even though she was human. She was everything he desired in a woman. He had loved her from the moment he laid eyes on her. He never did go in for that whole destiny thing, but with Beka it didn't seem so impossible.

He knew her experiences with Neitzcheans hadn't been happy, Tyr Anazasi being the most notable one. Tyr; he was an embarrassment to his people, slandering the name of the Progenitor.

When this was over he would try to see she got a fresh start, he would try to get Beka to see she had feelings for him. Suddenly Rommie's voice came; "Rhade all the Magog are dead except for three, they have Beka cornered on the deck below you."

"I'm on my way."

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Beka raised her blaster and managed to shoot one of them, but the other two quickly advanced. She had been up against worse odds than this and survived. Just then Rhade appeared and one of them went for him, while Beka grabbed the other one.

The Magog let out a howl of rage and threw Beka against the wall and before she could get her bearings, he stabbed her with his claws. Beka heard Rhade's yell of rage and when she brought her hand up from her stomach saw the blood; and then blackness quickly floated in and she saw nothing.

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Beka found herself in a gray mist and saw a shape, "Rhade?"

A Nietzchean came out but not the one she wanted to see, "Tyr." She spat the name out with contempt.

"Hello Beka can't stop thinking about me?"

"You were always full of yourself Tyr, how I ever found you appealing is beyond me."

Tyr sneered; "We're a lot alike."

"I'm alive and you're not, I've won Tyr and you've lost. As of this moment I'm going to forget you and never waste another thought on you again."

The mist seemed to flow toward him and enveloped him; Tyr tried to struggle but seemed no match. "Go back to the Abyss you bastard!"

Tyr's bellow of rage seemed to echo until it faded into nothing and then she became aware of another voice.

"Beka can you hear me?"

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Beka opened her eyes and the room came into focus, Trance's face came into view and she broke into a smile. "You had us worried."

"I did?" Beka asked.

"You've been unconscious for over a week, the Magog who stabbed you infected some kind of venom into you; you had a temperature on one hundred ten for three days. WE thought you weren't going to make it; at least for awhile."

"I don't die easily." Beka said.

Trance smiled; "We all took turns staying with you."

An alarm went off in Beka's head, "Rhade is he…"

"Rhade is fine; he stayed with you the most. I finally made him go to his quarters to sleep, if I didn't do that he would've wound up here himself."

Beka smiled; "Everything is all right."

Trance nodded; "Everything is fine, all you need to do is get better."

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It took one month before Beka healed up fully and the ship was fully repaired, Rhade visited with her; but Beka was going nuts because she couldn't be alone with him long enough. Finally when she was released from the med bay she went to see him.

"Beka what a pleasant surprise."

"Am I interrupting anything?"

"No I just got off duty, please come in." He got them both some herbal tea and they sat on the couch and she told him about Tyr.

"Well at least you got rid of him in your dreams."

Beka shook her head; "It's like he banished him completely and I have a clean slate, I can go on with my life and I know what I want to do with it."

Rhade raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

Beka moved closer and kissed him on the lips; it was just like that first time on the Maru, unexpected and totally out of the blue. Finally she pulled away; "I was the one who kissed you."

"I know." He replied, "Now I'm kissing you back."

He embraced her and put his lips on hers, Beka delved her hands into his hair and it felt like thousands of volts of electricity was going through both of their veins. Finally they pulled apart.

"So what now?" Beka asked the question first.

"I guess we go one day at a time." He replied.

"Sounds good to me." Beka whispered, just before their lips met once again.

THE END.