A/N: I'm really sorry about posting it later than I promised. I'll try and have the next chapter done as soon as possible.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way To all the pangs and fury of despair. –Joseph Addison, Cato

Indulgent Fury

Cora pulled Harper into a small, dirty room that had electronic components and tools scattered about. She handed him some small, shiny disks that reflected tiny rainbows along the walls.

"Aren't they pretty," said Cora as she handed him more.

"Uh yeah," replied Harper absently as he looked at the room. It was a little bigger than the room he shared with his sister and cousins.

"Cora, time for bed," said Sunny as she poked her head in.

Cora pulled her face into a pout and said "Do I have to?"

"If you go to bed now, your Uncle Seamus will tell you a story," Sunny offered.

Cora's face brightened and she hopped onto a pile of dirty blankets.

"Night Cora," said Sunny with a smile.

"Night Aunt Sunny," replied Cora.

Sunny blew Cora a kiss and then left.

"I'm ready for my story, Uncle Seamus."

Harper sat there in stunned silence causing his niece to get up and run to the doorway. She stuck her head out and yelled "Aunt Sunny, I think Uncle Seamus is dead?"

"Are you sure? He could be stunned, sweetie."

"Okay, I'll check."

She ran over to Harper and poked him repeatedly. When there was no response she ran back to the doorway.

"Aunt Sunny, I'm not getting anything."

"Why don't you just jump on him," replied Sunny over muffled laughter.

Cora took a running leap and landed squarely in Harpers' lap. He jumped in surprise causing Cora to laugh.

"Story time, Uncle Seamus," she said as she settled herself in his lap. Harper paused for a moment before launching into his version of how he came to be aboard the Andromeda.

Anwen bit her lip as she looked at Seamus's friend. The woman had a high fever and was becoming delirious. There was still a bright red spot where the tracing chip was placed and her lips were still cracked and bloodied. She cleaned up the blood as best she could before footsteps distracted her. She looked up to see unconscious Seamus and Sunny being dragged by several guards. She forced herself not to react at their presence in order to protect them. The guards unceremoniously threw them into the cell.

"Stupid kludges, always doin' dumb things," muttered one of the guards as they left.

Anwen waited until they were out of sight before going over to her cousin and younger brother battered and bruised bodies.

"Seamus Zelazny Harper and Sunny Alanna O'Connor what the hell are you doing here?" she muttered under her breath as she checked over their bodies and to her relief they had pulses.

"What is it with my family and doing stupid actions?" she thought as she leaned Seamus against a wall. He looked like he had been beaten recently by the look of his bruises and blood. Sunny looked like she had taken most of the beating. The left side of her face looked like one big bruise. There were several deep wounds that looked like they had stopped bleeding. Anwen cleaned up their wounds as she forced herself not to cry. Seamus had a boot imprint on his left hand that also looked broken. She tried to wrap his hand carefully to prevent any further breakage. She looked back at her handy work and saw it was poor compared to what Aunt Lina used to provide. She let out a sigh of hopelessness at the sight of her family.

"Do we all have some sort of death wish ingrained in us?" she thought as she watched Sunny and Seamus. She became so entranced that she didn't hear someone approaching and the cell door opening.

"Such a nice family reunion and such a pity that your daughter isn't here." asked a cold male voice.

"You leave my daughter alone," she said just as icily.

Vasco laughed and said "And take away the fun of a family reunion, I think not."

Anwen lunged at him but stopped short as she felt pain explode in a million places. She crumpled to the floor in a heap. Anwen watched as Vasco left the cell with a purely evil smile on his face.

Dylan, Tyr and Rommie had been following the heavily tattooed woman for the better part of the morning. Several hours earlier Harper and Sunny had snuck off within minutes of each other.

"I swear irrationality is a family trait," he thought as the hiked through mounds of rubble. The woman held up her hand for them to stop as they neared an empty building. Tyr shifted his weight impatiently as the woman looked around.

"Stay here," she ordered before disappearing into the empty building. It wasn't long before she appeared with Cora in tow.

"Irrationality must be a family trait," thought Dylan as Cora offered the group a faint smile.

The woman knelt down in front of Cora and looked the child in the eyes.

"Cora, how many times I have told you not follow me or the other Warriors?"

Cora looked down at her feet and mumbled "Lots of times, Rory."

"Do you know why you're not supposed to be out here?"

"I don't have the proper training and I'm too young."

"That's right sweetie, and that means one of your mummy's friends is going to watch you," Rory said with a glance at Dylan.

The woman shoved Cora in Dylan's direction and said "Watch after her or there'll be hell to pay. Let's go you two."

Dylan stood there in stunned silence as Rory, Rommie and Tyr walked away. Cora eyed Dylan with caution.

"Are you going to save my family?" Cora asked him after a while.