Lessons From A Child
Well, here's chapter 2 ,what everyones been waiting for. NOTE:When you see certain letters mixed up it might not make any sense. Just read as you see, then you'll know what I'm talkingabout. Don't want to ruin this story so I'll just let you read it.
Young Awakening
"Another lesson,
I didn't get to learn"
-When I'm with you by Simple Plan
At that moment in time, everthing seemed to pass with the blink of an eye. As if a duration of time had past over several years, although it had only been a couple of minutes. Andromeda had begun to restart herself as she also had begun a self accuzation to check her system's data stream. It seemed as if the andromeda had never been touched, as if she were an old prize possesion put onto a shelf for looks and not to be tampered with, when years later it would have still been sitting there collecting dust.
The lights came back on and the ship was now in control, once again. Andromeda's mainframe had popped back up and looked certaintly confused. What had just happened Rommie surmized as she ran that same exact question through her thought process several times. She checked once again; lifesigns are available throughout the ship,and none of her crew members had seemed mutilated or injured." Just another ordinary day on the andromeda," she thought. Rommie decided that there were no further questions to be asked, and so she continued from where she last left off, before she was interrupted.
Dylan had awoken from his restless sleep. He rolled over and stretched the kinks out of his back. He hadn't remembered a thing, to him it was just one big weird dream. He rolled out of the bed and onto his feet. Something was strange, and different, too. For some reason he felt like Harper. "Wait... is that a good thing or a bad thing," he mumbled unknowingly.
"What ever!" he just shook it off and started to walk towards the bathroom, but in the process his sleaves kept falling and so he just pushed them right back up. But in the process of pushing them back up they just kept falling down again. This was really pissing him off now so he took both hands and threw both sleaves back up to his biceps and while doing this he stumbled over his pants but caught himself in the act.
"What the hell!" Dylan yelled frustrated with himself. He looked down at himself and looked a little dissapointed." I haven't felt this small since the academy." Ya, he did look kind of shorter, for the time being.
He took another step forward and stopped, "That's it!" he screamed out pretty annoyed. For some reason he felt shorter, now feeling exactly like Harper. Dylan took off and ran for the mirror, he seemed shocked, he was14, again. He was once again the young pimple faced smart ass, but he had learned alot since then. That's how he had become the great Dylan Hunt of course, by listening to those who have very little to say.
Who would ever think little dylan would ever learn his lesson. well, since he joined the commenwealth he proved everone to be wrong, and here he was now. Ok this isn't funny, now he was angry, and now was the time to place blame. He looked up all starry eyed and red faced and yelled at the top of his lungs. "HARPER!"
Andromeda scanned the cooridoors. It had been so quiet. She knew her crew had needed some rest, but this was too much. Usually there would atleast be harper wandering about and talking about how much of a genius he was, or beka complaining that harper needs to fix the maru's systems, or even tyr telling harper to leave him alone or else. Basically, we really do need harper or things wouldn't be the same, but it would still be nice for him to shut up for a moment or two, ok maybe three, welllll... let's just say a little longer than you 'd like, thought rommie.
What Rommie didn't know , would have her wanting to shut him up for eternity. Andromeda scanned the ship once again, somehow out of contact with her avatar. Maybe she needed to be retuned or something. This will have to be a job for harper; the all too knowing, and all too annoying engineer.
It was the middle of the day on most planets, and it was the time Tyr had scheduled his workout, but after these unexspected events everything had gone wrong. Tyr awoke with a loud groan of frustration, as he lifted his head from the floor." My head hasn't felt this bad since that tunnel collapsed on me." he groaned holding his head and lifting himself up. Of course, knowing Tyr he was going to fight against the headache, and not let a little thing like that hold him down. What happenedhe wondered. "I probally just over-worked myself," he muttered to himself," actually I feel younger, it must have been some workout." Somehow his clothes felt a little heavy, and kind of big on him.
He stretched and walked toward the door, but saw a reflection of himself in one of the weights. Now that made him take a step back. just then he realized what was wrong and screamed, "You stupid little annoying kludge, look what you did!" He was of course 12 years old, a child now. Not really having any muscles he became irate and it became harder to walk with the heavy leather pants and chain mail shirt. God it had taken him forever just to be big enough to wear that shirt and now he's just way too small. He threw the shirt off in anger. He still had some strength, being neitzschean.
He grabbed a pair of basketball shorts Dylan had lended him during a game, and slipped them on. He could always borrow a shirt from harper, ...right? He took a second glance towards the weights. "WOAH!" Tyr yelled out, " I have an afro! "Nooooo!... not this again!" he screamed out upset, but somewhat angry. He ran toward the machine shop in rage hoping to find harper, somewhat not caring for the way he looked. He stopped in front of the doors to hear a giggle.Tyr seemed confused and heard it again, but behind him this time. He turned quickly to find little Trance looking up at him in a very silly way. "WOW! Tyr, the new look suits you great!" she sputtered, smiling, and every now and then glancing at his afro.
Trance was about 4ft tall, looking like a little green leafy character. She was 9 years old, in this time frame though. And she had braids with pink tips hanging from her head. She also had her tale back after it had been shot off, except for the fact that it had been green, and on the end of it was a beautiful pink and yellow flower. Her skin had been green, but not a pale green. It was a pretty bright green just pefect enough to match trance, which she had also been wearing a pink summer dress to match her hair and tale.
Tyr couldn't do anything but stare, even as much as she was mocking him. WOW! this was trance, he realized, but she was so beautiful, so cute, so adorable, so... wait a second. what am I saying! I am Tyr Anasazi I shouldn't be talking like this and this is trance, god what has gotten into me! He zoned back to reality, finally realizing that trance had been calling his name several times. "Are you ok tyr?" she asked him." Ya, just a little headache. I must have zoned out, because of what harper's stupid machine did." He explained, by covering up what he really was thinking.
Tyr had decided on not letting his thoughts bother him, so he continued on and said, "So, how about we try and get these doors open." "Ok, I'll try," she agreed. They began to push the door, but it wouldn't budge. Trance stopped for a moment and explained," You know, it would be alot easier with everyone's help." Tyr panted and continued for her," Well, you know, that's a really good idea, I think they'll be heading this way anyway, so what's the point in finding them, we'll just wait. I mean they all must have heard the explosion."
Trance shook her head in agreement, and sat down against the wall as she began to catch her breath, and to wait for the rest of the crew to arrive. She opened her mouth for a second to say something," Ya, well I just hope harper's alright. There's no telling what could happen." Tyr not knowing what to say just sighed and put his head down thinking.
The cooridors had been quiet for maybe just a moment. Just then, Dylan turned the corner running for the machine shop wearing a pair of sweat pants, and the smallest shirt he had. Being the oldest he didn't change much, but it still had a great affect on him. Running though the cooridors and turning the next corner, he ran smack into beka.They both stumbled as dylan got up first and held out his hand to help her up. Beka gave him a smug look, and decided on taking up on his offer. They looked eachother over. "You, too huh," Beka was the first to say something.
Beka was 11 years old, she had the same long beautiful blonde hair she had always had as a kid, and that cute freckled face. She was just ordinary beka, but not yet grown. Dyaln had gotten angry and screamed out "Yep, harper did it again. Oh, when I get my hands on him...he started mumbling...". He must be angry beka thought. "Some times I just don't get that kid." beka said out of nowhere. Dyaln agreed and mumbled," Ya me too, but atleast you get him more than anyone else on this ship or we would have bigger problems on our hands." They started to head toward the machine shop talking while in deep conversation. " Oh, by the way where did you get the clothes? They fit you perfectly" dylan asked questionly." Beka responded with, " What these old things." She smiled and continued,"Well, I always save my old clothes. I knew it would come in handy some day," They laughed and continued there journey on toward the machine shop.
In the machine shop, not a sound emanted from the area. It had been a mess. There was smoke rising from where the machine had been, and parts strewn all over the floor. Bits and piece's of the machine were almost to ashes. The place had never been so dirty, considering the way harper usually kept the place.
At that moment a dirty, blonde, little head popped out from under the rags and clothe, which had protected him from the explosion. His face was full of dirt and grime, and he looked quite confused. Being smaller he untangled himself and stood up. Being the closest to the machine, the affects of it must have wore him out, as he became delerious, and fell once again, as he closed his eyes and drifted toward the darkness.
Dylan and beka had already made it to they're destination, finding tyr and trance. Surprised by the looks of tyrs hair, they had been taking glances every often, just as trance. Speaking of Trance they were so amazed by the way she looked. She was so beautiful, just like a flower, dylan thought. She really kind of looked like one, but it wasn't that surprising, because knowing trance there had always been something bizzare to happen.
"So how do you suppose we could get in there," tyr bellowed out,"ok, don't talk to me then," he said supposedly to everyone, but they had all ignored him. They all sat in wonder, exspecially dylan, which he looked as if he had a plan. Dyan always had a plan. He then chose to speak," I wonder why andromeda didn't detect anything, she should be aware of this by now." "Andromeda!" he yelled out trying to get hold of her. For some reason he couldn't reach her.
Trance finally spoke with an idea, "Maybe we should bang on the door, and harper might hear us and he'll open it from the inside using his dataport." Everyone shrugged, and decided to give it a try. They all began to bang on the door, and after 10 minutes of this strenuous activity they decided to give up. All of them had been trying to open this door for about a half an hour, and now was the time to stop. Just as they stopped, they had also heard a loud crash from inside." That got them started, and so they began to bang on the doors once again.
"OW!" harper yelped from inside after running into to something sharp. He had woken up since last time, still a little disorientated. "Harper is that you!" he heard from the other side of the door. He was locked in, duh.
"Uhuh," he yelled back out, but in an instant covered his mouth with his hands. His voice was sqeeky. He hurridly looked at his hands and ran and grabbed something shiny. Seeing his reflection he jumped. "Oh no! What have I done!" he screamed out in a very funny way i would say.
Rembering his voice, he knew what that meant. At the age he was at now, he just wanted to refuse to talk to his friends. He looked around and saw the parts of the machine, which had been torn to pieces. Harper was shocked and shook his head coming out of the trance he was in, as he heard another yell from the other side of the door."Harper, you have to open the door!"
He then sighed and sat back down on the floor feeling a little dizzy. He took hold of his big boots and pulled them off as he sat there for a moment catching his breath. I don't think I'll be needing those anymore. He stood up and hobbled over toward the door, pulling up his pants and sleeves. He needed to get something to wear, what he had on was just too big and heavy.
He made it to the door and tried to jump up at the slot, it didn't work. He was too short, way too short. He had to get the wire into the wall or he wouldn't be able to use his dataport to open the door, and he sure as hell wasn't going to try to push the freakin door open. He tried to jump again, thinking he might make it, but in the process his pants being too big fell down. He quickly pulled them back up, and glanced around the room to see if anyone had saw anything or had been looking. Phew! he wiped his head with relief, but still knowing what had happened in pure embarrassment. He examined the room and found a chair. "would you hurry up," he heard again from the other side. Gosh! he thought, will you calm down, getting a little mad. He hobbled over to the chair and dragged it back, as he climbed onto it and plugged right into the andromeda's systems.
The door suddenly opened, and harper hopped down from the chair. The crew looked on to see a little boy looking quite dishevled. Here, was a 7 year old harper looking quite confused himself. They all stared at him seeming interested. He was a little shorter than trance, and he still had his dataport, of course. How else would he have opened the door. His spiky hair was now straight like a shaggy dog. Actually that's exactly what he looked like, a shaggy dog. Harper gave beka a questioning look remebering that it wouldn't be much of a good idea to talk.
She then put her hand up to his forehead, and pushed up his hair out of his eyes. "You need a hair cut," she said, seemingly pleased with her statement. There were his big blue eyes brighter than ever. " But you look so adorable!" she then exclaimed. Trance also joined in, adding an awwwwwww! While harper just looked digusted, while tyr and dylan waited for this nonsense to stop.
Dylan kind of thought the same thing as beka, becuase he was wondering why he hadn't yelled at harper yet. "aaaaagggggggggg!", he grumbled, he looked like an innocent little child. He just couldn't do it. Everyone froze after the comment harper just made." Welw, it's naught my fauwt," he exclaimed in his squeeky voice and in an instant he threw his hands over his mouth and grew quiet. Everyone stared at him, which he looked like he was about to cry, and then everyone just started to crack up.
Harper got somewhat angry and chose a bad time to yell out,"Sowwy dat I haven't wearned enough pwopa gwamma yet. " What ever he just said had made everyone almost falling on the floor laughing histerically. He tried once more." It's naught dat funny," but they just kept on laughing.
Well, that just put him in a rage."Ya know tyr have ya chdecked youwr head lately, it's kind of sticken out owva hery and owva hery, and evewywhere," and pointed to places on his head seeming very angry but upset. Tyr follwed his hand movements as he then realized what he was saying, and stopped laughing. Harper then moved on to Dylan who was still cracking up," Ya know dywan ya don't look so goowd youwrself. I neva seen so many pimples on someones, no skip dat, anyones face befowe." "what can I say I like chocolate," dylan stated. Harper gave him a stern look and so he backed off and quit while he was ahead. Yep being the way he was, he still had that little smart ass inside him waiting to come out. Harper moved on to beka," ya know I down't have anyting on da way ya look, but I coulwd dish a few tings on ya, dat I know bout you fwom bein a kid." Beka became a little sorry and stopped. By then trance had stopped a long while ago. Harper just looked at her and shook his head, as trance put her head down, upset.
Ok it was too quiet, someone needed to talk. Harper just knew he ruined it, and decided to give a light-hearted laugh. Everyone just looked at him questionly as he explained," I was onwy kiddin," he smirked. He then blurted out," onwy a wittle!" and muttered,"some of it was twue."
They all figured that not everyone was perfect, and that they should stick together as a crew. Harper then looked over at Rommie's avatar." I supwose se needs sume werk done." He hobbled over to her then looked up at himself," but ah, I tink I need to chandge ferst." Beka looked at them all and chanted in," oh, well, I think I might have some of rafe's old clothes that you could borrow." she looked around at the rest of them, all of them giving her weird looks. So, she continued, " or everyone could borrow."
Everyone had moved on to do something. Dylan had called in the bots to bring rommie's avatar to a safer working area. While trance having nothing to do, had decided to go back to hydroponics. Tyr had waited for Dylan after he had not very willingly asked harper if he could borrow a shirt. Harper had told him to look through his closet , that is if he dared. Tyr and Dylan had headed ther way, when afterwards they would head to the maru, where Harper had followed beka to find a change of clothes.
Once again the andromeda had been floating in normal space, not very lifeless any more. Actually the andromeda had a very vivid view of the movements and motions taken place abroad the ship. Life should be getting back to normal now for the crew. Dylan felt an itch on his arm, then his neck, and then it began to spread as it could be felt all over, but only a smile had emanted from none other then harper on the way to the maru, as he slipped a bottle of powder into his pocket. Opps, I mean itching powder into his pocket. Being his age he was always playing jokes like that on people. "Ha! da harwper stwikes again," he screamed which came from out of nowhere. Beka just gave him a funny look and kept walking. Well smart ass, the joker got you, he thought. Just then Dylan was running down the halls headed toward the maru itching like crazy. Dylan being angry and of course having to place blame once again, yelled and screamed at the top of his lungs,"HARPER!"