A/N: Sorry guys! I know it took a while for me to upload the last chapter (ok, ages) but I finally finished. You know what they say, Better Late than Never!

Chapter 10

Harper tip-towed down the corridor, his back hugging the wall. Like a super-spy he slinked his way around corners, constantly watching his back to make sure nobody was watching. Eventually he reached his goal. He was just about to enter the final stages of his mission when he heard voices from down the corridor; they appeared to be getting closer. He quickly leant against the wall, and began to look at the ceiling while whistling, as the two persieds who he had heard approaching passed by. After they had passed out of earshot, he looked around, and preceded to slowly slide open the matinence hatch, until it was wide enough for him to slip inside. In contrast, the dark matinence tunnels were quite different to the luxurious corridors of phloston paradise; the bright chandeliers had been replaced by dim, flickering lights. The polished wood work that lined the walls had been replaced by dirty, grimy metal pipes that leaked water and hissed steam, and the gold-engraved ceiling had been replaced by damp patches of water, and green stains of an unknown type. It was almost as if Harper had stepped into a whole new world after entering the matinence tunnels, from Palace to Bum-land. He ignored the bad smell that was in the air and began to search around for what he was looking for, a main computer terminal. He figured if he was going to find one anywhere, it would be in the matinence tunnels. Sure enough, he stumbled upon a grimy computer screen located next to what appeared to be an old electricity generator – the screen was covered in… something and looked like it had seen better days. Harper wiped the grime from the terminal, and fumbled around until he found his jack-in terminal. He proceeded to insert a wire from the socket that lead into his Data-port, and then entered the phloston paradise computer matrix.

"Ok, In position" Beka said into her hand held communicator. She was standing upon a high balcony that looked over the main hall of the luxury cruiser. From where she was standing, She had a clear view of Dave as he mingled with the crowd down below. She leaned against the balcony wall and peered down, eyeing Dave's every move.

Now we've got ya, you little dweeb" Beka muttered to herself, her eyes burning the back of Daves neck.

Dylan was peering around the corner of one of the ships many corridors with his back against the wall; He had his eyes fixed on Trance and Harpers bedroom door. After a few minutes of waiting, he witnessed a very nicely dressed purple girl emerge from the room and begin to make her way down the corridors, smiling to herself.

"Beka, Target acquired and identified!" Dylan whispered over his Com link. He proceeded to step out into the corridor and purposely bump into Trance, Who almost fell over.
"Dylan!" Trance cried "Ouch… oh, you scared me!"

"Ahh!" Dylan faked "I did not know that you were there" He said in a gormless, extremely fake sounding fasion. Beka, who was listening over the com link, was laughing at Dylan's poor acting abilities.

"Oh" Trance said "Well, can you let me past please?"

"Umm" Dylan quickly blocked the corridor "No!"

"Dylan?" Trance replied "What? Come on, this isn't funny. I'm supposed to be meeting Dave in the main hall!"

"No!" Dylan continued "I mean, don't… Come with me, Beka needs to see you"

"What? Is it important, Cant it wait?" Trance said.

"No, it most defiantly can't wait. Trust me Trance, it's... For your own good" Dylan said, frowning. Trance looked pretty annoyed.

"Dylan, Look, Ive dressed to impress" She said while pointing down at the purple dress she was wearing.

"Yeah, You look great" Dylan said "But Beka needs to see you... Come on, follow me"

"But Dylan!" Trance said.

"Beka's waiting for us on the highest balcony of the main hall, go! Ill catch up with you" Dylan cried as he gestured his hand towards the elevator. A confused looking trance sighed, turned and made her way out of ear-shot. Dylan quickly bleeped on his communicator.

"Beka" he said "Target is inbound, Over".

"Roger that" Beka replied. She peered over the balcony to see where Dave was, and soon found him lining up for some punch. She flicked a switch on her communicator, which changed the com-channel from Dylan to Harper.

"Harper?" She said "Harper, You done?"
"I'm having a little trouble boss" Harper replied over the com-link, with a doubtful sound in his voice. "The, err, computer matrix for this ship is a little more advanced than I first thought. I should have it cracked soon though".

"Harper, We don't have a "soon". Trance will be here any minute, and if we want this little "plan" of yours to work, then you better get your – I mean her skinny ass up here!" Beka was breaking into a shout, and quickly calmed down when she realised that the people next to her looked rather confused. She turned to them and smiled.

"Man trouble" she said.

Harper had his eyes closed, and was searching around inside the computer terminal, until he finally found what he was looking for.

"Eureka!" He cried to himself, producing an echo which reverberated around the matinence tunnels. "Meryl, Here I come" he said. He tapped a few keys on the terminal keypad, and Meryl, The holographic babe who he had met on the beach, appeared next to him. She looked at him in confusement, and then looked around at the dark surroundings.

"Huh? What happened to the beach? Why am I suddenly here, with you?" She asked.

"Hi Meryl" Harper said "Welcome to the matinence tunnels!"

"I don't like it here, send me back to the beach at once!" She said.

"No" Harper said "I'm sorry"

"For what?" Meryl said

"For this" Harper replied.

Trance and Dylan entered the balcony area, and strolled over to where Beka was standing.

"Hi trance" Beka said as she turned to the purple girl "You look fantastic".

"Yeah, It's a shame that Dave can't see me like this" Trance replied, sarcastically.

"But you can see him!" Beka said, she pointed down to the small figure below.

"Dave!" Trance said, before her face turned to confusement "Why did you bring me here?" She asked. Then, at the corner of her eye she saw a Red Headed girl, Meryl, in a bikini, appear out of nowhere… nobody else seemed to notice the sudden appearance, because the only heads turned were members of the male sex, who couldn't quite take their eyes off her.

"She just… appeared! Out of nowhere!" Trance cried to Beka, pointing down at the red head. Beka was smiling.

"You mean, you don't think that's a little strange?" Trance asked. Beka didn't reply. Trance watched as the red-headed vixen approached Dave, who couldn't take his eyes off her. They began to chat with one another, they were laughing and giggling, and appeared to be getting closer and closer, all being witnessed by an increasingly angry looking Trance. At first Trance's heart sunk as she noticed Dave lean over for a kiss, but pretty soon her sadness turned to anger.

"The little… Buthead!" Trance cried, getting a few dirty looks from the various people standing around. Beka put her arm on Trances shoulder, in an attempt to comfort her, but Trance had other ideas. In an extremely angry fasion she lept on to the balcony wall, and skilfully lowered herself down onto the lower level. People watched in shock as the purple girl leaped her way down, from balcony to balcony until she had reached ground level, like a monkey swinging down a tree. Dylan turned to Beka.
"She's a little angry" He said.

"I wouldn't want to be in his shoes" Beka replied, with a worried expression on her face as she pointed at Dave, who was none-the wiser. Trance approached Dave, who had not even noticed her little swinging stunt, and stood with her arms folded behind him. He was still chatting and giggling with Meryl, and didn't even notice that she was there. She patted him on the back, and as he turned around he received a punch in the face. Not a slap, a Punch, a real knuckle sandwich. Dave grasped his face, and almost fell over.

"ITS OVER!" Trance shouted, her voice echoing around the entire hall. The hall was silent, and all eyes were on a squealing Dave. Suddenly Trance realised what had happened.
"Umm" She asked calmly, "I… Are you ok?" Dylan and Beka were in fits of laughter at the spectacle, and they watched as Dave strolled out of the hall, grasping the side of his face. Trance gave Meryl a dirty look, and sighed.

"That was amazing Trance!" Meryl cried, she jumped up to hug Trance, but fell right through her.

"How did you know my name…! Uh, wait a minute, you're a hologram!" Trance said. Then it hit her.

"HAARRRPEERR!" She screamed.

"And since you wouldn't believe me, I decided I would have to show you In person" Harper explained as the four friends made their way down the corridors together later that day. "So I hijacked Meryl, Our hologram friend back their, and took control of her. It was great, I could see through her eyes, and anything that I said, she said! It was like having a sex-change, only way better".

"So it was all a set up, to get Dave?" Trance asked.

"No, It was so you knew what kind of person he really was" Beka replied.

"Thanks guys" Trance smiled. "Hey Harper, What was it like chatting up a guy?"

"Easier than chatting up a girl" Harper replied.

"Must have been great" Dylan said laughing "Controlling Meryl I mean, it's not often that the man gets to control the woman". Beka turned to him and gave him a dirty look Dylan raised his hands innocently.

"Don't worry babe, No man could ever control you". Dylan said, leaning down and kissing Beka.

Trance was walking along side Harper, frowning.

"I'm Sorry Harper" She said "For not believing you when you told me that Dave was... You know".

"Don't worry about it, Trance" Harper said "At least you know now".

"Yeah, But I was so stupid!" Trance replied "You had to go to all that trouble just to tell me!"

"Hey you two" Beka said as the four of them stopped walking "Me and Dylan will meet you here in a second, were just going to go get us all a kebab". Beka and Dylan made there way towards the Kebab store that was located at the end of the corridor.

"I don't see how anybody could be so horrible to you Trance" Harper said, while frowning.

"Harper, you're so sweet" Trance replied. She kissed him gently.

"Trance I lo…" Harper said.

"Shh" Trance said, putting her finger on his lip "I know you do". Harper looked happy.

"I do to" Trance said.

"Huh?" Harper cried, before Trance kissed him again.

"She loves me! She actually loves me!" Harper cried as he jumped around in glee. A few moments later, Dylan and Beka returned to find the two lovers against the wall, kissing each other. Dylan turned to Beka and smiled, shrugged, and then they both joined them, despite the fact they had onion kebab on their breath. Eventually Dylan spoke.

"Well, I say that now were all happy, we should enjoy the rest of this vacation"

"Me too" Harper said, before getting back to kissing.

And they did.

The End.

A week later, Dylan, Beka, Harper and Trance made their way on board the Andromeda, to be greeted by Rommie and Tyr.

"So, Tyr, Did Rommie annoy you while we were away?" Dylan asked.
"Yeah" Harper said "I bet he turned her off".

"Actually I did quite the opposite" Tyr said as he turned to a giggling Rommie.