Devon and Rhade spend some time with each other. I know, I know, not much talking goes on between them, but there will be more.

The command deck was empty when Rhade and Devon entered it. Devon moved past Rhade to look at the sun again. It had stopped flaring for some time now, but Devon didn't know if it would start flaring again or not. She then turned her attention back onto Rhade. "Okay, Rhade," she said as she came up to his side. "What can you tell me about yourself?"

"What do you mean?" he asked, as he ran a system check. "What all do you want to know about me?"

"What exactly is a Nietzschean?" She placed her arms on the council and looked up at him.

"It's a species."

"Really?" Rhade ignored her as he continued to do what he had been doing. "Okay, what's so special about this race?"

"Are you always this annoying?"

"I wouldn't know."

"Andromeda!" Andromeda's holograph quickly appeared beside Devon, causing her to jump. "Where's Dylan?"

"Captain Hunt is no longer aboard," she answered him. Rhade then shot a glance down at Devon who was playing with her tail. "He is aboard the Maru with Beka, Trance, and Rommie."

"Okay, what about Harper?"

"He's unconscious at the moment." Andromeda frowned. "I think he may have hurt himself. Would you check up on him? He's not answering me."

"Oh course." Rhade turned to leave with Devon right behind him. "Okay, what do you all want to know about me?"

"How did you come to be one of the people aboard the Andromeda?"

"That's a long story." They came to a stop outside of the engineering deck and they quickly found the door wouldn't open for them. "Andromeda, open the door."

"I'm working on the problem."

"Okay, how did the others come to the Andromeda?" Devon asked, hoping to get some sort of an answer out of Rhade. The door opened and they walked into the deck to find it dark. "This can't be normal."

"No it's not," Rhade said, as he began to search for Harper. "Harper!"

"Harper!" Devon called out, as she began to poke around some of his things. "Harper!" She stepped underneath something only to have Rhade grab onto her tail and yank her back as it fell to the floor. "Ow, watch the tail."

"You would have rather been squished." Devon looked back over to where she had been standing to see a pile of scrap metal. "Harper!"

"Thank you for saving my life." Devon quickly followed Rhade as they continued to look for Harper. She was about to ask Andromeda about the lights, she tripped over something and slammed into Rhade. He didn't move and she slid to the floor. "Sorry." As she tried to get up, her hand found a soft surface. "What the heck?" Rhade hunched down next to her and touched the soft surface. "What is it?"

"It's Harper." Just then the lights came on and they were blinded for a few seconds. Devon shot a glance down at Harper and was shocked to see a long red line running across his face. "It's a wound. He must have hurt himself and then passed out."

"Will he be okay?"

"Yeah, he'll be fine." Just then Harper's eyes snapped open and Devon let out a small shriek. "See, he's fine."

"What are you guys doing here?" Harper asked them, as he slowly sat up.

"You were hurt and Andromeda asked us to look in on you." Rhade then shot a glance over at Devon. "Now, you get to talk with Devon. I still need to do those systems checks for Andromeda." He then left them alone and he smiled.

To Be Continued

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Next Chapter: Harper and Devon, and Harper, Devon, and Trance.