Devon gets treated to her own room.

After telling the remaining members of the crew that she was staying, Devon went off to find herself a place to sleep. She quickly picked a set of quarters that wasn't far from Trance's and she went inside. "I guess this will work," she said as she looked around at the blank walls.

"It'll work out fine," Harper said, as he and Rommie came into the room with buckets. "We just need to touch it up a bit."

"Like what?" Devon asked as she peered into the buckets to see a yellow liquid substance and put her hand into it, only to pull it out to see that her hand was yellow. "What?"

"It's paint," Harper said, as he set down her bucket, took her hand, and placed it on the wall, palm side up. Devon pulled it back to see that her hand print was on the wall. "See?"

"Why did you bring me paint?" She touched the wall again and left another print.

"Well it was Trance's idea."

"To do what exactally?"

"To make you feel more at home," Beka said, as she came into the room. "Harper, I thought you would be painting all ready."

"Well I was explaining what paint was to Devon, Boss."

"What is going on?" Devon asked them, as Beka and Harper began to paint a rather large circle on one of the walls. "Rommie?"

"I don't know what exactly they are doing, Devon," she reported, as the door opened and Trance, Dylan, and Rhade came in. "Trance?"

"We're painting her sun on the wall," Harper said, as they started on the detailed part of it. "So that she'll always have it close."

"Wow."

"This is a really good idea, Trance," Dylan said to her, as they watched Devon pull Rhade over to the wall and she pointed out her hand print. "At least she won't get homesick for her sun as much."

"That was my idea," Trance replied, as they watched Rhade, Beka, Harper, and Rommie put their hand prints on the wall. Devon then turned to face them with a smile on her face. "We better put our hand prints on the wall as well."

"Right." Their hand prints soon followed the rest. While Harper was teaching Devon how to paint stars, Dylan, Rhade, and Beka returned to the command deck, where they found Brian. "Where's home Brian?"

"It's long gone," he answered, as he turned to face them. "Destroyed by the Magog and the Abyss."

"Ah, the Abyss," Beka said. "Not fun."

"What is the Abyss?" Devon called from the door and they turned to see her with yellow spots all over her body. "I remember hearing something about it a long time ago, but I can't think of what it is."

"What happened to you?" Beka asked her, as Devon came up to her side. "You're covered in paint."

"I am?" She shot a glance down at her arms and she smiled. "Yeah, well Harper kinda fell into the paint. It's a mess right now. Rommie's making him clean it up."

"So what is the abyss?"

"The Abyss is a sinister supernatural evil. One that is very bad and likes to prey on those who are weaker than it is."

"So something I should be aware of." They all nodded. "Okay. I'm going to go back and see how my room's coming." She then left them alone.

"She's scared," Rhade pointed out, as they watched her leave.

"Wouldn't you be?" Beka asked, as she quickly left the room and followed Devon. "Hey, wait up." Devon paused at the doorway to her quarters. "Let's see what damage they caused." They opened the doors and Beka was shocked. They had taken the bland metallic colored quarters and turned it into a lively room. "Wow." The sun in the middle of the wall made it look and feel brighter. "You guys did good."

"Thanks, Boss," Harper said, as he came up to her covered in paint from head to toe. "I think she'll like it. For now, I'm going to go get cleaned up." He then took off leaving, them to laugh.

"Welcome home, Devon," Trance said to her, as she hugged the young avatar. "Will this do?"

"This will do." Devon touched the sun and she smiled. "It will do nicely. Thank you."

To Be Continued

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Next Chapter: Devon and Harper get lost on a planet. Rhade comes to the rescue.