The crew decides to teach Devon how to protect herself.
When Harper woke up a short time later, he quickly smiled when he saw Devon sitting next to him playing with his gun. "You really shouldn't be playing with that," he said, causing her to spook and she dropped it. It fired as it hit the floor barely missing Dylan. "Sorry, boss."
"Those aren't for children," Dylan said to Devon, as Harper took his gun from her. "But that does bring up a very important point. Devon should have at least some weapons training, in case we come into a battle again."
"You want to do it?" Harper asked as he slowly got out of bed. "Because I have a feeling that I could end up getting shot."
"But Mister Harper, you're going to," Dylan said, as he stopped him. "We all will take turns training her."
"But Boss."
"No, buts, Mister Harper."
"Fine. Who gets to teach her first?"
"You do." Dylan patted him on the shoulder. "Good luck with that." He then left with a small smile on his face.
Devon turned from watching Dylan go to look at Harper. "Training?"
"Yes, it's where you're going to learn how to fight those who would want to hurt you."
"Like that Magog." They headed for the training room and entered it to find it empty.
"Yes, like the Magog and hopefully not Rhade's kind.'
"Rhade would never hurt me."
"No, but my species might," a voice called out, causing them to turn to see Rhade standing at the door. "Dylan said you were training. I came to help."
"Cool," Harper said, as he headed for the door. "You teach her the hand to hand stuff, and we'll teach her how to shoot." Then he was gone.
"Where we begin?" Devon asked Rhade as he turned back to face her.
"Good question." Devon then began to play with her tail. "How about punches for starters?"
"You want me to hit you?"
"You won't hurt me. Now ball your hands up into fists." She slowly did as she was told and she looked up at him. "Now swing at me." Devon swung at him, only to miss and she lost her balance. She ended up in a heap on the floor. "Good try."
"I meant to do that." Devon quickly got to her feet and swung at Rhade again. This time she only missed him by a few inches. "I'm doing better."
"Yes, you are," a voice called from the doorway and they turned to see Trance. "I thought I could help."
"That would be great." Devon rushed over to her side. "Who taught you to fight?"
"Tyr," Trance replied, as she looked over at Rhade. "A long time ago."
"Okay." Devon went back to stand in front of Rhade. "We're learning punches for now."
"I see that." Devon swung at Rhade only to have him block it and she fell back to the floor. "But I think that you have a long way to go."
"I think that you're right." Devon soon was back on her feet. "It's going to take me some time before I'm strong enough to take down Rhade."
"A very long time," Rommie said as she came into the room. "But now isn't the time. We have just received a distress call from a ship that had been attacked by Magog."
"That sounds like a great idea," Devon said, as she turned to see Rhade roll his eyes. "What it's not a great idea?"
"It's a great idea," Rhade said, as they headed for the command deck. "I just don't know if this is a good idea." They entered the command deck. "If it deals with that Magog it's never a good idea."
"No, Rhade it doesn't," Dylan said, as he looked at the image of the damage colonial ship.
"It was like an all you can eat buffet," Harper said, as he looked at the image. "They didn't even stand a chance."
"Andromeda, are there any life signs?" Beka asked, as she came up next to Harper. "Those ships carried children."
"Children?" Devon asked Trance as she turned to face her. "How could something so Evil attack something so Good?"
"It's the Abyss," Harper replied. "It destroys all that is Good."
"Captain, I detect three life signs aboard the ship."
"Magog?" Harper asked.
"They are not Magog."
"So Dylan, what do we do now?"
"We go see who's left."
"Right, sounds like a good idea."
To Be Continued
Spoilers:
Next Chapter: The crew comes across some young children, and Devon is overwhelmed.