Lost Souls & Changing Fate Part One: Lost Souls
Chapter Three: Rescue Me
As Rhade boarded the mangled remains of the freighter he couldn't help but feel admiration for anyone to have survived, Nietzschean or not. Pulling a com unit out of the AV suit's pocket he checked the coordinates again. The room he was looking for should be just down the hall to his right. Manoeuvring through the debris Rhade called out,
"Hello?"
There, just a little further, Rhade could hear moaning. Picking up speed Rhade climbed through a hole in the bulkhead and into the cell. Curled in the corner, barely breathing, was the most beautiful Nietzschean woman Rhade had ever seen. Admittedly, she was more than a little worse for wear, but by the Divine she was something.
"Hello? Can you hear me? I am here from the starship Andromeda Ascendant. You're going to be all right."
The woman opened her eyes, she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Gaharis?" she said in a worried tone
Rhade frowned. This is exactly what Trance said would happen. How the hell does she always know these things?
"You need to come with me. We have a medical officer on board, she will take care of you."
"Yes...alright."
As tenderly as possible, Rhade lifted the small woman out of the slipfighter.
"Trance?"
"Bring her to med deck, I've got everything ready." her voice crackled across the com
Making quick work of the distance between the hanger bay and med deck, Rhade marvelled again at the fragile beauty of the woman in his arms. Impossibly long hair, the colour of fresh minted pennies, poured over his arm to almost brush the floor. Her skin, though bruised and dirty, appeared to be the colour of fresh cream. Rhade sighed, it wouldn't do to have these thoughts about her, he reminded himself, she thinks you're Gaharis.
Trance was waiting in the hall for them, and as they rounded the corner she couldn't help but be confused. This was not something I had expected, she smiled, fate, it would seem, has come full circle.
As Rhade lay his burden gently on the exam table, Trance was already moving in and giving orders. It took her a few minutes to realize that Rhade hadn't moved.
"Rhade? You need to go shower and change. You can't do anything for her now."
Rhade nodded once, looked again at the woman before him, and left.
"Well, it looks like it is just you and me again Anna."
"Trance?" Andromeda's hologram asked "Do you know this woman?"
Trance just smiled and went back to work.