This has some Trance/Harper in it.

Harper was the first one to wake up in the dingy cell that the slavers had put Trance, Rommie, and himself in. He slowly sat up only to find that Trance was lying on his stomach. "Trance," he whispered to her, as he gently shook her shoulder. "Trance?"

"One more hour," she mumbled as she rolled over and buried her face into his shirt. "One more hour."

"Trance?" She opened her eyes and shot him a smile, only to realize where she was at, and she quickly got off of his lap. "Hey, it's okay."

"Harper, what happened?" she asked him, as she looked around to see Rommie sitting by a wall. "Harper?"

"We were attacked by Slavers, Trance." She quickly came over and sat next to him. She then shivered from the coldness of the room. "It's gonna be okay, Trance." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. "The Andromeda is gonna find us. Then we can expect the lecture of our lives from both Beka and Dylan." That got a small smile from her face. "We're gonna be okay, Trance."

"I know," she said, as she curled more into his side. "Why is it so cold in here?"

"To keep our slaves on ice," a deep voice said on the other side of the door. "We don't want them to want to stay here."

"That's a good point," Harper said, as he watched the man come into the room. The man stood at 6'4, and was built like a house. "Hi, and you are who?"

"I am Bra'don," the man said, as he looked down at Trance only to have her move closer to Harper. "Ah, my men are correct, she is an unusual color. She will sell rather quickly at auction."

"You can't separate them, boss," a voice came out from the door. "They are married."

"What?"

"The android on the ship told us that they were married."

"So?"

"You can't separate them. They'll be more together as a pair than separate."

"You do not know that."

"Do as you wish, Boss."

"Yes, I will do as I wish, because I'm your boss." Bra'don them turned his back onto Harper and Trance. "Fine, we'll sell them all together." The man then left and Bra'don turned to face them. "I will sell them any way I want."

"Don't you just hate it when your people don't respect you?" Harper said, as Bra'don came forward, grabbed Trance by the arm, and yanked her to her feet. "Leave her alone." Harper got to his feet only to be knocked down by Bra'don. "If you touch her, I'll kill you."

"Ah, so the android was right. You are mates." He then lifted Trance up off the ground. "I wonder what he would do if I killed you?"

"He would kill you," Trance responded and Bra'don threw her to the floor. Harper soon was at her side and pulled her behind him.

"I'm sure that he would, little one." Bra'don then turned to leave only to stop and look back at them. "You have two days before we sell you off. I would be saying my goodbyes." He then left and the door locked behind him.

"Rommie," Trance called out to her, as she made her way over to her side. "Rommie, you okay?"

Rommie's eyes snapped opened and she shot Trance a smile. "Hello, Trance," she said to her, as she looked over at Harper. "Hello, Harper."

"Why does she sound that way?" Trance asked Harper as he came up beside her and began to check out Rommie. "Harper?"

"She's been away from the Andromeda too long," Harper answered, as he looked around for something. "She's losing power."

"That's not a good thing is it?"

"No, Trance it's not."

"Contacting the Andromeda Ascendent," Rommie said, as she slid back into the wall. "Connection made."

"Boss?" Harper called out, as he began to work on Rommie. "Can you hear me?"

"Harper?" Dylan's voice called out through his transmitter. "Boy, are we glad to hear you."

"That's good to hear."

"What about Trance and Rommie?"

"I'm here," Trance said as she moved closer to Harper. "Rommie isn't doing all to well."

"She's been too long away from the Andromeda," Dylan reported, as he said something to Beka about her getting ready.

"Ready for what, Boss?" Harper asked, as he sat down next to Rommie and Trance slid down next to him.

"We're going to buy you, Mister Harper."

"Okay, sounds like a plan, boss."

"Okay, we're gonna be there in a few hours. Try to get some sleep." Then the connection was gone.

"Get some sleep." Harper ran a hand through his hair and shot Trance a smile. "See told you we were gonna get out of this."

"I know." She shivered again and Harper wrapped his arm around her. "Let's hope that the sale goes good."

"Yeah, me too, Trance." She then fell asleep curled up into his side. "Me too."

To Be Continued