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Ch. 8Harpuia was standing on the new trans server that had sent Zero into the past. The green reploid was looking at the new comm unit on his wrist.
"Are you sure that this is going to work?" the former general asked.
"We've been able to determine exactly what went wrong last time and will be able to recreate it." Ciel responded.
"You didn't answer the question, Ciel." Harpuia said, frowning and tapping his foot.
"Don't worry Harp. I double checked everything and figure you only have a 25 percent chanced of being disintegrated." Leviathan said through the intercom.
"ONLY!" he yelled. "I don't get paid enough for this shit."
"Actually you're not getting paid." Ciel said quickly and under her breath. "Beginning transfer."
The machine began to glow and another explosion and flash of light signaled that another overload had occurred. Harpuia was knocked unconscious.
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Zero was lying on his bed. He was still recovering from the wounds he had suffered, but looked much better. He had managed to get some decorations for his room. He had crimson bed sheets instead of olive green, there were several anime posters on his walls and he had a TV and computer. He had also begun acquiring clothes for casual wear, he had gotten tired of walking around in his armor all of the time.
The reploid was watching Star Wars Episode I. He had borrowed it from T'ealc. He was eating whoppers (the candy) and was drinking a soda. Zero took full advantage of the fact that reploids couldn't get fat from eating human food by eating just about anything that he wanted, whenever he wanted. Reploids do need to eat, but their bodies just extract the required nutrients and incinerate the rest.
The duel between Darth Maul, Qui-Gon, and Obi-Wan was just beginning. Zero watched the extremely well choreographed fight scene with wide eyes. Zero was completely entranced by the lightsaber duel when the PA system began blaring about an unscheduled Gate activation. Zero had the unfortunate luck of having his head right next to the speaker and he fell off of the bed. He quickly hit pause on the DVD player and ran down to the control room.
"Hey Zero." Jack greeted him, as he skidded in. "Uh… you've got a little…" he made a grabbing motion to the top of his head.
Zero groped around in his hair and found a whopper. He pulled off a strand of blonde hair and popped it in his mouth. Several people in the control room gave him weird looks.
"Chevron 7 locked." The operator announced.
The Gate activated and a flash of light filled the room. When the light cleared there was a green armored figure on the Gate ramp. He looked taller than Zero and had a more masculine build.
"Well, isn't this familiar." Jack commented dryly.
Zero ran out to the Gate room. Upon entering Zero realized that the man was, in fact, Sage Harpuia, former Guardian to Copy X and now Zero's best friend.
Zero examined his friend and he wasn't hurt, just knocked out. A moment later a med team came in and took Harpuia down to the infirmary. Zero followed and stayed with him.
Frasier and Sam looked the reploid over and concluded that he was completely fine.
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About an hour later Harpuia woke up. His head was throbbing and his joints were stiff.
"'Bout time you woke up." A voice said to his left. "But then again you always were the lazy one of us."
The green armored reploid turned his head, a feat that was somewhat difficult and painful.
"Zero!" he said managing to sit up.
"Good to see you too, man." Zero said, slapping him on the shoulder.
"Where am I?"
"Shian Mountain military base. And we're a few thousand years in our past."
"Actually we're not."
"What do you mean." Zero asked, puzzled.
"Ciel sent me here and it seems that we're not in our past, but, actually, a completely different timeline."
"Hmm… I guess that explains a lot."
"Hm?"
"Oh, you'll see. Rest for now, good buddy. I'll see ya later." Zero told him. He got up and left the infirmary. He had a briefing to attend.
A few moments later, he was in the briefing room.
"So who exactly is our new guest?" Hammond asked.
"A friend of mine from back home. His name is Sage Harpuia, he used to be a Guardian of Copy X." the hero explained.
"Copy X, wasn't he an enemy to your people?" T'ealc asked.
"Yes, but after the war was over Harpuia had no reason to fight us and we became friends." Zero explained.
"So, we can trust him right?" Jack asked.
"Completely."
"Very well then, Zero could you show Harpuia around the base while I arrange some quarters for him?" Hammond asked.
"Sure" Zero agreed, and he left.
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Zero gave Harpuia pretty much the same tour that Jack and T'ealc had given him except for the fact that he took Harpuia to Sam's lab last instead of the Gym. The ex-guardian had phased off his armor and was wearing a metallic hunter green shirt and black jeans. He had long, spiky, and almost black, green hair that was pulled into a tight ponytail and went to the middle of his shoulder blades. His eyes looked almost exactly the same as Zero's except they were green.
When they went into Sam's lab she was working on some device that looked about half built. She didn't notice them until they were standing right next to her.
"Oh! Hey guys." She said in surprise.
"Hey, Harpuia this is Sam. She's a member of SG1 and a friend of mine. Sam this is Harpuia." Zero introduced them.
"Hi." Sam said.
Harpuia looked like he was in love. He took Sam's hand and kissed it lightly. Apparently, his creator had taught him chivalry.
"Hello, it's a great pleasure to meet one so intelligent and beautiful." Harpuia said sincerely.
Sam visibly blushed and even let out a small giggle. This was a surprise to Zero, as Sam didn't strike him as the giggling type.
"So, are you seeing anyone?" the green haired reploid asked in the same kind voice.
"Well, I'm just going down to the mess hall, either of you want anything?" Zero said to both of them, and they seemed not to have heard him. He left to go down to the aforementioned place.
Zero was almost to the mess hall when he ran into Jack.
"So, where's that Harpuia guy?" the colonel asked.
"Talking to Sam, at least I hope that's all that they're doing."
"What do you mean."
"I think he likes her, and he's a real lady killer, not to mention a hopeless romantic." Zero explained.
"Oh, and you didn't to be around if things got awkward."
"Bingo."
"So where're ya headed?"
"Mess hall. I could go for something deep fried. You?"
"Hammond got a room ready for Harpuia and he wants me to show him to it."
"Really? Where is it?"
"Down the hall from Sam's room."
"You're kidding." Zero said with raised eyebrows.
"Nope, it's the only open room on base."
"Oh well, I'll come with you."
They walked down to the lab again and Sam was explaining what she was working to Harpuia. Apparently she was trying to build a version of a Gou'auld healing device that a normal human could use. Harpuia was listening with bated breath.
Jack cleared his throat to get their attention, but he had to practically pretend he was choking before the two noticed him.
"Hello." Jack said nonchalantly to them. "You must be Harpuia. I'm Jack O'niell."
"Oh, hi. How can I help you." Harpuia asked.
"General Hammond wants me to show you to your quarters."
"Oh, ok. Dinner tonight, Sam?" the reploid asked her.
"Sure. 8 o'clock ok?" she responded.
"Perfect. Lets go." He said to Jack and Zero.
"I thought you were seeing a girl named Jessica?" Zero asked after they had left the lab.
"Not anymore. We broke up two months ago, right after you disappeared." Harpuia informed him.
"Have I been here that long? It feels like I just got here." Zero asked, but as he thought of it, he had been there for a while.
"Yeah, you have." Harpuia told him.
"Awe man! I've been here two months and I've only gone out once." Zero moaned.
"Yeah, and next time you're paying." Jack told him.
They reached Harpuia's room. It was just a little ways down the hall from Sam's. The room itself was almost an exact copy of what Zero's looked like when he had moved in, all olive drab, black painted steel and unfinished wood.
"A bit spartan, but ok I guess." Harpuia said after giving the place a once over.
Harpuia's comm unit suddenly phased onto his wrist and started beeping.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot." Harpuia answered the comm. On the screen Ciel's face appeared, but it was fuzzy and went into static occasionally.
"Harpuia! Are you ok?" Her voice was distorted.
"Yeah, I made it through ok and I've found Zero, he's safe too."
"Really! Let me talk to him." She said, her fuzzy face lighting up.
Zero almost wrenched Harpuia's arm off.
"Ciel! It's so good to see you! Do you know what happened?" Zero asked excitedly into the device.
"Yeah, there was a power overload in the server and it opened a hole in time space that sent you to where you are. I modified the comm unit to be able to transmit across the gap, but we can only get a signal if we're lucky."
The screen started going into major static.
"Don't worry! We're doing everything we can to get you two back safely. I'm losing the signal, so we'll call you again when we can. I love you Zer-" she was cut of as the signal went completely dead.
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L Mage: Well that's it for this chap, thanks for reading! Tell me what you though of it. I don't usually do romance but I think this will turn out good. No one's really been reviewing lately, so please do that!
Zero: Yeah! Do it!
Harpuia: You're coming on a little strong again, Zero.
Zero: Hey, Harp, weren't those Sam's panties I saw stuck under your mattress?
Harpuia blushing: Never mind!
L Mage: Ahem. Back on topic, I'd like to thank MH Phoenix for finally updating her story, Two Worlds, One Heart. Another great chap Phoenix! Mage out!