Harper, Buddy, and Beka were met in the cargo bay by Tyr Anasazi. "What is in the box?" Tyr asked them, as they moved past him. "Is this what Dylan sent you to get?"
"Yes, Tyr, it is," Harper said, as he quickly took the box from Beka and made for the engineering bay when he noticed Rommie coming up the corridor with Trance. "See ya later, Boss."
"Beka, you're back," Trance said to her, as she came up next to her. "So what was so important that Dylan sent you for."
"I can't tell," Beka said, as she backed away from the trio. "I should report to Dylan about how the request went." She then took off to find Dylan and she found him on the Command Deck talking to Rev Bem. "Hey, how's it going?"
"Beka, did you get the package?" Dylan asked her, after Rev left.
"Yeah, I did, but we got jumped by Tyr, Rommie, and Trance when we arrived. Luckily for us, Harper got it out of the way. It's in the engineering bay. He'll keep it secret, just as long as Tyr doesn't go poking his Nietzschean nose into this, or it's going to get bitten off.
"I'll remind Rommie to make extra sure that only Harper is allowed in his engineering bay."
"What? Don't you want to see it?"
"Yeah, why not." Dylan followed Beka to the engineering bay where they found Harper working on something for the Andromeda. "Harper, where is it?"
"It?" Trance asked, as she came up behind them. "Where's what?"
"My nanobots," Rommie said, as she came in and took the device from Harper's hands. "Thank you, Harper."
"I'm lost here," Trance said, as she turned and followed Rommie out. "What are they doing?"
"I have no idea, Trance." Rommie then shot the avatar a smile. "You want to help me put these back in."
"Sure." Trance shot a glance back at the engineering bay wishing that she knew what her crew mates were up to. She shot Rommie a smile, as she turned to the avatar and followed her.
"That was too close," Harper said, as a whine came from the box he was sitting on. He quickly moved it to reveal a very unhappy Buddy. "Captain Dylan Hunt, I would like you to meet Buddy. The newest member to the Andromeda Ascendent."
TBC
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Will Trance figure out the surprise?