"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
A loud high pitched scream shook the corridors of Deck 19 as frightened crew members ran to their quarters and barricaded themselves inside as a furiously confused and panicked First Officer ripped the bathroom apart.
"Where are they? Where they hell are they!"
Continuing her frantic search, all that there was to conclude in the end was that they were gone.
But how could they be gone?
She had hid them away so well that no officer going about business would even dare to look.
So where were they?
She had to calm down. She had to think.
Okay.
If she were a bottle of birth control pills where would she hide?
Running up the decks she checked in every place she could have hidden them or had hidden them before. Maybe she moved them and forgot? No, no she wouldn't do that. She-
Beka's eyes narrowed as she slowed her pace until she was standing still.
Telemachus.
Her eye twitched.
This was exactly something her beautiful, wonderful husband would do.
He'd be the only one looking.
Fingering her gauss gun lightly, Beka started a quick march to her and her dearly beloved's room on the Andromeda. An interrogation was to be had.
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He was guilty.
He was definitely guilty.
That she was sure of as the Nietzschean was off-duty and nowhere to be found. Having decided to kill him later, Beka set about tossing the room to look for her missing contraception.
Pillows were thrown across the room as she stripped the bed; blankets and sheets tossed as the mattress was lifted as far as she could to see underneath it. Books were shoved off the cabinets, drawers were ransacked, and every cupboard and open box in the kitchenette was searched.
Yelling in frustration Beka headed to the bathroom.
Nothing under the sink, nothing in the bathtub, the shower, the shampoo bottles...
Beka looked around frantically and panicked. What if he hid them in plain sight? Knowing she'd go through everything and lose them in the mess?
No, no, Nietzscheans weren't that smart, she thought, calming herself.
At least she hoped they weren't.
She'd searched the flower vases right? Fruit bowls? So where...
Her eyes fell to the mirror. Moving towards it she opened it to reveal the medicine cabinet and started ransacking the vitamin bottles Trance stocked in every room. It was a long shot but-
"A HA!"
Her pills! Her glorious, glorious pills! Hugging them to her chest, Beka started to attempt to get the child proof top off to check them for tampering.
After much glowering and swearing at the bottle, she finally managed to get the top off. Inside were her little white pills.
And a note...
Scrunching her forehead, she unfolded it and read:
Beka,
I didn't replace them.
They're not sugar pills.
Or placebos.
Or fertility drugs.
Trance can confirm.
Stop hiding them.
I won't touch them...again.
Really. I won't. Seriously.
Besides, you were taking them both times I got you pregnant before;)
I love you.
-Telemachus
(p.s: I hear everyone's having three kids these days.)
(p.p.s: We'll talk later.)
(p.p.p.s: Where's the faith? Would I get you pregnant without your permission?)
(p.p.p.p.s: And don't say Cassie or Caden, I was just as surprised as you were.)
(p.p.p.p.p.s: I mean it. I really was.)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.s: Trust me I'm Nietzschean.)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s: Ignore that last p.s)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s: Have I told you I loved you? Cause I do. I love you Beka.)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s: Please don't kick me out of bed)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s: And please don't lock yourself in the Maru and refuse to talk to me again.)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s.s: Dinner on the Obs. Deck at 8.)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s.s.s: Preferably no weapons.)
(p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s.s.s.s: Definitely. No. Weapons.)
-T
Beka gave the note another once over before looking at the bottle in her hand and doing the same.
Looking back at the note, Beka decided to go ask Trance just in case. And then run separate tests on her own to make sure Trance wasn't on Telemachus's side...
Walking into the main room, Beka looked around at the destruction and smiled. She'd let Rhade clean up the mess. It was his fault anyway.
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A/N: I can't believe I've waited this long to update. Ah well, things have been weird and busy. for those of you waiting on Chapter 15 of "Through the Looking Glass" I haven't written anything yet as I'm still going over my notes and with all the work from the flood needing done it's been a busy week. I'll try and start writing soon though.
Ann: It would make sense for Beka to have more than one bottle wouldn't it? I never thought of that! Thanks for the insight.
Thanks so much to all my wonderful reviewers!