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FYI I have started posting Fall Seven Times as well. That another drom story I've been working on

Thanks as always to my beta Eljay .

Light from the lowering sun filtered through the branches over his head. He had quickly gotten turned around in the dense bush and currently wasn't sure if he was heading closer to or away from the Maru. Despite it all it felt kind of good to be back on land again. He missed air that smelled and unpredictable environments. Seamus Harper shivered and hugged himself as he limped through a small opening between two trees. It wasn't that cold but the aura of the woods made him wish he had brought his jacket. It was hard to think about how long he had been in space. It apparently it had been long enough for him to get used to the environmental regulators.

He pushed forward parting some foliage with an outstretched arm. When he heard a soft crackle. Or did he? Brendan's Magog picnic songs started beating a tune in his head suddenly sounding like a heavy metal song. Taking a deep breath to calm himself; it was just a bunny. Yeah, that's it--a bunny.

He took another, this time more cautious, step forward. A loud thud vibrated the dirt beneath his feet. The trees shook and some sort of flying creatures took flight. Big bunny, gigantic bunny… Godzilla Bunny!

Harper ran wildly bushed whipping at his face. Roots ripped at his ankles and he tried not to trip. Godzilla bunnies could undoubtedly run very fast. His knee complained from the impact of running but he had bigger concerns now. His heart beat like a wild bird in cage.

Then everything came to a very abrupt and sudden stop as Harper hit something that felt like a brick wall.

He bounced backwards, hitting the ground hard. Oomph! Air whistled out of his mouth. "Ow! Damnit!'

He scrambled backwards, as a looming silhouetted figure loomed over him. He licked his lips trying to get some moisture back in to his suddenly dry mouth. But, all he tasted was the blood from his now damaged nose.

"Is that you, little Earth Rat?"

"Oh, god! Agio I'm so going to kick your ass! You scared me half to death!'

Agio dropped something large and stepped forward to grab harper by his collar and haul him to his feet. "Ah, no harm then."

"You stupid over-grown idiot! You crashed the MARU!" Harper leapt forward in a fury, his arms swinging. Agio, who still had a hold of his collar, just straightened his arm, which left Harper attacking nothing but air.

"That hunk of junk was never meant to see space, boy"

"I'm no one's boy, Uber! Use my name or this is going to be a very short conversation." Harper shrugged himself free of Agio's grip and placed his hand on his holstered Gauss Gun.

"Fine, Fine." Agio lifted his hands in mock defeat.

"What they hell were you doing in the bushes anyways? And what was that thing you were carrying?" Harper sniped at the Nietzchean.

"None, of your business and none of your business."

"Are your buddies the Sabra going to follow us?" Harper questioned as he pushed his way past to see what Agio had dropped. Not waiting or expecting an answer he let out a low whistle of surprise. "Is that hull plating? Where the hell did you get it from?"

"My fairy godmother," Agio sneered at him in disdain.

"Ass! The least you could do is tell me where you got it after all the trouble you've caused me!"

Agio reached over and hoisted the deck plating up and away from Harper and started to walk towards where they had crashed. "I'm not here to answer your questions, underling; if you want to know go find out yourself. Not that it would do you any good, as you obviously know nothing about engineering. No self respecting engineer would fly that piece of crap you do."

Harper gasped and sputtered with out rage unsure of which insult he should address first. By the time he had decided on an appropriate answer it was too late and Agio was gone.

Harper turned and ran the best he could with his sore leg in the direction Agio had come from. Damn Nietzcheans can't even answer a simple question. It didn't take him long before he came across a beautiful site. Silhouetted in the rising moonlight was a Drop Ship Carrier (DSC) Victory's Crucible Class; looked like it was pre-fall too. It looked really, really old, but it was practically a goldmine of parts. If he had found this earlier he would have never have had to go to the garbage pits near Toreena. The Maru didn't work well with new parts. The advanced tech just wasn't her style and never really fit properly. But, this stuff… it was perfect. There was no way he was going to allow that over-grown ape to salvage all this before he did.

"You obviously know nothing about engineering." Harper mimicked Agio's voice. "I'll show you who the true super-genius is! Stupid Uber!"

Harper started rapidly pulling what he could from the ancient wreck.

The battle was on.

tbc