Beka Valentine
"Okay, Harper, how many times are you gonna make me regret ever taking you abord this ship? MY SHIP? MY HOME? Not yours to play around and screw up!" Beka's voice was getting to that pitch that always made Harper wince in fear.
"But boss, it's fixable, just a touch here, a touch there and all better!" Harper tried to sound reasuring, he knew it wasn't all that bad, the Maru always had engine problems after a long run, and he always fixed it.
"Damn you Harper I only wish I would've left you on that hell hole you love to call home, maybe I would've had less problems!"
A quiet voice was heard: "Your wish is my command, now and always"
"Harper stop fooling around and start fixing this damn lights! Harper! Where did that small rat crawled now? I swear when I get my hands on him..." She didn't have time to finish her sentence.
"Are you planning a trip to Earth anytime soon, that is if you still think Harper is there, which he is not!"The voice started laughing like it had just made a wonderfull joke.
"Earth? What the hell is this? Who the hell are you is the better question and how did you get onto my ship?"
"Ah, yes, your ship...it was always your ship wasn't it? Not your crew, cause if I said friends it would just be a stretch...well, your ship isn't really impenetrable, so I just let myself in, but then again let's not forget you asked for my assistance."
"Me?All I asked was for Harper to fix the damn lights, which he didn't...Where is Harper? "She was worried now, what if this...whatever it was had done something to her friend?
"Harper is where you last left him...I think, then again I don't keep tabs on the little fellow"
"You're enjoying this a little to much. I only wish I knew what "this" is"she said to herself.
"Well, let me be more specific: Harper is on Earth, "that hell hole he loves to call home" end quote, have you noticed you say hell, or variations of the word pretty much every other word?"
"Have you noticed your insane? Harper is right here on the Maru!" Beka said with confidence.
"Yes...hmmm...actually no! a laughter was heard yet again, annoying Beka even more, I said he was on Earth and that's where he is. You never hired him, apparently you disliked his quote again his "repulsive odor, if you even now what that means kid, take a shower".
"No, I told him that, but I hired him, I remember how hard it was to convince him water wasn't...how do you know all this? And why do you say I hadn't taken Harper in? Cause I did!"
"Yes but you regreted that in several ocasions, and you haven't missed an opportunity to inform him of this fact. Now here you have it no Harper."
"Ok, fine, Trance, Trance answer me!"
"Yeah, about that, you see, no Trance!"
Beka felt like she was losing control, fear. she felt fear, that wasn't a feeling she liked.
"Why not? You said I left Harper on Earth, what does that have to do with Trance?"
Since the voice failed to answer she started to curse in every language she could remember.
"What a potty mouth on you pretty girl! Don't you remember? Harper convinced you to take Trance aboard, he liked her and trusted her, so no Harper, no Trance"
"Liar! Liar! What have you done to my crew!"
"So now they are your crew?the voice was angry now, weren't they your crew when they broke Maru? When they caused trouble on some drift? They seem to be your crew only when you fear! Oh, yes I can see the fear in those eyes, the same eyes that mock Harper and his nightmares, his mistakes, that blame Trance for events she had no power over, that..."
"Shut up! That's not true, I never did any of that! I love my crew, my crazy engineer, my strange purple Trance, Rev..."
"Where is Rev?"
"Rev? Well without Harper and Trance to keep you, how should I put this...nice, or was that sane? He left you and Vex and went back to his old ways."
"His old ways? NO! Rev would never do that!"Beka was unconvinced.
"Yes, Rev wouldn't but Red Plague would! His children are now also "proud daddys" who knows maybe even your former crew member, yet not former since he never was, Harper might have fathered some of Rev's bundles of joy" The voice was almost acid now, blame and contempt hidden in every word. "I did mention Rev relocated to Earth, haven't I? Apparently food is easy to come by over there!"
"Why are you doing this? What have I done to you?"
"To me? Nothing, I really wish people would stop saying that. But then again you are the one that called me, so you might consider this is punishment for a very long distance call you made and never reambursed."
"What are you talking about? I called you?"
"I wish...that was my call, you wished, I provided, maybe I would've passed, but you see, you wished this so many times, the no Harper part, I just felt you needed to be repayed for your patience and might I add obstination in getting your wish."
"Enjoy, ah, by the way this system where you are is called by ancient humans Purgatory, but I prefer Black Hole That You Never Got Dylan Hunt Out Off!"
"But Harper got the Androme"
She realised just how much Harper had done, how much he had meant for her as a crewmate, as a friend, how Trance gone was her lack of ligth, how Rev needed her and all their other friends.
"One wrong move, one wrong wish and it's all gone, no Harper no Trance, no Trance, no Rev, no crew, no Andromeda, no one to defeat the Abbys and the world ship." Tears were running down her face.
"I want my friends back, please, take me but bring them back!" She was pleading now.
"I can't!"
All hope Beka held was now gone. It was all over she was doomed...
"I can't bring them back without you in the picture, who would keep those maniacs under control, ok one maniac..." The voice giggled.
"Wha..Thank you, I promise I would never forget the promise I made ever again, to protect them always."
"And..."
"And...I'll be carefull what I wish for!" Beka was still crying but this time it was with joy, she had her life back.
"Boss, boss, are you ok?" Harper was frantic. "Whatta hell is wrong with me and buckets? First Dylan now Beka, I'm a real jinx! Man if something happens to Beka, I ..."
"Don't worry my head is still in place! Beka whispered...But really what is it with you and buckets, and what was that bucket doing there, and why am I wet? Harper!"
"Well, I got upset, and I...I mean...I was cleaning..and"
"Harper I wish..."
"That you would've never met me! Yeah I know"
"No, I wish I knew where you get these ideas, cause I feel Tyr might need one of these special buckets too" She smiled to herself, oh yeah he needed it too...
"And now kid.."
"Yes, boss.." Harper said his voice cautios.
"Run!"She said as she grabed the bucket that still had some water inside and started to chase Harper.
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"Ah, another happy ending! Elo, you are good, I must admit!"
"Why thank you Lys, not to bad yourself, this one didn't take that long, I wonder how Micha would do..."
"Wanna watch?"
"Definetly!"