A/N: I am beyond sorry that I haven't updated in so many months. For one my older computer wouldn't let me and two, college wouldn't let me write. BUT I have a new computer and I have finished this story..and you will be getting all the remaining parts either tonight or tonight and tomorrow. Once more, I apologize profusely and I hope you enjoy what remains.

Chapter 26:

Belief
Makes things real
Makes things feel
Feel alright
Belief
Makes things true
Things like you - Gavin Degraw "Believe"

It's raining when we land, I can see tiny beads of water rolling off the cockpit window. My things are gathered, but still I hesitate. As we were landing, doubt started eating away at my insides.

What if Harper isn't here?

What if the vision I had was only more proof that my guilt has caused me to sink into madness?

What will happen if Harper truly is dead?

This time there won't be any second chances. There won't be any messing with timelines, Harper will truly be gone...and all I can think about is how I didn't get to say good-bye, didn't get to tell him--really tell him that I love him.

I close my eyes for a second and home in on the feeling I had earlier. The feeling lives deep within me. It's not a "gut feeling" it goes deeper. If I had an actual heart I'd say it was there. I've never had this feeling before, not for any of the other crew members, but right now as I think of Harper it's as though it pulsates.
My thoughts are broken by a soft touch to my shoulder. I open my eyes to see Morrighan ready to head out, a pack for me in her hands.

"We're doing this alone, you understand that?" I ask, taking the pack.

She nods and we head out. As the hatch opens, a rush of cool air hits me. I shiver and head out into the rain. I don't have a coat to protect me from the cold rain, but I don't need one because I won't get sick. The rain is falling harder now and within minutes Morrighan and I are soaked through. As we walk, loose strands of hair begin to stick to my face.

The scenery around me is quite extraordinary. We are surrounded by huge trees that extend hundreds of feet into the air. Vines fall all around us. It's very similar to something I saw once on the cover of one of Beka's holonovels...it looks like a jungle. The high humidity makes the air seem thick, making it hard for Morrighan to breathe. We've only been walking for a few minutes and she is already breathing heavily. I look at her and can tell I was right. We've only been walking for a few minutes and she is already breathing heavily. She looks at me, her eyes asking for some sort of relief. I stop, looking around. I have never been good with directions. On both the Maru and the Andromeda, anytime I was allowed to go planetside, I always had Harper to find our destination. I honestly don't know where to go.

CRASH

We both jump as the thunder blasts overhead. The lightning that follows is blinding. I shield my eyes, dots dancing across my vision. Suddenly through the dots I can make out a figure. In the distance a hooded figure weaves its way around the thick mass of trees. Suddenly a ghostly voice fills my head.

"Follow and you may find what you seek."

Without a second thought I rush after the person.

"Trance! Wait" Morrighan shouts.

The figure stops, but only long enough to look at me. Once more the figure darts off. I want to call out, but I'm still not sure why I'm following this particular person. The person doesn't change its speed, but still I can't catch up. As I follow I notice that the foilage around me is beginning to thin out. Suddenly a forceful grip on my shoulder stops me in my tracks. The stop is abrupt enough that we both fall to the muddy ground.

"Trance! What the hell do you think you're doing! Are you mad?" Morrighan yells as she stands, her voice slightly muffled because of the rain.

I look at her angrily. "I have to follow that person!" I frantically look around, but the hooded figure has vanished. I clench my fist. "Damn it!" I scream as I punch the soft ground.

"Trance, we have no clue who or what is on this planet. You can't just run after the first inhabitant you see. You're going to get yourself killed before we even get anywhere!"

She was right. With my powers gone, I was no longer immortal. If I died, it would be for real this time. There would be no healing sleep, only pain and then eternal darkness. I stand, brushing the bits and pieces of the jungle floor off my legs.

"Why did you run after that person, Trance?"

I look her in the eyes. "I can't give you an answer, but I can say that person may have been my only hope of finding Seamus."

Morrighan sighs exasperatedly. She is getting frustrated already. She knows it is her birthright to follow through with this, but she wasn't about to go on a wild goose chase with me through the jungles of some fairy tale planet. She rubs her hands over her wet face.

"Trance, seriously, what made you think that person could help you find Harper?"

"Morrighan, I have to believe."

"Believe what, Trance?"

"That there's a chance Seamus is still out there. I have to believe that I can and will get him back because if I stop believing...then...then he really is gone. I can't let that happen. I can't lose him, not after finally getting him back."

Morrighan sighs again. "Trance, I'm sorry." She looks around. "All right, we'll keep going in the direction that person did. I think we're getting closer to some sort of civilization because the air's not as dense as it was back there."

"Thank you." I say beginning to walk again.

She stays silent as she follows me. She is right, the trees become even more scarcely placed the farther we walk. The ground also gains more and more grass the farther we advance as well. Within ten minutes, we're faced with a wide open field. There is a walk way in front of us. It's made of different colored pebbles. Even in the darkness the storm causes, the walk way seems to shimmer.

"Well, Trance, seems our luck's not so bad. Now if this rain would just stop, but until then, how about we continue on."

I nod and we continue on. I pray to whoever is willing to listen that this
walkway leds to where I need to be. It seems we walk forever, passing statues, some intact while most stand with parts missing. We pass a fountain that in it's time woud have been a beautiful sight, but is now dead.

We continue walking for what seems to me as hours, but I know it's been no more then ten minutes. The walk way has become wider as we've walked and suddenly I realize why. I stop and stare in awe at the huge building in front of me. It's a temple of sorts. Altars or what used to be altars, stand at either end of a grand set of stone steps. At the top of the steps is the entrance. On either side of the doorway are the pilars are pillars adorned with blue flames. There in the center of the pillars is the hooded figure. The person stands there unmoving, arms crossed.

"Trance, is this the place?" Morrighan whispers in my ear.

The hooded figure waves their arm and the rain comes to an abrupt stop. Morrighan gives a surprised gasp.

"I'll take that as a yes then."

Then without a word, the person turns and enters the temple. I quickly start up the stairs, I don't want this person to vanish again. As I enter through the doorway, the flames on the pillars flare up and engulf the doorway. I turn to see Morrighan just barely stopping herself before she ran headlong into the flames. She reaches out to touch the flame and a pain filled yelp tells me she confirmed they're real. She can see me through through the flames as well.

"Trance, what happened!"

"Morrighan, I don't know, but stay there, I've got to continue on and it would seem whoever that hooded person is, it intends for me to do this alone."

"But what if you get in trouble?"

"Morrighan, trust me, I may not look like much of a fighter...but I can hold my own."

Morrighan gives a nod and I turn away. There's no turning back now, I can't go back into the flames, I have to face the dark corridor ahead and find my Seamus.