Title: My one and Only Pearl

Author: Fox of the Nova

REVISED CHAPTER! ENJOY!

Chapter 10: Phenomenon Part 1: Questions & Answers

It had been two days since Harper and Pearl embraced each other as they mourned for the loss of Orianna. Harpers sister and Pearls dimensional double.

After that the two were inseparable. You would see them walk side by side all around the Andromeda.

Sometimes they were talking about old memories, which surprisingly some were the same to each other, while other times they will be talking about inventions that Shamus or Harper had invented.

One such discussion was being spoken as the two Harpers walked down the hall way leading towards Hanger 4.

"So, let me get this straight. Shamus, my dimensional double, actually discovered an organic substance that actually can change the shape of anything it touches!" Harper asked in awe.

Pearl giggled at the way Harper spoke. He was always surprised at all the things that Shamus had done.

Sometimes he will get a little jealous, but when Pearl told him that some of Shamus' ideas actually came from Harper, he will get all pompous and all.

This was actually quite funny to witness, seeing Harper get a big head and all.

"Yes Sha…I mean Harper, but we call it OZ." Pearl explained. Even now it was difficult not to call Harper by Shamus, but she getting it.

Harper gave her look of curiosity mixed with confusion. "OZ? As in The Wizard of OZ?" Harper asked.

Pearl quickly looked to face Harper. Her red hair was split in the middle and two pig tails dangled on either side of her head. She had placed silver strings to rap around her pig tails to give them that shiny look.

"Actually Harper, OZ actually stands for Organic Substance. We just took out the S in substance and put in a Z." Pearl explained.

She really didn't have any clue on what this "Wizard of OZ" was about. She guesses it was an Earth based fiction, based on what Harper said earlier about old books from earth.

They reached Hanger 4 and walked into the room. Tyr, Andromeda, and Beka were all ready there; digging amongst the rubble.

Personally, Pearl didn't like the way Beka and Tyr were 'looting'. Andromeda wasn't though; she was just standing their watching.

As Pearl watched Tyr, she wondered why she never met him in her dimension.

Probably because his dimensional self either was born in the Quadratic dimension or he already left this world.

But was seriously puzzled Pearl was the bone blades. She had asked Andromeda about them and she had explained to her what they were, though Pearl still was confused.

Shamus never got to explain to her about this dimension fully. All she knew was that just because they were dimensional doubles, doesn't mean that in race they were the same. Which doesn't make any sense, but whoever said that the universe ever made sense?

"Hey boss!" Harper called out towards Beka as he walked towards her.

Pearl turned her attention towards a pile of rubble at the far corner of the hanger.

She kneeled beside it and started sorting through. She already found her own suitcase, but she was still trying to find anything that belonged to her friends.

Suddenly Pearl stopped and quickly looked down at her hand. Seeping out from the pours of her hand, oozed out a silver liquid.

Pearl roughly rubbed it away, but it still was seeping out. She quickly looked around and saw that no one was noticing what was happening; much to Pearls relief

But her relief was gone when she noticed Andromeda, Rommie, inclining her head to the side in question and started to walk towards her.

"Is everything alright Pearl? I'm reading a high elevation in your heart rate." Rommie asked me.

Pearl quickly covered her hand and got up. "I'm fine Rommie…I…I just…gotta go."

With that Pearl rushed passed Rommie and went straight for the doors, but never made it.

Harper had called out to Pearl, asking what was wrong; but now stopped because of what was happening to Pearl.

She had stopped dead in her tracks, gripping unto her chest in pain. Her golden eyes shinning brighter and brighter with every labored breath she took.

Her clothing began to get soaked with the strange silver liquid that was coming out of Pearls hand. Even her hair was turning silver as the liquid just seemed to completely consume her.

Harper rushed to Pearls side, but was stopped by Rommie.

"LET ME GO ROMMIE!" Harper yelled out as he tried to pull away from Rommie's grasp, but her being an android, she didn't even budge.

So Harper watched as Pearl was completely covered by the silver goo. She then turned to face them.

She looked like a silver statue. Her eyes were still gold, yet strange somehow.

"Arm yourselves. They are coming for me and they will destroy you all." She stated, but it was not in her own voice.

This voice was like the combination of a male and female's voice, but all warped.

"Who the hell are you? And what have you done to my sister!" Harper yelled out in anger.

"I am the Ivory Core. Pearlana is my chosen host." It stated matter of factually.

Ivory/Pearl looked up suddenly. It then turned its gaze once again towards the four who were now looking at it bewilderment.

"You must prepare yourselves. They attack suddenly without warning." It urgently stated.

Like on cue, everyone was pelted across the room as the Andromeda was hit by a weapons fire.

"Red alert! All personal to the bridge." The voice of Andromeda rang out through all of the speakers.

As Tyr, Beka, and Rommie ran out of the room; Harper turned his gaze to Pearl.

She was looking at him too and the voice of Ivory spoke through her for one last time.

"And they have no mercy."

With that, Pearls eyes rolled back to reveal whites of her eye. Harper scrambled towards her as she began to fall.

Harper reached out and caught her just in time before she hit the floor.

"Whenever I think you couldn't any weirder…it happens that you can." Harper stated to himself.

"Very funny Harper." Pearl softly whispered.

She then slowly opened her eyes and looked up to see Harper leaning over her, a worried expression on his face.

Pearl opened her mouth to explain, but Harper beat her to it. He raised his finger in a statement of one.

"First, before you speak, do you mind telling what is going on?" Harper asked.

Pearl looked up at him in masked confusion. "I don't know what you're…"

"How about that little thing that just happened with your entire body being consumed by that silver liquid, or maybe that freaky alien voice coming out of your mouth; or maybe the part with something hostess being inside of you?" Harper interrupted, his voice growing with every question asked.

That was it. The jig was up. Pearl was going to have to fess up and explain to Harper everything about…well everything.

Just then, another fire rocked the ship. Harper and Pearl were pelted against the wall…hard.

"OW!" In unison they yelled out as the both slid down, their whole bodies feeling incredibly sore.

"Maybe we should continue this discussion on the way to Command Deck." Harper suggested as he slowly got up.

"Good idea." Pearl replied as Harper helped her up.

When they were slightly stable on their legs, Harper gripped Pearls hand in his own and they ran out of Hanger 4 and stumbled, crawled, and ran towards Command Deck.

As they did this incredible feat of trying to get to the Command Deck, without falling over as the Andromeda was being fired at, Pearl explained to Harper exactly what had gone on back there.

"As I told you yesterday Harper, we were explorers. Myself, and a chosen few of my people were sent to explore this dimension for a new planet to live on." Pearl explained.

"These people were hand chosen because of their expertise in an area that would be of great importance during the mission."

"What was your expertise?" Harper asked.

Pearl looked towards Harper as she answered. "I was the Chief Engineer of the Omega Orion."

Harpers mouth dropped. "But…you're only… What? Fourteen…fifteen years old."

"Actually Harper, I'm sixteen." Pearl stated.

Harper was surprised actually; she didn't look sixteen at all.

"Anyway; our ship, The Omega Orion, was powered by a very powerful energy source. It came from our planets core. It was found in an excavation that they did centuries ago." Pearl explained.

"Well they found this crystal like energy that pulsed with power like that of the sun, but the power of this crystal didn't harm us at all. In fact, it actually powered our cities and pretty much fertiled our planet."

"This crystal, which was soon called the Ivory Core since it was located in our planet's capital city, powered our world for centuries, but one day…it just died.

Boy did we get the surprise of our lives when we found out that the crystal was not the power source, but the being within was. All this time, our cities were being powered by an alien being that lived its life choosing hosts. It just so happened that he chose to enter that crystal, and just got trapped within the core."

"Frankly, I still don't understand that…and It's not talking either." Pearl stated with a giggle.

They had almost reached the Command Deck, but Harper stopped at Pearl's last statement.

"So I guess that…what? Ivory Core was right. You are his chosen host." Harper stated.

"Yes and no." Pearl replied.

Harper tilted his head and gave her a quizzical look.

"The Ivory Core only chose me because I was near to it when we were attacked. To protect itself so that it would not fall into the wrong hands, it entered me…along with OZ." Pearl explained.

"Right, because OZ can morphed itself into anything. So that would mean that OZ and the Ivory Core are inside you right now. And since OZ doesn't harm you…you are fine." Harper said in realization.

Pearl smiled at Harpers realization. She was proud that he had understood so quickly, but she had to remind herself that Harper was Shamus' dimensional double.

"Are there any side affects on being the Ivory Core's host?" Harper asked.

Pearl looked at him through the corner of her eyes. Where did that question come from? Pearl thought to herself.

But when Pearl thought about it, there was that one time that the affect did take its toll. Yes, there was an affect. Since the Ivory Core was found in their planets core, and since it was powering our planet for years; it had developed a connection with the planet.

So the host of the Ivory Core would feel, smell, and hear anything that was going on around the planet. Kinda like your senses were expanded to be connected with the planet.

Well, after Pearl was saved by Dylan, and after she screamed like a banshee; while Trance was trying to calm her down…Pearl suddenly had felt her planet exploding.

She felt the pain course straight to her heart as she watched the planet explode before her. She heard the deafening explosion, and felt the heat as the very planet exploded into oblivion.

She could only guess that through her eyes, the Ivory Core projected the image of her planet dying.

Harper and Pearl had reached the Command Deck and they both walked in.

"What took you so long?" Beka yelled over her shoulder as she piloted the Andromeda.

"I was having an interesting chat with my sister." Harper replied as he smiled towards me.

He then took to his post, while Pearl stayed in the background. She stared at the view screen in silent horror at the sight.

At least fifty vassals were surrounding the Andromeda, all of the repeatedly firing.

Somewhere within Pearls mind, all of this seemed strangely familiar. The positions the ships were taking, the firing pattern; all of it was like da-ja-voo to Pearl.

"If they keep firing like this, we are all going to see the pearly gates real soon!" Harper stated as he tapped unto his consol while holding on as another round of firing from the enemy titled the ship and sparked the consoles.

"Where did these guys come from! They just appeared out of thin air." Beka stated as she swerved to the right in order to dodge a shot from the enemy.

Pearl quickly turned her head towards Beka. "They appeared out of thin air you say?"

Beka could not turn her head to answer Pearl, but Rommie answered for her.

"My sensors didn't pick them up until they had fired at us." She stated. "I'm having a difficult time in reading them because of a strange substance that makes up the ships hull plating."

"Of course you can't scan them. Those ships are ours! We have a cloaking system that allows us to just appear." Pearl explained.

"Well if those ships are from your people, then why are they firing at us?" Tyr asked as he turned to face Pearl.

"Unless you're not telling us something." Tyr questioned.

Pearl turned her gaze towards the screen and was silent for a while before she answered Tyr.

"Those people who are piloting those ships are from my planet, but they betrayed my people by selling us to the Abyss." Pearl stated with inner furry.

Trance turned her gaze towards Pearl. She knew that was what had happened, but the others didn't know anything about the Abyss.

"Wait a minute. What's the Ab…?" But Dylan didn't get to finish as a charged blast that was fired from the enemy sent everyone flying out of their posts.

Cables fell out; sparks ran all around; as everyone got pelted over the side and landed not so softly on the other side.

"They hit me with a charged weapon that it is alien to me. All my sensors have been shot down. Weapons, shields, all dysfunctional. I'm dead in the water." Rommie stated as she slowly got up while bracing her knees.

Tyr got up quickly and helped Beka up. Harper got up with Revs help, while Dylan helped Pearl up.

Suddenly, Andromeda appeared on the screen. The screen was slightly damaged and Andromeda's appearance wavered over the screen.

"Captain, the enemy ships have stopped firing at us." She stated. After a slight pause, since her eyes were shifting from side to side as if reading something, she spoke out.

"And they are hailing us." She stated with slight amusement.

Dylan looked at Andromeda like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Oh NOW, they want to talk."

Andromeda winked out of the screen, and in her place was the face of a sneering older man with light brown hair that was cut short to ear length. Side burns rolled down his face. His eyes sparkled green, but one could still see the golden eyes behind the contacts.

"Captain Hunt, my scanners have seen that you have something that belongs to us. Hand it over and I will stop firing on you." He stated.

"I'm afraid that you have the wrong ship. Because I have nothing of yours." Dylan stated.

The man on the screen sneered at the crew of the Andromeda as he looked over each one. His gaze then landed on Pearl.

"Pearlana! You survived! I'm surprised and I applaud you for your survival skills." The man stated with mock.

"Beskua destiego malcu-se-o!" Pearl spitted out in venom in her own language towards the man.

"ROT IN HELL BETRAYER!"

The smile on the man's face quickly disappeared. "Sharp tongue you have their Pearlana. But before you go on, think about what happened to the Captain. You wouldn't want the same things to happen to you're new friends."

"Gerksand, I swear on my own blood that I'm going to kill you!" Pearl screamed.

Harper turned towards his sister and noticed that she was shaking in fury. Her fists were clenched so tightly that her knuckles were turning white.

"Interesting, but let's see who's blood will be spilled first. As the first time, give me the Ivory Core, and I will spare your friends."Gerksand stated.

"Then my answer is the same as the first." Pearl replied. She then lifted the finger towards Gerksand.

"So be it!" With thatGerksand winked out.

Pearl swiftly turned towards her new friends and her brother. "I need a fast small ship so that I can lead them away from you. Don't worry, he wants me. He won't bother with you."

"Wait a minute. What makes you think we are going to leave you to defend for yourself?" Beka asked.

"We are family, and family sticks together. If this Ivory Core thing is that special, then we will help you protect it." Harper said as he embraced Pearl.

"As much as I appreciate what you are trying to do, I can't let you do this. I have lost too many of my friends…and…too many innocent lives have been lost on my account. There is no way I'm going to let you loose your lives over me."

Dylan walked up to Pearl as Harper stepped away. He laid his hands on Pearls shoulders and looked into her golden eyes.

"You are a part of my crew Pearl, and like Harper said; we are family. And family sticks together." Dylan reassuring squeezed Pearls shoulders.

An overwhelming feeling of joy flooded all around her as Dylan said these words. As much as she was touched by what Dylan had said, it only motivated her to leave the Andromeda and get her friends…family…out of harms way.

But the moment was shattered as Andromeda spoke out through the speakers. "Intruder alert! Intruder alert!"

"Intruders have just teleported from the enemy ships to Decks 16 through Decks 22. My shields were down, that's how they were able to come aboard." Rommie stated.

Dylan rushed over towards his consol, along with everyone else. Pearl stood there dumb struck.

"Holy shit! There are over eighty of these guys on the ship!" Harper stated as he read the number.

"On screen." Dylan ordered.

The screen before them shimmered and all watched as a large group of men wearing silver suits that covered every inch of them from view, walked up the ramp.

Rifle looking weapons were strapped over their shoulders while a larger dangerous looking weapon was tightly in their clutches as the slowly walked up the ramp.

"We're toast." Harper said under his breath as he watched the enemy advance.

One of them pulled out a circular contraption out of his pocket. Pearl's eyes widened as she recognized the device.

"ANDROMEDA, SHOOT HIM!" Pearl screamed out. But it was too late.

The man pressed a button on the globe and tossed it up in the air. The ball split open and electricity shot out of it. It spread itself all over the area, never touching the men, but completely destroying the auto defense systems.

"What just happened?" Beka asked.

"They have disabled by internal defense system. I can't take them out." Rommie stated.

Pearl had had enough. She was not going to take this anymore. Without another word, Pearl walked out of Command Deck.

Nobody noticed her leave or the fact that she had powered up her forcelance. Determination and something else sparked within Pearls eyes. This something was known as…revenge.

After the shock at now being unable to take out their enemies from within, Dylan broke the silence.

"Then I think it's time for some hand to hand combat. These guys entered my ship without permission…let's teach them some manners." Dylan stated as he turned towards were Pearl was.

"Pearl? Pearl? Where she go?" Dylan asked.

Harper looked around and now noticed that Pearl was no were around.

"Andromeda, locate Pearl." Dylan orders.

"Scanning…she is walking towards Deck 16." She stated. She then showed the image of Pearl slowly walking down the ramp.

She was tightly holding a forcelance in her hands; her eyes were blazed with an intensity that even Harper was slightly shaken from.

"Pearl, what the hell do you think you are doing?" Dylan ordered.

But either Pearl couldn't hear him or she was ignoring him, because she kept on walking down, determination clearly in her eyes.

Dylan sighed loudly before turning to Tyr and Harper.

"Go find her and bring her back. I and Rommie will take care of them on Deck 22. Take them out on your side while we take them out on our side. We will meet at the middle." Dylan instructed.

"Wait, what about me?" Beka asked.

"You and Trance are to work with Andromeda and try to get this ship running again. After we take care of our new friends, I want to be able to get the hell out of here as soon as possible." Dylan stated.

"As for you Harper, once you find Pearl; get…her…out…of…there." Dylan ordered.

"When you get her bring her here, and then I want you to repair the damage to the engines. Hopefully we can get the slipstream up and running again."

Harper nodded and practically rushed out of Command Deck, already a gun in his hands. Tyr followed suit.

Dylan and Rommie headed out in the opposite direction, while Trance and Beka got to work.

What no one knew was that Pearl was not the only one in danger of being discovered and soon after kidnapped.

Ok, so I revised the chapter. Hope you all like it! Part two will be coming soon.

A special thank you to Reviewers:

LittleRedhead – hehe. Yes, a possible romance for Pearl. I so love Rhade and making him into a dimensional double is even better. Thanks for your review. Stay tune for the next.

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Prin69 – THANK YOU! When you said about the age difference, I was a little confused. So I doubled check and then I understood what you meant. I posted the wrong chapter! Hehe, I fixed though. I think it's better now. But still, would you mind if you were at the age of sixteen and Rhade liked you? Anyway, thanks for reviewing! And hold tight for the next…

Jade Rhade – Thank you so much for that idea! And thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked the introducing of Gaheris, Telemachus' dimensional double. Hope you liked the chapter, although short, but I will post the second part soon.

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