Blasts, shots followed by explosions. In this manner, Beka routed all the leftover swarm ships that had followed her. Not without damage, though. Currently she was stranded in space with a damaged slipstream drive and no way to send a distress signal. And she had no idea how far away from the Andromeda she now was.
"We won, didn't we? Of course we did. I'm just a little out of the loop right now." And she'd stay that way as long as her ship was damaged. It had to be fixed. "Damn, I wish Harper were here. It's going to take forever without him. But I'd best get to it."
Before heading off to the engines she stopped and stared out at the empty void of space. The debris from the swarm ships had already floated away. Beka was alone now in the vastness.
It didn't have to stay that way, though. Once she got the engines fixed and the comlink she would be able to find her way home. Home. Was the Andromeda home? She'd left it once already and had been going for twice. Here was a perfect opportunity to leave. They'd most likely think her killed if she never came back.
'But that wouldn't be fair to them now would it, Valentine? Not to Harper, Rev, Trance or even Andromeda herself. As for Gaheris…'
Beka wasn't sure. He'd done a crazy thing by locking her up. But his intentions…. She sighed as she walked back. There were things that should be said. Things that needed to be settled between the two of them. If that were even possible. Besides, really, none of them deserved to grieve over her death if she wasn't really dead. Not even Gaheris.
Beka knew she'd go back. It was the right thing to do. As for what she'd say to him—well—that was a bit tricky. She knew—if she were honest with herself—that she still loved him. But—and this was a big but—could it work? Gaheris was sure that it could. Hell, that was the whole reasoning behind keeping her prisoner. He wanted her to 'see the light'.
But Beka hadn't been so sure. It was one of the reasons she'd left. Plus the fact that she was more than slightly annoyed at him now. To put it mildly.
She reached the engine room and began work. At least the fact that this was going to take forever gave her time to ponder what to say to him when she saw him again. Because she would, she knew that now. At the very least she had to see him so that they could get things settled. One way or another. Beka smiled a grim smile.