-.- Chapter Four -.-
"Alright Andromeda, you got everything set up?" Beka asked from the front seat of the slip fighter, Harper behind her.
"It's all set up. I see everything you do through the slip fighter, and if you keep your links on, I see everything you do." Andromeda's main AI informed them.
"Good. We're out."
A slip stream portal opened in front of the slip fighter, and it was gone out of the area. In front of Trance, Andromeda showed her everything that was going on through the link on one of her side screens.
"Are you okay Trance?" Andromeda's hologram asked, appearing beside her.
"Yea... I'm just worried." she said truthfully. She missed her friends.
"Don't worry." the AI said reassuringly. "Beka and Harper will hear something, and before you know it everything will be just like it used to."
Trance smiled. "Maybe you're right."
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"Rommie!" Rhade called, running over to the avatar. "You seen Dylan anywhere?" he asked. The villagers had lent him some cargos and a t-shirt in his size.
Once they had gotten to the village, they were told the reason they weren't let in was because of a machine that hid the village from eyes. Apparently, there were some aliens(1) on the planet that would kill anyone they came across. The three were told they were lucky for Raki to find them first.
The aliens were very strong, with even stronger weapons then the small village. At first, the planet only had humans on it, but they soon came, seeing the defenseless humans as some perfect items for target practice. The Kajaku village was only attacked last two days before.
"I think he's talking to Ron by the cliff we came down." Rommie said, herself dressed in a tank top and cargos. "But I'm not sure, why?"
"I found a way to contact Andromeda."
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Beka docked the slip fighter, and herself and Harper quickly got out. They slowly walked through the streets, picking up little parts of conversation they could looking for any mention of their friends, while Andromeda picked up the rest through the link.
"And that little bitch! Thinking she knew more then me!" roared a voice from inside a bar as they passed. Harper stopped and listened some more. "She was on nothing but a little cargo ship! She was acting like she was on some kind of war ship! Pathetic!"
Harper stopped Beka by grabbing her arm, pointing inside the bar for her to listen as the bigger man rambled on.
"She was a pretty little thing... short black hair, read streaks, but a smart mouth. I bet she gets shot by the aliens down there." he said, his buddies agreeing.
Beka and Harper's brain both clicked.
They were talking about Rommie!
Slowly, looking as casual as possible, Beka and Harper walked into the bar and sat at a table across from the rambling men.
"Did you see what she was wearing?" a different man questioned. "Looked skin tight! The girl knows how to dress!" they all laughed and nodded their heads. Harper glared at them from the corner of his eye.
"And that glare she had was even sexier then her annoyed face." another drawled. Slowly, Beka stood up and walked over, grabbing a chair and sitting beside one of the men.
"Hey guys, watcha talkin' about?" she asked, looking around the table.
"Nothin..." the big guy, the one that caught their attention in the first place, said, looking Beka from head to toe.
"You guys wouldn't happen to know about that planet were orbiting, would you?" Beka asked, twirling some of her hair around her finger. She sounded so innocent Harper almost gagged.
"Yea... Some killer aliens are down there. No one dares to go there."
"Wow..." she drawled slowly. "Well, I better get going. Curfews almost up. See you guys later." she said, winking at them and walking out the pubs front door. A few moments later, Harper stepped out and walked over to her as she lent against a brick wall.
"Curfews almost up?" one of the guys said after Harper had left. "Why does that sound familiar?"
"So boss..." Harper trailed off as they walked towards the docking station.
"They were talking about Rommie, saying she'd get shot down there..." Beka trailed off.
"They shot the Maru down to that planet!" Harper exclaimed quietly, eyes wide. Beka didn't even look at him before she ran off to the slip fighter, leaving Harper to run after her as fast as he could.
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"Dylan!" Rommie called as she ran towards him.
Rommie and Rhade had been wandering around looking for him for about an hour around town, to find him with Ron in one of the villages' gardens.
"Yea?"
"Come on, I found a way to contact Andromeda." Rhade said, turning around and sprinting the other way. He led them into a tent in the middle of the village. In the tent, was something that looked like an old satellite that would have been found on Earth years before the fall.
"Alright, Rommie, I need you to take this wire," he said, handing her a wire. "And now I put this here," he said, grabbing the other and putting it into the bottom of his COM link. "Now, I need you to send out a signal to the Andromeda. If she's close, she'll get it. If not, we tried. But once you're sure she has it, tell us, then Dylan, start talking." he said. Rommie closed her eyes, and small blue lights started to light up on the outside of the satellite. When she opened her eyes, she nodded.
They had a link.
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"Any news Andromeda?" Trance asked as she paced around command. She just couldn't stay still waiting for word from any of her friends.
"No, not yet Trance." Andromeda said. "But - there is a signal coming from the planet. Seems to be a communication link."
"Open it!" Trance said quickly. Something in the back of her mind said it could be good news from Dylan and Rhade.
Andromeda opened it, but it was nothing but a black screen.
"Hello?" Trance called.
"T-T-Trance?"
"Dylan!" Trance said happily. It was about time they heard from their missing friends.
"Trance, y-you there?"
"Yea! Are you guys alright?"
"Were f-fine. W-were on the pl-lanet. T-tell - " he said, but there was nothing but a line of static, followed by a click.
"Dylan?"
"The link was cut." Andromeda said, replacing the black screen. "From what I could make out, he said that they're fine, and on the planet. The rest I couldn't understand before it was cut from the surface." she paused. "But, Beka and Harper are only three light minutes out. They have news."
"Tell them I'll meet them at the hanger."
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"Trance?" Dylan said again. He had just finished telling her that they were alright, but she didn't respond to his request. Then, out of no where, a spark flew from Rommies hand. She dropped the wire and fell to her knees.
"Rommie?!" Rhade and Dylan said, rushing over to her. She opened her eyes and slowly shook her head. "You okay?"
"Yea... There was a short circuit... The technologies old... I just had to do a small bypass. It should repair itself within a few hours." she smiled reassuringly.
"Did they get the message?" Rhade asked after a moment while Dylan helped Rommie to her feet.
"I'm sure she got the first part, but after that I can't tell." Rommie answered. "Its really old technology."
"As long as they got they got some of it. Lets go."
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End Chapter
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YAY! I updated... and I got the B Honor Roll. Go ME! But I'm running out of ideas for the story... So if ya wanna help out... Heh heh -.-;;;;
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Reviews
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Awohali -
Yea, I am still updating... From time to time... Heh heh. But I'm happy you like it! Thanx!
Oenone -
Yea... I like horror movies to. And I'm really srry about the formatting. I know it might had been a little confusing, but the site was having some problems with me updating... kinda pissed me off... -.-;
Hope -
Thank you. And I guess I forgot Rommie can't pilot Slipstream... OOPS! Srryz, but thanks for reminding me!
Wildfire's Flame -
Why thank you. I couldn't think of anything, and well, Beka doesn't like it when Dylan brings the Maru back looking like it could blow up at anytime.
WarAdmiral -
Thanks for the review!
parisindy -
Thanx!
prin69 -
Thank you. I thought that would kinda sound like Harper. Hope ya like this chapter too!
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