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-.- Chapter Six -.-

"God dammit Andromeda!" Beka yelled, smacking the side of the consol she was at in frustration. "We've been through this a million times and we still haven't figured out a way to get down there!"

"Number one," the main AI said, appearing on the front screen.

"Ow." Andromeda's hologram finished, now standing beside Beka with her arms crossed.

"Number two," the main AI said again after her hologram blinked out. "It's only been 30 minutes Beka. Maybe you should take a break. Go take a nap. I'll find a way."

"I don't need a nap." Beka hissed. "Do not treat me like child!"

"I'm not, but I don't need you passing out or having a heart attack from the stress you're putting yourself through!" Andromeda said, her voice unusually louder.

"Your blood pressure is slowly rising, and your pulse has increased to a rate that I do not like at the moment. Take a break." her hologram said, appearing where she was before.

Beka looked around. She did feel like the temperature had gone up in the room quiet a bit, and her head was starting to throb. "Fine." she said, and started walking to the door.

"Oh, and Andromeda?" she asked before she left command.

"Yes?"

"Sorry about hitting... you." she said, not quite knowing what to say.

"Its alright." Andromeda said. "I didn't hurt that much." with a final smile, Beka left, and Andromeda's hologram turned to the image of her main AI.

"Now." she said. "There has to be a way to get through this."

-

Harper slowly walked into Hydroponics, smiling slightly at all of the small trees and blooming flowers. He had been in Engineering, which had quickly gotten boring. Andromeda had nothing that needed to be repaired. Something very very rare. So, he decided to talk to Trance.

"Hi Harper." she said once he found his way to her while she watered some flowers.

"Hello my former purple princess." Harper said, looking around at the different plants. "What's up?"

"Nothing, though I could be asking you that..." she said, turning around and smiling at her friend.

"Umm... Well..." Harper stuttered. "You don't... see anything coming... do you?"

"No, not at the moment." Trance said, smiling softly at her friend. Sometimes he could be so curious. "But, if I do, I'll tell you."

"Good to know." he smiled. "Now, what is that?" Harper asking, pointing behind her at a patch of big white flowers she had just finished watering.

"Lilies. They're rare."

"They're pretty."

"I know... But I don't have alot."

"Harper, Trance," Andromeda said, standing off to the side of the two, "I've spotted a cargo ship about 40 light minutes out, which has been traveling at a constant speed towards us."

"When did you notice it?" Trance asked.

"Three minutes ago, but then it was going past us. Then, it slowly pulled a u-turn and still hasn't changed its course."

"Has it hailed us?"

"No, not yet."

"So, it's of no threat, but headed towards us?"

"Yes."

"Where's Beka?" Harper asked.

"In her quarters relaxing. She needed a break."

"Alright, if they get closer or try anything, tell us." Trance said. Andromeda nodded once and then disappeared.

-

Dylan stood in the middle of the city, looking for any familiar faces. There were so many people out and crowding the streets, he couldn't see anyone he knew.

"Captain Hunt!" called a solider as he, and three others, jogged up to him through the crowed. "We understand you're looking for you comrades, the man and women you came with."

"Yea, I can't see them anywhere."

"Two seconds sir, and we'll have a path." he said, but before the soldiers could move, the people started gasping and moving away making a path.

"What the...?" Dylan caught one whisper as he too stood in shock and watched as Rhade dragged something into the city behind him, while Rommie trained her extended force lance on it while walking a few feet behind.

"Dylan!" Rhade called, stopping a few feet away from him and flipping the ugliest alien they had seen yet over his shoulder, Rommie coming around.

"Hunted," Rommie said, making eye contact with Ron as he ran up to Dylan and his soldiers, "meet Hunter." she said, kicking the seemingly unconscious alien.

"Why the bloody hell is that!"

-

"Beka." Andromeda greeted as Beka stepped onto command.

"Hello." she said, looking over to Trance and Harper as she took the middle control consol. "What did I miss?"

"There's a small cargo ship headed towards us, approximately 20 light minutes out." Harper said.

"Have they hailed us?"

"No, not yet."

"They don't seem to be any sort of threat, though if they are, all tubes are loaded." Trance said.

"Alright. Then, how about we hail them instead of waiting another 20 years?" Beka asked, getting nods from the two. "Alright, Andromeda, open a link."

"Hello." said a deep male voice, though no picture came up on the visual screen.

"Hello, I am Beka Valentine, acting captain of the Andromeda Ascendant, now, who are you?"

"My name is Alexander Duong." the voice said. "That's a mighty nice ship you got there. What's it doing in this rundown system?"

"Flattery will get you nowhere." Andromeda's hologram mumbled, popping into existence and staring at the currently black screen.

"Three of my crew members went to get a few things we needed from the drift, and were shot down onto the planet." Beka stated, sounding nothing short of professional. "You wouldn't know anything about it, would you?"

"Well, a ships always going down there to get things like fossil fuels from the planet and such." Alexander said. "But, what did this ship look like?"

"A simple cargo ship. Named the Eureka Maru."

"Never heard of it." Alexander said, a little to fast for anyone's liking.

"Are you sure?" Andromeda herself asked.

"Of course! Are you accusing me of lying?"

"Technically. Your voice level rose as well as speaking rate when you were confronted with the question."

Andromeda stopped, the black screen going back to is original state.

"They closed the link and are firing."

Beka, Trance and Harper all stood, holding onto their consoles, waiting for impact. Though, nothing came. "Ummm... Andromeda... missiles? Contact? Boom? Shock waves?" Harper stated, looking thoroughly confused.

"They made contact." she said simply.

"Boom?"

"They were weak. I had to do a quick double check to make sure they actually did make contact."

"This system must be very behind in technology if Andromeda hardly even felt it." Trance said.

"And now they're trying to get away."

"Andromeda! Catch up, and pick them up into deck 5. Seal the deck, and make sure they don't get anywhere." Beka said, turning around and jogging down to deck five to meet with some people that she was sure, were going to prove very difficult to talk to at all.

-

"Let us out of here!"

"No."

"You bloody fucking piece of machinery!"

"I will not be referred to as such."

"You won't be, if you let us out of your dock!"

"Hold." Andromeda inwardly sighed. Her head was starting to hurt. And a warship saying that was not a good thing! "No. You are to stay here. It would have been easier if you stayed onboard your ship -"

"And it would've been even easier if you just let us go on our merry way instead of kidnapping us!"

Andromeda glared at Alexander, this man was becoming an annoyance that just wouldn't shut up. Then, of course, he had these two big men on either side of him, staring at her funny! The nerve! No respect!

"What!" she finally snapped, not being able to take it anymore.

"Dude, look." the one to the left said, poking Andromeda's holographic shoulder, chuckling as her whole image twitched.

"That's funny man." the other one said, both starting to laugh.

Andromeda was floored. Could people be this idiotic!

"Hey, you know what I just noticed?" the second one said.

"What dude?"

"The see-through chick looks just like the other one we shot down earlier today!"

"Dude! She totally does!"

"Bloody hell." Alexander groaned, rubbing his head with his hand. Andromeda's eyebrows shot up. They were the ones that shot down the Maru. Interesting...

"Well, know that we know for sure." Beka said, stepping up behind them after hearing the whole conversation. "You wouldn't mind following me so we could - talk - would you?"

-.- End Chapter -.-

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Thanks for reviewing! I hope you like this chapter, and if you want any romance with Rhade, suggestions are always welcome.

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