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-Chapter Fourteen-
"Nano-welder."
"Nano-welder."
"Flexie."
A pause.
"Rommie, where is the flexie?"
Rommie spun around, looking from one end of the room to the other. "Never mind, I don't need it." And with that, she spun back around and went back to her repairs on one of the engines.
Rhade nodded, sitting back against a near by wall, waiting for the avatar before him to ask for something else. He to would be doing repairs, but after being shocked various times around the ship, both he and Rommie agreed it would be better if he didn't.
"Alright." Rommie sighed, moving away from the wall and putting the panel back up, and covering the many wires she was working on.
"Done?" Rhade asked.
"Nearly. Some things will have to wait until tomorrow, but there are a lot less repairs to go through." she smiled at him. "Then we can get off this planet and go home."
"Good." Rhade said, grabbing her hand and helping her up, appreciating how they had decided to start with the hanging wires so both could stand without having to slouch. "I greatly wait for the moment when we wave good-bye to this hell hole."
"Nano-welder."
"Nano-welder."
"Flexie."
"Flexie?"
"Yes boss, the flexie. You know, it's pretty thin, has writing on it-"
"I know what a flexie is Harper!"
"Good, now can ya pass it?"
"You didn't bring a flexie Harper..."
"Really?"
Beka sighed. "Really."
"Oh." Harper said, pushing a few buttons on the control panel on the outer hull of Alexander's ship. "Oh well, didn't need one anyways."
The door sprung open, and three darkened figures quickly went though the air lock, Harper locking it behind them.
"Andromeda will be alright on her own, right?" Trance asked as they made their way to the cockpit.
"I'll be fine Trance." came the voice of their beloved AI, her face appearing on a small, eight inch screen before them. "I am a warship, but thank you for the concern."
Trance smiled, taking a seat at one of the consoles with Harper beside her and Beka in the pilot seat.
"Alright Andromeda, let us out. When we get close enough, use your cables to pull us though the open space and we'll take it form there. When we land we'll contact you, and you can guide us to Rommie, Rhade, and Dylan." Beka said, pushing various buttons before her after strapping herself into her seat.
Once the hanger door opened, they were out and on their way to the planet in the stolen cargo ship.
"Sir! Alnar sir!" Raki called, sprinting after his first in command, the tall man turning to face him smiling.
"Yes Raki?" he asked calmly, though on the inside he was shaking with some kind of evil laughter.
"Have you seen Captain Hunt? He's missing."
"Oh, that's not good." Alnar said, covering his mouth with a hand in some sort of mock emotion, most likely shock, though it was really more of a way to keep his laughter in and giving himself away. "Have you alerted Commander Rhade and Miss Andromeda of this yet?"
Raki shook his head. "They went out, and are yet to return to the base, sir. I was out looking for them to tell them, but instead I found you."
With each word that came from Raki's mouth, Ron Alnar found it harder and harder not to laugh out right at the androids stupidity.
'"He's missing!" He says,' Alnar thought. 'The little whore is going to kill him after she finds out that he lost her precious Captain. She'll be so distraught, she won't notice when the other great lug goes missing to. Then, I'll be able to frame her like that, and shoot her in front of everyone until her wires snap and her eyes dull.'
"Sir? Sir, are you okay?" Raki asked, looking up at his still shocked CO, thinking that the man was having some kind of black out in his brain and needed help, not once suspecting him of such cruel thoughts that were running through his head. Raki didn't have a clue.
"Duong..."
"What Oliviera?"
"We need to talk..."
"Look, I'm trying to figure this out. Wait a minute..."
"No Duong." Matt said, spinning the man around to face him. "We need to talk now."
"What is it Oliviera?" Alexander said harshly, crossing his arms and leaning against the center consol station on the command deck.
"Our ship is gone."
"There, you said it." Alexander muttered, not really paying attention to what Matt had said. Then, it suddenly clicked. He hadn't seen any of the Andromeda's crew for at least an hour...
"WHAT!"
"Please Mr. Duong, don't yell. My internal sensors are at 100 percent and I would like to keep it that way." Andromeda said.
"My ship! My ship!" Duong said over and over until Andromeda interrupted his ranting.
"Your ship is perfectly fine. You should relax." she said, Duong instantly shutting up.
"Where is our ship Andromeda?" Marcus asked, putting emphasis on 'our' with a pointed glare at Alexander.
"On its way down to the planet to retrieve my crew."
"And who exactly gave you permission to use my ship!" Alexander said, his face a new shade of red.
"No one." Andromeda said calmly, staring down at him from the center screen. "You are eating food meant for my crew, walking my halls, sleeping in my rooms, and wasting my time. My crew is trapped on that planet, and if it was up to me, I would personally go and retrieve them. But, as you should know, this system is not friendly to ships like me, and wouldn't listen long enough for me to tell them that it is in my programming to keep them safe. All they see is the fact that I could very well blow up both their little drift and the planet they so depend on in less then ten seconds.
"And so, they took your ship and left you here with me." she finished before disappearing from the screen and leaving it to its usually blue statistics.
"They took my ship..." Alexander repeated, the rest of his crew shaking their heads in shame, more or less understanding the reasoning of the other crew.
"Miss Andromeda..." Ryan said, head bowed low, as Rommie and Rhade walked into the infirmary. "I have to tell you something..."
"Sure." Rommie said, both she and Rhade taking a seat when the young boy offered it to them.
"Well," he began, a nervous twitch surfacing in his hands. "I know you're not going to be happy about this, and I take full responsibility, because I know that it's my fault in every way. If you want, you can yell at me and throw things, same to you Commander Rhade, for I'll understand completely."
He looked up at them, bright green eyes wide and shifting slightly. "I, I uh, I lost Captain Hunt."
For five whole seconds, which felt more like hours to the occupants of the room, the white room was completely silent. All thought about what the sentence meant, and what the repercussions would be.
"How?" Rommie asked, breaking the silence much to the gratitude of the two males that shared the room with her.
"He was able to knock of Raki for a few moments, though I don't know how." Ryan said quickly, finding his shoes to still be very interesting. "Then, he just walked through the doors. I know I should have said something, I should have stopped him somehow, but I was shocked. I'm sorry."
"It's alright." Rhade said. "You did what you could, and it's appreciated. But when did you lose him?"
"Between 13 00 and 16 00 hours." Ryan said, finally giving up at staring at his shoes to instead switch between Rommie's and Rhade's shoes.
"That's broad daylight." Rhade mused, leaning back slightly in his chair to think.
"That is broad daylight." Rommie confirmed. "Do you know if he came in contact with anyone?"
"No… Raki went out a little while ago though." Ryan said, suddenly looking up and looking a little more hopeful. "He might know if anyone had seen where he went."
"Good." Rhade said, standing up and turning towards the door. "Ryan, do us a favor and ask Raki and anyone else you see if they've seen Captain Hunt. If they have, write down everything they say and we'll be back to check up on that list in a little bit. Alright?"
"Of course!" Ryan said, nodding and finally looking like the youth he was instead of the depressed and guilty little boy he seemed to be only a few moments before. "If I can do anything, tell me, and you can consider it done."
"Reaching the outer limits of the wall within two light minutes." Beka said, setting down the controls. "Trance, open a link back to the Andromeda for me please."
"Link established." Trance said seconds later.
"Andromeda?"
"Beka, cables are ready for your signal." Andromeda said, though it sounded as if there was some yelling behind her.
"That's what I like to hear. Harper, how are the engines?"
"Good boss!" he said gleefully. "It's the only thing in this ship that's in the right order! I'm amazed!"
"As long as they're ready." Beka laughed. "Trance, how's life support and our gravity shield?"
"They're at full power. We're ready to go." she said, smiling also.
"Alright Andromeda, you heard them. Release and activate cables on your mark."
"Bring back my crew Beka." she said softly, and Beka smiled.
"We aint leaving without 'em."
"Count down to cable activation." Andromeda's voice said, ringing throughout the ship. "Five, four, three, two, one, mark."
With that, the cargo ship jerked slightly, the cables connecting themselves to its outer hull, the warship moving closer to the planet slightly to give more slack. Slowly, they started to move the ship towards the planets atmosphere. Before they were within reach or the lazars, a sudden jerk startled the Andromeda's crew.
"Boss!" Harper called over the com. system, more then startled when the jerks continued.
"Trance!" Beka called, watching as one of the warships cables snapped from under the ship, retracting instantly. "What is it?"
"We're being pulled away from the planet." Trance said, lights flashing before her in every corner. "The Andromeda's cables have fully retracted."
"Not good Trance!" Beka said, pushing buttons before pulling back on the controls. "Not good at all!"
"Cables five through seven have disconnected."
"That doesn't sound good." Duong said, raising an eyebrow when both hologram and AI glared at him.
"Beka, can you hear me?" Holo-Rommie asked, resting her forearms against the edge of the center consol where she stood, watching everything from the main screen.
"Yeah, get us outta here!" Beka's voice said, the ship jerking again. "Where are they coming from?"
Not even moments after she had asked that question, a ship raised itself from behind one of the planets scattered moons. It was big, and bulky in design, but still nothing to the size of the warship that was the Andromeda Ascendant.
"It's a middle sized ship that was hiding in a meteor, in the moons shadow." Andromeda's AI said, a visual of the ship appearing on the right as it approached the cargo ship from the closest moon, Andromeda appearing on the left. "It seems to be putting out a magnetic energy. The thick hull of the cargo ship is reacting to it, though it has no pull on me."
"Great. Just beautiful! Now how many more times is our trick going to be used against us?" Beka's voice yelled, frustration clear, as the ship gave one more jerk before the link was broken.
"They've cut their power." the AI said quickly. "They'll be fine where they are, they're not yet close enough to be hit by the lazars or to be taken over by the planets gravity."
"Good." the hologram said her head rising as the ship moved out from its position, moving quickly to retrieve the fallen cargo ship.
"Stop where you are, or we'll open fire!" a voice said, though this time a face did show up where Andromeda's had once been. It was a man, with tanned skin, dark hair, and startling light green eyes, though Andromeda was completely unfazed and continued on her course.
"This is your last warning warship!" he said again, though this time Andromeda stopped.
"Marshall!" Alexander cried. "Save us Marshall! This horrid woman has taken us hostage and stolen our ship! Blow them up!"
"Who's there?" the Marshall asked, his earlier threats forgotten.
"Alexander Duong and my crew! We're all of citizenship to the drift!" was all he said before Marcus grabbed his mouth, firmly shutting it.
"Marshall, what's your name?" Holo - Rommie asked once she was sure Duong's mouth was shut firmly.
"Kenize Selore, Commanding Officer of all planet and drift protecting ships. Now, I suggest you leave before I blow that pretty little ship of yours into the next century." the man said, sounding a little more then smug.
Holo-Rommie smiled at him. "And I, Kenize Selore, am the Andromeda Ascendant, Heavy Class Cruiser warship of the old Commonwealth. Now, I greatly suggest that you leave before I blow your pretty little ship into the next century."
-End Chapter Fourteen-
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