Chapter Twelve:
"Why would I be afraid of you? I've met you once already." Aikera said continuing to look into the magogs' eyes. "But to answer your earlier question it is Tyr who bothers me."
"If you do not mind my asking how did you two meet?" Rev asked as politely a magog could.
"Uhh lets see, I stowed away on his ship." Aikera said remembering what she had done six years before her meeting the Andromeda crew. Rev gave her a look and she quickly continued her story.
"I was hiding for three days before he found me in one of his air conducts. I think that's where I got my liking for them was on his stupid ship. But anyways once he found me he contacted my idiot of a king father and told him that I stowed away on his little ship and my father said something like 'you can keep her for all I care' or something or rather of the sorts. I can't really remember since the walls muffled it. So any who," Aikera took a breath and continued again. "I did the odd repairs, piloted some for Tyr while he slept or while he did firstaid on his wounds, played doctor when he got terribly wounded, etc., etc., etc. after about a year of that he told me about his pride and how he wanted revenge for their deaths. I was almost like family to him. Then it happened."
"What my child?" Rev asked.
"What are you some detective for Captain Hunt?" Aikera asked with a smile.
"No." Rev replied curtly.
"My coma. Tyr was doing some kind of trading deal on my home planet. As we were walking off his ship, someone went to attack Tyr and I got in the way and got a nasty blow to the head. The only thing I remember from the attack was Tyr promising to come back for me. Then I woke in the infirmary a week later. I immediately asked for Tyr and my father told me he had Tyr executed for kidnapping me and holding me hostage for a year. I knew the kidnapping and hostage thing were untrue since I was the one who snuck onto Tyr's ship and such. But the execution part I didn't know if I could believe it or not since my dad loved to execute people of serious crimes." Aikera said let out a breath she'd been holding.
"Then how is Tyr the problem Aikera?" Rev asked.
"What is this confessions? Don't you need one of those box thingys?" Aikerea asked making a reference to the past, very, very old distant Earth past. Rev chuckled slightly making Andromeda materialize next to them.
"Princess I believe you're the only one to make Rev laugh." Andromeda said.
"At least someone finds me funny. You heard the whole thing right Andromeda?" The hologram nodded. "Please don't tell your captain. I'll find a way to tell him and the crew."
"What do you plan to do child?" Rev asked.
"I don't know. I don't even know if I can trust Tyr again, at least the way I used to. He was tried on false crimes; I think my father set him up though. I don't want it to end in worse tragedy." Aikera said looking at her hands.
"Princess the divine has a plan for everyone. Nothing hurts like words but nothing heals like words either." Rev said.
Aikera stared at him dumbfounded. There was an eerie silence where Aikera was sure there were crickets chirping in the room. She looked around but didn't see, or hear, any crickets.
"Huh that's an ironic thought. Can't mend without hurting first. Do you have a book full of these phrases or do you come up with them on a whim? "Aikera asked Rev.
"Did you value the friendship with him?" Rev asked.
"With who?" Aikera asked dumbfounded. She was still trying to figure out Rev's phrase about words.
"Tyr my child."
"No matter what my answer is you're going to tell me the value of friendship, right." Aikera asked. Rev nodded and Aikera muttered a "Yes I valued the friendship."
"You're reading me quite well grasshopper." Rev said before he said anything about friendship. "But it doesn't matter if a friendship last a lifetime or a heartbeat it still existed."
Aikera looked at him as if he just grew a second head. She had heard that phrase before. She just couldn't remember from where. As she sat there thinking about it Tyr entered the mess deck. The rest of the crew soon entered. It was breakfast time.
"Well I see Aikera has finally joined us." Trance said breaking Aikera's train of thought.
Tyr sat down next to Aikera in hopes of trying to talk to her. He wanted to tell her his side of the story but Aikera got up and walked out of the mess deck. The crew looked at each other.
"Rev what did you say to her?" Dylan asked. Rev raised his claws and looked at Dylan.
"No more then I would say to you." Rev answered as he got up. He grabbed his plate, threw away the left over food and left. The crew was left in wonder, and to their thoughts.