Chapter Fourteen:
"Your father had me thrown in jail then when you woke up I was escorted to my ship with strict orders not to return. I was told that you no longer wanted to see me so I respected your 'wishes'." Tyr said.
Aikera looked at her hands then at Tyr. "You were the first one I asked for when I woke up. I wish I hadn't followed you out of the ship that day."
"You knew as well as I that your father would have had the ship tore apart." Tyr said and Aikera agreed with him.
"Computer." Aikera said and a hologram appeared next to Tyr causing him to jump.
"I have a name captain." The hologram said. She was donned in a black and red velvet-like cat suit, had tanned colored skin, blue eyes and shoulder length brown hair.
"And yet you refuse to tell me that one detail don't you?" Aikera said looking at the hologram as if it were human. Tyr just looked at the hologram as if he was seeing a ghost.
"She reminds me of Dylan's ship Andromeda." Tyr said.
"The avatar Rommie is who she reminds me of." Aikera said.
"May I have a avatar also?"
"I'll consider it if you tell me your name." Aikera said.
"Orion's Lucky Star." The hologram said, "Captain its eight a.m."
"I think she's a mind reader." Aikera said walking to the pilot's chair shaking her head, "Contact Charlemagne Bolivar please."
Charlemagne wasn't to pleased to be escorted out of breakfast for a urgent message. He just assumed it was Dylan because no one else would urgently contact him this early in his day.
"Captain Hunt please tell me-"
Aikera cut him off quickly, "I'm insulted you thought I am that ugly."
"That is rude." Charlemagne retorted back recovering from his initial shock.
"But hey I'm not that insulted. I'll see you in five minutes." Aikera said cutting the channel before the archduke could ask any questions.
"How did you convince Rebecca Valentine to let you pilot the Maru down here?" Charlemagne asked as Aikera and Tyr entered the palace.
"Nice to see you to Charlemagne. Where's Anne I need to speak with her," Aikera said not looking at her adopted brother.
"Uhh I think she's in her room. Now answer my question." Charlemagne said.
"It's my ship I used; Orion's Lucky Star. Captain Hunt doesn't know I'm here… yet." Aikera said walking away.
"We're going about this all wrong." Trance said upon entering the Maru's cockpit.
"How so?" Dylan asked. They were all in the cockpit trying to figure out where Tyr and Aikera disappeared to.
"It isn't a matter of where Tyr would go, its where would Aikera go." Trance said making a lot of sense.
"Charlemagne Bolivar." Dylan said. "Take us there Beka."
"Aye, aye Dylan." Beka said entering slipstream.
Charlemagne met the crew as they landed outside his castle. Dylan was the only one to step off the Maru. He was not that surprised to see the Archduke.
"They have already left. But this was left for you and the crew." Charlemagne said handing Dylan the flexi that was left behind. Dylan thanked him and boarded the ship and they took off.
"I am sure you are all wondering what Tyr and I are up too. I hope that this will quench your curiosity, for now anyways. Tyr and I have some unsettled business with each other and it would be best for all parties to let us settle this alone. In the mean time, you can track my current locations to make sure the two of us are still alive. We are linked to my current ship, Orion's Lucky Star. I will contact you again real soon."
"That makes sense I think." Beka said after the message played.
"All we can do is respect her wishes." Trance said. Harper looked heartbroken. Trance put an arm around his shoulders to comfort him some.