...Enough talk, I'm wasting thread space. Hope you like it!

THE CREATURE

1. At the drift they had been stationed at for some time now, Beka walked threw the busy corridors, headed for Andromeda. It was early morning.
The drift was known for it's diverse number of aliens; Beka saw many strange-looking people that day, some of them probably didn't even speak common.

She was walking at a rapid pace, when someone grabbed her shoulder and yelled "Excuse me!". Beka whirled around to face a young woman. The curls of her lime green hair bounced about her pale face as she flinched, when Beka reached for her gun out of reflexes. Seeing the girl was harmless, she let it go and it slid back in it's holster. "Yes?" Beka asked.

"Please! You must help me!" she said with pleading red eyes.

"Me?" Beka asked looking down at the woman. She hadn't seen any danger.

"Yes!! Please! Please! You must rid me of my burden!" she flashed out a big, white egg from under her cloak.

"Ok, let's start over. Who are you and *what* exactly do you want from me?" Beka asked, annoyed from the obvious waste of time, a hand on her hip.

"..Alright... My name is Viconia. And out of the little number of beings I recognize, humans are the most kind I know of! I thought you would be as kind as to aid a simple stranger asking you a favor... Please! Take this! Do what you will with it, but I must flee this place at once!! No one must know of my presence! Please! Please!" she said over dramatically, looking more nervous than ever.

"Um, " Beka started to say.

Viconia, seeming to have seen something threatening, shoved the egg into Beka's hands and ran away, pulling her hood back on her head. If the place was completely silent, Beka could have heard the giggles coming from the fleeing girl.

"Oh-kaay..." She moved out of the peoples way near a corner, where she wouldn't be disturbed. There, she looked carefully around the acquired object. It was white, with little, tiny blue dots on it. She put it to her ear and shook it; there was liquid inside. A normal breakfast egg... And it's the size of Tyr's head, she thought, slightly amused by the thought. Breakfast...Tyr... Tyr=Gourmet chef...Hmmm...

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Tyr was in the middle of reading his favorite book when the door chimes of the crew quarters chimed.

"... Who is it?"

"It's Beka." came the muffled sound.

Tyr put his book down on the comfy chair he sat in, and walked to the door, hoping she wasn't planning on coming in, or wanting to work-out. The door opened reveling a smiling Beka, with her hands behind her back.

"Yes?"

"Hi."

"Hello." he replied flatly.

"Are you busy?"

'Yes, very. Goodbye.' he thought. If it were Harper, Rommie or Trance, he'd probably say it out loud. But he was curious to know why Beka was there.

"No." he answered.
If Beka didn't know better, she'd think he was depressed.

"Well, I have a...'surprise' for you." she gave him a sweet, crooked smile, and stared in his eyes expectantly, swaying her shoulders as if anxious.

"A surprise?"

"M hm."she nodded. "Well, it's not a very exiting surprise...but it's something. I thought you and your cooking knowledge might know what to do with this." she held out the egg between them, looking at it. Then she looked up at Tyr. "See? I bet you could make one killer omelet with it... So uh, you want it? I didn't know what ta do with it and thought, maybe, you'd make somethin' out of it..." he took it from her hands in one and examined it, uncertain.

"Shall we share it?"he asked, lightening up.
She nodded in agreement, and he gestured for her to enter.

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Later, Beka was sitting on a stool at a table where there was a big bowl, food, and miscellaneous utensils. Tyr took the egg and cracked it on the bowl. Only... it didn't break. Beka raised an eyebrow, and Tyr frowned at the egg's undamaged surface. He tried again, harder. *bang!* Nothing.

"Uh..."

Tyr growled at it, making her giggle. Growling at an egg. Really Tyr, if you can't break a simple egg I'm gunna have ta change my mind about nietzcheans... He looked at her for silence, and she tried to keep a straight face.

*BAM!* the bowl cracked.
Beka burst out laughing.

"What is this thing?" he asked, then had a thought. "Are laughing at *me*, or because this is some sort of prank?" he demanded.

"Tyr, you hurt me, I wouldn't pull a prank on you!" she laughed.

"May I ask where you got this?"

"Umm..." That made her stop laughing.

"Well?"

"Someone...gave it to me..." she said slowly, not sure if he wouldn't mind that fact or not.

"Why?"

"Beats me!"

"So you took it?!"

"Well, ..." If she told him how eager the woman was in getting rid of it, he'd think there was something suspicious... was there?

"...She gave it to me...in a hurry. She uh, she was rushing off somewhere so I didn't have a choice."

Tyr sighed. He looked at it, and smashed it on the table. Nothing. Then he was going to try to use his boneblades, but Beka stopped him, putting a hand on his arm.

"Are you insane?!?! They'll brake!!" she exclaimed.

"Would *you* like to try?!"

"Yes. Give me that."

Try after try, they spent quite some time pounding and throwing and smashing it... all for nothing. Not even the slightest scar, scratch or scrape.

"I, GIVE, *UP*!! NO WONDER THAT GIRL DIDN'T WANT IT! IT PROBABLY MADE HER *INSANE* AND CALLED IT A BURDEN!!!" Beka ranted throwing her arms in the air. Tyr just stared in complete amusement. Tyr, a nietzchean, would never allow himself to lose his temper over such a small, insignificant thing. Beka stood pouting, her arms crossed and glared angrily at the indestructible egg that was on the floor.

"There goes brunch."she pursed her lower lip.

"I can cook something else if you wish to stay..." Tyr suggested.

"Sure."

Tyr picked up the egg and put it on a counter. Later, after brunch, they left the room.

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When all was still, and no sound could be heard, the egg fidgeted and shook, making it fall on the floor, and roll slowly, to a corner in the dark of the room. It hit the wall gently. Then, as if it had a mind of it's own, lifted the tip of itself up, and started vibrating...

TBC

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tyr not able to break an egg? really now...

this is very interesting. more soon!

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Tyr growled at it, making her giggle. Growling at an egg. Really Tyr, if you can't break a simple egg I'm gunna have ta change my mind about nietzcheans... He looked at her for silence, and she tried to keep a straight face.

*BAM!* the bowl cracked.
Beka burst out laughing.

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*lina looks at herself: I am a bug now ?!*

Lina

[This message has been edited by lina (edited November 30, 2002).]

Great story Kylie! Tyr has bonespurs, that's very, VERY, Good! What's in the egg? Is it a space duck? Can't wait for more!

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2. Harper was aimlessly walking around Andromeda, having nothing to do. The ship was in perfect condition, and there was nothing to fix. He wasn't too thrilled about that, even if Rommie was. It had been a long time since their luck had been good to them. Hmph, maybe that's 'cause Trance is in a good mood. he thought. Thinking of Trance, he thought he'd just seen her pass a corridor near him, as he came across an intersection.

"Trance?" he called out. No reply.

He walked over to where he thought he'd seen her but no one was there. Well that's weird.

"Rrrrommie?"

"Yes Harper?" her voice answered.

"Where's miss goldi-locks?"

"If your referring to *Trance*, she's in the Obs deck."

"Really?... Doin' what?"

Rommie appeared in front him. "Why don't you find out yourself?"

"It's so far away..."

"Oh, well, if you really have *such* a *busy* schedule, I guess I could tell you."she said. "But *then* what would you do?" it was more of a statement then a question.

"Going." He walked away.

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Trance slowly left the Observation deck, not sure where to go or what to do.

"Rommie, where's Dylan?"

"In command."

"Thank you."

In command Dylan was leaning on the console and staring at the stars.

"You know, it's a lot more comfy doing that in Obs deck." she said as she entered.

"Hi Trance. Actually, I'm waiting for Beka to get here. I just called for her."

"We're leaving?!" she asked cheerfully.

"Yep."

"That's good. I was starting to get really bored..." (which was a dangerous thing, considering what her species did for 'fun'.)

"Me too." He smiled.

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Beka was walking to command when she heard something behind her. She turned, and no one was there. She walked towards the sound she had heard. There was no one. She looked up the ladder that she stood next to, and again, nothing there.

"Hello?"
Something grabbed her ankle! She gasped, and immediately looked down.

"Boo."

"Harper, that's not funny!"

"Sure it is! For me anyways. Did I scare ya?"

"No."

"Liar." he said just as flatly, as he climbed up and stood next to her.

"So where you off to?" Harper asked.

"Command. We're gettin' outta here!"

"Finally! I was bored stiff! Bring on the bad guys!!" he cheered. "I'll just follow ya."

"Alright, kiddo. Where were you going in the first place?" she asked to make conversation.

"I was going ta see Trance in Obs, but decided to take the long way..."

Later on, when they arrived on command deck, Harper's eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw Trance at her station.

"What are you doing *here*?!" he asked.

"What?" she asked innocently.

"First I thought I... oh, never mind."

"You sure?"

"Yea, I didn't say nu'tin."

"...Alright."she said frowning.

"Beka, " Dylan started. "Let's go."

"Aye aye."

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Tyr felt the ship entering slipstream. It's about time. He went to his quarters. It was supposedly going to take a couple of hours or so, so he decided to catch up on his book. The door opened, and he looked in before entering.... there was something...wrong. Something missing, maybe? He entered anyway. He stood in front of the chair and picked up the book. As he sat in it, facing the wall, he saw a small pile of egg shell. His eyes burst open, and he swiftly stood up and looked around for any intruders nearby. He hadn't heard anything, smelled anything or (obviously) saw anything since he entered. He knelt down next to the shattered egg. It was in millions of tiny little pieces, and there was blue-ish goo mixed up in there.

"Ship, how many life signs are on board?"

"Including my android, six."

Really? Did it die? ...*What* died? And where was it? There was no way of knowing, especially if it was dead. He'd have to go around looking for it. But first thing's first: Beka would definitely hear about this.

TBC.

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mysterious. and strange.

lol at harper *not* scaring beka!

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It's getting even more misterious ! Can't wait to read more about Adventures Of The Egg .

Lina

3. It was almost half an hour later when Tyr entered command. He walked straight to Beka who was alone. She was still piloting, looking at the screen, when she said "Hey Tyr."

"Hey. ...Would you like to hear something funny?"he asked, leaning at her station.

"Funny?! Hah, what, do you have some nietzchean joke you just happen to think of, or ...?"

"You know that egg?"

"Oh my god. Don't tell me."
He nodded with a serious face.

"What's wrong? You don't sound too happy about it."

"Why should I be?! It--"

"Why should you be?! If *I* finally broke the damn thing after everything we've tried, I'd be pretty happy!"

She had no idea what he was referring to, Tyr realized.

"Well, it *is* broken, yes... only *I* didn't brake it."

"Oooooooh, so that's why your upset? Well, what did Rommie do? I didn't think you wanted it broken *that* much to the point of asking--"

Tyr sighed in discouragement.

"Rommie didn't brake it either."

"What, it hatched?" she asked with a little laugh of disbelief. She thought she was joking.

"Yes!!" he answered.

Beka abruptly exited slipstream before she could crash into it, and whirled around to be face to face with him.

"What?! It can't hatch! There was nothing but liquid gush inside!"

"Then how would you explain the mess of shell and... 'gush', in my quarters?"

"Well what are you doin' here for? Go find it and kill it! ...Hey, maybe we could eat it after all."

"Andromeda says it's already dead. There are only us six on board..." he paused, then smiled, "But if it's any good I'll call you."

"You do that."she said with a flirty voice and smile.
She looked back at the screen and re-entered the slipstream.

Tyr left command, the big doors closed behind him.

"Ship, where is your android?"

"In Dylan's quarters. *With* Dylan, of course." she quickly added.

His room was down one level, so he approached the ladder. As he looked down, he noticed something about it that seemed out of place. He went down, and half it's side was missing, like something had taken a big bite out of it...a *very* big, and *long* bite. ...Can't be.

"Harper?"

"Yeeeah?" Harper's voice said over the intercom.

"You have some fixing to do."

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"Come in." Dylan said. "Ah, Tyr, to what do I owe this visit?"

"Actually, I am here to speak with the android, but I am guessing you would like to know this as well."

"Well, go ahead. What's on your mind?"

"An egg."
Dylan's eyebrows jumped.

"An, egg." He confirmed, uncertain.

"Yes." Tyr replied, sitting down in a chair in front of Dylan's deck. Rommie was standing next to it.

He continued: "Beka brought some egg from the drift we were recently. It was... unbreakable. Even I could not crack it's shell. I left it alone on the counter and left. When I returned to my quarters it was shattered, on the floor. I presume it's hatched. But it is dead, however, for there is no seventh life sign here."

"I see." Dylan said, thinking about it. "Maybe it just fell off the counter somehow and broke that way."

"I smashed it on the table and there was no dent whatsoever."

"So what are you here for?" Rommie interjected.

"I want you to find it."

"*Me*? If *Beka* brought it here in the first place shouldn't *she* look for it?"

"She is slipstreaming."

"Well, as long as whatever is it is dead, I don't really care who looks for it." Dylan said.

"Then you will get it?" Tyr asked.

"Uh, I'm...busy."he lied.

"Tyr, don't you have enough free time to look for it yourself?"

"I have better things to do." he replied flatly. "You don't."

"Fine. I'll find the thing's corpse by myself!" Rommie said in a complaining tone, thinking (hoping) the men would change their minds. They didn't. She slowly walked out of the room and no one stopped her. When the doors closed behind her, she marched off in search for the dead hatchling. Fast foot steps dashed in her direction and Harper bumped into her, and if it weren't for Rommie catching him by the shirt he would've fallen over.

"Rom Doll!!"

"Harper what's wrong?!"

"Oh nothing I was just going to see Dylan that's all!" he said rapidly.
Rommie gave him a suspicious look.

"What is it?"

"A...damage report?"

"There *are* no damages."

"You wanna bet!!" he suddenly became persistent. "Come come! I'll show you!"

The ladder Harper pointed at was all chewed up.

"Don't tell me it was there before, 'cause it wasn't!"
Rommie frowned, that *was* odd.

"It's a monster!"

"Sure it is. Why don't you go talk with Dylan now, ok? There is something I must do right now."

"Fine..."
They both walked away in opposite directions.

****
Fifteen minutes later, Andromeda heard her sister scream for the first time, and suddenly lost sight of her; Rommie was no where to be found...

TBC.

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MW, Mary Rose: I was looking at our profiles since we're all the same kind of bug, and even though i was here a long time before MW, she posted about 400 more times than me!

go figure.

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Lina

what happened to rommie?

well, whatever it was, can harper be next?

more soon!!!

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{{{szhismine}}}LOL!

{{{Paris}}}heehee, you'll see!

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4. "Dylan!" Rommie's holographic image yelled.

"What?! What is it?!"

"My android, I lost track of her. The last thing I heard was her scream."

"Scream? Where?"

"Deck 26."

He immediately got up and ran to the deck. At the exact same time she yelled for Dylan's help, Rommie also appeared in front of Tyr, Harper and Trance, warning them about a possible intruder, and that Rommie (the android Rommie) was down.

On deck 26, Harper arrived first. He was running so fast with all his stuff he could barely stop himself where Rommie was lying on the floor. She was in very bad shape. Her clothes and skin on one side were melted (or so it looked like). Her face, like her body, was half robot half human-looking. But there was very little skin left on her... And a lot of her insides were ripped out. The floor around her was slippery, like water had been spilled.

"ROMMIE!!!" Harper yelled at the horrible sight, tears forming in his eyes. He knelt down beside her, slumping his shoulders...he was so upset. Sure, there could still be hope of reviving her, but it would take forever. He blinked away the tears that threatened to slide down his face, and he sniffed. I worked so hard to make her...

Trance came running also, the second one to arrive. She looked at Rommie with a sad face.

"Don't worry Harper, we can fix her... can't we?"

"I'm not sure Trance....and if I could, it would take months...or...a couple of sleep deprived days..."

Dylan came in a rush and saw Trance hugging Harper, rubbing his back, and whispering something he didn't catch. In front of them lay something that was once an android.

"What did this?!" Dylan asked outraged.

"Whatever came out of the egg I presume." Tyr said from behind.

"What egg?" Trance and Harper wondered.

"It's a long story." Tyr said, not wanting to repeat himself.

Holo Rommie appeared with a fizz, "I don't detect any intruders."she informed as they were all gathered.

"Your broken." Tyr announced.

"Maybe it doesn't have a life sign." Trance suggested.

Dylan glanced at her as if she knew something.

"The universe is big, you never know..."

"Well, first thing's first; Rommie needs help." Harper stated.

"No. First, we must find this creature, before it does anymore damage." Tyr argued.

"There's already damage! Rommie's the damage! And she needs help! My help!"

"Ok people! Settle down. Harper, Tyr will accompany you to go repair Rommie, Trance and I will find our guest." Dylan ordered.

"Why does Tyr have ta come with me?!"

"For your protection. We don't know what this thing is exactly. I don't want to take any chances. No one will be alone." Dylan replied, completely forgetting about Beka.

Tyr glared at the little engineer, he didn't look too thrilled about the idea either. Harper pouted his lips, looking back at the big guy. He sighed, then started to pick up Rommie, but with a little difficulty, so Tyr carried her to the machine shop, and Harper led the way. Trance and Dylan stood alone as they left.

"Alright, Trance, tell me where it is."

"How would I know!?"

"Trance, I know your good at guessing. Now lead the way!"

"But--"

"No 'but' s."

She sighed a defeat. "Fine, it's this way... I think."she pointed straight ahead.

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Holo Rommie popped up next to Dylan, after a long while of searching.

"Dylan something's hurting me! Deck 17 is ripping apart."

"Ripping apart?!" Trance asked surprised.

Maybe she *doesn't* know everything... That doesn't sound good.

"Let's move!" Dylan and Trance dashed over to the hurt deck.

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Tyr had told Harper the egg story. Harper had insisted on details, just to pass the time. It had been 10 minutes since he had started repairs on Rommie.

"Just one question: how big exactly was it? I mean, I might not know much about babies, but I know that they don't have teeth. Especially sharp enough to tear up poor poor Rommie Doll like this!"

Tyr hadn't thought of that before. It wasn't *that* big. He put out his hands to form the estimated size of it, when Harper took his eyes away from his work.

"Heh! If chiwawas came from eggs, I would think that would be it!" he said, taking a swing of a Sparky.

"Chiwawas?"

At that moment Beka's voice filled the machine shop. "Hey Tyr, you find our pet yet?"

"I'm not the one looking for it." he answered.

"Hey Boss! How's it goin'? We there yet?"

"Not yet Seamus. Hey, if your not busy, you mind coming down here, it's kind of lonely..."

"Not busy?! I'm fixing Rommie!"

"What? Why?! What happened t-- AAH!!" she shrieked, like a little girl seeing a spider, and then there was silence.

"Beka? BEKA?!?!?!"

No reply. The ship was no longer slipstreaming, either. Tyr and Harper looked at each other, then, "Keep working, I'll check it out."

"Bu--" It was too late to even open his mouth to argue, Tyr left the room in a flash. "...But, Dylan didn't want us to split up..."he said to the closed door.

TBC.

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what happened to beka?

since we don't exactly know what happened to beka or rommie, can harper be next and we can know what the creature is doing?

*hopeful grin* please please please?

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what happened to beka?

since we don't exactly know what happened to beka or rommie, can harper be next and we can know what the creature is doing?

*hopeful grin* please please please?

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Lina,
Who is definitely gone mad...

Good fic tho. I have my lil bro reading over my shoulder going "It got Rommie! OMG ROMMIE! NOOOO!"

Bro (Josh) says for you to make sure Rommie is fixed by the end of this fic.

....*waits for more*....

Trin

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5. On deck 17, there was a huge hole in the wall. Slowing down, Dylan carefully withdrew his forcelance, and looked in. The hole formed a long tunnel. He stepped in, his gaze following the direction of the hole; it was leading upwards. Suddenly, the lights flickered, and shut down. All became dark. Dylan stepped out.

"Trance, you there?"

"Right here." she assured, touching his arm.
It was really pitch black.

"Mr. Harper, what's going on?" ... "Harper?" ..."HARPER?!" Silence. "Rommie, is Harper ok? What's going on?" ..."ROMMIE?! DAMMIT!! Can *anyone* hear me?!"

"Communications must be down."

"So I figured!"he said sounding annoyed.

"Now what?"

"We need lights, we can't go hunting in the dark."

"Then we should get Harper."

"Trance, I think I know how to open a light switch. We don't need Harper. Besides, he's busy right now."

"But he can't work in the dark. I think we should check up on him, please?"

"Alright. ...but this might take a while."he said, looking at total darkness.

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The same time the lights went out...

"Rommie? What happened?"

No one answered. Harper was alone. All alone, in the dark. He went to the door, and it didn't open. Maybe it's just the wall. Yeah, yeah that's it. I have ta find the door. It's around here somewhere... He winced his eyes to try to see better, but they wouldn't adjust. He'd have to wait a while before he'd be able to make out shapes. But he didn't want to wait. He wanted ... well, right then he wanted lots of things!

"Rommie, please answer me...please?" He started to panic. Not being able to know what's around you, Harper learned by growing up on Earth, was a bad thing. When things finally started to clear up, he could make out the freakiest shapes, and if he'd stare at them too long, he'd think they were moving. He didn't want to move, too scared to start frantically searching the exit. He just spun around on himself, looking without having to walk around. His eyes spotted the door, and he felt relief swirl around him. He ran to it, and it thankfully opened. I gotta find Tyr!

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Tyr was having no trouble at all in the absence of light; nietcheans had infravision. {a/n: i know they don't though. humor me...} He arrived in command, which was faintly lit with the wall panels still activated... that is, the few panels that were left intact. Beka's station was a chewed up wreck, now on the floor. In front of the wreckage, was a big hole, which was surrounded with thick gooey liquid. Tyr hoped Beka hadn't fallen in it, or. . . He didn't even want to consider the alternative.

"Beka?" he asked hopefully, and lifted up the fallen debris, where she lay unmoved. She had minor cuts and slight burns from electrical shocks which came from the console. She hadn't replied.

"Beka!" he called louder, and started unburying her from sharp pieces of the broken station.

"...Mmmm?" Her eyes were still closed.

"Wake up." he ordered, gently tapping her face.

She shooed his hand away by weakly swaying an arm in the air, and groaned in annoyance. "Lemme 'lone. ...ouch..." she murmured, and sat up slowly. She opened her eyes, but saw nothing more than the silhouette of someone. Of course, she knew who that someone was. "Is it just me, or is it kind of... dark?" she asked with a feeble voice.

"Lights are out. Communications are down. And a ship-wrecking creature is doing it's job. That's the latest news. So, tell me what you saw?"

"...Nothing." she paused. "Look, this is all I know: I was just piloting, minding my own busyness, then, bang! Something burst out of the floor right in front of me and... well...I dunno. It pounced on the helm which fell on me and uh, you know. I fell unconscious."

"...Humans are such sensitive beings." he muttered, shaking his head negatively.

"Shut up. It fell on my *head*, moron. If it would have been you you'd be unconscious too." she sneered.

"And, how is it that you didn't see anything?"

"It happened so fast..." was the only excuse she could find. But, it was true!

"Well, no matter. This isn't helpful. We need to find that thing and stop it."

"And I suppose *you'll* be the one to do that?"

"I'm the only one who can see properly. So, yes, I will find it."

He got up to leave the deck, and Beka got off the floor, dizzy, and unsteadilly started following behind.

"Your coming with me?" he asked.

"Your not gunna leave me blind and alone. Of course I'm coming with you."

"Suit yourself." he said without complaining.

****
Harper was so paranoid. He kept thinking that he had heard something behind him. He would imagine a little chiwawa with exaggerated teeth, sneaking up on him. He couldn't stop looking over his shoulders, even though he knew he couldn't see anything anyway. Suddenly, he jumped with surprise when he heard a clash, yelped, and ran as fast as he could. Sadly for him, he constantly smashed his head into walls. It made him not want to run anymore, but he was scared out of his mind. He ran some more, this time extending his arms out before him. He finally gave up running when both of his hands were sore. He put his back to the wall, and yelled to whatever divine that was watching him that this wasn't funny. He was completely lost now.

****
Dylan and Trance were still walking around. They had been walking silently, so that they could be able to hear anything if the hatchling was nearby. When it got eerily silent, however, Dylan asked her if she thought they were there yet. She didn't answer.

"Um, Trance? You *are* still with me, aren't you?"

She wasn't. He was all alone as well.

TBC.

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Harper's lost....*sigh*....can't wait for the next part!

Trin

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Lina

and the harper part is reeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyyy funny!

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*giggles* Harper *giggles*

Can't wait for the next part!

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6. Tyr and Beka walked around the decks, guns in hand, searching for the creature. Tyr suddenly stopped, making Beka bump into him.

"Why'd ya--"

"Sshhhh..."

"...stop?" she whispered.

He turned around and put a finger on his lips for *complete* silence. Of course, Beka could barely see anything, but somehow understood. She crossed her arms in front of her chest, leaning her weight on one leg and sighed. Tyr was listening for something.If you can't hear anything now, it's not like you'll hear anything later! Can we get a move on?! she mentally complained, looking in his direction. Beka was getting impatient. She started tapping a finger on her gun, when suddenly, she heard Tyr walking away. Silently, she followed behind, not daring to say or ask anything. They walked, and walked, and walked some more.... Tyr seemed to know exactly where he was going though. She poked him on the arm, so he stopped and turned around. She then pointed to her lips questioningly, and didn't hear him hush her. So she asked, "Where the hell are we going?!" without whispering. With all the intense silence, it sounded like she had just yelled.

"We're following it." he answered in a murmur. "Don't stall." With that he continued walking fast. She didn't want to go, but having no idea where she was, she couldn't walk away. He slowed down, then whispered "Stay." She frowned, not liking the idea, and grabbed his arm. She shook her head, her eyes decided; she wasn't going to stay behind. She had a stubborn look on her face, the kind of face that you can't argue with. He rolled his eyes, and continued walking slowly. They stopped at an intersection. Tyr spun around with searching eyes. He paused as he looked in Beka's direction.

"Well?" she whispered, hardly audible. She couldn't see the smirk on Tyr's face. Beka felt something touch her shoulder. She yelled, and instinctively kicked whatever was behind her.

"OW!!" came the oh so familiar voice of her Captain.

"Dylan?!"

"You got my... sensitive spot..." he said in pain.

"And you knew he was there?!" Beka asked Tyr.

"I thought it would be funny."

"Psh."

"Well it's not any more." Dylan continued complaining, sounding like he was in agony.

"How did you see me?" Beka wondered.

"Oh! Since I couldn't find a light switch, I found these night vision things when I mistook a room for a hall way."

"Got any extras?"

"...I forgot."

"Flash lights?"

"Didn't find any."

"And where's Trance?"

"I lost her."

"Well aren't, you, helpful!"she snapped sarcastically.

"We should keep going." Tyr suggested.

"Alright, let's ...move." Dylan said, awkwardly leading the way.

TBC.

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now more harper!!!

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I love this, more soon please!!!!

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"Well then, I guess I should just take the invisible train home."-Michelle

LOL!!!

Good part.

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"Hello?" he asked.

"AAAH!!" someone yelped.

"AAAH!!" he yelled back in fear. He hadn't expected a reply.

Then silence.

"Harper...?" called the hesitant voice.

"...Uh... Trance?"

"Harper! Where are you?" her distant voice asked.

"Thank god I'm not alone! I'm here! Follow my voice!" he said. . . . "Well? Are you here yet?" he asked.

"Well say something!"

"I just did!"

"Well don't stop."

"Wow, there really is a first time for everything, isn't there? I mean, you just told me not to shut up! In fact, you want me to *keep* talking! Now that's--"

"Ok I'm standing in front of you now, you can stop." she said.

"Aw... Hey wait a minute, where's Dylan?"

"Um... I dunno. One minute I was following him and the next I wasn't. He could be anywhere by now."

"Exactly! If you two were talking, you wouldn't lose each other, now would you?"

"Ok, Harper," she started to change the subject, "first, what should we do?" she asked.

"We need power back. And I mean, that includes lights, communications... and I think there's something wrong with the thermostat. It's getting a little chilly in here, don't ya think?"

"Yeah, I've noticed too. But... how are we supposed to get anywhere in the dark?"

"I dunno Trance..." At the mention of her name, he thought of something. "Hey I know! You'll be the compass!"

"What?! Why does everyone think that I can magically find anything anywhere?!"

". . . Becauuuuuse, you can?"

"Well I didn't find the creature nor Dylan, now did I?" she countered.

"Maybe not, but ya found me!"

Oh, great discovery... she said to herself. "Come on, and you don't have to talk the whole way, just hold my arm."

"Ok..." he said, and walked around, being led by Trance.

***
It was getting quite cold on the Andromeda. So cold, the crew could've seen their breaths when they spoke had there been lighting. And, too add to their misery, the doors wouldn't budge, as Dylan tried to open one.

"It's dark, cold, and the door won't open!" Beka whined. "Tyr, your a man aren't you? Tackle it down!"

"*I'm* on it Beka, will you stop complaining?" Dylan asked, using his forcelance to scorch it open.

"No! I'm coOoOld!" she said, and made a shivering sound. "I wanna go home..."

"You *are* home." he corrected.

"The Maru. I wanna go to the Maru." At that point, the door opened slightly. It was just enough for Tyr to push it completely open. They entered the room. Beka heard noises of drawers opening and closing, things hitting other things and Dylan mumbling inaudible words. Beka supposed they were curses.

"Ah! Here we go! A flash light!" Dylan said triumphant, picking one up and throwing it to Beka. Of course, she didn't see anything. It was just about to hit her stomach when Tyr snatched it away. Hearing something near her, so unexpectedly, she jumped. He tapped her shoulder to let her know he was right next to her, which, again, surprised her. At that moment, lighting became a number one priority, to Beka's perspective.

"What?!" she asked loudly, annoyed that she was so oblivious to her surroundings.

"Flash light."

"Oh." She took it, turned it on, and put Dylan in the spot light. She started a giggling fit when she saw his face. Not to be *too* rude, she tried to surppress her laughter and directed the light elsewhere. Those 'night vision things', as Dylan so nicely put it, were the geekiest things she's ever seen him with. They were much too big for his head, and hid his eyes completely. His head reminded her of a bug's. He even had the antennae; the hair near his face was pushed back to stand upwards, by the goggles.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"Lookin' good Dylan!" she mocked. "Lookin' like a real, cute Than..." she was about to giggle again but it turned into shivering instead. She looked around the room with the light, and noticed they were in Dylan's quarters. She went to his closet in search of a coat.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Oh, don't mind me.. I'm looking for something warm. You guys can leave now, actually. All I needed was a flash light. It would be better if we spilt up anyways... Go on!" she shooed.

They looked at each other, exchanged a worried look, and Tyr said "I don't think that would be wise.."

"Oh for the love of god! If anyone needed a babysitter it's Harper, not *me*! I'll be fine!" she assured, putting on a long leather coat. "Now go find that dammed critter before it messes with the gravity or ventilation system..." So they both left the room. When Beka exited as well, a few seconds later, Dylan was waiting for her at the door.

"Aren't you supposed to be gone?"

"I've decided to come with you." he said. "Captain's orders."

"...Fine. Let's go."

Later, as Dylan and Beka were wandering the ship, they heard something eerie. Beka flashed the light in front of her, just in time to see the shadow of something like a snake's tail slithering away. They glanced at each other to see if they didn't just imagine that. It passed so fast. But they didn't. There was something out there. In the middle of their high speed chase, they stepped on a slippery, blue substance, and fell in the hole which was surrounded by it. They fell two decks bellow, and landed hard on the floor. In the small room they presently found themselves in, it was still pitch dark, was colder than any other place they had been yet, and the only sound was this heavy breathing... but it wasn't theirs.

TBC.
(dun dun dunnnn! )


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Lina

Heehehe....I like Harper owies!

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I will remove my pants and run down the road screaming "I AM A HERO!" and people will cheer for me.

well, at least harper and trance are together.

now, who's the heavy breather?

and what's all this about a space duck?

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who's the heavy breather?

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[This message has been edited by lina (edited December 06, 2002).]

8. Beka and Dylan got up and looked around. The light on the floor was directed straight ahead. In the spot light, on the wall in front of them, was the black shadow of something they couldn't see. Dylan, who could see in the dark with his funky goggles, didn't see anything between them and the light on the wall. Neither of them took their gaze away from the shadow. Always staring, Beka slowly bent down and reached for the flashlight, without stepping forwards. As her hand hovered right over it, she froze up for a second. The breathing was fading... but it was still there. The shadow still never moved. In a flash, Beka grabbed the flashlight, stood up and ran behind Dylan as if he was a human shield. He had his forcelance ready, but it pointed at nothing, as far as he was concerned. Beka peeked over Dylan's shoulder, and pointed the light back in the direction of the shadow figure they had seen. It wasn't there anymore. Still behind him, she slowly knelt down, putting the light low to the ground as it was before. Nothing.

"Do you see anything?" she asked, barely audible.

"No." he replied in a whisper.

She got back up. Dylan took a step forwards.. and another.. and another. At his bravery, Beka couldn't help but question Dylan's sanity.

All of a sudden, when Dylan got to a certain spot in the room, an eerie yell came from in front of him, followed by a low growl. He backed away instantly in a hurry, and before he knew it, found himself hiding behind his first officer. Realizing what he was doing, he tried to regain his dignity and straightened up. After swatting him in the back of his head for his folly, Beka pointed the light in the corner where the growling noise was. The shadow was there, but the actual creature still couldn't be seen.

The shadow was big. It didn't completely fit in the circumference of the light. To make out its shape better, she contoured the light around it. It was approximately three and a half feet tall, and had a very un-animal shape. It didn't seem furry, or anything that resembles a mammal in any sort of way...

"What should we do?" she whispered. "It doesn't seem to be a people-eater."

"I have no idea. ..Maybe, maybe...we could-- shh! Listen." Something interrupted him. They could hear... voices? The growling ceased, they hushed, and it was complete silence.

"...in circles without even knowing it!" came the distant voice. It got louder as it approached. "I mean, how in the--"

"Hush! I know where I'm going." A new voice said.

"Ya know, I bet you really *can* see in the dark, b--"

"Hold on." it interrupted. A few seconds later, hesitant foot steps were heard, coming in Dylan's and Beka's way. Another pair of foot steps followed. They looked up at the hole they fell in, expecting to see Trance and Harper's heads popping in. But neither of them would see anything without illumination (Dylan excluded). Beka decided to light up the ceiling above.

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Harper wondered what Trance was trying to look at. He cautiously followed her. His eyes had been adjusting since the lights went out completely, and he did notice something odd on the floor where Trance was approaching. Suddenly, a great light erupted from the floor so unexpectedly, Harper and Trance yelled in fear and ran away.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah!!" They screamed. It took four seconds for Trance to realize what she had just seen. Wait a minute... She stopped running and grabbed Harper by the back of his shirt.

"Hey!" she yelled to get his attention.

"W-w-what was that?!"

"Stop and think for a sec."
Harper clumsily walked backwards as Trance pulled him over to the spot they were. As they approached, Trance slowed down and let him go.

***
"Dammit." Dylan said in his normal tone. When he met Beka's questioning gaze, he took her hand and made her point the light back at the corner. The shadow was replaced by a very large hole.

"Awww Harper! You imbecile! You just had to open that trap of yours and scare the thing away, didn't you?!" Beka yelled at the hole above them, thinking they were gone and didn't hear.

"Beka?" Trance asked, looking in the hole.

"Beka?!?!" Harper echoed. "Where?! I wanna see!"

"I'm here too, ya know." Dylan said.

"Oh, hi again, Dylan." Trance said.

Beka flashed the light up into their faces. "Hey guys!" Trance and Harper shielded their eyes at the light. "Hey. Where are you?" Trance asked, stepping closer. But as she did so, the slimy blue substance on the floor made her slip, and she was about to fall. "Woah!" she fell.

"Trance!!" exclaimed Harper. He held her by the wrist, but his stomach was flat on the floor, on the liquid. He slid down with her.

"Waaaa...!"
Trance landed safely in Dylan's arms, and Harper tumbled over Beka, and they both fell down.

"Ow... nice catch, Bek." he muttered, getting off.

"I couldn't see anything." she countered.

"Your the one with the flashlight!"

"I can't catch you in one arm! Who do you think I am? Tyr?!"

"Where is he anyway?" Trance asked.

"Walking around." Dylan answered. "He's either getting power back, or looking f--"

"Oh my god you guys, guess what we found?!"Beka interrupted.

"...It?" Trance asked. Dylan answered and explained what had happened to him since they split up. Harper wondered what happened to Beka, and so on. Standing around the flashlight, they told each other what they witnessed, laughed at Dylan, and pass the time. The intense cold made them remember they had a job to do.

"Let's not split up this time." Harper said.

"Don't worry Mr. Harper, that wasn't what I was planning on doing. ..That is, as long as communications are down." Dylan leaded the way, Beka walked behind him, then Harper, then Trance. They entered the hole made by the creature, and followed its track.

TBC.

Edited to erase all trace of all 6 or 7 times of editing over and over again. *rolls eyes*

[This message has been edited by Kylie (edited December 07, 2002).]

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He backed away instantly in a hurry, and before he knew it, found himself hiding behind his first officer.

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So, four of them met, but Tyr is still out there somewhere all by himself... I definitely need more of this story!

Lina

this reminds me of a really stupid t.v show my mom watches called Fraiser. eventually there's a guy with a gun and another guy puts a pregnant woman in front of himself. hilarity ensues.

anyway, more soon please!!!

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Great story, Kylie! What is this thing, and why has Tyr been left alone? That is not good, what if the creature tries to get him, or thinks Tyr is it's "Daddy"!.

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Good thing you're protecting Dylan, Mary Rose. I'd throw him to the creature and make my getaway while it had a snack.

Great story, Kylie! What is this thing, and why has Tyr been left alone? That is not good, what if the creature tries to get him, or thinks Tyr is it's "Daddy"!.

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I have to since I'm a Dylan/Beka shipper. THE OLD DYLAN! I just want to make that clear. I hate what Sorbo has done to the show.

Sorry Kylie I didn't mean to rant and bring Gen. Dis. issues into the serenity of fanfic.

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Rhiannon(aka Stevie Nicks)
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More Please

{{{szhismine}}} My mom use ta watch that too. I thought it was funny!

{{{HP}}} I'm glad you like so much!!

{{{Mary Rose}}} Don't we all prefer the ol'Dylan... I'm trying to make him not-so-terrific in this, as you may have already noticed.

{{{qwerty}}} lol! Yes, there will be a very touching Creature-boy/Father moment.

{{{MW}}} There you are!!! And, yeah, I like Everyone fics. ..too bad Rommie got snacked on.

{{{Paris}}} Yep! And Tyr won't be ignored next part.

Speaking/writing of which, I'll post it later today. Thanks for reviewing!

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9.Tyr was headed for a machine shop, where he could work on repairs. He forced with all his might to push the door open. When it did, he couldn't believe the sight before him.There were pipes and wires hanging everywhere, entire consoles were missing, and those which were still there were half massacred. He wondered where it all went. Surely it wasn't eaten! The puny size of the thing couldn't possibly have devoured so much metal. Unless... no, he put his illogical thoughts aside, and got to his task. Then, he realized that everything he needed to work with was either inoperative or practically missing. How long would it take for Harper --one human-- to fix aaaaaall this mess?! To rebuild all the missing pieces? The childish thought of flipping the monster up side down and forcing it to spit it all out occurred to him. He wasn't thinking straight. It was just too damn cold. Yes, blame it on the temperature...

He least he could do was get the lights back on for his friend's sake. Before he stepped forwards, he heard something coming from one of the many holes in the walls around him. Which one was it? He flexed his bone blades, got in a defensive position and waited for it to appear. He thought he had seen something, but he couldn't make it out. His sensitive senses insisted there was something in the room. He turned to where he thought something was amiss. And there *was* something, he just knew it. He forced his eyes to see it. As he stared at the ghostly creature, it started growling. The sound of it was low to the ground, but it got higher, as if it was growing, and surpassed Tyr's height! He gradually lifted his head to follow the growling noise, entranced. Suddenly, as if Tyr had forced it by will, he saw it. But not the whole creature; only it's eyes, when they flashed into existence and flared with a fiery red, with black pupils in the shape of a claw. It never stopped its loud growl.

Tyr slashed with his bone blades at arms length, and the creature yelped as they struck flesh. Blue blood immerged from the cut, which looked like it was spilling out of thin air. It grabbed Tyr, and sent him flying on the cieling. When he dropped back down, and reopened his eyes, the creature's eyes were gone. Was it playing with him, or did it run away? He reached for his gun, and scanned at the room before him. As he turned around, some sort of tentacle took hold his neck and squeezed tightly. As he struggled to free himself, the creature's red flaming eyes would gaze at him till he'd die.

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"Ow!" Harper flinched, again. The others didn't even react. He had said that so many times now, they didn't bother asking what he bumped into, hit, or tripped over anymore. Before Harper would say what hurt him this time, Dylan, who was leading the way, slipped over bluish goo, and felt himself as if going down a slid. "Woh!" he exclaimed in surprise.

Beka, with the flashlight, saw him disappear, falling vertical. Knowing not to take another step, she stopped herself right in time. But Harper hadn't seen anything. "What? Did ya see a spi--" he was cut off when he bumped into Beka's back, making her step forwards. "Shit!!" she said, right before slipping and falling as well. The second she hit the ground she grabbed the bottom of Harper's pants out of reflexes, needing to cling on to something. Of course, taken by surprise, he was going down too. Trance grabbed him by the shoulder, wanting to catch him, but he was already in the middle of the fall. The three slid diagonally down the yucky slime. The trio landed in a heap over Dylan, who couldn't have been able to catch them that time. It all lasted less than ten seconds. As their sense of coordination came back, they found Tyr, laying on the ground. He wasn't moving.

"Tyr!" Harper exclaimed, and ran to him. They gathered around the motionless body. "Is he alive?! Is he breathing?! Is he gunna be ok?!" he asked, as Beka checked his pulse. There was none. "Damn." he heard her whisper.

"Uh... guys." Trance said in an extremely nervous tone. No one listened.

"There's no pulse!" Beka said.

"What the hell did this?" Dylan asked.

"Oh my freakin' god!! Is he dead?!" Harper exclaimed.

"G--guys..."

"Don't even think that Harper." Dylan warned.

Beka started CPR, but it wasn't working. She looked up at the guys, water in her eyes.

"Don't you dare give up!!" Dylan ordered.

"Oh no no no no....!" Harper was saying, horrified, in the background.

"YOU GUYS!" Trance insisted.

"*What*!?" Dylan yelled, and looked in the direction of Trance's gaze for the first time. So did the others when no reply was offered. They all froze when red eyes stared back at them.

TBC.
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And just ta warn you guys, you might not get the next part tomorrow. Might post it Tuesday, or sometime after that... Sorry.

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Lina

well, he's gonna get attacked next, right?

more soon!

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aw, why didn't you kill harper?

well, he's gonna get attacked next, right?

more soon!

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HOLY HELENA! YOU KILLED TYR!
Well, I can honestly say I didn't see that coming. I thought the big tough neit would be a little harder to kill, but obviously not....hey, I just realized that Harper lasted longer than Tyr...HA! Who's inferior now! OK, I know, I'm gloating. But I did seriously expect it to be another member. OMG, the part with each of them taking the other down as they fell was freaking hilarious....BUT WHAT'S WITH THE CLIFFHANGER!!!! OMG, what an ending!!!! Harper's luck is about to run out as it looks! Can't wait to see what happens next and to see if they get Tyr back or of the creature eats them before they have the chance. MORE PLEASE!!!!
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10. Slowly and discretely, Dylan withdrew his forcelance. The others copied by withdrawing their own weapons. Beka dragged Tyr's body to a corner of the room to get him out of the way. She feared the worst. If they were going to revive him, it would have to be *now*.

"We don't have time for this!" she spat, never avoiding the ghost's eyes.

"Yeah! Let's get him! Let's get him for Rommie! And Tyr!" Harper yelled, then fired his gun. The eyes ducked, and approached him fast. "Yikes!" he squeaked, and started running for his life.

Trance would have laughed if they weren't in a life or death situation. She threw a dagger at it, and it stuck to its flesh, close to its eyes. Dylan extended his forcelance, attempting to trip it after Harper would pass by. Instead, it was pulled out of his hands. Then, the forcelance was starting to vanish; the creature was eating it!

"Oh no you don't!!" Dylan cried, and foolishly went to get it back.

During their tug of war, Harper aimed his gun and was about to shoot. But the invisible force was so strong, its little fight with the Captain ended quickly, and he was thrown away like a rag doll over Harper.

Even with the faint lighting of the half devoured consoles, Beka still couldn't see everything that happened in the room; some parts were lit, and some parts were dark. She couldn't see Dylan dizzily getting off the engineer, or Trance running to Harper's rescue, or the dangerous animal that approached them. She looked around for its eyes, but couldn't see it. The lack of light was highly irritating; she had a gun, she could kill the damned thing with a simple press of the trigger. How the hell am I supposed to help if I can't see anything!!?

"Where are you guys?" she called.

Her only reply was Trance's battle cry, coming from the other side of the room. "Heehaw!!" she yelled, and pounced on its head to reclaim her dagger. Meanwhile, Dylan was fumbling around the floor to find the 'night-vision things' he had dropped, or his beloved forcelance. Harper watched Trance being swung in the air.

"Watch out!" Harper said.

"Harper! Your gun!" Dylan said suddenly, and quickly threw it in his direction. Harper was so concerned about Trance he didn't react fast enough to catch it, and it smacked him on the head.

"Ow!" he exclaimed, and tried to find it again. But the shadow he was in hid it well, and he couldn't see it. As he bent down to feel for it, Trance shouted, "A little help here!!!" as she lost her balance and started slipping off the monster. She fell flat on the floor.

Harper went in front of the thing's eyes, and waved his hands in the air and started calling it names, attempted to anger it... not that it would actually work. And it didn't. "...Eat me! Eat *me*!!" he then persisted. He desperately tried to distract it from Trance, while she rolled away to safety, out of its reach. "C'mon! C'mon! What are ya waitin' for ya big fat--" Out of the blue, it ate Harper in a bite.

"Hey, where'd Harper go?" Beka asked.

"Oh my Divine!! He's been eaten!" Trance shrieked, and was on the verge of having a heart attack.

Dylan was so caught up in his search, he was deaf to everything around him. "Forcelance...forcelance... where's my forcelance...?" he muttered, always tapping the floor around him.

"What?! Where?! Where is it?! Where did it go?!" Beka demanded, wanting to kill it right away. She needed to shoot something, she had a weapon dammit! "...Trance?!"she asked when no answer was given. Damn, where did *she* go?

In front of a console, was Trance in a spot of light. She had fainted. Four down, two left to go.

"Dylan! I'm gunna kick that forcelance of yours if you don't help me out here! And I'm not talking about your weapon!!" Beka menaced.

That, got his attention. Hey, where'd everyone go? he wondered as he looked up, but knew better not to ask out loud. ...Eyes, he had to look for eyes. As he got up, he felt something behind him. Whirling around, blue blood was straight in his face, which meant...

*WHAM!!* Dylan was smacked by a claw and landed several feet away. He hit a wall panel, hard, and miraculously, the lights turned on! But, as a consequence of hitting it so harshly, and on the head, he fell unconscious.

The creature closed its eyes at the brilliant light, making them disappear. Beka simply shot in the opposite direction Dylan was hurled in, and, to her satisfaction, heard it yelped, and new blood emerged. "Gotcha!!" she yelled victoriously. Gauss guns in hands, she shot the thing till it dropped dead. When it did die, it suddenly appeared, as if by magic.

The monstrous creature was like nothing she had ever seen before. It had the body of a snake, with two arms, which had deadly sharp claws at the end of its finger-like paws, and had a massive head in the form of an obese crocodile. It was all black, with, of course, red eyes. She smiled evilly to herself as she observed it, then realized she was the only one standing. That is, till the creature started moving again! Suddenly, the giant reptile's mouth opened, and Harper immerged!

He was covered in yellow-ish saliva, and he started to rub it off in vain, the moment he was free of its... insides. Beka rushed to him, leaving Tyr's side for the first time since she had fallen in the machine shop.

"Are you ok?!" she asked, just relieved to see him again. She strongly felt like hugging him, but the repulsive goo made her think otherwise. When his mouth was cleared, his first words were; "Ewwwwww!".

"Just be thankful you weren't chewed!" she told him.

He spat and rubbed his face, trying to clean it. He half opened his eyes, because of the light, and looked around at the tragic sight. Reminded, Beka went see Tyr. ...It had been a while now.

"Tyr... Tyr, please wake up. You have to..." she said, shaking him.

"Yeah, c'mon big guy, wake up!!" Harper added.

And so, he did. He opened his eyes slowly, blinked a few times, and sat up like nothing ever happened. Bug eyed, Beka and Harper couldn't find their words. Should they jump with joy? Interrogate him? Pretend they knew he'd be ok not to look like a fool? Consider hallucination? Faint? Faint...that reminded Beka of Trance, but she had to know what had just happened! Tyr *died* for the love of god!

"Uh... h... how..." she stammered.

". . .Tyr!!" Harper suddenly exploded. He pounced on the man and gave him a big, slimy hug.

"What the?!" Tyr said, and made the boy slide off as he got up. He growled as he looked at his gooey clothes.

"Uh..." Beka was still in state of shock, sitting on the floor, staring up at him and still wondering how the hell he did that.

Tyr sighed and briefly explained; "It wasn't going to let me go unless I was dead so I... improvised. Play dead, you know?"

"No!" she replied, still not comprehending. "You were *literally* lifeless!"

"It's a survival thing."

"Then why didn't you wake up when you were free?! When we were all there?! You could've helped out!" she accused.

"I was temporarily dead. How would you want me to pick a moment?" he answered.

She sighed, accepting his excuse, and said more cheerfully, "Look at what *I* killed!", and pointed at the corps. He raised an eyebrow at its sight.

Harper was in the background, still trying to get as much slime off of him as he could. He had backed away from the angered neitzchean, and now stood near the reptile. He caught his friends glancing in his direction, but they weren't talking about him. Looking up made him look around, and he realized the others weren't there. He spotted Dylan and Trance, both unconscious on the ground.

"Dylan! Trance!" he exclaimed, and ran to Trance first.

Beka and Tyr turned their heads to follow Harper's little investigation of his friend.

"Trance! Are you ok?!"

"She'll be fine Harper." Beka reassured. But what about Dylan? She went to see him. Inspecting his injury, she was please to conclude that he'd be alright as well. "I'll be right back." she said. Tyr pushed open the door, and they noticed the corridors were still dark. She took her fallen flashlight and jogged out the room.

Beka came back with a big glass of mild water. Splashing the unconscious, they woke up. Tyr had to explain himself for the second time, but was thankfully interrupted by Harper.

"Uh, guys, it's nice that the lights are back on and all, but it's still freezing cold in here and I think the saliva's gunna freeze on me and I'm gunna get hypothermia..." That being said, Beka, still being the light-holder, went to clean him up.

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A few hours later, Holo-Rommie came back to life. She explained (by finding in her data base) that the animal's "invisibility" was actually advanced camouflage. The eyes of the beings can't change color, however, hens the only means of seeing it. She also mentioned how their tongues contained acid, which they could secrete when needed to consume things such as metal. She gave all kinds of information about rapid growth, and their life cycle, as Harper worked on her android body.

A few days later, Rommie was repaired and fully operational. She sat up from the working table, and thanked him for having taken care of her. He had stayed awake for so many nights, she insisted for him to get some sleep. Sitting on a working stool, he fell asleep before being able to protest, his head rested on Rommie's lap.

A few weeks later, the ship was built new consoles, and the walls were finally patched up.

A month later, the Andromeda Ascendant was back to normal. The ordeal was over, everyone was alive and well, and they lived happily ever after

The end.

[This message has been edited by Kylie (edited December 11, 2002).]

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"Oh my Divine!! He's been eaten!" Trance shrieked, and was on the verge of having a heart attack.

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Hehe!!

*giggles* I also loved the part where Tyr just sat up and was alive again. Oh oh oh! AND the part when Harper wakled out of the beast-thing's mouth!!

Great Ending to a great fic!

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"Harper! Your gun!" Dylan said suddenly, and quickly threw it in his direction. Harper was so concerned about Trance he didn't react fast enough to catch it, and it smacked him on the head.

"Ow!" he exclaimed, and tried to find it again.

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"...Eat me! Eat *me*!!" he then persisted. He desperately tried to distract it from Trance, while she rolled away to safety, out of its reach. "C'mon! C'mon! What are ya waitin' for ya big fat--" Out of the blue, it ate Harper in a bite.

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"Forcelance...forcelance... where's my forcelance...?" he muttered, always tapping the floor around him.

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"Dylan! I'm gunna kick that forcelance of yours if you don't help me out here! And I'm not talking about your weapon!!" Beka menaced.

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When his mouth was cleared, his first words were; "Ewwwwww!".

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Well, I loved this story and I love, love, loved the ending, especially the whole Tyr coming back from the 'dead' thing. Kinda funny. This story was so great and you did wonderfully on it.....and one finally note...HARPER DIDN'T DIE, FOR ONCE!! WOO-HOO!!
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{{{{HP}}}} Wow! Didn't think it was that funny! I'm happy ta see I made someone crack up like that

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That was great

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..."Look at what *I* killed!", and pointed at the corps.

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Great funny and scaaary story, Kylie!

Lina

Great story, Kylie. Sucks that it's over now, but all good things last only a short time.

Can't wait for your next story!


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"Harper! Your gun!" Dylan said suddenly, and quickly threw it in his direction. Harper was so concerned about Trance he didn't react fast enough to catch it, and it smacked him on the head.

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lol! slow reflexes?

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Harper went in front of the thing's eyes, and waved his hands in the air and started calling it names, attempted to anger it... not that it would actually work. And it didn't. "...Eat me! Eat *me*!!" he then persisted. He desperately tried to distract it from Trance, while she rolled away to safety, out of its reach. "C'mon! C'mon! What are ya waitin' for ya big fat--" Out of the blue, it ate Harper in a bite.

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so...harper has his favorite gun in there? sorry, it' just when i read that part, i thought so much of MIB.

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"Hey, where'd Harper go?" Beka asked.

"Oh my Divine!! He's been eaten!" Trance shrieked, and was on the verge of having a heart attack.

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*giggle* Oh my god! you ate ken--er, harper!

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"Are you ok?!" she asked, just relieved to see him again. She strongly felt like hugging him, but the repulsive goo made her think otherwise. When his mouth was cleared, his first words were; "Ewwwwww!".

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lol! i guess harper doesn't like getting slimed.

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"Just be thankful you weren't chewed!" she told him.

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heeheehee...

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"Tyr... Tyr, please wake up. You have to..." she said, shaking him.

"Yeah, c'mon big guy, wake up!!" Harper added.

And so, he did. He opened his eyes slowly, blinked a few times, and sat up like nothing ever happened. Bug eyed, Beka and Harper couldn't find their words. Should they jump with joy? Interrogate him? Pretend they knew he'd be ok not to look like a fool? Consider hallucination? Faint? Faint...that reminded Beka of Trance, but she had to know what had just happened! Tyr *died* for the love of god!

"Uh... h... how..." she stammered.

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poor beka and harper!

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". . .Tyr!!" Harper suddenly exploded. He pounced on the man and gave him a big, slimy hug.

"What the?!" Tyr said, and made the boy slide off as he got up. He growled as he looked at his gooey clothes.

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haha! lol!

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"Uh..." Beka was still in state of shock, sitting on the floor, staring up at him and still wondering how the hell he did that.

Tyr sighed and briefly explained; "It wasn't going to let me go unless I was dead so I... improvised. Play dead, you know?"

"No!" she replied, still not comprehending. "You were *literally* lifeless!"

"It's a survival thing."

"Then why didn't you wake up when you were free?! When we were all there?! You could've helped out!" she accused.

"I was temporarily dead. How would you want me to pick a moment?" he answered.

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heeheehee...that's just way too hilarious. go tyr!

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She sighed, accepting his excuse, and said more cheerfully, "Look at what *I* killed!", and pointed at the corps. He raised an eyebrow at its sight.

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made me think of a little kid when she said that.

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A few days later, Rommie was repaired and fully operational. She sat up from the working table, and thanked him for having taken care of her. He had stayed awake for so many nights, she insisted for him to get some sleep. Sitting on a working stool, he fell asleep before being able to protest, his head rested on Rommie's lap.

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poor harper!

great fic, Kylie. one of the best you've ever written. keep it up!

[This message has been edited by szhismine (edited December 12, 2002).]

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