Tenebrea's Hope by Roxann Dawson

Author:Roxann Dawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: World Wrestling Entertainment
Published: 2001-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

H’Roo found Andrea in her room. She had a cold pack on the back of her neck and a compress on her forehead. “You gave Eric a concussion. He bit a pretty nasty hole in his tongue.”

“I saw a couple stars myself.” She rolled her neck. “You know, that stupid clone was coming on to me?”

“Well, you should see the way you’ve been looking at him.”

Andrea flashed H’Roo a look warning him away from that argument. H’Roo prudently retreated from opinion to fact. “Tara is in the dispensary nursing Eric and cussing him at the same time.” H’Roo smiled in spite of himself. “Clones. Do you think she loves him?”

“She does,” Andrea answered tersely.

“Then love is blind.” H’Roo smirked.

Andrea shook her head, disagreeing silently. She removed her compress, then said, “If Tara doesn’t domesticate Eric soon, I’ll give him far worse than a concussion.”

H’Roo rubbed his eyes. “I think we ought to get away for a couple weeks. Tara finished assembling the electronics. I can finish the lambda jet tomorrow. Tara and Carai can continue work on the wilderness cloaks while we’re gone.”

“I’m packed.” Andrea looked up and smiled wanly through her headache. “What changed your mind?”

H’Roo rolled his eyes toward the ceiling. “At this rate, somebody is going to murder somebody else. Eric’s injured. Tara’s about ready to burst a blood vessel. Do you know why? You’re dysfunctional. You are useless to the mission in your present state of mind. So I’m going to take you to Earth and settle this nonsense once and for all. The Eric-Steve similarity is a fluke, a coincidence. If you can’t get past that simple albeit painful truth, then we can’t work together.”

H’Roo tossed Andrea a plastic bag, vacuum-sealed. Inside was a blood-soaked pad of gauze. “It’s Eric’s blood from his head wound. You can match his DNA with Steve’s. I presume you Terrans keep records.”

Andrea bristled at the criticism but nodded appreciatively. She took the small packet and put it in her breast pocket. “Thank you. I can use Dr. Carai’s lab. Fifteen minutes with Carai’s equipment and I’ll have Eric’s DNA on film.”

“Be careful. Use the lab tonight after everyone is on sleep cycle. Nobody needs to know why we’re leaving or where we’re going. I would prefer that they think I’m taking you away for a little diversion and to preserve the peace on Yuseat.”

Andrea felt the bump at her hairline. “That’s certainly plausible.”

“I’ll arrange provisions. Report to the Benwoi at 0500 hours.”

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