::He makes it sound so easy.:: Trey brooded. ::must be nice to have all that internal fortitude. He can lock up all the horrible things in his past for the "sake of the group"::
	Trey was no fool. The cat was out of the bag, but nothing had changed. He was still a murderer, and an unstable element. Ty would have no compunctions in locking him away in a closet if he felt that the Terran was going to pieces. And wouldn't that just make Tracie a happy camper?
	A grin stretched across his mouth-horrible and grim. He'd rather die first than affirm her low opinions of himself.
	=^Ty didn't ask you to walk on water you know Trey.=^ Bonnie commented.
	"Even if he did." Scott muttered "He'd ask to see the boots afterwards." He raised his voice in the cockpit as he entered "Chi let's get this show on the road!"
	"Immediately Trey."
	Tracie came up and frowned out the viewport. She grimaced as the bay doors opened to reveal the Nova star and with a disgusted sigh went into the back where the light couldn't hurt her. Chi and Scott pulled out their eyegear and while Trey ran through preflight, Ty wedged his hulking frame in too.
	"You still remember how to pilot this ship I imagine?" he asked over casually.
	"Ouch. I think." Scott replied, playing along in a forced cheerfllness. "Well we'll find out in the next few minutes. There is one consolation though..."
	"And that is?"
	"If I haven't remembered well enough dead men can't chastise." With that comforting thought he initiated lift off.
	After a time he was surprised to find that the forced cheerfullness was giving way to a genuine feeling of ease. He wasn't sure if he should feel guilty about that-but he'd rather just embrace the brief peace he felt. He felt it all too fragile a thing to endure.
	"Vertigo this is Triumph-the Jekyll and Hyde is going to cut in along the Sidelines, care to dance?"
	=^See you there Triumph. We'll lead you through the steps of the waltz.=^
	"Affirmed Vertigo. We'll do Ginger to your Fred."
	He looked up and grimaced. "Let's see a Romulan with enough old Earth knowledge to untangle that."
	"Let's finad a Starfleeter with enough. I coubt Ensign Reynolds could. Trey-what do you truley think of this situation?"
	"I'd advise you to run for the border Ty." Scott said wistfully "Tracie is a lackey like me, but she's playing with some powerful friends. Unfortunately though I believe we've got no choice right now. Her I could conceivably trust-although never like. Whoever she's with though-that scares me."
	"Surely there were ways enough to slip by her?" Chi asked "Why did you bring her to us?"
	He shrugged tiredly " I haven't been thinking too clearly lately-and I was afraid that she was sincere...and I was afraid she wasn't. And I wanted to go home. I'd forgotten that home isn't a place you can really return too...I think I didn't want to remember."
	"Wrong cub-home is a place you can never leave." Ty answered genially, and patted him affectionately on the head.
	"Engaging warp." Chi reported."ETA two hours. Estimated time to destruction by Romulans 2 hours and two minutes. Let's  get all our wills n order. Personally I will everything to my Eelbird. And you Trey?"
	He looked disbelievingly at the Deltan. "Are you out of your mind?"
	"I am thankfully out of yours Terran." he replied smugly "but no, I am perfectly sane. There have been precedents for leaving all one owns to their pets."
	"Doomed!" Trey gasped in mock horror "we're all doomed! And I am going to die with a bunch of lunatics!"
	"Well yes." Ty admitted "but you must admit there are few better ways to go than with a mad grin on your face. Besides, crazy people are so hard to anticipate."
 "This conversation has gotten off track?"
  "Are you sure of that?" Tracie inquired acidly coming to the front "I'd say you were all insane...and that that point is very relevant."
   "And I would reply that losing you would increase our speed as well as warp core efficiency." Chi replied meaningfully.
    "Not to mentioon the noise level would drastically reduce Ensign." Ty added.