Suds
Title: Suds
Author: TrinityTheSheDevil
Rating: G
Summary: Harper pulls some pranks and gets punished.
Disclaimer: Andromeda is property of Tribune.
It had been a quiet week. No battles, no saving planet, no nothing. Just a week to relax. And nothing for Harper to fix. After the first three days he began to get bored, his projects becoming chores. So, that is why he was currently changing the water temperatures on Andromeda. The next person to take a shower would get a perfect temperature spray, then a sudden cold blast, followed by a spray of steaming hot water. And this was his third prank today. The first being a hit-Trance-in-the-face-with-a-pie-and-run. The second was locking Beka out of the Maru and making it say really rude things when she tried to get in. Finishing with the water, he walked to the mess hall to pick up a Sparky.
"Harper, report to Command." Boomed over the intercomm.
/Uh oh./ Harper thought changing directions.
When he walked onto the Command Deck he was greeted by a fuming Beka, ticked off Trance, and annoyed Captain.
"What's up Boss Man?" He said.
"I would think you were over the immature stage, but now I know you're not." Dylan began. "First off, you will apologize to Trance for the pie. Then, you will let Beka back into the Maru. And then, we will decide your punishment."
"Punishment?!" Harper yelped.
"Yes, punishment. Since you want to behave like a child, you will be punished like one." Dylan said.
"What are you gonna do, lock me in my room?"
"No, because I know you will spend your time on various projects, and will not learn anything."
"Alright, alright." Harper said turning to Trance. "Trance, I'm sorry I hit you with a pie."
"Okay, I forgive you Harper. But I'm still angry," Trance said, walking out.
/Like I'd expect anything else,/ Harper thought.
"And what about me? Every time I try to open the Maru's door it tells me to 'flip off,'" Beka said.
"The code is Harper is a God and everyone should bow down to him," Harper replied.
"I shoulda known," Beka said, storming out.
After an awkward silence Dylan said, "Now, your punishment. When I was a child, my mother would punish me by making me do extra chores. Long, boring chores."
"Yeah well, the bots do all the chores around here," Harper said smugly.
"I know, which is why we're going to turn them off. Harper, for the next two months, you will wash ALL the dishes and keep your room clean." Dylan said, wiping the smug grin off of Harpers face.
"Oh come on, Dylan. I'm not a child you can just command around."
"No, but you ARE a member of MY crew. And you will behave accordingly. So, as I understand it there are lots of dishes waiting. Get to them." Dylan said dismissing Harper.
Harper arrived in the mess hall and looked at the stack of dishes that were supposed to be for the bots to clean. He stared at them, wishing they would go away.
"They're not going to do themselves." Andromeda's hologram popped in.
"Don't you have someone else to annoy." Harper said running the dish water.
"No, Dylan told me to keep an eye on you to make sure you do them," she said.
"Yeah well." Harper muttered, turning off the water and grabbing a sponge. He then tackled the stubborn dishes. After a little while of scrubbing, and getting soapy water EVERYWHERE, he slipped over to the cabinet and started putting them up. Just then, Tyr stormed in.
"Boy, you picked the WRONG day to change the water temperature," Tyr said almost running over to Harper.
/Oops, forgot about that./ Harper started backing up.
Anything else Tyr was going to say was cut off by him slipping almost comically across the floor. The soapy water not giving him any traction, both his legs went out from under him and he did a sort of sideways split.
"YOU ARE DEAD," Tyr said in a VERY high pitched voice.
"Not if I get outta here first." Harper said running out, leaving Tyr on the floor, and heading towards his room. After safely locking the door, he bust into a fit of laughter, thinking maybe it wasn't so bad having to wash the dishes.
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