The Return Home

Author:Ladykempton

Disclaimer: I don't own Farscape I am not making any money off this this story.

Summary: A small planet welcomes home a lost son and it's not who you think it is set a year after the Peacekeeper wars.

Rating: M to be safe.

Chapter one

Montra was a small planet not much ever happened it was a peaceful planet the only time it only became any different was when the Peacekeepers turned up but since the last Scarran Peacekeeper war ended the Peace keepers had no real interest in Montra and that suited the inhabitants just fine.

It was almost mid morning children played in the village square the elders stood in the shade of the large tree which sat in the centre of the village mothers prepared the midday meal while keeping one eye their mischievous young all was quite only the sound of the birds in the air and the laughter of the children disturbed the tranquil quite.

A small boy who had been playing with his cousin heard a faint noise he looked up at the dull red sky soon his other cousins had also heard the noise this time it was getting louder the elders and the mothers stopped their chattering as the sound grew with intestacy the little boy saw it first his dark eyes went wide as he saw something coming out of the sky it was huge and heading straight for them the mothers ran to their children in a vain attempt to protect them from what looked like a ship fallen in to the planets atmosphere the ship flew over the village going impossible fast the children and mothers screamed as the blast for the ship passing close over head hit them the ship slammed in to the forest a few metras from the village even in the village they could hear the trees snapping as the ship careened in to them snapping them like they were nothing more then tooth picks after a few microns the ship came to a complete stop silence once again over came the village and the only sound could be that could be heard was the sound of birds in the forest flying from their ruined nests in the now downed trees.

Java looked up from his crop as did his sons and older grand sons they watched in amassment as the large ship slide threw the forest there was a slight almost groaning sound as the ship stopped "What the Frell" He said as he dropped his tools and ran towards the forest to see the strange ship.

It had taken them twenty microns to reach the ship Java blinked it was not like any ship he had seen it was black and red and by the looks of it a section of the ship what Java assumed was an engine had been torn off the men of the village gathered around the ship Java saw a hatch and carefully forced it open he stepped in he was followed by his eldest son they walked threw the ship mindful of the sparking wires that hung from the wall's and ceiling after a while they came to what they both assumed was the command centre the door was half open Java and his son opened it they stepped in, the commander centre was a wreck half the consoles were dead the other half flickered off and on in the centre lay a man Java carefully rolled him over on to his back mindful of any injury's he had with his spin and neck Java looked at him a Sebacean not even in his prime a Peacekeeper by his uniform it was torn and bloody his face was covered with blood and soot from the different fires that had burnt themselves out Java closed his eyes to push the pain of losing his first born sons to Peacekeepers many cycles ago for a brief Microt he had hoped that this man could have been one of his sons but Tauvo had died in a Prowler accident five cycles ago and his first born son is pride and joy his strong Bialar had died two cycles ago helping protect the universe from the the creation of a weapon that was too dangerous to exist when the Peacekeepers had told him of his son's disgrace and dishonour Java had felt his chest swell with pride that the Peacekeepers had not removed all his pride and honour yet it still hurt that he would never know the men his fine strong son's had become he gave his head a slight shake as he looked down at the man who was unconscious "We have to get him to the healer Father" Said his son, Java nodded and with some coxing they managed to get the Peacekeeper off his ship and too the village.

Crais woke he was groggy he opened his eyes he did not recognise the room at all he tried to seat up but he failed something about the room made him fell very comfortable and safe he inhaled the soft pleasant amours that soft filled the room "Ah you are awake Peacekeeper good" Said a woman voice Crais looked at her he blinked a few times she was an old woman her hair white with age her face full of wrinkles she smiled at him "Where am I" He asked his voice raw from thirst and lack of use "Montra" she said as she held a cup of water to his lips he took a few sips until his throat no long felt raw "My ship where is my ship" Asked Crais as he reached for the transponder it was still there it was now fused in place it could not be removed Crais closed his eyes as Talyn reached out to him to assure him that he was well and being well treated by the local inhabitant's the old woman smiled "Your ship is being attended to as well as it can due to the fact the biggest thing our engineers have to fix are our harvesters" She said grinning Crais looked at her before slowly allowing himself to fall back to sleep with Talyn assuring him that they were safe for now.

Java sat in the meeting house the main topic that was on discussion was what were they going to do with the Peacekeeper that was now recovering in the healers home and what were they going to do with his strange ship that still sat in the middle of their forest Java had to admit he was curious about the man who had come to their planet he longed to go to him and ask if he had know of his sons or even served along side them though he doubted that after all there were many conscripts in the Peacekeepers what were the chances that this one Peacekeeper had even seen or heard of his sons Java looked at his now eldest son Vaja who had been born three cycles after Bialar and Tauvo's conscription as Vaja had grown it pained Java that he had looked a lot like Bialar as he grew up Java often wondered if Bialar had grown tall like him or short like his mother a few of Java's son were of short stature like their mother but the majority of his son were tall and broad like him Tauvo had always been a little small Java shook his head it did no good dwelling on his two lost sons but since that Peacekeeper had come here it was all he could think about.

Java saw the head man come in to the centre of the meeting house silence fell over the large room behind him came his brother and his son Java didn't like ether father or son some how he had managed to get his son out of conscription when the recruiters came he personally felt that the man had bribed one of them not to take his son "My friends we are here today to discuss what we are to do with the Peacekeeper that crash landed here a few days ago" He said he waited for the mummers to fad before he continued "The Peacekeeper is still bed ridden so I believe it is best for us to wait until he is healed before we inform the Peacekeepers that he is here and in need of transport off our world if his ship can not be repaired" He once again the men in the meeting house murmured nodding in agreement Java also agreed with the head man words he was old and well know for his wisdom "Do we know the name of the Peacekeeper" He asked there was silence "Maybe the healer can discover his name we can not keep calling him Peacekeeper I'm sure he has a name" He said a chuckle went threw the house "Are there any other matters that are in need of my attention to hear this day" He said once again there was silence "Very well this meeting of the village is concluded this day" He said he then banged his heavy stick of office on the floor with that the men filed out of the house Java was lift with his older sons he still had to get the harvest in as he walked threw the village his dark eyes drifted over to the healers house where the Peacekeeper was resting.

Handa looked at the Peacekeeper now that he was clean and out of his ruined uniform she could see that he was not yet in his prime a strong man she smiled as her old eyes went over the young man who she was healing put him in native garb and he could easily pass as a local tribes man he could have any maiden of the tribe she sat on a chair and continued to look at her patient she blinked she could have sworn that for a Microt he looked like one of Java's many offspring as she continued to look she could see more of Java in the young man "It can't be" she whispered she then stood and summoned her apprentice "Stay with him Junta he shall not wake I gave him sleeping draft he seems the kind of man who would not listen to a healer I must go to his ship" She said with that she lift the house to find his ship.

Handa found the ship easily her dark eyes went over the she could see that the ship was some kind of Leviathan she walked up to the ship she found the open hatch and went in the corridors were dark she heard faint noise she half turned she saw a red droid looking at her "I am a healer I am going to try and see if I can heal this ship" She said the red droid seemed to except her words and it slide away and began some repairs Handa walked the corridors as time went by she saw more red droids repairing both the ship and each other she heard foot steps she turned and one of the few engineers came around the corner "Healer I sorry I didn't know any one else save my self were here" He said Handa smiled at him she stroked the red wall "We need some cromixten to help this poor creature" She said the young man looked at her an eyebrow raised slightly "Cromixten?" He said Handa smiled realising that he had no idea what it was she was asking for "Trimin that will help in the recovery of the ship my young friend" She said the young man nodded recognizing now what she was asking for "I'll arrange it at once healer" He said he gave a slight bow before he lift.

The days went by slowly Talyn slowly began to heal along with his pilot he knew it would be a long time before he could go back in to space but as long as his Pilot was still wounded then he would remain they had been threw to much together to part ways now Talyn was more stable now one of the few good things that happened on the carrier was the fact that his instability had been removed he was now claimer then ever before he found it interesting that the Sebacean's of this world had never seen a Leviathan yet they still tried to help him the majority of his DRD's had now been repaired and were now repairing his major systems he constantly spoke to Crais via the transponder hoping that reassures that he was safe would help heal him that much faster.

Crais woke once more he raised his head be side him sat a young girl reading a scroll he groaned startling her causing her to drop her scroll "Your awake I'll get the healer" She said after she picked up her scroll she ran out the room Crais looked at the door she had just ran threw he blinked a few times he vaguely remembered the last few days he also noticed he was naked under the cover he dearly hopped that the child had not seen him in such a state after a few microts the old woman that he saw the first time he awoke came in to the room she smiled at him in a friendly manner "I'm glad you are feeling better young man I was very concerned for your health for a while" She said as she took the now vacant chair besides his bed "Who undressed me?" He asked the old woman smiled "I did be less alarmed" She said Crais's eye's went wide with horror even though the Peacekeepers did not see a problem with others seeing them naked Crais had gotten back to most of the roots of his child hood and in that society the only people who saw with out cloths were family and your wife and children in that order the old woman laughed softly "You have nothing that I have not seen before young man I have brought many healthy boys in to this world" She said her eyes dancing with merriment her face saddened slightly "Including you Bialar Crais as well as your brother Tauvo" She said sadly Crais's head shot up his dark eyes narrowed "How do you know my name old woman" he said with a growl Handa looked at him her eyes full of kindness "You look a lot like your father did in his youth plus I saw your birth and naming tattoo on your arm as I put them there many cycles ago" She said Crais placed his hand on his tattoo "You have come home Bialar" she said softly as she took his shaking hand into hers.

"Do my parents still live" Asked Crais his voice shaky Handa nodded "Yes they still live you have many brothers and sisters now as well as nephews and nieces" She said Crais looked up "My parents had more children after we were conscripted?" He asked Handa nodded "Do they now I am here?" He asked Handa she shook her head "No not yet" Crais sighed he took a deep breath then spoke "It may be best if they think I were dead I'll leave once I am strong enough" He said Handa looked at him "Why would you want them to think that you are dead?" She asked looking at him Crais let out a deep sigh "They have son's enough to replace me and Tauvo as well as nephew's what need have they of me also I failed father" He said feeling shame fill him Handa blinked "What do you mean you failed?" She asked Crais looked at the bed spread unwilling to meet Handa's eyes "I failed to protect my brother, Tauvo died because I didn't protect him" He said Handa blinked she recalled hearing Java telling Tauvo to listen to his brother and stay close to him and telling Bialar to look after his brother and to protect him Handa decide that despite what Crais said his family would learn that they still had a older son but for now she merely pulled Crais to her and held him she stroked his curly dark hair she could feel warm tears staining her dress "Let it go Bialar be at peace you failed no one be at peace" She said softly as Crais shoulder's shook Handa held him until he cried him self out and sleep claimed him once more she wondered how long he had let blame for his brothers death plague him once she was sure he was deeply a sleep she laid him back down she pulled the blanket back over his body and had Junta set by his side once again once that was done Handa went in search of Java Crais.

Handa looked a the Crais family he had brought most if not all of the younger members of the family in to this world Yala looked up her dark eyes seeing Handa "Healer come join us we are about to start the midday meal" She said Handa smiled and walked over to the family Java may be the head of the family but it was Yala who ruled "So tell us how is the Peacekeeper?" Asked Yala as she served up a thick soup and handed her the bowl Handa took the bowl "He is recovering" She said wondering how she was going to broach the subject of their first born son's return "He is still a little weak but he is young and healthy not yet in his prime he should recover fully in a few weeks" She said Java nodded Handa could see that the patriarch had something on his mind "Is something wrong Java" She asked Java looked at her and sighed his spoon stirring his thick soup "He seems the same age as Bialar would be by now I've just been wondering if they had meet at all" He sadly Yala looked away trying to hide the pain of the worst day of her life Handa took a deep breath then spoke "Yes they meet" She said Java looked back up "Did he tell you anything about Bialar or Tauvo?" He asked desperate for any information on his lost sons Handa looked at Java "Yes he told me that Bialar blamed himself for Tauvo's death he told him that he had failed his father he had promised to protect his brother and he failed because he died" She said Java blinked tears filled his dark eyes "He was a boy, a child I should not have asked such a thing of him" He said he bowed his head "My poor boy" He said as his tears fell Yala ran around to him and buried her face in to his chest yet she still comforted her large husband soothing him "What is his name healer" Asked Vaja who also had tears in his eyes despite the fact he had never even meet his older brother and now never would Handa gave a little smile "Bialar Crais" She said.

The whole Crais family looked at the venerated healer as though she had gone insane "What" Asked Java not believing what he had just heard "His name is Crais, Bialar Crais your son lives still Java he lives" She said Yala looked at the healer then her eyes rolled back in to her head and she fell in to a dead faint her husband and son catching her they led her in to the house and sat her in a chair Handa pressed a cool cloth ageist her head she opened her eyes "Please you are not jesting are you about my boy" She said Handa smiled and took her hand in hers "I would not be so cruel Yala your eldest son lives still he is in my house resting and recovering" She said Yala looked at Java who had sat heavily in to a chair "I must see him" he said he stood and ran out the house before Handa could stop him.

Handa had left Yala in the care of her daughters while she went after Java she caught up with him as he went in to her house she followed him up the stairs as he placed a hand over the door nob Handa placed hers over his she indicated for him to be quite she then opened the door Junta looked up "He has not woken since you lift healer" She said Junta then stood and left Java came fully in to the room his eyes went over Bialar "My son" He said as he took the now vacant chair Handa took another seat across the room and watched the scene Bialar stirred he opened his eyes he blinked "Father?" He said Java smiled at him "Yes my son" he tenderly reached over and brushed his curly mane out off his face Bialar blinked again "I failed, Tauvo died I tried to protect him I tried" He said Java took Bialar's hand he gave it a squeeze "You did not fail Bialar you did protect him it was an accident you could not have prevented it from happening" Said Java Bialar shook his head "No I should have made him become a Tech he would have been safer" Said Bialar as fresh tears came to his eyes Java shook his head "No you are wrong my son he could still have had an accident as a Tech I do not blame you Bialar" he said softly "Be at peace Bialar be at peace my son" Said Java.

End of first chapter Crais is introduced to the rest of his family next chapter coming soon please review this is my first Farscape story please be kind this is un-betered so all mistakes are mine .