The Dark Side of the Moon
Chapter one: The beginning
Rated: T
Summary: Follows the life of Caitlin Sun Crichton daughter of John Crichton and Aeryn Sun. Set after PK war
Spoilers: PK wars and various episodes from the series
Disclaimer: Don't own anything
Many lives were lost during the wars on both sides, Scarren and Peacekeeper. A war fuelled by anger, hatred and a lust for power. It was not John Crichton's war but he ended it. A truce was declared and peace was formed but it was a false peace, a forced peace that would not last. Those that were there that day will not forget. They saw the physical manifestation of their evil and greed unleashed before them. Those that were there that day no longer live for war but not all were there that day.
Years past and old hatreds are hard to forget. A new generation came into power. A generation fuelled on history books that speak of long ago glories, conquests of new territories and unyielding supremacy. A generation that grew up in a struggling world where a new order was developing and while their parents clung to treaties that only sought to further strip away the small amount of power they had left, leaving them in poverty, they sought ways to restore their respective nations to what they once were. And when the elders gave way to the young the peace that John Crichton had fought so hard to create slowly slipped away until it was but a faint memory in the minds of some.
Bitter new wars broke out between all species Scarren, Peacekeeper, Nebari and any who wished to take back the power that had been relinquished and exert their dominance over the galaxy. Each side looked for a competitive edge and thus John Crichton once again became a target. It was widely known that the ancients had taken his knowledge of wormholes from his conscious mind but it was believed that some remnants might still exist in the recesses of his mind and even if they could not extract the knowledge the risk of their enemy gaining such knowledge was to great to risk.
The Peacekeepers got to him first. They took him, his wife Aeryn Sun and his son Dargo captive only his young daughter Caitlin managed to escape. His friends and allies made many attempts to free them but all were futile and as the years progressed hope that he and his family were still alive begun to dwindle even in the most fervent of believers. Their daughter Caitlin was forced to go on the run. Still chased by the peacekeepers and with John Crichton and the other family members out of their grasp she was hounded with greater force by the other powers that hoped the answer to wormholes might somehow be embedded in her genetic makeup. She was forced to live a solitary life, to jump from ship to ship with no connections and no friends. She could not rely on old family friends either. They were either untrustworthy in these harder times or her presence would put too high a burden on them.
And so 12 years since she had last seen her family Caitlin Sun Crichton found herself standing in a small market place on a commerce planet in a region of space known as the abandoned territories. A region that was, as the name suggests, pretty much left alone by any of the more powerful species. Scarrans and Nebari were never seen, as were peacekeepers indeed it was rare to see a sebacian, which although it drew attention to her, was why she liked it. Caitlin could say the name Crichton (although she did not) and nobody would know who she was referring too. She and her family were unknown in this region as was the bounty on her head. The wars that carried on in the other territories were nothing but a bit of idol chatter to which no one ever really paid much attention to nor cared too deeply about. But it was on this day, in this small insignificant market place that a chain of events would arise that would bring much change to Caitlin's sad and often lonely existence.
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