My friends, I give you... another futafic. ChloeXTJ

This chapter just underlines what happens to TJ and Chloe in the second chapter. It is mainly based on the drama bit. It doesn't have as much dialogue. That's for Chapter 2.

Enjoy! :D

An Unknown Galaxy, Sometime in 2014...

A star burned brightly. It was huge, many dozens of times the mass of our own sun. It was also cold and red. It was old, dying. Three planets orbited this giant. There had once been six. Between the second and third, a blueish, purple mass of colour erupted and a vessel appeared. It was almost triangular in shape, but with a large semi-circle attached to its rear. A pyramid like structure rose above this hybrid shape. Two similar shaped shuttle craft lay clamped to the ship's hull, one with a yellow force field in place of a window and body inside. The ship was fifty million years old. It's name, was Destiny. It had been two weeks since the Destiny Expedition's crew had awoken from stasis. Eli Wallace had been fortunate enough to get the final pod working, albeit a month after the others had gone in. The machines had been been temperamental, however. At least one civilian had been completely frozen, but the upside was an undiscovered healing process in the devices. Lisa's eyes were fully healed and she had helped the the team since the last recharge of the ship's power reserves. The crew, despite the unexpected losses, had beaten the biggest obstacle. But they were about to encounter a far more mysterious one...

Lt. Scott gazed out of the large windows on the bridge. The sight of a red giant made him uneasy. He wasn't the only one though. Colonel Young, Eli, Rush and the others on the bridge were staring at the bloated star, knowing it could go literally any second now. The ship had been travelling at FTL for over fifteen days now, but they had to stop here, partly as the FTL drives needed to cool down, but mainly because food supplies were running dangerously low. It was the only system in a half dozen parsecs with a planet that could sustain life. The second planet harboured all sorts of plant and animal life. It also had a stargate, meaning the crew wouldn't need to take a shuttle down.

"That is one ugly muthafucker." mumbled Greer. He meant the planet's surface as its continents were shaped a bit like a face, an ugly one at that, given a solar flare had scorched part of it.

"Less of the language Greer, we've gotta job to do." Rush snapped. He'd had a dorr closed on his hand the day before and he was still moody about it.

Young stood up from the centre chair and announced "Alright, Scott come with me. Eli use the tannoy to summon TJ, Lisa and whoever else you think can identify a plant that we can eat." Scott got up and followed Young off the bridge as Eli sat in the command chair to use the PA system.

Later in the gateroom...

The away team assembled in front of the stargate as it spun, dialling the planet below. Just as the final coordinate locked, Chloe Armstrong ran full pelt into the room. A flash of bright silvery light filled the dark room as the gate kawooshed and formed a stable portal to the sister gate. Everett turned to face the red faced girl.

"What's up? Coming to say goodbye?" he joked. Chloe took a deep breath, "Lately I've become a little claustrophobic. That stint in the stasis chamber must've done that."

Everett raised an eyebrow, "Ok. When we get back I'll ask TJ to give you a once over." Chloe shook her head and continued, "I've also come to notice that the air smells, well... synthetic. A metallic tinge to it. I've been longing for fresh air. Would you mind if I came with you to the planet to clear my head?" By now everyone but Scott and Young had gone through the gate. Scott was waiting around for Young to go through the gate, but couldn't help wondering why Chloe was here. He watched the girl he loved smile when Everett spoke to her again and she walked towards Scott.

"Why are you here?" he asked.

"Oh I was asking the colonel if I could go to the planet for some fresh air," she smiled. "This ship is getting to me."

"Ok let's go!" called Young. Scott decided he wouldn't comment any further and started toward the gate.

"GOOD LUCK!" shouted a disembodied voice. Scott turned to see a kino hovering a few feet off the ground. Eli's kino. He smiled and swatted the device away before continuing through the event horizon. In a split second, he was in a different world.

The planet seemed to have been a jungle for most of its existence. The trees were, although alien, fairly similar to Terran trees even if they were a bit primitive. If this world were Earth it would be as if it had reached the Cretacious period and then time had stopped. Many dinosaur like creatures roamed the plains, which were far and few between. It wasn't long before several edible types of plant had been located and these were been harvested. A few animals ahd been shot to provide the meat, though some seemed to be made of grass. Young had split everyone into teams so the work could be done quicker. The work was uneventful, but everyone was uneasy. The time they worked, they were bathed in a deep crimson. Chloe and TJ had been allocated as a pair. While they harvested fruits and herbs they had a bit of girl talk (not putting that in. I'm a guy, I don't know how to girl talk. Fanatic).

As they talked, however, they didn't realise they were being watched. Four humanoids were in the vicinity. But where? A few metres? 25 Metres? In fact, they were much closer than you think. Chloe laughed at one of TJ's story and reached out to pick a beautiful flower. She hoped to give it Scott. But her smile faded when she not only oticed that the flower was withered and made of fabric, but also when she saw dark skin behind it. She looked up and saw to fleshy white eyes looking back. She screamed, but was then hit by something and fell unconscious.

"Chloe!" shouted TJ running to her friends aid, but she too was hit by a weapon. As she fell, the humanoids broke their cover and grabbed the two women. They lifted them up and then ran into the jungle. Scott burst through the undergrowth, responding to the initial scream. All he saw were several three-toed footprints...

TJ woke first. She was in a little treehouse of some sort. She was bound to a bed and bound well at that. She struggled to free herself, but couldn't. Chloe woke not long after. For what seemed like an eternity they waited for help, struggling all the while.

"What do you think they want with us?" sobbed Chloe.

"I dunno, but we're gonna get out of this ok?" said TJ. Chloe however didn't think so.

"No we're not," she whimpered, "they're probably cannibals. Oh my go, they're gonna eat us! THEY'RE GONNA EAT US!" she screamed.

"Chloe you listen to me. We are going to get out of this situation. Calm down... I said CALM DOWN ALREADY!" That shut Chloe up. Just then, the leaves rustled and man, possibly a shamen, strolled in. In his hand were two primitive hypodermic needles. TJ's eyes widened.

"On second thought," she gulped, "don't calm down. Maybe they are going to eat us. PANIC!" Chloe took that in and decided to scream. The only way the others would find them. The shamen walked over to her and placed his finger over her mouth. Instantly, she was quiet. The medicine man began to chant in a strange language and then, without warning, jabbed the first needle into TJ's neck.

"OW!" she shouted. The shamen continued to chant while emptying the needle contents into her bloodstream. When it was empty, he pulled it out and crushed it in his palm. He wiped the blood away from the prick on TJ's neck with a small cloth. He carried out the same procedure with Chloe, who, despite her best attempts to protest, was still silent as a rock. With his work done, the shamen undid the charm on Chloe and stopped chanting. He began to undo the binding on TJ's wrists. It was a mistake, however to bind TJ.

As soon as her right arm was free, she punched him in the groin. He bent over in obvious pain. Then TJ slammed her fist into his neck, and he fell down. In no time at all she had freed both herself and Chloe. They jumped out of the treehouse and belted it into the forest, following the freshest footprints they could find. They were in the middle of a village however, so they just ran. The villagers were so shocked, that they did nothing to stop them.

"That was close!" puffed Chloe as they ran.

"Too close." TJ responded.

It wasn't long before they ran into Scott and Young, searching for the two women. But before anyone could say anything, Young's walkie-talkie burst into life.

Errrr, Colonel Young?" said a voice. It was Eli and he didn't sound too happy. Young pulled the radio to his mouth and pressed the response button.

"Eli what's up?"

"Colonel, the star. It's de-stabilising. It'll go nova any minute." The four of them stared at eachother.

"You can tell me what happened when we're back on board. Right now, we've got bigger problems." he pressed the call button on his radio again, set to a general frequency and told everyone to head back the gate.

It took ten terrifying minutes to gather everyone at the gate. It took another two to dial Destiny. Young made sure he was the last one through. As soon as he entered the gateroom, he called the bridge.

"What's the giants status?"

It's gonna blow any second!"

With an obvious sense of urgency in his voice, Young shouted into the radio, "Go to FTL NOW!"

Destiny left orbit and sped away. A flurry of violet pulsating light opened up and the Ancient ship was gone. And just in time. The massive red star went supernova and filled

the entire system with superheated gases. In no time at all, it hit the second planet, which burnt and melted. When the gases reached its core, the hot gases contacted the even hotter core and exploded. The planet was obliterated. All that was left, was a vast region of space filled with hot gases. A new nebula had formed.