"Another Day At The Office" – T.K Foster

All was quiet aboard Moya, nothing eventful had happened since their escape from Scorpius and the Peacekeepers a weeken ago. Although Pilot had tried valiantly he had been unable to get any leads on the whereabouts of Crais and more importantly Talyn.

The crew on the other hand had used this time for their own benefit. D'Argo and Chiana had been spending an increasing amount of time together, which Chiana said was so that she could learn to play the shilquen. Rygel was hardly seen out of the centre chamber and Zhaan spent her time in meditation alone in her quarters. John, in an attempt to learn more about the workings of Moya, had started to examine all of her equipment. This invariably involved taking the piece of equipment apart, receiving numerous electric shocks and then getting one of the DRDs to repair what he had broken. Aeryn on the other hand spent her time carrying out maintenance on her prowler and weapons.

A lone DRD made its way along one of Moya's many deserted corridors. It had been called to repair the latest of Crichton's experiments in the maintenance bay. Inside the bay, John sat on a workbench watching Aeryn run a scanner over her prowler's cannon.

"Hey, you want a hand with that?" He asked.

"After what you just did to that table, you're not coming anywhere near my prowler." Aeryn stifled a chuckle.

John hopped off the bench and walked towards Aeryn, she turned to face him.

"Yeah, well the table had a loose wire or something. It's not like I meant for it to blow up. So watcha' doin'?" He was anxious to help.

"I'm trying to increase the efficiency of the prowler's cannons, increasing their range." Aeryn explained.

"Cool. Anything I can do to help?"

Aeryn considered this offer. After what had just happened, this could end in disaster. Crichton moved slowly closer to Aeryn, despite his obvious deficiencies she couldn't help but be somewhat captivated by him. Must be the eyes she thought. He stopped just inches from her and gazed straight into her eyes. Aeryn smiled playfully, neither of them noticed the small yellow DRD enter the bay and begin repairs on the table by the door.

"Well there is one thing you could do -"

"Officer Sun, Commander Crichton." Pilot's voice filled the bay interrupting Aeryn mid-sentence.

She turned quickly to face the clamshell on the wall.

"Yes Pilot."

"Ka D'Argo requests your presence on the command. He says he has located a planet, which is allegedly home to a Luxan. One of some importance from what he's been saying." Pilot reported.

"Thank you Pilot, we'll be right up." Aeryn responded, as Pilot's image vanished from the clamshell.

Crichton and Aeryn looked at each other, a look of frustration etched onto John's features.

"Another day at the office." He remarked as they left the maintenance bay together.

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