He felt cold, he knew that before anything else, the last thing he remembered was his wife pointing a gun at him, shifting it in her hands, had she shot him? No he wasn't in any pain. He groggily opened his eyes, sat up and looked around, he was in a dark cell, a metal door in the far left corner, surveillance next to it, just like the cell in the Gammak base, also like the Gammak base he was not alone in his cell.

A figure stirred on the other side of the cell, he waited for a moment as his cellmate began to sit up, trying to see if he could make out who exactly it was. His heart skipped a beat as he realised that it was Aeryn.

"Hey Baby" he said it softly but just loud enough for her to hear. She immediately stiffened as she realised that he was in the cell with her.

"Do you know what happened?" she asked him her voice a little shaky.

"No but I think I might know whose behind this." He said.

"Well who?"

"Peacekeepers" he said while starring over at her trying to anticipate her reaction.

"How do you know?" she asked angrily, the peacekeeper within her fighting against what she already suspected.

"I've been in an almost identical cell before."

"Oh" she said. After a moment of silence she continued "You said I was deemed irreversibly contaminated. Why did that happen?"

"My fault, I ah..., I guess I should start from the beginning. I'm not Sebacean." He paused for a moment to see if she would react, and then continued "I'm a Human from a planet called Earth, I was testing a theory involving the Earth's gravitational pull, when I accidentally entered a wormhole which flung me out to the unchartered territories, Right into the middle of a fight."

"Your prowler detachment was engaging Moya which had just been taken over by the prisoners on board. Anyway my module exited the wormhole right in the path of a wing of prowlers. I tried everything I could to avoid them but one clipped me and veered off into an asteroid."

"It was Crais' brother."

He continued to tell the story of the day that everything changed for them without any interruption; inexplicably to her she believed every word but remembered nothing. After she had finished she had just the one question. "What did you say to me to convince me to go with you?"

A smile crept across his face as he said "you could be more".

Her eyes widened almost imperceptibly as he continued, "you were adamant that you had to do your duty as a Peacekeeper and face your execution, but every day since then you have proven me right, no more so than over the past four weekens, you have proven to be one hell of a mother."

After another brief silence, a previously unnoticed light came on and the door opened.

Temporarily blinded John strained to see the thin but familiar figure that walked through the door.

"Sputnik?" he questioned with an edge of uncertainty in his voice.

She let out a sigh of annoyance at her unwanted nickname, before proceeding "Yes Crichton, Aeryn" she said glancing to the ex-Peacekeeper.

"What the frell is going on Sikozu?" with an edge of both anger and annoyance in his voice.

Looking straight at John she began "There is a task of great importance that apparently, you and your... skill set are uniquely suited for?"

He laughed with an edge of anger as he began "Damn Sputnik things must be really bad if you need to come to me for help, especially considering the whole I'm a Scarran spy thing."

The Kalish shifted a little, clearly unsettled, as both Crichton and Aeryn stood.

He suddenly grabbed her arms tightly and pinned her up against the wall of the cell. "Now tell me after all the danger you put me, my family and friends through, after getting Jool and D'argo killed, why the frell would I lift a finger to help you?"

She paused for a moment, knowing her next words needed to be carefully chosen "You wouldn't be helping me, you would be helping her." Nodding in Aeryns direction.

"A virus has been released that blocks certain neural pathways within Sebaceans." She paused for a moment to allow the Human to catch up and process what she had said, and was about to continue when Crichton spoke.

"Blocking memories" he said whilst easing his grip slightly.

"Yes, and causing a significant amount of paranoia" she said, slightly surprised that the (at least in her eyes) unintelligent human had caught on so quickly.

"But Aeryn hasn't been paranoid?" looking over at her "Mistrusting yes but not paranoid and given the circumstances I would say you've reacted reasonably."

"I noticed, I suspect that It might have something to do with the Pilot DNA you have."

The previously silent Aeryn now broke in "Pilot DNA?" a momentary look of confusion spread across her face before it turned into a glare directed at John

"Yeah a mad scientist played us, got you under his control and attempted to turn you into a Pilot. We got you right again obviously but a slight trace of the Pilot DNA remained."

She continued to glare at John "So how do we reverse it?"

Sikozu calmly replied "We can't, at least not without the original research or scientists."

John released her before speaking again, "So you need someone to go and get it, but why come to me and what's in this for you?"

She explained "The virus originated on a Sebacean colony with a heavy Peacekeeper presence, due to their paranoia they started shooting any non Sebaceans on sight, So to get in there we need someone who looks like a Sebacean but won't suffer from the memory loss or paranoia."

"Leaving me as the only viable candidate, assuming I'm not recognised, but why are you helping?"

"My reporting to War Minister Ahkna was due to the fact that the Peacekeepers were losing the war quite badly, In hindsight I see that even if she had lived, she would not have freed my people. The Peacekeepers are the main opposition to the Scarrans, however if this virus were to spread further..."

"The Peacekeepers would be as easy to break as wet paper, ok then, so who are you working with?"

"Follow me and I'll show you"

The three of them proceeded out of the cell and down the hallway to the right, until they came into what appeared to be a mess hall that had been converted into a med bay for the time being. Layed out on dozens of cots across the room were Sebaceans, all of them sedated. Meanwhile several Kalish and a Diagnosian monitored them and ran various tests.

"This is a renegade Peacekeeper base, when the virus first took effect the base commander ordered a quarantine and then broke it; when he realised everyone was infected he requested outside aid, as you can see several of my people, and a Diagnosian offered assistance and placed all infected under sedation."

"So Sputnik, I presume you have a plan?" he asked.

"Yes, your weapons will be returned and two uniforms, ident chips and a marauder have already been organised, for you to gain access to the base. We will need to get Moya to starburst near the planet in order to retrieve the data as soon as possible."

John interrupted "What do you mean 'we'? You said non-Sebaceans get shot on sight and that's the least of your worries because Chiannas gonna kill you if she sees you again."

"I will need to be nearby to direct you to what we need and I will require you to mediate with Chianna or just keep her away."

Before accepting he paused for a moment looking at Aeryn "Sikosu could you give us a microt?"

Sikosu nodded and left the couple alone. John moved further towards Aeryn and looked her in the eyes as he gently grabbed her hands, to his surprise she didn't pull her hands back or look away.

"Do you believe me?" he froze as he waited for an answer, her eyes began to water as a tear was forming. To him it felt like an arn of waiting before she responded. "yes"

"Then for now I have one more question for you, do you want to go get your memories back?"

She nodded as a tear rolled down her cheek; he smiled as he gently brushed the tear away with his thumb and whispered "Then let's go."