Part XI
It took Crichton a long time to find D'Argo, and when he did, he was taken aback. The Luxan was loading supply crates onto one of the transport pods, and by the looks of it, it was just about everything they had on board.
"D'Argo! What are you doing?" He approached cautiously, realising what the warrior breed could do if he was in a sour mood.
D'Argo jumped as sson as he heard the human's voice. "Uh…what?" he said apprehensively. He was standing up right by the wall, as if cornered by some wild animal.
"I said 'what are you doing?'" he repeated, slow and clear.
D'Argo's eyes moved around the room while he came up with a reasonable excuse. John saw this act of guilt and knew beforehand that the Luxan would tell a lie.
"Enustas is leaving…getting off at the next planet. She asked me to load a transport pod with a few supplies to keep her going."
John laughed. "You serious?" He started turning around in a circle, his arms outstretched, indicating the numerous crates which quite literally filled the loading area. "Some supplies!?" he cried, "D'Argo, man, you're taking the whole ship with you!" He looked back at the Luxan and waited for an explanation to his strange behaviour, though of course he already knew where the roots of his actions lay.
"Uh…well…" Ka hesitated, "…that's just what she asked for."
John breathed out and simply stared at the Luxan. "Right," was all he could bring himself to say until his comm.. badge buzzed. "Chiana?"
"Crichton?" Her voice was flat and lifeless.
"What is it?" He had turned his back on D'Argo, so he was completely unaware of the Luxan picking up a nearby metal pole.
"I just saw Rygel…with Enustas."
He knew immediately why she seemed so mentally distressed; she had witnessed something horrifying!
"Okay, so long as we know where she is. Get to a safe distance and follow her if she leaves."
"Okay," she replied, "what are you gonna do?" There was no reply. "Crichton? Crichton!"