"Is there something I can assist you with Captain Larraq?"

"I'm looking for two prisoners." Cam hoped that the comment would not be regarded as too unusual.

"I assume you are here to see the two females." The young officer looked eagerly at Cam hoping his assessment had been correct.

"Yes."

"Follow me Sir." The officer led Cam down a series of hallways and Cam allowed him to continue talking as it distracted him from noticing that Cam wasn't paying attention. "...Sir?"

Cam stopped abruptly before he ran into the officer. "Continue, please."

"Yes Sir. These two females have been questioned but have not been forthcoming with information. While they look Sebecean they are another species."

"How do you know that?" Cam felt a stab of horror as he imagined what the Peacekeepers would have done to determine that.

"The fire-haired one. Apparently she did answer some questions but not for long."

"Have you tried other methods of extracting information?" Again Cam dreaded hearing the answer.

"No Sir!" The officer appeared shocked at the question. "The orders we received were to question the prisoners but not to force answers out of them." The officer stopped in front of a door and indicated to Cam that this was the location of the two prisoners.

Cam looked at the device Gilina had given him and wondered why it wasn't doing what she said it would. He needed to get in to rescue the girls and this one officer wouldn't be too hard to take down. Unfortunately he was still at a loss on how to get them out of the prison. Plan B wasn't going to work.

"Open the door," Cam commanded.

"Sir?"

"That was an order." Cam still held the device in his hand hoping there was still a chance it would work.

"Yes Sir." The officer opened the door to reveal a dark cell with a dirt floor and stone walls. In the corner both Sarah and Sam sat huddled together.

Cam tried to gesture to both of them not to vocalise their recognition of him. Samantha seemed to understand quickly and the look of utter disbelief was quickly masked by a determined glare. In the fraction of a second it took her to do that Sarah stood and called out to Cam. Samantha quickly reached out and pulled on Sarah's ankle causing her to fall awkwardly to the ground. Any further comment from her was held back as she cried out in pain.

Cam watched the puzzled expression on the officers face and was thinking of a comment when a ruckus in a cell close by caught their attention. A man's voice screaming out for a chair that was his could be heard resonating down the corridor.

"We must leave." The officer moved away from the door and beckoned for Cam to do the same.

"I am staying. I will be right here and you will be close by." As the officer hesitated Cam added, "what am I going to do? Run off with the criminals?" He added a sadistic laugh to emphasize his point.

As the noise from next door increased the officer nodded at Cam and left abruptly.

"Are you ok?" Cam stepped into the room and placed his back against the one wall. Gilina had told him the audio would not be working but the cameras still would. While he was not completely blocking the camera's view he could talk to the girls without being seen or overheard.

"Cam, what are you doing here?" Samantha offered a hand to Sarah and helped her sit up.

"I'm here with Jack."

"Cam." A female voice drifted through the wall to the left of him. "Cam, it's Gilina. You need to stand more to your right."

"Where's Jack?" Cam hissed the moment his back was to the wall, momentarily ignoring the looks of confusion on the women's faces.

"I don't know. He left me and Chiana just under an arn ago. What took you so long?"

"I was waiting for Jack! Look, we don't have time for this. I need to get them out now."

"Cam, if we go ahead with this plan there won't be time to find Jack if he doesn't join you at the transport pod."

"We'll find him. We're only gonna get one shot at this."

"Ok, Chiana's on her way. Follow the way you came but instead of going straight to the security check, turn. The room will be unlocked and cameras disabled. I just need a few microts to switch the video feed over...there, you should be good to go."

"Thanks Gilina." Cam turned towards the girls and helped them to their feet.

"Wait, there's a camera. Won't someone see us leaving or a suddenly vacant cell?" Cam knew that Samantha would think of that first rather than her own escape.

"We've got it covered. Gilina's introduced a loop so anyone who's looking at the cameras will see images from a few hours ago." Cam hurried the girls through the doorway and instructed them to wait for him around the corner. The moment they disappeared Cam closed the cell door and wandered over to the other cell where the officer was leaving.

"My apologies Sir."

"I have secured the prisoners." When the officer hesitated towards the cell Cam gestured towards his communicator. "If you don't believe me, ask your security officer on duty." He said it in the most displeasing and impatient tone he could muster.

After it had been confirmed that the prisoners were safely in their cell Cam dismissed the officer and made his way towards the exit and towards the girls.

"Just carry it like this and no one will question you." Gilina finished giving instructions to a very impatient Chiana who was dressed plainly in the green uniform of a tech, and thrust the work bag in her arms.

"I got it. Don't worry, I'm not like Mitchell or Jack... I can handle myself." Chiana bounded to the door but stopped when she heard Gilina's soft question.

"He really likes her doesn't he?"

"Cam and Vala?"

"Yeah." Gilina looked downcast and upset and Chiana felt a little sorry for her.

"He does. But John likes you."

"John?" Gilina looked up confused.

"Yeah. He really does. Ya know, you should come with us. Cam isn't going to be here forever and when he leaves you can be with John."

"Really?" Hope flashed across Gilina's face and Chiana smiled at her.

"You'll see if you come with us." Chiana headed out the open door, work bag gripped tightly in her hand, face downwards not making eye contact with anyone.

As she headed purposefully down the many corridors Chiana thought about what she had just said to Gilina. The first impression of the Sebecean was that she was just another one of them, another Peacekeeper sticking to the rules, following orders. When Gilina told them what she had done to override the genetic scan Chiana knew that this was someone they needed on their side to get them all out of there in one piece, alive. She had also noticed that Gilina seemed to have eyes for Cam and it was clear to Chiana that something had happened between Gilina and John the first time they met.

Allowing Gilina to believe that John wanted her and not Aeryn was one way of making sure that Gilina wouldn't turn traitor on them. Chiana also knew that if Cam found out what she had said he would not be pleased. She was not one to trust someone on their word only after being burned so many times before. The little lie she had told would not do any harm and would not even be discovered until they got back to Moya, if they had Gilina with them. Turning another corner and ducking her head lower as she passed several officers Chiana shrugged off the small nagging thought that what she had said was wrong. It would all work out in the end, it always did.

Jack took a few swings at the two guards that the voice had ordered to seize him. He managed to get one or two hits in before they had him pinned to the ground, smashing his head in the process. His head still spinning violently he felt the two guards haul him to his feet and drag him to the room he had just passed. His vision blurring to a point where shapes were hard to see clearly, he tried to focus on whomever was speaking in a controlled yet whiny sounding voice.

"Take him to the chair," the voice commanded.

Jack was placed roughly in a device that resembled a chair with attachments all over. It was set up on a pedestal and after the guards threw him in the seat, his hands were bound and one of the attachments lowered over his head.

"Who are you?" Jack could see who was talking to him and hesitated to call him a man. He was wearing some sort of black leather outfit that covered him entirely, including his head, crisscrossing over his face down the bridge of his nose.

"Officer Hassan, Peacekeeper Special Ops," Jack gasped.

"Unfortunately wrong, on all accounts." Jack felt the chair start to turn slowly and he watched the room spin around him.

"Cam." Gilina's voice travelled over to Cam from the wall opposite him.

"Where's Chiana?" Cam was impatient. He wanted to get them out of there and every second that passed was one more chance they could get caught.

"She should be there by now. Cam, I'm not sure what's going on but they've notified all the security officers that there was an intruder."

"Jack. He's not here. Gilina, can you find out where he is?"

"I can try. Chiana might..." Cam cut Gilina off by waving frantically at the wall her voice was coming from as he heard footsteps in the corridor. Readying his pulse pistol he peered around the corner of the alcove and watched as an officer walked down a corridor leading away from them.

Once the officer was gone Cam took several cautious steps down the hallway, peering around the corners to see if anyone else was in their area. Temporarily satisfied that he wouldn't be disturbed for at least a minute he dashed back into the room, calling softly for Gilina.

"Cam, what was it?" Samantha, Sarah and Gilina asked.

"Just an officer. Gilina we need to get out of here quick."

"Chiana's going through security right now." Cam heaved a sigh of relief at Gilina's statement. Hopefully Chiana would be here soon and they could start getting the hell out of there.

"Jack, did you find out where he is?"

"No, sorry, still working on it." Gilina's voice faded a little before she whispered, "Cam, I have to go."

Cam tried calling her name several times but to no avail.

"What happened to Jack?" Samantha stared at him wide-eyed.

"I dunno. He was supposed to be with me but got separated."

"Daniel, where is he?" Sarah had been very quiet since Cam had arrived and he assumed she was still in shock over her kidnapping and whatever they'd been through while they were here. Keeping an eye out on the corridor for Chiana or anyone unexpected, Cam filled them in on the happenings aboard Moya.

Jack felt pain stabbing into his mind and even though it only lasted mere seconds it was unlike anything he had felt before.

"My name is Scorpius."

"Appropriate." Jack spat out the word taking in the man's appearance. He was dressed in black leather that covered him from head to toe, including a piece that left his eyes, nose and chin exposed. Sunken eyes in a pale face, lines and wrinkles prominent, aged teeth making a startling appearance when he talked.

"I'll ask you again. Who are you?"

"Officer Hassan, Peacekeeper..."

"While you may look Sebecean, your energy signature is quite dissimilar. You are not a PeaceKeeper. What species are you?" Scorpius's voice stayed even toned but there was something in it that made shivers run down Jack's spine.

"Ya know, you should really see a dentist before your teeth fall out." Jack smirked as he spoke, his sarcastic wit coming forth full force.

Scorpius raised his arm and once more pain flooded through Jack.

"You attempt to provoke me. Perhaps you are hoping I will loose my composure and kill you before I extract any information. I long ago learned the advantages of patience." As Scorpius spoke Jack felt his stomach drop a few more inches. This was no joe schmo assigned to get information, he was a pro and Jack couldn't begin to imagine what kind of methods of torture these aliens had.

He tried to prepare himself for another bout of pain but the previous tastes were nothing compared to this contraption going at full power.

Images popped into his mind: Charlie playing baseball, his dad teaching him to fish, the time he broke his leg as a teenager, the first time he flew solo. As the rapidly changing images stopped Jack barely suppressed a yell. His head felt like it had been squeezed hard by a vice and he blinked several times, breathing heavily.

"What was that?" Jack wasn't really curious but hoped that the question would give him a few moments to recover a little.

"Your memories. Random and indistinct at the moment. It will take some time to map your neural patterns." Scorpius leaned in closely almost as if he was scrutinizing Jack.

Before Jack knew what hit him, more images flooded his mind. This time the memories were a little more recent. The robbery at the liquor store, the cave-in with Daniel, various memories of things that had happened on Moya. Again, suddenly the pain and visions stopped abruptly.

"That was a Leviathan ship was it not?" Scorpius looked pleased with himself and Jack barely had chance to respond to the question before he continued. "I seem to remember a report on an escaped Leviathon prison transport. Have Javio check the data files." He glanced at the female operating the chair before turning back to Jack. "You are a most interesting spy."

This wave of images brought forth one Jack hoped would stay hidden. Images of Charlie lying in a pool of blood kept replaying over and over in between the hish-hash of other memories. When it stopped Jack didn't feel the tear that had escaped trickling down his face.

Cam opened the door to the room Gilina had directed him to. He hadn't thought it was possible but this room was even smaller then her quarters, possibly made smaller by the various pieces of equipment scattered around and what looked like several electrical panels of sorts with wires attached and snaking back and forth. There was no one there yet and he hoped that Chiana would be by quickly with Sarah and Samantha. She had finally arrived, bearing a work bag and two tech uniforms. Sarah and Samantha had been glad to change out of their dirty clothes into clean ones, Peacekeeper or not. Cam had been concerned about anyone recognizing the two now former prisoners but Gilina had assured him that they had been kept in relative seclusion and only a handful of officers had seen them.

He paced around the room, jumping when the door opened and Gilina entered.

"So?"

"You got them out ok?" Gilina smiled weekly at him.

"Yeah. They're on their way here. Jack?"

"He's been captured. Scorpius has him."

"Who?" Cam searched his memory trying to remember if he had heard that name before.

"Jack's in the chair."

"What?"

"Scorpius' Aurora Chair. It maps neural patterns and visualises memories and thoughts."

"Like a mind reader." Cam shuddered at the thought as he remembered his brush with memory altering technology.

"Yes."

"How do we get him out of there?"

"I don't know. The idea to get you out of here won't work if you're separated." Gilina stopped as a noise at the door caused Cam to draw his pulse pistol.

Cam opened the door to reveal Chiana, Sarah and Samantha and rushed them all inside.

Jack could feel the sweat starting to trickle down his face, into his eyes, down his neck. He refused to cry out and give this creature any satisfaction but the pain was incredible. Some of the memories this machine was bringing forth were ones that he had hidden deep within his mind never wanting to think on them again. Now he was almost reliving them.

As the pain subsided Jack became aware of someone talking. Javio had arrived and was spouting off something to Scorpius. He heard 'Delvian' and 'Luxon' and guessed they were discussing Moya and his ship mates. Intent on listening to Javio, Jack was not prepared for another blast of pain.

This time the memories were of Moya and the crew. Not surprising as they had been the last thing he had thought about before the chair was activated again. Jack watched as his memory of the first time he saw Moya, Cam climbing out of the transport pod at his cabin, leaving Kawalsky and the men back on Earth, one of Samantha's smiles, several planets they had travelled to and a fleeting memory of Crais.

Javio was speaking to Scorpius as Jack forced himself to concentrate on what was being said while trying desperately to block memories from coming forth. As the images faded he listened as Scorpius stated that Crais had been given special dispensation to hunt down the Leviathan and ordered Javio to recall Crais. Jack stored that tidbit of information as Scorpius demanded more from that memory. The woman at the controls announced that she can't locate that particular memory but had found something of interest. Jack couldn't figure out what it could be but he knew what had happened the moment the memory was forced out.

Cam explaining the Stargate to himself and Samantha. It had been one lazy night on Mavinoc's home planet and Samantha had inquired for the millionth time for Cam to explain it again. He'd gone several steps further drawing pictures in the sand, discussing technologies they had discovered, races they had met, enemies old and new, and how ultimately the Stargate Program had been the key for Earthlings to design and build ships capable of interstellar travel.

Jack watched in horror as Scorpius listened to what Cam had told them, desperately trying to stop the memory from playing in front of his audience.

Chiana led Samantha and Sarah to the Prowler Bay all three keeping their heads down and meeting no resistance. Once there they waited for the signal trying to hide in the shadows of the corridor.

"Evacuation warning. Reactor overload." An automated voice accompanied by a warning tone sounded loudly through the base.

"Now." Chiana led them towards a mans voice shouting orders.

"Clear the area! Get everyone away from the reactor core. Emergency radiation gear is on level 10." Peacekeepers ran in every direction following Javio's orders.

"Frak." Samantha turned to Chiana at her softly uttered curse.

"What is it?" she asked getting no response from Chiana.

"Just...follow me." Chiana followed Javio's path towards the Transport pod.

"Wait. The Prowler."

"What about it?" Chiana didn't slow her pace at Samantha's comment.

"Jack and Cam will need it to get back to Moya. We can't let them take it."

"Commander Javio, Sir." Chiana yelled. He stopped, his back facing them.

"This Prowler is non operational. There's a problem with the..." Samantha stumbled over her words, not entirely too sure what there could be a problem with.

"There's a faulty component in the froonium drive causing instabilities in the, er, stabiliser."

"We might be able to fix it if we can just have a look." Samantha tried to think of what she could do to make it non operational yet easy enough that Cam and Jack could make it operational again.

Javio turned to face them and immediately Chiana and Samantha dropped their heads.

"Very good Chiana." Javio raised his weapon and aimed at Chiana, a small gasp escaping Sarah.

"But I thought the Commander was the last one to evacuate." Samantha wanted to kick Chiana for goading him.

"It's funny, but I believe just the opposite." Javio barely glanced at Sarah and Samantha.

"We could both leave, continue our earlier discussion." She said it in such a suggestive way that Sarah shuddered at the thought of what Chiana's and Javio's earlier discussion had been.

"Chiana, that won't work twice."

As Javio spoke Chiana leapt forward, kicking Javio's wrist but not managing to knock the pulse pistol out of his hand. He moved to strike her but she ducked, Samantha and Sarah stepping back to avoid being hit. Javio raised his pulse pistol and shot as Chiana ducked just in time. He hit a metal object behind Chiana instead, and Samantha could only assume it was a device used to deliver fuel to the Prowlers as it immediately burst into flames. Without thinking Samantha grabbed the device and pointed it at Javio as he took aim at Chiana again. His cries of pain were heard for only a few seconds before he succumbed leaving Samantha fighting the rising bile in her throat.

Sarah helped Samantha pick up the torch as Chiana walked over to Javio's charred body. "Let's go." Chiana took off running, Sarah and Samantha hurrying to keep up.

"The Reactor warning was a false alarm." The woman who had been at the controls of the Aurora Chair had left on Scorpius's orders to investigate the warning.

"Sir, the Transport pod has launched without authorization. It has vanished. There are no sensor readings at all." Officer Heskon entered and addressed Scorpius.

"Another accomplice. The false alarm was a diversion. Who triggered it?"

"We don't know, Sir." Officer Heskon kept his head bowed. "We still suspect that Captain Larraq had something to do with it."

"That was not Captain Larraq. Do you have him imprisoned yet?" Jack held his breath as he heard Scorpius. If they'd captured Cam then it was hopefully the women who had escaped.

"Yes, Sir."

"No, I doubt that impostor would be able to activate a reactor overload warning. Keep searching." Scorpius swept from the room as Jack released his breath. He felt the bonds holding him in the chair be released and tried to stand up and put up a fight. Two Peacekeeper soldiers picked him up roughly and dragged him down many many corridors, Jack only strong enough to verbalise a few week attempts at sarcasm.

As Pilot announced the return of the Transport pod, Vala raced as fast as she could to the maintenance bay wanting to see with her own two eyes that Cam was alive and well. She was the last one to arrive and the moment she entered the room started searching with her eyes for Cam. Not seeing him she went to the transport pod, peering inside.

Feeling a hand on her shoulder she turned to face Zhaan.

"Where's Cam?" She fought the feeling in the pit of her stomach that perhaps she didn't want to have that question answered.

"He is still on the base."

Sidestepping Zhaan, Vala sought Chiana's eyes for confirmation, receiving it when Chiana could not look her in the eye. "What happened?"

"Jack was captured and Cam went after him. He told us to leave, get back to Moya while we still could."

Vala felt her knees give and D'Argo ran to help her sit rather than fall to the floor.

AN: Sorry for the delay... Hope ya like it. Credit for the dentist line goes to CKO after a small and entertaining discussion on what sarcastic comments Jack would have for Scorpius.

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