Cam woke from his brief nap when he heard Pilot's voice over the comms in the transport pod and realised they were about to board Moya. By now he was feeling exhausted and longed for his bed but there was something else he wanted more.

When the door to the transport pod opened he was the first one out, almost jumping the distance in order to get to her quicker. Vala took several steps towards him before she was engulfed in his arms.

"Missed you," Cam whispered simply into her ear while holding onto her tightly.

"Love you," was her response as she buried her face in the crook of his neck.

They barely heard Sarah calling for Daniel or Zhaan shouting out instructions to move Gilina somewhere she would be more comfortable. Even D'Argo's yell at Pilot to starburst away from their location was not comprehended. It wasn't until Vala spotted Jack tiredly ordering Sam to get her wound checked out that she pulled out of his embrace and for the first time noticed that Cam was trembling slightly.

"What happened? Were you hurt?" Instantly concern etched it's way onto her expression.

"Got into a bit of a fight but don't worry, think we won that round." Cam tried to brush it off to ease her worry but he didn't fool her.

"We need to get Zhaan to see you..."

"No. She's got Gilina to take care of. I'm fine, just a bit tired." By this point it was an understatement. Cam had done all nighters many times, several in a row but this felt much worse than that. While he hadn't thought he'd been exerted physically only mentally, the chair had taken a toll.

Vala could see that Jack too looked exhausted but not injured by what she could tell. Samantha left to follow Zhaan, Daniel and Sarah leaving him standing in the middle of the room staring blankly ahead. It wasn't until D'Argo brushed past him that he seemed to realise where he was and after sending Cam a quick nod he trudged out of the room barely hiding a yawn.

"Let's get you to bed."

"I want to check on Gilina." Cam felt her hand grasp his and gently tug him in the direction of the doorway.

"I'll go check on her, you need rest. D'Argo and the others will fill us in on what happened and after you've had a few hours of sleep I'll wake you up."

Vala kissed him swiftly before going to see how their new arrival was doing. Cam at first intended on going to his room but before he realised what he was doing he ended up outside of Zhaan's room, Jack not far ahead. Zhaan saw them standing there and came to them calmly explaining that while Gilina was injured she would most likely recover. Zhaan refused to let them in stating that they needed to rest before they became ill and both men left only when she began offering medicines to help them rest. Cam was sure he'd need no assistance sleeping.

How wrong he was.

The pain felt real as the images again rapidly displayed themselves in his mind. He tossed and turned under the sheets until he opened his eyes and the only pain he felt was that from his shoulder after falling out of the bed. Taking deep breaths to calm himself he looked around the familiar room as if re-orienting himself to reality.

The second time he managed to wake himself before he landed on the ground saving himself from collecting more bruises. Instead of trying to sleep again he mustered the strength to freshen up, taking his time. By the time he was done he felt a little more like normal and more energized. Going back into his room he glared at the bed with the sheets crumpled up at one end as he pulled a clean pair of pants on. As he began hunting for a clean shirt Vala entered.

"You should be resting."

"Yeah well, any more rest like that and I'll be barking at the moon." He turned to smile at Vala trying to convey to her that he felt much better. "Besides if I was resting, what were you doing here?" He grinned cheekily at her.

She smirked back shaking her head at him. "I came to see if you actually were resting or not. Turns out I was right."

"How's Gilna?"

"Zhaan has her sleeping but she should be ok. The shot just grazed her but it'll take some time to heal."

"Good. What's everyone else up to?"

"Jack's sleeping and Sam went to check on him. Zhaan's with Gilina and Stark, D'Argo's talking to Pilot with Daniel, Sarah is fixing supper with Zadi and I have no clue where Chiana is."

By now Cam had encircled Vala with his arms and as he felt the baby kick as if in response to his touch he felt his love for this strong and amazing woman swell within him.

He had no idea on how long he had been sleeping when Pilot's frantic voice broke through the silence. In an instant he was out of bed groping for his clothes, Vala moving as quickly as she could behind him. Once at the control room he saw he was one of the last to arrive and got caught up in the conversation.

"Can you calm them down?" Zhaan asked Pilot.

"No it's no use. Nerri is not listening to Moya and I."

"Can't we just starburst away?" Cam added as at some point during his nap they had exited starburst due to Nerri.

"Moya will not leave her child."

"We are not asking her to, Pilot." Zhaan glared at Cam for suggesting the idea.

"So it's just a signal?" Sam had that look on her face that Cam recognized. It was the one that told everyone the wheels in her mind were going into overdrive.

"A Peacekeeper signal. He's scared but won't listen to us."

"He's a Peacekeeper hybrid, they must want him but how did they know of his existence?" Zhaan mused out loud but missed the wide eyed looks of horror on Jack and Cam's faces.

"Pilot, can you see any Peacekeeper ships on Moya's long range sensors?" D'Argo asked.

"No."

"Then maybe it's just a dud set up in case..."

"There's a ship there, it has to be there, waiting. We must leave. Now." D'Argo interrupted Cam.

"But how are we going to convince Nerri to..."

"Nerri is preparing to starburst and Moya is preparing to follow." Pilot's frenzied voice drowned out Zhaan's question. "Prepare to starburst."

Cam felt the familiar sensation as Moya began to starburst, following her child. Immediately everyone began speaking suggesting tactics and methods to convince Nerri to stop.

Time began to fly by as everyone prepared for whatever they would meet when they arrived at Nerri's destination. Daniel, Chiana, and Zhaan headed to Pilot's den to try to convince Nerri to cease his starburst while Jack, Cam and D'Argo began discussing and arguing how best to defend themselves when they did meet up with the Peacekeepers.

Vala went to sit with Gilina at Zhaan's request as she felt tired and did not wish to join the others who were dashing back and forth from one area of the ship to another. Neither she, Cam or Zhaan had any idea what the gestation period for a Sebecean/Human child would be and she didn't think that this would be a good situation to find out it was only 8 months.

Cautiously she walked to Gilina's side checking to see if the woman was awake. She wasn't so Vala sat grateful for the chance to rest her feet.

Pilot's voice over her comm announcing that they were exiting starburst woke her from her brief nap. For a moment she was disoriented but when she saw Gilina staring back at her she remembered why she was there.

"Where are we?" Gilina's voice was week.

"Not too sure."

"Have we reached the source of the signal?" D'Argo's voice drifted through the silent room.

"No. Nerri has stopped at Moya's pleading," Pilot responded.

"What signal?" Gilina moved as if to get out of the bed but gasped when she moved herself into a more upright position, sinking back down.

"Peacekeeper signal. We think it's to attract Nerri." After a brief discussion it had been decided that if Gilina was coming with them Vala could tell her some of what was going on. As she had saved the lives of several of them and made herself an outcast in the process the general feeling was that Gilina would have nowhere else to go and most likely would not betray them. D'Argo had been adamant about telling her nothing but Zhaan was the voice of reason along with Daniel.

"Who's Nerri?"

Vala briefly explained what Nerri was but was unable to go into much detail as she didn't remember most of the discussions. She knew he was Moya's child and that he was different, changed by Peacekeepers somehow, and that he had weapons while Moya did not.

As she spoke, understanding dawned on Gilina's face.

"Crais. It has to be. He wants that Leviathan, he has for some time, but as far as I was aware the project never had any results and was discontinued for some reason. He must've found out through Jack or Cam."

Vala relayed the information to Cam, watching Gilina as she did. She was unnerved as the woman's eyes rested on her large abdomen.

"How far along are you?"

"Actually, I'm not too sure. Don't know how much was explained to you, but I'm not Aeryn, I'm only in her. None of us have any idea on how long the child will stay in me as it's not all Sebacean."

"What species is the father?"

"Human."

Vala did not expect Gilina's reaction. Her face fell and she looked very shocked. "Cam?" she asked.

"Yes." Vala had no idea why this thought would give that reaction.

"May I ask when?"

Assuming that Gilina might know something about Sebacean pregnancies Vala began to tell her story. Once Gilina knew that conception had happened before Cam and Vala had entered John and Aeryn she sank back onto the pillow, staring ahead. After a few moments Vala became concerned.

"Did you and John...?"

"No. We, we met each other once. I thought there was something between them then as Aeryn acted different after she..." Gilina broke off still not able to meet Vala's eyes.

"After she what?"

"She caught John and I embracing." Gilina coughed and Vala grabbed her some water.

Once Gilina had taken a drink Vala continued as if the previous discussion had not happened. "We've stopped now, but I don't know if Nerri will stay with us or follow the signal. If he does I don't know what we'll do. Moya is determined not to leave him and will follow him."

"I can't help you there. I don't know if there are any Peacekeeper ships in this area but I do know that Scorpius commanded Crais to return to the Gammak Base. This was shortly after John, I mean Cam, was captured. It could be him, especially as Scorpius knows that Moya is here." Gilina fell silent and Vala could tell it was for a different reason.

"What is it?"

"The defense screen."

"The what?"

"When John and I met we were on the Zelbinion. We salvaged the defense shield and used it on Moya to prevent the Sheyang's from destroying her. It's still here?"

"I don't know." Vala relayed the message to Cam and D'Argo and recieved confirmation that it had not been removed.

"We can use that. If Nerri starbursts towards the signal again we can activate it. It won't be perfect but it will buy us some time."

"We have a problem." D'Argo appeared at the door instead of over the comms. "John and Aeryn with your help, Gilina, installed that device on Moya. Since then John made some adjustments trying to increase the power of the shield but we haven't tested it yet. Neither John or Aeryn can help us unless Vala or Cam know anything about..." D'Argo trailed off as Vala shook her head.

"I can help." Gilina threw back the covers with as much effort as she could and tried to roll into a position where she could stand easily.

"No. You need to stay here as you must rest and heal." Zhaan had followed D'Argo and rushed into the room trying to assist Gilina in getting back into bed.

"Perhaps I can help." Samantha's voice came through the comms. "If I can have a look at the device and if Gilina can walk me through some of the controls I should be able to figure it out."

If anyone could get it working, Vala knew that Sam would be the best bet.

Zhaan stayed behind with Gilina so Vala wandered to where Sam said Cam would be. She found him in Pilot's Den just as Pilot announced that Nerri was preparing to starburst again. D'Argo began demanding to know, over the comms, what Moya's intentions were. He had his answer as Moya followed Nerri into starburst.

D'Argo asked Vala and Chiana to stay with Pilot and try to convince Nerri to stop but it was useless. Nerri was not listening and Moya refused to abandon him. Through the comms Vala could hear the conversations between Cam, D'Argo, Sam and Gilina trying to get the defense screen working by the time Nerri stopped.

Nerri did stop again and the moment he had Pilot announced that a Command Carrier was closing in on their position. The defense screen wasn't working yet and Chiana had suggested she get into the Prowler to see if she could cause some damage to the Peacekeeper ship before it arrived. She was told not to bother by D'Argo as Nerri began to prepare for starburst again.

Moya had barely begun to move forwards when to everyone on board it felt as if they'd been stopped by a wall. Cam crashed into the wall hitting his head hard as he heard everyone around him falling too. Grabbing his head he forced himself into a sitting position and called to Pilot over the comms.

"Pilot, what happened?"

"I am unsure, Mitchell."

"Did we hit something?"

Before he could hear Pilot's response Zhaan began asking if anyone was hurt. There had been a few cuts, scrapes and bruises as all of them had felt the abrupt stop and fallen into various objects. Wiping away the blood that trickled down his eyebrow, Cam helped Sam to her feet and after checking in with Vala to make sure she was ok, they returned to fixing the defense shield.

"Pilot, the Command Carrier, how close is it?" D'Argo asked.

"It will be at our location in a quarter of an arn."

"I think we'll need more time than that." Samantha briefly looked up from what she was doing and Cam could see the fear hidden behind her mask of concentration.

"I can help." Gilina leaned heavily on the wall and Cam ran to her side.

"Shouldn't you be resting?"

"I can be of more use here and will it matter if I'm rested when that ship gets here?"

Cam wanted to argue but she was right. They needed to get the defense screen working.

"Pilot, why aren't we moving?" D'Argo stomped past Chiana and Vala.

"Moya is unable to, as is Nerri. We seem to be stuck and there's nothing showing up on the sensors."

"Flax?"

"I am unsure," Pilot responded.

"What's a Flax?" Vala had been listening to the exchange curiously.

"Aeryn was teaching John to fly the transport pod and they flew into the Flax. It's like a net to catch ships so pirates can raid them," D'Argo explained.

"So if this is the same we can get out of here?" Relief flooded into Vala as she had been anticipating worse news.

"We couldn't remove the transport pod from the Flax and had to abandon it."

"Oh." The short lived relief dissapeared.

"The Command Carrier will be within firing range in less than 50 microts."

Cam really didn't need Pilot announcing the countdown as he, Gilina and Samantha desperately tried to get the defense screen to work. They all knew what would happen if it didn't work. The Peacekeepers would either capture them or kill them with the exception of Gilina who told Cam she'd be executed as a traitor if they boarded Moya. Cam was aware that Moya was defenseless, and basically a sitting duck, an easy target. As the three of them used every last microt Cam willed his hands to stop shaking. This wasn't his field, he was only here doing what Samantha, then Gilina instructed. Had Moya been equipped with weapons or the Peacekeepers boarding her, he would've been less nervous. A 302 at his disposal and he would've been in his element.

As Gilina called out that the screen was done and to fire it up Pilot announced that the Command Carrier was sending a transmission. As Crais's voice came over the comms Cam felt a shiver run down his spine. This man had chased them all over the galaxy and after the time on the Gammak base he knew that there was no chance of survival for many on board.

Suddenly the transmission stopped and D'Argo began demanding why. Pilot, using Moya's sensors informed them that the Command Carrier had stopped and he presumed that the Peacekeepers were caught in the same thing they were.

"If you don't release us we will fire on you." Crais made it apparent that he thought they were behind his sudden inability to move.

"The ship is preparing to fire." Pilot scared Vala at his sudden increase in movement and loudness.

"Get that defense screen on, now!" D'Argo barked.

"It's on," Gilina responded.

"How do we know it's working?" Cam wondered out loud.

"We're about to find out! They're firing on us."

At Pilot's warning everyone prepared for impact but none happened. Before the relief had chance to do more than wash over them, Moya shook violently as Pilot announced that there had been a hit.

"I thought this thing was working?"

"I keep forgetting you're not John. It is working but there's supposed to be two defense screens overlapping each other..."

Samantha interrupted Gilina. "And we only have one. We've only got a partial screen to defend us so statisticly half of the shots fired on us will hit."

"Pilot, you catch that? We gotta get out of here!" Cam ran towards Pilot's Den followed by Samantha with Gilina leaning heavily on her.

As they arrived, Crais was demanding that they release the Command Carrier and if they would he would give them leniency.

"He lies." Zadi had been brought to the Den by Jack and stepped out from behind him to make his voice heard.

D'Argo opened his mouth to make a snarky comment but stopped when Jack glared at him. There was a brief discussion about what to do while Sam talked to Pilot, all of them ignoring Crais's voice.

"I've got an idea." Samantha brought all other discussions to a stop as Moya received another hit. "Since we've been caught, Nerri and Moya have been struggling to free themselves. With Pilots help we think we might be able to free ourselves."

"How?"

"Stop struggling. Perhaps if this is a trap set up by pirates or something else then they would have to be able to maneuver around this thing to get to the captured ships. If you look at how both Nerri and Crais's ship are located, both in the same situation we are, they aren't on any of the same vectors that we are. We can't sense it, the Peacekeepers can't either and I bet whoever put this thing here gets caught every once in a while too."

Cam glanced at Samantha impressed by her line of thought. "So we just stop moving and this thing lets go?"

"Like a finger trap." Jack earned himself a grateful glance from Samantha and Vala had to stifle the laugh that was bubbling within her.

"Yes."

"But then what? There's no way to tell where this thing is so getting out of here is going to be tricky."

"I think I can use the co-ordinates of the other two ships to map out a vector that will clear us from the net but I am unsure as to how much space we'll need to starburst away."

"Moya and I will assist you with that Samantha."

"What about Nerri, Pilot? Will he follow her instructions?" Zhaan knew that Moya would not leave her child and if they managed to free themselves but not Nerri, Moya would remain behind.

"I do not know."

No one had any idea of how long it would take but during the time that passed Nerri continued to struggle and at one point returned fire on the Command Carrier much to everyone's surprise. As Leviathans did not have weapons yet Nerri as a hybrid did, there was no knowing how his weapons worked, or how old he had to be to use them. D'Argo encouraged him to continue to fire while Zhaan opposed the idea, not wishing to give Nerri the idea that violence was the answer.

A slight jerk was all that was felt as Moya slipped free of the net that was holding her in place. As she began to move along the vector that Sam had suggested Nerri began to follow Moya's instructions and also ceased to struggle. Samantha calculated a new vector for Nerri and in less time than it had taken Moya, Nerri was free. As soon as she could, Moya, Nerri by her side, starburst away from a furious Crais.

The mood on the ship changed dramatically as they got further and further away from the Peacekeepers. Jack, suddenly aware that his arm was around Samantha, stood and announced he was hungry, Zadi eagerly chiming in. Chiana lifted herself out of D'Argo's lap and accepted Sarah's offer to help. One by one everyone left the room leaving only Cam and Vala with Pilot in the background.

"So..."

"So?" His lips were so close to her ear that she could feel them tickling her.

"Now what?"

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I liked Mavinoc's planet and many of the others we've been to."

"Any particular one?" Cam wanted to do whatever Vala wanted. He wanted to keep their baby safe but at the same time keep Vala happy and he wouldn't force her to do anything she didn't want to.

"What if we stayed here, on Moya?" Vala asked hesitantly.

Cam didn't answer right away wondering if she had more to say. Vala took it to be a bad sign and began to voice her reasoning.

"Most of the planets we've been to have Peacekeepers. We can't hide forever and I know you'll miss being here, in the thick of things."

"That's what I'm concerned about. Just look at the past few weeks! We haven't been in the ideal environment to raise a child. It isn't safe."

"Nowhere is. No matter where we go there'll be that risk that we'll be found. If we're here we can make a difference. We've got friends with us, all of which want similar things. We all want to stay away from the Peacekeepers, stay alive."

"You really want this?"

"Yes."

"Then we'll stay here." Cam reached for her chin and turned her head towards his, kissing her passionately.

During the meal the conversation turned to what to do next. With a grin Jack announced his intention to stay aboard Moya and with Zadi. The chances of finding the boys father was limited as they had no idea if the information they had been given earlier had any ounce of truth in it but Cam suspected that it was just a cover on Jack's part. He could see that the man enjoyed the action despite the miserable outcome sometimes. Samantha wasted no time expressing her desire to stay as she stated that while life on Earth had been good, there was something about being here that made her feel more alive, more useful, more at home.

To Cam's surprise Sarah was the one that informed the group that both her and Daniel intended to stay. He could understand Daniel's reasoning as this man's thirst for knowledge was the same as the Daniel he had known in his own world. He hadn't thought that Sarah was happy here but one look at her radiant face told him otherwise.

He looked around at the faces he had become so familiar with, new and old. This was his home and his family. Friends that worked together and even though they had different goals in life, they all shared a common one now.

As all eyes fell on him Cam smiled at Vala and opened his mouth to tell them of their decision.

Then everything went black.