Okay, here is my first ever Farscape fic! I tried to resist the temptation and I couldn't, had to try!
I don't own anything, I'm not making money, so please don't sue!
This is set I guess a cycle after 'Fractures.' Scorpius is dead (The wicked witch is dead! hehe!) While
Aeryn and John aren't completely back together, they are talking again and getting close. John's going to
get lucky, hehe, anyway, I miss Zhaan. So guess what! She's back! Yea, Stark! ...hmm... I think I'll
shut up now...
Title: Surprise Surprise
Chapter 4: A Luxan-sized Surprise
Rated: R
(slight spolier for 'A Clockwork Nebari' in this one)
***
Aeryn rubbed her throat as she hit her com badge. "Pilot," she said hoarsely.
"Aeryn are you alright?"
"Never mind. Where is John?"
"He's in Command with Chiana, D'Argo, and Zhaan."
"Thank you." Aeryn turned the com off and started to leave the room.
"Stop!" Aeryn turned to look at her again. "Slowly."
Aeryn made her way slowly to Command, the pistol encouraging her to not make any sudden moves. Aeryn
stopped in the doorway and her friends looked up.
"Aeryn, I was just about to ask you to come here. We were hoping you might recognize the ship those
scientists were on," Zhaan said. "D'Argo said it looks slightly familiar."
Chiana looked at Aeryn curiously, "You seem tense."
Aeryn stared at her, "You would be too."
"What do you mean?" D'Argo asked.
Chiana noticed the missing pulse pistol. "Aeryn, where is your pulse pistol?" Images of a similar
unarmed Aeryn flashed through her head.
"Pointed at my back," she replied and entered the room.
"What?" John asked, stepping towards her until he saw Cassandra enter behind her, Aeryn's pistol in hand.
John stared in shock. "What's going on?"
"Ask your frelling sister. She woke up and attacked right after you left."
"John, remember, your own recovery." Zhaan said quickly, "You did things like this too."
"The gun was pointed at me then, too," Aeryn remarked grouchily.
"What can we say, Aeryn, we all have a deep desire to kill you," Chiana said with a grin.
"Shut-up, Chiana," John said before Aeryn could reply.
Everyone was surprised when Cassandra moved the pistol to aim at D'Argo. "I wouldn't try that Luxan. You
might knock me out, but you would be dead. I've felt the sting of a Luxan's tongue before, I won't feel it
again." D'Argo retreated the few steps he had taken towards her.
"Cassandra, put the pistol down," John said slowly. "These are my friends, they will not hurt you." John
stepped towards her cautiously. He didn't seriously think she'd turn the gun on him, but better safe than
sorry. He reached out and placed a hand on the pistol, forcing her to look at him. "Give me the pistol,
Cass." Her hand released it's grip and John passed the gun back to Aeryn, never taking his eyes off his
skittish sister. The crew let out a breath of relief when Aeryn once again had her pistol strapped to her
thigh. "What happened?"
"I - I thought it was another simulation," she whispered brokenly. She looked up at Aeryn. "I'm sorry I hurt
you."
Aeryn ignored the surprised looks from her friends. "I'm fine." She approached Cassandra cautiously. "My
name is Aeryn Sun." She held out her hand like John had taught her.
Cassandra accepted it with a smile. "Cassandra Crichton."
"I know." Aeryn hesitated a moment and then asked her question anyway. "How did you do that move so fast?"
"Fast?" Cassandra chuckled. "That was slow. I'm pretty sure I caught you off-guard, you'd have been able
to block it if you hadn't been."
"I couldn't break free though."
Cassandra grinned, "There is a way to."
"Okay, everyone! Mark this day down in history! Officer Aeryn Sun, the former Peacekeeper has just asked a
lesser life-form about fighting techniques!"
"Shut-up, John," Cassandra and Aeryn responded. Zhaan chuckled, and Chiana grinned. John had a shocked look
on his face.
"Well, if that doesn't take the cake. My sister and my..." John paused slightly, what could he call Aeryn,
they weren't lovers anymore but could be again soon, "...best friend are both dogging me."
"Dogging?" Chiana asked confused.
"What does a four-legged canine have to do with anything?" D'Argo asked.
"Never mind," John replied while Cassandra chuckled. She was curious though. She had noticed the slight
hesitation before John said 'best friend.' She wondered if John and Aeryn were an item.
"By the way, last time I checked, it's not 'dogging.' Now it's 'dising' or 'ragging.'" Cassandra said
grinning.
"Always good to keep up on popular culture... how did they come up with dising?"
Cassandra shrugged, "Beats the shit out of me."
"Well, there is no doubt she is Human, she's just like John. Can't understand a word she says," Chiana
remarked with a grin.
The group wasn't as tense as before, but there was still a hint of unease. Cassandra's eyes danced over them
all every few moments. Her weak body already beginning to show signs of the strain in small muscle spasms.
John spotted one and immediately claimed he was hungry. He took Cassandra by the arm and guided her out of
Command. Chiana and Aeryn followed behind. Zhaan left to check on Jool; D'Argo remained on watch in Command.
Once they reached the central chamber, John pushed Cassandra into a seat and went about gathering food for her.
Chiana sat down in front of her, and Aeryn sat beside Chiana. "So how did you get on that ship?" Chiana asked.
Cassandra sighed and glanced at John who was now staring at her. She looked down at her hands before
answering. "I guess you came through a wormhole, too?"
"Yeah."
"I think that there is something about our planet that is unique. Every unmanned test of Farscape fails
because of something dealing with the sun. Every manned test, sends the person out here to the Uncharted
Territories."
"So you came through the same wormhole as John?" Chiana asked. Cassandra nodded.
John placed some food cubes in front of Cassandra and sat down beside her. "There were some unmanned tests?"
"After you disappeared, IASA wanted to scrub the whole project. That's where I came in. I asked to be pulled
from my duties on the Space Station project and into your old position. I was sure I could figure out what
happened." She glanced at him. "At that time, I thought you were dead." She paused before continuing.
"Because of my reputation and that it was a freak accident, IASA let me take over the project with DK. When
DK gave me the logs for your flight, I thought someone must have made some errors in recording. There were so
many oddities, that I didn't think you simply blew up or were vaporized. I figured the only way to explain the
information and the complete lack of any debris was that you had opened a wormhole and gone through."
"Yeah, I came out in the middle of a battle," John said with a small laugh.
"What happened?"
"Later, finish first."
"IASA told us that we were not allowed to send any more men into space until an unmanned test was successful.
Of course that's impossible. That test will never work on our planet. So every flight sent up, and we sent
six, went haywire. None opened a wormhole, we lost contact with them before that could happen." She smirked.
"DK and I finally convinced the bigwigs that we had to send up a manned flight. Of course I was selected to fly
it."
"Selected?"
"Okay, okay, so I demanded to fly it," she conceded laughing. "About that time, I gave DK a synopsis of my
theory about what happened to you." She paused. "He thought I was crazy, thought it was my grief talking. I
didn't talk to him about it after that. I didn't want to get scrubbed because he thought I was crazy. I didn't
tell anyone else either, though I left tapes for everyone in my apartment just in case I didn't come back." She
smiled, amused at her thoughts. "I wonder if DK will ever forgive me. Hmm. Anyway. My run was the same as
yours. I went through the wormhole and popped out beside that 'science' vessel. I was immediately captured.
They shot me up with translator microbes and told me I was their new test subject. I probably would have died
soon after they captured me if it wasn't for some Delvians. They also told me a little about each species the
'doctors' had before they died." She fell silent.
"Why didn't you escape earlier?" Aeryn asked.
"I did, many times. The first few attempts, I never even made it to the hanger before I was caught. The first
time I reached the hanger, I didn't make it to the Farscape. The second time, I did. I was also lucky the doors
were open; they never made that mistake again. I escaped in the Farscape, the only ship I could fly, only to be
captured immediately because it's propulsion system wasn't as advanced. After that they disposed of my module."
She paused. "It must have been months before the opportunity to escape came again. They had captured a Luxan and
two Peacekeepers. I told them I could get them to the hanger, if they could get me off the ship. They agreed.
We escaped, but when we reached the hanger, the Peacekeepers turned on us. I'd be dead if my reflexes had been
any slower. It's when I got this..." She traced a finger along the scar on her face. "The Luxan killed both of
them. My face was bleeding, but otherwise I was okay. The Luxan thanked me for taking him to the hanger and
for my warning scream that the Peacekeepers were turning on us. Then he knocked me out with his tongue and
left me there. I could have been out a year ago if it wasn't for him." She paused, trying to control the
temper and frustration that the incident still brought to the surface. "For a year, they managed to keep me
away from the other prisoners, they knew that if I could find someone to help me, I'd escape again. I knew
there were other prisoners on the ship, for some reason they always chose my block to perform their tests.
I saw everyone that came in. They have captured so many species for their tests. These 'science' vessels
run around all over the Uncharted Territories. Each vessel has a different task though. I was on a
biological vessel. That's why they didn't really care too much about the wormhole information I had, either
that or they already know how to use wormholes. Are wormholes a common means of travel?"
"No," John said shaking his head.
Cassandra shrugged. "Oh well, I barely understand how to open one, at least that's one up for the Humans."
"You can open one?" Chiana asked shocked.
"In theory, doesn't mean I'll be able to do it in a practical test. Plus, I don't know how to aim it, need
more info for that. I've had two years to think of only two thoughts: escape and wormholes." She turned to
John, "That's the low down on me, what about you?"
John glanced at Aeryn; she got the message. She stood and left the room, dragging Chiana with her. Once they
were alone, John told Cassandra what had happened to him. He left nothing out, telling her every detail he could
remember. From his disastrous crash with Crais's brother, to Scorpy's Aurora Chair, to the demise of Scorpius
by his hand, to the recent recovery of Zhaan through Stark's efforts. He confided in her all the ups and downs
of his relationship with Aeryn, the events of the Royal Planet, Aeryn's death, the crazy duplication and its
effects, and his latest close brush with death that had started Aeryn talking again. He remained pretty calm
during the telling and it was only when he was finished and Cassandra placed a comforting hand on his shoulder
that he broke. The two siblings held each other and cried, for themselves and each other. The Universe was not
kind to Humans.
***
WELL... what do ya think? Please review or send me an e-mail!
Thanks to the peps that reviewed! I really need all the ego boosts I can get for this one since it's my first
Farscape fic, I'm glad to know that it's being well recieved!
~Artemis Luna Diana~
I don't own anything, I'm not making money, so please don't sue!
This is set I guess a cycle after 'Fractures.' Scorpius is dead (The wicked witch is dead! hehe!) While
Aeryn and John aren't completely back together, they are talking again and getting close. John's going to
get lucky, hehe, anyway, I miss Zhaan. So guess what! She's back! Yea, Stark! ...hmm... I think I'll
shut up now...
Title: Surprise Surprise
Chapter 4: A Luxan-sized Surprise
Rated: R
(slight spolier for 'A Clockwork Nebari' in this one)
***
Aeryn rubbed her throat as she hit her com badge. "Pilot," she said hoarsely.
"Aeryn are you alright?"
"Never mind. Where is John?"
"He's in Command with Chiana, D'Argo, and Zhaan."
"Thank you." Aeryn turned the com off and started to leave the room.
"Stop!" Aeryn turned to look at her again. "Slowly."
Aeryn made her way slowly to Command, the pistol encouraging her to not make any sudden moves. Aeryn
stopped in the doorway and her friends looked up.
"Aeryn, I was just about to ask you to come here. We were hoping you might recognize the ship those
scientists were on," Zhaan said. "D'Argo said it looks slightly familiar."
Chiana looked at Aeryn curiously, "You seem tense."
Aeryn stared at her, "You would be too."
"What do you mean?" D'Argo asked.
Chiana noticed the missing pulse pistol. "Aeryn, where is your pulse pistol?" Images of a similar
unarmed Aeryn flashed through her head.
"Pointed at my back," she replied and entered the room.
"What?" John asked, stepping towards her until he saw Cassandra enter behind her, Aeryn's pistol in hand.
John stared in shock. "What's going on?"
"Ask your frelling sister. She woke up and attacked right after you left."
"John, remember, your own recovery." Zhaan said quickly, "You did things like this too."
"The gun was pointed at me then, too," Aeryn remarked grouchily.
"What can we say, Aeryn, we all have a deep desire to kill you," Chiana said with a grin.
"Shut-up, Chiana," John said before Aeryn could reply.
Everyone was surprised when Cassandra moved the pistol to aim at D'Argo. "I wouldn't try that Luxan. You
might knock me out, but you would be dead. I've felt the sting of a Luxan's tongue before, I won't feel it
again." D'Argo retreated the few steps he had taken towards her.
"Cassandra, put the pistol down," John said slowly. "These are my friends, they will not hurt you." John
stepped towards her cautiously. He didn't seriously think she'd turn the gun on him, but better safe than
sorry. He reached out and placed a hand on the pistol, forcing her to look at him. "Give me the pistol,
Cass." Her hand released it's grip and John passed the gun back to Aeryn, never taking his eyes off his
skittish sister. The crew let out a breath of relief when Aeryn once again had her pistol strapped to her
thigh. "What happened?"
"I - I thought it was another simulation," she whispered brokenly. She looked up at Aeryn. "I'm sorry I hurt
you."
Aeryn ignored the surprised looks from her friends. "I'm fine." She approached Cassandra cautiously. "My
name is Aeryn Sun." She held out her hand like John had taught her.
Cassandra accepted it with a smile. "Cassandra Crichton."
"I know." Aeryn hesitated a moment and then asked her question anyway. "How did you do that move so fast?"
"Fast?" Cassandra chuckled. "That was slow. I'm pretty sure I caught you off-guard, you'd have been able
to block it if you hadn't been."
"I couldn't break free though."
Cassandra grinned, "There is a way to."
"Okay, everyone! Mark this day down in history! Officer Aeryn Sun, the former Peacekeeper has just asked a
lesser life-form about fighting techniques!"
"Shut-up, John," Cassandra and Aeryn responded. Zhaan chuckled, and Chiana grinned. John had a shocked look
on his face.
"Well, if that doesn't take the cake. My sister and my..." John paused slightly, what could he call Aeryn,
they weren't lovers anymore but could be again soon, "...best friend are both dogging me."
"Dogging?" Chiana asked confused.
"What does a four-legged canine have to do with anything?" D'Argo asked.
"Never mind," John replied while Cassandra chuckled. She was curious though. She had noticed the slight
hesitation before John said 'best friend.' She wondered if John and Aeryn were an item.
"By the way, last time I checked, it's not 'dogging.' Now it's 'dising' or 'ragging.'" Cassandra said
grinning.
"Always good to keep up on popular culture... how did they come up with dising?"
Cassandra shrugged, "Beats the shit out of me."
"Well, there is no doubt she is Human, she's just like John. Can't understand a word she says," Chiana
remarked with a grin.
The group wasn't as tense as before, but there was still a hint of unease. Cassandra's eyes danced over them
all every few moments. Her weak body already beginning to show signs of the strain in small muscle spasms.
John spotted one and immediately claimed he was hungry. He took Cassandra by the arm and guided her out of
Command. Chiana and Aeryn followed behind. Zhaan left to check on Jool; D'Argo remained on watch in Command.
Once they reached the central chamber, John pushed Cassandra into a seat and went about gathering food for her.
Chiana sat down in front of her, and Aeryn sat beside Chiana. "So how did you get on that ship?" Chiana asked.
Cassandra sighed and glanced at John who was now staring at her. She looked down at her hands before
answering. "I guess you came through a wormhole, too?"
"Yeah."
"I think that there is something about our planet that is unique. Every unmanned test of Farscape fails
because of something dealing with the sun. Every manned test, sends the person out here to the Uncharted
Territories."
"So you came through the same wormhole as John?" Chiana asked. Cassandra nodded.
John placed some food cubes in front of Cassandra and sat down beside her. "There were some unmanned tests?"
"After you disappeared, IASA wanted to scrub the whole project. That's where I came in. I asked to be pulled
from my duties on the Space Station project and into your old position. I was sure I could figure out what
happened." She glanced at him. "At that time, I thought you were dead." She paused before continuing.
"Because of my reputation and that it was a freak accident, IASA let me take over the project with DK. When
DK gave me the logs for your flight, I thought someone must have made some errors in recording. There were so
many oddities, that I didn't think you simply blew up or were vaporized. I figured the only way to explain the
information and the complete lack of any debris was that you had opened a wormhole and gone through."
"Yeah, I came out in the middle of a battle," John said with a small laugh.
"What happened?"
"Later, finish first."
"IASA told us that we were not allowed to send any more men into space until an unmanned test was successful.
Of course that's impossible. That test will never work on our planet. So every flight sent up, and we sent
six, went haywire. None opened a wormhole, we lost contact with them before that could happen." She smirked.
"DK and I finally convinced the bigwigs that we had to send up a manned flight. Of course I was selected to fly
it."
"Selected?"
"Okay, okay, so I demanded to fly it," she conceded laughing. "About that time, I gave DK a synopsis of my
theory about what happened to you." She paused. "He thought I was crazy, thought it was my grief talking. I
didn't talk to him about it after that. I didn't want to get scrubbed because he thought I was crazy. I didn't
tell anyone else either, though I left tapes for everyone in my apartment just in case I didn't come back." She
smiled, amused at her thoughts. "I wonder if DK will ever forgive me. Hmm. Anyway. My run was the same as
yours. I went through the wormhole and popped out beside that 'science' vessel. I was immediately captured.
They shot me up with translator microbes and told me I was their new test subject. I probably would have died
soon after they captured me if it wasn't for some Delvians. They also told me a little about each species the
'doctors' had before they died." She fell silent.
"Why didn't you escape earlier?" Aeryn asked.
"I did, many times. The first few attempts, I never even made it to the hanger before I was caught. The first
time I reached the hanger, I didn't make it to the Farscape. The second time, I did. I was also lucky the doors
were open; they never made that mistake again. I escaped in the Farscape, the only ship I could fly, only to be
captured immediately because it's propulsion system wasn't as advanced. After that they disposed of my module."
She paused. "It must have been months before the opportunity to escape came again. They had captured a Luxan and
two Peacekeepers. I told them I could get them to the hanger, if they could get me off the ship. They agreed.
We escaped, but when we reached the hanger, the Peacekeepers turned on us. I'd be dead if my reflexes had been
any slower. It's when I got this..." She traced a finger along the scar on her face. "The Luxan killed both of
them. My face was bleeding, but otherwise I was okay. The Luxan thanked me for taking him to the hanger and
for my warning scream that the Peacekeepers were turning on us. Then he knocked me out with his tongue and
left me there. I could have been out a year ago if it wasn't for him." She paused, trying to control the
temper and frustration that the incident still brought to the surface. "For a year, they managed to keep me
away from the other prisoners, they knew that if I could find someone to help me, I'd escape again. I knew
there were other prisoners on the ship, for some reason they always chose my block to perform their tests.
I saw everyone that came in. They have captured so many species for their tests. These 'science' vessels
run around all over the Uncharted Territories. Each vessel has a different task though. I was on a
biological vessel. That's why they didn't really care too much about the wormhole information I had, either
that or they already know how to use wormholes. Are wormholes a common means of travel?"
"No," John said shaking his head.
Cassandra shrugged. "Oh well, I barely understand how to open one, at least that's one up for the Humans."
"You can open one?" Chiana asked shocked.
"In theory, doesn't mean I'll be able to do it in a practical test. Plus, I don't know how to aim it, need
more info for that. I've had two years to think of only two thoughts: escape and wormholes." She turned to
John, "That's the low down on me, what about you?"
John glanced at Aeryn; she got the message. She stood and left the room, dragging Chiana with her. Once they
were alone, John told Cassandra what had happened to him. He left nothing out, telling her every detail he could
remember. From his disastrous crash with Crais's brother, to Scorpy's Aurora Chair, to the demise of Scorpius
by his hand, to the recent recovery of Zhaan through Stark's efforts. He confided in her all the ups and downs
of his relationship with Aeryn, the events of the Royal Planet, Aeryn's death, the crazy duplication and its
effects, and his latest close brush with death that had started Aeryn talking again. He remained pretty calm
during the telling and it was only when he was finished and Cassandra placed a comforting hand on his shoulder
that he broke. The two siblings held each other and cried, for themselves and each other. The Universe was not
kind to Humans.
***
WELL... what do ya think? Please review or send me an e-mail!
Thanks to the peps that reviewed! I really need all the ego boosts I can get for this one since it's my first
Farscape fic, I'm glad to know that it's being well recieved!
~Artemis Luna Diana~
