Rating: PG

Author's Note: This is set in a timeline where John doesn't die in Infinite Possibilities Part 2: Icarus Abides, but instead him and Aeryn travelled back to earth. POV of another patient.

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The woman I had begun to think of as Erin had been sitting by John's bedside for about 35minutes before he began to wake up. She had spent the entire time sat on the edge of her chair sat rigid and one hand hovering over her hip. I couldn't quite work out why. After a while she seemed to calm down slightly and began to gaze out of the window to the beautiful gardens that surrounded the hospital.

When John began to first start rousing her gaze snapped back to him and she leaned over him. His eyes opened slowly and became wider as he saw the woman. At first I thought I had got it wrong, that this woman was not Erin but instead someone else. His mouth opened and shut a few times but no words came out. I was about to call the nurse because John looked uncomfortable, but then his eyes softened and a look of relief washed over his features. "Aeryn." He breathed. Ah ha! I had been right. He reached up to stroke her hair. "How - how did you get here?" She said something to him in a tongue I did not recognise. He smiled faintly at what she had said and she leaned down to whisper something in his ear. He began laughing at this and his face had lit up, in the same way it had when he had told me his tales of his travels. When she said something else his face became more rigid as he concentrated on her words. "So D'Argo and Chiana are on their way down here to rescue us?" Erin nodded. "Aeryn, how do the comms work down here?" She answered him in her language. The strange thing was that John seemed to understand her with the least amount of difficulty, despite the fact that she sounded as if she were talking backwards. He grinned at her answer and kissed her lightly.

She stepped back and held out her hand to him. He slowly swung his legs off the bed and sat facing Erin. She looked down at what he was wearing and frowned at him. I couldn't help but laugh at this, causing Erin to look up at me. She smiled faintly in my direction and continued concentrating on John. She shrugged off her long coat and offered it to him. He shook his and smiled gratefully at her. "Nah. My dad brought me some stuff over." I could now see that she was wearing a tight black leather top and pants. She was also wearing a belt with strange guns fixed to either side of her hip. John slid down off the bed and walked over to a bag on the chair in the corner.

He pulled out a pair of faded jeans and a black T-shirt. He hastily put these on discarding the horrid item of clothing hospitals made people wear. As he was slipping on his trainers Erin said something more to him. This made him stop what he was doing and look at her. He grinned faintly and shook his head. "I don't know if I'm ready to face him Aeryn. We'll have to see when we get there." She nodded at him and bent down to kiss his forehead. He stood up and began to pull off the various plasters that were scattered across his forehead and arms. He winced slightly and Erin moved over to help him.

Once they were all removed he had begun to shiver. Once again Erin offered him her coat and this time he accepted it. She began to walk towards the door. He caught her around the waist and pulled the guns from their holsters. She turned to face him whilst giving him a questioning look. He grinned sheepishly at her. "Well you won't get out of here with those attached to your waist!" She shrugged and he placed them in the bag. "Look, I doubt one of the nurses is suddenly gonna jump out and start yelling 'stop in the name of Scorpius!' so calm down." She nodded and said something else to him. He nodded and smiled at her. "I'm worried too." Before he left he turned to me for the first time since Erin had arrived. He gave me a beaming smile and waved slightly. "Can you believe it Mrs. Foster? Aeryn's here and I'm going back to Moya! I hope the nurses don't treat you too badly and try to survive the food." I chuckled and told him that I would. "Well then, Mrs. Foster, adios amiga. Have a nice life." With that he bowed and, slipping his arm around Erin's waist, walked out of the room and off to freedom.

I do not know if he had been telling the truth or not but he seemed to be very happy to see Erin. I had a feeling that was last time I'd ever see John Crichton and I hoped that he got back to Moya safely.

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This is the end of the commentary by Mrs. Foster.

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