As the creature swung it's claw at Crichton, the gun Aeryn had found suddenly fired. The recoil almost knocked her off her feet, and the energy bolt tore the creature apart. Pieces of it's flesh and bone splattered all over the walls, floor, Crichton and Aeryn. "Damn..." Crichton whispered, looking at the tiny pieces.
"I've figured this thing out." Aeryn said casually.
"I can see that." Crichton responded. "What the frell was that?"
"I've never heard of any creature like that before." replied the sebaccien.
"Let's go." Crichton said, remembering the alarms going off.
"Where are we going?" Aeryn asked. Crichton walked down the corridor.
"When we get there, I'll let you know."

As Crais was about to be injected yet again, an alarm went off. The guards had suddenly vanished, probably to find out what was going on. Crais was alone with the scientist now. The scientist was about to inject Crais when he grabbed his arm. Crais grabbed the syringe and stabbed the scientist in the forehead with it, injecting the liquid into his brain. The scientist dropped to the floor, dead. Crais got up off the table and ran out of the room.

"Oh, for Christ's sake..." Crichton moaned as they walked down yet another identical corridor. "How the frell are we gonna find our way around this place if it all looks the same?"
"Don't worry. I've got a good memory." Aeryn told him.
"Hope so. Where're we going?"
"I thought you were leading."
"Then we'll turn right."
"I think left."
"Well, we can't divide."
"We can split up. Cover more ground."
"Frell that. We'll stick together." Crichton looked left and right. "So, which way?"
"Left."
"Left it is." Crichton walked down the corridor to their left, followed by Aeryn. He looked to the end of the corridor, when someone slowly walked round the corner. "Oh, shit..." Crichton said, raising his gun. Scorpius continued walking towards him.
"What are you doing, Crichton?" he said, not stopping walking. But the voice wasn't his. It was Aeryn's. Crichton felt something hit his arm, and looked at Aeryn.
"I said, what are you doing?" she asked. Crichton blinked, then looked down the corridor again. Scorpius was gone. Crichton shook his head.
"Oh. Nothing. Thought I saw someone." he answered.
"Well, there's nobody there, but there will be if you're going to shoot at imaginary people." Aeryn told him. "John, are you alright?" Crichton shook his head.
"It was Scorpy." he answered bluntly. Aeryn took his hand in her's.
"It can't have been. It's just your imagination." she told him.
"I know that, but there too real." Crichton explained. "One day, when we meet up with him again, I'm not gonna be able to tell the difference."
"We'll worry about that when it happens." Aeryn told him. "But right now, we've gotta be quick" Crichton nodded, realizing she was right. They let go of each other's hands, and continued on their search.

"Have you managed to contact them yet?" D'Argo asked.
"No." Pilot replied. "When their transport crashed, I lost all communication."
"I refuse to think they're dead." D'Argo said. Chiana walked up behind him.
"It is possible, though." she said, almost whispering.
"We'll wait for them. We'll stay here at least two solar days. After that, we'll see." D'Argo said, almost ordering. Nobody argued.

Crichton and Aeryn turned the corner, almost bumping into two guards. "Woah, what's your hurry?" Crichton asked.
"Some prisoners have escaped. You two better find somewhere safe. It could get nasty." the first guard told him.
"No problem." Crichton replied, and the two guards ran down the corridor. Crichton looked at Aeryn. "This ain't good." he said.
"Good observation." she answered. "There could be a few of those things running around this ship."
"Let's hope we don't meet up with any." Crichton told her. She nodded, and they ran down the corridor.

Crais ran down a corridor. There were no doors anywhere, and alarms were echoing throughout the ship. He spotted two guards down the end of the corridor. "Frell..." he murmured as the guards fired at him. The shots smashed into the walls next to Crais, but missed him as he dived round a corner. He ran down the new corridor repeating the word "Frell" over and over again.
Crais ran round a corner and crashed into something big. He fell to the ground and looked at his obstacle. It looked down at him. "Frellfrellfrellfrell..." he muttered. The creature was huge, with a clawed hand, big teeth, and generally was an ugly bastard. It was about to attack him when part of it's face exploded outwards. The creature fell down next to Crais, and he looked down the corridor. Crichton and Aeryn ran towards him. Crichton helped Crais up, then looked at him.
"You ok?" he asked. Crais was still confused.
"Crichton? Aeryn?" he asked, not believing it was them. They nodded. "What are you doing here?"
"Talyn wanted us to save you. So we decided we'd better." Aeryn answered. "Get down!" she shouted, and Crichton pushed Crais to the ground. Aeryn fired the weapon she'd found, and the two guards were torn apart by the blast.
"We'd better go." Crichton said. He stood up along with Crais, and all three ran down the corridor.

Crichton led the way, and Aeryn and Crais followed close behind. He ran round a corner, and stopped dead in his tracks. "What?" Aeryn asked.
"Scorpy." Crichton said. "Just my..."
"Frell!" Aeryn said.
"What? You can see him?" Crichton asked.
"Yes." Scorpius answered. "Hello John. Miss me?"
"Frell you!" Aeryn said. Then, another Scorpius stepped behind the first. Then another walked behind Crais.
"Oh, shit!" Crichton said. About 4 Scorpius's surrounded them now. "What the frell is happening?"
"That would be telling. Sorry." Scorpius #3 said. "But for now, you'll have to die."
Crichton looked at all four Scorpys. "How the hell?" he asked. He looked at the other two. "Can you see all of these, as well?" he asked. They both nodded, looking at each Scorpius in turn.
"Scorpius is one of the most feared leaders in the universe. This organization managed to find some cells and created us. There's about ten of us on this ship." Scorpius #2 answered. Crichton started laughing.
"Oh, God!" he said. "I don't believe I'm hearing this!" He raised his pistol faster than ever before and blew Scorpius #2's head off. "Now there's nine." he said, ducking Scorpius #1's punch. He shot #1 in the side, and he flew sideways into the wall.
Aeryn smashed #4 in the face with her weapon, then swung round and shot #3. It exploded, spraying everything with blood. Crais booted #4 in the head, and #4 rolled sideways. It got up, and ran down the corridor. Crichton fired after him, but missed. Crichton then wiped his face.
"Ah, man. I'm covered in Scorpy gloop now." he said. "Anyway, I thought this wasn't a Peacekeeper base. What the frell is Scorpy's stunt men doing here?"
"I don't know." Aeryn answered. "We'd better move it." They ran down the corridor.

Scorpius #4 entered the room. He was clutching his side after it had been shot by Crichton. He walked over to the man sitting in the chair. "They killed the other three. I barely got away, sir." Scorpius said. The man swung his chair round to look at Scorpius.
"They're still on the ship?" he asked. Scorpius nodded. The man held his forehead, then looked up at Scorpius again. "You disappoint me."
"I'm sorry sir, I..." Scorpius began, but the man pulled his weapon off the desk and blasted Scorpius in the face. He was knocked backwards by the blast, and fell to the ground. The captain put the gun back on the desk.
"I have no need for disappointments." he said, then stood up. He picked up a com and turned it on. "Find them now, and fast. I want this Crais back alive, though. Kill the others." he said, then walked out of the room.

Crichton blasted another guard down the end of the corridor. "For frell's sake, how many of the bastards are there?" he shouted over the gunfire. Aeryn fired at another two.
"A lot." she replied. Suddenly Crais fell to the ground, clutching his head and screaming. "Crais!" Aeryn shouted. She fired at another guard. Crichton ran beside Crais.
"Crais, what's wrong?" he asked. Crais kept screaming, then his hand started to change shape. "What the hell...?" Crichton asked. Crais' hand started changing into a claw, his fingers sharpened and grew longer. "Aeryn! We got a problem!" Crichton yelled as Crais leapt up. He let out a long, inhuman scream out at them, then ran down the corridor with blinding speed.
"Oh, frell." Aeryn said as she blasted the last guard. "Let's go find him."
"I hate this frelling trip." Crichton murmured, and they ran after Crais.

"What? Are you sure?" Chiana asked Pilot.
"Positive." Pilot replied. "There is a peacekeeper battleship heading in their direction."
"But not ours?" Rygel asked. "They're heading towards that other ship?"
"Yes." Pilot confirmed.
"Then I'm going to get Crichton and Aeryn." D'Argo said. He stepped backwards when Chiana grabbed his arm.
"It's suicide. They can handle themselves. You'll only get yourself killed." she told him.
"We can't leave them with two enemy groups. They won't have a chance." he answered.
"Maybe they can." Chiana said. "The peacekeepers might be going to attack the other ship."
"Ok." D'Argo said reluctantly. "We'll wait. Just don't get spotted by either of them ships."

The captain ran into command, then walked over to the woman at the radar. "Peacekeepers?" he asked.
"Yes, sir." She answered. "They should reach us in 20 minutes."
"Goddammit." the captain murmured. He turned around. "Charge the weapons to full. We'll blow the bastards to the other side of the universe, and then some." Suddenly, two people ran into the room. Everyone turned around as they closed the doors. "Hey!" he shouted, and they turned around.
"Oh, she-it!" Crichton said. "Shit shit shit!"
"Yeah, ok. We get the picture." Aeryn said, her weapon aimed on the captain. "Where are we?"
"Command..." the captain answered.
"I meant what ship. Who are you?" Aeryn replied.
"We are called Nosferatu. A secret group. I see you're a peacekeeper. How did you find us?"
"I'm an Ex-Peacekeeper, and Crais' ship told us where you were. It's a Leviathan."
"Interesting. You're not a peacekeeper any more?"
"No. Me and my friends want them all destroyed, too, if that's of any interest."
"It is. The Peacekeepers are headed this way."
"Oh, for God's sake!" Crichton said. "Do they ever just piss off and leave us alone?"
"What are you going to do?" Aeryn asked the captain.
"Destroy their ships before they destroy ours." he replied.
"Good plan." Crichton remarked. "But tell me this, why are there lots of Scorpy clones running around under your orders? Namely to kill us, by the way."
"You infiltrated our base. You where deemed to be a threat. So, I sent our greatest defense."
"It was a pretty poor defense if you ask me." Crichton replied. "We killed three of them. And, oh yeah, what the hell were you doing to Crais?"
"Nothing."
"He went berserk, grew a claw and did a freaky banshee wail at me. As far as I remember, he wasn't able to do that before. So, what the hell did you do?"
"We... We performed tests on him."
"Tests?"
"We want to make a super-race, the ultimate army. Before long, your friend will become a Matisu."
"Matisu? What the frell is a Matisu?" Aeryn asked suddenly.
"A number of them escaped. You've seen one already, I'd have thought."
"Yeah, we did." Crichton said. "How long 'till he's changed completely?"
"About 20 or 25 minutes."
"Any cure?"
The captain hesitated. "No."
"Great." Crichton said. He looked at Aeryn. "Now what?"
"We get off this ship fast." she replied. The captain stepped forward.
"That's not possible." he said.
"Why not?" Crichton asked.
"You'll make fine additions to the new race." Two guards walked up behind Crichton and Aeryn, and knocked them out with stun-guns. They fell to the floor.

Crichton suddenly woke up, and looked around. He was in a cell. "Damn." he murmured. "Aeryn?"
"John?" Aeryn answered from the other side of the wall. "That you?"
"Yeah. You alright?"
"I'm fine. You?"
"I gotta headache, but I'll live. Gotta plan for getting out of here?"
"Maybe. Wait." Aeryn said, then started chocking.
"Aeryn, what's wrong?" Crichton asked. She kept chocking. "Aeryn? Aeryn? Hey! Somebody help!" he shouted. Two guards ran down the corridor.
"What's going on?" asked the first one.
"She's choking to death. Help her!" Crichton answered. The guard unlocked the door to Aeryn's cell and walked in. As soon as they did, Aeryn jumped up and kicked the first guard in the head. She quickly grabbed the second guard's head and twisted it, snapping his neck. She grabbed the pistol from the dead body and shot the first guard in the chest. She ran to Crichton's cell and blasted at the lock. The door opened and Crichton ran out. "Nice plan." he said.
"It worked, as well." Aeryn replied. "Let's get out of here." Suddenly, the whole ship rocked. The force knocked Aeryn and Crichton off their feet and into a wall.
"What the hell?" Crichton asked, trying to stand up as a second explosion rocked the ship.
"Peacekeepers are attacking." Aeryn answered.
"Damn. We'd better get off this ship before they destroy it." Crichton said. "Just pray we don't run into any more of those Matisu things."
"Alright." Aeryn answered, then ran down the corridor followed by Crichton.