"Oh, great." Crichton said. "Now what?"
"Well, for one thing, don't fall in." Aeryn told him as they looked down the large hole in the corridor. Below them was 5 Matisu creatures. The hole covered the entire floor.
"You any good at long jump?" Crichton asked. Suddenly an explosion rocked the ship again. Crichton stumbled sideways and fell into the hole. "Oh, Christ!" he shouted. Aeryn grabbed his hand just in time to stop him falling down and getting mauled.
"Hold on!" Aeryn said.
"I'm not gonna let go, now, am I?" Crichton replied frantically. "Pull me up!" Aeryn lifted him back onto their level. "Damn!" Crichton muttered.
"What?" Aeryn asked him, confused.
"Dropped my gun down there." Crichton replied.
"Don't worry. We'll find another one soon." Aeryn told him. "This hole isn't too big." She suddenly took a running jump over it and landed on the other side. Crichton watched, realizing Aeryn could jump better than him. He took a few steps back, ran forward and jumped into the air. He realized midway he wasn't going to reach the other side, but still didn't have time to reach out to grab the edge of the floor, and instead he fell to the ground next to the strange creatures. He looked to his side.
"Oh, shit." he murmured.
"John!" Aeryn shouted down to him. The Matisus growled at him, looking ready to attack. Suddenly one jumped in front of them all and growled back. "John, what's going on?" Aeryn asked.
"I don't know." Crichton replied. He suddenly thought of something. "Crais?" he asked the lone Matisu. It turned around and nodded it's head up and down. "I've found Crais." he said to Aeryn. "It's ok."
"Ok." Aeryn replied, and jumped down next to him. She looked around. "Where is he?"
"He's there." Crichton answered, pointing at the creature in front of them. It looked back at them both, tilting it's head slightly.
"We're too late." Aeryn stated.
"There's gotta be an antidote." Crichton stated, hopeful that he was right.
"You heard what that captain said?" Aeryn reminded him.
"Shit." Crichton muttered. He looked at Crais. Crais had a look of sadness, obviously realizing he couldn't be changed back. Crichton noticed it. "I'm sorry, Crais." Crais looked at him, then turned to the others. He started making strange noises, obviously communicating to the others.
"Any ideas?" Aeryn whispered to Crichton.
"No." he replied, watching the behavior of the pack of Matisus. Then, Crais turned around. He gave out a small roar, then he and the other Matisus ran out of the large room, and disappeared down a corridor. Crichton looked at Aeryn. "Now I have one." he told her. She looked at him.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Me and you find an escape pod, or any transport, and get the frell outta here." he explained.
"Good idea." Aeryn told him.
"Thanks." Crichton replied, and they both ran out of the room.

A soldier ran into the captain's office suddenly, startling him. "Peacekeepers have entered the ship." he stated, out of breath.
"Goddammit..." the captain muttered. "Give them everything we've got. Make them sing for their supper." he ordered. The soldier nodded, and ran back into the corridor. The captain sat in silence for a few moments, then slammed his fist down onto his desk. He opened up a drawer to the desk and pulled out a pulse weapon. He checked to see if it was working by firing a shot at the wall. It let out a burst of energy, leaving a hole in the wall the size of a bowling ball.
He made his way to the door to his office, when the door burst inwards, hitting his outstretched arm, and knocking the weapon out of his hand. He looked up to see Crichton punch him square in the face.
Aeryn closed the door behind them as Crichton picked the captain up off the floor, ready to punch him again. "We want off this ship, now!" he yelled. "And you are going to help us find a way off this ship, now!" he added.
"I can't do that." the captain replied calmly. Crichton raised his fist back slightly further, and raised his eyebrow.
"Why not? If you're worried that you'll die if you do, then you've got nothing to lose, 'cause you'll die if you don't."
"The captain always goes down with his ship." the captain answered.
"This isn't the Titanic, this isn't an accidental crash! This is a..." Crichton started.
"How do you know about the Titanic?" the captain suddenly asked, a puzzled look on his face. Crichton gave him almost the same look.
"That's a question I'm gonna have to ask you." he stated.
"Where I come from, there was this ship. It hit an iceberg, it sunk, lots of people died. It was a famous tale, and they made many movies about it." the captain answered. Crichton lowered his arm, and Aeryn looked at them both, realizing what this meant.
"You're from Earth?" Crichton asked, almost speechless. The captain nodded.
"Captain William Cruise." he told Crichton. Crichton let go of the man, and took a couple of steps back. "Now, how do you know about the Titanic?" he asked.
"I'm from Earth as well." Crichton started to explain. "My name is Crichton. John Crichton. I was an astronaut for IASA, and piloted the Farscape One module. Unfortunately, I got sucked into a wormhole and haven't seen or heard from my old home since."
"Crichton..." Cruise said quietly, thinking. "Rings a bell. We all thought you were dead."
"Well, I'm alive and kicking baby." Crichton replied. "What's the story with all this then? This big ol' ship in the middle of space?"
"We are the first people from Earth to travel into as of yet undiscovered areas of space." Cruise declared, proudly.
"Sort of like an Enterprise type mission, then."
"Yeah, I guess you could say that."
"What do you do?"
"We study. Study alien life forms, planets, stuff like that."
"Why did you attack Talyn and Crais?" Aeryn suddenly asked him. Cruise looked over to her.
"Who's Talyn?" he asked.
"Crais' ship." Aeryn replied. "Our ship's son."
"Your ship's son?" Cruise asked her, not thinking he heard her right.
"Leviathan ships. They're alive." Crichton explained. "Now answer the lady's question."
"We sent out squads to find specimens. At first we thought this Crais was hostile, and then we thought he was a human. We interrogated him, he denied it, so we thought we'd treat him like one of them."
"One of what?" Crichton asked him, getting angry.
"The aliens we find." Cruise said bluntly. His arrogance angered Aeryn, and she was ready to blast his head off with her weapon, but resisted, knowing that they needed him to escape. However, Crichton couldn't contain his anger as well as her, and punched Cruise in the face again. The captain fell onto his back, holding his now bleeding nose.
"Get us off this ship now, then we might consider saving your ass." Crichton told him. Cruise didn't reply, and stood up. "Deal?" Crichton asked, ready to kill the first human he'd met for a long time.
"Deal." Cruise answered reluctantly. Crichton nodded, then pushed Cruise towards the door.
"Lead the way." he ordered.

The door to Command suddenly flew off it's hinges, an explosion on the other side detaching it from it's connections. It smashed into a computer technician, killing her instantly. Everyone else was startled by the sudden attack, and turned around to see a group of ten Peacekeepers run into the room, holding pulse rifles at the humans inside. The humans raised their hands in surrender. s they did, a tall, dark figure strode into the room calmly. It looked around.
"Where is the captain to this ship?" Scorpius asked the nearest human. He looked at him, fear gripping him tightly. He didn't answer, instead he murmured quietly. He shook slightly. Scorpius walked slowly over to him. "I'll ask you again." he stated. "Where is the captain of this ship?" The man swallowed hard.
"I don't know..." he stammered. "Maybe in his quarters." Scorpius grinned at him, showing his pointed teeth.
"Thank you." he said. He turned to his troops. "Take them." he ordered. The Peacekeepers suddenly grabbed everyone in the room and dragged them out of the destroyed entrance whilst Scorpius remained standing in the Command room, looking around at the fairly primitive technology. He was unimpressed.

Crichton, Aeryn and Cruise turned a corridor, Cruise supposedly leading them to the escape pods. As they did, Crichton spotted two Peacekeepers start to walk around the opposite end. "Down!" he yelled at the other two, and raised his pulse pistol. Aeryn jumped at Cruise, knocking them both onto the floor as Crichton fired at the Peacekeepers. Before they realized who was attacking them, the shots punched into their chests, sending them back into the wall. They slumped to the ground, and didn't get up.
Crichton helped Aeryn to her feet. She looked at him. "Good reflexes." she stated.
"You too." he replied, smiling slightly. They left Cruise to get up by himself. He noticed the way they were looking at each other.
"Look, if you two wanna get a bit more personal, then go find a room." he spat. "Just don't do it here, we're in great danger." They both looked at him.
"You'll be in more danger if you don't shut the hell up." Crichton warned. "Now get us off this ship."
"Alright, alright." Cruise replied, pushing past him. "You are aware of the fact that I can get you home, right?" he stated, turning to face him. Crichton was about to say something, when the words registered in his head. Aeryn saw this too, but didn't want to say anything.
"How?" Crichton asked.
"We get control of the ship again, and then we just set the co-ordinates back to Earth. Simple really." Cruise explained.
"There is an army of Peacekeepers on your ship now, so regaining control is out of the question." Crichton replied, pushing him forward.
"But won't it be worth trying? So you can get home?" Cruise kept trying to persuade Crichton, who kept pushing him forward. "To see your father?" Crichton froze. "All we need to do is regain control. We don't have to kill the Peacekeepers. They'll be dealt with on our return." Crichton looked at him for a few moments.
"How do we take control back?" he asked. Aeryn grabbed his arm.
"You're going along with this?" she asked him, shocked. He nodded.
"How hard can it be?" Crichton stated, smiling in his usual way. Aeryn didn't find the situation all too amusing.
"You're going to go home, then? Back to Earth?" Aeryn asked him. Crichton sighed slightly, then turned to Cruise. He opened the door to a small, empty room and pushed him inside.
"Wait in there." he ordered, closing the door behind Cruise. He returned his attention to Aeryn, who's eyes had now started to glisten. She looked like she was almost crying. Crichton had rarely seen this happen. He put his arm on her shoulder. "We're going to take back control of the ship. We're going to send it back to Earth, so we can get the crew back. Then me and you are going to get on an escape pod and find Moya." Aeryn looked into his eyes, hope causing her to smile slightly.
"But you can get home now." Aeryn stated. "The one thing you've wanted since you came aboard Moya, and now you're going to turn it away?" Crichton moved his hand down her arm and took her hand in his.
"Getting home isn't the one thing I want." he told her, almost in a whisper. She gripped his hand tighter, but not so it hurt him.
"What is?" she asked him, also nearly whispering. He moved forward slightly, about to kiss her.
"You are." he said before pushing his lips against hers. She put her other arm around him, kissing him more passionately.
A pulse rifle shot impacted the wall just inches away from the two, and they pulled out of their kiss. Crichton drew his weapon from it's holster and fired at the three Peacekeepers at the end of the hallway. Aeryn did the same, and in an instant the three soldiers dropped to the ground.
Crichton pressed the button on the wall to let Cruise out of the room. He walked out, and looked at the new corpses. "See, we'll have no trouble getting the ship back." he stated, walking down the corridor. Crichton looked at Aeryn, but didn't say anything. Neither did she. "Hey!" Cruise called, halfway down the corridor. "We don't have all day!" he stated. Crichton and Aeryn both walked after him simultaneously.

Scorpius sat in the captain's chair. He looked around him. Even though the ship wasn't very advanced, it could prove useful. He especially liked the chair, it revolved around completely. He kept spinning himself slowly, looking all around the room. He was actually enjoying himself. "Now why didn't we think of these?" he wondered aloud.
"Scorpius," said a Peacekeeper commander, walking into the command room. Scorpius spun the chair around to face him.
"I want every chair on my ship to be replaced with these." Scorpius stated, a slight smile on his grotesque features.
"Scorpius, the captain to this ship is missing." the commander stated. Scorpius looked at him, his smile fading.
"Find him." he ordered, bluntly.
"We've also found some of our men dead." the commander added. Scorpius looked at the monitors on the walls. He focused on one in particular, which showed three people running down a corridor. Scorpius instantly recognized the two at the back.
"Crichton..." he muttered. He looked at the commander. "Do not kill them. Bring them to me." he ordered. The commander nodded, then walked out. Scorpius looked at the monitor again. "What are the odds..." he asked himself, again starting to smile.