Shadowed Paths

Part 3

"You are a lot more understanding."

Kyizi

Rating: This part: PG

Archiving: If u ask, I'll probably say yes...if u don't, I'll get cranky!

Spoilers: Most of the 1st Series, and the start of the 2nd maybe. Sorry I'm not being specific but there'll be little things I forget :o)

Disclaimer: I'm currently on the run for theft but Rygel's really beginning to bug me so I might return him.

Timeline: eh…straight after "Being Dead'll Do That To You I Guess"

Notes: as with part 1…I realize Lucy ain't in it yet 'n' I said she would be, but have patience!

Summary: Aeryn touched some weird energy and found herself on board Moya but no one knew her as she was. She was supposed to be dead…and John's wife. She has touched a similar energy and here she is now.

This part may be a little shorter and a little more boring but I thought that this had to be done as one of the possibilities. Also I thought it'd be nice to have a little bit more of Pilot in at least one part, and I wanted to give Aeryn a little time alone with her thoughts! But please read the next part even if you don't enjoy this one!

Feedback: Please :o)

Email: Kyizi@hotmail.com

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Aeryn fell to the floor with a thud. She looked above where the energy was slowly dissipating.

"Ugh…it had to appear ten foot in the air, didn't it." She groaned and sat up. Looking around she realised that she was in the same place on tier six…only she was alone.

Tentatively she touched her comm., "John? D'Argo? Is anyone there?"

"Who is this?"

"Pilot! It's Aeryn."

"Who are you?"

Aeryn jerked up as three DRD's came round the corner and stopped directly at her feet.

"Pilot? What's wrong? It's me Aeryn…your friend." There was a pause so she continued. "Pilot, what has happened? Where are the crew?"

"They…they were all captured by Crais. So, I ask again…who are you?"

Aeryn stopped dead. Captured by Crais? When? I thought that Crais had been irreversibly contaminated by the Peacekeepers. So how was he able to without the resources? What is going on?

"Are…are you still there?"

"Yes, Pilot, I'm here."

"But how did you get here?"

"Pilot, it's a long story. Will you allow me to come to your chamber so that I can discuss it with you?"

"Of course…OfficerSun."

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"So, Commander Crichton believed that you were travelling between different dimensions?"

"Something like that. He believed that for every choice that was ever made by anyone, allowed a different universe to come into existence for all the different possible outcomes. It sounds very complicated but I believe that there is some element of possibility."

"Yes…it does seem possible if you think about…for a while."

"Yes, but that can give you a headache." Aeryn smiled a Pilot and she saw him shed a tear.

"It is good to be in your company again OfficerSun."

"Yours too Pilot…even if your not my Pilot, you're still very much the same."

"You seem to be a lot more…" he stopped hesitantly.

"A lot more what Pilot? It's all right I'll try to be understanding." She smiled.

"That is exactly it."

"I don't understand."

"You are a lot more understanding. You are easier to talk to. More willing to listen."

Am I really so different?

"Pilot?"

"Yes, OfficerSun?"

"Pilot, please call me Aeryn."

"Of course…what is it, Aeryn?"

"When did Crais capture the crew?"

"When Commander Crichton went entered the wormhole that he believed led to his home planet, D'Argo, yourself and Rygel followed him. While you were away, Captain Crais approached us from behind, Moya wanted to leave but felt that she could not abandon you. Both Chiana and Zhaan were taken when Crais boarded. Upon your return, Crais was able to create the illusion that everything was all right, that it was safe to board Moya. I was unable to stop them. Crais took you all, but Moya, for the sake of her baby was able to run…we left you all with Crais…"

We were captured after the fake Earth? John found his home only to have that be an illusion and then he had to return to Moya under the illusion that everything was all right here as well? What must that have been like for him? Where is he now? Are we together…like we were on Earth? Did we escape…or am I in the Living Death? What about D'Argo and Zhaan and Rygel and Chiana?

"OfficerS…Aeryn?"

"I'm alright Pilot…I…I'm just trying to imagine what the crew must have gone through…Where they are now." She looked at him. "There was nothing you could have done Pilot…If you had stayed then not only would you and Moya be prisoners as well…but Talyn would be under the control of the Peace Keepers. And even I can admit that he's better off with an irreversibly contaminated Crais."

"I do not understand…who is Talyn?"

"Moya's offspring." Aeryn looked at him in confusion.

"Moya's offspring was not called Talyn."

"Of course…in my universe, I named Moya's child after my father. In this universe I was captured before he was born…Pilot…why did you use the past tense?"

"Moya's baby was killed during birth. He shot at Moya to escape but the shot backfired and he killed himself…Moya named him after you and Commander Crichton."

"She did?"

"Yes. The baby was name Crisun."

Aeryn smiled. "Pilot that's beautiful and I'm sure that both John and your Aeryn would be touched. I know that I am."

"I am glad to have this opportunity, Aeryn. It was nice to be able to talk to you again. I…"

"Pilot what's wrong?"

"There is another reading like the one that brought you here."

"Where is it?"

"Command."

"I'm sorry Pilot but I have to…"

"…go. I understand."

Aeryn squeezed his claw, picked up her weapon and turned to leave.

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When she reached Command she immediately saw the energy. It looked slightly bigger than before and was shining in even bigger flashes.

"Well, here goes." She smiled, realising that she was sounding more and more like Crichton.

"Goodbye, Aeryn."

"Goodbye, Pilot. And please stop blaming yourself for what you could not prevent. Just know that in other universes, you and Moya are still with us. And Pilot?"

"Yes OfficerSun?"

"Find another crew…be happy. I know that's what your crew would have wanted."

And with that she reached up and touched the energy.

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END PART 3

Okay, so that was boring I hear you cry…so! You try writing something better at this time of night after having a bad hangover all day and hardly any sleep!

The next part should be better please keep reading!