PART TWO....
Ral'Tak stepped out of the room fully clad in Erp clothes, he attempted to smooth down his unruly hair but a hand stopped him and his eyes met Gabrielle's.
" Don't, it suits you."
He coughed nervously, forgetting all his Peackeeper training as her one touch caused a cataclysmic effect on him. He smiled and was happy when she returned his smile, he felt almost a deep loss as she removed her hand.
" So would you like anything to eat or drink?"
" Um..."
Gabrielle giggled again before she took his hand and pulled him to the kitchen, she opened this strange white box's door and Ral'Tak's eyes widened as he took in all the various colours and sniffed the different objects he picked out. Gabrielle just watched smiling at his innocence, Ral'Tak tilted a long orange object upside down before he peered into a bottle containing a white fluid.
" What is this all?"
" That would be what us humans call food, that orange thing is cheese and the white fluid you're looking at so intently is milk. Go on try some, I dare ya!" She winked playfully so Ral'Tak took a sip of this thing called milk, his eyes widened before he spluttered noisily but over his own noise he could hear someone laughing.
He turned his gaze on Gabrielle and found her bent over laughing hysterically, he tried to look dignified as he demanded," And what is so funny??"
Gabrielle's face was slowly turning red as she pointed towards his upper lip, the floor then at his chin. Ral'Tak looked at the floor and frowned at all the milk, he peered at his reflection and he tilted his head as he had a milky upper lip and a milky chin forming almost a beard. He looked back at Gabrielle and found himself caught up in her laughter as he too began to chuckle.
MEANWHILE....
Tarann narrowed in on the last co-ordinates the base had of Captain's Ral'Tak's position before he disappeared. He frowned looking around at nothing but empty space. Where was the frelling Hezmot?!? His patience was being tested to the limit, he circled the space again suppressing the urge to shout out angrily. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and then rubbed his eyes leaning back into his seat. Ral'Tak had to have gone somewhere, he could not have just disappeared. It was not possible and went against everything he believed in.
He closed his eyes then frowned as he felt his prowler moving, he opened his eyes and gasped as in front of him whirled a wormhole.
" Base control come in, this is Commander Tarann! Can anyone hear me? Base control??"
He cursed loudly before he grappled with the prowler's controls attempting to avoid the wormhole, he grunted from exertion but he was definitely not winning. Tarann cried out as his prowler was sucked into the dark depths of the wormhole.
BACK ON EARTH....
Gabrielle rubbed her sides after all that laughing, she sat on the couch and asked," Tell me, what is your race of people like. I'm curious."
Ral'Tak wiped his upper lip and chin before he sat down on the long soft cushioned object Gabrielle occupied. He sighed gently and replied," My race of people are not lovers, poets or care about other life other than Sebaccean. We are raised from children to fight in the many Peacekeeper armies, we are bred for war and are taught from a young age to die if we have to."
She gasped," That's terrible, so you never experience what it was like to be a child and never had any fun in your life?"
Ral'Tak leaned back into the cushioned object becoming lost in his memories," I have experienced fun in my life, we play strategy games and the win is all the fun we need. I never saw the point and always felt unfilled if I won or lost."
" Have you ever felt love, Ral'Tak?"
He turned to meet her inquiring gaze, he smiled sarcastically before he replied," Love, I have felt passion and heat, been in the arms of some of the most beautiful women but love was never there. Sebacceans don't believe in love, we breed to make more of us and to train them for war. There was a rumour once that a woman called Aeryn Sunn's mother and father loved her but were terribly punished for it."
" That's awful, not to have felt love. Everyone should feel it at one time in their life or have a chance to experience it." Said Gabrielle quietly before she inquired," Where is Aeryn Sunn now?"
A smile played across Ral'Tak's lips as he answered," She was captured by escaped prisoners on a living ship called Moya, she gave up all she knew as she couldn't return. Command thought her contaminated beyond repair but soon there was news that she was happy and was deeply in love with a man called John Crichton, so in the end she found her one love and so I've heard would not give him up for anything in this world or the next."
" John Crichton?" uttered Gabrielle," He was the astronaut that went missing in a routine test of his ship, it was all over the news. The news had been leaked and soon the whole world knew about the existence of the farscape project, many believe his father did it in hopes of getting help to find his son."
Ral'Tak said," Well John Crichton lives and he is forever testing Peacekeepers especially Scorpius, one could call them nemesis's"
" Scorpius?"
" He is a man, half Sebaccean and half Scarren. He has chased John all over space wanting the knowledge he has of wormholes, the same knowledge that has me sat on this cushioned object with you now."
Gabrielle cautiously placed her hand over his then said genuinely," Well I'm glad it brought you here."
Ral'Tak was sure his heart had stopped as her hand brushed over his skin and tickled his senses, he turned his hand around capturing her fingers with his and he replied softly," Me too."
Suddenly a loud crash caused them both to jump, the connection they had made broken.
" What the frell was that?" exclaimed Ral'Tak, he saw Gabrielle's confused look," It's a rude word." He grinned sheepishly but stopped as he saw smoke coming from outside. Both he and Gabrielle ran out onto the golden sand, it was a strange sensation to his bare feet. To feel softness shifting through the crooks of his toes, he was loving the sensation but it was short lived as a low groan caught his attention.
He gestured for Gabrielle to stay back as he went slowly over to the figure laying on the ground. He turned the individual and he gasped before he stood instantly to attention and saluted. Gabrielle watched the change in Ral'Tak and her heart sunk, she looked to the man getting off the sand and noted he was wearing the same kind of uniform Ral'Tak had been wearing when he arrived. Commander Tarann rubbed his head trying to rid the grogginess that plagued him, he looked to the young Captain and smirked as he was stood to attention.
That's when a young woman caught his eyes, he ran his eyes over her body appreciatively. Not a bad example of womanhood, he then looked to Ral'Tak and demanded," What did you think you were doing Captain?? Just disappearing like that without alerting the base to the existence of that wormhole!!"
" Yes Sir, I am sorry Sir but the comms died on me and it was too late."
Tarann nodded, looked around at the lush golden landscape and deep azure of the water basking against it," Scorpius will be happy to know wormholes are nearby and they can take you to a place like this, what is it called?"
" It is called Earth, Sir."
" Erp." Repeated Tarann," Ah yes, the place they saw John Crichton comes from." His gaze fell on Gabrielle again," And who is she?"
" She is an earth woman called Gabrielle."
Tarann nodded before he went around Gabrielle taking in all of her, Gabrielle growled," Would you mind not looking at me like that!" Tarann chuckled slightly but unbeknownst to him, Ral'Tak was watching his every move.
" Where is your Prowler Captain?"
" I am afraid it didn't make the entry, it disintegrated Sir." He said carefully making sure the Commander didn't see through his lie.
Tarann shook his head," That is too bad, luckily for us. My prowler did manage to come through it unscathed. We must make plans to get back to the base and inform Scorpius of our find and we can overrun this planet."
Gabrielle protested," You can't do that! Earth has done nothing to you!"
Tarann shrugged off her comments," Captain make the necessary plans."
Ral'Tak was torn, he knew he was supposed to follow orders but he couldn't let Earth fall to Peackeeper regime. The love and beauty he saw in Gabrielle would be destroyed and he knew he couldn't let that happen.
" Captain!!"
Ral'Tak met Gabrielle's eyes then turned to walk to Tarann's Prowler, Gabrielle sighed then stood herself in front of Tarann," This isn't fair! We have done nothing to you."
" So?"
Gabrielle shouted angrily," How dare you!" She balled her hand into a fist and slammed it across his chin, he staggered back and Gabrielle watched as he licked the blood from his lip.
" Fiesty one I see but you just made a terrible mistake by striking me."
Gabrielle stepped back as he pulled out a gun from the side of his leg, she cried out," Ral'Tak!" Ral'Tak swung round, his eyes widening before he dived at Tarann but Tarann's finger squeezed the trigger and a pulse hit Gabrielle. She choked back a cry before she fell back hitting the sand.
" Gabrielle!!!!" cried Ral'Tak.
Tarann snarled," What the Hezmana do you think you are doing Captain?"
" Something I should have done a long time ago."
He slammed his fist into Tarann's stomach doubling him over before his knee connected with Tarann's chin. Tarann fell back into the sand moping up the blood flowing from his nose. Tarann kicked out Ral'Tak's legs causing him to hit the ground hard then he wrapped his hands around Ral'Tak's neck forcing the air from his lungs.
Ral'Tak choked and gasped for air as the grip around his neck was like iron, he picked up some of the sand nearby and rubbed it into Tarann's eyes. He cried out in pain and staggered away from him.
" You will pay for this insubordination, Captain!"
Ral'Tak spun kick Tarann in the chest before he spun on the ground sweeping up Tarann's legs. He crouched down behind Tarann and muttered," I don't think so Tarann!" before he snapped Tarann's neck in two.
He pulled Tarann to the nearby Prowler, strapped him into the pilot seat and plotted a course back out of the earth's orbit. He activated it and watched as the Prowler disappeared into the sky before he ran to the fallen Gabrielle.
" Gabrielle? Can you hear me? Gabrielle please!"
He stroked her hair gently and cradled her in his arms, he ran a hand over her still face," Please Gabrielle, come back to me." He could feel watery substance gathering in his eyes and he wasn't sure what the term was for it but right now it felt so right. He bent down and cradled Gabrielle's head in the crook of his neck slowly rocking her and pleading for her to come back. He couldn't lose her now after she had freed his heart and soul.
He closed his eyes, letting the water flow down his face but his eyes flew open when a warm hand caressed his cheek and wiped away his tears. Gabrielle's eyes looked back at him,
" Hey, come on. No crying."
" Gabrielle, you came back to me!"
" Of course, I couldn't leave you. God knows what kind of trouble you would get up to."
She smiled weakly before Ral'Tak bent down meeting her lips with his, their tongues melding with one another's as their lips caressed one another's softly and gently. The kiss seemed to last an eternity and set the world around them aflame, the perfect union of two heart's and souls.
THE END!
Ral'Tak stepped out of the room fully clad in Erp clothes, he attempted to smooth down his unruly hair but a hand stopped him and his eyes met Gabrielle's.
" Don't, it suits you."
He coughed nervously, forgetting all his Peackeeper training as her one touch caused a cataclysmic effect on him. He smiled and was happy when she returned his smile, he felt almost a deep loss as she removed her hand.
" So would you like anything to eat or drink?"
" Um..."
Gabrielle giggled again before she took his hand and pulled him to the kitchen, she opened this strange white box's door and Ral'Tak's eyes widened as he took in all the various colours and sniffed the different objects he picked out. Gabrielle just watched smiling at his innocence, Ral'Tak tilted a long orange object upside down before he peered into a bottle containing a white fluid.
" What is this all?"
" That would be what us humans call food, that orange thing is cheese and the white fluid you're looking at so intently is milk. Go on try some, I dare ya!" She winked playfully so Ral'Tak took a sip of this thing called milk, his eyes widened before he spluttered noisily but over his own noise he could hear someone laughing.
He turned his gaze on Gabrielle and found her bent over laughing hysterically, he tried to look dignified as he demanded," And what is so funny??"
Gabrielle's face was slowly turning red as she pointed towards his upper lip, the floor then at his chin. Ral'Tak looked at the floor and frowned at all the milk, he peered at his reflection and he tilted his head as he had a milky upper lip and a milky chin forming almost a beard. He looked back at Gabrielle and found himself caught up in her laughter as he too began to chuckle.
MEANWHILE....
Tarann narrowed in on the last co-ordinates the base had of Captain's Ral'Tak's position before he disappeared. He frowned looking around at nothing but empty space. Where was the frelling Hezmot?!? His patience was being tested to the limit, he circled the space again suppressing the urge to shout out angrily. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and then rubbed his eyes leaning back into his seat. Ral'Tak had to have gone somewhere, he could not have just disappeared. It was not possible and went against everything he believed in.
He closed his eyes then frowned as he felt his prowler moving, he opened his eyes and gasped as in front of him whirled a wormhole.
" Base control come in, this is Commander Tarann! Can anyone hear me? Base control??"
He cursed loudly before he grappled with the prowler's controls attempting to avoid the wormhole, he grunted from exertion but he was definitely not winning. Tarann cried out as his prowler was sucked into the dark depths of the wormhole.
BACK ON EARTH....
Gabrielle rubbed her sides after all that laughing, she sat on the couch and asked," Tell me, what is your race of people like. I'm curious."
Ral'Tak wiped his upper lip and chin before he sat down on the long soft cushioned object Gabrielle occupied. He sighed gently and replied," My race of people are not lovers, poets or care about other life other than Sebaccean. We are raised from children to fight in the many Peacekeeper armies, we are bred for war and are taught from a young age to die if we have to."
She gasped," That's terrible, so you never experience what it was like to be a child and never had any fun in your life?"
Ral'Tak leaned back into the cushioned object becoming lost in his memories," I have experienced fun in my life, we play strategy games and the win is all the fun we need. I never saw the point and always felt unfilled if I won or lost."
" Have you ever felt love, Ral'Tak?"
He turned to meet her inquiring gaze, he smiled sarcastically before he replied," Love, I have felt passion and heat, been in the arms of some of the most beautiful women but love was never there. Sebacceans don't believe in love, we breed to make more of us and to train them for war. There was a rumour once that a woman called Aeryn Sunn's mother and father loved her but were terribly punished for it."
" That's awful, not to have felt love. Everyone should feel it at one time in their life or have a chance to experience it." Said Gabrielle quietly before she inquired," Where is Aeryn Sunn now?"
A smile played across Ral'Tak's lips as he answered," She was captured by escaped prisoners on a living ship called Moya, she gave up all she knew as she couldn't return. Command thought her contaminated beyond repair but soon there was news that she was happy and was deeply in love with a man called John Crichton, so in the end she found her one love and so I've heard would not give him up for anything in this world or the next."
" John Crichton?" uttered Gabrielle," He was the astronaut that went missing in a routine test of his ship, it was all over the news. The news had been leaked and soon the whole world knew about the existence of the farscape project, many believe his father did it in hopes of getting help to find his son."
Ral'Tak said," Well John Crichton lives and he is forever testing Peacekeepers especially Scorpius, one could call them nemesis's"
" Scorpius?"
" He is a man, half Sebaccean and half Scarren. He has chased John all over space wanting the knowledge he has of wormholes, the same knowledge that has me sat on this cushioned object with you now."
Gabrielle cautiously placed her hand over his then said genuinely," Well I'm glad it brought you here."
Ral'Tak was sure his heart had stopped as her hand brushed over his skin and tickled his senses, he turned his hand around capturing her fingers with his and he replied softly," Me too."
Suddenly a loud crash caused them both to jump, the connection they had made broken.
" What the frell was that?" exclaimed Ral'Tak, he saw Gabrielle's confused look," It's a rude word." He grinned sheepishly but stopped as he saw smoke coming from outside. Both he and Gabrielle ran out onto the golden sand, it was a strange sensation to his bare feet. To feel softness shifting through the crooks of his toes, he was loving the sensation but it was short lived as a low groan caught his attention.
He gestured for Gabrielle to stay back as he went slowly over to the figure laying on the ground. He turned the individual and he gasped before he stood instantly to attention and saluted. Gabrielle watched the change in Ral'Tak and her heart sunk, she looked to the man getting off the sand and noted he was wearing the same kind of uniform Ral'Tak had been wearing when he arrived. Commander Tarann rubbed his head trying to rid the grogginess that plagued him, he looked to the young Captain and smirked as he was stood to attention.
That's when a young woman caught his eyes, he ran his eyes over her body appreciatively. Not a bad example of womanhood, he then looked to Ral'Tak and demanded," What did you think you were doing Captain?? Just disappearing like that without alerting the base to the existence of that wormhole!!"
" Yes Sir, I am sorry Sir but the comms died on me and it was too late."
Tarann nodded, looked around at the lush golden landscape and deep azure of the water basking against it," Scorpius will be happy to know wormholes are nearby and they can take you to a place like this, what is it called?"
" It is called Earth, Sir."
" Erp." Repeated Tarann," Ah yes, the place they saw John Crichton comes from." His gaze fell on Gabrielle again," And who is she?"
" She is an earth woman called Gabrielle."
Tarann nodded before he went around Gabrielle taking in all of her, Gabrielle growled," Would you mind not looking at me like that!" Tarann chuckled slightly but unbeknownst to him, Ral'Tak was watching his every move.
" Where is your Prowler Captain?"
" I am afraid it didn't make the entry, it disintegrated Sir." He said carefully making sure the Commander didn't see through his lie.
Tarann shook his head," That is too bad, luckily for us. My prowler did manage to come through it unscathed. We must make plans to get back to the base and inform Scorpius of our find and we can overrun this planet."
Gabrielle protested," You can't do that! Earth has done nothing to you!"
Tarann shrugged off her comments," Captain make the necessary plans."
Ral'Tak was torn, he knew he was supposed to follow orders but he couldn't let Earth fall to Peackeeper regime. The love and beauty he saw in Gabrielle would be destroyed and he knew he couldn't let that happen.
" Captain!!"
Ral'Tak met Gabrielle's eyes then turned to walk to Tarann's Prowler, Gabrielle sighed then stood herself in front of Tarann," This isn't fair! We have done nothing to you."
" So?"
Gabrielle shouted angrily," How dare you!" She balled her hand into a fist and slammed it across his chin, he staggered back and Gabrielle watched as he licked the blood from his lip.
" Fiesty one I see but you just made a terrible mistake by striking me."
Gabrielle stepped back as he pulled out a gun from the side of his leg, she cried out," Ral'Tak!" Ral'Tak swung round, his eyes widening before he dived at Tarann but Tarann's finger squeezed the trigger and a pulse hit Gabrielle. She choked back a cry before she fell back hitting the sand.
" Gabrielle!!!!" cried Ral'Tak.
Tarann snarled," What the Hezmana do you think you are doing Captain?"
" Something I should have done a long time ago."
He slammed his fist into Tarann's stomach doubling him over before his knee connected with Tarann's chin. Tarann fell back into the sand moping up the blood flowing from his nose. Tarann kicked out Ral'Tak's legs causing him to hit the ground hard then he wrapped his hands around Ral'Tak's neck forcing the air from his lungs.
Ral'Tak choked and gasped for air as the grip around his neck was like iron, he picked up some of the sand nearby and rubbed it into Tarann's eyes. He cried out in pain and staggered away from him.
" You will pay for this insubordination, Captain!"
Ral'Tak spun kick Tarann in the chest before he spun on the ground sweeping up Tarann's legs. He crouched down behind Tarann and muttered," I don't think so Tarann!" before he snapped Tarann's neck in two.
He pulled Tarann to the nearby Prowler, strapped him into the pilot seat and plotted a course back out of the earth's orbit. He activated it and watched as the Prowler disappeared into the sky before he ran to the fallen Gabrielle.
" Gabrielle? Can you hear me? Gabrielle please!"
He stroked her hair gently and cradled her in his arms, he ran a hand over her still face," Please Gabrielle, come back to me." He could feel watery substance gathering in his eyes and he wasn't sure what the term was for it but right now it felt so right. He bent down and cradled Gabrielle's head in the crook of his neck slowly rocking her and pleading for her to come back. He couldn't lose her now after she had freed his heart and soul.
He closed his eyes, letting the water flow down his face but his eyes flew open when a warm hand caressed his cheek and wiped away his tears. Gabrielle's eyes looked back at him,
" Hey, come on. No crying."
" Gabrielle, you came back to me!"
" Of course, I couldn't leave you. God knows what kind of trouble you would get up to."
She smiled weakly before Ral'Tak bent down meeting her lips with his, their tongues melding with one another's as their lips caressed one another's softly and gently. The kiss seemed to last an eternity and set the world around them aflame, the perfect union of two heart's and souls.
THE END!