Pain of Love and Memories
Chapter 11: Dreams
Crichton sat in the cold cell. His mental and physical self were almost on the point of collapse. The further round of tortures that Scorpius had exposed him to, had weakened him. He curled up inside himself, rocking backwards and forwards ever so slightly. He looked up, a shadowy figure stood in front of him, blocking the little light from his face.
The figure bent down, two delicate hands clutched his face. He looked into the face of the figure.
"Gilina."
Gilina's face appeared. Her blond hair in its usual fashion. She kissed him on the lips, pulled away and silently shook her head.
"No... Aeryn."
The face of Gilina rippled and Aeryn's face took her place. Her head nodded.
"How did you get here? Has Scorpius hurt you?"
Aeryn continued crouching down by Crichton. Her eyes pierced into his.
"Stay with me." He croaked, his voice breaking from the effort of keeping the tears from rolling down his face. It was not successful, the tears fell, they were clearer than a bounteous spring. Aeryn brought her face in closer, rubbing the tears from his face.
She pulled Crichton down on her, he instantly gave up every movement of his body to the ex-Peacekeeper whom he had come to love. His soul grasped onto Aeryn, seeing as his body could not.
"I can't do this anymore, Aeryn, I just can't." His hoarse whisper floated up to the ex-Peacekeeper. The tears ran down his face, through pain and loss. The despair seeped inside of him as he looked to a non-existent future. Self-made images of him dying in pain rose to his mind.
"He did something to me, I don't know what, but something." His hands grasped his head in frustration.
Aeryn pulled his hands away and held John close to her, running her hands through his out of control hair.
"Y'know Aeryn, I'm so tired, let me sleep."
Aeryn pulled John's face up to hers and she shook her head, her eyes glittering dangerously.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't." He snapped back, his voice showing the strain he was under.
Aeryn reached up and placed her hand on her chest, pointing to herself.
John took a deep breath, "Yes. Yes, that's a reason."
The human and the Sebacean remained in each others arms for at least half an arn. Suddenly, John pulled away from Aeryn. He gazed into her face.
"We had some good times. I... I just wish we could have had more."
Aeryn's silent form stared at Crichton. She reached up a hand to hold his face, stopping it midway, he held onto her hand.
"You have to go now."
Aeryn pulled her hand free easily, stood up and turned around, she was gone.
John closed his eyes, and rolled over, lying in the corner, clutching his jacket to him. If he had looked up, he would have seen the still form of Lieutenant Braca staring at him through the bars.
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Chiana flew ahead with the Prowler, inside with her was Rygel, behind flew the two transport pods - connected with umbilical cables. Inside the leading transport pod was Stark and Sam.
"What the frell did you think you were doing, toad?!" Chiana snapped angrily at Rygel in the Prowler. The Hynerian clambered upward, he could not use the throne-sled in the Prowler and had to leave it lying still.
"Doing what you would have done, in the circumstances. Don't lie to me Chiana, you're like me, you would escape at the nearest opportunity, I simply retreated for a short amount of time. At least I have something to show for it."
Rygel slid back down to examine his trinkets more closely and hold them, reassuring himself that they were his.
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On the transport pod Sam sat there in silence, unsure of how to react to Stark. She decided that she couldn't bear the silence any longer.
"So, how do you know Moya's crew?"
"Crichton and I were imprisoned together, when his shipmates came to rescue him, they liberated me as well. Scorpius was not pleased."
"Scorpius? That's the guy chasing Crichton isn't it? Why?"
Stark sighed. Unlike the others he didn't think about it being Crichton's right for him to tell them.
"I was imprisoned on the Gammak base for two cycles, a hundred times I was put in the Aurora Chair, for it to wrench my personal memories from me. However, I am a Stykera, I was able to hide my thoughts, it kept me alive. Then I was joined by Crichton, he was there on a mission, to provide a cure for Aeryn. He was captured, and with short but more intensive sessions than I endured, Scorpius found out about his knowledge about wormholes."
At this Sam's eyes widened, but let Stark continue with his story.
"As you know, Crichton travelled here by a wormhole, and Scorpius is determined to develop wormhole tech. So, I assume Scorpius has been chasing Crichton, since we departed after our escape. What's wrong?"
Sam sat there, her eyes staring into the floor. She looked as if she'd throw up.
"Wormholes? God, Stark, that's what we do. Us. Colonel O'Neill's team. The others. We travel about the galaxy, through devices that create stable wormholes. Oh, God, and this Scorpius, he'd use them for a weapon? The effects, the devastation if he ever wielded the pow..."
"Sshh!" Stark held Sam's shoulders. Sam spun around.
"Thank god, the Colonel escaped." Sam's imagination started to run wild, she had snap visions of Jack strapped to a chair crying out in pain with blood running down his face. The tears pricked her eyes, yet she managed to hold them back.
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All three ships were pulled into the Docking Bay, D'Argo waited to greet them, Rygel floated down the steps of the transport pod. The Luxan snarled and strode across to the Hynerian.
"You frelling..."
Rygel gasped as D'Argo's strong grip clutched hold of his throat.
"Get off me you frelling Luxan!" D'Argo snarled and pushed Rygel and his throne-sled out of the way to greet Chiana.
"Stark." D'Argo stared at the Banik.
"Ka D'Argo, welcome, I felt the need to return the transport pod you lent me. Is Zhaan about?"
"No. She is in meditation and wishes not to be disturbed."
Stark inclined his head.
"I'll show you to some quarters."
"Thank you, I need to rest."
The two walked off from the Docking Bay, Chiana stood there holding the pulse rifle, realising D'Argo had completely ignored her. She felt a tiny resentment swelling inside of her.
Brushing past the still form of Chiana, Sam rushed to the Colonel's quarters, she stopped at the entrance to the corridor, suddenly realising she had forgotten the way. Turning around, she called to Chiana.
"Hey, could you help me find the Colonel's quarters?"
"Yeah." Chiana sighed, "Yeah, sure."
The Nebari turned to look at the Major, she had a mixture of confusion and horror on her face.
"What's up?"
"I'm sorry. But I can't understand a word you're saying."
The Nebari's eyes widened.
"Please, take me to the Colonel's quarters."
Knowing Sam wouldn't know what she said, the Nebari nodded and led her through the corridors.
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In the Colonel's quarters, Jack laid on the bed slumbering quietly. His arm was an angry red, although the wound had formed a scab, it was still incredibly hot. Daniel looked concerned, afraid Jack would develop an infection. Touching Jack's forehead, it was burning hot.
"Daniel!" Sam's voice caused him to turn around, she looked extremely worried. "Daniel, can you... can you understand Chiana."
The Nebari slunk up, she spoke to Daniel, his eyes widened.
"Uh, of course, can't you?"
"No."
"Probably a good thing." Daniel shook his head, "Uh, why, why can't you?"
"I don't know, where's Teal'c?"
"With Yenay, I think."
Sam turned to Chiana.
"Can you bring Teal'c and Yenay here, please?"
Chiana nodded and walked out of the room.
"How's the Colonel doing?" Sam's voice was laced with worry.
"Not good, I think he's developing an infection."
The Colonel's eyes flickered open.
"Hey, Daniel, Major." Sam smiled at his voice.
"Sir."
"Daniel, did, did you find out why Johnny freaked out on the Command Carrier?"
Daniel didn't want to admit that he hadn't left the Colonel's side through worry, it's a man thing.
"What's he talking about?" Sam whispered to Daniel.
"On the Command Carrier, where Crichton and the others are, Jack told Crichton what we do and he freaked, told Jack he had to get away from him."
Sam felt her heart go heavy, she glanced kindly at her CO.
"I know." She whispered. Sam sat up on the bed, helping the Colonel sit up. "Colonel, I have something to tell you." Slowly, so the Colonel could hear and understand every word, she recounted what Stark had told her about Crichton's experiences on the Gammak Base, and why he was sought by Scorpius.
After she had finished, the Colonel closed his eyes.
"Oh, God. Johnny, I shouldn't have left you."
"Sam, he needs to rest, the infection will get worse if not."
Both of them forced the Colonel to lie down, his forehead was burning up. The Colonel soon fell into a deep sleep again, although no a peaceful one, nightmares haunted him, all of the images that he created from his feverish imagination, involved Crichton screaming in pain, alternating with the Stargate expelling the vortex of the wormhole.
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Aeryn grasped her chest, bent double she started crying out almost inaudibly, Velorek rushed to the edge of his cell. Fear registering on his face.
"Aeryn! Are you alright?"
At the sudden sound, the guards spun round. One of them immediately commed the Doctor.
"Jas, get down here, now."
It took only two hundred microts for Jas to rush down to the cells containing Aeryn and Velorek. He hurried into Aeryn's cell, clutching her shaking body. Velorek hung at the edge of his cell, watching with concern. Jas pulled out an injector from his belt, he stabbed Aeryn in the arm, gradually the shaking stopped and she calmed down.
Also from his belt, Jas pulled out a small device, he ran it over her heart, where Aeryn was clutching. He turned it over to look at the results displaying on the small screen. His eyes shadowed over as he read the readings.
"What's wrong?" Aeryn's whisper drew the attention of Jas away from the readings.
"You have a rare problem with your synax nerve in your heart, it only shows itself once in an early age, it's the only way we can diagnose it, it is completely silent and near invisible before. All previous attempts to write it out of the Sebacean genes have ended in failure. Fortunately, it only starts to seriously affect any Sebacean when they come within the last twenty-five cycles of their natural life, usually around two hundred cycles. It will shorten your life, but only by a few cycles, maybe eight or ten."
"Will it affect my fighting?"
"No, all previous cases have not affected the fighting ability of those with the condition."
"Good." With frightening speed, Aeryn delivered a pantak jab to Jas, who failed to act defensively.
The guards sprang forward, their weapons ready, however, Aeryn pushed the doctor's body in front of her.
"Don't. Open Velorek's cell, or I break the doctor's neck."
The guards hesitated briefly, but they finally went to open Velorek's cell. Velorek stepped out.
"Give your weapons to him." The guards hesitated further, "Now!" Aeryn twisted Jas' neck ever so slightly. The soldiers hurried to comply, Velorek reached out for their pulse rifles. Aeryn held out her hand for one, which Velorek thrust a pulse rifle into.
Gripping the pulse rifle, Aeryn dropped the still body of Jas, the soldiers jumped forward, but Aeryn and Velorek reminded they were the ones holding the pulse rifles. The two soldiers were ushered into different cells.
"Drop your comms." Velorek's voice had an air of command to it. The soldiers complied and dropped the comms on the floor.
"Move back!" The soldiers backed away to the back of their separate cells. Both Aeryn and Velorek fired at the comms. Soon, all that remained was two small lumps of melted metal.
The two ex-Peacekeepers slid out of the cell corridor. The escape was on.
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Teal'c and Yenay entered the cell, Chiana was behind them, but as soon as they reached there, she disappeared.
"What is wrong, Major Carter?" Teal'c looked at the still form of Jack.
"He was wounded." Carter turned to look at Yenay, "Can you heal him? We think the wound is getting infected."
Yenay sighed. She had neglected to tell them this beforehand.
"No," she held up her hand with the healing device, "It has a limited amount it can be used, before it has to rejuvenate itself."
Daniel hung his head. He got up and went to the doorway, he called Chiana's name, it echoed through the passageway.
"We have to get Jack back, he needs medical care."
"What about the facilities aboard this Leviathan, Daniel Jackson?"
"No, Teal'c. The one that handles medicine is right now in a state of deep meditation, she can't be woken up." Sam said.
"We have to go, now."
"What about Crichton?" Sam voiced what the Colonel would have said.
"From what I've seen and heard, Sam, Crichton seems to have developed, to a certain extent, a type of family. Besides, we can always return, they can wait in orbit of the planet for our return."
"You seem to have thought about it a lot, Daniel Jackson."
"Yeah, well, an unconscious Jack isn't great for conversation."
"Someone's got to tell Chiana and D'Argo what we've decided, and I'll need a translator."
"Why, Major Carter?"
"I don't know why, but my translator microbes have stopped working."
"Then we share the same problem, mine have also ceased functioning."
Sam's eyes widened.
"Really?"
Teal'c nodded. However, before the conversation could continue on those lines, Chiana poked her head around the corridor.
"You called?" Daniel walked up to her and explained their predicament.
"Jack's getting worse, we can't heal him here, we need to get back to Earth. Can you tell Pilot to Starburst back to the planet you picked us up from?"
"Yeah, I... I think so. Let me just see."
"Pilot," Chiana called down into her comm. "Can you Starburst back to the last Commerce planet? Crichton's friends need to return home."
"I am not certain, Moya Starburst a very short distance, so it should be possible, but it may require at least two attempts."
The usual vibrations were felt through Moya as Starburst was initiated. The blue lines crept quickly across Moya's skin, suddenly she disappeared the burst of blue light. The planet that came in front of Moya was familiar.
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Zhaan was bathed in the light blue light of her meditation realm. She was faced with the image of Stark, she reached up and touched the metal side of his face. Zhaan could feel the power radiate from him, her heart was lighter, looking at Stark. A slow smile spread across her face, and she fell back into a whirling vortex of blue light, the different shades played across her face. Her eyelids flickered and she spread her arms out, feeling the warmth and kindness of the light.
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"Chiana? Please may you tell Colonel O'Neill and his team that they are fortunate, Moya has managed to Starburst directly to the Commerce planet."
"Thank you, Pilot." Daniel's voice echoed down through Chiana's comm. However, before the others could get their thanks in, Chiana ran out of the door. She was still hurt by D'Argo's behaviour after she got back from fetching Rygel.
Jack started convulsing. Yenay ran to his side.
"We need to get him back to Earth, now." She half-yelled.
Immediately Teal'c stepped forward, he and Yenay picked up the Colonel, Yenay holding his head and Teal'c his feet. They back out of the room, heading for, what they hoped was the Docking Bay.
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Whoo! Just one more Chapter and an Epilogue! Wow! :-D feel all smiley!
Lots of hugs 'n' bugs, Jeni :-P (and the mysterious rubber chicken called Scorpius)
Chapter 11: Dreams
Crichton sat in the cold cell. His mental and physical self were almost on the point of collapse. The further round of tortures that Scorpius had exposed him to, had weakened him. He curled up inside himself, rocking backwards and forwards ever so slightly. He looked up, a shadowy figure stood in front of him, blocking the little light from his face.
The figure bent down, two delicate hands clutched his face. He looked into the face of the figure.
"Gilina."
Gilina's face appeared. Her blond hair in its usual fashion. She kissed him on the lips, pulled away and silently shook her head.
"No... Aeryn."
The face of Gilina rippled and Aeryn's face took her place. Her head nodded.
"How did you get here? Has Scorpius hurt you?"
Aeryn continued crouching down by Crichton. Her eyes pierced into his.
"Stay with me." He croaked, his voice breaking from the effort of keeping the tears from rolling down his face. It was not successful, the tears fell, they were clearer than a bounteous spring. Aeryn brought her face in closer, rubbing the tears from his face.
She pulled Crichton down on her, he instantly gave up every movement of his body to the ex-Peacekeeper whom he had come to love. His soul grasped onto Aeryn, seeing as his body could not.
"I can't do this anymore, Aeryn, I just can't." His hoarse whisper floated up to the ex-Peacekeeper. The tears ran down his face, through pain and loss. The despair seeped inside of him as he looked to a non-existent future. Self-made images of him dying in pain rose to his mind.
"He did something to me, I don't know what, but something." His hands grasped his head in frustration.
Aeryn pulled his hands away and held John close to her, running her hands through his out of control hair.
"Y'know Aeryn, I'm so tired, let me sleep."
Aeryn pulled John's face up to hers and she shook her head, her eyes glittering dangerously.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't." He snapped back, his voice showing the strain he was under.
Aeryn reached up and placed her hand on her chest, pointing to herself.
John took a deep breath, "Yes. Yes, that's a reason."
The human and the Sebacean remained in each others arms for at least half an arn. Suddenly, John pulled away from Aeryn. He gazed into her face.
"We had some good times. I... I just wish we could have had more."
Aeryn's silent form stared at Crichton. She reached up a hand to hold his face, stopping it midway, he held onto her hand.
"You have to go now."
Aeryn pulled her hand free easily, stood up and turned around, she was gone.
John closed his eyes, and rolled over, lying in the corner, clutching his jacket to him. If he had looked up, he would have seen the still form of Lieutenant Braca staring at him through the bars.
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Chiana flew ahead with the Prowler, inside with her was Rygel, behind flew the two transport pods - connected with umbilical cables. Inside the leading transport pod was Stark and Sam.
"What the frell did you think you were doing, toad?!" Chiana snapped angrily at Rygel in the Prowler. The Hynerian clambered upward, he could not use the throne-sled in the Prowler and had to leave it lying still.
"Doing what you would have done, in the circumstances. Don't lie to me Chiana, you're like me, you would escape at the nearest opportunity, I simply retreated for a short amount of time. At least I have something to show for it."
Rygel slid back down to examine his trinkets more closely and hold them, reassuring himself that they were his.
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On the transport pod Sam sat there in silence, unsure of how to react to Stark. She decided that she couldn't bear the silence any longer.
"So, how do you know Moya's crew?"
"Crichton and I were imprisoned together, when his shipmates came to rescue him, they liberated me as well. Scorpius was not pleased."
"Scorpius? That's the guy chasing Crichton isn't it? Why?"
Stark sighed. Unlike the others he didn't think about it being Crichton's right for him to tell them.
"I was imprisoned on the Gammak base for two cycles, a hundred times I was put in the Aurora Chair, for it to wrench my personal memories from me. However, I am a Stykera, I was able to hide my thoughts, it kept me alive. Then I was joined by Crichton, he was there on a mission, to provide a cure for Aeryn. He was captured, and with short but more intensive sessions than I endured, Scorpius found out about his knowledge about wormholes."
At this Sam's eyes widened, but let Stark continue with his story.
"As you know, Crichton travelled here by a wormhole, and Scorpius is determined to develop wormhole tech. So, I assume Scorpius has been chasing Crichton, since we departed after our escape. What's wrong?"
Sam sat there, her eyes staring into the floor. She looked as if she'd throw up.
"Wormholes? God, Stark, that's what we do. Us. Colonel O'Neill's team. The others. We travel about the galaxy, through devices that create stable wormholes. Oh, God, and this Scorpius, he'd use them for a weapon? The effects, the devastation if he ever wielded the pow..."
"Sshh!" Stark held Sam's shoulders. Sam spun around.
"Thank god, the Colonel escaped." Sam's imagination started to run wild, she had snap visions of Jack strapped to a chair crying out in pain with blood running down his face. The tears pricked her eyes, yet she managed to hold them back.
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All three ships were pulled into the Docking Bay, D'Argo waited to greet them, Rygel floated down the steps of the transport pod. The Luxan snarled and strode across to the Hynerian.
"You frelling..."
Rygel gasped as D'Argo's strong grip clutched hold of his throat.
"Get off me you frelling Luxan!" D'Argo snarled and pushed Rygel and his throne-sled out of the way to greet Chiana.
"Stark." D'Argo stared at the Banik.
"Ka D'Argo, welcome, I felt the need to return the transport pod you lent me. Is Zhaan about?"
"No. She is in meditation and wishes not to be disturbed."
Stark inclined his head.
"I'll show you to some quarters."
"Thank you, I need to rest."
The two walked off from the Docking Bay, Chiana stood there holding the pulse rifle, realising D'Argo had completely ignored her. She felt a tiny resentment swelling inside of her.
Brushing past the still form of Chiana, Sam rushed to the Colonel's quarters, she stopped at the entrance to the corridor, suddenly realising she had forgotten the way. Turning around, she called to Chiana.
"Hey, could you help me find the Colonel's quarters?"
"Yeah." Chiana sighed, "Yeah, sure."
The Nebari turned to look at the Major, she had a mixture of confusion and horror on her face.
"What's up?"
"I'm sorry. But I can't understand a word you're saying."
The Nebari's eyes widened.
"Please, take me to the Colonel's quarters."
Knowing Sam wouldn't know what she said, the Nebari nodded and led her through the corridors.
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In the Colonel's quarters, Jack laid on the bed slumbering quietly. His arm was an angry red, although the wound had formed a scab, it was still incredibly hot. Daniel looked concerned, afraid Jack would develop an infection. Touching Jack's forehead, it was burning hot.
"Daniel!" Sam's voice caused him to turn around, she looked extremely worried. "Daniel, can you... can you understand Chiana."
The Nebari slunk up, she spoke to Daniel, his eyes widened.
"Uh, of course, can't you?"
"No."
"Probably a good thing." Daniel shook his head, "Uh, why, why can't you?"
"I don't know, where's Teal'c?"
"With Yenay, I think."
Sam turned to Chiana.
"Can you bring Teal'c and Yenay here, please?"
Chiana nodded and walked out of the room.
"How's the Colonel doing?" Sam's voice was laced with worry.
"Not good, I think he's developing an infection."
The Colonel's eyes flickered open.
"Hey, Daniel, Major." Sam smiled at his voice.
"Sir."
"Daniel, did, did you find out why Johnny freaked out on the Command Carrier?"
Daniel didn't want to admit that he hadn't left the Colonel's side through worry, it's a man thing.
"What's he talking about?" Sam whispered to Daniel.
"On the Command Carrier, where Crichton and the others are, Jack told Crichton what we do and he freaked, told Jack he had to get away from him."
Sam felt her heart go heavy, she glanced kindly at her CO.
"I know." She whispered. Sam sat up on the bed, helping the Colonel sit up. "Colonel, I have something to tell you." Slowly, so the Colonel could hear and understand every word, she recounted what Stark had told her about Crichton's experiences on the Gammak Base, and why he was sought by Scorpius.
After she had finished, the Colonel closed his eyes.
"Oh, God. Johnny, I shouldn't have left you."
"Sam, he needs to rest, the infection will get worse if not."
Both of them forced the Colonel to lie down, his forehead was burning up. The Colonel soon fell into a deep sleep again, although no a peaceful one, nightmares haunted him, all of the images that he created from his feverish imagination, involved Crichton screaming in pain, alternating with the Stargate expelling the vortex of the wormhole.
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Aeryn grasped her chest, bent double she started crying out almost inaudibly, Velorek rushed to the edge of his cell. Fear registering on his face.
"Aeryn! Are you alright?"
At the sudden sound, the guards spun round. One of them immediately commed the Doctor.
"Jas, get down here, now."
It took only two hundred microts for Jas to rush down to the cells containing Aeryn and Velorek. He hurried into Aeryn's cell, clutching her shaking body. Velorek hung at the edge of his cell, watching with concern. Jas pulled out an injector from his belt, he stabbed Aeryn in the arm, gradually the shaking stopped and she calmed down.
Also from his belt, Jas pulled out a small device, he ran it over her heart, where Aeryn was clutching. He turned it over to look at the results displaying on the small screen. His eyes shadowed over as he read the readings.
"What's wrong?" Aeryn's whisper drew the attention of Jas away from the readings.
"You have a rare problem with your synax nerve in your heart, it only shows itself once in an early age, it's the only way we can diagnose it, it is completely silent and near invisible before. All previous attempts to write it out of the Sebacean genes have ended in failure. Fortunately, it only starts to seriously affect any Sebacean when they come within the last twenty-five cycles of their natural life, usually around two hundred cycles. It will shorten your life, but only by a few cycles, maybe eight or ten."
"Will it affect my fighting?"
"No, all previous cases have not affected the fighting ability of those with the condition."
"Good." With frightening speed, Aeryn delivered a pantak jab to Jas, who failed to act defensively.
The guards sprang forward, their weapons ready, however, Aeryn pushed the doctor's body in front of her.
"Don't. Open Velorek's cell, or I break the doctor's neck."
The guards hesitated briefly, but they finally went to open Velorek's cell. Velorek stepped out.
"Give your weapons to him." The guards hesitated further, "Now!" Aeryn twisted Jas' neck ever so slightly. The soldiers hurried to comply, Velorek reached out for their pulse rifles. Aeryn held out her hand for one, which Velorek thrust a pulse rifle into.
Gripping the pulse rifle, Aeryn dropped the still body of Jas, the soldiers jumped forward, but Aeryn and Velorek reminded they were the ones holding the pulse rifles. The two soldiers were ushered into different cells.
"Drop your comms." Velorek's voice had an air of command to it. The soldiers complied and dropped the comms on the floor.
"Move back!" The soldiers backed away to the back of their separate cells. Both Aeryn and Velorek fired at the comms. Soon, all that remained was two small lumps of melted metal.
The two ex-Peacekeepers slid out of the cell corridor. The escape was on.
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Teal'c and Yenay entered the cell, Chiana was behind them, but as soon as they reached there, she disappeared.
"What is wrong, Major Carter?" Teal'c looked at the still form of Jack.
"He was wounded." Carter turned to look at Yenay, "Can you heal him? We think the wound is getting infected."
Yenay sighed. She had neglected to tell them this beforehand.
"No," she held up her hand with the healing device, "It has a limited amount it can be used, before it has to rejuvenate itself."
Daniel hung his head. He got up and went to the doorway, he called Chiana's name, it echoed through the passageway.
"We have to get Jack back, he needs medical care."
"What about the facilities aboard this Leviathan, Daniel Jackson?"
"No, Teal'c. The one that handles medicine is right now in a state of deep meditation, she can't be woken up." Sam said.
"We have to go, now."
"What about Crichton?" Sam voiced what the Colonel would have said.
"From what I've seen and heard, Sam, Crichton seems to have developed, to a certain extent, a type of family. Besides, we can always return, they can wait in orbit of the planet for our return."
"You seem to have thought about it a lot, Daniel Jackson."
"Yeah, well, an unconscious Jack isn't great for conversation."
"Someone's got to tell Chiana and D'Argo what we've decided, and I'll need a translator."
"Why, Major Carter?"
"I don't know why, but my translator microbes have stopped working."
"Then we share the same problem, mine have also ceased functioning."
Sam's eyes widened.
"Really?"
Teal'c nodded. However, before the conversation could continue on those lines, Chiana poked her head around the corridor.
"You called?" Daniel walked up to her and explained their predicament.
"Jack's getting worse, we can't heal him here, we need to get back to Earth. Can you tell Pilot to Starburst back to the planet you picked us up from?"
"Yeah, I... I think so. Let me just see."
"Pilot," Chiana called down into her comm. "Can you Starburst back to the last Commerce planet? Crichton's friends need to return home."
"I am not certain, Moya Starburst a very short distance, so it should be possible, but it may require at least two attempts."
The usual vibrations were felt through Moya as Starburst was initiated. The blue lines crept quickly across Moya's skin, suddenly she disappeared the burst of blue light. The planet that came in front of Moya was familiar.
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Zhaan was bathed in the light blue light of her meditation realm. She was faced with the image of Stark, she reached up and touched the metal side of his face. Zhaan could feel the power radiate from him, her heart was lighter, looking at Stark. A slow smile spread across her face, and she fell back into a whirling vortex of blue light, the different shades played across her face. Her eyelids flickered and she spread her arms out, feeling the warmth and kindness of the light.
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"Chiana? Please may you tell Colonel O'Neill and his team that they are fortunate, Moya has managed to Starburst directly to the Commerce planet."
"Thank you, Pilot." Daniel's voice echoed down through Chiana's comm. However, before the others could get their thanks in, Chiana ran out of the door. She was still hurt by D'Argo's behaviour after she got back from fetching Rygel.
Jack started convulsing. Yenay ran to his side.
"We need to get him back to Earth, now." She half-yelled.
Immediately Teal'c stepped forward, he and Yenay picked up the Colonel, Yenay holding his head and Teal'c his feet. They back out of the room, heading for, what they hoped was the Docking Bay.
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Whoo! Just one more Chapter and an Epilogue! Wow! :-D feel all smiley!
Lots of hugs 'n' bugs, Jeni :-P (and the mysterious rubber chicken called Scorpius)