Title: Be careful what you wish for
Summary: It's one of those future fanfics (set seven years into the future) about the long awaited return to Earth. Only the conditions under which John returns aren't really ideal. In fact he spends all of his time home trying to find a way to get back, not just for his sake, but for that of his daughter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Farscape or any of its characters.
Be Careful What You Wish For
When things change
" I have never seen the children so determined before Aeryn, shouldn't we listen to them? We normally take their opinions into consideration, why is this any different?" D'Argo said calmly as Aeryn paced the room.
" No D'Argo, I've made up my mind!" she said firmly. " I'm in charge around here, and I will decide what is best for Moya and everyone on her. No matter what our personal feelings are, we have to think about the good of the crew!" she said unemotionally. D'Argo stared at her calmly for a moment.
" Would you listen to yourself?" he eventually demanded. " How would it hurt to give this ludicrous idea of Breiyden's a try? All we have to do is orbit the planet and make a wish on a stone? That isn't going to harm us in any way is it?"
Aeryn sighed and turned away from D'Argo hiding her tears, but she ignored D'Argo's pleading and left the room.
* * *
The days were passing slowly at the Crichton house, but things had calmed down considerably and Jamie had settled into a routine. Everyone had gone home now, because Rob and Jake had work to get back to and the kids had to go to school. So Jamie spent a lot of her time working out in the back garden, trying to keep herself occupied, whilst John tried to spend some quality time with his father, whilst keeping regular checks on how things were going at IASA - apparently the battle over Jamie was raging on and IASA were losing ground, they were close to losing the fight. It worried John immensely.
John and Jamie had been there a week when DK finally came to visit. It was eleven-o clock and Jack was teaching Jamie how to flip a pancake. She wasn't challenged at all, but kept her boredom to herself out of politeness, and she was starting to like this older and more serious version of her father.
" Morning all!" DK said coming into the kitchen through the back door, with Dane, the Dalmatian, running along at his heels wagging his tail.
" What sort of guard dog are you?" Jack laughed at Dane who was jumping up at DK. Jamie eyed the dog anxiously and then watched as Jack hugged DK firmly and let him go. Then DK turned on Jamie with a broad smile.
" Hello Jamie, it's good to see you again," he said in a friendly tone. Jamie climbed off the seat and held out her hand to him. He laughed and shook it gently.
" My father's in the bath," she then said in an informative tone. " Jack should I go get him?"
" Well go tell him DK's here," Jack suggested and so Jamie ran off. She didn't feel entirely comfortable with DK yet, because she didn't know him, so the sooner she could get John down there the better. So she made her way to their room and then hammered on the bathroom door.
" What's wrong?" John called from the bath, knowing exactly who it was.
" Your friend DK is here!" Jamie called back. " Get out of the bath and come and greet him!" John laughed out loud.
" Yes sir," he replied and climbed out of the bath.
Meanwhile, downstairs Jack was explaining the week's events to DK, who in turn was telling him more detailed information about what was going on at IASA.
" I hate to say this, but it's bad Jack, the military have pretty much won, they've presented a document to the president which pretty much prevents him from helping out and you know what all the shirt's at IASA are like, they'd sell her out any day. It's now just a matter of formality. You have to get John and Jamie out of here right away!" DK explained grimly.
" I can't believe that IASA will let it come to this," Jack retorted. " If the military get their hands on Jamie, then she's done for!"
" I know, that's why we have to get them out of here," DK hissed. " You can't get involved Jack, if you're involved then you could lose everything. I have to help them get away, I don't have anything to lose!" Jack frowned and glared at DK.
" What are you talking about boy? I'm not worried about losing anything, what's important to me is that that little girl remains safe and out of military hands."
" What?"
Jack fell silent, and both men turned to the kitchen door where John and Jamie were standing staring at them, with equally as terrified looks on their faces.
" What are you talking about?" John asked taking a few steps forward. DK gulped and looked from Jack to John, wondering if he should be the one to explain.
" Bad news John, the military have won," he finally said, realising Jack wasn't going to be the one to deliver the bad news. " They're just finalising it and making it official. They could be here within hours.or days. You have to get out of here!"
" No!" Jamie cried and she turned on heel and ran up the stairs. John however, stayed and he walked over to the other two in a state of shock.
" Damn it!" he finally hissed and he smacked the work surface angrily with his fist.
" I'm sorry John, I came as quickly as I could," DK said.
" Okay you tell me in detail, exactly what's been going on over there!" John ordered and he sat down whilst DK started explaining.
* * *
Breiyden had lost faith in Aeryn completely. How she could go a whole weeken without breaking down about losing her family was beyond Breiyden's comprehension. So she'd stopped speaking to Aeryn and had locked herself away in her quarters. Devising plans on how to get off Moya and return to the planet herself. She wasn't going to just let this one slide, John and Jamie were too important to her.
What Breiyden couldn't realise was that her giving Aeryn the silent treatment was making Aeryn's life unbearable, because Breiyden wasn't the only one who had locked herself away, Warer too was in hiding. Only his hideout was slightly more difficult to reach, as it was deep within Moya's conduits.
Warer and Breiyden were the only family that Aeryn had left and they were both ignoring her, so without them she spent her time in command giving orders and making sure they were getting on with their mission. They'd delivered the troops as soon as they could and were now on their way to pick up the supplies they were going to deliver to the front line. Everyone gave Aeryn a wide birth when they saw her. well everyone except D'Argo.
" Aeryn I have those figures you wanted," D'Argo said early one morning thrusting a disc in Aeryn's face. She plucked it out of his hand and inserted it into her console. Her jaw dropped.
" We're going at half the speed we usually go!" she gasped.
" Pilot says that Moya is grieving," D'Argo said meekly. Aeryn sighed and hung her head.
" Oh that is it!" she finally hissed then without another word she walked out of command. D'Argo followed her interested in where she was going. Finally they stopped when they reached Pilot's quarters.
" Pilot, will you please change course and head back to that dratted planet, so that I can finally show you all that you are falling for someone's very sick joke!" she snapped at Pilot. With this Aeryn tapped her comm badge roughly.
" Warer.Breiyden!" she called down it. " I know you can hear me, I just want you to know that you have your way, we're going back, you can try your little necklace charm!" Then without saying anything else she turned on heel and rushed to her quarters where she collapsed on her bed and started bawling like a baby.
* * *
" Where can we go that's safe?" John asked DK as he roughly stuffed clothes into a bag. Jamie was sitting by the side of the bag looking shaky and scared.
" I have an idea, I don't think they'll find you there!" DK explained and John finished packing in silence. When he was done he slung the bag over his shoulder and grabbed Jamie's hand. The three of them rushed down the stairs and John and Jamie made a rushed goodbye to Jack.
" I'll find you, don't worry! We'll see each other again soon," Jack said to Jamie, to try and comfort her a bit. With this they made their way to the front door and opened it.
" Going somewhere?" They were too late; three heavily armed military types were standing on the porch behind General Graham, who had a very smug look on his face. In his hand he held a document, which he thrust at John.
" She's coming with us!" he said smugly and he reached out to grab Jamie. Jamie however backed away and hid behind John. John was panicking, he didn't know how to deal with this situation, he had no weapons, he had no escape route, he was trapped. So he turned around and picked Jamie up and held her close.
" You are not separating us! You are not taking her!" he said firmly, but Graham just waved his hand behind his shoulder and the three military types aimed their guns straight at John's head.
" Release her, or suffer the consequences," Graham said simply. John gulped and held his hand to Jamie's head to protect her.
" I'm sorry," he finally whispered and he tried to put Jamie down, but now she was panicking and she was clinging to him desperately.
" No I don't want to go! Daddy please!" she cried in Delvian. " I'll never do anything bad again! Please! Don't let them take me they'll kill me!" Tears of fear were streaming down her cheeks and it was breaking John's heart to see her like this.
" Don't panic! I am going to come rescue you! I promise!" he told her in her mother's language, but it had no affect on the child, she was growing hysterical. The men were growing tired though and one of them reached out and grabbed her arm. This caused her to attack him and soon he was lying in a little heap on the floor groaning, but now both men grabbed Jamie and one held a gun to her head.
" Tell her to calm down!" Graham ordered John. John desperately dropped to his knees in front of Jamie and he pressed his head against hers.
" They will shoot you, calm down! I promise you everything is going to be okay Jamie!" he told her softly in 'alien'. Jamie gave him a pleading look and with that the men grabbed her firmly under the arms and dragged her away screaming. They threw her into the back of a black van and then they got in their cars and drove off. Leaving John on his knees on the front porch watching them.
" John what are you waiting for?" DK demanded as he ran past John and jumped into his car. John didn't need to be told twice, and he leapt to his feet and jumped in the passenger side.
" We're not going to le them take her away John. Get yourself together, we're going to need to you to be thinking clearly!" DK told him as they set off in pursuit of the black van.
" Just don't get too close to it, or they'll know we're following them," was all John could manage.
* * *
" You won't regret this Aeryn!" Breiyden said enthusiastically as they approached the planet again.
" I hope not," Aeryn replied gravely. What she couldn't reveal to the youngster was that secretly she had every hope that this was all real, and that her husband and daughter were safe and well. It was that hope that was keeping her going.
" What do you think Earth will be like?" Warer piped up from one of the consoles in charge of minor functions he was standing at (safely out of the way and unable to cause trouble).
" John has told you many times before about what Earth will be like Warer," Aeryn warned him in a gentle tone. " He has shown you many planets with a likeness to it."
" Yeah, but he also said that nothing will ever match his rock," Breiyden said proudly. Aeryn managed a small smile.
" True, there must be something special about his planet if he's felt it's pull so desperately all these years."
* * *
" Stupid stupid stupid planet! Why the hell did I come down here again?" John hissed viciously as he followed DK in a crouching position towards the gates surrounding the complex they'd followed the 'suits' to. " I mean what was I thinking?" DK turned to look at John looking patient and slightly amused.
" Would you perhaps like to stand up and announced that we have arrived?" he suggested sounding deadly serious. John rolled his eyes and shut up. " So what's the plan John?"
" Well they probably couldn't wait to get their filthy hands on her.so this is probably the nearest place that they could bring he and it doesn't look like it's a very secure establishment.let's find a service entrance," John said and he led DK around the perimeter until they found the service entrance John had known would be there. It was guarded by a single guard, who looked like he was new on the job, because he was very nervous and jumpy, pointing his gun at everything that moved.
" Bingo," John said under his breath and he snuck up behind the guard. Then he stood up and tapped his shoulder. " Excuse me." The guard spun round and in less than a second John had lunged out knocking the guard out. " We won't have much time, cameras," John said picking up the guard's machine gun, and the two men ran in. Luckily everyone in the establishment was too hyper about Jamie's arrival to bother with watching the TV monitors too carefully. John and DK played this to their advantage, managing to sneak through the base undetected, only having to knock out the occasional guard or scientist. Soon enough they reached a corridor with voices. They jumped into a door that was open and watched through the crack in the door as Graham, and some scientist types rounded the corner.
" We have to proceed with the invasive tests straight away, it is a matter of national security," Graham ordered angrily. " If we delay any further, then the president might find a way out of this and free her again!"
" Yes but sir, what you are proposing will kill her straight away! She is such an interesting subject, I'm just fascinated by seeing her alive at the moment!" one of the scientists countered and DK had to hold John's shoulders to stop him from lunging out of their hiding place to confront these men. Soon enough the men had passed and they sneaked out and carried on down the corridor. It was more difficult to go unnoticed here.
" This is getting too risky John, what if." DK said softly, but he stopped speaking as both men heard Jamie's screams down the corridor, and they were getting closer. Again they resorted to the aid of an empty room and watched as Jamie was dragged kicking and screaming past them and was thrown into a room with a lock on it opposite them on the corridor. John felt his blood boil and before DK could stop him he had leaped out into the corridor shooting everything in sight. It seemed like forever before the shooting stopped and DK was brave enough to stick his head out the door to see what had happened. To his relief he found Jamie in John's arms and they were hugging in silence.
" Um, guys? We should really think about maybe heading out now?" DK suggested, trying to ignore the many dead bodies lying in the corridor.how could John just do that without a second thought?
" I got a plan," John said backtracking back into their room and jumping up onto a desk. Only now did he put Jamie down, who was very reluctant to let go of her father. Eventually she settled for sitting on his foot and wrapping her entire body round his leg whilst John fiddled with panels on the roof. Finally one came loose and he reached down and picked Jamie up, lifting her up into the roof. Then John looked at DK.
" After you man," he said and DK jumped up and climbed up into the space with Jamie. John followed and soon the panel was back in place and John was leading the way stealthily through the crawlspaces. They could hear commotion below them and John wondered how long it would be before they realised where they'd escaped to.
* * *
" Now what?" Aeryn asked turning on Breiyden the second they started orbiting the planet.
" Uh, well she said to just hold it and like wish to be transported," Breiyden said frowning at the apparent stupidity of this plan. " But I mean.what's to loose right?" Aeryn raised her eyebrows and indicated for Warer to join her. Warer rushed over to her and Aeryn put a protective hand on his shoulder.
" Everyone prepare for some turbulence," she said over the comm and then looked to Breiyden again. " Well go on then." Breiyden gulped and looked at the stone preying that this was going to work and she wasn't going to look like a bit of an idiot.
" Please please please transport us to Earth," she whispered closing her eyes tightly. After a few moments nothing had happened and she opened her eyes. " Uh okay maybe I did it wrong." she began, but then there was a blinding flash and Moya lurched forward, back and to the side seemingly all at the same time uncontrollably, then everything went black.
Summary: It's one of those future fanfics (set seven years into the future) about the long awaited return to Earth. Only the conditions under which John returns aren't really ideal. In fact he spends all of his time home trying to find a way to get back, not just for his sake, but for that of his daughter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Farscape or any of its characters.
Be Careful What You Wish For
When things change
" I have never seen the children so determined before Aeryn, shouldn't we listen to them? We normally take their opinions into consideration, why is this any different?" D'Argo said calmly as Aeryn paced the room.
" No D'Argo, I've made up my mind!" she said firmly. " I'm in charge around here, and I will decide what is best for Moya and everyone on her. No matter what our personal feelings are, we have to think about the good of the crew!" she said unemotionally. D'Argo stared at her calmly for a moment.
" Would you listen to yourself?" he eventually demanded. " How would it hurt to give this ludicrous idea of Breiyden's a try? All we have to do is orbit the planet and make a wish on a stone? That isn't going to harm us in any way is it?"
Aeryn sighed and turned away from D'Argo hiding her tears, but she ignored D'Argo's pleading and left the room.
* * *
The days were passing slowly at the Crichton house, but things had calmed down considerably and Jamie had settled into a routine. Everyone had gone home now, because Rob and Jake had work to get back to and the kids had to go to school. So Jamie spent a lot of her time working out in the back garden, trying to keep herself occupied, whilst John tried to spend some quality time with his father, whilst keeping regular checks on how things were going at IASA - apparently the battle over Jamie was raging on and IASA were losing ground, they were close to losing the fight. It worried John immensely.
John and Jamie had been there a week when DK finally came to visit. It was eleven-o clock and Jack was teaching Jamie how to flip a pancake. She wasn't challenged at all, but kept her boredom to herself out of politeness, and she was starting to like this older and more serious version of her father.
" Morning all!" DK said coming into the kitchen through the back door, with Dane, the Dalmatian, running along at his heels wagging his tail.
" What sort of guard dog are you?" Jack laughed at Dane who was jumping up at DK. Jamie eyed the dog anxiously and then watched as Jack hugged DK firmly and let him go. Then DK turned on Jamie with a broad smile.
" Hello Jamie, it's good to see you again," he said in a friendly tone. Jamie climbed off the seat and held out her hand to him. He laughed and shook it gently.
" My father's in the bath," she then said in an informative tone. " Jack should I go get him?"
" Well go tell him DK's here," Jack suggested and so Jamie ran off. She didn't feel entirely comfortable with DK yet, because she didn't know him, so the sooner she could get John down there the better. So she made her way to their room and then hammered on the bathroom door.
" What's wrong?" John called from the bath, knowing exactly who it was.
" Your friend DK is here!" Jamie called back. " Get out of the bath and come and greet him!" John laughed out loud.
" Yes sir," he replied and climbed out of the bath.
Meanwhile, downstairs Jack was explaining the week's events to DK, who in turn was telling him more detailed information about what was going on at IASA.
" I hate to say this, but it's bad Jack, the military have pretty much won, they've presented a document to the president which pretty much prevents him from helping out and you know what all the shirt's at IASA are like, they'd sell her out any day. It's now just a matter of formality. You have to get John and Jamie out of here right away!" DK explained grimly.
" I can't believe that IASA will let it come to this," Jack retorted. " If the military get their hands on Jamie, then she's done for!"
" I know, that's why we have to get them out of here," DK hissed. " You can't get involved Jack, if you're involved then you could lose everything. I have to help them get away, I don't have anything to lose!" Jack frowned and glared at DK.
" What are you talking about boy? I'm not worried about losing anything, what's important to me is that that little girl remains safe and out of military hands."
" What?"
Jack fell silent, and both men turned to the kitchen door where John and Jamie were standing staring at them, with equally as terrified looks on their faces.
" What are you talking about?" John asked taking a few steps forward. DK gulped and looked from Jack to John, wondering if he should be the one to explain.
" Bad news John, the military have won," he finally said, realising Jack wasn't going to be the one to deliver the bad news. " They're just finalising it and making it official. They could be here within hours.or days. You have to get out of here!"
" No!" Jamie cried and she turned on heel and ran up the stairs. John however, stayed and he walked over to the other two in a state of shock.
" Damn it!" he finally hissed and he smacked the work surface angrily with his fist.
" I'm sorry John, I came as quickly as I could," DK said.
" Okay you tell me in detail, exactly what's been going on over there!" John ordered and he sat down whilst DK started explaining.
* * *
Breiyden had lost faith in Aeryn completely. How she could go a whole weeken without breaking down about losing her family was beyond Breiyden's comprehension. So she'd stopped speaking to Aeryn and had locked herself away in her quarters. Devising plans on how to get off Moya and return to the planet herself. She wasn't going to just let this one slide, John and Jamie were too important to her.
What Breiyden couldn't realise was that her giving Aeryn the silent treatment was making Aeryn's life unbearable, because Breiyden wasn't the only one who had locked herself away, Warer too was in hiding. Only his hideout was slightly more difficult to reach, as it was deep within Moya's conduits.
Warer and Breiyden were the only family that Aeryn had left and they were both ignoring her, so without them she spent her time in command giving orders and making sure they were getting on with their mission. They'd delivered the troops as soon as they could and were now on their way to pick up the supplies they were going to deliver to the front line. Everyone gave Aeryn a wide birth when they saw her. well everyone except D'Argo.
" Aeryn I have those figures you wanted," D'Argo said early one morning thrusting a disc in Aeryn's face. She plucked it out of his hand and inserted it into her console. Her jaw dropped.
" We're going at half the speed we usually go!" she gasped.
" Pilot says that Moya is grieving," D'Argo said meekly. Aeryn sighed and hung her head.
" Oh that is it!" she finally hissed then without another word she walked out of command. D'Argo followed her interested in where she was going. Finally they stopped when they reached Pilot's quarters.
" Pilot, will you please change course and head back to that dratted planet, so that I can finally show you all that you are falling for someone's very sick joke!" she snapped at Pilot. With this Aeryn tapped her comm badge roughly.
" Warer.Breiyden!" she called down it. " I know you can hear me, I just want you to know that you have your way, we're going back, you can try your little necklace charm!" Then without saying anything else she turned on heel and rushed to her quarters where she collapsed on her bed and started bawling like a baby.
* * *
" Where can we go that's safe?" John asked DK as he roughly stuffed clothes into a bag. Jamie was sitting by the side of the bag looking shaky and scared.
" I have an idea, I don't think they'll find you there!" DK explained and John finished packing in silence. When he was done he slung the bag over his shoulder and grabbed Jamie's hand. The three of them rushed down the stairs and John and Jamie made a rushed goodbye to Jack.
" I'll find you, don't worry! We'll see each other again soon," Jack said to Jamie, to try and comfort her a bit. With this they made their way to the front door and opened it.
" Going somewhere?" They were too late; three heavily armed military types were standing on the porch behind General Graham, who had a very smug look on his face. In his hand he held a document, which he thrust at John.
" She's coming with us!" he said smugly and he reached out to grab Jamie. Jamie however backed away and hid behind John. John was panicking, he didn't know how to deal with this situation, he had no weapons, he had no escape route, he was trapped. So he turned around and picked Jamie up and held her close.
" You are not separating us! You are not taking her!" he said firmly, but Graham just waved his hand behind his shoulder and the three military types aimed their guns straight at John's head.
" Release her, or suffer the consequences," Graham said simply. John gulped and held his hand to Jamie's head to protect her.
" I'm sorry," he finally whispered and he tried to put Jamie down, but now she was panicking and she was clinging to him desperately.
" No I don't want to go! Daddy please!" she cried in Delvian. " I'll never do anything bad again! Please! Don't let them take me they'll kill me!" Tears of fear were streaming down her cheeks and it was breaking John's heart to see her like this.
" Don't panic! I am going to come rescue you! I promise!" he told her in her mother's language, but it had no affect on the child, she was growing hysterical. The men were growing tired though and one of them reached out and grabbed her arm. This caused her to attack him and soon he was lying in a little heap on the floor groaning, but now both men grabbed Jamie and one held a gun to her head.
" Tell her to calm down!" Graham ordered John. John desperately dropped to his knees in front of Jamie and he pressed his head against hers.
" They will shoot you, calm down! I promise you everything is going to be okay Jamie!" he told her softly in 'alien'. Jamie gave him a pleading look and with that the men grabbed her firmly under the arms and dragged her away screaming. They threw her into the back of a black van and then they got in their cars and drove off. Leaving John on his knees on the front porch watching them.
" John what are you waiting for?" DK demanded as he ran past John and jumped into his car. John didn't need to be told twice, and he leapt to his feet and jumped in the passenger side.
" We're not going to le them take her away John. Get yourself together, we're going to need to you to be thinking clearly!" DK told him as they set off in pursuit of the black van.
" Just don't get too close to it, or they'll know we're following them," was all John could manage.
* * *
" You won't regret this Aeryn!" Breiyden said enthusiastically as they approached the planet again.
" I hope not," Aeryn replied gravely. What she couldn't reveal to the youngster was that secretly she had every hope that this was all real, and that her husband and daughter were safe and well. It was that hope that was keeping her going.
" What do you think Earth will be like?" Warer piped up from one of the consoles in charge of minor functions he was standing at (safely out of the way and unable to cause trouble).
" John has told you many times before about what Earth will be like Warer," Aeryn warned him in a gentle tone. " He has shown you many planets with a likeness to it."
" Yeah, but he also said that nothing will ever match his rock," Breiyden said proudly. Aeryn managed a small smile.
" True, there must be something special about his planet if he's felt it's pull so desperately all these years."
* * *
" Stupid stupid stupid planet! Why the hell did I come down here again?" John hissed viciously as he followed DK in a crouching position towards the gates surrounding the complex they'd followed the 'suits' to. " I mean what was I thinking?" DK turned to look at John looking patient and slightly amused.
" Would you perhaps like to stand up and announced that we have arrived?" he suggested sounding deadly serious. John rolled his eyes and shut up. " So what's the plan John?"
" Well they probably couldn't wait to get their filthy hands on her.so this is probably the nearest place that they could bring he and it doesn't look like it's a very secure establishment.let's find a service entrance," John said and he led DK around the perimeter until they found the service entrance John had known would be there. It was guarded by a single guard, who looked like he was new on the job, because he was very nervous and jumpy, pointing his gun at everything that moved.
" Bingo," John said under his breath and he snuck up behind the guard. Then he stood up and tapped his shoulder. " Excuse me." The guard spun round and in less than a second John had lunged out knocking the guard out. " We won't have much time, cameras," John said picking up the guard's machine gun, and the two men ran in. Luckily everyone in the establishment was too hyper about Jamie's arrival to bother with watching the TV monitors too carefully. John and DK played this to their advantage, managing to sneak through the base undetected, only having to knock out the occasional guard or scientist. Soon enough they reached a corridor with voices. They jumped into a door that was open and watched through the crack in the door as Graham, and some scientist types rounded the corner.
" We have to proceed with the invasive tests straight away, it is a matter of national security," Graham ordered angrily. " If we delay any further, then the president might find a way out of this and free her again!"
" Yes but sir, what you are proposing will kill her straight away! She is such an interesting subject, I'm just fascinated by seeing her alive at the moment!" one of the scientists countered and DK had to hold John's shoulders to stop him from lunging out of their hiding place to confront these men. Soon enough the men had passed and they sneaked out and carried on down the corridor. It was more difficult to go unnoticed here.
" This is getting too risky John, what if." DK said softly, but he stopped speaking as both men heard Jamie's screams down the corridor, and they were getting closer. Again they resorted to the aid of an empty room and watched as Jamie was dragged kicking and screaming past them and was thrown into a room with a lock on it opposite them on the corridor. John felt his blood boil and before DK could stop him he had leaped out into the corridor shooting everything in sight. It seemed like forever before the shooting stopped and DK was brave enough to stick his head out the door to see what had happened. To his relief he found Jamie in John's arms and they were hugging in silence.
" Um, guys? We should really think about maybe heading out now?" DK suggested, trying to ignore the many dead bodies lying in the corridor.how could John just do that without a second thought?
" I got a plan," John said backtracking back into their room and jumping up onto a desk. Only now did he put Jamie down, who was very reluctant to let go of her father. Eventually she settled for sitting on his foot and wrapping her entire body round his leg whilst John fiddled with panels on the roof. Finally one came loose and he reached down and picked Jamie up, lifting her up into the roof. Then John looked at DK.
" After you man," he said and DK jumped up and climbed up into the space with Jamie. John followed and soon the panel was back in place and John was leading the way stealthily through the crawlspaces. They could hear commotion below them and John wondered how long it would be before they realised where they'd escaped to.
* * *
" Now what?" Aeryn asked turning on Breiyden the second they started orbiting the planet.
" Uh, well she said to just hold it and like wish to be transported," Breiyden said frowning at the apparent stupidity of this plan. " But I mean.what's to loose right?" Aeryn raised her eyebrows and indicated for Warer to join her. Warer rushed over to her and Aeryn put a protective hand on his shoulder.
" Everyone prepare for some turbulence," she said over the comm and then looked to Breiyden again. " Well go on then." Breiyden gulped and looked at the stone preying that this was going to work and she wasn't going to look like a bit of an idiot.
" Please please please transport us to Earth," she whispered closing her eyes tightly. After a few moments nothing had happened and she opened her eyes. " Uh okay maybe I did it wrong." she began, but then there was a blinding flash and Moya lurched forward, back and to the side seemingly all at the same time uncontrollably, then everything went black.
