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 also for that of his daughter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Farscape or any of its characters.
Be Careful What You Wish For
.And found
" Dad, isn't that?" Jamie asked with a huge grin on her face.
" Yeah, yeah that is! That's Moya!" John said sounding both euphoric and stunned at the same time. He lapsed into silence just staring at the screen, lightly touching the grainy black-and-white image of Moya. Jamie cleared her throat catching his attention. " What's wrong?" John asked quickly, snapping out of his daze.
" If Moya is here, then all we have to do is get to the module and we're free," she said simply. John smiled and shook his head.
" Well yeah, but sweetie that is not going to be easy! This isn't simple." he began, but Jamie was staring at him coldly.
" Don't tell me that! We have broken out of detention camps, prison bases, depository vaults, detention cells, caves of solid rock!" she practically shouted. " Don't tell me that we can't break free from this little evolutionarily challenged waste ground!"
" Hey!" John warned standing up and walking away from his daughter. " Don't take that tone with me!" Jamie stood up too and faced her father with all the defiance she could muster.
" I will take what tone I like!" she snapped. " Don't give in! You used to think you could do anything! I hate this stupid planet!" She creamed the last bit as tears flew from her eyes. " It destroys everything! We have to get out of here before Moya goes again! I want mom!" By now she was full into her tantrum and she started screaming abuse at John, who just stood his ground with his hands on his hips. Eventually Jamie stopped shouting and she sat down on the sofa with her arms hanging loosely by her side. She was read in the face and she looked furious, but at least she was calm.
" Are you done?" John asked coolly. Jamie nodded helplessly. " Good. Now you sit there, and keep quiet, I don't want to hear another word out of you," he said in an even colder tone, then he sat down at the table again and he pulled out a pad, drawing out plan after plan while Jamie sat in silence, tears of anger and humiliation streaming down her face.
* * *
" Woah, way to go Aeryn!" Breiyden said cheerfully (something she had heard John say on occasion - she loved mimicking him) as she chased Aeryn out of Command. Breiyden hated it when Aeryn went into her 'insano-protective- going-to-kill-anything-that-moves' mode, but today was definitely an exception. She had watched in awe as the humans on the slightly grainy screen ('inadequate human technology' she had thought to herself) literally trembled in fear as Aeryn threatened them to deliver her family to her.
Aeryn slowed down so the girl could catch up with her and then she actually smiled weakly at her.
" Thank you," she said softly. " Breiyden I'm sorry about how I have acted over the last few weekens, I should not have treated you like that! You're too important to me.to us. You know how John and I feel about you!" Breiyden nodded and smiled as she recalled an incident a few nomens ago where both John and Aeryn had come to her and asked her to take their name, the Crichton name (something she hadn't been able to do then, but she was thinking now that when they got John and Jamie back, she'd tell them that she was taking their name). She was already a member of the family; she lived on the 'family tier'. She knew that both John and Aeryn considered her their daughter; as far as they were concerned they had three children. It was something that she had learned to accept, even though at first it was hard for her to be grateful for their love and understanding, but now, seeing the closest thing she'd ever had to a mother, standing before her struggling with words to express her emotions, Breiyden felt tears sting her eyes and she suddenly reached forward and threw her arms round Aeryn's shoulders.
Aeryn smiled and hugged the girl back. That's all she needed, confirmation that she hadn't lost anything. She was going to get her husband and daughter back, and here her other 'daughter' and her son still cared for her.that was all she needed.
" Thank you," Breiyden whispered. The two women separated and Aeryn smiled genuinely.
" Come on, we have to go out in the prowler and fire those warning shots we promised," Aeryn said cheerfully and the pair of them set off in the direction of the launch bay.
* * *
" Graham, what are we going to do?" Teller hissed angrily. He had been in the room as so-called 'qualified' personnel were diminished to snivelling wrecks in front of that Crichton woman and he was furious. This was the biggest thing that had happened in his career and he was not going to let that hybrid child get away.
" Relax," Graham said with a small smile on his face. " Everything is under control."
* * *
Jamie remained silent for hours, whilst her father poured over his plans and sketches. She didn't dare say anything, she was too ashamed, but when an image she knew so well it was in her minds-eye every time she dared to close her eyes flicked onto the TV screen she squeaked in excitement. John jerked out of his mindset and he looked up to once again see Jamie staring at the TV in shock.
" What is it this time?" John asked tiredly.
" Mommy," Jamie whispered wistfully, tears stinging her eyes, oh how she wanted Aeryn now. The change in John was instantaneous. Within seconds he was at Jamie's side watching the report on the threats from Moya. A huge grin spread over his face as he watched her in action. " Look at Breiyd and Warer, they look like they're about to crack up!" John said fondly. Jamie smiled too seeing her siblings. They were both far back, Breiyden standing between D'Argo and Chiana, and Warer was sitting on D'Argo's shoulders, they were trying to look indifferent, but both kept on grinning at Aeryn's words, knowing that Moya had no weapons capabilities at all.
After Aeryn's message was complete the programme showed the newsroom and a picture of John and Jamie appeared on screen. The news reader then read out a bulletin ordering the public to notify officials if they saw them and to not harm them.
" Come on you, we're going," John said quickly and he jumped to his feet and packed his stuff together. Jamie stood up and turned the TV off.
" Where are we going?" she asked curiously as she picked up the bag with their clothes in it.
" To find someone who I hope will be on our side!"
* * *
The call came just as Mike Biggs was settling down for his coffee break. A young administrative staff worker approached him with a phone.
" It's your brother," the woman said. Biggs frowned as he took the phone from the woman, he didn't have a brother.
" Thank you," he told the woman and she smiled and rushed off to see how the situation was unfolding. The staff room was deserted because everyone was in the main hall following the developments.
" Hello?" Biggs said into the phone tentatively.
" I need your help," John said quickly. " Please, I need your help." Biggs gulped and shook his head in disbelief, how had John Crichton remembered him? They had worked together only briefly before John had set off on his mission and then he had briefly spoken to him on the monitor link when John was up on the ISS.
" John?" Biggs asked softly.
" Yeah. Look I know that you don't know me very well, but DK has told me so much about you and you know that even with my wife's efforts, it's still risky for us to be seen. I remember you man, you were always so.good. You're a good man and I need you to help me protect my daughter!" John explained. Biggs closed his eyes. " Please!" That was it, in an instant Biggs knew what he had to do. John was right, he knew that it was still dangerous for that little girl and he was dead set on protecting her.
" What do you need me to do?"
* * *
Biggs was trembling slightly as he entered the hanger where the module was being held. In his hand he held the faked release form (he had pulled in a lot of favours from people he knew were unimpressed with Teller's leadership and also firmly believed in the freedom of John and his daughter - together they had made this form look believable at least) he was sure would get him sent to prison. He cleared his throat as he reached the guards surrounding the module.
" What's your business here?" one of them barked at him. Biggs handed out the form, forcing his hand to keep calm and stop shaking. The guard glanced over it and in one terrifying moment Biggs was sure he was going to report to his officers to come and pick up 'the traitor', but to his complete surprise and relief the guard just nodded and turned away from him.
" Go ahead," he said and he opened the hatch for Biggs. Biggs gulped and thanked the guard before climbing up some steps onto the module. Once he reached the hatch he peered in, absolutely mesmerised by the modifications that Crichton had made to the module. He climbed in gingerly and pulled the little piece of paper he had scrabbled his instructions on out of his pocket.
" Okay," he mumbled to himself. " Firstly get the bags." He looked around and found the first of the bags (containing John's things) and then he fiddled with the pilot's seat to get into the back of the craft. Sure enough it came forward and he found another bag sitting on the floor in front of the passenger seat. Biggs smiled when he saw assorted toys strewn around in the back, obviously a children's seat. " Okay what's next? Comm badge," he said and he looked around in the front again until he found the comm badge resting on the front consoles. He stuffed it in the top of John's bag and then looked at the last item on his list, something, which made him very nervous. " Pulse pistol," he said shuddering. John had told him the exact location of the pulse pistols that were kept hidden on the module and it took him a while to open the secret hatch in the flooring at the front, but eventually it opened and he found himself staring down at an array of weapons. He quickly picked up the top two and put them in a bag too. Shaking even more he stood up and climbed out of the module. He nodded shakily to the guard who eyed him suspiciously and he started walking away.
" Hey you, stop right there!" a voice behind him suddenly called. Biggs froze and turned around with a terrified expression on his face. The guard he had shown the form to was approaching him stealthily.
" Is there a problem?" Biggs stammered.
" No, you just forgot the form, won't you need this to check these items into the lab?" he asked frowning. Biggs smiled and nodded, sheer relief washing over him.
" Thanks, I totally forgot, that would have been embarrassing," Biggs said and he took the form from the guard with a shaking hand. The guard eyed him worriedly.
" You guys should definitely cut back on the caffeine okay?" he said sounding concerned and Biggs smiled and nodded.
" I will, and thanks again," he said before he left the room. He quickly rushed to the nearest bathroom where he had left a large duffel bag. He quickly stuffed the two bags into it and then slung it over his shoulder. Now he was calm, now it would work.
* * *
" How long do we have to sit here?" Jamie asked impatiently.
" Until Biggs gets back from IASA command," John said, realising that was the third time he had had to answer that same question. The pair of them had been sitting in this man's back garden, hidden away in the bushes for the last two hours and after a short nap, Jamie was now awake and bored.
" But he should have been back ages ago! What if it went wrong?" Jamie demanded sounding fed up.
" Sweetie I don't know," John said and he put his arm around the girl's shoulders. " But one thing's for sure, Biggs is smart, he's not gonna get caught! It's just going to take some time okay?" Jamie nodded and sighed, she was fed up of waiting, all she wanted to do was get back to the world she knew, to the familiar faces and to her mother. " You okay?" John asked nudging her slightly. She nodded and looked up into his eyes.
" Yeah I am, everything's going to be okay," she said sadly. John smiled and leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
" That's right!" Just as he said this though a car pulled up in the drive at the side of the house. John pushed Jamie down, so they were well hidden and together they watched as someone climbed out of the car.
" Biggs," John said smiling and he jumped up lifting Jamie to her feet. They walked casually towards Biggs who didn't even acknowledge them until he had them safely inside.
" It's good to see you're okay commander Crichton," Biggs said smiling and John clapped his hand into Biggs.
" I owe you big time man, you have no idea!" John said gratefully. Biggs smiled from ear to ear and he handed John the duffel bag. John opened it quickly and took the bags out. He handed Jamie hers and she instantly opened it to see if anything had been tampered with. John though first picked up the comm badge that was lying on top of his possessions. He stared at it wistfully and smiled sadly. He tapped it and could have jumped for joy when it made the tell tale sound that it was online.
" Hey, this is John, any of you guys up there watching the phone?"
* * *
Everyone was up in command when Pilot appeared in his clamshell, looking visibly elated, well everyone except Aeryn, who was taking some well- deserved rest.
" What is it Pilot?" D'Argo asked.
" Receiving transmission from the surface, I think you had better listen," Pilot said sounding thrilled. Then they heard him, John.
" Put us through right away!" D'Argo ordered, and then he turned on Breiyden. " Go and get Aeryn now!" Breiyden didn't argue and she sprinted out of command as fast as her legs could carry her.
" John do you read me?" D'Argo said.
" Loud and clear big guy!" John's voice replied, a huge cheer went through command and everyone couldn't keep the smiles and tears of joy out of their faces.
" Have they hurt you? Are you okay?"
" No we're okay."
" Hi D'Argo!" Jamie yelled in the background and everyone smiled more. D'Argo smiled too.
" It is so good to hear from you friend," D'Argo said and he couldn't keep the emotion out of his voice.
" You don't know how good it is to hear your voice either," John said and he too was getting a bit emotional. John started explaining where they were to D'Argo when Aeryn burst into command.
" John?" she called out.
* * *
" Aeryn," John gasped and he nearly dropped the comm badge. Jamie, who had previously been sorting through her things, ran over to her father and climbed on his lap so she could join in.
" John are you there?" Aeryn repeated sounding calmer.
" Yeah I'm hear," John said and emotion was strangling his voice.
" And the baby? Is she safe?"
" Mommy I'm fine!" Jamie burst out. " I've missed you so much!" It's hard to tell who reacted more emotionally, but in the conversation that followed every single one of the Crichtons had shed tears and laughter and anger. It was a powerful reunion and by the end of it, John felt emotionally drained, but now he had to arrange the important part.
" Okay you guys listen up," he said firmly. " I've planned a rendezvous point, where I need you guys to pick us up in four arns from now," John said and Jamie jumped up happily, realising she'd be home soon. John relayed the coordinates and told them to take D'Argo's ship, which was the fastest ship big enough to carry all of them.
" What are you going to do in the next four arns?" Aeryn asked worriedly.
" We have to get to the rendezvous point, it's pretty far away from here," John explained.
" You had better look after my child till we find you," Aeryn warned, but you could hear her humour in her voice. John smiled.
" Yeah I'll think about it," John replied grinning.
" Good, well I'll see you in four arns then," Aeryn said sounding reluctant to let her husband go, but knowing that she had to. " Take care my love," she added worriedly.
" You too," John said and they bade goodbye. John then turned on Biggs who was looking fascinated.
" How did you speak that other language?" he asked. John laughed.
" I'll tell you on the way!"
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 also for that of his daughter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Farscape or any of its characters.
Be Careful What You Wish For
.And found
" Dad, isn't that?" Jamie asked with a huge grin on her face.
" Yeah, yeah that is! That's Moya!" John said sounding both euphoric and stunned at the same time. He lapsed into silence just staring at the screen, lightly touching the grainy black-and-white image of Moya. Jamie cleared her throat catching his attention. " What's wrong?" John asked quickly, snapping out of his daze.
" If Moya is here, then all we have to do is get to the module and we're free," she said simply. John smiled and shook his head.
" Well yeah, but sweetie that is not going to be easy! This isn't simple." he began, but Jamie was staring at him coldly.
" Don't tell me that! We have broken out of detention camps, prison bases, depository vaults, detention cells, caves of solid rock!" she practically shouted. " Don't tell me that we can't break free from this little evolutionarily challenged waste ground!"
" Hey!" John warned standing up and walking away from his daughter. " Don't take that tone with me!" Jamie stood up too and faced her father with all the defiance she could muster.
" I will take what tone I like!" she snapped. " Don't give in! You used to think you could do anything! I hate this stupid planet!" She creamed the last bit as tears flew from her eyes. " It destroys everything! We have to get out of here before Moya goes again! I want mom!" By now she was full into her tantrum and she started screaming abuse at John, who just stood his ground with his hands on his hips. Eventually Jamie stopped shouting and she sat down on the sofa with her arms hanging loosely by her side. She was read in the face and she looked furious, but at least she was calm.
" Are you done?" John asked coolly. Jamie nodded helplessly. " Good. Now you sit there, and keep quiet, I don't want to hear another word out of you," he said in an even colder tone, then he sat down at the table again and he pulled out a pad, drawing out plan after plan while Jamie sat in silence, tears of anger and humiliation streaming down her face.
* * *
" Woah, way to go Aeryn!" Breiyden said cheerfully (something she had heard John say on occasion - she loved mimicking him) as she chased Aeryn out of Command. Breiyden hated it when Aeryn went into her 'insano-protective- going-to-kill-anything-that-moves' mode, but today was definitely an exception. She had watched in awe as the humans on the slightly grainy screen ('inadequate human technology' she had thought to herself) literally trembled in fear as Aeryn threatened them to deliver her family to her.
Aeryn slowed down so the girl could catch up with her and then she actually smiled weakly at her.
" Thank you," she said softly. " Breiyden I'm sorry about how I have acted over the last few weekens, I should not have treated you like that! You're too important to me.to us. You know how John and I feel about you!" Breiyden nodded and smiled as she recalled an incident a few nomens ago where both John and Aeryn had come to her and asked her to take their name, the Crichton name (something she hadn't been able to do then, but she was thinking now that when they got John and Jamie back, she'd tell them that she was taking their name). She was already a member of the family; she lived on the 'family tier'. She knew that both John and Aeryn considered her their daughter; as far as they were concerned they had three children. It was something that she had learned to accept, even though at first it was hard for her to be grateful for their love and understanding, but now, seeing the closest thing she'd ever had to a mother, standing before her struggling with words to express her emotions, Breiyden felt tears sting her eyes and she suddenly reached forward and threw her arms round Aeryn's shoulders.
Aeryn smiled and hugged the girl back. That's all she needed, confirmation that she hadn't lost anything. She was going to get her husband and daughter back, and here her other 'daughter' and her son still cared for her.that was all she needed.
" Thank you," Breiyden whispered. The two women separated and Aeryn smiled genuinely.
" Come on, we have to go out in the prowler and fire those warning shots we promised," Aeryn said cheerfully and the pair of them set off in the direction of the launch bay.
* * *
" Graham, what are we going to do?" Teller hissed angrily. He had been in the room as so-called 'qualified' personnel were diminished to snivelling wrecks in front of that Crichton woman and he was furious. This was the biggest thing that had happened in his career and he was not going to let that hybrid child get away.
" Relax," Graham said with a small smile on his face. " Everything is under control."
* * *
Jamie remained silent for hours, whilst her father poured over his plans and sketches. She didn't dare say anything, she was too ashamed, but when an image she knew so well it was in her minds-eye every time she dared to close her eyes flicked onto the TV screen she squeaked in excitement. John jerked out of his mindset and he looked up to once again see Jamie staring at the TV in shock.
" What is it this time?" John asked tiredly.
" Mommy," Jamie whispered wistfully, tears stinging her eyes, oh how she wanted Aeryn now. The change in John was instantaneous. Within seconds he was at Jamie's side watching the report on the threats from Moya. A huge grin spread over his face as he watched her in action. " Look at Breiyd and Warer, they look like they're about to crack up!" John said fondly. Jamie smiled too seeing her siblings. They were both far back, Breiyden standing between D'Argo and Chiana, and Warer was sitting on D'Argo's shoulders, they were trying to look indifferent, but both kept on grinning at Aeryn's words, knowing that Moya had no weapons capabilities at all.
After Aeryn's message was complete the programme showed the newsroom and a picture of John and Jamie appeared on screen. The news reader then read out a bulletin ordering the public to notify officials if they saw them and to not harm them.
" Come on you, we're going," John said quickly and he jumped to his feet and packed his stuff together. Jamie stood up and turned the TV off.
" Where are we going?" she asked curiously as she picked up the bag with their clothes in it.
" To find someone who I hope will be on our side!"
* * *
The call came just as Mike Biggs was settling down for his coffee break. A young administrative staff worker approached him with a phone.
" It's your brother," the woman said. Biggs frowned as he took the phone from the woman, he didn't have a brother.
" Thank you," he told the woman and she smiled and rushed off to see how the situation was unfolding. The staff room was deserted because everyone was in the main hall following the developments.
" Hello?" Biggs said into the phone tentatively.
" I need your help," John said quickly. " Please, I need your help." Biggs gulped and shook his head in disbelief, how had John Crichton remembered him? They had worked together only briefly before John had set off on his mission and then he had briefly spoken to him on the monitor link when John was up on the ISS.
" John?" Biggs asked softly.
" Yeah. Look I know that you don't know me very well, but DK has told me so much about you and you know that even with my wife's efforts, it's still risky for us to be seen. I remember you man, you were always so.good. You're a good man and I need you to help me protect my daughter!" John explained. Biggs closed his eyes. " Please!" That was it, in an instant Biggs knew what he had to do. John was right, he knew that it was still dangerous for that little girl and he was dead set on protecting her.
" What do you need me to do?"
* * *
Biggs was trembling slightly as he entered the hanger where the module was being held. In his hand he held the faked release form (he had pulled in a lot of favours from people he knew were unimpressed with Teller's leadership and also firmly believed in the freedom of John and his daughter - together they had made this form look believable at least) he was sure would get him sent to prison. He cleared his throat as he reached the guards surrounding the module.
" What's your business here?" one of them barked at him. Biggs handed out the form, forcing his hand to keep calm and stop shaking. The guard glanced over it and in one terrifying moment Biggs was sure he was going to report to his officers to come and pick up 'the traitor', but to his complete surprise and relief the guard just nodded and turned away from him.
" Go ahead," he said and he opened the hatch for Biggs. Biggs gulped and thanked the guard before climbing up some steps onto the module. Once he reached the hatch he peered in, absolutely mesmerised by the modifications that Crichton had made to the module. He climbed in gingerly and pulled the little piece of paper he had scrabbled his instructions on out of his pocket.
" Okay," he mumbled to himself. " Firstly get the bags." He looked around and found the first of the bags (containing John's things) and then he fiddled with the pilot's seat to get into the back of the craft. Sure enough it came forward and he found another bag sitting on the floor in front of the passenger seat. Biggs smiled when he saw assorted toys strewn around in the back, obviously a children's seat. " Okay what's next? Comm badge," he said and he looked around in the front again until he found the comm badge resting on the front consoles. He stuffed it in the top of John's bag and then looked at the last item on his list, something, which made him very nervous. " Pulse pistol," he said shuddering. John had told him the exact location of the pulse pistols that were kept hidden on the module and it took him a while to open the secret hatch in the flooring at the front, but eventually it opened and he found himself staring down at an array of weapons. He quickly picked up the top two and put them in a bag too. Shaking even more he stood up and climbed out of the module. He nodded shakily to the guard who eyed him suspiciously and he started walking away.
" Hey you, stop right there!" a voice behind him suddenly called. Biggs froze and turned around with a terrified expression on his face. The guard he had shown the form to was approaching him stealthily.
" Is there a problem?" Biggs stammered.
" No, you just forgot the form, won't you need this to check these items into the lab?" he asked frowning. Biggs smiled and nodded, sheer relief washing over him.
" Thanks, I totally forgot, that would have been embarrassing," Biggs said and he took the form from the guard with a shaking hand. The guard eyed him worriedly.
" You guys should definitely cut back on the caffeine okay?" he said sounding concerned and Biggs smiled and nodded.
" I will, and thanks again," he said before he left the room. He quickly rushed to the nearest bathroom where he had left a large duffel bag. He quickly stuffed the two bags into it and then slung it over his shoulder. Now he was calm, now it would work.
* * *
" How long do we have to sit here?" Jamie asked impatiently.
" Until Biggs gets back from IASA command," John said, realising that was the third time he had had to answer that same question. The pair of them had been sitting in this man's back garden, hidden away in the bushes for the last two hours and after a short nap, Jamie was now awake and bored.
" But he should have been back ages ago! What if it went wrong?" Jamie demanded sounding fed up.
" Sweetie I don't know," John said and he put his arm around the girl's shoulders. " But one thing's for sure, Biggs is smart, he's not gonna get caught! It's just going to take some time okay?" Jamie nodded and sighed, she was fed up of waiting, all she wanted to do was get back to the world she knew, to the familiar faces and to her mother. " You okay?" John asked nudging her slightly. She nodded and looked up into his eyes.
" Yeah I am, everything's going to be okay," she said sadly. John smiled and leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
" That's right!" Just as he said this though a car pulled up in the drive at the side of the house. John pushed Jamie down, so they were well hidden and together they watched as someone climbed out of the car.
" Biggs," John said smiling and he jumped up lifting Jamie to her feet. They walked casually towards Biggs who didn't even acknowledge them until he had them safely inside.
" It's good to see you're okay commander Crichton," Biggs said smiling and John clapped his hand into Biggs.
" I owe you big time man, you have no idea!" John said gratefully. Biggs smiled from ear to ear and he handed John the duffel bag. John opened it quickly and took the bags out. He handed Jamie hers and she instantly opened it to see if anything had been tampered with. John though first picked up the comm badge that was lying on top of his possessions. He stared at it wistfully and smiled sadly. He tapped it and could have jumped for joy when it made the tell tale sound that it was online.
" Hey, this is John, any of you guys up there watching the phone?"
* * *
Everyone was up in command when Pilot appeared in his clamshell, looking visibly elated, well everyone except Aeryn, who was taking some well- deserved rest.
" What is it Pilot?" D'Argo asked.
" Receiving transmission from the surface, I think you had better listen," Pilot said sounding thrilled. Then they heard him, John.
" Put us through right away!" D'Argo ordered, and then he turned on Breiyden. " Go and get Aeryn now!" Breiyden didn't argue and she sprinted out of command as fast as her legs could carry her.
" John do you read me?" D'Argo said.
" Loud and clear big guy!" John's voice replied, a huge cheer went through command and everyone couldn't keep the smiles and tears of joy out of their faces.
" Have they hurt you? Are you okay?"
" No we're okay."
" Hi D'Argo!" Jamie yelled in the background and everyone smiled more. D'Argo smiled too.
" It is so good to hear from you friend," D'Argo said and he couldn't keep the emotion out of his voice.
" You don't know how good it is to hear your voice either," John said and he too was getting a bit emotional. John started explaining where they were to D'Argo when Aeryn burst into command.
" John?" she called out.
* * *
" Aeryn," John gasped and he nearly dropped the comm badge. Jamie, who had previously been sorting through her things, ran over to her father and climbed on his lap so she could join in.
" John are you there?" Aeryn repeated sounding calmer.
" Yeah I'm hear," John said and emotion was strangling his voice.
" And the baby? Is she safe?"
" Mommy I'm fine!" Jamie burst out. " I've missed you so much!" It's hard to tell who reacted more emotionally, but in the conversation that followed every single one of the Crichtons had shed tears and laughter and anger. It was a powerful reunion and by the end of it, John felt emotionally drained, but now he had to arrange the important part.
" Okay you guys listen up," he said firmly. " I've planned a rendezvous point, where I need you guys to pick us up in four arns from now," John said and Jamie jumped up happily, realising she'd be home soon. John relayed the coordinates and told them to take D'Argo's ship, which was the fastest ship big enough to carry all of them.
" What are you going to do in the next four arns?" Aeryn asked worriedly.
" We have to get to the rendezvous point, it's pretty far away from here," John explained.
" You had better look after my child till we find you," Aeryn warned, but you could hear her humour in her voice. John smiled.
" Yeah I'll think about it," John replied grinning.
" Good, well I'll see you in four arns then," Aeryn said sounding reluctant to let her husband go, but knowing that she had to. " Take care my love," she added worriedly.
" You too," John said and they bade goodbye. John then turned on Biggs who was looking fascinated.
" How did you speak that other language?" he asked. John laughed.
" I'll tell you on the way!"
