Part XI: Home Sweet Home

Haven was a planet with a class G star. It was only the third largest planet out of ten planets. John was fascinated with the diversity each of the ten worlds had to offer. Aeryn liked the fact that the system set in the middle of nowhere. The people were friendly after John handed the data crystal over to the authorities. Now they had another place to live compliments of the local authority.

It wasn't that bad; John tried to convenience himself. The planet was beautiful in its on way. It was hard to start all over again. Aeryn was restless, but she wouldn't complain. It was the fact that none of their friends were there, not Chinook and MoNodity people, or their crewmates on Moya.

He wondered if it was worth the effort to make new friends again. Anyway he looked at it, he was tired of running. He wanted to make a home with Aeryn and Aeryanna.

Home is where the heart is...well whoever said that didn't have to move or hide from one planet to another. It was true his heart was with Aeryn and the baby, and as long he had them he was happy, but still...

Aeryn came into the living room carrying Aeryanna in her arms. The little girl was looking around, and when she saw her father she held out her arms to him laughing. "Daaaa," she called out.

Blinking his eyes in surprise he took her in his arms. His daughter said Da. His daughter only 11 monens old called him Da. She was talking. A smile threatened to split his face as he hugged her close.

"Aeryn, you heard her!" He exclaimed excitedly. "She called me Da."

Smiling in puzzlement. "This has some meaning?"

"Yeah, in baby talk it means daddy." He held Aeryanna up high making faces at her. She laughed looking down at him.

"You understand baby talk?" Aeryn asked in surprised.

"Hey, it's an earth thing ok."

"Humans are so bizarre," she said, taking her daughter back to feed her. It was times like this that life was worth living.

Some time later after they had put Aeryanna to bed, they settled down to enjoy their time together. Sitting on the coach Aeryn leaned back into John's arms. He played with a strand of her hair as she slowly rubbed his arm that encircled her.

"John, do you think the others had given up looking for us?" she asked.

"I don't know. I mean it has been over a cycle. They must have gone on with their lives the best they could." He kissed her on the side of her forehead holding her tighter. "We can only hope that one day we will find each other again. We have before."

Aeryn buried deeper into his arms. "Chinook had promised he would inform D'Argo or the others were they can find us."

"The question remains how long will we be safe here?"

"You once told me that we should take it one solar day at a time- that everything will work out. For once, I think I finally understand one of your earth saying," she said smiling.

"Now that must be scary," John laughed.

John trailed his fingertips with a feathery touch to Aeryn's waist. She moaned with pleasure. He gently ran his fingers under her tank-top making swirls over her soft skin. She closed her eyes leaning her head back into his shoulder. John's fingers moved back up to grasp her in her tickly spot causing her to squeal with laughter. She tried to pull away from him. They rolled from the coach onto the floor. John continued to attack her . . .

She moved to the right then pulled backward, and John was sent flying over her head landing on his back. He lay there spread-eagled for a moment. Aeryn on her hands and knees smiled at him. She opened her mouth to say something... when a voice behind her asked. "What are you two doing?"

Aeryn turned with her weapon trained on the intruder. John rolled over. Coming to his knees and drawing Winona at the same time. D'Argo stood there with his hands on his hips. He didn't react to his friends' actions.

"D'Argo!" John excitedly cried out. Both got up rushing to greet him.

In less then an arn they were on Moya, happily greeting their friends. --- Chiana had almost choked John in her excitement. She even hugged Aeryn closely before stepping back to dance from one foot to the other.

Rygel went into a fit of intons over the sight of them. Once he was able to settle down he groaned at the fact that Aeryanna was going to be just like her parents- causing nothing but trouble. The old witch Noranti had wondered into command, and greeted them as if they had never been away. Then she wondered out saying something about a special meal.

John looked around searching for.... D'Argo noticed. "They are still here if you are looking for Scorpius and Sikozu."

Surprised and disgusted, John said. "Man, no matter how you wish, bad news just won't go away. Why haven't you spaced him?"

"We tried, but he ended up saving Moya from the Scarrans."

Aeryn sat with Chiana as they made a fuss over the baby. Looking up she asked. "What happened to all of you after Moya starburst?"

"Do you want the long version or the short?" D'Argo asked.

"Tell us the short for now."

"After we came out of starburst I found Scorpius in command. He had alerted us to the fact that the bounty hunters could be working for the Scarrans. Pilot plotted a course back to you, and it should have taken us only three solar days. We just didn't know what lay in wait. "D'Argo explained.

"A Scarran Dreadnought with many, many Pierces..." Chiana spoke up.

"Ah, John, it is good to see you are back safely." The dreaded voice of doom broke in the conversation.

John moved over to stand by Aeryn and the baby. "Well, Scorpy, I am disappointed to see you are still here. How've you been doing? "He ended sarcastically.

Putting his head to the side, Scorpius purred, "Yes, well it is good to see you and your...family together. I just wanted to see for myself that you are safe on Moya again. Now maybe we can leave this place and go back to were the wormholes are."

"I see you still have the one track mentality." Then grudgingly, with some distaste John added. "I guess I need to thank you for saving everyone."

"It was the only way we could find you of course." Scorpius turned, and left command.

John turned to sit heavily next to Aeryn. "Now as you were saying about why it took you a cycle to find us."

"It was the Scarrans. Every time we thought we had escaped them- they would find us. We could not figure out how they were doing it until Scorpius with the help of Sikozu and a Peacekeeper tech figured it out."

"Peacekeeper tech, where and when in the hell did you find one of those?" John exclaimed.

"She was the only survivor of a Marauder crew that ran into the Norse bounty hunters working for the Scarrans. It seems the Peacekeepers were not happy about that, "Chiana explained.

John asked. "Is the Peacekeeper still abroad Moya?"

"No, Scorpius saw to that...I will explain later," D'Argo answered.

"All right, but how were the Scarrans able to track Moya?" Aeryn asked.

"The Norse had fired on us just before Moya starburst from Vander Prime. It was at that time they imbedded a tracer probe in Moya's outer skin. Neither Pilot nor Moya were even aware of it. We roamed around for a while trying to find our way back to you. There were just to many Scarran and later Peacekeepers between us. Other things happened on other worlds. That is another story for a later date, "D'Argo finished up.

John just shook his head in amazement. "D, we had decided it was just to dangerous for you to come back. So you had to have gone own your ways, but deep down I still hoped you'll were safe and would someday find us."

D'Argo stood in front of Aeryn and John his expression serious. "The question we have is, are you coming with us or are you going to remain on the planet? We would understand if you do go."

Aeryn glanced at John with an understanding smile. John turned back to his friends. "We're coming home to Moya."

John and Aeryn went to spend time with Pilot and Moya. Then the crew gathered to party out. Everyone made a fuss over the baby until Aeryn got ready to put her to bed. Chiana approached Aeryn with the idea that she would watch the baby so that they could be alone now they were back on Moya. Confused Aeryn asked her straight out. "What do you mean? John and I have been together all the time with Aeryanna, what makes it different now?"

Laughing softly in a teasing voice Chiana whispered, "Surely I don't need to explain about quality time without interruptions..."

Aeryn's head came up in embarrassment. She remembered John saying something about how it would be good to get a chance to have a special night on Moya. He promised her a moon honey.

Clearing her throat. "Yes, that would be nice, but we never had left Aeryanna for any great length of time."

"She won't be that far, and it will be only for tonight. Come on, Aeryn...have a little fun. Who knows John might want to get in a little practice for making a new kid..." Chiana laughed.

Aeryn just gave her a look, then...smiling she nodded her head. "Just for the night, and you will not leave her no matter what." Aeryn stated.

Chiana looked at the beautiful baby. "I promise, Aeryn. No matter what, this kid is stuck to me.

John stood in their new-shared quarters getting ready for bed. He was waiting for Aeryn to put Aeryanna down in Chiana's quarters. Pilot along with the DRD's, and D'Argo had made a suite of rooms for Aeryn and John during the past cycle.

He sat on the bed hoping she would join him soon. As Aeryn came out of the refreshing room he noticed that she was dressed in a liquid silk robe that clung to her beautiful body. She walked across the room without saying a word. Reaching the corridor door, she pulled the privacy curtain closed.

She turned slowly looking over at John, a soft smile playing around her lips. Her eye's shining with pure love. It was the only way he could descript it. The rich silky robe swayed as she moved toward him. Swallowing hard, all he could do was sit there and just watch her. This was a side he had never seen before, and he liked it.

She stopped in front of the bed letting her hands trail down her sides illustrating the outline of her slender body. When they reached the tie she pull letting it open and fall to the floor leaving her exposed for him to see. John stared, mesmerized by the beauty of the woman. He knew he could never get enough of her.

She came to his side of the bed. She nudged him down onto his back. Pushing the covers aside she straddled his waist and leaned over him. She kissed him on the forehead, trailing down the side of his face, and then nibbled on his ear.

He wasn't in the mood for teasing. He growled low in his throat, wrapped his arms around her before capturing her mouth for a proper kiss. Her response made him wild. The kiss turned hot, wet, intoxicating. His tongue swept inside her sweet mouth to mate with hers, and when he finally ended the erotic love pay, she collapsed on his chest.

"Baby...." John gasped.

"No, more talk." She kissed him. "Way overrated." She kissed him again.

He smiled. He stretched up, and nuzzled the side of her neck. She let out a little sigh of pleasure. "Yeah...when we could be doing other things."

He stroked her shoulders, her arms, and her back. When she didn't respond the way he wanted her to, he began to gently caress her sweet backside. She let out a little moan of pleasure; letting him know without words she was sensitive to his touch there.

She finally began to explore his body with her fingertips. It took her a long, long while to get around to the front of him. John was gritting his teeth in anticipation. It was well worth the agony. Her hand reached his lower stomach. She hesitated, and then moved her hands back up to his nipples.

He groaned, and tightened his grip on her shoulders. She kissed his chest and moved lower to kiss the flat of his stomach. He flexed when she kissed his navel. She kissed him there again, just to drive him crazy.

"Aryan..." his voice was harsh, but he couldn't help that. He wanted her to touch him in another place, but she held off.

"It's my turn. I am in command," she whispered. She leaned up, and kissed him just to gain his silence. Her tongue thrust inside his mouth before he could speak.

She got her way. John's clinched fists twitched at his side. Her hands traveled the length of his body, followed closely by her lips in butterfly kisses. He took a deep, shuddering breath, and forgot to let it out. Aeryn brushed her body against him causing a friction that was about to ignite him.

He couldn't put up with the sweet torment long. He didn't know how he got on top, but he was ready to claim what he wanted and needed. Aeryn was making those little sounds from the back of her throat that only added to his desire. The last of his control was about to vanish.

"Aeryn, sweetheart..." his voice trailed off as she reached up to pull their joined bodies closer together. His voice penetrated her haze of passion. Her only thought was how much she loved this man.

"Oh, yes," she cried out, knowing she would surely die if he didn't enter her now.

He tried to be gentle, but she wasn't in the mood to allow it. His mouth never left hers as they shared all the pleasures the other had to give. The fire of passion consumed them. Both voices cried out in raw satisfaction.

Goddess, he loved her scent. He inhaled her light fragrance, and thought that he had surely just visited Heaven. His heart felt like it was about to burst, and he didn't think he'd mind if that happened. He was too content to be bothered about anything now.

Aeryn hadn't quite recovered yet, either. That realization made her smile. No matter how many times- it always seemed like the first time. She was really starting to think in Erp ways, and that was scary. Her thoughts got sidetracked when he kissed the base of her neck where her heartbeat pulsed so wildly. He smiled over the way that caress made her breath catch in the back of her throat.

He tried to find the strength to move away from her. He knew he was probably crushing her, but damn, he never wanted this bliss to end. He had never experienced this kind of satisfaction with any other woman but Aeryn.

"I love you, John." She declared kissing him on the side of his neck. John whispered against her ear, "I love you too." As he leaned up on his elbows to kiss her she flipped him onto his back.

Aeryn smiled at the look on his face.

"Chiana is going to watch Aeryanna all night. I told pilot we were not to be disturbed. Our comms are off, and I will shot anyone if they dare to come even near us." She kissed him, whispering in his ear what she had planned further for them. After all, this was their first night back home on Moya as husband and wife. She wanted the moon-honey he had promised her.

Smiling over what promised to be a tiring but fantastic night John didn't even correct her Erp saying. He just kissed her promising more to come. Indeed they were really home.

Finis