*~*DISCLAIMER!!!*~* Everything's copyrighted to Jim Henson's company, the masters of all things Farscape. It's those kind of people who people like me worship for putting out such a fantastic show. The only thing I lay claim to is Solaris, k? Enjoy!
"Aeryn..." That name filled him with a sense of longing, with a sense of compassion, love. All of it, all the same for his one true love. *Well, Dad always did want me to grow up, meet a girl, settle down and have some lil John Crichtons, but I never thought THAT would ever happen.* Thought John, his bright blue eyes scanning over the beautiful woman in front of him. *Noooooooo, not Mr. John Robert Crichton Jr., astronaut of NASA. Besides, I was too spacey for my own good...* He grinned a boyish grin. *But then again, who was I to know that I'd fall for the hottest space babe in the universe?*
The woman, cloaked in shadows and leather black, turned around just then, gazing lovingly at her paramour, her lover, and her friend. Officer Aeryn Sun stood vigil and calmly, for once at a moment of peace in her shaky, uneven life. Her silky black hair fell around her bare shoulders, a couple strands framing her green eyes and around her face. She looked towards John, the handsome, boyish comedian with the bright blue eyes and grinning smile like it was the first time she had ever really seen him; the first time... she had enjoyed his company.
They practically fell into the other's arms, fitting solidly, and connected together like they were not two, but one person, both thinking the same thing of the other. Locked in their embrace, they kissed passionately, endlessly, lovingly, until Aeryn broke away.
"John, we... we need to get back to the helm. Moya's..."
"No, no... Don't speak..." He kissed her again, just as steamy as the first time.
"John, please..."
"No, Aeryn, this is one of the only times in our frelled, hectic, crazy lives! I'm not going to let you go! Not this time..."
"John..."
He sighed, knowing she would kick his ass if he didn't let go. For a moment, he continued to savor the touch of her skin, the taste of her kiss, the sound of her voice. Then finally, he released her for her duties, but barely grasping her wrist before she completely left him.
"Aeryn, I love you..."
She smiled. "And I you, but now's not the time to be in love. We'll never know when Scorpius will strike, and we have to be on our guard."
Completely missing the point, John went on with what he wanted to say to the woman he loved. "This is gonna sound sappy... but I'd do anything to protect you. I love you too much to let you go."
A tinge of a reddish blush appeared on Aeryn's cheeks. "But, how far will you go, John? How far will you go?"
*~~~~~*~~~~~*
"God damn..." moaned Solaris, her eyes opening weakly. "Where the frell am I?" Feeling the hard surface of the medical table, she rolled her head around to try and shake the cobwebs out.
"Ah, she awakens..." murmured Stark, his eyes softening. He stood there in his usual brown robe, the same mask across his face as he had worn so many years ago. "Ah YES! YES! Solaris wakes! This is quite good news!"
She groaned, "Can it Stark, I'm not in the mood right now..."
"Then when WILL you be in the mood?" asked Stark, completely missing her point.
"UGH, never mind. What happened to me? I thought I was in the hangar bay..."
"You were," replied D'Argo, who stood next to her on her left. "You collapsed while we were talking." He frowned, worried. "You were yelling things in your sleep, as well..."
"I was?"
"Yeah, like... Aeryn, Aeryn... John, John..." His eyes went misty at the mentioning of his friends.
Solaris moaned again, this time, from actual pain near the back of her head. Addressing Stark, she asked the Banik, "So, what's wrong with me? How'd I collapse like that?"
Stark shook his head in sadness, causing light to reflect from his mask to Solaris's eyes.
Irritated, she swatted at the lights flashing around her eyes, slid her legs to the end of the table, and hopped up to stand in front of the Stykera. "Stark, would you quit shaking your frelling head? It's making me see stars."
"Is that bad? For you to see stars? You could gaze out one of Moya's windows to get the same--"
"STARK!"
"OH! Yes! What's wrong with you!" he played with the straps on his mask, unsure of what to say. "Well, it seems that Noranti was wrong when she said you were an uninflected child..."
Solaris stared, confused. "Stark, the frell you talking about?"
"When your parents died..."
"Yeah, about that..." she glared at D'Argo, or really, where D'Argo had been a while ago before he had quietly slipped from the room. Irritated, she undid her hair tie, making her hair fall downward over her shoulders. "Stark, how did my parents die? D'Argo won't tell me, Chiana changes the subject, who knows what the frell kind of excuse Rygel will make, Noranti says that it can't be explained right now, and Pilot is always too busy tending to Moya to talk. Now tell me Stark, for the love of Zhaan, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PARENTS!"
Stark jumped at her demand, frightened. "Alright! ALL RIGHT, fine! Your parents were killed by someone we don't know!"
"You don't KNOW?"
"They had weapons that... they were too advanced they... turned your parents to crystal and shattered them! ALL RIGHT! I don't know anymore!!!!!" He stumbled to the other end of the room, cowering.
"Stark..." As she approached, he moved frantically, screaming at her with every breath he took.
"NO! NO! Stay away! My side! Your side! My side! Your side!"
"STARK! Would you quit that? NOT AGAIN!!!!" Furious, she took out Ol' Winona and shot a pulse blast in the air.
The effect was immediate. Stark forgot about his ranting, calming down slightly. Finally, his eyes widened in realization, and asked, "Solaris, how did you know about that?"
"About what?"
"When your father and I were held prisoner on the Gammak Base?"
"I... I..." She stood there, not saying another word for quite a few minutes. It was awhile before she spoke again. "Maybe you can answer that for me Stark." pacing back and forth a ways, she continued. "Lately, I've been having these visions... dreams, or so I thought they were..."
"What of?"
"My parents. I'd... get these flashes of them... like just awhile ago, in my dream, it was a nightmare..."
"Really?" The Banik looked intrigued. "What of?"
"The one I had last night... there was a boat, and Mother and Dad were standing on it. He... was kneeling to ask Mother to marry him... with the ring he got from Grandmother Crichton..." Her eyes welled up with tears. "Then a ship came out of nowhere... and..."
"Shot them with a blast, and they fragmented?"
Surprised, Solaris was taken aback. "Y-Yeah, that's exactly what happened, but how...?"
"It fits with what I have been expecting..." Stark sighed, closing his eyes as depression sunk in. "Solaris, you're the first ever Human-Sabaceanoid in the Universe, and being the only one has some consequences..." He took one of her hands in both of his, staring into her eyes with sincerity. "Your Human side, and your Sabacean side, since you are approaching adolescence, are beginning to tear apart. That is what is causing your pain. Also, the memories of your father and your mother are contained inside their DNA, and are activated upon extreme points of emotion, so in conclusion..."
"I'm... reliving their memories? Seeing visions of what they remember?"
"Exactly... And if I am correct, soon you will receive everything both your parents knew in a matter of solar days."
With this information sinking in, Solaris contemplated on what it meant. Ducking her head, she tried to sort out all the confusion rattling in her brain, shaking the effects of her visions. *To think, I'll be living my life knowing everything my parents knew... Knew... Knowing..." Her eyes widened as she threw her head up with a jolt. "No... NO! NO! NO! NO! It couldn't!"
"What, WHAT?!"
"I can....Can't! I... oh god..." She backed against a wall, sliding downward until she hit the floor. "Oh god no... Everything will be there, Stark, everything, if what you're saying is true..."
"What? What will all be there? I don't understand!" Frustrated, he fiddled with the straps on his mask again, uncomprehending.
Nothing could have prepared her for this, nothing in this universe could compare to what she had to say. Solaris shivered, and said solemnly, "Wormholes, Stark... Everything... my dad knew, so will I..." She looked at her masked friend, fear and tears welling up in her eyes. "I'll know the wormhole technology that my dad deciphered; except with nothing to hold it back, like what the Ancients did to Dad. I'll know every formula, word, and figure... and there's nothing to stop it, or Scorpius, from coming to me..."
"Aeryn..." That name filled him with a sense of longing, with a sense of compassion, love. All of it, all the same for his one true love. *Well, Dad always did want me to grow up, meet a girl, settle down and have some lil John Crichtons, but I never thought THAT would ever happen.* Thought John, his bright blue eyes scanning over the beautiful woman in front of him. *Noooooooo, not Mr. John Robert Crichton Jr., astronaut of NASA. Besides, I was too spacey for my own good...* He grinned a boyish grin. *But then again, who was I to know that I'd fall for the hottest space babe in the universe?*
The woman, cloaked in shadows and leather black, turned around just then, gazing lovingly at her paramour, her lover, and her friend. Officer Aeryn Sun stood vigil and calmly, for once at a moment of peace in her shaky, uneven life. Her silky black hair fell around her bare shoulders, a couple strands framing her green eyes and around her face. She looked towards John, the handsome, boyish comedian with the bright blue eyes and grinning smile like it was the first time she had ever really seen him; the first time... she had enjoyed his company.
They practically fell into the other's arms, fitting solidly, and connected together like they were not two, but one person, both thinking the same thing of the other. Locked in their embrace, they kissed passionately, endlessly, lovingly, until Aeryn broke away.
"John, we... we need to get back to the helm. Moya's..."
"No, no... Don't speak..." He kissed her again, just as steamy as the first time.
"John, please..."
"No, Aeryn, this is one of the only times in our frelled, hectic, crazy lives! I'm not going to let you go! Not this time..."
"John..."
He sighed, knowing she would kick his ass if he didn't let go. For a moment, he continued to savor the touch of her skin, the taste of her kiss, the sound of her voice. Then finally, he released her for her duties, but barely grasping her wrist before she completely left him.
"Aeryn, I love you..."
She smiled. "And I you, but now's not the time to be in love. We'll never know when Scorpius will strike, and we have to be on our guard."
Completely missing the point, John went on with what he wanted to say to the woman he loved. "This is gonna sound sappy... but I'd do anything to protect you. I love you too much to let you go."
A tinge of a reddish blush appeared on Aeryn's cheeks. "But, how far will you go, John? How far will you go?"
*~~~~~*~~~~~*
"God damn..." moaned Solaris, her eyes opening weakly. "Where the frell am I?" Feeling the hard surface of the medical table, she rolled her head around to try and shake the cobwebs out.
"Ah, she awakens..." murmured Stark, his eyes softening. He stood there in his usual brown robe, the same mask across his face as he had worn so many years ago. "Ah YES! YES! Solaris wakes! This is quite good news!"
She groaned, "Can it Stark, I'm not in the mood right now..."
"Then when WILL you be in the mood?" asked Stark, completely missing her point.
"UGH, never mind. What happened to me? I thought I was in the hangar bay..."
"You were," replied D'Argo, who stood next to her on her left. "You collapsed while we were talking." He frowned, worried. "You were yelling things in your sleep, as well..."
"I was?"
"Yeah, like... Aeryn, Aeryn... John, John..." His eyes went misty at the mentioning of his friends.
Solaris moaned again, this time, from actual pain near the back of her head. Addressing Stark, she asked the Banik, "So, what's wrong with me? How'd I collapse like that?"
Stark shook his head in sadness, causing light to reflect from his mask to Solaris's eyes.
Irritated, she swatted at the lights flashing around her eyes, slid her legs to the end of the table, and hopped up to stand in front of the Stykera. "Stark, would you quit shaking your frelling head? It's making me see stars."
"Is that bad? For you to see stars? You could gaze out one of Moya's windows to get the same--"
"STARK!"
"OH! Yes! What's wrong with you!" he played with the straps on his mask, unsure of what to say. "Well, it seems that Noranti was wrong when she said you were an uninflected child..."
Solaris stared, confused. "Stark, the frell you talking about?"
"When your parents died..."
"Yeah, about that..." she glared at D'Argo, or really, where D'Argo had been a while ago before he had quietly slipped from the room. Irritated, she undid her hair tie, making her hair fall downward over her shoulders. "Stark, how did my parents die? D'Argo won't tell me, Chiana changes the subject, who knows what the frell kind of excuse Rygel will make, Noranti says that it can't be explained right now, and Pilot is always too busy tending to Moya to talk. Now tell me Stark, for the love of Zhaan, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PARENTS!"
Stark jumped at her demand, frightened. "Alright! ALL RIGHT, fine! Your parents were killed by someone we don't know!"
"You don't KNOW?"
"They had weapons that... they were too advanced they... turned your parents to crystal and shattered them! ALL RIGHT! I don't know anymore!!!!!" He stumbled to the other end of the room, cowering.
"Stark..." As she approached, he moved frantically, screaming at her with every breath he took.
"NO! NO! Stay away! My side! Your side! My side! Your side!"
"STARK! Would you quit that? NOT AGAIN!!!!" Furious, she took out Ol' Winona and shot a pulse blast in the air.
The effect was immediate. Stark forgot about his ranting, calming down slightly. Finally, his eyes widened in realization, and asked, "Solaris, how did you know about that?"
"About what?"
"When your father and I were held prisoner on the Gammak Base?"
"I... I..." She stood there, not saying another word for quite a few minutes. It was awhile before she spoke again. "Maybe you can answer that for me Stark." pacing back and forth a ways, she continued. "Lately, I've been having these visions... dreams, or so I thought they were..."
"What of?"
"My parents. I'd... get these flashes of them... like just awhile ago, in my dream, it was a nightmare..."
"Really?" The Banik looked intrigued. "What of?"
"The one I had last night... there was a boat, and Mother and Dad were standing on it. He... was kneeling to ask Mother to marry him... with the ring he got from Grandmother Crichton..." Her eyes welled up with tears. "Then a ship came out of nowhere... and..."
"Shot them with a blast, and they fragmented?"
Surprised, Solaris was taken aback. "Y-Yeah, that's exactly what happened, but how...?"
"It fits with what I have been expecting..." Stark sighed, closing his eyes as depression sunk in. "Solaris, you're the first ever Human-Sabaceanoid in the Universe, and being the only one has some consequences..." He took one of her hands in both of his, staring into her eyes with sincerity. "Your Human side, and your Sabacean side, since you are approaching adolescence, are beginning to tear apart. That is what is causing your pain. Also, the memories of your father and your mother are contained inside their DNA, and are activated upon extreme points of emotion, so in conclusion..."
"I'm... reliving their memories? Seeing visions of what they remember?"
"Exactly... And if I am correct, soon you will receive everything both your parents knew in a matter of solar days."
With this information sinking in, Solaris contemplated on what it meant. Ducking her head, she tried to sort out all the confusion rattling in her brain, shaking the effects of her visions. *To think, I'll be living my life knowing everything my parents knew... Knew... Knowing..." Her eyes widened as she threw her head up with a jolt. "No... NO! NO! NO! NO! It couldn't!"
"What, WHAT?!"
"I can....Can't! I... oh god..." She backed against a wall, sliding downward until she hit the floor. "Oh god no... Everything will be there, Stark, everything, if what you're saying is true..."
"What? What will all be there? I don't understand!" Frustrated, he fiddled with the straps on his mask again, uncomprehending.
Nothing could have prepared her for this, nothing in this universe could compare to what she had to say. Solaris shivered, and said solemnly, "Wormholes, Stark... Everything... my dad knew, so will I..." She looked at her masked friend, fear and tears welling up in her eyes. "I'll know the wormhole technology that my dad deciphered; except with nothing to hold it back, like what the Ancients did to Dad. I'll know every formula, word, and figure... and there's nothing to stop it, or Scorpius, from coming to me..."