Scribbling furiously, Solaris's blue eyes seemed to glow brighter and
brighter as every single equation she wrote down, every scribble and
scratch of her writing utensil was inscribed on the metal piece before her,
resting against her lap and the hull of the module.
"What the frell... Lara, what are you doing?" gasped D'Argo, appearing in the doorway of the hanger bay, breathless from his run from the command deck, "I have no idea why the frell.."
"D'Argo, this is it, man, THIS IS IT!!!! You just broke this whole equation wide open!!!" She grinned with wicked glee, and scribbled more and more, entranced in her work as variables and mathematical equations fell into place until the problem nearly solved itself.
D'Argo looked blankly at her, "What?"
"Moving through space, D. That's the answer, MOVING THROUGH SPACE!!!!!!" She smacked the flat of her right hand on the cold metallic piece, and pointed sporadically, "THIS, D'Argo, is what's going to change our whole lives."
"What the frell are you talking about?"
"TIME, D'Argo, TIME. OK, think of it think way," Solaris pointed, one by one, to the specific problems on her piece, and smiled in satisfaction, "At this velocity, going through gravitational and electric fields in space at these points, with a wormhole present with these variables of pressure, tension and torque.."
"Lara, plain and simple, ok?"
"My parents, D! MY PARENTS!!!!!"
Time seemed to stop as D'Argo swallowed hard, and the familiar feeling of tears had formed in his eyes. "Lara.... Lara, your parents.... they're..... they're..."
Solaris made a sound off of one of John Crichton's favorite games shows, Jeopardy, "WRONG answer. D, you don't get it do you? With this, and everything I know, I can create a time rift with a wormhole!!!!!" Her eyes gleamed with excitement and giddiness, like a kid in a candy shop, bright blues sparkling widely that even though her friend was clueless, he couldn't help but smile back at her.
"Lara, I have NO IDEA what the frell you're talking about...."
She sighed happily, "Ok, fine, lemme explain this to you. At this time, (we'll call that time X), at this spot (we'll call that place Y), with this amount of speed (A), and this amount of tension (B), it's scientifically possible to rip a hole through time like Rygel pees explosives when he eats a Tannot root. You with me?"
The Luxxan nodded, "So far."
"OK, with this calculation here," she pointed to a sloppy, half scrawled calculation, barely readable to her left, "and with a few modifications to Dad's module, I can navigate this rift in time to go back as many years as I want to. BUT, I have to be in the exact span of space where the event occurred. Do you realize what this means, D?"
"Your parents...... you could.... could....."
"Save them. I can save my parents from ever dying. Don't you get it? Don't you see!?!? I can get my parents back! I can DO IT D!!!!!!!!!" Solaris beamed proudly, "Thank God for all this techno crap up here in the ol' noggin, otherwise I would've never thought of this at all...." She stood up suddenly, the plate cemented in her hands as she pointed to the list of various parts she'd need to start construction, "The thing is, I need all these do-hickeys, and half of them I have no idea how to use or how to get, or what they do." Scratching her head, she thought hard, "Guess that's the only part of this that sucks."
D'Argo smiled, worriedly, "but Lara..... If this works, if you go back in time, what will happen to us here? On Moya?"
This was something she hadn't thought about, and the fact troubled her, "Well, I...... don't know. I would think.... I would.. leave.... you.... guys...."
"No, I mean, the 'us' on 'Moya'; the Moya before you were born, the OTHER Moya."
Sadness crept into her voice, "I was never born at that time, so I doouobt that you'd all remember me once I'm there." She smiled wistfully at her friend, and dropped the metal scrap to run and hug D'Argo, "it'll be ok. You guys here will remember me, and that's really all that matters anyway. But you got to understand..." the embrace loosened so she could point to the plate again, "THAT is my ticket to my parents. THAT is the thing that'll lead me to a life with them instead of without them. THAT is my whole world, just waiting for me to grasp it. Think of it, D, what if that scrap of metal was your way of finding Jothee? Going back to save your wife? The way backwards to fix everything you've ever done? Wouldn't you take that chance too?"
Her blue eyes broke his heart, and his voice softened, "Of course I would." D'Argo sighed, and took away from her and towards the plate, picking it up for her, "Then I guess we should get started on this little venture, so you can find John and Aeryn." Squinting his eyes to read her ahndwritting, he frowned, "Half of these parts we could most likely find on the next planet we go to, but with Scorpius tracking us as we speak, I' not so sure we should be landing anywhere at all..."
Solaris scoffed and waved him off, "Scorpy's not a problem. It's not like we've never kicked his ass before," she grinned wickedly, "besides, if Scorpy's around, that'd give me a reason to kick his ass, and you know how much my family loves to hold a grudge."
D'Argo laughed, "There's no love lost in that grudge, I guarantee you that."
"So, what've we got here? A Ixion class transmodulator.... a V-class transistor of triple Magnus, premium power.... a...... oh..... no....." Solaris was running through the list with ease, until she got to the part she needed the most, "Oh God...."
"What? What is it Lara..."
"An Auric Lines class stabilizer......" she groaned inwardly, "and you know what that means."
He dreaded what that means. "There's only one place that carries those experimental pieces......."
"Yep. Aboard the Command Carrier........ Looks like we're going to be paying Scorpius a visit..."
"What the frell... Lara, what are you doing?" gasped D'Argo, appearing in the doorway of the hanger bay, breathless from his run from the command deck, "I have no idea why the frell.."
"D'Argo, this is it, man, THIS IS IT!!!! You just broke this whole equation wide open!!!" She grinned with wicked glee, and scribbled more and more, entranced in her work as variables and mathematical equations fell into place until the problem nearly solved itself.
D'Argo looked blankly at her, "What?"
"Moving through space, D. That's the answer, MOVING THROUGH SPACE!!!!!!" She smacked the flat of her right hand on the cold metallic piece, and pointed sporadically, "THIS, D'Argo, is what's going to change our whole lives."
"What the frell are you talking about?"
"TIME, D'Argo, TIME. OK, think of it think way," Solaris pointed, one by one, to the specific problems on her piece, and smiled in satisfaction, "At this velocity, going through gravitational and electric fields in space at these points, with a wormhole present with these variables of pressure, tension and torque.."
"Lara, plain and simple, ok?"
"My parents, D! MY PARENTS!!!!!"
Time seemed to stop as D'Argo swallowed hard, and the familiar feeling of tears had formed in his eyes. "Lara.... Lara, your parents.... they're..... they're..."
Solaris made a sound off of one of John Crichton's favorite games shows, Jeopardy, "WRONG answer. D, you don't get it do you? With this, and everything I know, I can create a time rift with a wormhole!!!!!" Her eyes gleamed with excitement and giddiness, like a kid in a candy shop, bright blues sparkling widely that even though her friend was clueless, he couldn't help but smile back at her.
"Lara, I have NO IDEA what the frell you're talking about...."
She sighed happily, "Ok, fine, lemme explain this to you. At this time, (we'll call that time X), at this spot (we'll call that place Y), with this amount of speed (A), and this amount of tension (B), it's scientifically possible to rip a hole through time like Rygel pees explosives when he eats a Tannot root. You with me?"
The Luxxan nodded, "So far."
"OK, with this calculation here," she pointed to a sloppy, half scrawled calculation, barely readable to her left, "and with a few modifications to Dad's module, I can navigate this rift in time to go back as many years as I want to. BUT, I have to be in the exact span of space where the event occurred. Do you realize what this means, D?"
"Your parents...... you could.... could....."
"Save them. I can save my parents from ever dying. Don't you get it? Don't you see!?!? I can get my parents back! I can DO IT D!!!!!!!!!" Solaris beamed proudly, "Thank God for all this techno crap up here in the ol' noggin, otherwise I would've never thought of this at all...." She stood up suddenly, the plate cemented in her hands as she pointed to the list of various parts she'd need to start construction, "The thing is, I need all these do-hickeys, and half of them I have no idea how to use or how to get, or what they do." Scratching her head, she thought hard, "Guess that's the only part of this that sucks."
D'Argo smiled, worriedly, "but Lara..... If this works, if you go back in time, what will happen to us here? On Moya?"
This was something she hadn't thought about, and the fact troubled her, "Well, I...... don't know. I would think.... I would.. leave.... you.... guys...."
"No, I mean, the 'us' on 'Moya'; the Moya before you were born, the OTHER Moya."
Sadness crept into her voice, "I was never born at that time, so I doouobt that you'd all remember me once I'm there." She smiled wistfully at her friend, and dropped the metal scrap to run and hug D'Argo, "it'll be ok. You guys here will remember me, and that's really all that matters anyway. But you got to understand..." the embrace loosened so she could point to the plate again, "THAT is my ticket to my parents. THAT is the thing that'll lead me to a life with them instead of without them. THAT is my whole world, just waiting for me to grasp it. Think of it, D, what if that scrap of metal was your way of finding Jothee? Going back to save your wife? The way backwards to fix everything you've ever done? Wouldn't you take that chance too?"
Her blue eyes broke his heart, and his voice softened, "Of course I would." D'Argo sighed, and took away from her and towards the plate, picking it up for her, "Then I guess we should get started on this little venture, so you can find John and Aeryn." Squinting his eyes to read her ahndwritting, he frowned, "Half of these parts we could most likely find on the next planet we go to, but with Scorpius tracking us as we speak, I' not so sure we should be landing anywhere at all..."
Solaris scoffed and waved him off, "Scorpy's not a problem. It's not like we've never kicked his ass before," she grinned wickedly, "besides, if Scorpy's around, that'd give me a reason to kick his ass, and you know how much my family loves to hold a grudge."
D'Argo laughed, "There's no love lost in that grudge, I guarantee you that."
"So, what've we got here? A Ixion class transmodulator.... a V-class transistor of triple Magnus, premium power.... a...... oh..... no....." Solaris was running through the list with ease, until she got to the part she needed the most, "Oh God...."
"What? What is it Lara..."
"An Auric Lines class stabilizer......" she groaned inwardly, "and you know what that means."
He dreaded what that means. "There's only one place that carries those experimental pieces......."
"Yep. Aboard the Command Carrier........ Looks like we're going to be paying Scorpius a visit..."