A blinding pain right between the eyes was all it took for her to moan,
waking up from an extensive nap and finding herself more than heavily
restrained. Solaris cracked her eyes open and immediately regretted it,
feeling, for the first time, the forehead brace against her brow and the
steel cuffs encircling her wrists and ankles in a vise-like grip. Suddenly,
it all made sense as visions flashed through her brain, and the horrors of
this same machine were brought to life from her father's experiences in it.
"Ah, so you awaken at last, young Solaris," intoned the smooth, cold and curt tone of Scorpius, coming from a little to her upper right, "It's about time that you regained consciousness, after that low impulse pulsar flash. Those new and improved stun weapons were more than enough to sedate you long enough."
She snarled weakly back at him, "Get the frell away from me, Scorpy, or so help me God..."
"Oh yes, you certainly are your father's daughter. Tell me, Solaris, how does it feel to be within my grasp, like your father did before you? You do know of the agony the Aurora Chair can inflict on an individual, am I correct?"
"Go to hell....."
"Ah yes, a distinct phrase that your father Crichton used to love to say to me from time to time. If I may ask, what makes you say those sort of things? I only want one thing," he came closer, his foul breath on the right side of her neck, and his teeth gnashing in place, "and that is to find out if there is any information that may be of use to me in your brain."
Solaris snickered bitterly, "You mean to tell me that after all this time, you're STILL after the wormhole techno babble that Dad had in his head? THAT'S what you want?" Her laughter came barking out, harsh and crude, "You're wasting your time. What makes you so sure that I know any of that dren? What, do you think a little dose of memory recall's going to do more than scramble my brains like poached eggs?"
"Be that as it may, the equations I need may very well be inside your head, locked in memories encoded into your DNA. Why don't we have a look?"
The high pitched whine began abruptly, followed by a sudden searing pain inside her head. Agonizingly, the human hybrid managed to clasp down on her lip and taste blood as the pain began, and, to her horror, memories started playing on the screen in front of her.
It was DK. The first memory ripped from her mind, and it had to be one of her dad's about one of his friends.
"Ah, it seems John's memories ARE encoded into your DNA, Solaris. You may very well be of use to me....."
And the pain continued.
*~*~*~*~*
"Ugh........ This is taking too long...." muttered D'Argo over the comm. system, his Luxan hands clasped tightly on the controls as he piloted his beloved Lo'Laan, "Lara went into the hangar bay, and she's been gone for over an arn! This is taking too long!!!"
"Well what do you suppose happened, D'Argo, she got screwed somewhere and is layin' in the Aurora Chair or somethin'?" inquired Chiana sarcastically on the command deck, while she wasglaring avidly into nothing with her blind eyes, "At least you can see what the frell's going on!!"
"I agree with D'Argo, for once. The half Sebacean she-witch isn't as stupid as she looks," added Rygel next to her, pearched in his hovering ThroneSled, "Even for Solaris, she wouldn't take this long."
"She's been gone too long, too long, too long!" shrieked Stark, practically prancing around with worry and paranoia, "She should have been back long before this, and she hasn't crossed over yet..... I can't sense her presence..."
"Alright, everybody, just CALM DOWN, so we can figure this out."
"Figure this OUT!??!?! D'Argo, we don't know what the frell kinda dren she's gotten herself into! We had an easier time unloading the Depository of ingrots than this!" Chiana's chatter started getting more sharp and sardonic as time went on, "I say just leave her! Let's get outta here, D'Argo!"
The entire crew could almost picture the Luxan viciously shaking his head, "Not without her, Chiana! She's John and Aeryn's daughter, and we can't leave her alone! I know I could never do that to Jothee, and we owe it to her parents to watch out for her!"
"LEAVE THE HALF SEBACEAN BITCH THERE!!!!" Rygel screamed, almost seemingly steaming through the ears, "SURVIVAL, D'ARGO! I don't want to die because of your pathetic Luxan honor! SURVIVE, survive D'Argo, and leave her there! We could outrun so much more trouble without her!"
"NO!"
It was then Pilot interrupted, "D'Argo, both Moya and I agree with your actions. Officer Crichton is Aeryn's daughter, and we both share a sort of...... bond, with her, because of her ability to remember things her parents remembered. Moya and I have grown fond of her, and she is the best of both Crichton and Aeryn combined. It would be unwise to leave such a person behind. However, Moya is in grave danger with the Command Carrier being so close, and, although the Peacekeeper Identification Beacon that Solaris installed within Moya's hull is masking her signature, there is still a chance that we may be discovered."
In the cockpit of his ship, D'Argo nodded sadly, taking this knowledge into consideration, "Then Lara must wait, at least for a bit longer.... Pilot, take Moya out of range. I'll stay out here a bit longer, and keep you all informed."
*~*~*~*~*
"REVEAL THE WORMHOLE TECHNOLOGY, SOLARIS!!!!!" hissed her captor, watching the sweat dripping down her face.
The Aurora Chair was supposed to reveal the secrets of the past in a painful, excruciating way, and by far, Solaris had never felt this sort of pain, first hand, at any time before. The pain was agonizing, memories ripping from her mind as if they were lengths of ribbon off of spools, but somehow, someway........
........The information she was giving up was somehow...... controlled.
Bit by bit, memories of her childhood, John's, and Aeryn's were shredded from her subconscious, things she never even knew had happened until that moment, causing her even greater pain from her cells cleaving in half to reveal such memoirs. She passed out, twice, only to wake up with the pain again in her mind, jolting her awake and conscious before she had even known she had blacked out. Still, the recollections and equations that Scorpius wanted were being kept from him, somehow, some way, and for that, she was grateful. It still hurt like hell though.
She screamed again, and images of John's mother and father danced upon the screen. John's 16th birthday party. His 21st. The first time he came home drunk and the first girlfriend he ever had. Aeryn's military lifestyle at the age of 12. Her first successful mission at age 16. The failed mission against a Scarren raid patrol in her early 20's. The first time she ever flown her Prowler.
Solaris even remembered her own past from when she was a little girl: her first steps into D'Argo's arms. Beating Rygel for the first time at Huanan, a gambling card game to which she won three day's worth of food cubes. Upgrading Pilot's systems in his den. Fighting with Pip over right and wrong.
All the memories from what seemed like a thousand different ages downloaded themselves from her DNA into her mind, along with reliving past events of her own childhood that she, mainly, did not remember. Every bit, piece, speck, smidgen and trace of everything John and Aeryn was forced from her DNA and crammed into her head, leaving her absolutely immobile with shock.
When Scorpius finally shut the machine off, she was released from the Aurora Chair, and Solaris slumped, lifeless, within it. Only then did he utter anything close to how annoyed he felt, "Mark my words," he seethed into her ear, "I will have that wormhole technology. It's within your brain and within your mind, and I will find a way to attain it. Whether alive, or dead, I WILL HAVE IT. Your resistance is admirable, but feeble. Be that as it may, I will find a way into your brain, and I will find the equations locked inside your psyche. I will find it, even if you die in the process." He flicked the communicator on his cooling suit, and replied, passively, "Send someone to retrieve Miss Solaris. Have her confined to the H block, and make sure that she is placed in her own cell. I can't afford any risks." He motioned his comm. off, then took one long, last look at his captive, "Soon, Solaris, soon."
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Yes, Scorpy is the villain we all love to hate. Gotta love to hate Scorpy! He makes things interesting.
Also, the memories of John and Aeryn's childhood, teenage life, etc. etc.......... yeah, I made those up, so don't point out to me every little thing in there you might find wrong.
DSP, I know you're reading this right now, and can't say that I blame ya lol! Hopefully you're having fun reading it!
Thanks to everyone who's read this! I'd appreciate more reviews! (you all keep saying how good this is, but I never really know that until I get feedback for it, so.....)
Also, Huanan is the card game that is featured in the Farscape book, "House of Cards", the HIGHEST REVIEWED Farscape book in print (I own a copy! WHEEEEEE!), so if you haven't read it, read it!
More where this came from, I've got a couple more Ideas to plan out for this fic, and then possibly another one, depending on whether or not I can get around to writing it. I love writing Farscape, writing on this made me pull out my DVD's (I have the DVD's of two of my fave eps, "Out of Their Minds" and that other one....... I can't think of it........ where John and D'Argo are cartoons, and Jool frelled with D'Argo's ship...... yeah I loved that one! Lol) and actually, I had to get my inspiration back, otherwise, I couldn't write that much on this...... I had to get Scorpy down again, and a little bit on Aeryn and John, just to make Solaris herself more reasonable and a blend of the two......
Anyway, before I make this thing longer than I have to, I WILL SAY THIS: Solaris is not exactly who everyone thinks she is. (no, she IS John and Aeryn's DAUGHTER tho!) But things are gonna happen that I can't wait to happen to her, so I'll be writing more on her, developing her character, her history, and so on, so it'll explain a few things about her. Anyway, see ya guys later! Enjoy the chapter!
"Ah, so you awaken at last, young Solaris," intoned the smooth, cold and curt tone of Scorpius, coming from a little to her upper right, "It's about time that you regained consciousness, after that low impulse pulsar flash. Those new and improved stun weapons were more than enough to sedate you long enough."
She snarled weakly back at him, "Get the frell away from me, Scorpy, or so help me God..."
"Oh yes, you certainly are your father's daughter. Tell me, Solaris, how does it feel to be within my grasp, like your father did before you? You do know of the agony the Aurora Chair can inflict on an individual, am I correct?"
"Go to hell....."
"Ah yes, a distinct phrase that your father Crichton used to love to say to me from time to time. If I may ask, what makes you say those sort of things? I only want one thing," he came closer, his foul breath on the right side of her neck, and his teeth gnashing in place, "and that is to find out if there is any information that may be of use to me in your brain."
Solaris snickered bitterly, "You mean to tell me that after all this time, you're STILL after the wormhole techno babble that Dad had in his head? THAT'S what you want?" Her laughter came barking out, harsh and crude, "You're wasting your time. What makes you so sure that I know any of that dren? What, do you think a little dose of memory recall's going to do more than scramble my brains like poached eggs?"
"Be that as it may, the equations I need may very well be inside your head, locked in memories encoded into your DNA. Why don't we have a look?"
The high pitched whine began abruptly, followed by a sudden searing pain inside her head. Agonizingly, the human hybrid managed to clasp down on her lip and taste blood as the pain began, and, to her horror, memories started playing on the screen in front of her.
It was DK. The first memory ripped from her mind, and it had to be one of her dad's about one of his friends.
"Ah, it seems John's memories ARE encoded into your DNA, Solaris. You may very well be of use to me....."
And the pain continued.
*~*~*~*~*
"Ugh........ This is taking too long...." muttered D'Argo over the comm. system, his Luxan hands clasped tightly on the controls as he piloted his beloved Lo'Laan, "Lara went into the hangar bay, and she's been gone for over an arn! This is taking too long!!!"
"Well what do you suppose happened, D'Argo, she got screwed somewhere and is layin' in the Aurora Chair or somethin'?" inquired Chiana sarcastically on the command deck, while she wasglaring avidly into nothing with her blind eyes, "At least you can see what the frell's going on!!"
"I agree with D'Argo, for once. The half Sebacean she-witch isn't as stupid as she looks," added Rygel next to her, pearched in his hovering ThroneSled, "Even for Solaris, she wouldn't take this long."
"She's been gone too long, too long, too long!" shrieked Stark, practically prancing around with worry and paranoia, "She should have been back long before this, and she hasn't crossed over yet..... I can't sense her presence..."
"Alright, everybody, just CALM DOWN, so we can figure this out."
"Figure this OUT!??!?! D'Argo, we don't know what the frell kinda dren she's gotten herself into! We had an easier time unloading the Depository of ingrots than this!" Chiana's chatter started getting more sharp and sardonic as time went on, "I say just leave her! Let's get outta here, D'Argo!"
The entire crew could almost picture the Luxan viciously shaking his head, "Not without her, Chiana! She's John and Aeryn's daughter, and we can't leave her alone! I know I could never do that to Jothee, and we owe it to her parents to watch out for her!"
"LEAVE THE HALF SEBACEAN BITCH THERE!!!!" Rygel screamed, almost seemingly steaming through the ears, "SURVIVAL, D'ARGO! I don't want to die because of your pathetic Luxan honor! SURVIVE, survive D'Argo, and leave her there! We could outrun so much more trouble without her!"
"NO!"
It was then Pilot interrupted, "D'Argo, both Moya and I agree with your actions. Officer Crichton is Aeryn's daughter, and we both share a sort of...... bond, with her, because of her ability to remember things her parents remembered. Moya and I have grown fond of her, and she is the best of both Crichton and Aeryn combined. It would be unwise to leave such a person behind. However, Moya is in grave danger with the Command Carrier being so close, and, although the Peacekeeper Identification Beacon that Solaris installed within Moya's hull is masking her signature, there is still a chance that we may be discovered."
In the cockpit of his ship, D'Argo nodded sadly, taking this knowledge into consideration, "Then Lara must wait, at least for a bit longer.... Pilot, take Moya out of range. I'll stay out here a bit longer, and keep you all informed."
*~*~*~*~*
"REVEAL THE WORMHOLE TECHNOLOGY, SOLARIS!!!!!" hissed her captor, watching the sweat dripping down her face.
The Aurora Chair was supposed to reveal the secrets of the past in a painful, excruciating way, and by far, Solaris had never felt this sort of pain, first hand, at any time before. The pain was agonizing, memories ripping from her mind as if they were lengths of ribbon off of spools, but somehow, someway........
........The information she was giving up was somehow...... controlled.
Bit by bit, memories of her childhood, John's, and Aeryn's were shredded from her subconscious, things she never even knew had happened until that moment, causing her even greater pain from her cells cleaving in half to reveal such memoirs. She passed out, twice, only to wake up with the pain again in her mind, jolting her awake and conscious before she had even known she had blacked out. Still, the recollections and equations that Scorpius wanted were being kept from him, somehow, some way, and for that, she was grateful. It still hurt like hell though.
She screamed again, and images of John's mother and father danced upon the screen. John's 16th birthday party. His 21st. The first time he came home drunk and the first girlfriend he ever had. Aeryn's military lifestyle at the age of 12. Her first successful mission at age 16. The failed mission against a Scarren raid patrol in her early 20's. The first time she ever flown her Prowler.
Solaris even remembered her own past from when she was a little girl: her first steps into D'Argo's arms. Beating Rygel for the first time at Huanan, a gambling card game to which she won three day's worth of food cubes. Upgrading Pilot's systems in his den. Fighting with Pip over right and wrong.
All the memories from what seemed like a thousand different ages downloaded themselves from her DNA into her mind, along with reliving past events of her own childhood that she, mainly, did not remember. Every bit, piece, speck, smidgen and trace of everything John and Aeryn was forced from her DNA and crammed into her head, leaving her absolutely immobile with shock.
When Scorpius finally shut the machine off, she was released from the Aurora Chair, and Solaris slumped, lifeless, within it. Only then did he utter anything close to how annoyed he felt, "Mark my words," he seethed into her ear, "I will have that wormhole technology. It's within your brain and within your mind, and I will find a way to attain it. Whether alive, or dead, I WILL HAVE IT. Your resistance is admirable, but feeble. Be that as it may, I will find a way into your brain, and I will find the equations locked inside your psyche. I will find it, even if you die in the process." He flicked the communicator on his cooling suit, and replied, passively, "Send someone to retrieve Miss Solaris. Have her confined to the H block, and make sure that she is placed in her own cell. I can't afford any risks." He motioned his comm. off, then took one long, last look at his captive, "Soon, Solaris, soon."
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Yes, Scorpy is the villain we all love to hate. Gotta love to hate Scorpy! He makes things interesting.
Also, the memories of John and Aeryn's childhood, teenage life, etc. etc.......... yeah, I made those up, so don't point out to me every little thing in there you might find wrong.
DSP, I know you're reading this right now, and can't say that I blame ya lol! Hopefully you're having fun reading it!
Thanks to everyone who's read this! I'd appreciate more reviews! (you all keep saying how good this is, but I never really know that until I get feedback for it, so.....)
Also, Huanan is the card game that is featured in the Farscape book, "House of Cards", the HIGHEST REVIEWED Farscape book in print (I own a copy! WHEEEEEE!), so if you haven't read it, read it!
More where this came from, I've got a couple more Ideas to plan out for this fic, and then possibly another one, depending on whether or not I can get around to writing it. I love writing Farscape, writing on this made me pull out my DVD's (I have the DVD's of two of my fave eps, "Out of Their Minds" and that other one....... I can't think of it........ where John and D'Argo are cartoons, and Jool frelled with D'Argo's ship...... yeah I loved that one! Lol) and actually, I had to get my inspiration back, otherwise, I couldn't write that much on this...... I had to get Scorpy down again, and a little bit on Aeryn and John, just to make Solaris herself more reasonable and a blend of the two......
Anyway, before I make this thing longer than I have to, I WILL SAY THIS: Solaris is not exactly who everyone thinks she is. (no, she IS John and Aeryn's DAUGHTER tho!) But things are gonna happen that I can't wait to happen to her, so I'll be writing more on her, developing her character, her history, and so on, so it'll explain a few things about her. Anyway, see ya guys later! Enjoy the chapter!