About 6 cycles earlier

"Pilot, Can you give me a location on our esteemed dominar?" asked John. "Yes, Commander he is currently in the galley"

As John walked into the galley he noticed Rygel was stuffing his face as per usual. There were empty chocolate wrappers covering the floor near his sled "Hey Guido, you better pace yourself man, we won't be swinging by Hershey any time soon." A wide-eyed shaking Rygel looked up to see Crichton standing over him trying to grab a bar for himself "Crichton, when I become Dominar again I must speak with your leaders and organise some trade pacts. Your planet needs some protection warships for chocolate!"

John turned and walked out of the galley laughing to himself "Guns for money, warships for chocolate. What will they think of next?" He was still laughing as he approached Aeryn. He could see she was holding a Lakka bud. Suddenly the laughter stopped he tried to avoid her looking for another exit but the only other direction lead straight back to the galley. "Oh no John, We WILL talk about this now!" Aeryn was yelling but from the hoarseness of her voice and the redness in her cheeks John could tell that Aeryn had been crying. "Noranti, tells me she gave this dren to you to make you forget...make you forget about me" John sighed "Aeryn, just drop it I'm not going to talk about this now!" Aeryn had now taken her emotions under better control. "NO, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS NOW, JOHN, NOW!!!!"

"Aeryn, Shut up! Pilot I'm having trouble with my coms can you test them I understand that it will cause all comms to be down for 30 microts." "As you wish Commander." Raising a hand to her mouth to stop her for talking John continued "Aeryn, Scorpius is on board he is trying to find the key, you're the key Aeryn and if he realises this he will use you and the baby and I will not be able to stop him." "And you think he is using the comms?" Aeryn asked but it wasn't John who answered her question "Pilot, are we having trouble with the comms?" "No Scorpius I was just running some tests." Aeryn smiled she whispered to John so as not to be picked up by the comms "Ok, John I believe you but you have to stop taking this." All John could do was nod.

3 Solar Days later

As Aeryn walked into command, D'Argo turned to her and asked "So, how is he?" "He's doing better but he is still covered in sweat, talking to himself.... more then usual and still has the shakes" Chiana who had also just joined them on command "Wrinkles, says that there is something that will help him but she doesn't have any hear we're heading for a planet that has it now, We should be there within 3 arns." "Thanks Chi, When we get there I'll go down and you know what we need so your coming with me, D'Argo while I'm gone you need to monitor Crichton's condition."

On the planet Aeryn and Chiana were walking back to the transport pod having found the things they required. Suddenly, there were explosions and then screams. Aeryn turned to Chiana "Scarrens, get to the pod now! I will meet you there wait half an arn if I'm not back go. Just get yourself safe" Chiana ran the short distance remaining between her current location and Moya's transport pod.

Chiana waited she knew Aeryn said ½ an arn but she still waited. A full arn had passed before she closed the pods doors and took off what am I going to do? How do I explain this to John? As the pod was landed in the hanger Chiana slowly got out she just hoped John wasn't there not yet. D'Argo and Noranti meet her and the hanger bay doors. She handed the pouches to Noranti and told her to get the medicine for John ready. D'Argo knew something was wrong "Aer-Aeryn didn't make it we were ambushed by Scarrens down there." D'Argo was shocked he just kept on repeating, "We will find her, we MUST find her"

John awoke feeling a lot better then he had in a weeken. "Guys, Where is Aeryn? D'Argo? Fluffy? Pip?" "John, the Scarrens have her Chiana only just made it out to tell us about it"

"Why, didn't anyone tell me about the sooner, we have to go find her, we need to get her back!!!!!!" "John, calm yourself we have already got a lock on her location we should be arriving at the planet in the next solar day." "Thanks D, you too Pip. I just need go and think. I'll be on the terrace if you need me"

As they got to the planet they were told Aeryn was being held on they received a transmission from the planet. D'Argo answered the call it was War Minister Akhna. "Is John Crichton there? He should witness this" "John can you come down to command now"

John entered command and Akhna continued "Well if it isn't the great John Crichton" With that the view panned to a cell there was someone in there but he couldn't see who, the figured came out of the shadows, It was Aeryn. "Did you really think it would be that easy to find her, that we would leave our tracks that open?" "This is a little payback for the Dreadnought you destroyed back at Da-Bam-Da" With the Ahkna raised a pulse pistol John and after a single shot to the head and Aeryn's body collapsed. The view went static. Everyone on Moya was in shock. All John could do was fall down. He couldn't talk, He couldn't move, All he could think about was Scorpy was right, the Peacekeepers are the lesser of the two evils. This Scarren hat lady bitch has taken my every thing, my only thing. He couldn't breath

His entire world went black.