Chapter 4 – Moya's Shuttle
John Crichton and Ka D'Argo were loading crated supplies onto Moya's shuttle. It was hard work, but it was relatively safe here in the Andari Port. The Andari did enough trade with the people in the Forbidden Zone that they tended to look the other way when they needed to. Just to be safe, Crichton was staying near the shuttle and staying out of sight from any of the officials.
Aeryn Sun was in the market trading for supplies and had them delivered to their Docking Port. D'Argo would any talking to the local porters or other dock officials, leaving most of the heavy lifting for Crichton.
Taking a break from carrying crates, Crichton sat back and watched as a gold triangle shaped ship settled into the Docking Port next to them. It was a gaudy looking thing. Not ugly exactly, but not the best-looking ship out there. Oddly proportioned.
"Hey, D'Argo, where is that ship from?" Crichton asked. He was only familiar with a few body shapes of the space craft around. D'Argo was much more knowledgeable.
D'Argo took a moment to examine the ship then shook his head, "I do not know. Perhaps we will know better when we see its pilot."
"Perhaps," Crichton responded without enthusiasm. He had just about taken a sip of water when D'Argo pushed him to the ground behind a crate.
"Sebacian," D'Argo hissed, causing Crichton to freeze in his sudden hiding place. D'Argo continued to slowly carry cargo crates to the shuttle while keeping an eye on the pilot. "What is he doing?...Putting up a restraining field in the cargo area?"
D'Argo's running commentary let Crichton know that the Sebacian had disappeared back into his ship. Crichton was almost ready to run for cover of the shuttle when he reappeared with a second Sebacian at gun point. That one he put in the restraining field before holstering his sidearm.
"Porter" the Sebacian called out, "Go get the Dock Manager."
"Of course, Sir," the porter replied quickly before running off.
"Looks like we wait," Crichton whispered to D'Argo as he slowly wandered by. Crichton peeked out of his hiding place and he could see that the two Sebacians were talked to each other. Occasionally, the first one would chuckle.
Then the Dock Manager walked up, "Good afternoon, you asked for me?"
The first Sebacian turned to him, "Yes, please inform the Magistrate that I have brought the Tau'ri Human that he needs to activate his technology."
"At once," the Dock Manager replied before activating his comm link and talking into it.
Crichton could only make out a few words at this distance. Bounty Hunter and Human being among them. His head was spinning. Human. Another human was really here. Maybe that's why D'Argo doesn't recognize the ship. Earth is in that sector of space that has no recognizable ships from here. Holy Crap! That guy knows how to get to Earth!
"D'Argo," Crichton whispered. "When you get inside, have pilot track where that ship goes. It came from the same sector that Earth is in."
D'Argo looked at him skeptically and picked up another box, "Are you sure?"
"Yes. The Dock Manager said that the other guy is a human. The Sebacian Bounty Hunter went to go get him for somebody," Crichton pointed out.
"Alright, just stay hidden. No need to have you pop-up under the nose of a Sebacian Bounty Hunter," D'Argo pointed out, unnecessarily.
Before long a large hovercraft pulled into the docking area next to the gold spaceship. The Magistrate and a high scientist disembarked from the vehicle. The immediately went to the first Sebacian, the Bounty Hunter, "What have you brought us, Bounty Hunter?"
Crichton listened carefully. "This is the Tau'ri Human I told you about. He can activate your devices."
"How do we know this?" the Magistrate asked.
"With this," the Bounty Hunter took out a small cube and handed it to the scientist.
"It appears to bear the same marks as the other technology that we have," the scientist stated as he handed the cube back.
"Very well. Proceed," the Magistrate indicated.
The Bounty Hunter unholstered his weapon then said, "Heads up," before tossing the cube at the prisoner in the dentation field. The field popped off, the cube almost hit the prisoner before he caught it, then the field popped back on. Then the cube activated at lights and music started to dance around inside the dentation field.
"Very well, you have earned your fee," the Magistrate gestured and several guards unloaded several boxes for the Bounty Hunter.
"One last thing…" the Bounty Hunter continued but Crichton was tuning him out. He had to figure out how to get on that transport.
D'Argo finally returned from the shuttle. Good, he had talked to Pilot. "D'Argo, get Aeryn and meet up with me after dark." Crichton said. That was when the Sebacian shot the human in the dentation field. They fell silent as the Bounty Hunter took his boxes back to his ship and didn't return. The human was picked up and carried to the hovercraft.
"I'm going to find out where they are taking him. Use the comm link to find me," Crichton said than jumped up and stalked after the hovercraft until he could jump on board without being noticed.
"Damn humans are more trouble than they are worth," D'Argo said to the air. He huffed, then hit the comm link, "Aeryn, I need you back at the shuttle."
"On my way," came Aeryn's quick reply.
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