Summary: Scorpius goes back to his former cell where someone waits for him. A/U

Disclaimer: I own nothing of Farscape.

Rating: M

Pairing: Sikozu/Scorpius

INFECTION:

SIKOZU/SCORPIUS

Inside her, down to the molecular level, was healing. She had been infused with new life even when she had been certain she would meet her death with just his name on her lips. Then came the sharp sting to her skin bringing a wave of medicine taking away her pain. The pain was fading in a rush of new life. Her eyes opened, light burning but the searing stopped allowing her to focus. Braca was by her side, a gentle smile of relief gracing his lips. "Where is Scorpius?" Sikozu tried to sit up be she was still far too week.

Braca had been waiting for arns until either Scorpius or Sikozu woke up. He had been pacing, sitting, paging again, until he had just settled down to wait and watch. As he continued to watch, Sikozu stirred on the bed while Scorpius slept on recovering from his DNA surgery. He smiled at her, genuinely happy that she pulled through. Braca checked the lines feeding her the cure; she only had taken half of the iridescent purple liquid. All of it would have to be fed into her. Sikozu was stirring, but Braca made her stop, "No, remain still. You're still very ill."

"Where is Scorpius?" She slurred stretching her left arm out where it encountered a body next to her. Bare skin met her finger tips. Sikozu tried to move, her body railed against such action. It wanted to stay still. "Help me…" She pleaded. She had to see Scorpius, she had to touch him.

"Hold on," Braca put one hand on the left side of her waist and the other behind her neck to gently roll her onto her side so she could see the Scorpius that was by her side; the new face of the man who made a different in their lives. "He's right here beside you." He assured her. Gently he rubbed his hand down her arm trying to still her movements. Sikozu could hurt herself if she didn't stay still.

"That is not…" Sikozu couldn't keep her train of thought. She was still so tired, so weak. Bu she wouldn't remain that way for long. Her body was being flooded with medicine from the tubes she could feel that were attached to her.

"Sikozu listen to me, that is Scorpius." Braca said. "He went through a procedure to carve out his Scarran side to save you. Scorpius didn't want you to die." Taking her limp right hand Braca leaned over Sikozu to place her hand palm down over his heart. "Feel his heart, that's Scorpius, only his body has changed." Sikozu sucked in a breath, starting to shake. Braca placed his hand in the center of her back to offer her some measure of comfort.

Sikozu felt tears fall from her eyes. He had risked so much for her when she had been ready to give up and let the virus take her. It was her punishment for betraying her people, for betraying the resistance. She had betrayed everyone for Scorpius. And she hadn't regretted a minute of it. He was a formidable ally and a powerful lover; dominating her body, her soul, and capturing her heart. Only, she hadn't known that she had been falling on love until Aeryn had said something. "Maybe you're just mean to be together." Then it all made sense to her. Scorpius was who she was meant to be with. He was her other half.

Scorpius woke to warmth, a hand on his chest. Sikozu. Turning his head as much as he could, he saw her deep in sleep, the tubes removed. The golden orange color of her skin had returned banishing the green lines that had ravaged her body. She was on the mend and he was glad for it. His sacrifice hadn't been wasted. With great effort Scorpius sat up bringing Sikozu and the blanket into his lap. A change had come over him in sleep, a subtle shift in his emotions. Anger and revenge didn't cloud his mind any longer. Only Sikozu took up his thoughts. They truly had something special, unique, and he didn't want to throw it all away. He knew she forgave him for all that he had done on the water planet. It had been an act, a bit of theatre for the Scarran's who had been close by. But looking back at his actions, guilt tore at him even more. He had lost the veil of Scarran cruelty to color his actions. Leaning over her, Scorpius laid his lips to her brow.

Sikozu felt her eyes flutter open, felt sleep leave her. She had been moved and she was now in a lap she knew all to well. Turning over, she smiled up into his Sebacean face that seemed so new, and yet it was still him. His lips were no longer rimmed black, they were fuller. His cheek bones weren't sharply defined by his Scarran heritage; they were smooth, resting gently under perfect pale flesh. Dark honey brown hair fell around his face, resting over his shoulders framing his beautiful blue eyes. He gazed her with all the intensity she knew could come from him when all he had were his eyes to convey emotions with. Granted he usually conveyed coldness and cruelty to those under his command, with her it had been dominance, desire, and a pleasure. "Scorpius." She sighed his name happy to be awake, to be on the mend, and able to look him in the eyes. "Is this a dream?" Sikozu teased, her eye lids fluttering closed wanting to take her back down into sleep.

"No, not a dream." He answered rubbing his lips lightly over her brow reveling in the suddenly new sensation of feeling her skin against him. Idly his hand slipped slowly down the center of her bare back. Scorpius might not be able to stop; she felt too good. Before this, he had only imagined what her skin would feel like under his hands through the gloves of his cooling suit. Now, he didn't need a suit. Scorpius could be a normal Sebacean male with his amazing Kalish woman by his side.

Sikozu could feel her strength returning quicker being in his arms. She had enough strength to sit up, to face him. Straddling his waist Sikozu gazed into his eyes as she brushed his hair back from his face. This was really Scorpius with the dark sensuality playing in his eyes, a teasing smirk always on his lips. She was so enraptured with his new face that she hadn't even noticed the sheet had slipped from her torso to pool around her hips. It didn't matter. He had seen her naked so many times and in so many position's that she was no longer fazed about if she was clothed or not in front of him. His hands slid back up her back to rest over her shoulder blades where she felt the tell tale prick of claws.

Scorpius brought his right hand from around her back to show her the sharp Scarran claws gracing his hand, "The last vestige of my Scarran side." He flexed his fingers, letting the deadly black nails gleam in the lights. Sikozu took his hand bringing it to her lips where she lightly kissed each claw. Scorpius felt his heart clench. She didn't shy away from them, just as she hadn't shied away from his former self. No, Sikozu had readily taken to his bed, taken to his particular taste for dominance. She had taken all of him, all of his unique tastes in pleasure that she matched with vigor and enthusiasm.

"I…" Sikozu started to say, but she didn't know what she was going to say. Everything about him was new; it was all a mystery to be uncovered. Would he have the same tastes? Would he still have the desires to make her submit? Or had that been taken from him as his Scarran DNA had been filtered out. To prompt her to continue, Scorpius lightly dug the nails of his left hand into her back. "What you did for me… it was…" Again she trailed off, finding it difficult to speak her mind.

"Sikozu," Scorpius breathed her name out, "I would go to any lengths for you, and I know that now." When he had been in that DNA chamber, the pain so intense it had him wishing for Ahkna's torture station, the thought of Sikozu kept him going. "You are the most important person to me." He couldn't say that to her enough. It was what had started their whole relationship; his proposal for an alliance. At the time he had needed someone on the outside, free to roam around Moya, to give him information. But the more time they spent together, the more he found he wanted more from her than a casual connection. When they had been on Katrazi, he had been concerned more for her safety than his.

"You gave up part of yourself to save me," Sikozu had to say it; she couldn't make it all fit in her head. "I am… happy… you did that." Leaning into him she kissed his lips sweetly. Lightly his claws scraped down the exposed skin of her back making her arch into him. He never failed to make her respond to him. Scorpius leaned her back where her shoulders touched his bent knees. It exposed the line of her torso to his hungry lips. Now was not the time for him to possess her, but her desire knew no time and place. It came over her in a wave. Scorpius could always burn her alive.

Scorpius could sense the rising passion in Sikozu. This time, it hadn't been his intention to bring her into a state of desire. He just wanted to touch her, to feel her skin glide against his. She was a new experience for him; skin to skin. Sikozu felt like silk, pure sinful silk in his hands. Scorpius slipped his hands from her back and over to her abdomen where he traced the tattoos with the tip of his index fingers. Her back arched, a moan filling the silence. "Sikozu…" Leaning foreword he drew his tongue up quickly between her breasts. "This is new for me." He said stilling his movements.

Sikozu sat up cupping his face, "What do you mean?" She asked, though she could guess. He wasn't bound to a cooling suit any longer. He was free to be a normal man in control of his body. There, in his eyes, she could see what he meant to say, but Sikozu waited for him to form the words.

45 SOLAR DAYS AGO:

Sikozu stood under the hot spray of the water in the shower letting it cascade over her drowning out all the sounds of the Command Carrier. She had just come back from a recon mission in Scarran territory where she had taken a slight detour to check in with the Kalish resistance. They had been sending her coded messages since she had been with Scorpius aboard his command carrier, each one demanding the same thing; a meeting. Sikozu didn't tell Scorpius, she couldn't. Mainly, she didn't know how. He wanted to use her as a spy to further his own end; that she could understand, but she wouldn't take the risk of him finding out she met with the Kalish lest he take it the wrong way.

When she had come back, he had been waiting for her, a smirk on his face. She bypassed him, her shoulder bleeding and her head pounding. It hadn't been the right time for her to give her report, not when anger was riding her. The resistance had given her an ultimatum; forced her to make a choice that she hadn't been able to make. They were forcing her to choose between Scorpius and them. She wasn't read to leave him; she couldn't leave him. There was too much to learn from him. Only, it was more than that. When ever she thought about leaving him her stomach clenched and she felt ill. There had been no lee way for her to maneuver, to point out the benefits of shadowing Scorpius. They wouldn't listen and still wouldn't as the ordered her to make a choice. In the end she had; she chose Scorpius. Now, she had to tread carefully so she wouldn't end up a target by the Kalish.

Heavy booted foot falls gained her attention. It was Scorpius. It had to be. She knew he wouldn't let her get away from him for long. The information he had sent her after would be what he would want. "Sikozu." His gloved hand touched the frosted glass of the shower wall. He made no move to join her. She turned her head, water raining over her face and the steam billowing around her. Her breath caught in her chest with the desire to tell him what she had been through. Sikozu rested her forehead on the wall in front of her with the water raining down directly on her head.

Scorpius rested his hand on the glass; beyond it he could see the silhouette of Sikozu's naked body under the water. "Sikozu?" Something was bothering her, he knew it. He could feel the distance between them. It wasn't the mission making her like this. There had to be another cause. "What happened?" Then he saw her lean her head on the wall. "Talk to me."

"I…" water ran into her mouth, ran down her chin. Sikozu stepped away placing her hand against his with the glass between them. "My people… have…"She choked on the confession. "They have cast me out." Tears sprang to her eyes against her wishes. She didn't want to cry over the pain ripping apart her heart. Her sense of duty was torn asunder; she had no loyalty now except to Scorpius. Suddenly his hand gripped her arm, pulling her out of the shower. She was against him, being held by him as her body shook from cold and from sorrow. This would be the only time she would show weakness in front of him. "I have no where to go." She sobbed trying to get her emotions under control while he held her; just held her.

"That's not true," Scorpius pulled her back, tilted her head up and let the truth of his words sink in. "You have me, you have this Command Carrier. You have a place to belong." Scorpius had found a new sense of self with Sikozu; emotions he had long kept locked up suddenly filled him when he was with her. He wasn't sure how to deal with them. But a smile from Sikozu instantly stilled his uncertainty when they were alone.

"I will do what you asked me to do." Sikozu relented feeling she had nothing left; nothing but Scorpius and the passion he brought forth inside of her. She would do anything to keep him pleased, to stay by his side. "I will play spy for you." Lowering her face she stared down at his boots and started to shake from the cold air swirling around her.

Scorpius backed away from her, went to the bed, and retrieved the white fur blanket where he wrapped it around her shivering body. The water from her hair had begun to get cold as it dripped onto her skin. Sikozu relied on heat, where he didn't need it as much. Up and down he ran his hands over her back bringing her into his arms again. "Sikozu, you will not be dissatisfied with the task." Even as he spoke, the words tasted foul in his mouth.

MOYA:

PRESENT DAY

"I have never felt the warmth of another being's skin on mine." Scorpius said. "I have felt yours with my lips, my tongue, but never like this." He ran his bare hands down her sides, up her abdomen, to cup her breast adding a gentle squeeze. "This is more than I thought would ever happen. I can feel you the way I want." He spoke gently. It was more than he thought himself capable of; gentleness. The Sebacean side of him, the part of him that wanted to connect with Sikozu, was getting stronger. "You made this possible."

Feelings choked her, tears sprang to her eyes, and her heart was in her throat. Scorpius was saying things she had longed to hear from a man; at the time she thought she had wanted to hear those words from a Kalish. Hearing them from Scorpius meant more to her; her heart pounded in her chest. "I feel; I care deeply for you." She leaned into him, kissed him. It was as close to love as she could get to right now. It was as close to love as Scorpius would be at the moment too. Together they would find their way.

Scorpius knew this was hard for Sikozu; it was hard for him as well. Emotions didn't come easily to him as he was prone to manipulations. He had to stay cold, detached to ensure his final endgame would play out. Sikozu was apart of his long term game against the Scarran's and the Peacekeepers, or she had been. Along the way, the more he placed her right in harms away the more he found his heart would stop until she was back by his side where he could reach out and touch her. "Do you believe we can teach each other to love?" He asked running his finger down the center of her bare chest. The feel of her skin was so enthralling.

"I think we could try." Sikozu answered. Learning what love with Scorpius meant would be amazing. He brought out things inside of her she never knew existed. She enjoyed all the erotic games they played, the way he tied her up, the way he would dominate her. Sikozu loved it all. "I say we are in love now." Kissing him again Sikozu felt her world right itself.