Retribution: tastes good (updated)
 

we start our adventure with chiana sitting naked, in a position very familiar to that of zhaan, her gray body is perfectly visible, but not in a shameful way...

her eyes are closed and her hands at her side, she suddenly opens her mouth and a faint blue light smoke appears and forms in front of her, it appears like... her brother... and he reaches to her face and caresses it, tears fall down her closed eyes to her cheeks, a rather familiar melody plays, (it is dust in the wind, it was part of one of those earth tapes that john had when he arrived) chiana had aquired them and through all this time never let anyone know she had them, she had even secretly taught a drd to play it, in her private chamber alone now, she was in pain, not a physical pain, but a much deeper one. although she wouldn't clearly admit it, she had matured...

I close my eyes...
dust in the wind...
all we are is dust in the wind...

john hears the familiar melody while walking past her chamber, he is frantically writing on the walls of moya, equations that come to him, but he stops, he had learned long ago not to intrude in chiana's space... but he says to himself "oh, that is from home... that is mine..."

john enters the room, without even asking, moya had opened the door for him, it was as if the leviathan was constantly catering to his whims as of late... he stares for a second, jaw open, as he sees the ghostly figure hugging chiana, for a moment, chiana's brother and john lock stares as he leaves chiana and approaches john, he grabs john's hand, and then grabs chiana's hand... the ghost makes a connection between bothhe moves john in front of chiana, who is still crying, eyes closed, john kneels, the ghost is looking at both, then begins to fade away, while nodding to john, as if it was the best decision he ever made... the song fades out, chiana opens her eyes to find john in front of her, she lets out a gasp, then embraces john, the way a little girl embraces her dad after he returns from a war...

john kisses her forehead... the scene fades out

chiana needs this...

we continue to see Ka dargo looking at a strange comunique from grayza, asking him to meet her in a close by moon, dargo replies with "NO" but then braca appears on the clam shell holding a sebacean woman... dargo recognizes her... his tentacles flare, his hair whips, he recognizes her, but how can this be?... then grayza asks for dargo to bring crichton to her... the message is over, a hand stops dargo, a voice says behind him, you shall not believe what you have seen, it is a trick... it is scorpius,

kdargo- what do you care? you would do the same kinds of tricks
scorpius- I did what had to be done, at any cost

dargo yells - and that is why I do not listen to you, pilot prepare my ship for departure immediately

scorpius- you are making a mistake luxan!

ayrin enters the command, what is going on? she appears to be rather happy... kind of radiant

out of my way ayrin, says dargo, he pushes her away, he asks where is john?

pilot's voice echoes in, commander crichton is in chiana's chambers...

dargo goes through the corridor

he passes sparky and noranti, rygel says, well he sure looks upset...

we switch to a scene with pilot and jool, you can see pilot frowning, she is putting her hands all over the console, it appears as if she was sitting on his lap, the scene resembles some santa claus at a mall...

pilot- and this, is the gravity control, if you touch that no one would be able to move... including you... don't!!!

too late she did touch it

she giggles coyly as moya shakes and rygel's pod hits the floor, along with dargo's face, ayrin's butt hits the floor with a loud thud, and scorpius is stuck to a wall... everyone attempts to get up but it's like they were glued... pilot restores the control and everyone chimes in, as if they all used their comms at the same time "PILOT!!"

it is not my fault, jool has been learning some basic pilot functions

sikozu enters command walking on a wall as ayrin gets up and rubs her behind, with a expression of pain, sikozu starts laughing and ayrin throws her a blaster holster that was near

scorpius interrupts, where is john? ah, chiana's chambers... scorpius leaves the 2 women in command...

sikozu says, aren't you even a bit curious about why john is with chiana?

ayrin - not at all, I am actualy glad that he's giving me some time off... you see last night was....sikozu stops her, she puts her hands on her ears...

sikozu- yes... yes... oooh... yes.... so... good...
I heard you and your thumpings all night... I don't want a detailed account, ayrin puts a food cube in her mouth as she starts to smile...

by this time john is leaving chiana's room, he finds dargo outside... what's up D?

john we have to talk, but we can do that later, the tongue lashes out and knocks john out... dargo picks him up and carries him to the hangar, a worried chiana appears at the scene, still buttoning herself.. dargo, what are you doing?

what does it look like... what... does it look... like? dargo takes a whiff at john's neck as he picks him up... then looks at chiana, then simply says, as he looks at chiana still missing one boot and her top... "I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!"

dargo wait... it isn't... chiana knows better than to argue about this with the luxan..

she quickly puts her stuff on and follows him, inside the ship dargo sits john at his side. as chiana enters the ship, dargo does not look around well... and only tells chiana to get out, she says no... and sits on the other side of crichton, dargo says ... fine... and takes off into space...

on moya ayrin sikozu and jool are looking at each other... jool asks pilot... pilot where is scorpius, ayrin says, good question... where is the scheming little monster... oh... I am beginning to talk like john... sikozu starts laughing as ayrin gives her a naughty look

Pilot answers, scorpius is no longer aboard moya

the scene shifts to dargo's ship, we see a frowning chiana tending to an unconscious john, she tells dargo, you didn't have to do that, dargo looks furious, but it isn't realy chiana he is mad at, or crichton, a sort of funky music plays as scorpius is revealed to be sitting right behind dargo, with a smile from ear to ear, he says, ka-dargo! you should try to relax, you might pop a blood vessel... try to enjoy life... smile still there...

dargo is infuriated, the scene pans to the outside of the ship as dargo is heard screaming

"DON"T TELL ME TO RELAAAX!!"

then a series of arguments blow up, you hear chiana, scorpius and dargo all at the same time arguing their points,

then john's voice is heard

what the hell is going on here? where am I?

an uncomfortable silence... then sounds of punches and groans can be heard... then the tongue lashing sound 3 times...

then the camera goes back inside and you see dargo extremely mad at the controls with all three others knocked out...



to be continued...

as dargo's ship enters the atmosphere, we turn back to moya for a few, where ayrin and jool are having some trouble, it seems 1812 has managed to get trapped under a pile of stuff, metal bars etc, a few other drd's are nearby but they cannot get to him, lately it has been boring on moya, so the girls have had to find stuff to do anyway

as jool holds a light on top of ayrin, she faintly hears a thud... coming from a deep hole in the center of moya, the same place where dargo's qualta blade was some time ago... she asks ayrin

-eh... did we get moya's internals flushed on the last planet?

ayrin- yes we did... why?

THUD!!

pilot... what is down here?

pilot- I have no idea joolushko, why don't you go and see..?

ayrin... that is fine, you can go... and I am done here, come here you little dren, she picks up 1812 who immediately begins to sing the symphony john taught him...

jool- but I did not realy volunteer for that...
at this point sikozu and norante appear, sikozu says, what can be so scary? it's just a leviathan... she grabs jool and drags her...
wait wait, it is full of naughty down there...

rygel appears to be smiling as thgey pass him, jool goes like "what are u smiling at slug?" she pulls the flying sled with her as sikozu drags her by the arm...

something does not seem right... as the 3 walk in the bowels, a shadow moves quickly behind them, jool lets out a scream, rygel quickly knocks her out by flying in the back of her head...

sikozu points the light at the place where the shadow moved, a set of glowing green eyes are there, as the light shows it, it resembles humanoid features, it is a sebacean, with a strange glow in his eyes, the features are recognizable, at least to rygel... who looks very startled, his eyes almost popping from their sockets... there is a slight silence... sikozu looks at the petrified rygel, and asks... what?, this guy, you know him?

rygel... looks as if he'd seen a ghost... he starts to say... cr...cr...the crouched figure finishes the word... the glow in his eyes still there, he stands up and says, ....crais... captain bialar crais...

to be continued

as dargo's ship approached the surface, the sillouette of a sebacean woman can be seen, she stands alone, she is wearing a white robe, she uncovers her head as the ship lands a few feet away from her... the door opens and a emotion overcomes her, she quickly throws herself in the arms of the imposing luxan warrior now standing in front of her, they both look into each other's eyes and share a moment together.
a startled crichton walks out from the ship accompanied by chiana, she suddenly paralyzes as she watches dargo and the sebacean woman kiss, she lets out a scream, john grabs her arm and asks, where is scorpius chiana?
chiana says: well... I don't know, great now we are surrounded by ghosts and a crazy monster is loose!

john replies: wait, what do you mean ghosts?
-you see her? she is dead, she is dead and and and she is here, scorpius dissapeared and frell...
Crichton- so she is dargo's old lady, but scorpius is gone, I see... this is a set up, and I think I know who is behind it

who is behind it crichton? a voice speaks from the hill close by
scorpius is behind it, he has to be, I know him long enough to see how clever he is

- it never ceases to amaze me how 2 dimensional your human mind is...

dargo now looks around, closing on john, I hope you are not mad at me for putting you out earlier, john, meet my wife...

greetings, but she is dead right?

she says, I am who I am... a recognizable voice now speaks, as a pulse blaster touches john's head... john smiles... this is too weird...
the butt of the gun stuns john, dargo is held from behind by someone else...

chiana looks at the man that just knocked out john... she says... Crais! it's you but how?

crais has a strange look in his eyes, they are emerald green, just like dargo's wife, what is funny is
the guy holding dargo is crais also.. a female sebacean suddenly administers a hypo to dargo and he falls almost immediately
grayza now stares at chiana and then we return to moya

in moya pilot is frantically punching on the controls, down in the holds
a drd wirls by and is kicked by a boot, the guy holding a pulse riffle looks at his prisoners,
it is crais, jool, sikozu and ayrin are tied together, crais turns around and gives an order to another crais,
find the dominar, he must be aprehended also, yes captain is the reply and the other crais walks away
ayrin looks at this crais and crais tells her, I know what you are thinking officer sun,
how is this possible? is this the real cpt crais? I will say yes, I am as real as you are, in fact we all are,
the room is littered with at least 5 other crais, you see, we are the product of advanced genetics,
you can say we are copies of all that made crais the great peacekeeper he was, minus the traitorous traits, we were seeded on moya by grayza, some time ago...
how do I know all this? well I was given pertinent information before being seeded
-seeded crais? ayrin laughs, so you are some kind of clone that grows like a plant?
so how many more of you are there?
-not only that, but I also come prepared, right now crichton is on the planet,
and apprehended, and you will all be delivered to PK command, we are all inter connected,
and we comunicate with each other by thought.

like a colony of insects! jool speaks, calling attention to herself,
crais walks closer and caresses her face, you are remarkable, very beautiful,
she turns away rejecting him, at which point he grabs her neck and single handedly picks her up,
as if she was a feather, she squirms and gasps for air... sikozu and ayrin look in amazement...

-in time my dear you will learn to reply with my affections...
he drops her and she falls face first, another crais stands her up and the rest are laughing and cheering,
as she looks at crais terrified another one jabs at her top and with a pull removes it, she now stands topless
-yes remarkable, I have information about how great interion women are as comforts...

leave her alone, sikozu says, but the butt of a riffle strikes her on the shoulder, a few crais approach jool and ayrin's face turns away in horror as the interion lets out a scream, sikozu is made to watch, it is obvious what is happening, about 5 crais copies are converging on jool, no please, noo.. I beg you please don't do this, her voice is marred with suffering, ayrin lets out a tear...

after a while jool is thrown back at them, she quickly curls into a fetal position, her expression is that of terror and pure suffering, a violation... her clothes are thrown at her and she slowly grabs at them... she is crying...
sikozu looks at ayrin... who has a look of defiance on her, the likes she has never seen, she is surprised... ayrin says mark my words you horrible man, tears still roll from her eyes, you will pay for this, you will all die at my hand

the commanding crais steps close to her, still buttoning his pants, is that a threat officer sun? his face is now close to hers, and she spits on him, what you have done here today, is to be judged, and I will be your executioner...
crais whipes his face and stands up, place a vigil, I will return later... he waltz out leaving only 2 copies behind to guard them...

a few seconds go by and sikozu says, where is rygel? suddenly a knife begins cutting her bindings, rygel,
as soon as she is free she turns and kisses rygel, who is bleeding, he collapses,
when she turns around she sees another crais come in, oh great, but this one quickly makes short work of the other 2, he stabs one and breaks the neck of the other one...
then walks towards ayrin, she looks surprised... rygel says in a faint voice, trust this one, ...
crais cuts ayrin's bindings and then turn towards jool who is puttin on her clothes,
she curls into a corner as he approaches, he grabs her shoulders, listen to me, shakes her,
she lets out a scream, it was not me child, his voice is different from the others and his eyes are not green,
ayrin had aquired a riffle and now pointed it at crais, who are you?
crais looks at her and says, I am crais, what is left of me,
I will explain everything, rygel, help him, we must get to pilot...
why should we trust you... you are one of them, sikozu says...

- I am what was discarded from the rest of the copies, all that is good you might say... help me end this abomination...
- how do we do that says ayrin, I have a plan, listen, we go into pilot's den,
we need a diversion, so me and one of you will go to the den,
then the rest distract the rest, once there we destroy the crais plant...
- I was spawned far from it, I would have destroyed it myself, but I was busy... killing... myselves...
so me and you officer sun, we go into pilot's den, the rest of you entertain the rest

sikozu is helping jool stand up, are you ok? can you do this?

norante enters, she is wearing a space suit... pardon me,
I noticed something happening and hid outside for a few microts...
ayrin says, rygel, get rygel back in shape, he helped us outat a terrible cost...

norante grabs a bag of some stuff and goes to rygel...
both jool and sikozu step out, in the corridor, jool snaps and says, I want to kill him...

we return to the planet surface,

grayza is using her charm on john, in a few orns, you will be at pk command,
where the aurora chair will dissect your mind
you lose and I win...

a crais copy walks in and stands at the door way,

have you found scorpius?

he collapses bleeding from his mouth, scorpius storms in firing on all 3 other copies in the room,
charisma!! it is what I have, I have come to save you all
grayza reaches for her pulse weapon but a shot from scorpy gets her also,
she falls to the floor while looking at him, he closes in and fires 4 more times
he is about to continue when john tells him, ok you murderous freak, untie us...
- why should I?I can deliver you myself...
a silence... but I won't...
he fires on john's cuffs and frees him, same for dargo and chiana
he shows john a little plant in a vase... dargos' wife hurries to him, they embrace again...

scorpius says, this plant... is the source of all the copies,
destroying it will kill all of them here on this planet...
dargo looks worried...
- it is the only way to escape with our lives...
dargo barks... noo...
-it's ok my dear, let my last breath be for you...
john says... sorry dargo... chiana look on,
-there must be another way...
- the plant is broken in half by scorpius hand...
dargo screams as the woman simply evaporates into dust, he lets out a cry...
chiana runs to him... she was not real dargo, let go...

back on moya...

a little plant sits on pilot's den...

in command sikozu enters, and she runs across the walls as a few crais fire on her missing
get her!! yells the head guy, and they run out following her... he is now alone...
jool appears in front of him, he quickly reaches for his gun, but as he points it, she screams and the gun melts...
she is defiant, red hair blaring, she hits him, he does not budge... she hits him again, nothing,
he grabs her... pushes her into a wall, turns her... pushes her to the ground, she fights but the copy is too strong
he is now on top of her... she is face down on the floor, and a sinister motion takes place

- is this what you want? you came for it, he licks the side of her face...
she can't fight him off, he reaches under her skirt, then makes the motion to undo his pants...
jool says nooo... nooo... this can't be happening...

back in pilot's den 1812 wakes pilot with a jolt...
pilot is waking up as ayrin comes in blasting, a fire fight ensues and crais is wounded,
he crawls to the little plant ayrin is backing onto him, firing her riffle
laying down a couple more copies, pilot then closes the door, blasts can be heard from the other side
crais reaches the plant, and reaches in and nabs it from the little vase...
he stands up painfully, ayrin puts a hand on his shoulder... crais
- I never said this to you before... but you are a hero... a misunderstood one but a hero nonetheless...
I understand that killing that plant, will destroy you also
- you don't have to do this if you don't want to...
I must officer sun... like you say, if I am a hero, then I am here to save you all once more

back in command...

we see jool still trying to get away but she is pinned and just when another violation is about to happen,
tears fall from her eyes, she has to accept her fate, she has gambled for revenge,
but it seems it is not going to happen...
she cries out in a painfull plea... oh please don't... awaaaaagh please stop, I beg you please...

back in pilot's den,
the rest of the crais, destroy the door and crais breaks the stem of the plant...
immediately the copies evaporate into dust, and he takes one more look at ayrin and says... goodbye...
then falls into dust

- in command...

the head crais dissapears into dust before the horrible act is commited once more,,,
jool is covered in dust, she sits and folds her arms, sobbing, sikozu comes in and hugs her...

on dargo's ship, everyone is silent, dargo stares into the empty space,
john calls out to pilot, pilot we are on our way back,
pilot appears on the screen, commander, there is much cleaning to do, we could use some help... welcome back

suddenly the little recorder belonging to john falls from chiana's garments, it begins playing

I close my eyes, only for a moment...
dust in the wind...
all we are is dust in the wind...
all we are is dust.... in the wind...

fade to black... credits roll, the song still plays