"John!" screamed a female voice in pain. The voice seemed to shake the
bulkheads of the Peace Keeper ship. He recognized the voice as Aeryn's. She
began to scream in extreme pain. He reached under his coat and pulled out 2
pistols. He kicked open the first door. 3 heavily armored Peace Keepers
were behind it. He ran in and opened fire. He was doing the impossible
twice, shooting with two guns and running while shooting. 2 fell instantly
and he dodged his head to avoid a headshot. His reprisal killed the Peace
Keeper. He busted through the next-door with Crais and 3 more guards behind
it. He turned to face Crichton as the others opened fire. He rolled out of
the way and returned fire hitting one in the stomach. A female groan came
from the Peace Keeper. He quickly fell the other 2 Peace Keepers. Suddenly
5 more burst through and opened fire. Crichton took cover behind a console.
His guns clicked out of ammo. He reached into his coat and pulled out a
human grenade. He threw the weapon into the crowd of Peace Keepers. The
explosion rattled on the walls. The PKs were all killed but Crais. He drew
closer to Crichton with his pistol. Crichton grabbed his custom knife and
threw it into Crasis' chest. Crais was dead and Aeryn's screams continued.
He grabbed a rifle and ran to the rear door. The female Peace Keeper was
still alive. Her helmet came off. It was Gillina! She looked at him. "I
loved you and it killed me", she said dying. Aeryn's screams stopped. He
burst through the last door, shooting the Peace Keeper Barbie. Scorpious
raised his hands. Aeryn was dead in the chair. "2 days in the chair killed
her John or was it your love, your not exactly batting a thousand with
Peace Keeper women". Scorpious said. Beeping came from nowhere.
He awoke in his quarters on the Freedom. It was the comm. He tapped the
button. "What!" he asked. Bartok's voice came over the comm. "Sir, a
freighter from Skara was arrived with the new ship", said Bartok. "Tell
them I will be up in 15 minutes", he replied. He groaned as he got out of
bed.
He walked down to engineering past a weary Stark. He went to the storage
room behind main engineering. He pulled out a smaller cloaking device and
put it in a case. D'argo met him at the airfield. They both boarded a
prowler, D'argo at the stick. The fighter quickly blasted from the surface
and into the void. The small black fighter approached the massive green
freighter and the small Bird of Prey about the size of a frigate. "There
she is, a San Jacinto class scout and attack ship," said Crichton. "Two
type 3 disrupters and a ion torpedo launcher", he added. "Drop me aboard
her while you go pick up the freighter Captain".
The bulkheads were only slightly farther apart than the ones on frigates. 2
Sebasceans and one Nebari were on the bridge. It was set up like the
Freedom's. He shook the Nebari's hand. "Daryo, you bastard how are you?"
asked Crichton. He had designed the Freedom's weapon systems. "The marauder
scanner that we salvage is functioning and peak capacity," he reported. He
handed over a disk. "Weapons tests results", he said. "Good, we don't have
time to test them, he have a aggressive search in an arn", said Crichton.
D'argo and the Sebascean Captain entered the bridge. "Your friend says that
your having personnel problems", said the Captain. "We need a science
officer, engineer, and a capable pilot", said Crichton. "For a short time
of course", he added. "I will give you my test pilot", said the Captain. He
shouted "Renaise!" "Renaise?" asked Crichton. An extremely beautiful, large
chested blonde entered the bridge. Her jump suit was zipped down low
showing a lot of cleavage. D'argo and John stared slack-jawed at her. "Holy
crap!" exclaimed Crichton. "You called", she said in a sweet Sebascean
accent. "You will be working for Captain Crichton as a replacement pilot
till he finds a new one", said the Captain. "She looked at Crichton. "Ahh,
the famous Captain John Crichton", she said. Her smile was so familiar.
"Umm, do you happen to have a sister or cousin named Gillina?" he asked.
"Yes my sister is a PeaceKeeper tech, why do you know her?" she asked. "I
did", he said sadly. "Anyway, we have to break orbit in an arn", he said.
The newly repaired Freedom flew next to the newly named Golden Eagle.
Chiana sat at the Freedom's helm. Suddenly Tak's station beeped. "I have 2
Urvidian D'vort class cruisers incoming", he reported. "2 there should be
six", said Crichton opening a channel. Tralk appeared.
"Tralk, where's the rest of the squadron?" asked Crichton. "They were
destroyed when we ambushed a heavily damaged command carrier and its
escorts", said Tralk. "We succeeded in destroying them all, but we lost 3
ships and severely damaged another", he reported. "3 cruisers and 2
frigates", he added." I am sorry Tralk", he said. "My techs will repair
your ships", he added. "We will help you find your friend and kill
Scorpious", said Tralk. "Alright, I will send you a search map, your ships
will have the 4th section", he said. The 5 ships, including the stolen
leviathan spread in different directions.
Soon D'argo checked in. "John, we have found the prowler dead in space and
abandoned, there is evidence that a frigate picked them up", he reported.
"Sir, were getting a communication from the Vallis system", said Tak.
Scorpious appeared on screen with Aeryn in the Aurora chair behind him.
"Hello Crichton", said Scorpious. Aeryn looked battered. "Let her go you
bastard!" exclaimed Crichton. "I suggest that you give yourself up if you
want Officer Sun to be alive by tomorrow", he said. He flicked the switch
and the chair began to work. She screamed in pain as she spun. "If you stop
the torture, I will take her place, I have your location", said Crichton.
"No, John!" she exclaimed as the chair stopped. "We will approached while
cloaked, if you aren't alone, there will be no deal", he said. Scorpious
disconnected.
"You can't be serious", said Chiana. "Of course not, I plan to decloak and
hit them with all we got", he said. "And how will we get to Aeryn without
them killing her?" asked Chiana. "Simple, we roll the dice", he said.
Insurrection Part 11: The Search