At your Dominar's Service
By Aeryn-17
Rating: Okay, lets say this is about a PG in UK terms (don't know
what it is in US, sorry, I must learn ratings.)
Category: Comedy (in my own sick little way), J/A shippy.
Time: Takes place after LatP trilogy but before LGM trilogy.
Spoilers: I can't really place any spoilers in here. Maybe for some
tiny bit in series one but it's not gonna ruin your viewing pleasure
if you haven't seen series 1 yet.
Disclaimer: Right. I don't own Farscape or any of the character.
If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfic, I'd be helping with scripts.
I'd also be rich and employ Ben Browder as my personal trainer :)
Plus me=student=no money= pointless lawsuit.
Feedback: That would be great. victoria@j... OR
aeryn_17@y... I will stop writing if no positive
reinforcement is given cos I've got my A-levels coming up. However,
you may want me to stop writing so that may be a good thing.
Summary: Rygel is made an offer he can't refuse and Aeryn acts out
of character.
It IS shippy but not as much as my other stuff. I tried to make it
more funny rather than serious (and failed miserably I know) but what
the hey, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Thanks: Thank you to Esther who acted as honorary muse when mine
decided to go on holiday and desert me. Also to Mia and Gordon, why?
I dunno, just for being there. Okay, enough of my ramblings,
Warning: torture and terrible fic follows!
" Excuse me, but you wouldn't happen to have any Hynerian marjoules
would you?" Rygel XVI, deposed dominar of Hyneria inquired.
" For frell's sake Rygel, you're supposed to bartering. Get us some
food or I'll rip your slimy head off" Aeryn paced back and forth
behind Rygel muttering angrily.
Rygel snorted, " Maybe you peacekeepers are content to consume that
dren you call food cubes but I am Rygel XVI, rightful dominar of the
Hynerian Empire".
"Remember my prophecy that someday you will die at the hands of a
peacekeeper?" Aeryn growled "Well maybe today will be that day if you
don't get on with it you self serving slug".
Rygel turned around to the vendor who had disappeared from
sight. "Hey! Pssst, Hynerian". Rygel peered into the darkened alley
and slowly advanced upon his thronesled. Suddenly the vendor came
into view.
"You and that peacekeeper obviously are not friends" The vendor spoke
quietly.
"I wouldn't even consider befriending peacekeeper scum" Rygel
sneered, but almost felt a pang of guilt at his words.
" Well, Hynerian, what if you could get her to do anything you
wanted?"
"Anything?" Rygel asked, his earbrows quirking up.
"-Anything-*" smiled the vendor.
****************
"RYGEL!" Aeryn bellowed. She hadn't seen him disappear from sight
but he was most definitely gone.
"RY." Aeryn was cut off from another shout by the appearance of the
Hynerian from out of the alley. He had an unnerving self-satisfied
grin on his face that set warning bells off in her head.
"It is all taken care of Aeryn, load up the transport pod and we can
go. I was selfish to try and buy marjoules for myself, I will think
of others next time". Aeryn stood aghast as Rygel floated past her,
unable to process all that he had said.
*****************
Back aboard Moya, Rygel was still acting completely out of character
and suspiciously in Aeryn's mind. On the way back from the commerce
planet Rygel had not uttered one word against her and had even
commented on the smell of her hair. Aeryn definitely knew there was
something wrong with Rygel, she just had to figure out what.
"Hey Aeryn, any luck planetside?" Aeryn was interrupted from her
thought process by the appearance of Crichton.
"Uh, yes, Crichton, our little sluggish dominar was surprisingly
successful but he's been friendly to me ever since we left the
planet, it's actually quite worrying".
"What? My little husky is being nice, well there's a news flash for
ya. He probably got some free marjoules or something". John grinned
at Aeryn who couldn't help but grin back.
"Well, shall we consume some of our newfound delicacies then?"
Crichton offered his arm and escorted Aeryn to the mess hall.
*******************
"Ha ha ha ha!" Rygel laughed evilly to himself.
"Soon I will have revenge for you abominable treatment of me
peacekeeper" Reaching into his thronesled he extracted an
intricately patterned bracelet.
"Yes! I shall give this to you and then you shall be my slave! After
all, I think it only fitting that a royal hynerian have at least one
person waiting on his, escaped prisoner or not!"
*******************
"Well, that certainly made a change from food cubes. Still got
nothin' on chocolate though". Aeryn gave John that `You are the most
bizarre creature' look but smiled at him anyway.
Aeryn spied the last piece of delicacy upon the table and reached for
it at the same time as John did.
" You have it Aeryn"
"No Crichton, you have it"
" No Aeryn, you have it"
"No Crichton, you should have it"
" Look Aeryn, you have it, I insist, ladies first". John wished he'd
never said it the moment it slipped out and braced himself for the
whack he expected to follow.
Instead, Aeryn growled huskily " Why don't we share it John?".
John was forced to do a double take when he heard Aeryn say
that. `Naw, she didn't just say that did she?' he thought to
himself. He glanced at her again and saw the hungry look in her
eyes. `Okay.maybe she did mean it.' he concluded to himself and tried
to swallow down the huge lump that had formed in his throat.
Aeryn bit off half of the delicacy and slowly leant towards John. In
response to her closeness John moved nearer and licked his lips self-
consciously. It seemed like an eternity to John until their lips met
but Aeryn closed the gap between them and slid her tongue in his
mouth. Their lips remained joined for a second, both of them
revelling in the sensations the other created within them.
Aeryn broke the kiss and moved away " Goodnight John, sleep well"
Aeryn grinned devilishly as she left the room.
"Frell" John muttered as he swallowed the piece of food she had
deposited into his mouth.
******************
Aeryn didn't know why she was running from the mess hall, she just
needed to get away from John in case she acted upon the feeling
whirling within her. She knew she had initiated it but why the frell
didn't she want it to continue? Hadn't she spent nearly every night
dreaming of him? Lost in her thoughts, she collided into Rygel.
"Watch where you're frell." Rygel stopped abruptly. " Ah, Aeryn,
sorry about getting in your way. You are obviously in a hurry. I am
also sorry for all the annoyance I have been the source of for the
many monens we have spent aboard Moya. The warning bells started
ringing in Aeryn's head again but she silenced them. Maybe Rygel
wanted to put an end to their bickering.
"As a gesture of my goodwill, I have something to give to you, call
it a gift of sorts if you will" Rygel glided closer and handed the
bracelet to Aeryn.
" Thank you, Rygel" Aeryn said cautiously "It's uh, beautiful, what
do you want in return?" Aeryn couldn't help but add that last bit in.
"What do I want?" Rygel asked, looking hurt "Why, I only wanted to
express my remorse at my poor treatment of you in the past. All I
ask in return is that you wear it to display to the rest of the crew
that we are indeed on amicable terms".
Aeryn nodded and placed the bracelet on her left arm, after all, she
couldn't have it hamper her shooting arm, could she? What harm could
a small bracelet do to her anyway, perhaps Rygel had changed for the
better. Suddenly Aeryn felt hazy, almost like a mist had enveloped
her consciousness.
"Thank you Rygel" Aeryn bowed graciously and continued to her
quarters slowly, oblivious to the Hynerian's evil chuckle behind her.
********************
John had been sitting in the mess hall for about half an hour after
Aeryn had left, still in a state of daze and shock. He was pondering
as to whether he should follow Aeryn or not.
"Frell it! You only live once" he said out loud as he lifted himself
off his seat and headed towards Aeryn's quarters. As he was on his
way he spotted Rygel hovering with a satisfied grin plastered on his
face.
"Hey Sparky, what's up?" Rygel coughed as if startled.
"Ahh, Crichton, how lovely to see you. You can be the first to know
that Aeryn and I have resolved our differences and are now on
amicable terms, it seems she can't resist
my charms!"
John grunted, " I doubt that very much. Whatever your playing at
Sparky, Aeryn can see right through it and if she decides to boot you
out the nearest airlock, I'm not gonna guarantee to stop her, in
fact, I might open the airlock for her.." With that, John continued
towards Aeryn's quarters. When he arrived he palmed the panel on
Aeryn's door and entered. He was surprised to see Aeryn sitting on
her bed staring into space.
"Hey Aeryn, you okay?"
"I've never felt better Crichton"
"I hear you and frog boy are best buds now" Crichton teased.
" You will speak nothing of his royal highness" Aeryn snapped.
Crichton chuckled "Okay Aeryn, that was your attempt at a joke right?
We are gonna have to work on your humour."
"Rygel and I have forged a sturdy relationship, I suggest you cease
to speak ill of him, he's actually very sweet and this crew
constantly misjudge and undervalue him. Goodnight Crichton"
John stood still, stunned at what Aeryn had just said but didn't have
the energy for an argument so he replied "Goodnight Aeryn" `I hope
she finishes wigging out by tomorrow' he muttered to himself.
******************
John whistled as he headed towards the mess hall. He was trying to
figure out what was up with Aeryn. He thought she was joking but she
had called Rygel sweet, hell, he didn't think the word sweet had ever
appeared in Aeryn's vocabulary before. `Okay John, get a grip, she
was just getting her own back for the `food incident' that had
happened earlier' he told himself. His thoughts were interrupted by
the sound of giggling coming from the mess hall. `God, can't Chiana
and D'argo ever use their quarters for that kind of thing?' he
thought to himself. However, when he entered the mess hall, he was
not greeted by the frenzy of re-dressing he had come to expect but
instead saw Rygel sitting at the table with Aeryn hand feeding him
the delicacies they had bought on the commerce planet. John closed
his eyes `okay John, wake up now, you really don't want to be
dreaming about this' but when he opened his eyes the scene was still
taking place.
"Pass me some of the green ones woman" Rygel commanded.
"Certainly Rygel my sweet" Aeryn replied with a giggle and reached
over to grab some food and tenderly place it in Rygel's mouth. John
nearly passed out on the spot.
"Aeryn, did you hear what he just called you?" John tried to
maintain a tone that clouded his disgust at the scene that was taking
place but failed miserably.
"Oh shut up Crichton, just because she's finally found herself a real
man who knows how to keep a female in her place and doesn't believe
in any of this love yotz. You're just put out because she won't be
hovering around you like a bad smell anymore" Rygel spat between
mouthfuls of food.
"Why, you little slug, what have you done to her? I'm gonna space
your sorry ass out the nearest airlock" John moved forward to grab
Rygel but was knocked out of the way by Aeryn.
"I don't think so," she hissed, drawing her pistol on John.
John had never seen Aeryn like this since Traltixx had come on board
and everybody had been obsessed with those crackers and he didn't
like the misty look in her eyes. He decided retreat was the safest
option and held his hands up in defeat and backed away. Still
keeping his eyes on Aeryn he backed straight into D'Argo.
"Watch where you're frelling going John" D'Argo grumbled.
" Hey big guy, I'd think twice about going to eat in there, the
scene's so sickening you wouldn't be able to keep the food down" John
muttered. "Aeryn seems to have taken a fancy to Rygel and she's -
very- protective of him"
"You are pulling my arm John" D'Argo laughed heartily.
"Umm, that's leg, D'Argo, and I'm not joking. She seems infatuated
with him"
D'Argo glanced at Aeryn feeding Rygel " Perhaps you are right John,
maybe you should inform Zhaan that we definitely have a problem"
D'Argo was beginning to feel queasy just looking at them.
"I'd say that was a reasonable assumption big guy, I'll take you up
on that suggestion" Crichton headed towards Zhaan's quarters.
*********************
"Hey Blue, you know what's up with Aeryn?"
"Sorry John, I am unaware of anything strange apart from the fact
that Aeryn and Rygel have resolved their differences.
"Well, I got a newsflash for you, Aeryn is sitting in the mess hall
hand feeding Rygel"
"John, Zhaan" Chiana's voice came over the comms. "Aeryn's gone
completely farboht. She and Rygel have headed towards his quarters
to bathe him"
"Son of a gun, do you believe me now Zhaan?" John blurted, heading
towards the door.
"Yes John, we must sort out what is wrong with Aeryn, and quickly!"
Zhaan shouted after John as she followed him towards Rygel's quarters.
When they arrived at Rygel's quarters Rygel was sitting, disrobed.
"Where's Aeryn, Sparky?" John demanded as he entered the room.
Before Rygel could reply, Aeryn walked in carrying a container of
water in her trousers and peacekeeper bra.
"Aeryn, what the hell are you doing?" John exclaimed.
" I am attempting to bathe my Dominar to whom my life belongs to, I
live to serve him only". Rygel chuckled and John moved to grab him
only to be, once again, stopped by Aeryn, who, for the second time
that day had her pistol aimed at John's head. John closed his eyes,
expecting a blast when suddenly Aeryn let out a small moan and
crumpled to the ground, John looked to see D'Argo behind her and
breathed a sigh of relief.
"It was necessary" D'Argo said, as if to justify his actions.
" Yeah I know, but she's gonna be pissed when she wakes up" John
replied automatically, remembering the time when the three of them
were stranded on the asteroid.
"Now Sparky" John began, " Since your body guard is somewhat
incapacitated, it's time you explained to us what the frell is going
on".
"Humph, Crichton, nothing is going on. Do you find it so difficult
to believe that she can find me irresistible?"
" Yes, I do find that hard to believe Rygel, considering that only a
day ago she hated your guts". John lifted Rygel in the air and shook
him by the throat.
"Alright" Rygel croaked, " I'll tell you"
John put him down. " Get talking Sparky or I'll space you and work
out what's bothering Aeryn on my own".
" When we were down on the commerce planet I was offered a
controlling bracelet which would ensure that the wearer would obey
the every command and worship whoever gave them the bracelet. Aeryn
and I hate each other to say the least so I thought it would be
suitable vengeance to use it on her, so I gave it to her as
a `gift' ".
John moved to Aeryn and removed the bracelet from her wrist and put
it in his pocket.
"I'll space this piece of junk later" he muttered in disgust and
picked up Aeryn.
"Come along sleeping beauty, let's get you to your quarters". John
carried to her quarters and placed her gently on the bed.
" Damn you had me worried there for a moment" he whispered " I can
just about take being dumped for graduate studies but for Rygel? If
that ever happens I swear I will kill myself". He chuckled and
planted a soft kiss on her lips and headed for his quarters.
******************
Aeryn awoke with a thumping headache feeling like she had slept for
days. She stumbled out of bed, not realising that she was dressed,
to get some food from the mess hall. When she arrived she spotted
Crichton sitting at the table, playing with his food.
"Hey" she said softly.
"Hey" he replied with the beginnings of a smile curving at the
corners of his mouth.
"Why do I feel like dren?" Aeryn clutched her head.
" Do you remember -anything- of what happened yesterday?" John asked.
"No. Why? What happened?"
"Let's just say you had a really eventful day" he grinned.
Aeryn looked puzzled but shrugged and sat down beside John and picked
at the food on his plate. John sighed and put his hands into his
pockets, one of them encountered a metal object and he remembered he
had forgotten to space Rygel's bracelet. He grinned smugly as an
idea hit him.
" Hey Aeryn.. I have a gift for you!"
*******************
Finito :)
Sorry, that was a bit of a marathon fic for me but I hope it wasn't
too painful to read. If you liked it, feedback will encourage my
muse to inspire me more often. If you hated it, I need to know cos I
will personally assassinate my muse upon request.