Retutn to Dad's Worst Nightmares Index
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John leaned against the bulkhead of the command carrier and desperately tried to calm his breathing. It was a hard thing to do considering he had just broke onto the ship and silently killed 4 Peace Keepers in his attempt to get this far. He crouched low and peered around the corner quickly. Nothing. He moved peered around again and studied the corridor and his first suspicions were confirmed. Nothing.
He gave Aeryn the ‘alls clear’ signal and she moved forward with Crais following a few metras behind her. She and Crais silently slid into the cover of hatchways and again the corridor ahead and behind John were clear. He eased around the corner, crouched to the shooting position then waived his hand signaling Aeryn and Crais to move. They moved past him taking up positions further down the corridor with Aeryn now at the point, Crais in the middle and John covering the rear.
Making painfully slow progress they leap-frogged their way through the command carrier’s administrative section. It was late in the ships sleep cycle and there were few Sebaceans to avoid so they were able to move steadily toward the central core of the command carrier – the home of Scorpius.
John was in the lead and right where he needed to be and right when he needed to be there for the plan to work. One click from his com would put the plan into action: Moya would burst out of starburst not a dozen metras from the command carriers bridge, the shock wave of her emergence would shatter the bridge and vent the entire command structure of the carrier to space. She would veer off violently as Talyn emerged from Starburst aft of the command carrier and let lose with his awesome firepower. D’Argo would be waiting outside the hanger doors to take care of any prowler that tried to emerge in his fighter. During the melee Scorpius would cease to exist and John and Wynonna would be avenged.
Just as John reached up to tap his com his head exploded in a blinding whirl of pain and flashing light. He pitched forward onto the deck and tried to protect his face with his hands but they weren’t working. He hit the ground like a sack and pain exploded again as his nose broke when he hit the floor. His mind tried to cope with the pain but it couldn’t and unconsciousness wouldn’t come to help him avoid it. Shock started to set in and he began to tremble uncontrollably, each tremble sending another nauseating wave of pain through his head.
Slowly John opened his eyes and saw a pool of blood forming on the floor near him, Wynonna was not far away and he was trying to reach out for his weapon when he noticed the movements. He slowly focused on the movements and saw that it was Crais, he was on the floor too and he was reaching for Wynonna also. A look of sheer terror covered his face as his hand neared the gun.
In slow motion John saw Aeryn step over Crais and straddle him. She grabbed her former captains pony tail and pulled hard causing him to slide back on the floor away from the gun. She then placed her pulse pistol at the base of Bilar Crais’ skull and pulled the trigger. His body twitched then fell still. John watched helplessly as the life drained from Crais’ face and the stench of burnt flesh filled his nostrils.
‘Crais must have shot me’ thought John as he reached again for Wynonna, ‘and Aeryn got her revenge.’ His fingers closed on the pistol grip but all charitable thoughts of Aeryn fled his shattered mind when she kicked the pulse pistol away from his hand.
Whimpering softly in pain John noticed another set of boots on the deck before him, right next to Aeryn’s. Painfully John turned his head and looked up and wished he hadn’t, he saw Scorpius staring down at him with the cold grin of a corpse. Aeryn practically wrapped herself around Scorpius and in turn Scorpy looked down at the shorter Sebacean woman. He lowered his head and lifted her chin and their lips met. John’s howl of pain and protest was lost on the couple as their infernal kiss seemed to go on forever.
Finally they broke the kiss and only then did Scorpius appear to notice John. “My dear Crichton, how good of you to drop in and visit me.” John watched in horror as Aeryn’s arm raised her pistol and points it at his head as Scorpius continued, “I’m sure you now realize that you are not the only one to receive one of my neural implants.”
To Be Continued…
