[Previously on...]

Shadow depository.

John is strapped on his back, to a large metallic ball.

JOHN: Alright, Frankenstein, let's get it on. Get your property outta my head.

SCORPIUS: It's controlling you, isn't it John?

JOHN: I don't know what you're talkin' about.

SCORPIUS: [taps John's forehead] In there. My neural clone. It forced you to me.

JOHN: Nothing forced me here. Annual checkups are essential to good health.

SCORPIUS: You're lying, John. I always know. Don't worry. Soon I'll take the pain away.

Scorpius arranges controls on a device.

Moya - a recorded message appears on the clamshell.

JOHN: This thing in my head, this chip...part of me...now...wants it to control me, so I'm gonna go to Scorpy and have him take it out before it's too late. Before I no longer want it gone. Goodbye my friends. [pause] At least by swapping myself for Jothee, I can do you some good.

AERYN: [to D'argo] You see how you misread him?

D'ARGO: Yes.

AERYN: This doesn't change anything.

RORF: What's not changed?

AERYN: The plan. Why we brought you all here.

BAKHESH: Hey! Nobody brought me, I volunteered! I am the holy warrior of Teru!

AERYN: Whatever. All I'm saying to the rest of you is, that you were willing to go and save Jothee, and instead, we'll just go and rescue Crichton.

ZELKIN: Excuse me! You're forgetting one thing.

D'ARGO: What?

ZELKIN: We came on this adventure for one reason. You said you could pay us.

TEURAC: That's right!

CHIANA: Well, that's true but-

KURZ: Have you any currency, now?

CHIANA: Well um, we did have currency....uh...but what we thought was currency actually turned into um...a - a creature. And uh, it - i-it was alive and we had to burn the ship cause-

ZELKIN: [cuts in] Yes, yes, yes, yes. I understand that, girl. But you see my problem, don't you? I don't do anything unless I get paid. And since you no longer have currency...

The Zenetan pirates pull guns. Zelkin points his at Chiana.

ZELKIN: Moya is now mine.

AERYN: Go on, shoot her. [pause] You're an embarassment, Zelkin.

CHIANA: Aeryn-

AERYN: [cuts in] You're worse! You're worse than an embarrassment, you're an idiot!

CHIANA: [softly, to Aeryn] What are you doing?

AERYN: There are thirty thousand containers in the Shadow Depository, filled with riches that you could have, but you'd rather point a gun at a girl.

ZELKIN: What are you tryin' to do, Aeryn? Shame me into going with you?

AERYN: No. No, because even if you wanted to, I wouldn't go into battle with you now. Do you know why? Because you're a coward and an idiot! What do you think you're going to get, if you steal Moya? She's a half-burned Leviathan. I mean, you two have to be the stupidest pirates I've ever met.

KURZ: We are not stupid!

Jothee and Stark enter.

JOTHEE: Hey! What's going on?!

Everyone now points their guns at each other.

D'ARGO: Stop right where you are and remain calm! Everybody. Keep calm.

CHIANA: See, Zelkin? You don't have the numbers. Get that gun outta my face!

She shoves him and he grabs her, and locks her against himself with his arm. Rorf grabs Jothee by the throat. Guns are now pointed at Rorf and Zelkin.

RORF: I think this whole idea rots! I want-

STARK: [cuts in] I want, I want! My side, your side, all of you, I want!

RORF: What's the matter with you, fek face?!

STARK: Matter-matter, I'll tell you matter, anti-matter-matter-matter-matter! [groans] Scorpius killed ten thousand of my people! Ten thousand, cast into space! Ten thousand souls scream in my brain! The chair, the chair, remember the chair?

RORF: What chair? This fek is crazy!

STARK: You agree? You agree! Agree?

RORF: Will you fight like this, down there?

STARK: Of course, of course! Look, no hands, no hands!

RORF: Then I change my mind, Zelkin. [growls] This one has the spirit of the hunter, and not the prey. But I want currency if I come and plenty of it.

AERYN: You'll get it. You'll all get it. So are we agreed? Are we going down to rescue Crichton?

PILOT: [on comm] Aeryn, D'argo?

AERYN: Not now Pilot, we're negotiating.

PILOT: But...there's a ship approaching.

D'ARGO: Is it Scorpius?

PILOT: No, it's.......it's Talyn.

CHIANA: Talyn?

Depository. Scorpius adjusts a sensor, positioned above John's eye. Natira closely examines John's body.

NATIRA: Scorpius, tell me something. Why are you so interested in this human? There's nothing impressive about the species.

She moves to examine him near his genitals. He squirms.

SCORPIUS: Try not to move so much. One flinch at the wrong time and this will...paralyze you.

JOHN: It's kinda hard not to flinch here, Scorpy...with Frau Blucher ticklin' my prostate.

NATIRA: What are you doing to him? Why don't you just take him and leave?

SCORPIUS: I must soften his neural receptors, to see if my clone in his brain has reached the information I need. If I have, then I will call my Command Carrier back from battle, and be away from you.

JOHN: See, Flavious Scorpius here wants to visit foreign lands, meet foreign people and conquer them.

SCORPIUS: You overestimate me, John. I have no desire to dominate the Universe. But know this, the wormhole technology in your brain...will sway the balance of power as we know it. Imagine, the ability to move an army in an instant. The power...to make hostile planets disappear.

Scorpius waves his hand over the large control and John tenses up in pain.

PILOT: [on comm] Crais, we are very thankful that you allowed Talyn to respond to her mother's distress call. Eight entire tiers are burnt. And Moya's immune levels are falling to critical.

Aeryn and Crais walk through the destroyed area of the ship.

CRAIS: The nutrients that Talyn's supplying should start to heal Moya. Keep a check on the electro-cell levels. They mustn't rise above six parts.

PILOT: I'm well aware of that.

AERYN: How much longer will Talyn remain linked to Moya?

CRAIS: Two arns.

AERYN: And then you'll be leaving.

CRAIS: There is little more that Talyn can do. Is there some reason you wish us to stay?

Aeryn pauses.

AERYN: We are planning to attack a Shadow Depository below us.

CRAIS: And you want Talyn to help?

AERYN: Scorpius is in the depository.

CRAIS: Tempting. I thought you didn't want to use Talyn for violence? You all said that from the beginning.

AERYN: Yes, but this is different.

CRAIS: How? Is this violence more acceptable because it's for you?

AERYN: No, it's because Scorpius has captured Crichton and he's going to kill him if we don't get down there.

CRAIS: [chuckles] There's always a reason for violence, Aeryn. Thousands of people die for the most virtuous causes.

AERYN: You don't have to lecture me, Crais.

CRAIS: I believe I do. You've lectured me countless times. [short pause] How long has Scorpius held Crichton?

AERYN: [shrugs] Four arns.

CRAIS: Then I recommend that you bring down a basket without any holes, so that Crichton's liquid remains are not lost. He's already dead, Aeryn.

Stark reviews the rescue plan, in the maintenance bay. Floor plans are scattered on the floor.

STARK: And all the doors are cross-synchronized. So when you're here, I'm...here. And - and everything's perfectly timed, because we're on a silent count. Right? Right? Right?! You pay attention! If one piece of this plan fails, then the entire plan fails! You got it? You've got it?!

RORF: Look, all I understand is that I'm going down first!

STARK: With Bakhesh.

RORF: Great! We are going down. While you all stay up here, out of danger.

RYGEL: You're the tracker. You must locate Crichton before we risk ourselves.

RORF: [growls] What are you doing with that head?

RYGEL: He's an old enemy. I like that he doesn't talk back.

STARK: As soon as you locate Crichton, then the rest of us will follow straight down. And then Teurac and I will destroy their generator.

BAKHESH: How come I don't get that job?!

STARK: Because you can't produce a fireball that burns at seven thousand klances.

TEURAC: How will I know when to start burning the generator?

STARK: I told you, we'll all be on a silent count for the entire battle!

RORF: A s- a silent count! While we're fighting?

STARK: Yes, it's easy.

TEURAC: It's complicated!

RORF: [indicates towards pirates] What do they do?

STARK: The Zenetans will deploy the Flax.

RORF: The Flix?! What the frell is the Flix?!

KURZ: The Flax is a net that will trap any ship coming after you!

RORF: A net, oh I see. They stay up here opening a net, while I'm down there, risking my life!

ZELKIN: What's the point of a plan, if you don't get away at the end? Pack animal!

Jothee examines D'argo's Qualta Blade. D'argo enters.

D'ARGO: Do you know what that is?

JOTHEE: No. What is it?

D'ARGO: It's uh...it's your blood ancestors Qualta Blade. My father's father used it in the Siege of Rekmaen.

JOTHEE: You're kidding me. He fought with this? It weights a drakik.

D'ARGO: It's perfectly balanced. I still use it myself. I'm uh....I'm sorry that we haven't spoken.

JOTHEE: Don't be sorry. I don't know what to say, either.

D'ARGO: Who did this to you? Who mutilated you?

JOTHEE: You did. In a way, you've done everything that ever happened to me.

D'ARGO: Jothee. Son. I had to send you away. After your Uncle accused me of killing your mother-

JOTHEE: [cuts in] I'm not angry with you. But, what's going on in the ship...you don't expect me to help you save Crichton, do you?

D'ARGO: I thought you would want to. I-

JOTHEE: [cuts in] Listen! I'm interested in saving myself! For ten cycles I've been running, trying to survive!

D'ARGO: I realize that, I want to know everything that has happened to you in your life-

JOTHEE: [cuts in] No, no! You don't wanna know! Believe me! You don't wanna know. I have done things. Many things I'm not proud of, to survive. Now...I - - I don't wanna shame you. But I am not going back to that planet. I only just got my freedom back. I'm not gonna risk losing it again.

Depository.

SCORPIUS: There. He's ready, now.

JOHN: Oh, don't stop now Scorpy. Roll me over and baste the other side.

NATIRA: Are you going to take out the implant?

SCORPIUS: No. I'm going in.

He's wearing a device exactly like the one he's placed on John's head. He waves his hand over the control. John jerks, and is suddenly standing on a dock by a lake.

JOHN: What the hell?

He turns and looks around. The Scorpius clone walks up the pier towards him.

JOHN: This is Sawyers Mill. My dad used to bring me fishing here, when I was a kid.

CLONE: This is a place inside your memory, John. A place in your brain.

JOHN: In my brain.

CLONE: Yes, we're inside your brain. And no, I'm not Scorpius. But he is.

SCORPIUS: Hello, John. [to Clone] Have you obtained the wormhole information?

John walks towards Scorpius.

CLONE: I believe I've burrowed far enough. The information was well hidden by the Ancients. I suspect even Crichton is unaware of the specifics.

SCORPIUS: Is he ready to have the chip removed?

CLONE: Oh yes.

SCORPIUS: I'll call my Command Carrier. [to John] When we reach my ship, and I remove my neural clone, your death will be painless.

JOHN: Screw this.

He starts to walk off, but Scorpius spears him in the neck with a device that paralyzes his body.

JOHN: I can't move. God, I can't move.

Aeryn shuttles to Talyn.

CRAIS: I'm sorry Aeryn, you're wasting your time if you came here to beg!

AERYN: I'm not begging.

CRAIS: Choose your own word.

AERYN: Look Crais, we're all going to die if you don't help us.

CRAIS: Will other lives be lost in this attack?

AERYN: You can have anything you want. Anything.

CRAIS: Aeryn Sun. Are you...offering yourself? [pause] Crichton, if he is still alive, must mean a great deal to you.

AERYN: You can take what you want and I won't stop you.

D'argo works in the maintenance bay. Jothee enters.

JOTHEE: I don't want you to think I'm a coward.

D'ARGO: I don't. I've been thinking about what you said earlier. I was wrong to ask you to join us in battle. It's not your fight.

JOTHEE: No, father. If it's your fight, then it's mine too.

D'ARGO: Thank you.

Zelkin, Teurac and Kurz enter.

ZELKIN: Ka D'argo. We need to talk. About the plan.

D'ARGO: [softly] Not again. [pause] [to comm] Pilot, would you mind telling these...fools...what we talked about earlier?

PILOT: D'argo advised me to auto-program the maintenance bay. If you try to mutiny, the chamber will fill with Behnam gas, and render you unconscious.

ZELKIN: We have no desire to die, Ka D'argo. But you are a warrior. You must admit, this plan seems uh..., flawed.

D'ARGO: It's more than flawed. It's frelled. And that is why I say we should forget about it.

TEURAC: Forget it?! You think that they're just going to let us walk in down there?!

D'ARGO: [to comm] Pilot, is Moya well enough to do us one more favor?

PILOT: What...kind of favor?

D'ARGO: A low-level maneuver through atmosphere.

PILOT: I...think she might be able to manage it, once. I'll ask her.

D'ARGO: This is what I think we should do. Moya should prove a distraction. And we go down there, burst through the front doors and storm the place. It's what we do best.

Aeryn stands at the door.

AERYN: Are you ready to go down now and save Crichton?

ZELKIN: But we all heard his transmission. What if Crichton's worse, and won't be rescued?

AERYN: Well, that's easy. I put a bullet in Crichton's head and end it.

Depository.

BRACA: The Command Carrier's arriving six arns earlier than expected, Sir.

SCORPIUS: Well, that's too bad.

AKKOR: I thought you wanted to leave as soon as possible?

SCORPIUS: I do, but uh.....good news. I'm always suspicious of good news.

JOHN: Hey, Scorpy. Why don't you cut me down? Isn't torture time over?

SCORPIUS: I don't torture people John, you misunderstand me. Now that my neural clone has reached the information that I need, I'll remove it. As soon as my Command Carrier arrives. It seems-

He cuts off with a pained expression and a growl.

JOHN: Oooh, what's the matter? Got a little warm head? How about I change that rod for you, I got some spares.

SCORPIUS: Natira! Lock this chamber down! Open it for no one but me!

He exits.

AKKOR: I'll do it.

Akkor and Braca exit.

NATIRA: Human. You are surprising. I've never seen Scorpius worry about anyone, as much as you.

JOHN: Don't be jealous Frau Blucha. He only loves me for my mind. You know, you should come in and visit sometime.

NATIRA: Why would I ever want to go inside you?

JOHN: So the Scorpius in my head can tell you exactly how he's going to kill you.

NATIRA: Well I can tell you, you're about to taste blood.

She swipes her hand across his face, causing him to spit blood from his mouth.

JOHN: Was that good for you?

NATIRA: Yes.

She wipes a drop off his lip with her claw, and puts it in her mouth.

Outside the Depository.

RORF: [to comm] Moya. Anyone! [taps comm] How does this frelling thing work?

RYGEL: I hear you blood tracker.

RORF: We're just outside the Depository, and yes, you were right. The guards aren't looking for a Vorcarian or a Tavlek.

RYGEL: Can you smell Crichton?

RORF: Uh no, but-

RYGEL: [cuts in] Why not?

RORF: Well, it's just-

Bakhesh grabs the comm from him.

BAKHESH: The problem is, he's a lousy tracker! It seems smelling is a females job!

RYGEL: Oooooh, frell! I don't want to hear excuses. Just find Crichton!

RORF: You're no help, Bakhesh! Why don't you frell off?! Hm? I would have found him by now if it wasn't for you clomping around behind me!

BAKHESH: Fine! From now on, you're on your own! [growls]

Zhaan walks the corridors. She hears the sound of wheezing. When she turns, she sees and a cloud of smoke exiting a doorway. She approaches. She hears more wheezing and a small puff of smoke. She looks in the doorway and slumps her shoulders.

ZHAAN: What's the matter, Teurac?

TEURAC: [stammers] Uh, nothing!

Zhaan enters.

ZHAAN: Can you produce flame?

TEURAC: Of course!

ZHAAN: I will not let you endanger the rest of us. Stark's plan depends upon your ability to produce flame. If you cannot.....I must warn the others.

TEURAC: No! I still have flame nutrients. But, can no longer tap into them. Unless...

ZHAAN: Unless what?

TEURAC: If you have Takka serum...

ZHAAN: But that's poison.

Rorf jumps into the hallway with his gun drawn, and looks both directions.

RORF: [to comm] Pilot. Pilot! Answer this frelling thing, will you?!

PILOT: Ah.....am sorry, Rorf. I've been training all my senses on healing Moya.

RORF: I got through the waste vents and Crichton's on the level above the main chamber. He's-

He stops short as he rounds the corner and sees Akkor with two soldiers. He growls and poises to attack, but is knocked out from behind by another guard.

PILOT: Rorf. Rorf!

Later. Akkor holds a device to Rorf, who is bound to the side of the same ball that Crichton is strapped on top of.

RORF: I...told you! I don't know this human.

SCORPIUS: Bounty hunter. Why are you here?

RORF: Well, I was planning to make a deposit. [laughs]

AKKOR: A deposit of what? Fur lice?

NATIRA: Akkor, back away and shut up.

AKKOR: I'm just doing-

NATIRA: [cuts in] Back away, now.

Akkor walks away, dejectedly.

SCORPIUS: Bounty hunter. This is the last time I will ask. What are you, doing here?

RORF: Get frelled! [laughs] You know what I was doing! I was casing the joint for Zenetan pirates. I didn't know you were here, and I don't know who he is.

SCORPIUS: Zenetan pirates.

NATIRA: Please allow me to question the animal. Sometimes a females touch...

SCORPIUS: [to Rorf] You should have answered me. [whispers] I was trying to save you.

Natira stands, and the claws on her head expand. She approaches.

NATIRA: Animal. You have lovely eyes. I love red eyes. Very sensual. Very unusual.

She grabs his face.

NATIRA: Animal. What are you doing here?

RORF: I told you!

NATIRA: Do not lie again! Who are you communicating to, and what is the plan to free the human?

RORF: A plan? I don't know of any plan.

NATIRA: Animal. I love your eyes so much. Your lying eyes.

She leans in, and pokes out his eye. He howls in pain.

Continued Scene VI.

Rorf howls in pain, as he holds a cloth to his empty eye socket.

RORF: And that's all I know! They plan to destroy the generator! Then attack in the darkness. Darkness is the key. P-please don't take my other eye! [whimpers]

SCORPIUS: Natira. My...senses tell me that this animal is telling the truth. Braca, come with me. If we secure the generator, their plan will fail.

Transport pod. Zhaan, D'argo, Jothee, Aeryn, Rygel, Teurac and Stark head for the planet.

D'ARGO: We have to be fast. Once we land on the planet, Moya is going to run a distraction. Teurac, Zhaan and Stark, I want you to go through the waste vents, into the depository, and destroy the generators. Aeryn and I will meet up with Bakhesh. Once the power is gone, we'll be able to storm through the center chamber doors, and rescue Crichton.

JOTHEE: What about me? I thought I was going, too?

D'ARGO: You're going to stay here on the transport pod with Rygel.

JOTHEE: I said I'd go, that's why I'm here!

D'ARGO: Look, it is not your fight! I've lost you once before. I'm not going lose you again.

The guards prepare for the attack. Scorpius walks with a group of guards, Akkor and Braca.

SCORPIUS: Braca. When I secure the generator, get to the monitor and be my eyes and ears.

BRACA: Yes, Sir.

SCORPIUS: [to Akkor] Tell me. Is there a back way to the generator?

AKKOR: Yes.

AERYN: [to comm] Pilot, we'll be touching down on the planet in thirty microts.

PILOT: Good luck, Aeryn. Good luck to you all.

AERYN: Thank you, Pilot. Rygel. I'm handing control over to you........now. Let's do it.

PILOT: Starting descent, now. Chiana, tell the Zenetans to prepare for a low-level maneuver.

CHIANA: You got it, Pilot.

Moya streaks across the surface, as she descends.

Depository.

NATIRA: Blue eyes. Look out at that. That is the last sight your eyes will ever see.

JOHN: You are a sick puppy. Scorpius has to kill me and you're still gettin' your jollies.

NATIRA: Oh, he doesn't - he doesn't have to kill you, blue eyes.

JOHN: What? He - - he can get the chip out without hurting me?

NATIRA: [nods] Ah, yes. First red, now blue.

Her claws expand once more from her head. She approaches John.

NATIRA: Scorpius wants your brain. He said nothing about your eyes. Blue eyes. So soft. Very rare.

A loud booming noise is heard. Natira turns.

NATIRA: What the frell is that?

Moya quickly comes into sight.

JOHN: That's Moya.

She skims the building, exploding the many windows.

Chiana gives a war cry.

PILOT: [to comm] You're clear to land Rygel, get in there now!

Rygel lands the pod with great speed, skimming across the ground before coming to a complete stop.

Braca sees D'argo, Aeryn and Bakhesh shooting their way through the entrance.

BRACA: [to comm] Sir. We have a problem.

Bakhesh, Aeryn and D'argo shoot the guards.

AERYN: Now!

They continue to battle.

AERYN: Bakhesh, take out the camera!

Bakhesh shoots the camera. The image in the main viewing room goes to static.

SCORPIUS: Mobilize every available soldier! Have them stand by outside the main chamber!

Troops rush down the corridors.

JOHN: Oh dear, dear, dear, what has Moya done here? You are so screwed, Medusa! I'll tell ya what! You get me out of here and I'll help you stay a-liiiive.

NATIRA: Why do you want to escape now, human?

JOHN: You just told me that I can get the chip out of my head without dying. When you get me out of here, I'll give you the damn chip. Hell, you can have the wormhole technology, as a bonus you can have one of my eyes!

RORF: Let us go, you bitch!

Stark, Zhaan and Teurac shoot their way to the generator.

STARK: Generators this way!

ZHAAN: [to Teurac] Quick!

They arrive.

ZHAAN: Teurac, there's the generator! Burn it!

TEURAC: Give me the Takka serum! Give it to me now!

ZHAAN: Are you sure? It's seven units! It's a lethal dose!

TEURAC: Not for us! Younger Sheyangs have suffered nine. Give it to me! There is no other way.

Zhaan jams the needle into Teurac's chest.

Aeryn, D'argo and Bakhesh continue to battle in the main chamber.

D'ARGO: We have to get that frelling gun.

AERYN: [to self] Okay.

She jumps out from around the corner and shoots a guard positioned in the middle, and another soldier.

D'argo turns out from his hiding area to shoot, but his gun jams. Another soldier positioned in the center aims for D'argo. D'argo tries several times to shoot, but can't. He throws it, skewering the soldier in the chest.

AERYN: Good shot.

D'ARGO: I was aiming for between his eyes.

Generator.

ZHAAN: Teurac! What's taking so long, you have to destroy the generator now!

TEURAC: I'm trying! My chest...the fuel is there, but I can't reach it!

ZHAAN: You must hurry! They'll be here soon!

SCORPIUS: I'm here already, Zhaan.

A soldier captures Stark. Scorpius comes up behind Zhaan.

SCORPIUS: Put the weapon down. [deep] Put the weapon down, now!

D'argo, Aeryn and Bakhesh have defeated the soldiers in the main chamber.

D'ARGO: Why hasn't the power gone off?

AERYN: It's that frelling Sheyang. He couldn't do it. I knew I shouldn't have trusted him!

Aeryn goes to the controls for the door. Bakhesh follows, giving passing shots to the dead soldiers.

AERYN: Do you think there's anyone on the other side of this door?

Soldiers place themselves at the doorway.

BAKHESH: Are we gonna do this or not?!

AERYN: I don't know if we have any other choice.

D'ARGO: None whatsoever.

Generator.

SCORPIUS: Natira! Natira, why aren't you answering me?!

TEURAC: Scorpius! Don't worry about her. Worry about me!

AKKOR: Shoot him!

SCORPIUS: No. No, don't! He's a Sheyang.

TEURAC: That's right! I'll explode if you shoot me! Goodbye, Zhaan. This is not your fault. I always knew it had to end like this.

ZHAAN: Teurac!

He points his gun at himself and shoots, exploding. Stark and Zhaan take the opportunity to run. Everyone feels the building shake.

The lights dim, and then shut off.

D'ARGO: They did it! They killed the power!

BAKHESH: You go to night vision.

D'argo and Aeryn pull down their night vision goggles.

AERYN: I can't see, mine's not working.

The door creaks open.

D'ARGO: Just shoot!

They battle their way through the soldiers. Aeryn intermittently hits her goggles, trying to make it work, but also continues to shoot.

AERYN: Wait. I think I did it. My night visions are finally working!

Just then, the emergency lighting comes on. Surrounding them, dead Peacekeeper soldiers.

BAKHESH: For someone who couldn't see, you did okay.

Soldiers leave the generator area. A soldiers screams, as he writes around, on fire.

SCORPIUS: [to comm] Braca! Braca, can you see Crichton?

BRACA: No, the monitor's gone dead!

SCORPIUS: Then get me some emergency power, now! Natira. Natira, I know you're listening. If you're betraying me, if anything happens to Crichton...

Torture room.

JOHN: Come on, Natira! You've gotta make up your mind, quick!

SCORPIUS: [on comm] Answer me!

JOHN: Scorpy's gonna kill you, no matter what happens here! You don't believe me?! Go in my head and ask the clone how you're gonna die! Ask him!

After a pause, John finds himself inside his head, once again at Sawyer's Mill. He's still paralyzed.

JOHN: Natira, ask him.

NATIRA: Where is he?

CLONE: I'm here, Natira.

NATIRA: Tell me! Scorpius would never harm me, would he?

CLONE: Oooh. Now I know why Scorpius finds you so....enticing. To possess a beauty like you. To feel....all of this.

NATIRA: Crichton's right. Scorpius is going to kill me.

CLONE: Oh, my lovely. How fortunate you are. Your death will be painless.

The clone walks towards the end of the pier. Natira goes back to John.

JOHN: Natira! Come get this spike outta my neck, forget about him!

NATIRA: If I take it out, will you get me on Moya, away from Scorpius? Do we have a deal?!

Aeryn, D'argo and Bakesh enter the room where John was earlier.

BAKHESH: Where is Crichton?! You said he was here!

D'ARGO: This is where Rorf said he would be. They must have moved him.

AERYN: Obviously!

Natira leads John and Rorf down the corridors.

NATIRA: There's a way out on the lower level! We must move faster!

Scorpius speaks in John's mind.

CLONE: John. Go back. You can't escape me.

RORF: What's the matter, Crichton?

JOHN: I've got Scorpius in my head and he's not going to let me go!

NATIRA: Move!

RORF: Don't push him, bitch!

JOHN: Just stop it!!

RORF: Don't tell me to stop it, she took out my eye!

An bomb explodes behind them.

NATIRA: Peacekeepers!

They run.

Zhaan and Stark stop in a four way corridor.

ZHAAN: [to comm] We're on our way to the pick up point Rygel! Come and get us now!

RYGEL: On our way, Zhaan.

JOTHEE: Out of the way you slug, I'm gonna-

He cuts off as Rygel tries to bite him.

BRACA: Intruders in the landing bay. Get a squadron up there now.

SCORPIUS: Braca. Braca, signal the Zenetan Pirates.

Zelkin answers his comm.

BRACA: Zelkin, deploy the Flax.

CHIANA: Zelkin?

BRACA: I repeat, deploy the Flax.

CHIANA: Who are you speaking to? Is that a comm?

Zelkin easily grabs her as she approaches him.

ZELKIN: Easy, easy girl. Aw, I didn't know you cared. [to comm] Kurz, release the Flax.

Chiana screams in anger, as the transport pod Rygel and Jothee are in, is caught by the opening Flax.

JOTHEE: Why the frell aren't we moving?

PILOT: It's the Flax! We're trapped!

John screams as the clone continues to speak.

CLONE: You'll never get away from me, John. Away from us.

JOHN: No! You go away, you're not real!

CLONE: You'll never get away from me, John.

The real Scorpius and a troop of his Peacekeepers line up at the end of the corridor.

JOHN: Go away Scorpius!

NATIRA: Move it!

RORF: Scorpius!

Natira and Rorf hide on each side of the corridor. Crichton stands in the middle.

SCORPIUS: Don't shoot Crichton. I need him alive.

RORF: Crichton, get back!

CLONE: There's no escape John.

RORF: Noooooooooo!

He runs into Crichton, bumping him out of the way, as Akkor raises his gun. He takes Akkors shot. Scorpius growls angrily at him, as he knows John was the intended target. John re-appears in the corridor, with an angry cry, and shoots Akkor.

NATIRA: Let's go! We have a deal, Crichton!

RORF: Rorg!

SCORPIUS: [whispers] Leave him, John.

John continues to scream, pointing his gun at Scorpius.

NATIRA: Come on!

John screams awhile longer, then stops.

SCORPIUS: [softly] Leave him. And come to me.

John resumes his screaming, as Scorpius approaches.

NATIRA: Crichton!

The clone whispers in John's head. John stops screaming, once again. Scorpius stops.

NATIRA: Take me to Moya! Frell you, Crichton! Die alone.

The Peacekeepers shoot after her. They stop once she rounds a corner. Scorpius resumes walking towards him. After a moment, D'argo comes into the corridor and shoots. Scorpius raises his gun with a deep growl and begins shooting back. Aeryn and Bakesh enter the corridor and help. D'argo runs forward, and stops to check on Rorf.

D'ARGO: Rorf!

Aeryn comes up beside John and bumps him into an alcove in the corridor. After firing several more times at the soldiers, they all get into the alcove. D'argo has drug Rorf in, as well.

RORF: My female! My female! D'argo, you must go back to her! You must tell her!

D'ARGO: I will, I will!

Aeryn and Bakhesh shoot more soldiers. Rorf dies. D'argo joins them.

BAKHESH: They're coming from both sides! We're trapped!

ZHAAN: [whispers to comm] Rygel! Rygel!

Soldiers run towards her location.

ZHAAN: Why aren't you here? Rygel!

CRAIS: [on comm] Zhaan. Is that you, Zhaan?

ZHAAN: Crais? Has Talyn returned?

Moya.

ZELKIN: Sorry about this, but...Scorpius will kill me if I don't hold Moya for him.

Talyn streaks overhead. He fires on the Zenetan ship destroying it and releasing the Flax.

PILOT: [on comm] We're free, Chiana!

RYGEL: The Flax, has gone.

ZELKIN: [to comm] Kurz. Kurz, what's happening? Kurz!

PILOT: Kurz is dead! Talyn has destroyed your ship!

ZELKIN: I'll take Moya, then.

CHIANA: You're not taking anything!

She releases herself from Zelkin's grip, and fights him. They struggle over his gun. The gun comes between them as they wrestle. After a moment, the gun goes off. They both tense and quiet.

ZELKIN: Oh. What a waste.

Zelkin falls to the floor, dragging Chiana with him. A smoking hole is in Zelkens gut.

D'argo, Aeryn and Bakhesh continue to hold off the Peacekeepers.

CRAIS: [on comm] Aeryn?

AERYN: Crais?

CRAIS: Talyn has just destroyed the Zenetan ship.

AERYN: Have you come back to help us.

CRAIS: Let's just say that I'm here.

AERYN: Alright, hang on a microt. Stark, Zhaan.

ZHAAN: Yes, Aeryn.

AERYN: Do you remember from the blueprints what runs parallel to the internal corridors?

STARK: I think there are reverse pressurization chambers.

AERYN: Where do they lead?

STARK: To the depository.

AERYN: Perfect. Rygel.

RYGEL: Yes.

AERYN: Pick up Zhaan and Stark from the waste vents and come and get us, when Talyn's finished.

JOTHEE: With what?

AERYN: Don't ask. Crais. Target off my comms and destroy the depository.

CRAIS: Talyn's firepower is massive, Aeryn. How will you survive the damage?

AERYN: We'll be safe. Just give us ninety microts, and obviously try not to hit my signal with a direct strike.

CLONE: Crichton. You want the chip gone, don't you?

AERYN: Alright! Follow me!

D'ARGO: Follow you where?

AERYN: Here!

She blasts out the wall on the opposite side.

CLONE: You want the pain gone. Come to me.

AERYN: [to Bakhesh] Go down to the depository. Hide in a container. That should protect us from Talyn's attack.

BAKHESH: Should?!

AERYN: Have you got a better idea?

BAKHESH: Well.

He crosses the corridor.

JOHN: Aeryn. I'm uh...I'm gonna go to Scorpius.

AERYN: Frell you are.

She knocks him out with the butt of her gun.

AERYN: D'argo, carry him!

Aeryn crosses. D'argo follows suit.

Talyn.

CRAIS: [to comm] It's what Aeryn wants us to do, Pilot. Destroy the entire building.

Depository.

AERYN: This way!

They round the corner. She tries the control, but it buzzes, not allowing her in.

AERYN: It's frelling locked!

BRACA: They're in the depositing room.

STARK: Zhaan, I think we've got company!

ZHAAN: Rygel! Rygel!

RYGEL: Almost there, Zhaan.

BAKHESH: Move!

He shoots out the controls.

AERYN: Right, enter the container.

BAKHESH: I didn't plan on becoming a deposit.

RYGEL: Touching down now, Zhaan.

ZHAAN: Let's go! Come on!

They signal at the door and Jothee sees them in.

PILOT: [on comm] Talyn firing in twenty microts.

CRAIS: Locking on now.

PILOT: Talyn firing in fifteen microts.

JOTHEE: Alright, they're in, let's go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Bakhesh helps D'argo position John inside the container.

CRAIS: [to Talyn] Wait for my signal.

AERYN: In!

The container door closes. PILOT: Ten microts. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. [softly] Fire.

CRAIS: [to Talyn] Fire.

Talyn descends on the depository, firing shots and bringin down buildings. The large towers collapse with metal screams.

Rygel gloats over the riches.

RYGEL: Mine, mine, mine. [chortles] Ah, can I have this? Can this be mine? [chortles] We can all have anything we want now, right? Any food, any female, anything. Right? Right?! [chortles]

CHIANA: Yeah.

RYGEL: Ooooh, don't be like them. You're like me, Chiana. We did it! This is not like before. This won't eat the ship. So cheer up! We got Crichton back and Aeryn and Jothee and we're rich!

CHIANA: [softly] Perfect.

ZHAAN: Yes, but Moya is still extremely ill. Pilot says that she may never fully recover.

STARK: And Rorf and Teurac lost their lives.

RYGEL: So? They knew the risks.

BAKHESH: Don't worry about Rorf and Teurac. On my oath, I will deliver their shares to their families. Farewell my friends. And thank you for teaching me to kill again.

Talyn.

AERYN: I have to thank you, Crais. If you hadn't of returned, we all would be dead.

CRAIS: As much as I'd like to take credit for it, I did nothing.

AERYN: Your attack saved us.

CRAIS: I had little control. Talyn came to free Moya, himself.

AERYN: You didn't command him?

CRAIS: No, he acted alone. As much as any of us may want, he has the instincts of a warrior and does exactly as he pleases.

There is a pause of silence. Aeryn starts to leave.

CRAIS: How is Crichton?

John rolls a chess piece between his hands, as he sings.

JOHN: [sings] Daisy....daisy....give me your answer true...

D'ARGO: John. I've brought my son, Jothee, to thank you.

He places the piece on the board, but it falls over.

JOHN: [sings] ...Crazy....all for the love of you...

D'ARGO: John.

The clone echoes in his head.

CLONE: John, John!

JOHN: Shhh! Shhh! He-he's here and um....he blames me. [nods] Blames me for killing Scorpius. So, I've been-I've been trying to..... but I can't-

D'ARGO: [cuts in] Do what? Do what, John?!

JOHN: D'argo. Kill me. D'argo, please. Kill me.

END OF EPISODE.

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SCENE 024

Chiana suspects betrayal from the Zenetan Pirate, Zelkin.

Command. Zelkin is eating.

ZELKIN: Hello, girl.

CHIANA: Where is Kurz?

ZELKIN: He went back to our ship. There was a transmission.

CHIANA: Oh. From who?

ZELKIN: I don't know.

CHIANA: Okay, Zelkin. What are you up to?

ZELKIN: I'm up to dessert. Want a bit?

CHIANA: If you try to take Moya, I will smoke your mivonks.

ZELKIN: Well, I certainly don't want my mivonks...smoked.

END OF DELETED SCENE.