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The Nebari Factor by HumansRSuperior (PG-13)
Last recc of the month.
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: Chiana/Nerri, John/Aeryn, John/Grayza, John/Other
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Neural Cluster
Why this must be read:
It is difficult to believe that HumansRSuperior is so young when she writes so beautifully. She has a deep understanding of the humanity of John Crichton as well as the psychology of love, hate, revenge, jealousy, friendship, sibling rivalry, and warfare. HRS uses her storytelling skills to involve us in the Nebari War and the hunt for John Crichton. I love this story because it involves Chiana and pits her between her brother, Nerri, and her adopted “brother” Crichton in a winner take all competition. The story deals with the “Contagion”, Grayza’s child and the mystery of its birth, Aeryn and John’s relationship, and ultimately the safety of the UTs. Naturally, John Crichton’s knowledge of wormholes is the pawn and ultimate solution. This takes place a few months after the events of PK Wars, so beware of spoilers.
Letting out another heavy sigh of impatience, John spun around on his heel and walked back across the floor. He tapped his fingers on Winona and ran his tongue over his lips a couple times.
Aeryn let out an irritated sigh and glared at him. “Would you stop doing that?”
“Stop doing what?” he asked and took another glance out the hangar doors.
“Moving,” she growled, and quickly lashed out her hand to grab him by the arm, pulling him to a stop. “Just sit still. That’s not going to make her get here any quicker.”
“Sorry.” He reached up to scratch at the spot behind his ear and looked back over his shoulder out the hangar doors.
“John!”
His head instantly snapped back around to face her. “What?”
“She’ll be here. Just calm down.”
“I know she’ll get here, Aeryn. What I’m worried about is why she’s coming back.”
Aeryn looked at him slightly startled. “What, you don’t want her to come back?”
“Of course I do! I love her and I miss her, but...well, you heard the message she sent.” He shook his head as he exhaled short and sharp. “I just hope she’s not gonna try to pull us into something.”
“We won’t let her,” Aeryn said almost coldly. “She knows that we stopped getting into things so that we can raise D’Argo.”
“Yeah, but you know what she’s like.”
“She hasn’t been the same ever since the war, John,” she reminded him grimly.
John stared at the floor with a grave and sorrowful expression. “Yeah, I know.”
“Maybe she got tired of Hynerians,” she suggested.
He smiled faintly. “I wouldn’t be surprised.” He shook his head again. “In the transmission she said she really needed to talk to us. And she sounded scared, Aeryn.”
Before Aeryn could make a response, the sound of the outter hangar doors opening echoed throughout the large chamber and they heard the familiar sound of a transport pod engine. They watched it come to a stop in front of them and slowly land. The engines instantly powered down and steam shot out from the sides.
John bit his tongue and his heart beat quicker. It had only been two months and he missed her so badly already.
She came down the stairs of the transport pod in a run. Once her feet hit the floor she froze and very slowly looked up at them.
John felt pure joy at seeing her again and he couldn’t help the wide smile that broke out on his face. “Hey Pip.”
Chiana smiled back at him brightly. “Hey old man.” She started toward him with a casual stride, but halfway there she broke into a run. She lunged at him and wrapped her arms around him in a fierce hug. When they finally pulled away from each other, Chiana was smiling broadly with small tears in her eyes and she said to both of them, “I’ve missed ya guys so frelling much.”
“We missed you too, Chiana,” Aeryn said with her own large smile.
When Chiana saw the baby cradled carefully in Aeryn’s arms, her eyes lit up even more. “Little Crichton!” she exclaimed excitedly as she bounced over to him. “Whoa, he’s gotten big,” she said with adoration and softly stroked his chubby cheek with her finger.
Then she glanced around the hanger. “It’s nice to be back on Moya.” She turned to John. “How’ve you guys been doin’ out here on your own?”
“It’s been great, Pip,” John replied, and his eyes went to his wife and son. “Really great,” he said more softly.
When he looked back at her, he was startled by her expression. She looked...guilty, scared...To put it quite frankly, she looked like she had some bad news.
“I uh...” She stopped briefly to lick her lips and swallow. “There’s s-something that I uh...that I need to tell you guys.”
“As you said in your transmission,” Aeryn stated. “What’s the matter, Chiana? Are you in trouble?”
Chiana looked at Aeryn with a wide, fake smile. “Are you kidding? I wouldn’t come and bug you guys with my problems.” Her smile wavered and she let out a nervous rush of breath. “Okay I guess you could say I’m in trouble, but that’s not why I’m here!”
“Chiana, tell us what the problem is,” John tried not to make his voice too firm, but that’s how it ended up sounding.
Chiana looked down at the floor and shuffled her feet nervously. “On Hyneria, I...I got attacked by some Nebari from the Establishment. I got away from them but, well I...The next day Rygel told me that he got news that the Establishment have people out looking for me, and...” Her pause dragged on as she stared at the floor.
“And what, Chiana?” John pressed.
She looked up at him, meeting his eyes with hers, looking like she’d rather die than say what she was about to tell him. “They’re looking for you too, Crichton.”
For a minute he only stared at her in silence, his expression unchanged. Then his brow creased in utter confusion. “Why would the Nebari be looking for me?”
“Some people from the Resistance that work for Nerri found me on Hyneria. They told me that...well they said civil war has broken out on Nebari Prime. It started only about a weeken ago. The Peacekeepers have allied with the Resistance to help them in the war. That’s all I know. They uh...they wanted to know if you were with me on Hyneria, and when I...when I told them no, they asked me if I knew where you were. I said I didn’t know and they...they didn’t look too happy.”
The Nebari Factor
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: Chiana/Nerri, John/Aeryn, John/Grayza, John/Other
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Neural Cluster
Why this must be read:
It is difficult to believe that HumansRSuperior is so young when she writes so beautifully. She has a deep understanding of the humanity of John Crichton as well as the psychology of love, hate, revenge, jealousy, friendship, sibling rivalry, and warfare. HRS uses her storytelling skills to involve us in the Nebari War and the hunt for John Crichton. I love this story because it involves Chiana and pits her between her brother, Nerri, and her adopted “brother” Crichton in a winner take all competition. The story deals with the “Contagion”, Grayza’s child and the mystery of its birth, Aeryn and John’s relationship, and ultimately the safety of the UTs. Naturally, John Crichton’s knowledge of wormholes is the pawn and ultimate solution. This takes place a few months after the events of PK Wars, so beware of spoilers.
Letting out another heavy sigh of impatience, John spun around on his heel and walked back across the floor. He tapped his fingers on Winona and ran his tongue over his lips a couple times.
Aeryn let out an irritated sigh and glared at him. “Would you stop doing that?”
“Stop doing what?” he asked and took another glance out the hangar doors.
“Moving,” she growled, and quickly lashed out her hand to grab him by the arm, pulling him to a stop. “Just sit still. That’s not going to make her get here any quicker.”
“Sorry.” He reached up to scratch at the spot behind his ear and looked back over his shoulder out the hangar doors.
“John!”
His head instantly snapped back around to face her. “What?”
“She’ll be here. Just calm down.”
“I know she’ll get here, Aeryn. What I’m worried about is why she’s coming back.”
Aeryn looked at him slightly startled. “What, you don’t want her to come back?”
“Of course I do! I love her and I miss her, but...well, you heard the message she sent.” He shook his head as he exhaled short and sharp. “I just hope she’s not gonna try to pull us into something.”
“We won’t let her,” Aeryn said almost coldly. “She knows that we stopped getting into things so that we can raise D’Argo.”
“Yeah, but you know what she’s like.”
“She hasn’t been the same ever since the war, John,” she reminded him grimly.
John stared at the floor with a grave and sorrowful expression. “Yeah, I know.”
“Maybe she got tired of Hynerians,” she suggested.
He smiled faintly. “I wouldn’t be surprised.” He shook his head again. “In the transmission she said she really needed to talk to us. And she sounded scared, Aeryn.”
Before Aeryn could make a response, the sound of the outter hangar doors opening echoed throughout the large chamber and they heard the familiar sound of a transport pod engine. They watched it come to a stop in front of them and slowly land. The engines instantly powered down and steam shot out from the sides.
John bit his tongue and his heart beat quicker. It had only been two months and he missed her so badly already.
She came down the stairs of the transport pod in a run. Once her feet hit the floor she froze and very slowly looked up at them.
John felt pure joy at seeing her again and he couldn’t help the wide smile that broke out on his face. “Hey Pip.”
Chiana smiled back at him brightly. “Hey old man.” She started toward him with a casual stride, but halfway there she broke into a run. She lunged at him and wrapped her arms around him in a fierce hug. When they finally pulled away from each other, Chiana was smiling broadly with small tears in her eyes and she said to both of them, “I’ve missed ya guys so frelling much.”
“We missed you too, Chiana,” Aeryn said with her own large smile.
When Chiana saw the baby cradled carefully in Aeryn’s arms, her eyes lit up even more. “Little Crichton!” she exclaimed excitedly as she bounced over to him. “Whoa, he’s gotten big,” she said with adoration and softly stroked his chubby cheek with her finger.
Then she glanced around the hanger. “It’s nice to be back on Moya.” She turned to John. “How’ve you guys been doin’ out here on your own?”
“It’s been great, Pip,” John replied, and his eyes went to his wife and son. “Really great,” he said more softly.
When he looked back at her, he was startled by her expression. She looked...guilty, scared...To put it quite frankly, she looked like she had some bad news.
“I uh...” She stopped briefly to lick her lips and swallow. “There’s s-something that I uh...that I need to tell you guys.”
“As you said in your transmission,” Aeryn stated. “What’s the matter, Chiana? Are you in trouble?”
Chiana looked at Aeryn with a wide, fake smile. “Are you kidding? I wouldn’t come and bug you guys with my problems.” Her smile wavered and she let out a nervous rush of breath. “Okay I guess you could say I’m in trouble, but that’s not why I’m here!”
“Chiana, tell us what the problem is,” John tried not to make his voice too firm, but that’s how it ended up sounding.
Chiana looked down at the floor and shuffled her feet nervously. “On Hyneria, I...I got attacked by some Nebari from the Establishment. I got away from them but, well I...The next day Rygel told me that he got news that the Establishment have people out looking for me, and...” Her pause dragged on as she stared at the floor.
“And what, Chiana?” John pressed.
She looked up at him, meeting his eyes with hers, looking like she’d rather die than say what she was about to tell him. “They’re looking for you too, Crichton.”
For a minute he only stared at her in silence, his expression unchanged. Then his brow creased in utter confusion. “Why would the Nebari be looking for me?”
“Some people from the Resistance that work for Nerri found me on Hyneria. They told me that...well they said civil war has broken out on Nebari Prime. It started only about a weeken ago. The Peacekeepers have allied with the Resistance to help them in the war. That’s all I know. They uh...they wanted to know if you were with me on Hyneria, and when I...when I told them no, they asked me if I knew where you were. I said I didn’t know and they...they didn’t look too happy.”
The Nebari Factor
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