"DURKA RETURNS" "God, I'm going to be sick." "What's with the rough ride?" "Moya need a tune up or something?" "Moya's pregnancy has drastically weakened her ability to Starburst." "Some minor turbulence Is an unfortunate by- product." "If this is minor, I don't want to see major." "It's not just the Starburst, John." "Moya's sensors are dimmed." "We're practically flying blind." "I'm compensating for that." "All her systems are running less efficiently as well." "She can't help it." "Her child has first call on her resources." "Now I understand why the Peacekeepers tried to prevent this pregnancy." "We are about to exit Starburst." "There is no reason for concern." "Famous last words." "I guess we can turn off the "Fasten seatbelt" sign now." "Pilot!" "Incoming!" "I see it!" "Pilot, any damage to Moya?" "None detected." "But the other ship has lost propulsor control." "I'm deploying the docking web to bring her aboard." "Is that wise?" "Our record with guests isn't too sweet, Pilot." "Moya and I should have avoided that collision entirely." "Yeah, but isn't there some way we can..." "No." " I'll rally the troops." " Okay!" "Stop there." "I am..." "Unarmed." " But your ship is not." " We've detected a massive energy..." " Weapon." " Powered right down..." "For the moment." "Is that not evidence of our peaceful intentions?" "There are more on your ship?" "Two others, also." "Also unarmed." "May I inform them that it is?" "safe for them to emerge?" "Alright." "Go ahead." "Salis, you may join us now." "You!" "You can't be alive!" "I saw you dead." "I saw your stinking corpse!" "Rygel!" "What the hell are you doing?" "It's him!" "It's Durka!" "Vicious murdering bastard!" "Captain of the Zelbinion, the first ship I was imprisoned on." "My torturer!" "Don't be ridiculous, Rygel." "Durka died well over 100 cycles ago." "Rygel, you're way off base here." "No, he is not off base." "I am Durka." "Let me at him!" "You claim to be Captain Durka, from the Peacekeeper Command Carrier Zelbinion?" "I was." "I told you it was him!" "Behave!" "How is it possible?" "Even if you survived the Zelbinion, you would have died of old age over 50 cycles ago." "He was fortunate." "We saved him." "I am Salis." "My people are the Nebari." "You brought this monster on board!" "Rygel!" "He poses no danger." "No danger?" "He tortured me!" "That behaviour will not recur." "He is now incapable of evil." "If this is Durka, how can we be certain that he no longer poses any threat?" "Because we spent over a hundred cycles making sure." "A million cycles would not change him!" "He will always be Durka!" "Put me down!" "Your friend will soon understand that he is wrong." "Might take a while." "Being tortured has that effect." "I suppose you would know." "You are a Sebacean." "No." "I'm a human." "Human?" "I'm not familiar with your species." "We are due to rendez- vous with our host ship in this quadrant." "In the interim, we will require quarters and sustenance." "Does this ship possess any kind of containment cells?" "We are transporting a very dangerous criminal." "What's her crime?" "Nothing you need to concern yourself about." "Our quarters?" "They are ready." "This way." "I will supervise the repairs to our ship personally." "The DRDs have nearly completed their damage assessment." "Have you ever been stung by the watruka plant?" "Not yet." "They too present an intriguing exterior." "Yeah." "Appearances can be deceiving." "I'm sure the same has often been said about me." "Please." "Help me." "Chiana." "They won't tell you what I've done because they're embarrassed." "You..." "You wouldn't consider it a crime." "But we do, and that's enough." "I beg you." "I beg you for amnesty." "We're not a diplomatic ship." "Then use moral authority, please." "What they're gonna do to me is cruel by any," "Stop it!" "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "Her behaviour was inappropriate, which is why she wears a collar in the first place." "I don't give a damn if she's an axe murderer, Salis." "She was just talking to me." "You've crippled our ship, endangered our lives, disrupted our plans." "Are you now the arbiter of our justice system as well?" "The Nebari practise mind control?" "We simply eliminated those thought patterns that led him to behave inappropriately." "Eliminated?" "A process of neural realignment, so intricate that each subject must be placed under cryonic suspension." "for nearly 100 cycles." "So it is the real Durka?" "And what does each subject feel during this...this treatment?" "Durka appreciates what we did for him." "Ask him if you don't believe me." "Perhaps I will." "Had it been possible, we would have saved everyone aboard the Zelbinion, not just Captain Durka." "Why was it not possible?" "They refused to surrender." "You defeated a Peacekeeper Command Carrier." " How many warships did it take?" " We have no warships." "One of our standard host vessels engaged the Zelbinion, much like the one coming for us." "Get out of my quarters!" " What are you up to, Rygel?" " Nothing." "I'm just sitting here reflecting on my fond memories of Durka and the Zelbinion." "Great." "Reflect all you like, but you will leave the visitors alone, is that clear?" "Visitors?" "Has Moya turned into a Glendian pleasure vessel now?" "I'm just here to make sure that you don't think it's a good idea, to run amok, on some childish vendetta." "That is a sadistic madman out there." " So you have claimed." " I was there!" "Imprisoned on board the Zelbinion nearly 100 cycles before you were born!" "What do you know of Durka?" "Nothing!" "Actually, I was taught a great deal about Captain Durka's distinguished career." "Force fed a pack of Peacekeeper propaganda!" "And what did you think when we came upon the wreck of the Zelbinion, and found that your brave captain had shot himself?" "Simply this." "You said that you found his corpse." "Obviously you were mistaken." "Apparently he chose to end his distinguished career by faking his own death, all to save himself, whilst his crew died around him." "You don't know what happened." "I know all I need to." "Durka is alive." "See that he stays that way." "I must say I am more than curious." "I studied all your achievements at Peacekeeper training." "I achieved nothing as a Peacekeeper." "The liberation of Mintaka Three?" "The quelling of the Cenobian rebellion?" "These are legendary." "No." "These are meaningless, brute force solutions." "The Nebari showed me a better way." "The Nebari took over the Zelbinion and killed your crew." "We had invaded their sector." "How did you survive their attack?" "I faked my death, and left on an escape pod." "You deserted your ship?" "I have done far worse in my time." "I thought you might be hungry." "I am." "Thanks." "Not very tasty." "Nope." "But it's the best we have." "They're pretty worried about you." "Of course they are." "I..." "I don't respect authority." "I do what I want when I want to do it." "Is that the only reason you're in here?" "Look, this...this is stupid." "I'm..." "I'm not going to eat like this." "I..." "I appreciate you trying, though." "So you were about to tell me why Salis and Durka went to so much trouble to bring you back." "Because I left the half- dead sanctimonious- ness of my planet the first chance I got." "I..." "I stole food when I was hungry." "Jumped transport without voucher." "Defended myself, when necessary." "Did you ever kill anyone?" "They tell you I did?" "I'm asking you." "No." "Then help me understand the collar and the cuffs." "Among my people you..." "You conform." "You don't do the things I..." "I did." "What will they do with you now?" "Same thing as Durka." "Mental cleansing into..." "into an obedient zombie." " They do that to their own kind?" " Yeah!" "They do it to anybody they please." "They think they're doing you a favour." "Like hell." "Not to me they're not." "Nah!" "I won't let 'em!" "Chiana, relax." "You relax!" "They're not going to frell with your brain, are they?" "No." "And they're not going to with mine, either." "I'd rather be dead!" "Chiana, stop it!" "Easy." "It's alright." "You're alright." "Don't let them take me." "Please." "You're alright." "According to Chiana, the Nebari mental cleansing is a bit like brainwashing." "No." "It is more..." "A correction." "There's a difference?" "Yes." "as much as the difference between a knife attack, and..." "Life saving surgery." "Zhaan?" "Zhaan!" "Moya's detected explosions in the Maintenance Bay." "John!" "Aeryn!" "Anyone!" "Zhaan, stay put!" "D'Argo, meet me down there!" "You!" "You set off a bomb inside the damn ship!" "He grabbed me." "He tried to strangle me!" " He's been brain neutered, you moron!" " Crichton!" "This bastard just tried to frag us." "Did not." "Yeah he did, and I'm ready to kick his sorry ass off the ship right now!" "Listen to me!" "He isn't cured!" "I saw it in his face." "The evil, it was there!" "My presence..." "Obviously seems to give you great pain." "With Salis's permission," "I shall confine myself to areas outside your sight." "No." "We'll lock Rygel up first." "You stupid Luxan!" "I am trying to save us from that maniac!" "A ship capable of destroying the Zelbinion is headed our way." "We do not want to make them our enemy." "Salis, what's going on?" "There was an explosion." "You thought I had something to do with the blast?" "That was my first assumption, yes." "Well, switch to your second assumption." "I had nothing to do with it." "I can never believe you, Chiana." "Remain calm." "We'll be home soon." "Didn't you ever... ever want to travel?" "See other places?" "Do other things?" "Yes." "And I have." "When you were my age." "When I was your age," "I was focussed on what I could do to fit in, not stand apart." "But I thought my standing apart appealed to you." "I see the way you look at me." "You want to run your hands around again?" "Remain...calm." "I'm perfectly calm." "I found this in Rygel's quarters." "Jelifan fire paste, sevva crystals and detonators." "Fortunately, the ignorant Hynerian got all the proportions wrong." "Not enough sevva crystals." "And if he'd gotten it right?" "Well, we wouldn't be having this conversation now." "The explosion does not seem to have damaged Moya's systems." "What if he tries again?" "He won't." "He's locked in his quarters under restraint." "You will of course turn him over to me when the host ship arrives." "I will do nothing of the sort." "He has serious flaws in his character that must be corrected." "Even Rygel, with his many faults, does not deserve that." "There are many aspects of your character that would benefit from adjustment." "My point exactly." "Who is that?" "I'm in no mood for visitors." "Is someone there?" "Pilot, are you playing with the door?" "Quiet down, or I'll have to hurt you." "Quiet, you toad!" "Let's deal." "Alright, we both want something, don't we?" "You want to be untied so you can kill Durka, right?" "And what I want is to get off this ship." "You got any problems with that?" "We're making great progress." "You scream, I push this cushion down to your colon." "Untie me." "Typical male." "Satisfy yourself first." "I can tell you exactly how to get to the Transport Hangar and what codes will open the door." "Gotta do better." "I can find it myself and crack the door code." "I got in here, didn't I?" "I can create a diversion and draw everyone away from the hangar." "They'll be too busy chasing me to bother with you." "Okay." "I..." "I apologize for calling you a toad." "I make allowances for stress on this ship." "Oh no, this isn't stress, old man." "Stress is if you don't come through for me." "The Nebari woman's escaped!" "She's in my quarters!" "Rygel?" "Rygel!" "Rygel, you'd better not be lying!" "If Chiana has escaped, she'll probably head here." "I'll wait here for them." "Salis?" "Chiana may have escaped." "Find her." "Make sure the others know that she's capable of violence." "So are we." "Guess he wasn't lying." "She's headed for the hangar." "Wants to steal a Transport." "Zhaan, we've got a problem." "Chiana's on the loose." "Pilot, get the DRDs searching." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Untie me." "I'll help you search." "I'm the one who told you she'd escaped!" "The DRDs are searching all the atmosphere ducts." "John?" "No sign of her on tier three." "Got it, Zhaan." "Keep searching." "D'Argo?" "She won't get by me." "Oh, you can do it yourself Rygel, then." "Ah, that hurts." "Get him away from me!" "I can't find Chiana." "Is someone guarding the Command?" "Why?" "Is she capable of taking over the ship?" "Possibly." "She is capable of anything." "Crichton, there's movement on your tier." "There's movement on your tier!" "Chiana did this?" "Looks like it." "Considering what Salis had in mind for her, I can't be surprised." "The question is, how are the Nebari going to react?" "Better find her before she racks up another victim." "Come on, Rygel." "Right behind you." "Pilot, any reports from the DRDs?" "No trace of her." "She's very good at staying hidden." "If you see Chiana, shoot to kill." "If you insist." "Did I overhear correctly?" "Salis, is dead?" "Yes, I'm sorry." "Please, no." "Salis cannot be dead?" "D'Argo, I'm halfway through Tier Four, and no sign of Chiana." "You got anything there yet?" "Hey." "D'Argo, you read me?" "What do you think you're doing?" "Crichton!" "D'Argo!" "Zhaan!" "Can anyone hear me?" "Come in!" "Not...good." "Hello," "Rygel." "You undid the Nebari mental cleansing." "Isn't that the most superb...irony?" "Durka." "And now..." "Officer Sun rejoins us." "I was just about to tell Rygel, how good it feels, to be back in my right mind." "While I was 'cleansed'," "I genuinely felt ashamed of who I was and what I'd done." "But do you know, thinking about it now," "I have no idea why." "I take it you murdered Salis." "It's the simple things, we really miss." "Crew!" "of Moya, this is Captain Selto Durka, the new commander of this Leviathan." "I am in complete control of this ship." "and I am holding Rygel and Officer Sun hostage." "You will leave this ship immediately." "or you will die." "Crichton, Durka murdered Salis!" "Pilot!" "Anybody?" "Durka, talk to me!" "Crichton!" "Zhaan, respond!" "Crap!" "Zhaan?" "Thank goodness." "That madman's taken over half of Moya's systems." "Even the Comms are under his control." "Can you override, Pilot?" "He knows every synaptic bypass." "Every counter measure I take, he anticipates." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, point that thing somewhere else." "You heard Durka's ultimatum." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Nebari mental cleansing doesn't get the tough stains out." "Even with the hostages, we must retake command." "Right." "You got a plan?" "Have I got a plan." " This hatch leads directly to Command." " Are you sure?" "Just look for the girl." "Look, I'm not too sure that she..." "Hey!" "Try not to fall out of the ship again." "I'll do my best." "There appears to be an obstruction in the access shaft." "I was wondering how long it would take someone to try that." "D'Argo!" "Crichton!" "Witnessing a legend in action." "This must be quite a privilege for you, Officer Sun." "You're not a legend, Durka." "I take that back." "You're a disgrace." "Because I had the intelligence to know when to retreat?" "Ah, but you didn't retreat when the Nebari took the Zelbinion, you ran." "The crew of the Zelbinion is dead." "I am not." "Officer Sun, how is it you are not a Peacekeeper anymore?" "One thing I have always admired about these Leviathans," "Is their wonderful talent for Starburst." "Say goodbye to the Nebari sector." "Starburst?" "I thought we couldn't Starburst!" "Score one up for the underdogs." "Because of her child, Moya is unable to Starburst for several more arns at least." "He's obviously not aware that Moya is pregnant, but he's sure to find out about the pregnancy soon enough." "Crew of Moya, you will reactivate Starburst immediately." "Or..." "I will kill the hostages." "Come on out, Chiana." "Look, I don't have time to play this game." "Durka's gone Hannibal Lecter on us." "I don't know what that means." "And why bot her me, anyway?" "I'm just here to talk." "Still nothing." "Attention!" "Despite my demands," "Starburst is still non- operational." "Perhaps..." "It might expedite matters," "If I leave the channel open this time." "This won't help you." "You have studied my techniques," "Officer Sun." "You know very well how good I am, at getting results." "Rygel... do you know... what we Sebaceans dislike more than anything else?" "Heat." "lntense heat." "To think..." "This could have been avoided." "Durka, you are pathetic." "Look at you, salivating at the chance to maim and kill, someone who can't even defend herself." "Foaming at the mouth like a sick trelkez." "Pathetic." "Why Rygel, what's this?" "Something I should have said to you a long time ago." "Yet you didn't." "I was going to save you, for a bargaining tool, but now I'm wondering, do you think your shipmates would really care," "If I just burnt your face right off?" "Go ahead and find out." "I don't care." "Because the all powerful Durka is a failure." "It's the truth, Durka." "You tortured me without mercy, but you never broke me." "You only made me stronger." "And even if you kill me," "I'll be laughing at you, because the last thing I'll think ofis you on Nebari Prime for another 100 cycles, being ground back down into nothing!" "This Leviathan you've commandeered is pregnant." "Check the nutrient flow." "Look at the power levels." "All those resources are going somewhere, aren't they?" "Moya's diverting energy to her baby." "Get ready to greet the Nebari, Durka, because there's nothing you can do to get Starburst back." "Yes there is." "Turn around!" "I'm unarmed." "Turn around." "Listen." "You okay?" "Were you finished?" "I'm sorry." "I'm not used to trusting anybody." "I suggest you start." "How could Durka have broken the... the mental cleansing?" "It's irreversible." "It's not my department." "Take that up with your mental engineers." "That's why he wants to get away from here so bad, because he's afraid my people will recondition him." "Well that's something you have in common." "Might be able to use that against him." "Or maybe it's to my advantage to team up with him." "Do you have a hearing problem, Chiana?" "Durka's insane." "He's a psychopath." "Legendary." "And nobody knows what a hundred years Of happy meals have done to him." "You could end up with your throat cut." "Maybe..." "But I know how to hide." "I know how to disappear." "You know... how to breathe vacuum?" "He doesn't have to find you." "He can shut off, the life support everywhere except the Command." "Commit, Chiana." "You're with us, or you're on your own." "When my people find out what happened to Salis, they're going to want to cleanse the lot of you." "Yeah." "I guess that makes us natural allies." "Alright then." "What's your plan?" "Why do I always get stuck with the greebols that don't have any plan?" "No, no." "i've got a plan." "You're just not going to like it." "Why?" "'Cause I don't like it." "I don't trust you any more than you trust me." "Fair enough." "Let's hear it." "Bait!" "You are very, resourceful, young Nebari." "Make it work for you." "Here's the news." "The ship's pregnant." "We kill the baby, and we can Starburst the draz out of here." "New information please." "Or you'll die." "You think the baby's down there?" "How bad did they mess with that great military mind of yours, anyway?" "Where did you get the directions?" "From the ship, right?" "Shoot me." "What do you know?" "They've reconfigured data to send you in the wrong direction." "A trap." "And why should I believe you?" "Because we both want the same thing." "Hey!" "No, no, now!" "Let..." "let me go first." "There's a hatchway through there." "Leads straight to the birthing chamber." " I don't like dark rooms." " Yeah?" "Well, some froth mouth with a metal eye shut off all the lights." "And how is it you know this room?" "I did a lot of crawling through the ship's ducts." "That's how I..." "I stumbled across the baby." "Did you indeed?" "No!" "It isn't that easy, Crichton." " You okay?" " No, stupid plan." "In the room." "I said to get him in the room." " You said to the room!" " Let me see." "No!" "Frell that." "He's going to kill us all anyway." "Go get..." "Get the bastard." "Can we get control of the door?" "I'm trying." "Dammit!" "John!" "John!" "Hey Durka!" "How far do you think you're gonna get without your propulsion control?" "All I need is the Transport's Phase Cannon." "One shot into Moya's midsection, will solve the Starburst problem." "Pilot!" "standby." "We're gonna give Durka the boot." "It cannot be controlled." "I can't open the outer door." "Dammit, Pilot, now is not the time." "Get control back!" "Pilot's on to it, John!" "The doors are malfunctioning." "Those doors won't stop this weapon." "Come on, Durka." "Don't be an idiot." "You think Moya's gonna take you out of here after you kill her baby?" "His weapons are powering up." "Sorry to have to cut this short." "Shut the doors!" "That's done it!" "The outer doors are open." "Pilot, shut the doors!" "I'm trying!" "John!" "Doors closing!" "Close the door!" "Stop the doors, Pilot." "Stop the doors." "Crichton!" "Open the hangar!" "Now, at once!" "Or I'll blast my way back in!" "Crichton!" "Close the door!" "I can't stop them." " They close on you!" " I'm in." "Crichton!" "Don't leave me out here." "I'll hunt you down and I'll kill you!" "Get in line, Durka." "Besides, I don't think the Nebari are going to let you do a lot of hunting." "Crichton!" "Listen to me!" "Give 'em my regards when they pick you up." "Crichton!" "Crichton!" "If they pick you up." "Either way," "I don't really care." "Is Moya still mad at me for throwing that bomb?" "Moya understands." "Crichton threw a bomb too." "But the one he threw stimulated her to expel Durka's transport." "I didn't know she could do that." "Did you know she could do that?" " Moya didn't even know she could do it." " Oh." "Pilot says she's still in a lot of pain from the damage she caused protecting her child." " You can have that back now." " Sure now that I don't need it." "You know, I never thought I'd say this to a Hynerian." " Much less to you." " Stop there." "Ha ha ha, don't you dare thank me for saving your life." "I wasn't going to." "You weren't?" "Why not?" "Because amidst all that unfinished business between you and Durka," "I don't think you even knew I was there." "But you handled yourself well." "I did, didn't I?" "Beat him at his own game." "You just compared yourself, to a Peacekeeper." "Look, I have to find the pain before I can remove it." " Hold still." " Stop, you're hurting." "How's the patient?" "She's a brat." "You think we should kick her off the boat?" "Ask me tomorrow." "So, do I get to stay?" "Moya's gathering her strength for Starburst." "That should put enough distance between us and your people." "Thanks." "What's the matter?" "We have rules." "Yeah." "Well when I see any of you following them, so will I." "I'm easy." "I owe you." "The others will not be so forgiving." "Well just drop me off at the next planet, where there's something worth stealing." "This isn't a prison transport anymore, Chiana." "You can get off whenever you want." "One question." "Where were you when Salis was murdered?"