Space a huge inky blackness nothing for light years in any direction. A blinding flash of light an a huge leviathan appears from a starbust. inside the crew have been thrown from there beds and they aren't happy about it.

"Pilot! What the hell was that!" yelled Crichton has he picked himself up off the floor.

"Exiting Starbust" said Pilot

"What?" said D'Argo, he didn't like the sound of this. Zhaan and Rygel just glanced at one another but said nothing. Crichton looked over Aeryn's shoulder.

"Crichton what is it? What have you found?" asked Zhaan

"I'm not sure. but I think......." his voice trailed off he didn't dear believe his eyes.

"John what is wrong?" asked Aeryn sounding very concerned. Crichton turned to face everyone "Boy do I have some news for you guys!" he said trying not to smile too much.

The Earth Alliance destroyer Suffolk was on its normal patrol pattern

"Commander Ford, I have a ship that has just come out of hyper space about five light years from here." said Lieutenant Carter.

"Nothing unusual in that is there?" asked Commander Ford sipping his morning coffee.

"Only the fact its a leviathan sir." said Lieutenant Carter

"What!? A leviathan? Are you sure?" Commander Ford said trying not to drop his cup.

"Positive sir." said Lieutenant Carter

"Tell Earth Alliance Command what's going on and plot an intercept course. NOW!"

Bellowed Commander Ford. He didn't like this, a leviathan here? There hadn't been one encountered for well over two hundred and fifty years. "Carter. Get me everything you can on the leviathan Moya and her crew. I think we could be in for one hell of a history lesson."

Ford hoped it was'nt the PeaceKeepers. If that leviathan had fighters aborad he'd be out numbered and out gunned. he remembered something he had heard years before. "If you ever encounter PK's. You wont have much time to react." that sent a shiver up Ford's spine.

Aboard Moya no one could believe their ears. If what Circton was saying was true things could get very messy. They all remembered Crichton's experiences on the false Earth some time ago. That was one thing no one wanted to repeat.

"So what do we do now?" asked Zhaan

"You mean what don't we do." said Rygel "Remember?" he added.

"Where's Aeryn?" asked Crichton noting she was no longer in command.

"Said something about going ot the terrace to think." said Rygel

without a word Crichton headed for the terrace. Zhaan was about to follow but D'Argo stopped her with a look "Leave them." he said "They have to work this out themselves. We all knew this would happen if Crichton ever got home." Zhaan nodded D'Argo was right.

Crichton entered the terrace sure enough there was Aeryn back to him looking up at the Milky Way Galaxy hands clasped behind her back as he had seen before when she was uncomfortable. he walked up behind her slowly.

"We've kind of had this conversation before Aeryn." he said

"I know John." she said as she turned to face him tears in her eyes "It's still not easy."

Crichton closed what distance there was and put his arms around Aeryn. She instantly returned the embrace. They just stood for a while with the Milky Way behind them not daring to speak. It was Crichton who broke the silence

"I love you Aeryn Sun." he said quietly

"And now you're leaving me?" she asked trying not to cry anymore than she already was.

"No." he said "I can't return to Earth. I know that now. It wouldn't be safe for you or the others." Aeryn looked at bin shocked.

"But that's what you have wanted. isn't it?" she asked

"It was. But there's something I want more and that's to spend the rest of my life with you."

without thinking he kissed her full on the mouth "And the others here on Moya." he added.

She was about to answer when their com links came to life

"Crichton, Aeryn you'd better both get up here. We have a visitor." it was D'Argo.

As they left the terrace Crichton decided it was going to be interesting having a Sebacean girlfriend. Aeryn was so strong willed when she wanted to be. He liked a challenge.

"Well he and his friends managed to stop an all out nuclear war. After he vanished in the farscape the political situation began to go downhill to the point where when he reappeared in Moya about seven years later a full missile exchange seemed only weeks away. Talk about saving the planet!"

No one seemed too surprised as Crichton and Aeryn walked arm in arm into command. Crichton thought he saw D'Argo smile.

Ford went on to explain that Moya and her crew would play a major part in earth history in the early part of the 21^st century. Other than this he could not say too much more for risking

damaging the time line. All they had to do now was figure out how they had got here and how to get back. That didn't seem easy.

To be continued......(I hope. Now I have to come up with how they time travailed!)