Raindrop Dreams
Author's Notes: I don't know where this
came from; except for the fact it's a rainy day here. Unbeta’d, so all mistakes
are mine. Minor spoilers for Different Destinations.
Disclaimer: Not mine...if it was we'd have a Farscape channel.
Hope...home...warmth spreading over his body.
Small children's cries as they played outside.
Raindrops hitting the roof hard on a cold drizzly day.
Opening weary eyes, John stared out the window he was propped up against.
Raindrops turned red as they hit the ground. The children's cries were not of
glee, but pain and fear as the soldiers steadily tore through the small town.
"CRICHTON! CRICHTON!" The nurse Kelsa's
voice screamed out to him, pleading, for not the first time in over a cycle.
'Not again. I won't let this happen again,' John thought as he picked up the
pulse rifle and walked to the door of the small dwelling.
"John, whatever you want to do..." Aeryn said, lightly grabbing his
arm. "...I will back you, but you have to think things through
clearly."
"Oh, I'm clear on this, Aeryn. I'm not going to let these people...these
kids die when I can stop it this time."
Staring at him a moment, Aeryn remember the shared pain they each felt for the
lost nurses and children at the Jocation Memorial.
"Fine then," she replied, picking up her own pulse rifle. "Let's
do something about it then."
Holding out his hand, John smiled at her a moment before opening the door.
"It's just you and me against the world huh?"
Aeryn grabbed his hand and returned the smile. "Until
the end, John."
Dropping their hands both walked outside under the rain heavy sky and began
firing at anything wearing a uniform.
Originally
posted December 14, 2003