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I've always worried that Scorpius would get a noose around Aeryn's neck and demand that I give up wormholes if I wanted her back. I knew that if it came to that, I'd break — I'd tell him everything, anything to get my Aeryn back.

Well, that day's here. It's the Scarrans that have her, not Scorpy, but since I'll need his half-Scarran mojo to rescue her, he's holding the rope all the same. Me and Grasshopper have a deal: I'll trade him wormholes for Aeryn. Cue the Odd Couple theme music. Better play it on an organ, though. Think Dracula with irony.

My only clue to Aeryn's whereabouts is the word Katratzi. I've heard it before, mixed in with Sikozu-Stark's gibberish on the alternate Moya that Einstein showed me.

Scorpy and I shot ourselves through the same old wormhole, back to that freaky Moya. Once we arrived (and after only one wrong turn — I've done worse in Boston), we tracked down Sikozu-Stark, but she was clueless. Double-S explained that she must've picked up her knowledge of Katratzi while crossing a Scarran over to death — and ol' glow-face can only remember knowledge like that while she's in the crossing-over zone.

So Scorpius hauled off and shot Rygel-Noranti. It was a waste, though: This Stark couldn't cross Rygel-Noranti over, because she can only cross over people she loves.

We had to kill someone else. Someone she loved.

Only one person on that Leviathan fit that description: Chiana-Aeryn.

Am I really gonna blast off Chiana-Aeryn's head to save my Aeryn? Can I look into her eyes — Aeryn's eyes — and pull the trigger?

I don't know who I've become. My friends are all in danger because of me. The galaxy could be on fire. The Peacekeepers could be slip-sliding away through wormholes to Earth with the Scarrans hot on their tails. Scorpius could be chilling on a throne, shooting Luke Skywalker full of blue electricity. But I'm thinking, "Who cares? If Aeryn's okay, then I done good."

But right now, nothing's good. I've done nothing right. And I'll have to do more wrongs, unleash darker evils, if I want to save Aeryn. I can't believe I'm about to pull the trigger, but Aeryn needs me. I know she'll forgive me for this ... but will I ever forgive myself?

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