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As I Leave Home

by Seven

Note from Author: I've only seen the closing ten minutes or so of "The Vanished" and already I'm inspired.

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Because of Lili's horribly desperate look when the shuttle zips away...

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Augur, Liam...

I know you two can't hear me, but I need to talk to someone, and right now you two are crowding everyone else out of my head.

And I know you'd understand what's happening here.

Sandoval made me into some kind of mutant, maybe a hybrid. My blood is turning black, and... it's probably just my imagination, but I feel like things are changing inside my body, twisting around... what did he do to me when I was out? Where did he put me? How did he do this?

Did you ever feel this, Liam? Did you feel alone, did you fear what others would say and see you as? Fear that they'd use you like a lab rat, since Sandoval said I was so important.

I swear I'll kill myself before I let anyone do that.

Sandoval. That rat. I always knew he was slimy, but I never knew how much! What did he

do to me to turn my body into some kind of mix? Why is he doing this, without Zo'or's knowledge? Where is he sending me? He said so many things that didn't make sense to me! I want to know what he meant!

The shuttle's been in interdimensional for hours now, and I have a sneaking suspicion where I'm going. I hope it's not Jaridian space, because they might well shoot first and ask questions later...

Jaridian... what if I'm part-Jaridian now? What color was that one soldier's blood when his wrist was cut... oh gosh, I can't remember. It might have been black...

Augur... you could always put off almost any situation with a cute little quip. But if something really touched you, like when Liam almost died, or when Boone did, I could see what you really felt like under the attitude.

I hope you're not too upset now... I know no one probably found my dog tags, so you think I'm dead. I'm not.

And I'm gonna be back.