David stood in the middle of the Zocalo and looked around. He wanted to find a present for Sarah, whose birthday was tomorrow. After the mission with Kafta and the Hand he started to realize that she was becoming more than a friend to him and so he had planned to give her something special, to let her know how he felt for her. He smiled, when he noticed a stand with data crystals about the history of the major races. After he had bought one, he started to look for sweets and flowers, which he found easily.
Then he went back to his quarters to hide the presents. He had just put his code into the door control, when he heard someone behind him. He turned around, but he was to slow. He passed out before he realized that he had been attacked. The attacker looked down at David, smiled and whispered: "I have waited so long to meet you again, David Martell. Now I am going to have my revenge on you for the ten years in prison. I promise you that the coming weeks will be very painful to you."
Because it was late in the evening, no one saw David being taken to the docking bay and into a ship, which left five minutes later. The only thing giving clues as to what just happened were the open door and the items on the floor.
The next morning the crew of the Liandra met with G´Kar for a last breakfast on Babylon 5. When there was no sign of their captain after ten minutes they got worried. Dulann and Sarah went to his quarters to see if there was something wrong with David. They found the door to his quarters open and a few things he must have bought yesterday lying on the floor in front of it. David was nowhere to be seen, but as Sarah looked around the room, she found a birthday card with her name on it.
She opened it and read what David had written inside: "Dear Sarah, I do not know if I should tell you this, but I have to, before it kills me. I love you, I always have since we first met.
Yours forever, David."
Sarah dropped the card and started to cry. Dulann put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer to him. Her tears were wetting his jacket, but she did not notice it. Her thoughts were racing, because it all made sense suddenly. During the last few months she and David had spent more and more time alone. She had always wondered why, but now she knew. He must have arranged it to let her know how he felt. But he had never said something, so he probably did not know how to tell her and now that she knew, she would possibly not see him again, if they did not find out what happened to him.
With the help of Dulann she made it back to the others, who were already waiting in the docking bay. When they saw her face, they looked concerned. Sarah was still crying, so Dulann told them what they had just seen. He led Sarah to a chair and forced her to sit down, before he asked Malcolm to get David´s things, so that they could leave and look for their friend. After he had returned, they were about to go into the shuttle which would bring them back to the Liandra, when G´Kar showed up. He had heard what had happened from the security team and requested to be allowed to join them for the search. He had even contacted Narn and asked for help. He told them that several of their newest fighters would be meeting them at the jumpgate over Narn.
This promise made them feel a bit better. After they arrived on the Liandra, Kitaro immediately set the course for Narn. The flight there would take them about two days, so they had enough time to put together a rescue plan.