Telepath Wolf

Healer

Keep in mind that I do not own Babylon 5 or its characters, so if you recognize any of them, THEY'RE NOT MINE. They are property of WB and Straczynski. (Put in other words, I am not making money out of writing this, I'm only doing it for the pleasure of sharing a piece of my mind with you all)

Please remember that this story portrays a little different approach to Susan's and Talia's relationship, which means YES, as most of my stories, this is a FEMLASH, if this bothers you, you shouldn't be here, so leave now if you're not comfortable with this fact.

Also remember that Susan is a werewolf, kinda like the ones portrayed in the Underworld movies. You know, strong, virtually immortal, and able to control when they shift.

And don't forget I altered the timeline to suite my needs for things to flow between them. I however, did not alter the B5 General plot line, so the major events that happened during the series, are still there, some of them with a little twist, but most of them stayed just the same.

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Telepath Wolf

Chapter 25

Healer

As the weeks passed after Jason left, I noticed that more often than not, the voice in my mind kept talking to me, asking me to go in one direction or another, or which deals were convenient to us or not, or prompting me for example, to keep fighting for Susan.

There was one time in which I was walking through Zocalo when I saw Susan chatting amiably to a telepath from Psi Corps and that angered me to no end, and the voice in my mind was upset too. 'See? If you don't want to anymore, then you should let me fight for her' she said 'She should be chatting and smiling at us, not anyone else, and certainly not another telepath!'

"You're right" I told to myself while approaching Susan and the telepath she was with

"You're scanning me!" I heard Susan snap at him and I smirked at that, knowing that whatever he thought he was doing, he had just lost Susan's respect and therefore what he had planned had went to waste.

"I'm sorry" he said raising his arms in the surrender gesture "The thought of Ms Winters was very loud, and I mean, very loud in your mind when I mentioned Psi Corps. I'm sorry" he continued, which made me freeze in my spot, curious as to what was actually going on there at the moment. "You say you hate us, yet, you're longing for her"

"Get the hell out of my mind!" Ordered Susan before I had a chance to let his words sink in my mind and what that entitled.

"I am surprised you were aware of it" he said presumably referring to a delivered probe. I could see Susan glaring at him "Unless… of course, she must have been in your mind before she was given the sleepers, your mother" he said triumphantly. I berated myself for not coming to that conclusion before

"You are never to discuss my mother!" Yelled Susan "Ever! Is that clear?" she snapped at him as her link chirped "Ivanova" she answered still glaring at him

"Lt Commander, you are needed in the Observation Dome"

She cut the link, dropped her napkin on the table, and glared hard at the telepath there before standing to leave. She walked to where I was and she looked hard at me too "And you" she said in a cold and hating tone "should never spy on me again like you just did" she said before she left me surprised by the fact that she knew I was there

'Of course she knew' said the voice in my head 'Like when she knew we were being followed by the lurkers that attacked us' "What do you mean?" I asked myself 'You truly don't remember, do you? Before the Corps took us in… I believe, dear me, that our Susan is like the creature that saved us in the woods' And with those words, I remembered my life, however short it was, before I was taken in the by Psi Corps.

A few weeks after the voice in my mind; who by that moment I had dubbed as Tee which was how my birth mother used to call me; made her presence known, I was asked by a Mimbari and a Narn to mediate on a regular basis on the behalf of the 'Company' they represented, between said Company and their governments. I was surprised on our second meeting, when they introduced me to their boss.

After going over what would be required of me and the clauses on the Confidentiality Agreement that I was asked to sign, I couldn't keep it in any more.

"I thought you said you didn't want anything to do with Psi Corps, at all" I told Susan, aware of the people and the tension present in the room.

"I still don't" she simply said, providing me a copy of what would be my contract for me to read

"Then why am I here?" I asked taking the document from her hands

She sighed and finally looked up, that was the first time our eyes had met in a long time "I was asked by Ambassadors Delenn and G'Kar to have a telepath mediating in all future meetings and agreements" she then looked down to the Confidentialy Agreement that I had signed before voicing my question "They asked for you. I could have suggested and looked for a different telepath, I just thought that it would be easier to have you mediate for us, seeing as you are already here in B5, besides, seeing as the suggested you took the job, it means they trust you"

"But you don't" I retorted

She looked up and stared sadly at me "I trust in your professionalism, after all you are committed to what being a telepath entitles"

'She's keeping her promise to give us a job if she was required to use a telepath' said Tee 'Sign it already, it is a good agreement, and we might have to spend more time with her, we could win her over again'

"Okay, I'll sign" I said to both Tee and Susan "Just make sure your people don't schedule anything before consulting with me. I don't want any meetings to overlap" I added as I signed. Susan looked up again, apparently confused by what I was telling her "You don't expect me to refuse any other offers that come to my table, right?"

She shook her head "No, I didn't suppose you would leave Psi Corps for this" she said sadly. "Maher and Louba will be taking it from here. If you have any doubt or concern, go to them" she stood up and archived the files I had just signed, then she handed me a copy of both. "Good day Ms Winters" she turned and nodded to the Narn and the Mimbari that had contacted me, and then nodded too to Maher, who just looked apologetically at me. A minute later, Susan was gone.

Over the next weeks, I only caught glimpses of her from a distance, and the few times we actually had to be in the same room because of her duties to the Company.

On a certain occasion, after a tiresome meeting with troublesome clients, I headed for an early drink in Zocalo, as I exited the transport tube I noticed that Susan was there too, I briefly debated whether to head somewhere else or sit on the stool that was nearer to me, which also happened to be right in her line of sight. When she noticed me there I had no choice than to sit, however I sent her a small nod in acknowledgment, which oddly enough, she reciprocated. I knew she was uncomfortable, I could see it on her features, but still she decided to stay there, unfortunately her link chirped after a few seconds of me being there.

"Ivanova here" she answered as I pretended to focus on the menu that was provided to me

"Lt Commander, the Mimbari ship is through"

"I'm on my way" she said looking up "Check please" she asked the bartender handing him her credit card.

"Hey! Hey thief!" Was heard a few feet away "Stop her!" I watched Susan turn around to face the source of the commotion and I glanced there too, curious about what was going on.

At that moment a teen girl was running away, Susan stood I guess to chase the teen and I was surprised when I heard the girl's mind screaming in pain as she experienced a mind burst. The moment she collapsed on the floor I was at her and Susan's side, who was already kneeled checking the girl's pupils.

"Get Dr Franklin, fast" I told her kneeling too

"You know this girl?" She asked me surprised

"No" I told her shaking my head "She's just having a mind burst, she's a telepath" I informed her stroking the girls hair, knowing that what she was currently going through was not the best of experiences.

A few minutes later we were in Medlab, the girl on a biobed, and both Susan and I hovering there, watching Dr Franklin doing his job.

"Readings are all normal, except the EEG" he informed us "What happened to her?"

"She took a mind burst" I said simply "She's a telepath, a strong one" I added, looking down to the kid again "I felt her scream in my mind when she took the burst"

"What do you mean by burst?" Asked Susan with a frown on her face 'At least she's talking to us again' added Tee in my mind

"If you're borned with your Psi talent active you learn early on how to block the noise of other minds" I explained looking directly at Susan's eyes "But sometimes the talent is latent until it's triggered, usually puberty does it" I added before looking at the girl again "This girl looks about the right age for that"

"So the reaction is the same as if a deaf person suddenly hears a rocket inside their head?" asked Dr Frankling

"Exactly, she didn't know what was happening and her mind just ran away and hid" I said sighing

"If her telepathic abilities just broke up, then the Psi Corps doesn't know about her yet" said Susan apparently enjoying that fact

"There's got to be some genetic records somewhere" I told her "As soon as we find out who she is, I'll arrange for her transport to Earth" I added letting her know that was the protocol in this cases "A Psi Corps Rep can meet her there"

"Negative!" she said stubbornly, as always "She was committing a theft when she went down. She's under Station jurisdiction until that is dealt with. She's not going anywhere"

I couldn't help to wonder if she just wanted to go against what I said, or if she was truly concerned about complying her duties to the station. "You're not being reasonable" I told her 'And when if it's related to a telepath is she reasonable?' Asked me Tee, I snorted at that, which obviously was not met with joy from Susan

"Fine, it's my call and I'm making it!" she argued

"Excuse me but until this is resolved" Intervened Dr. Franklin "she's still my patient and I'm ordering you out" he said looking at me "both of you" he added a second later staring at Susan. She nodded slightly but complied with his orders, I smirked following her out.

She headed, I know, to her quarters to change into her formal dress uniform in order to attend to the welcoming ceremony to the Mimbari war hero. I knew that would last at least 4 hours, so after 3 I headed back to Medlab, hoping Dr Franklin would not kick me out again.

He agreed to let me stay if I promised to not fight with Susan when she showed up again, I had no choice but to agree to his terms. A couple hours later, as Dr. Franklin performed more tests on the girl who was getting restless on her sleep, Susan entered the Medlab.

"How's she doing?" She asked concerned, which reminded me that even when Susan did not like Psi Corps, she would always do what she thought would be the best for the people she was responsible of, this kid included.

"Well, she's coming around" said Dr. Franklin as she opened her eyes, he leaned into the girl in order to be at eye level with her. "How do you feel?"

There was just a second of calm, which was broke when the girl lost control of her abilities again, I reached for her hands. 'Talk her through this' said Tee 'I'll try to keep her mind out from ours and get us the information you need to provide Susan and the Doc'

"Calm down" I told her gently while everything she was hearing in her mind and everything that she remembered, was projected into mine, Tee helping me sort through all that information "Do as I say" I told Alisa, which I learned was her name, but she kept struggling in her mind, clearly overwhelmed by what she was experiencing "I'll walk with you in your head. Now relax" she started to do that and I was able to focus completely on her "Imagine a wall inside your mind, behind your eyes" I ordered her, projecting myself briefly into her mind in order for her to see me there and physically in Medlab, while Tee kept my mind safe at the moment, knowing with certainty that Alisa was stronger than me. "Build it brick by brick" I showed her how I built my own wall

"I can't" said Alisa struggling

"Yes you can!" I told her forcefully "Focus Alisa! See the wall. The sounds will go away as the wall goes higher" I assured her "You'll only hear what you wanna hear" Slowly Alisa stopped struggling and started to regain control over her mind "Yes, like that. Just like that" I told her being able to see the wall she was building in her mind

"It's better" said Alisa softly the moment she opened her eyes. I patted her hand and turned to Dr. Franklin and Susan letting them know that we had to talk, for which we walked a few feet away from Alisa's biobed

"So how'd you get her name?" Asked me Franklin

"She can't control her talent. She's broadcasting every thought in her head" I told him "Her name is Alisa Beldon" I continued, now looking at Susan "she came to the station with her father looking for work"

"Computer, access Beldon Alisa" she said walking to the nearest console, not giving me a chance to continue "Here it is" she said when the search was done "Came here two years ago with her father, both Earth born, she was 12. Mother's death recorded in Earth 6 years prior. No further information"

"Her father died last year. An accident" I told her causing Susan to sigh "She's been living on her own in Down Below ever since"

"Am I under arrest?" Asked Alisa regaining our attention, making us walk back to her side "I had to eat, you don't stay alive unless you have credits to pay with" she told us, which made Susan and I share a hurt look knowing she was right "You don't have to feel bad about it, I'm used to do it for myself" she added hurriedly "My mom died young too, same as yours" she told Susan and I flinch knowing she was about to blow up to the kid

"Stop that!" Ordered and angered Susan, walking to stand a few feet away, near to the threshold leading to the hall

"What's the matter?" Asked Alisa confused

"Alisa, you must never read someone's mind without permission" I told her 'No matter how much you want to or how easy it seems' I added with my mind

"But it was so plain" she said defensively 'Even when it was, it was a violation to her privacy' I told her with my mind, she nodded and looked at Susan again "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything. I didn't want to offend you" Susan nodded slightly but kept silent

"As I said, she needs to be properly trained" I informed them "As soon as you're with the Psi Corps, the better you'll be able to deal with this gift of yours" I told Alisa

"We still haven't dealt with the charges against her!" Snapped Susan "Let's take care of one crisis at a time, shall we?" she asked sarcastically "Keep me informed of her condition" she asked Dr Franklin before turning to leave. I watched him follow her to the door and was able to overhear their conversation

"Lt Commander, is there a particular reason you are so interested in this case?" He asked fishing for something, though I didn't know what or why at the moment

"Yes" said Susan firmly, she then turned to face me and raised her voice to make sure I clearly heard her "She's not leaving here Ms Winters, not as long as I have anything to do about that" I watched her leave, angered again.

'We are not going to get her back if we keep up like this' told me Tee, and I sadly agreed with myself.

"You're in love with her" Stated Alisa, making me snap out of my musings

"I am" I whispered "But things have not worked out between us"

"What happened?" she asked me truthfully curious

I sighed "Don't worry about that" I told her smiling "Why don't you take a nap? You need to rest"

She stared at me for a moment and I knew she was considering looking into my mind to satiate her curiosity, she decided against it and nodded before laying down.

Before I left, I asked Dr Franklin to run a test on Alisa's blood in order to know exactly what was her Psi Rating, I knew she was stronger than me, which meant she was at least a P7 or P8. A few hours later I came back with clothes for Alisa. I talked her about what life could be for her if she joined the Corps and how they would make sure she never needed anything at all

"I appreciate the clothes" she said studying the items I had brought for her "The other ones were getting pretty ripe" she added amused

"We should get you more outfits before your trip to Earth" I told her smirking

"And the Psi Corps pays for all of these?" she asked still amazed by that fact

"Of course" I told her as Susan walked in "The Corps takes care of its own"

"Why don't you tell her what else the Psi Corps does when it takes care of someone?" Asked Susan sarcastically

"Lt Commander," I started staring at her "this really isn't of your concern" I was annoyed by her cold shoulder attitude now, and I really was getting tired of going in circles around her instead of being with her

"Yes it is and you know damn well why it is!" She said angered, stepping closer to us "Now, why don't you let me talk to her for a while? Unless you're afraid to let her know the other side"

I frowned at her. By that moment she should have known that not everything to do with the Corps was in any way related to her and her mother, or us for that matter. I scoffed but decided to walk away. While Susan presumably told Alisa in detail about her mother, I was with Dr Franklin waiting for the results on her blood tests.

"Definitely a high P10" I informed them after a few hours when we got the results back

"I bet Na'Toth would high up the bid if she saw those results" said Alisa smirking

"I thought you didn't like contact with the Narn mind" stated Susan confused by Alisa's comment

"I don't have to go into their minds" retorted Alisa "I just have to give them the bio genetic samples they want" she added shrugging

"I could supply you with historical records of the Narn Regime" said Susan hurriedly. Disliking as much as I did the Narn proposal to Alisa "Take a good look at their homeworld Alisa" she suggested "The Centauri occupation left it bleak, barren, almost death. The narns are only interested in conquering other races now. They make slaves of their victims and despite Na'Toth's claims, they're probably gonna try to make one of you as well" she looked at me "A little like the Psi Corps" she added

"Lt Commander!" I snapped "granted you have your problems with the Psi Corps, and I sympathize with your feelings, but I won't have you poisoning her with them"

"Like the facts about the lives they've ruined?" she countered "The people they've destroyed-?"

"And the good they've done!" I added interrupting her rant "Just because your mother didn't cooperate-"

"Like your friend Ironheart-?"

"You leave him out of this" I told her through gritted teeth "don't you dare bring him into this"

"I can't believe that you're still loyal to them even after that!"

"Corps is Mother, Corps is Father!" I retorted

"Bull shit! She deserves to know what kind of parenting the Psi Corps does! They killed my mother; they killed Ironheart, AND THEY HAVE YOU!" Whatever I was planning to answer to her argument, it died in my throat the moment she yelled that last part, I couldn't believe that it pained her more the fact that I was loyal to Psi Corps than it pained her, her own mother's death.

"STOP IT! STOPT IT BOTH OF YOU!" Yelled Alisa interrupting our bickering "You keep arguing about what you want, you don't care about what I want… You don't even ask" she said sadly gripping her head

"Alright, what do you want?" I conceded now worried about her, she was right, Susan and I were arguing back and forth about her future based on our own wishes and beliefs and surely we were bombarding Alisa's mind with our own issues.

"To know the truth about my choices…" she answered truthfully "Is that all of it? Narn, Psi Corps, the drugs?"

"No" Said Susan surprising me "There's one more possibility you should consider" I was just hoping she was not about to suggest that Alisa became a rogue.

Of course I should have trusted Susan from the beginning, she wouldn't have let that happen to Alisa, she ended up taking her to meet Ambassador Delenn and after a mishap caused by Alisa's curiosity prompting her to get into the Mimbari's mind, it was worked out and she was offered a place among their telepaths, which ended up being the offer she decided to accept. I still thought she should have gone to Psi Corps, but I respected her choice and Susan's efforts.

"And the Narn. Aghhhhh! Even though the price was right" said Alisa to Susan at customs as I walked to stand at Susan's side

"There is no high enough price to compensate being surrounded by Narns" I told her earning a smile from the teen "I just thought I'd stop by and wish you luck. I don't agree with your decision, but the Commander's right, you could be of big help with the Mimbari." I said smiling softly "And who knows? Maybe you'll learn a trick or two and come back to teach us"

"Thanks, I might do that" she said grinning before hugging Susan good bye "I won't forget you" she said. I know she whispered something else into Susan's ears, but I couldn't catch it.

"I can't" said Susan looking at Alisa, who nodded curtly before turning to hug me in turn

'She loves you too!' Alisa's mind screamed in mine 'Don't let her slip away' "I think I wanna go the rest of the way by myself" she said out loud when she broke contact with me "Good bye"

"Bye" whispered Susan

"Good bye" I told her, sending a soft 'Be safe' into her mind as she walked away 'So, what's the plan?' Asked me Tee 'We woo her again' I told myself "Are you busy right now?" I asked Susan smiling as she was turning to leave

"Hum, no, not right now" she said hesitating

"I wasn't exactly polite to you over this whole thing" I told her truthfully

"Yeah, we both got a little hot, I think" she said awkwardly

"How about if I buy you a drink?" I asked her hopefully "To make up for it"

"I go on duty in half an hour" she told me, obviously looking for an excuse

"Good, then it's gonna be coffee"

She sighed, but nodded her agreement. Unfortunatley, after she finished her cup and headed to the Dome to start her shift, she decided that her pride was more powerful than anything I could possibly say. "Ms Winters, this changes nothing between us"

"I think it changes everything Susan, you said-"

"Whatever you think is going on, it's not." She said cutting me off "I don't want to talk to you again, unless it's work related." She added before leaving.

'So much for wooing' said Tee in a sarcastic yet defeated tone 'We might as well give up, I'm tired of this' I added

I found myself several times staring at Susan from a distance in the following weeks, longing for her to at least acknowledge me again, I missed her so much.

By that time, Tee and I had spent a lot of time in meditation 'together' and going through our Psi Corps training. She remembered receiving training from different instructors than I did. We knew that at some point we had literally been one and the same, but somewhere along our life with the Corps, we had been split. What was odd was what happened when we split, usually, when a telepath experienced a mental disorder, mainly multiple personalities, Psi Corps tried to train the strongest and eliminate the weakest; but it appeared that they had decided to train us both when they found out about Tee. Tee said that she had a mission to comply here in B5, but aside from it involving keeping us safe she could not remember what it was exactly, she did remember that before Jason 'gifted' us, she was encaged within my mind, always watching and trying to talk to me in order to do certain things her way. We still could not work out exactly how the Corps trained us both at the same time, neither she nor me remembered having black outs at all, and she remembered being 'free' before heading to Babylon 5.

I had been lost in thought while having lunch one day, originally watching Susan across from where I was sitting, when Ambassador Delenn approached me. We had an amiably enough conversation to think that we were more than acquaintances though not friends yet. She told me that she noticed that my withdrawal from Susan had both of us looking to be unhappy.

"It seems obvious you both love each other" she said smiling, and I knew she was right, there was no doubt about how we felt, the problem was that her pride appeared to be more important to her than whatever I could offer "Which is why I don't understand why you are staying as far away from her as possible"

"She found out I withheld information regarding certain aspects that would affect our lives if we did officially embark in a relationship, and she did not take it well" I said sighing "I don't blame her though" I added looking past the Ambassador to look at Susan again.

"Still, both of you are hurting, and even when obviously missing each other you stubbornly refuse to work it out" she said teasingly "I indeed find you humans and your ways to be unfathomable" she said standing and staring at me "Do you want her to be part of your life?" she asked me then

"More than anything" I told her, at the same time Tee said the exact same thing in my mind. It was somewhat comforting knowing that both of us who were so different even when we were somewhat the same, wanted Susan to be in our life.

"Then you should not be sitting alone just talking to yourself and staring at her" she said amused before nodding in the Mimbari custom way and leaving.

'She's right you know? You can't just quit. You have to fight for her!' Said Tee "How? She was clear in her wish to be left alone, and I'm tired of this, she should fight for us too" I told her at the same time that Susan's cousin, Louba, and the kid that helped me when we were attacked after our date, approached Susan and sat with her joining in for lunch. 'How could we have forgotten about him?' Asked me Tee surprised 'He might be the key. We have to get him to tell us what was going on that night and everything he knows about Susan. Then maybe we can find a way to fight for her'

I spent the next weeks trying to get to talk to the kid, he was always around Louba or Louba's mother, so it was a hard task to accomplish, and when I finally was able to approach him, he was not as useful as I had originally hoped for.

"Look, I don't want to be rude, seeing as you are her ma… I mean, you are important to her" he said "But I really can't talk to you about that, or what happened." He started to walk away, but had to stop a few paces ahead to wait for the lift doors to open "Don't give up on her though, she's driving all of us nuts because of your absence" he said smirking before taking the transport tube that had just arrived.

Fighting for Susan turned out to be easier said than done, on New Year's Eve I almost had her confessing her love for me and agreeing to work something out for us, she even admitted she did not want to lose me… but the death of President Santiago and the repercussions it had to Earthforce, put us in an uncomfortable impasse.

A/N: Okay guys, I decided to deal with Control but not as an AP as was done in the series. Also, we are a chapter away from the end of Season 1. And of course, what do you think about this chapter? I kinda feel that Tee's a little off, I'll work on it, but so far it was the best I could come up with, after all, she's not 'Control' per sei, right?

So, Merry Christmas! I don't think I'll be here to update before New Year's Eve so I wish you all to have an excellent end and a wonderful beginning to the year.

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