Sophia 7
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A message appeared on John's monitor. He was dressing as he called for it to be played. Bester's face appeared on screen causing him to stop. " Captain, I require a meeting with you and your command crew at 10-o clock."
It was 0800 already. Two hours. If John hadn't known how dangerous it was to go against the Psi Corp, especially in these times. It worried him that Bester had gotten on board without them knowing. He contacted Susan, Michael and Stephen letting them know.
Five minutes before ten, they were all gathered in John's office, faces grim. John was at his desk and Stephen in one of the two chairs across it. Michael was pacing the room back and forth, his hand on his PPG. Susan was sitting on the sofa, her pale skin and black uniform clashing elegantly. Sophia was in her lap. Her backpack was full of books and games and such to amuse her when Susan was busy. It lay abandoned as mother and daughter spoke quietly to each other, occasionally smiling at some secret.
Susan did not like to leave her daughter alone so she took her where she could, leaving her with a junior officer when she could not. In addition, John, Michael, Stephen and Marcus all volunteered to baby-sit her. John had taken her when Susan had gone on a 24-hour trip by Fury.
Two minutes until 10. Susan and Sophia had become quiet. Sophia's head rested on her mother's shoulder. Her arms hidden within Susan's cloak. Susan rocked her gently. John too was now standing. It was he who now paced with Michael silently standing guard at the door. Stephen seated himself next to Susan and Sophia on the sofa. His hand went out to rub the child's back affectionately. However, his eyes betrayed his own fear.
At exactly 10-o clock Bester came in. His blond female aide following him, with an arrogant look on her face which rivaled his own. Bester walked over to John, holding out his hand. " Good morning captain." John refusing to take his hand shot him a look of hatred. He looked over to where Susan sat with Sophia in her arms, both staring intently at him," Commander a pleasure as always." She too refuse to reply.
Ignoring his cold reception, Bester walked forward, stopping in front of Susan, attempted to take the child out of her arms. Sophia half screamed and Susan held her close, standing up. The three men closed in on Bester who realized it was in his best interests to back off and did so.
" Well this makes things easier," said Bester half speaking to him. " Well then shall we get down to business?"
When no one replied, he continued," We have been chasing a rogue telepath family for quite some time. The father was killed in an accident attempting to escape us. We traced the mother and daughter to a hide out in Europe. The mother was killed in a futile attempt to escape. We captured the daughter. She escaped. We have reason to believe she is on Babylon 5. When we went through her file we found some interesting information, the child, named Sophia Faith O' Neal, was adopted, and her birth mother is Commander Ivanova which is little surprise considering her parentage. However, it seems you already know that," he said gesturing to Sophia burying herself in Susan's arms.
" What's your point here?" Susan snapped angrily, running her hand through her daughter's hair in an attempt to comfort her.
" The point, Commander Ivanova," said Besters aide," is that Sophia is an Earth Alliance citizen and the Corp has jurisdiction over her. With her talent, we are taking her back with us."