Disclaimer: Babylon 5, Highlander, and Star wars are not mine, this story is purely for entertainment.



Note: This story takes place after Highlander: End game, but since I haven't seen the show yet, I have no idea how it goes, so I'm guessing, enjoy







Revelations, Stars and Immortals



By: Marcus



Chapter 3

Imperial Star Destroyer Nim

The three imperial ships following had taken longer to reach unknown space than expected, Grand Admiral Shakan was growing increasingly more frustrated and violent by the hour, "Captain! How long until we reach unknown space?!", he yelled out.

Captain Gahn ran up to him, he was terrified, with good reason, Shakan had a reputation for murdering his subordinates when he became quite angry, "Sir, we've avoided the larger Republic fleets and territory, we are now less than 34 hours from unknown space, the path we've been forced to take around them is quite longer."

Shakan glanced over at the captain, the urge to tear him apart was strong in him, "Notify the other ships, increase to maximum speed.", Captain Gahn saluted and walked of in a hurry, his fear was evident to the entire bridge crew.

Shakan looked back out to the streaks of hyper space, his anger and impatience were wearing thin, he wanted to hunt down every last one of those immortals, they had defeated him in the battle that destroyed the last death star, his need for revenge had become an obsession.

He suddenly remembered another ally immortal that was on patrol near by, "Captain, contact the captain of the Mega Star Destroyer Devastation, tell the Admiral I wish to speak with him, as soon as possible.

"Aye sir!", said Gahn, an evil grin came across Shakans face, his hand was coming together, he felt that his enemies wouldn't stand a chance.





Epsilon 3

The shuttle carrying Lochley, Gideon and Conner Macleod landed next to the Millennium Falcon, as they exited the shuttle they looked at the old ship, "What a hunk of junk.", mumbled Gideon.

Conner looked at him, "This hunk of junk is faster and more maneuverable than a whitestar, you'd be surprised what kind of situations she's been through."

Gideon grunted not taking his eyes off the Falcon, "I'll believe it when I see it.", he said as he looked around the landing pad, he realized that this was the first time he had ever been to Epsilon 3, "Wow, impressive.", he said looking all over the place.

Lochley smiled at him, she too hadn't been here either until now, "Ya, I can't wait to see the rest of this place, it looks new, and it's been here for more than 500 years."

"I'm there won't be time for that Cassandra.", a voice said from behind, Lochley remembered this voice, a voice with a Scottish accent, "Duncan?", she said as she turned around to see her long lost friend standing at the entrance displaying a smile.

"That would be me.", he said in a joyful voice, Lochley walked up to him, hesitating a minute she gave him a hug, "Oh, it's been so long Duncan.", she said into his ear, Duncan smiled still, "Yes, it has."

Gideon came up next to Lochley, Lochley introduced the two, the two shook hands, Conner walked up from behind Duncan, "What? No greetings for me little cousin?", Duncan turned around to face his mentor and cousin.

A smile came across his face again, "Conner!", he said loudly said as he gave him a strong hug, "We got your message, but why are we here?", Duncan asked as he ended the hug.

Conner shrugged, "There's a problem with that.", Conner stated, Duncan raised his hand, "I know, Drall showed us, Imperial ships along with the ones called the Drakh, they're joining forces."

Conner nodded, "But they've kept Earths location a secret though, they want Earth for themselves.", Duncan sighed, "Ya, know everything that's happened in the past ten years, you should have seen what the past 200 years has been for us, galactic war, dictators, mass murders, the works."

Lochley frowned at what Duncans been through, Gideon lowered his head, "So where are the others?", asked Lochley, Duncan froze for a moment remembering her and Methos' history, "Uh, they're with Drall and one of the Zathras', Amanda is still trying to figure him out, come on."

Duncan led them through the maze of technology and lights, each of them were amazed, but Conner seemed less amazed than Lochley and Gideon, Lochley saw him, "What? Wait, you've been here before haven't you?"

Conner grinned, "How do you think I was able to contact Duncan and the others.", he said, Lochley rolled her eyes and shook her head, 'smart ass', she thought to herself.

They entered the heart of the machine to see Amanda in the corner going nuts trying to understand what Zathras was saying, Nick talking to Drall, and Methos looking at Dralls physical form plugged into the machine.

Amanda looked up from her conversation as did Nick, Methos locked eyes with Lochley and moved into the shadows, "Oh my god, Conner, and that's Cassandra isn't it?", she said with a smile appearing on her face, Nick walked up to the group.

Amanda shook hands with Conner and Lochley and was introduced to Gideon, Nick followed her lead, Lochley broke away from the group to go talk to Methos, she was nervous, after 200 years, did she really want to make peace, or was it a lie she made herself believe?

Methos avoided eye contact as he looked back at Drall and the technology he was plugged into, "Hello Methos, how are you?", she said with a shaky voice, Methos was shy to say the least.



"Cassandra, it's been....a long time.", he said in a voice which was barely a whisper, he was as nervous as Lochley, "Actually I call myself Elizabeth Lochley now, I'm a captain in Earth military."

Methos gave a small smile with a small degree of success, "That's great, that's good, I'm happy for you."

Methos looked back to where he looked before, he still felt nervous, he knew she would bring it up soon enough, or her rage would come back to her and she'd go ballistic on him, "Why don't we just cut to the chase, I don't expect you to forgive me, and that's probably the last thing on your mind."

Lochley smiled a little laugh as she glanced over to Drall for a moment, "Actually, it's been one of the things I can't get off my mind for the past 100 years.",Methos looked at her, "Do tell, if you want to.", he said, he seemed be less shy than a few moments ago.

Lochley moved a little closer to him, "Well, my anger continued after our meeting with Kronos and the rest of his gang, after the war, I was a wreck, I had no direction, and my rage had destroyed me, I began to drink, oh, I drank for so long, everything that mattered to me was gone to me."

She took a deep breath, this was proving to be more difficult than she had expected, Methos saw how she was, "You don't have to, if you don't want to.", Lochley snapped her head at him, "No, I have to, I had a friend named Zoey, we were living pretty tough, she died, we were always shooting drugs, one day I came home to find her dead on the floor."

Methos had a look of condolence, "I'm sorry.", Lochley smiled at him, "Thanks, so, after that, I joined Earth Force, while I was there, I learned to let go of my rage, I eventually forgave myself for all the mistakes I made, I learned to live my life again."

"All I've wanted since then is to confront you, to make peace, I want to forgive you.", Lochley said, Methos shook his head, "No, I don't deserve it, I never did, what I did is unforgivable."

Lochley put her hand on his shoulder, "Look, back then, Maybe I did love you, or maybe it was what you said, prisoners falling in love with their captors, but I do know one thing, I do care now, that much is real."

When Methos looked at her, she saw a tear running down his cheek, she was surprised, but didn't show it, in all the time she knew him, Methos wasn't the type to cry, Methos wiped the tear away, "Thank you.", he gave her a hug, Lochley held him tightly as she felt tears of her own beginning to surface.

"I'm so sorry Cassandra.", he said in a slight sobbing voice, Lochley let a tear skim down her cheek.

Duncan saw what was happening from where he stood, "I guess it's going pretty goo for those two, it's about time they forgave each other, especially Methos forgiving himself.", the others glanced over to Lochley and Methos, Gideon smiled at the sight.

Suddenly Drall appeared out of thin air, "We have problems coming.", he stated in a firm voice, Conner pretty much had a clue as to what he was referring to, "The Empire.", he said, Duncan nodded, "Drall told us about them and the Drakh, they must have intercepted your message to us."

Amanda looked to everyone, "So, what do we do, we have one borrowed Millennium Falcon against what? A Star Destroyer? We can't fight with just that!"

"But we can.", someone said as a group of people came around the corner, "We got your message Drall.", said one of them, he seemed to be in charge of the group, Drall smiled a glorious smile, "Sheridan, Delenn, Ivanova, Garibaldi, good you could make it, meet the immortals, with the exception of Nick and Gideon.

Lochley saw them, 'Oh boy' she thought to herself, Sheridan looked at Gideon and Nick, then saw Lochley, "I think you forgot about captain Lochley, Lochley shook her head as she walked up to the group, Delenn saw the look on her face, as did Garibaldi and Ivanova.



"Actually my name is really Cassandra, I'm 4000 years old.", Sheridan looked rather shocked, Delenn was wide eyed and Ivanova and Garibaldi looked at each other in some surprise.

Garibaldi came forth, "So why the secrecy? Why didn't you just tell us?", he asked, Sheridan and the rest except for Ivanova nodded (since this was the first time her and Ivanova ever met.)

Lochley was going to answer when Duncan intervened, "Because it's one of our rules, the rules we live by, because you wouldn't understand our way, well, we used to live by some of them, we changed the rules a long time ago, us anyway."

Delenn moved to her husbands side, "How did you live?", Amanda then came forth, "Before, there were lots of us, and the only way we can be killed is by beheading, and the cardinal rule of our lives was 'There can be only one."

"One what?", asked Ivanova, Methos walked out of the shadows where he wasn't noticed until now, "Only one Immortal left, we had to kill each other, over a cause I might add, until there was only on of us left, but we decided to live and let live, as the saying goes."

Delenn was appalled, "You killed each other? And what happens if there is only one left?", Conner decided to finish the conversation, "We become mortal once again, we were born mortal, we all died a violent death, that's how it happens, then we come back immortal, immune to disease and anything else, except dismemberment."

Delenn looked at him, "You're a ranger, for how long?", Conner grinned, "Just thirty years, I know a lot more about the rangers than you would think.", the conversation ended when Drall vanished for a moment and reappeared.

Delenn looked at him, "What is it my friend?", Drall looked at them, "The number of Star Destroyers is still three, bu they are not alone.", Duncan and the rest lowered their heads in disappointment, Duncan looked upward, "It's a Mega Star Destroyer with them isn't it?"

Drall was frowning slightly, being the deliverer of bad news wasn't what he like in life, "I'm afraid so Macleod, they will arrive in our territory within 28 hours."

Garibaldi looked at Duncan, "What the hell are those?", Methos looked at him, "They are ships the size of Babylon 5, but the Mega Star Destroyer makes them look like a starfury, it can take on a fleet and keep coming, unless you know it's weakness."

Garibaldi shook his head, "Great, it's the shadow war all over again.", Sheridan looked perplexed, "Can the Alliance stop them, and if so, will others come?", Conner shook his head, "No, other ships have come through to explore here before, they were never seen or heard from again, the Vorlons kept this area of space secretive, but now, that could change."

Drall continued, "Sheridan, if the Empire come here, their entire fleet will be too much for you, your way of life, the alliance, it will all be crushed, this is the one chance we have to survive!"

Ivanova had kept silent for long enough, "So, we're all here, the alliance can find a way to take those ships out, at least some alliance ships can be a match for them, at least in groups, large ones."

Methos smiled in doubt, "Maybe, then again, maybe not, but your ships do have more advanced weapons than the Empire does, that could be an edge."

"There is one person still not present, a key element in what is too come.", said Drall, Conner and the others looked around, "Who? I gathered everyone you told me too.", he said, Drall grunted a second, and shook his head, "I never told you, because he is unreachable at the moment."

"Where do we get this person?", asked Sheridan, Drall shook his head, "Not you Mr. President, the immortals, as well as Ivanova.", "Where do we go?", asked Amanda, Drall looked at Ivanova, and back to the immortals, "Not far, go to medlab on Babylon 5, you'll know when your there."



"As for the rest of you, head back to Minbar and assemble the alliance council, the other races must know of what is to come, I'll talk to you there.", Sheridan nodded reluctantly, Ivanova and him nodded to each other before he, Delenn and Garibaldi left, Garibaldi stopped before walking with them.

"Uh, I'm going to stay with the others just in case something goes wrong.", Sheridan nodded, Drall had no objections, Garibaldi nodded at John, "See you later John.", he said as John and Delenn took off back to Minbar.



Babylon 5

The shuttle carrying the immortals and Ivanova touched down less than a half hour after Sheridan left, while they walked out of the shuttle, Methos stayed back with Duncan and Conner, "Did you feel it? Ivanova I mean.", Conner and Duncan shook their heads, "Yes."

Lochley walked next to Ivanova, Susan glanced to her out of the corner of her eye, she was feeling a little odd being next to someone who was as her, "So, how old are you?", she asked.

Lochley laughed lightly, "Well, aside from older than you, over 4000 years old, I'm one of the oldest.", Susan snapped her head, facing Lochley she had a slightly shocked look on her face, "Wow, you're a living archive."

Lochley smiled and kept silent, she didn't want to continue the conversation in the crowded corridors, too many people would hear them, and the secret had to be maintained.

They entered medlab, Susan carelessly waved her hands around for a moment, "Ok, I'm stumped, what now, who's the last person we need?", Amanda and Duncan were acting a little odd, like they felt something, "Close, not far."

Lochley closed her eyes and opened them wide after a few moments, "I feel it too.", the other immortals nodded, Susan gave an expression of questions, "Feel what?", Amanda came up to her, "We not only can feel other immortals near by, but we can feel it when a mortal is going to be an immortal after they die."

Susan had a shocked expression on her face, "Like a psychic.", she said, Amanda nodded, they caught up with the others who were in the back of medlab, they were in the cryo area.

Susan had a feeling something big was about to happen, she had a pretty good idea who they were looking for, she prayed in her mind she was right.

Duncan stopped in front of a cryo tube near the end of the room, "Here.", he said, they looked at the label on the tube, "Marcus Cole.", Susan was against the wall for support, she was barely able to stand, she couldn't believe this was happening, Methos looked at the order under the name, why he was in the tube.

"To be kept in cryogenic suspension until technology built that can resurrect him, under the order of....", he stopped and looked at Ivanova, Amanda looked closely at the order, "Under the order of....", she stood straight looking at Susan, "Under the order of Capt. Susan Ivanova."

The group looked at Susan, "You know him?", asked Duncan, Susan nodded, "I love him."

There was a silence for a minute or two, Methos looked around the corner, "Ok, we can't get him out now, the place is crowded, we'd attract too much attention, and we can't allow that.", everyone then looked at Lochley, she knew what they had on their mind.

"Oh, come on guys, there has to be another way, don't make me use my authority on this station, we can....", she was cut off by Methos, "Sorry Cassandra, finding another way would take time, and time as we all know is a luxury we don't have."

Lochley sighed, "Alright, but don't expect me to do everything like this.", she said in a sharp tone, she walked out of the Cryo area with Ivanova, "What are you doing?", asked Lochley, Susan had determination to help in every way to get Marcus out, it was her second chance.

"Play along.", she whispered, Lochley then at that moment knew she would regret this.



10 Minutes Later

"I can't believe you did that!", yelled Lochley to Ivanova, Susan walked past her back into the Cryo room, the rest of the group was standing far away from her, after her display of rage and intimidation, they want to be on her good side as much as possible, even if they were immortals.

Susan looked at them, "What?", she asked, the others shook their heads in quick motions, "Nothing! Nothing at all, we have no problems, all's well, carry on.", said Methos who was behind Amanda, their behavior was totally out of character.

They finally came closer to her knowing she wouldn't do to them what she did to the medical staff, "How do we open this?", asked Duncan, Susan punched in a code in the console above the tube.

Just then it slid open, the somewhat dead body of Marcus Cole came out of the wall, encased in the glass covered tube.

Susan walked back a few steps, she wasn't totally prepared for this, after all this time, and what happened to him and her, she wasn't ready, she only imagined what it would be like when he came back.

Amanda came to her side, "Are you alright?", she whispered, Susan nodded, "Yes, it's not easy to see him again, especially like this.", she said.

Lochley helped take Marcus' body out of the tube, "Shouldn't be long, according to this he was dead for a little over five hours before being put into cryo.", said Conner, they all waited around the room, Susan however stayed outside in the rest of medlab, it was more than she could take, seeing him lay there, Amanda kept her company, they seemed to click, good friends in the making.



"So, you knew him well I assume?", asked Amanda, Susan grinned a sad grin while nodding, "Yes, we met before the Shadow war, which is another long story, he was always volunteering to come with me on missions."

Amanda smiled as well as give her a pat on the back, "We talked a lot too, some of it was pretty personal, which I won't tell you.", Amanda shook her head, such a love ended so tragically, "Can I ask how he died?"

Susan had a single tear running down her cheek, "Ya, It was after the shadow war, a civil war on earth had broken out, on the last target before we liberated Earth, we encountered an Advanced Destroyer group built with Shadow tech, we beat them, but it was at a cost, and I was fatally injured when our ship collided with a piece of debris."

She wiped away the tear, she never liked showing emotion in front of others, "He found out about an alien device that could heal me, he used it knowing it would kill him.", Amandas eyes widened, "Did he die violently or peacefully?"

Susan looked at her, "What kind of question is that?", Amanda shook her hands, "You don't understand, immortality is triggered by violent death, it won't work otherwise.", Susan and Amanda looked to the entrance of the cryo room.

"How much longer can it take?", said an impatient Methos, Conner shook his head, "Something must be wrong, he still has some life left in him, that's what the monitor shows."

Just then Susan and Amanda ran into the room, Lochley looked at them, "What is it?", Amanda caught her breath, "He died peacefully, shoot him or it won't work!"



The group snapped their heads to look at Marcus, Lochley pulled out her ppg and took aim, 'sorry Marcus' she thought to herself as she pulled the trigger, as the shot hit and killed whatever life was left in Marcus there was a deadly silence.

Susan nearly started screaming hysterically, another minute passed, everyone was dead silent and still.

Suddenly Marcus gave out a huge gasp of air as he began to move, abruptly at first, then he slowed down, "Susan.", he whispered as he kept his eyes shut, Susan moved to his side, the look of horror and shock.

"I'm here Marcus.", she said with a gentle voice, Marcus slowly opened his eyes, "I love you Susan.", he said, Susan smiled cheaply, "I know, I love you too.", she gently stroked his cheek.

She helped him get up, "How did I get here, I thought I died.", Marcus looked at Gideon, Lochley, as well as Garibaldi and the immortals, "You did Marcus, you died more than 5 years ago."

He looked around the room, familiar yet unfamiliar faces he saw, "Then how can I be here if I did die?", he said, fear and confusion were overcoming him, but Marcus did his best to keep calm.

Duncan came forth, "Marcus, you are now immortal, you can't die, well, there is one way you can die, but we'll tell you all soon, until then, I'm Duncan, that's Methos, Amanda, and Captain Elizabeth Lochley, also known as Cassandra, and you already know the others, oh, and Gideon."



Star Destroyer Nim

Shakan was in his office, just sitting there sharpening the blade of his sword, he was preparing for his upcoming battle with Duncan Macleod, he had waited for nearly ten years for this.

They were now less than 27 hours from them, and when they did, it would be victorious for him in his mind.

He suddenly felt it, the feeling of immortality, the purity of life, the door opened and in walked another Admiral, he knew her, Jo'lann, another immortal in command of the Mega Star Destroyer, "Jo'lann, glad you could join me, I assume you wish to know why I asked for you and your strong ship to join us?"

Jo'lann nodded, "Quite.", Shakan rose from his seat, sword still in his hand, it looked like a mix between sword and a light saber, he pressed a button on the handle and the blade quickly retracted into the handle.

He placed it down on his desk, Jo'lann didn't pay attention to it, she obviously had no fear of him, "I've found them, and they are in a vulnerable area, the forces they've allied themselves with are week, their ships are small and pathetic, the only thing close to our size is a space station, a pitiful one at that."

Jo'lann smiled, "Taking them will not be difficult, but what are their weapon capabilities?", Shakan sighed, "somewhat more advanced, but with their size of ships, those weapons won't have enough power to penetrate our shields, and if they do, it's pointless, our ships are to massive to be destroyed by ships that size."

Jo'lann smiled, "Well, soon the Empire shall become strong once again, and the rebel forces as well as whatever stands in our way shall be eliminated.", Shakan shook her hand, she walked out of his office, his smile vanished the moment the door closed, "Foolish bitch, I will be the next Empires emperor, and you, you will lie dead at my feet."



Minbar

John Sheridan walked into his living quarters to see Delenn waiting for him, "So? Are they with us?", she asked, John nodded, "Ya, it took some convincing, but they're with us all the way."



He took a seat, it was obvious to Delenn that he was discouraged by what was coming, Delenn sat next to him, she held him in a gentle embrace, the kind you never want to end, "Are you going to be alright?", she asked.

John gave a silent, slow nod, "Yes, it's just after all we've gone through, it could all come crashing down, just because of some immortal who wants to get even, I don't understand, I wish I did."

Delenn turned his head by the chin, looked into his eyes with this gentle caring gaze, "Sometimes it is safer and wiser if we do not understand, if we did, things could become far out of our control."

John smiled, he always could count on Delenns wisdom when it came, she always seemed to know what to say, it was one of the countless things he loved about her.

He thought to himself, 'How will this end?'



Chapter 4

Babylon 5 - Lochleys Quarters

Duncan and Conner lunged at Marcus, Marcus ducked and blocked both strikes with a combination with his new sword, "Good, that's great Marcus, you're a quick learner.", said Duncan in a good mood, Marcus was already learning at an accelerated level.

Marcus' sword was much like Duncan and Conners', it was Japanese, light and quite the weapon of choice for Marcus, "Again, a few more tries, you just have to get a few more of them worked out.", said Duncan as he lunged at Marcus once again.

Lochley and Garibaldi were sitting not too far off, Gideon, Ivanova and Amanda were talking on the other end of the room, Methos was off around the station, knowing him, she hoped he kept out of trouble.

Garibaldi was silent ever since they had left Epsilon 3, he took a deep breath, "So that stuff you told me about your father, back when I was drinking again.", Lochley closed her eyes for a moment, she knew this would come up eventually, "No, it was true, it's what happened to me."

"I guess that's what you meant when you said you knew what I was going through.", Garibaldi said, Lochley tilted her head and grinned, "I'm sorry, I had to keep my real life a secret, no matter what.", Garibaldi chuckled for a moment, "This place never ceases to amaze me, as I always say, 'There's always something.'"

Lochley laughed along with him, "I totally agree with you.", she said.

They suddenly stopped laughing when there was the sound of something fragile crashing to pieces on the floor where Marcus, Duncan and Conner were training, Lochley stood up and looked at Garibaldi, "I'll be right back.", she said with fake emotion of joy.

Lochley walked off, Garibaldi counted down from five seconds, when the count was complete he heard Lochley yelling as much as Ivanova had been earlier, he heard Lochley attacking them for breaking something she obviously cherished quite a .lot, "Yup, there's always something.", he said to himself as he lay back in the chair.

Meanwhile on the other end of the room, Amanda was talking to Gideon and Ivanova, "No, we don't kill at random, it has to be for a reason, revenge, a promise to a friend, wrong doing, whatever is proper cause."

Ivanova squinted, "Is there anyplace you can't fight?", she asked, Gideon nodded, saying silently that it was a question he was interested in hearing the answer to, Amanda smiled for a moment, "Ya, Holy ground, anyplace that's sacred to a god in any religion is seriously off limits for a fight."



"Has there ever been a fight on holy ground?", Gideon asked, Amanda thought for a moment, "Joe, Nicks ancestor, once said that there was something of a myth, that there was once a fight between two immortals on holy ground."

"And?", said Ivanova with an anxious tone, Gideon clasped his hands waiting for the answer just as eagerly as Ivanova, Amanda shrugged, "No one knows what happened after that, but whatever happened, it made all immortals think twice about fighting on holy ground, even if we don't know what happened."

Ivanova and Gideon sat back, a little disappointed by the lack of information, Amanda looked at them, "What? Sorry if I don't know everything, I'm immortal, not a freaking history book.", she said sarcastically.

Ivanova saw Duncan, Conner and Marcus walk out of their area of Lochleys quarters looking very shaken up, Marcus most, Lochley walked out past them and sat back down as if nothing had happened.

"Marcus? You all ok?", she asked, Marcus and the others took a seat close to her, Marcus opened his mouth, but closed it, then opened it again taking in a deep breath.

"I've just realized that there are much nastier fates than death, and Lochley over there seems to know a few of them, no offense but she can be a far scarier person than you when she wants to be.", Marcus said as he looked in front of him the whole time.

Gideon and Amanda smiled as Ivanova sat next to him trying to be of some comfort to the new immortal.



C&C Babylon 5

Lt. Corwin was at the front of command and control when he saw a tall dark unknown man walk in, he walked up to him from where he was, "I'm sorry sir, C&C is off limits to everyone but station personnel."

The man looked at him without expression, "Sorry, I'm a friend of Captain Lochley, I was taking a stroll and I ended up here, sorry.", he was about to walk away when Corwin stopped him, "Wait, if you're a friend of the captain then I suppose it's ok if you have a look, I'm her second in command, Lt. Corwin."

The stranger smiled, "My names' Methos.", they exchanged a nod and Corwin led him to the head of C&C, Methos looked out of the windows, seeing all the ships amazed him, "It's quite the sight isn't it?", Corwin said.

Methos smiled, "Yes, it is, but the stars are always the most amazing sight in the heavens, no matter how many times I see them, it always amazes me.", Corwin looked at Methos, "How do you know the captain?"

Methos lowered his sights for a moment, "Long story, not really mine to tell.", he said looking over to him for a moment.

Methos then realized that this young officer reminded him of an long since deceased friend, Ritchie, yes, Corwin seemed a little more tamed than Richie was, not to mention more proper and polite, but it was the Earth Force training, under it all, he was a lot like Richie.

He dismissed he thought since it brought back bad memories, "How long have you been posted here?", Methos asked, Corwin smiled, "For quite awhile, I arrived a little before President Sheridan took command when he was a captain about fifteen years ago, doesn't seem that long ago, a lot has happened since then."

Methos of course didn't know what those events were, but went along as if he did, "Tell me about it.", he said, short and sweet, nothing characteristic about what Corwin was talking about.

"Well, I have to get going, see yo later Lt. Corwin.", Methos said as he nodded to the officer and left C&C, Corwin grinned, Methos was quite an intellectual, his thoughts went back to the console as another ship was asking to depart as another wanted to dock.





Star Destroyer group (Nim)

Shakan sat at his seat of the table with the captains of the other star destroyers sitting there as well, "Welcome, I've called you here to tell you about our allies, I've been dealing with them for the past few months, they call themselves the Drakh, they have given us tactical information on this Alliance.

The captain known as Fingon spoke to him, "Are they a threat to us? Can their weapons do any serious damage to us?", Shakan shook his head, "Yes, but since their ships are small in size and lack sufficient energy to their weapons to do serious damage, their weapons are useless to them, but for us, it can be a key element in our fight to destroy the New Republic."

The captains nodded their heads as Shakan brought up a holographic image of a whitestar and them one of a star destroyer, a whitestar was extremely smaller than a regular Republic ship.

"Once we arrive, the three Star destroyers will go in first, the Mega Star Destroyer will stay back until we have fought the enemy for awhile, then once the Mega star destroyer arrives, it will show the enemy that they cannot win, we shall eliminate them one at a time."

Admiral Jo'lann looked up, "Aside from the Drakh, are there any other races that could be considered allies?", Shakan smiled, "In a way, yes, a race known as the Centauri, the Drakh have them under their control, their help will come when we ask for it, their emperor is under their influences, he'll do what ever they want him too."

The captains smiled and clapped their hands, Fingon stood up, "Sir, it shall be an honor to be under your command, we shall retake what is ours very soon."

Shakan smiled, 'Yes, very soon.', he thought to himself, 'and it will all belong to me.'



Babylon 5 (Down Below)

Methos was now in down below, the conditions down there were tedious to say the least, people all over, some sleeping right on the ground, he looked around as he walked around corner after corner, he realized that old earth saying, 'no matter how much some things change, the more they stay the same.'

He shook his head at what he saw, as he turned the next corner to find a way out, he saw a bar not far from where he was, the 'Dark Star', he decided to get a drink and rest his feet for awhile.

He ordered something called a Jovian Sunspot, he took a sip of it, 'not bad' he thought to himself as he took a larger sip.

He was suddenly pushed from behind, he turned to see a large bald man who was rather unattractive, "What was that for?", he demanded as he wiped his hands dry of his spilled drink, the man was quite taller than he was, "Your in my seat, get out of it", he demanded, Methos shook his head.

"Sorry, didn't see your name on it, so get lost, I'm having a drink.", he said as he turned around facing his back to him, he was then grabbed by the shoulder and turned around again by force, "Ok pal! I was gonna give you a chance, but now not only are you gonna pay me everything you have, I'm going to take it out on yer Hyde!"

200 years ago Methos would run from a fight, but now, after learning from the Jedi, he wouldn't run at the sound of a fight, the large man took a swing at Methos, his fist landed on his jaw, Methos went with the punch and landed on the floor.

Before the man could move on him, Methos was on his feet, "I should give you a chance as well, walk away, while you still have legs to do so.", the man laughed as he tried to punch Methos once again.



This time Methos, moved out of his way, grabbing his wrist, Methos with his lower arm bashed his attackers upper arm breaking the bone in half.

"Oh dammit you SOB, now I'm gonna kill you, get him!", he yelled at his lackeys who were backed off until now.

A group of three men just a little smaller than he was came at him, Methos kicked the first on to the ground, the second he gave a round house with his fist, the third came at him with a knife.

Methos avoided the first shot, then pulled out his sword and held it at his attackers throat, the other two stopped, "Bright boys, now, back off or I'll do something really nasty, and then I'll do something even worse to you, something so bad, you'll wish I blew you out of an airlock instead of that."

His attackers looked at each other then backed away, "Smart, I knew you at least had to at least completed grade school.", Methos walked slowly to the exit with his 'hostage' at his sword.

He walked out of the bar and hide his sword under his cloak quickly before anyone saw.



Lochleys Quarters

Things had quieted down since Lochley had scarred the wits out of her three friends, Marcus and Ivanova were talking privately in the next room, Conner and Amanda were talking about him and Duncans adventure before the 3rd world war began (*Highlander: End game)

"So, what's happened in the last six years?", asked Marcus, Susan looked at the man she loved for so long, she rested her head on his shoulder, "Plenty, Sheridan is now president of the Interstellar Alliance that was formed after the war, five years after that the Drakh poisoned Earth with a biogenetic plague, Gideon and his crew are the ones who delivered the cure in time, with a year to spare."

Marcus grinned, "I mean, what about you?", he asked, Susan looked up at him, "I've been in command of the new Warlock class destroyers since you died, John promoted me to captain as his last act of being a captain, my life hasn't been the same since you died."

Marcus gently stroked her hair, he closed her eyes, 'What did I do? I didn't want her to be sad with her life, I wanted her to be happy.", "I couldn't be happy without you.", she said, Marcus looked straight at her, "I\m a P1, latent telepath, I can do that sometimes.", said Susan.

"Oh, Why did you become so sad, I died so you could live.", he said, Susan shook her head, "After you died, I realized that I loved you, I was afraid to admit it, I saw who you were, you let me see that, and I realized, it's what I wanted.", Susans voice was shaky, she was close to crying.

Marcus held her tightly, "Please don't cry, it kills me inside, I'm sorry.", Susan embraced Marcus the same as he had her.

"Marcus?", she asked.

"Yes?"

"Why did you do it? I would have never of asked you to die for me.", she asked.

Marcus Smiled for a moment, "Because I love you, and every person I ever loved died before my eyes, my brother, someone I cared for before I even met you, everything I ever gave a damn about, all gone...."



He took in a deep breath, this was something he didn't get much of a chance to tell her before he died, "...Then I met you, and everything I lost, I felt as if I found in you. The rangers say 'We live for the one, we die for the one.', Susan, to me, you're the one, I would die a hundred times if it meant keeping you safe or hurt."

Susan raised her head to face him, without warning, she began to kiss his, passionately.

Marcus at first was surprised by the kiss, after a moment, he kissed her back, it continued for what seemed forever.

When it ended, Susan smiled, Marcus smiled as well, her smile seemed to make him feel like the happiest man alive, "I've wanted to do that for more than ten years.", she said, Marcus then kissed her again, this time, more gently.



B5 (somewhere)

Meanwhile, Lochley and Duncan were off to look for Methos, it had been a couple of hours and he hadn't called in, they had become worried, "I'm sure he's fine.", Lochley said with a hint of uneasiness in her voice.

Duncan smiled, "Sure, who knows what kind of crap he's gotten into this time.", Lochley looked at him looking rather perplexed, "This time? He's Methos, the guy who's a master at the art of hiding, what trouble could he get into?"

Duncan chuckled, "I forgot you've been out of touch with use for the last 200 years, ever since we ran into the Jedi, Methos has become more aggressive when it comes to a fight, he's become as good as have, you can learn a lot from the Jedi."

Lochley shook her head with a smile, "Wow, I had no idea, he seemed like he was the same old Methos.", Duncan looked at her grinning, "Well, if anyone's changed, you have for sure, you've grown out of your anger of him."

Lochley looked at him with a feeling of confidence, "I had to, it nearly destroyed me."

Duncan decided to change the subject, about something he had heard about that happened almost ten years ago, "So, what's this 'Day of the Dead'?", Lochley looked at him, "Well, it's a Brakiri holiday that comes along every 200 years, when a comet comes by their home world, and anything that belongs to the Brakiri, is filled with people who we lost, they come back for one night."

Duncan stopped, "And this happened here?", Lochley smiled, "Yes, it happened here, truthfully, I can't wait until the next Day of the Dead, I liked it, it was intensely personal, but helps the soul."

Duncan had a thought, but then put it out of his head, "Let's keep going.", he said.

They wandered for an hour, they ended up in C&C, "David, how's everything?", she asked as they walked through the door, Lt. Corwin smiled at the sight of his friend and superior officer, "Captain, all's well up here, how about you?"

"I'm ok, this is a friend of mine, Duncan Macleod, Duncan, this is Lt. David Corwin, my second.", she said introducing the two people.

"Pleased to meet you.", said Duncan with a grin.

"Likewise sir.", said Corwin.

"Uh, we're looking for a friend, maybe he showed up here, a guy, tall, dark hair, goes by the name of Methos.", said Duncan, Corwin nodded as his eyes lit up, "Yes, he came by a few hours ago, said he was a friend of the captain's so I figured it would be alright if he stayed for a few minutes since it was calm for the time being."

Lochley smiled, "Ya, he's a friend, do you know where he might have gone after?", she said, Duncan had a thought, "Actually, have there been any disturbances in the past hour or two?", asked Duncan.



Corwin thought for a moment, "Ya, we had a report earlier about a brawl in down below, some guys started a fight, their so called victim ended up beating them up, and pulled out what they said was a sword."

Duncan and Lochley looked at each other and nodded, "Methos.", they said in unison, "Thanks David, see you later.", Lochley said as she and Duncan left C&C.

Duncan thought about how much Corwin reminded him of Richie in some way, 'Maybe he's a part of his bloodline.', he thought to himself.

He dismissed it and they went to Down below, "Why is it called Down Below?", asked Duncan, Lochley looked at him as she entered the tube, "It's the area of the station that hasn't been completed, that's where the homeless are and all, some small markets, drinking establishments, that sort of thing."

As the tube doors opened they saw an unknown man fly into the tube, there were sounds of a fight, a rather nasty one, as Lochley and Duncan looked around the corner they saw Methos fighting five other men twice his size.

"Yup, Methos has defiantly changed.", Lochley said as she and Duncan joined in the fight.

A few moments later they had beaten the other men away, "How the hell did this start?", asked Lochley, Methos caught his breath, "Oh, sorry, those morons were beating on an old man just for nothing.", Methos said as he kneeled down to a man covered in baggy old clothing, "Are you alright?", asked Methos.

The old man nodded with a smile of gratitude, "Yes, thank you sir, I wish there were more people like you around.", the old man said as he shook his hand and slowly walked away.

"Getting into trouble again?", asked Duncan with a grin, Methos straightened his cloths, "Hey, someone needed help, I was there, I helped.", the three of them continued to walk, "How long have you been around here?", asked Lochley.

"Since I left your place, I became tired of all the people acting like they were bigger than god, well, a few of them were acting like that, for some reason I decided to look around here, not bad, good place to fight.", Methos said.

Duncan shook his head and they walked back into the tube to head back to her quarters.

Twenty minutes later, they walked back into Lochleys quarters where the others were discussing a battle plan.

"Ok, according to Drall, the Imperial ships will enter our area of the galaxy near the rim, far enough from us, what we ought to do is set up layers of ships from there to here, B5 will be the 'Alamo', last fall back position, I just hope it doesn't come down to that.", said Conner.

"I called Sheridan earlier, Earth Force may have a surprise for them, they just need a little more time.", said Susan, "Do they know about us?", asked Duncan.

Susan looked at him, "No, he didn't break the secret, you guys are still out of the picture.", Duncan sighed with little relief.

"When do we get going?", asked Nick, Conner looked at him, "The ships are already moving to their positions as we speak, we leave as soon as possible, we'll join up with Sheridan near where Za'ha'dum used to be, that's where the fight begins."



Whitestar 3

John Sheridan sat in the captains seat on the whitestar, one of the originals, he preferred them, the new Earth-Minbari whitestars were smaller and not as tough, but the did put up one hell of a fight against any ship larger than it.



"Mr. President, we've received a message from Babylon 5, your 'special team', has departed, they'll be here in....one hour, sir, even a whitestar can't move that fast, how can they move that fast?", said a ranger next to him.

Sheridan smiled, "That's one of the reasons they're a 'special team'.", he said, the ranger tilted his head and went back to his duties.

He sat there looking out to the rim, the reddish and orange colors, soon hell would be coming through that barrier, and everything would go to hell.



Chapter 5

THE RIM

The Millennium Falcon slowed to normal space and approached the first battalion of the Alliance fleet, "This is Captain Lochley to President Sheridan, do you read?", there was a few moments of silence, "Yes, we read you captain, glad you could join us, we're not long until it all goes down."

Lochley raised an eyebrow and arched her head, "I don't doubt that, we're moving into position, Millennium Falcon out."

The ranger next to Sheridan looked at the Falcon on the holographic screen, "That piece of junk made it here faster than a whitestar?", Sheridan looked at him with a grin, "Looks can be deceiving, yes, this ship comes from outside our part of the galaxy, our galaxy is much larger than we originally expected, during the 3rd world war, human ship became lost, they ended up going far out of our area of the galaxy, fighting enemies as bad as the shadows."

The ranger looked at the ship, "Let's hope they can give us an edge.", Sheridan nodded in agreement, "Yes, let's hope."



Millennium Falcon

Lochley sat next to Methos in the cockpit, Methos turned to her, "When does Gideon arrive with the Excaliber?", he asked, Lochley thought for a moment, "In less than half an hour.", Methos nodded, "His ship ought to give us enough power to help get through those shields.", he said, Methos was still uneasy around Lochley, she however was trying her best to make the best of it.

"So when did you stop running from a fight?", she asked, Methos smiled as he looked upward shaking his head, "About ten years after I met the Jedi, they taught us how to fight, what it means to help others who are not able to help themselves, it was as if I woke up."

Lochley realized what he went through, "I guess we both woke up.", she said smiling at him.

Meanwhile Duncan, Nick and Conner were working on the Falcon in the back area, "So, where did Ivanova go?", asked Nick, Duncans head appeared from under the floor, "Uh, she said she went to get some extra firepower, Marcus went with her."

Conner appeared from hanging on the ceiling, "So did Gideon, he has the original prototype Victory class star ship, it's gonna come in handy.", Duncan looked up at his 'brother', "I suppose that Ivanova has another ship as well?"

Conner nodded as he flipped and landed on the floor, "Yes, a warlock class destroyer, the second strongest ship next to Gideons, there's only a handful of them these days.", Duncan went back under the floor in the mess of wires and mechanics, "I guess we'll need every ship we can get.", he said as he started to weld.



"Damn straight we will.", said Amanda as she came out from the back of the ship, "Weapons are all at their best operations capacity, they won't get any better than they are now.", Nick smiled at her, "Good, I wish we had more time to put in one of those advance weapons the whitestars have, y'know the one that has a continuous burst of energy."

Conner nodded, "I did, Zathras put one on while the ship was on Epsilon 3.", Nick looked up, "Really? Alright, I guess Han won't kill me then.", everyone laughed at Nicks little remark.

"So, where is it located?", Nick asked, Conner smiled, "They are where the old weapons used to be, and an extra on the foward section of the ship, like on the whitestars.", Amanda smiled, "So that's why the weapons system looks a little different, I was going to ask about that."



T - 15 minutes

Star Destroyer Nim

Shakan stood squarely at the front of the bridge, "Captain, we are now 15 minutes away from our destination, the Drakh are not able to join us, they are currently indisposed, order 50 fighters from each ship move ahead and engage the enemy forces, our source tells us they are waiting for us."

Gahn looked up at the admiral, "Aye sir, they will arrive 8 minutes ahead of us.", a few minutes later Shakan saw 200 fighters move quickly ahead of them in hyper space.

A smile appeared on his face, "Soon, all will begin, and I already know who the victor is.", he said as he touched his sword under his long coat.



T-Minus 1 minute

The fleet was ready, ships were powered up and ready to fight to the bitter end, Sheridan was on his whitestar with Delenn at his side, the immortals along with Nick and Conner were on the Falcon talking to him.

"Where could Gideon and Ivanova be? They should have been here by now.", said Duncan to Sheridan, "Listen Duncan, I know Ivanova, I trained her, she knows how to take care of herself, she'll be here."

Duncan was about to continue the conversation when a beeping went off, "Sheridan, we have incoming, they must be Imperial fighters, the Star Destroyers wouldn't be able to move this fast ahead of schedule.", Sheridan saw the energy signature of the fighters coming out of hyper space.

"This is Sheridan to the Alliance Battalion one, all fighters and small class ships, you are free to engage, all medium class ships protect our heavy class warships, everyone else, break and attack!"

Just as he finished giving the orders, 200 Imperial fighters emerged from light speed, coming straight at them, Duncan and the others looked out of their view ports, "Here we go!", Duncan yelled as all ships started to fire.



End Chapters 3, 4 & 5