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Revelations, Stars and Immortals
By: Marcus
Final Chapter
Sheridan watched as 200 Imperial Tie Fighters exited light speed and began to move towards them, "Sheridan to all ships, OPEN FIRE!", he yelled as the ties began firing fiercely at them.
The Minbari and Drazi fighters were becoming easy targets for the Ties, the Ties were faster and more maneuverable than they were, "Sheridan to Starfury groups beta and delta, move to help out the Minbari and Drazi fighters.", Sheridan said as a flash of red light came over him from Tie fire.
The whitestar spun in its maneuvers to avoid incoming fire from 5 Tie Fighters, they probably couldn't destroy the ship, but they could do enough damage for when the Star Destroyers arrived in less than ten minutes.
"Sir, there are 160 enemy fighters remaining, we're at T-8 minutes until their mother ships arrive.", said the ranger from behind him, Sheridan knew it wasn't fast enough, then his instincts kicked in, "Tell the fighters to lure them into this area, we can box them in and finish them off."
As the order went out, all alliance fighters being pursued by the Ties moved together in a single area where the other heavier ships were moving into position, "All fighters prepare to break off, and if you can destroy a few enemy ships on your way out then take the shot."
Alliance fighters passed by themselves closely, close to 60 Tie Fighters were destroyed either by Alliance fighters of collision, the rest were boxed in surrounded by Whitestars and medium and heavy class warships.
"This is Duncan Macleod to Sheridan, don't give them the chance to surrender, they're loyal to the Empire, they'll turn on us in a second.", Duncans voice said over the comm. system, Sheridan thought for a moment, "Sheridan, the Imperial Star Destroyers are less than two minutes away, when they get here, the fighters will rejoin them, destroy them now!"
Sheridan looked at Delenn, "All ships, open Fire!", he said.
Alliance fighters began bombarding the area with weapons fire, Ties were being blown the shards of metal left and right.
After the weapons fire cleared and the explosions subsided, all there was left were tiny shards of shrapnel, "What were our losses?", asked Sheridan, Delenn looked at her console, "Minimal, we lost a dozen small fighters and 3 medium class ships, all others are doing whatever repairs they can before....."
Delenn stopped when the whitestar began to shake lightly, "What the hell is that?", said Sheridan, Delenn looked at the console, "Some kind of massive energy wake."
Duncan felt the shaking as well, "Sheridan! It's them, they're here.", he said as he prepared the ship for high speed maneuvers, "How long?", Sheridan said over the comm. system, Nick checked the readouts, "About 20 seconds!", he yelled as the shaking intensified.
"Ah hell.", said Sheridan as there was a huge flash of light, when they opened their eyes there were three enormous ships that made the battalion ships look like light class ships.
"In Valens name.", Delenn whispered under her breath, Sheridan looked at the ships with an intense gaze.
"Duncan, any suggestions?", Sheridan asked over the comm. system, Duncan looked at the sheer size of the Star Destroyers, "Uh, they look bigger than I remember, weak points? Yes, on the upper top part of the ships, two spherical objects on the ship, above the bridge, that's their shield generators."
Nick sent the transmission showing where the shield generators, as it came to Sheridan it appeared on the holographic screen showing the generators.
"Sheridan to Battalion, target the following coordinates on enemy ships, fire at will!", he said.
As the star destroyers began their attack, alliance ships soared through space trying desperately to avoid taking hits.
Star Destroyer NIM
Shakan watched as the Alliance forces continued their attack, the Star destroyers weapons were far to intense for them to get close enough to attempt to destroy the shield generator.
He smiled at the sight, in his twisted mind it was his coming, a new beginning for the galaxy, as well as the Empire, "Captain, bring the Ion Cannons on-line, target their heavy warships, they're slow but they are their most powerful ships here.", he ordered.
Captain Gahn saluted as he took command of the Ion Cannon.
"Targeting a Minbari war cruiser, firing in 3...2...1...Firing!", said Gahn.
The red weapons fire from the star destroyers paled in comparison from the pulse blast from the Ion Cannon from the NIM, it soared through space as it found its target.
The Minbari warship crackled with the pulsing energy from the Ion Cannon, inside the Minbari were in a panic as explosions and sparks erupted everywhere, Shakan watched as the energy danced all over the ships hull, but what happened next was a surprise even to him...the ship exploded.
Shakan snapped his head to Gahn "Captain! Continue firing the Ion cannon!" he ordered being pleased with the unexpected result of the Warships destruction.
He watched with pleasure as he saw another ship fall victim to the Ion Cannon.
Millennium Falcon
Nick watched in utter shock as another ship fell victim to the Ion Cannon, Amanda was sitting next to him watching in horror as well "Oh my god, those cannons aren't supposed to do that!" Amanda yelled aloud.
Nick watched as the ship blew to pieces, he flew around to try and see if any survivors could be found, he heard Sheridan over the comm. "Nick, what kind of weapon is that?" he asked, Nick continued evading enemy fire and attacked the star destroyers "Those are Ion Cannons Mr. President, but they're not supposed to do that to a ship, maybe the systems on your ships can't handle a surge of energy like that!"
"Is there any way we can get through and destroy it?" John asked, Nick scanned the current situation, he saw an opening in the Star Destroyers defenses now "Sheridan, there's an opening in they're defenses for the secondary shield generator, it will disable the shields to the rest of the ship, take it out and we can blow that Ion Cannon straight to hell."
Just then massive weapons fire lit up the sky as he saw the secondary shield generators fall to an attack, the struggle to try and penetrate the shields seems futile and hopeless as their weapons weren't able to get through the shields of the star destroyer.
There was a shock as they saw a single massive shot penetrate the shields and not only shatter the secondary shield generator, it went straight through and impacted on the hull of the enemy ship, Nick looked around out the window of the cockpit of the Falcon to see when it came from.
He saw it came from a Victory Class Earth Destroyer coming out of a jump point, a voice erupted over the comm system "Captain Gideon to Sheridan, you alright?" he heard, he was relieved it was Gideon who decided to show up.
Sheridan's voice appeared over the comm as well at this point "Ya, glad to see you Gideon, where's Ivanova?" he asked.
"Right here." Ivanovas voice said over the comm, Nick watched at a dozen jump points opened on space all above the star destroyers, over a hundred earth ships appeared, and a group of Victory and Warlock class destroyers following Gideon and Ivanova.
Amanda watched as the new reinforcements began to bombard all three ships with weapons fire, the Shield generators of two of the other Imperial ships had been destroyed and their hulls were being scarred and covered with holes.
Star Destroyer Nim
Admiral Shakan held Gahns limp and dead body by the throat, his neck had been broken, Shakan had killed him out of pure anger and frustration "Call in the Devestation, tell Jo'lann to wipe out this fleet!" he cried out.
An officer who was next in command to Gahn nodded as he ordered the communications officer to tell the Devestation to engage their enemy.
Whitestar
Sheridan wiped a small bit of blood flowing from a small cut on his fore head, there was another rumbling in space, it was stronger than when the 3 star destroyers arrived, Sheridan and Delenn watched as a massive ship appeared out of nowhere, it dwarfed the other 3 enemy ships and made their ship look like small freighters.
Sheridan looked over to Delenn "What's the status of the other 3 enemy ships?" he asked quickly, Delenn checked her console, after a few moments she looked back at John "The Nim is still operational, barely, the other two have lost shields and won't last much longer against our forces."
Sheridan watched as the Mega star destroyer cast a hug shadow over the Alliance Battalion, he watch in horror and thought 'How can we possibly beat that?'
He watched as the other 3 Destroyers regrouped and formed up with the mega star destroyer, that's when a smile appeared on his face, he tapped a button on the arm of his seat "Sheridan to fleet, follow our lead!" he said as he looked to the helm officer "Set course heading away from those ships toward the debris field where Za'ha'dum used to be!" he ordered.
As he said the whitestar began to move towards the immense field of rocks, what everyone else didn't know is that Sheridan mined the field with Nukes.
The battalion followed the path Sheridan made through the field, there was surprisingly enough space to move for the large warships as the Minbari and the Brakiri, the Falcon flew circles around the rocks along with the fighters.
As the battalion exited the field, the 4 destroyers were now beginning to make their way through, Sheridan watched as they entered more and more "Almost." he said in a whisper as they were approaching the middle of the field.
As they hit the point Sheridan wanted them in her bolted "Now!" he yelled as he flipped a switch.
The void of space lit up brightly as the field erupted into a ball of light that was every bit as bright as the sun, it replaced the sight of the 4 Destroyers, enveloped them as if the void swallowed them whole.
Everyone covered their eyes as the lit strained them painfully, Sheridan squinted trying to keep a sight on it, Delenn averted her eyes. While everyone on the Falcon watched while wearing a pair of sun glasses, "Very cool." Methos said in an immature tone and a grin.
Duncan checked the scans from the weapons console, it looked like something wasn't right "Sheridan, pick up!" he said into his comm speaker, "Sheridan here, we did it!" he said cheerfully, Duncan shook his head "Don't count your blessings just yet." he said as the lights began to fade and subside.
To their horror the Mega star destroyer was still intact, it had a few scorch marks along the hull and was still coming at them, the NIM was the opposite actually, the entire front of the ship was gone, and small explosions were erupting from the hull as it drifted out of control.
"Macleod, that huge ship just took almost 30 nukes and didn't even flinch, how are we supposed to stop it now?" Sheridan said, Duncan shook his head as he wished he knew, if it were the Republic it combat right now it wouldn't be as hopeless as it was at the moment.
Just as Duncan was about to give up and admit he didn't know what to do now, Gideons voice appeared over the comm "Mr. President! I have an idea, it's something you did 5 years ago when you figured out the Drakh were gonna attack Earth.", Sheridan became a little impatient the moment he finished his sentence "Well by all means Captain, tell us!" he said.
"Ok, when you and Anderson were trying to get away from the Drakh you two opened a jump point, now, the Drakh that were in the way when the vortex opened and they were torn to pieces, Ok, if a whitestar can move close enough to the Destroyer and open a jump point at the right time around the main reactors the force from the vortex should rip through the shields and rip the area of the hull to bits and taking out the main reactor at the same time!" Gideon said quickly but clearly.
Sheridan nodded "It's risky, but apparently it's out only option, we'll do it." Sheridan said, he ordered the helmsman to prepared for the maneuver, Susans voice appeared over the comm system now "John no! Don't take the risk!" she yelled, John shook his head "No, we're the closest ship and the least damaged compared to the other whitestars, we have the best chance for survival." he said.
"No, I 'm with Marcus on a whitestar, were in a little bit better condition than you guys are, we'll take the risk." she said, before Sheridan could object he saw her ship streaking towards the enemy ship, Sheridan snapped at the helmsman "Follow her now, tactical, cover her!" he ordered as his whitestar moved behinds Ivanovas.
The Falcon followed as well firing all its weapons at the last enemy ship, they raced across the hull towards the area where the ship met the command tower from afar it looked like a drag race across the flat hull.
The falcon was able to keep up, but it was pushing its limits lightly, all the immortals and nick inside along with Garibaldi listened to the argument between the two whitestars "Susan! Pull off, that's an order!" Sheridan yelled through the comm.
"No! You pull off, 'cause I'm not gonna." Susan yelled back at John sounding just as aggressive, mainly because she was the only person alive who was just as aggressive as him.
"Well one of you two better pull off, otherwise your both gonna end up as dead as an asteroid!" Methos yelled at the both of them, he switched the frequency to talk to Conner and the rest of the crew aboard the Falcon "Ok, can't we use one of the missiles on board to force one of them to pull away?" he asked.
Garibaldi was the one to answer "No, we're out of missiles, the only way to stop one of them is to directly hit them, and with the amount of firepower you guys have got aboard this pile of bolts, I seriously wouldn't recommend it." he said with his usual mix of stress and sarcasm.
"Well, we're already to close to the target, we won't be able to get far away enough from the explosion this is gonna make!" Conner said as he fired a shot at a turret ahead of them, he switched the comm back to the whitestars "Sheridan, we have to pull off soon, otherwise we won't be able to escape the explosion this is gonna make!" he warned.
Sheridan shook his head in an abrupt motion, he thought for a moment, there was barely a minute left before they had a big bang on their hands "Pull off, now!" he ordered to the ranger at the helm, the whitestar and millennium falcon flew as fast as they could from the destroyers upper hull.
Susan and Marcus eyed each other as they were now a minute from the control tower, she broke her vision from Marcus and watched as they sped at the abrupt end, she counted down nervously, everyone in the command deck was on their last nerve as they watched the tower come closer and closer, Marcus began to count down "10...9..8..7..6..5..4.." his count was ended when Susan screamed "Activate Jump engines!"
Gideon watched from the Excaliber with the rest of his command staff, he wished more than anything it was him there instead of Ivanova, after all, it was his idea, they watched as a jump point formed at the and of the 'race way' and the hull began to erupt as explosions and shards of metal went flying out into space.
Susan Ivanova saw the lights of the vortex before the ship was rocked by a violent force, and everything for her went black.
Several Hours Later
Susan awoke on the Millennium Falcon dazed and confused and aching and feeling like death, she took a deep breath and looked around hoping Marcus would be around or near her, she opened her eyes, the light stung them like fire.
"M-Marcus?" she whispered, her voice was weak, her vision cleared to a blur as she tried to look around her, "It's alright Susan, you're going to be alright." a voice told her, she felt calmer as she heard the unknown persons voice, peaceful "What happened?" she asked wearily.
"When the whitestar entered the jump point, there was a backfire in the vortex, your ship made it through, but..." who ever spoke paused for a moment, Susan quickly became irritated and impatient from the lack of completion to her answer "What?" she asked aggressively, her vision cleared as she saw Duncan sitting next to her, he took a deep breath as he told her the most important part "...You died Susan, the backfire in the vortex killed nearly the entire crew, you died almost instantly."
Susan sat up, but her head spun dizzily in protest "But if I died, how can I..." she stopped a sshe realized it, Duncan nodded "You're an immortal now Susan." he said sadly.
Susan stood on her feet slowly and shakily as she looked around to see when she was "Where are we?" she asked as she saw they were in an enclosed quarters "Where's Marcus?" she added, Duncan motioned his finger for Susan to follow him.
They walked out of the room and into a corridor "We're on the Excaliber heading back to earth, after your ship disabled the destroyer, they retreated to a fall back position, where we don't know, but we have a bad feeling that it'll be around earth." Duncan said, Susan stopped when she felt the most unnerving feeling she ever had, Duncan stopped as she did "Don't worry, you're just sensing another immortal, you'll get used to it." he said as they walked on to the bridge of the Excaliber.
The first person she saw was Marcus rushing to her "Are you feeling ok?" he asked concerned, Susan nodded her head "Well, all things considered, ya, I'm ok." she replied with a small grin, she looked around to see the other immortals there too, Methos was talking to Galen about the Technomages, Amanda was talking with Dureena (obviously about who was the better thief), Nick and Lt. Matheson were talking quietly as they did the job of one, Garibaldi wasn't around, neither was Conner, Lochley and Gideon were talking in the back in the conference room.
"Where's your ship?" Susan asked, Duncan rose on his heels for a moment and looked off trying to act all innocent "Well, uh, see the ship wasn't really ours, we, well Nick he...'borrowed' it, our friend showed up with some reinforcements and he's around somewhere looking for Nick." he said hesitantly.
"NICK!" someone yelled from behind them at the door, Susan saw a man standing there, he wore a black vest over a white shirt, he looked rather rebellious, Nick jumped at the sound of his voice "Han! Hey how's it going?" he asked nervously, the man obviously named Han rushed over to Nick with a very upset look on his face "You and I have to have a little talk about taking my ship." Han said upset and angry.
"Uh, what do you mean?" Nick asked still trying to look innocent and unknowing, Han roughly put his arm around Nick and they began to walk a little "Well, what I mean is, finding a note on the floor where I parked the damn thing, it's even worse when I read it and it says 'Dear Han, had to borrow the Falcon, gone to the uncharted territories, may not survive. Nick.'" he quoted from a pad he pulled out from under his vest.
Nick looked at Han quite nervously and gave out a faith laugh through his shallow breathing before bolting for the door with Han not far behind him, the watched almost in a laugh as Nick ran off yelling "The crazy mans after me!"
Susan backed up a few steps as the two friends ran off the bridge in a frenzy, she watched with wide eyes and a faint smile, she looked at Duncan "Will he be ok?" she asked with a mock grin, Duncan chuckled a little "Don't worry, Han's always been a little impatient with Nick, it's nothing...I hope." he said as he walked off.
Garibaldi and Conner walked in after the humorous exit, they looked back at the two friends running off with Nick yelling insanely for a ppg, "What's all that about?" Conner asked as Garibaldi looked like he wanted to know the same thing, Marcus was about to answer when Susan stopped him "Don't ask." she said.
The four of them stood around waiting for a subject to come up, Garibaldi broke the silence finally as he hated moments like these "So, what's it like being immortal?" he asked plainly and all out in the open.
Susan jerked lightly for a moment at the abruptness of the question, she stood there for a few moments thinking and checking if she felt any different, she looked at him with a smile "All the same as being one of you." she joked, "God, she's already acting like us." Conner whispered under his breath.
Susan and Marcus shot him a suspicious look as he walked off, Susan and Marcus were going to leave when they saw a new couple enter the room, they dressed in cloths neither of them had ever seen before "Uh, hello." Susan said extending her hand in greeting.
The woman who stood in front of the man with darkish blond hair shook her hand with a smile, she had dark hair, a little darker than the mans, she was beautiful, her hair was braided in a fashion she never thought of before either, "Hello, I'm Leia Organa, this is Luke Skywalker, my brother." she said cheerfully, "And the man who just chased Nick out of here was my husband Han Solo." she finished.
Susan smiled as she shook Leias hand "I'm Susan Ivanova, this is Marcus Cole, pleased to meet you." Susan said, Marcus shook Lukes hand "So, how's life as an immortal?" Luke asked, Susan looked at the two of them "GOD! Is there anyone whose doesn't know?" she asked aloud.
Luke and Leia smiled as they shook their heads in defense "Sorry, we showed up a few moments after your ship did that maneuver, the destroyer surrendered after we had it surrounded, they wouldn't have lasted long anyway with their weapons down and their shields flickering." Leia said.
Susan smiled at the news "So...it's over then?" she asked, Luke moved away from Leia a little "For us and earth force yes, but there is a problem still, the Captain of the Nim and Devastation escaped before we were able to arrest them, we're pretty sure that they'll come after you all." he said seriously and spoke with authority.
Susan looked at Marcus and then too Luke and Leia "Do you know where they fled too?" she asked worried, she had a nagging suspicion that it wasn't over yet, not for both sides.
Centauri Prime
the two hooded figures walked down the hall of the great palace of the Centauri Republic, they entered a dark room, it looked more like a cell, barely lit and cold inside.
One of them removed his hood to reveal himself to their ally hidden within the shadows of this dark miserable cell, "Welcome Shakan, I trust your journey here was better than your battle against the Alliance?" said a ragged and quiet voice.
Shakan stepped forward towards the shadows from which the voice spoke from "Yes, had the Republic not arrived we would've still been able to defeat the Alliance with only one Destroyer." Shakan said with bitterness in his voice.
The dark figure moved forward from the dark shadows into the dim light separating them, it was one of the Drakh "You would have failed still, you should have let us assist you." the Drakh said dryly.
A expression of anger and rage appeared over Shakans face as he heard the Drakhs words, he moved up in front of the Drakh being even closer to him than before "If your people had given us the right information we would have crushed them in one shift move, but, your peoples incompetence has cost us the battle and the hope of our empires ruling the galaxy." he said bitterly with the notion of superiority to the Drakh.
The Drakh remained as rational and calm as Shakans silent companion, he began to walk the room with their new plans "The battle is lost, but the war is yet to be determined Shakan, your forces were great yes, but lacking in numbers, you underestimated them and that is what has cost you your battle, we however..." he paused as he glanced over to the silent figure who revealed herself as Jo'lann.
"We however have a plan of contingence for the outcome of this war, our forces have been building in numbers since we came to this world, we shall confront the Alliance and the Republic, since your former ships were defeated buy the Alliance, the Republic shouldn't be a problem, and as for the Alliance? We have them outnumbered, they won't bring ships away from their home world, but their defenses will be drastically diminished, in one move we shall attack every alliance world. The center of the conflict shall be our new home...Earth." said the devious Drakh, Shakan grinned lightly at the plan, he admired the strategy of the Drakh, they were more patient than any other race he had ever encountered.
"When does our...your attack begin?" Shakan asked slyly with anticipation for the upcoming battle, the Drakh smiled evilly at him "Soon, very soon." he said as he retreated into the shadows.
Shakan turned back to Jo'lann and they left the room, Jo'lann remained silent as she had since their departure of her ship against her wishes, but she knew he was the older and the wiser of the two of them "Sir." she said breaking the silence finally, Shakan stopped and turned to her eager to hear her question and thoughts "Yes Captain?" he asked.
Jo'lann shook her head as she paced "Sir, I don't trust these Drakh, they seem to be far too secretive and I don't trust that one as far as I can swing my sword." she said nervously, Shakan smiled as he put his arm around her shoulder and they continued to walk "I know your suspicions Jo'lann, I have them as well." he whispered as he knew they would have eyes everywhere "But as he said, we lost because of our lake of numbers compared to them, after we've taken care of the Alliance, we return to reassemble all the remaining ships loyal to the Empire, and we wipe them out after they've done the job for us." he said trying to hold back his evil and wicked smile.
Jo'lann nodded with a lop sided grin on her face "Brilliant sir." she commented, as she was about to break away from his grasp, he tightened his grip on her and thrust her back towards him "But, if you dare try to betray me, I will personally cut off your lying head." he hissed, Jo'lanns grin had faded to an expression of fear "Sir, you have my loyalty, you can trust me." she said fearfully, Shakan moved closer until he was but an inch from her face "As I said, if you betray me, I will kill you." he hisses, Jo'lann merely nodded "That's why you can trust me." she said with fear.
He eyed her for a moment, her blonde hair, dark brown eyes which looked almost as black as the void of space, her tanned skin which he found odd since most people in space as they were actually pale from the lack of a sun for unknowingly long periods of time, just as he loosened his grip he kissed her roughly before she could break away.
As she stumbled a few times trying to regain her footing after she broke away from him she looked at him in shook, she never expected it from him, she looked at him intensely for a few moments before she moved in on him once again in a rush, she kissed him back, she held him tightly and let her tongue probe around his mouth as his wrestled with hers.
As she pulled away from the kiss she looked straight into his eyes to find some reasoning as to why he began this action "Why?" she asked in question, her eyes full of emotion and confusion, Shakan merely looked at her with a look she could only describe as lust and longing "Because I may never have another chance, by the end of this day we will be engaged in battle with the Alliance and the Republic, I wish one last moment like this." he said, his voice was without its usual attributes, there was no anger or vengeance, or even the rage that was usually involved in it.
She looked at him, she was about to continue the kiss when they heard a ragged coughing in the chamber near them, the doors were gold looking made from metal, they walk in, there were drapes and curtains all over the place.
At the center of the room they saw an old Centauri sitting in a chair, his face was covered in wrinkles and his hair was greying, he was dressed in white clothing and held a white handkerchief to his mouth with each cough he gave.
He looked at the two Empire commanders "Who are you?" he demanded in a weak and weary voice, Shakan stepped forward to declare their identities "I am Grand Admiral Shakan, and this is Captain Jo'lann of the Imperial Empire, who are you?" he asked in a curious voice, the kind that thirsted for knowledge.
The man sat forward, mor into the light they saw a creature attached to his neck "I am Emporer Mollari of the Centauri Republic, as well as puppet to the Drakh." he said bitterly as he pointed to the creature attached to his neck.
Before Shakan or Jo'lann could speak Londo continued to speak "You should not be accommodating yourself with them you know." he said weakly.
Jo'lann looked at his as he leaned onto the arm of the chair for some support as he looked as if he were about to collapse onto the ground "Who? The Drakh?" she asked quietly as she looked around to see if there were any spies around.
Londo coughed violently for a few seconds before he gave an answer "Of course the Drakh you plaid dressed ninny!" he yelled out loud, he looked at the creature the second he did, looking at it as though he had just made a mistake that will cost him dearly.
He looked back at them with a frightened look on his face "You must leave now, and remember my warnings, don't trust them!" he said as he motioned them to leave hurriedly.
As Shakan and Jo'lann left the chamber they eyed each other, wondering what that mad man was talking about "Do you think it's true? What he said?" Jo'lann asked as she followed next to Shakan as they walked through the halls, Shakan gave a laugh and grunt "Of course not, he's just a feeble minded old man." he said smugly and confidant of the future.
Earth (Paris)
Duncan, Methos and Amanda stood in the room they thought they would never stand in again, "I can't believe it's still here." Duncan said with a shaky and joyful voice, Methos walked around the old wooden bar and placed his hands on the surface "It's just as I remember it." he said as a smile appeared across his face, Amanda took hold of Duncans hand as she stood next to him "I thought it was blown to bits." she said with a gleeful smile.
Cassandra, Susan, Marcus, Gideon, Garibaldi and Lochley stood at the entrance as Nick walked inside towards the others, Methos saw him walk up next to Duncan and Amanda "Nick! Do you know what this place is?" he asked hoping to give him a little shock, Nick shook his head "Not really." he said looking around.
Duncan looked at him with a smile "This is Joe's bar, your ancestor, he owned this place, we always came here to drink and talk, whatever." he said as he saw Nicks face become a little shocked "This was his place?" he said in a withered and low voice.
They walked up stairs while the others remained downstairs, the four of them walked into an old and dusted room full of cobwebs and old furniture, "Hasn't changed a bit." Duncan said as he picked up an old book with the title 'The Watcher Chronicles', he grunted a light laugh at it, this book he remembered reading from once upon a time.
Nick walked the length of the room, it was large, more like a loft than a room, the windows were old, cracked and a few of them were shattered, wind blew in from them as old drapes flew lightly from the windows "He lived here." Nick said with a grin on his face, he always found that the knowledge of being in a place where your ancestors were before was an enlightening emotion.
Duncan walked into the room as well "And now it's ours." he said smiling, the other three of them looked at him puzzled "What?" Methos asked as he walked closer along with Amanda, Duncan looked at them "It's ours now, besides, it's good to keep a tradition alive." he said as he showed them the deed to the building, they all smiled at the new realization, Duncan took the deed back "There's enough space here in the building and other rooms, there's enough room for all of us, and besides, of all the things I've been in the past 700 years, I've never been a bar keep." he said with his usual all knowing and goofy grin.
3 Days Later
Garibaldi walked down the steps leading from the entrance to the bar, he looked around to see how the reconstruction was proceeding, he was thoroughly impressed, the place looked almost finished, at least where he was "Anyone home?" he called out.
As soon as he finished his question to whoever would hear it, Methos appeared from behind the bar "Hey, how's it going?" he asked with his usual stoic expression along with a sly lop sided grin, Garibaldi walked to the bar and took a seat "All's well, so far, Earth Force and the Republic are in negotiations for a partnership, as well as searching for those two captains who escaped the big shebang a few days ago."
Methos poured a drink in two glasses as Garibaldi spoke, as he handed one glass to Garibaldi he refused it "Sorry, I don't drink anymore." he said plainly, Methos got the idea instantly that Garibaldi was a former alcoholic and dropped it right there.
"So, where is everybody?" Garibaldi asked looking around the place, Methos downed his drink and slammed it down as he let the strong fluid go down "Uh, Susan and Marcus went out for some personal time...that was two days ago, Duncan and Amanda are still sleeping in, and Cassandra...uh, Lochley is off with Gideon with the search for our Imperial outcasts." he said as he washed the glass and put it away.
"What about Nick?" asked Garibaldi noticing he wasn't around as well, Methos thought for a moment trying to remember "Uh, Oh yes, he's off somewhere, he didn't say with what or where he was going." he said as he walked away from the bar and began to work on the wall he was re painting and refurnishing.
As Methos repainted the wall an opaque color with a hardwood frame surrounding it, Garibaldi remained seated where he was at the bar "So, what does Duncan have in mind for this place?" he asked looking around the old fashioned looking bar.
Methos put the brush back in the can of paint "Well, he wants to have a 20th century look to it, kinda like the way it was before the war and all, try and get some antiques too." he said looking around.
Garibaldi lit up slightly at the sound of the 20th century "Really? I'm a nut about that time, I have some stuff if you guys want to use it." he offered, Methos stopped what he was doing and looked at his friend "What kind of stuff?" he asked curiously.
Garibaldi smiled as he knew Methos might like this "A restored motorcycle, a ninja by the way, some bugs bunny cartoons..." he was stopped when Methos began laughing abruptly "What's so funny?" Garibaldi demanded, Methos calmed down and got a hold of himself "Oh man! You watch bugs bunny?" he said in surprise, Garibaldi looked at him wondering why it was such a joke to him "Ya, so? What's wrong with that?" he asked normally as if all grown men watched cartoons.
Methos dismissed the whole thing and nodded, I'll talk to Macleod about it, is the bike any good?" he asked, Garibaldi chuckled slightly and nodded back "Oh ya, usable too." he said as he began to walk around the place.
Leningrad (12:00 am)
Susan and Marcus walked silently through the dark graveyard, so silent it was as if they were afraid to disturb the sleep of the dead, the walked hand in hand, inseparable.
They stopped in front of a grave, a group of them in fact, one read: Sophie and Andre Ivanova, their peace is now found in death.
Susan kneeled down in front of her parents grave, she set down a bouquet of roses down at the base of their headstone, Marcus stood closely behind her looking at her as though her saddened expression tore at his very being.
A tear flowed down from her cheek as she let the roses take their place with the dirt she kneeled on,