To anyone whom has been reading my ficcie: As of: 3/15/02 I am going on a fast from certain media sourses, and fanfiction.net is one of them. Therefore, I will not be reading or writing fan fiction for 30 days, and instead of reading fanfiction, I'll be reading my bible ^_^ Well, I hope you enjoy what I have written so far- and I do plan to finish this after I have completed it. God bless yall
^_^ - Crystal Anne (Moon Bunny)
*-*-*-*Chapter 6**-*-*-*-
"So Delenn,"Marcus asked, "off to another wonderful meeting?"
"Yes of course, what else do you do on a space station?"
"I'm going to pick up Lexi, and then head there. What are your affairs for the day?"
"Same as yours, unfortunately, The captain wants me there. Delenn, you can refer to Susan as Susan around me, she told me yesterday."
She stopped and looked at him with a quizzical expression for a second before grinning. "That is very good."
"Yes it is." They continued walking down the hall.
"I'm very glad she did- she needed to."
"How so?"
"A lot happened. She won't let anyone even touch her anymore. She's … extremely…distant I guess…except for Mari." Delenn sighed.
"I've noticed those two are always together."
"It is partly out of necessity, for Mari, and partly because Susan won't let her out of a room without her unless forced to."
"Necessity?"
"Since Susan has telekinetic abilities… she acts a Mari's sight she feeds her own abilities though her constantly so that Mari has a sense of sorts where she is."
"That makes since."
"Here is her room."
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Susan followed Delenn and Marcus into what was the war room, and now was simply more of a meeting place in times of peace. Mari walked behind her, complaining about being dragged along, but refusing to leave Susan's side. As soon as they were in the room, she opened her senses to feel what she could, and who was there. Garibaldi, whom had just seen her, and had rather unpleasant thoughts in his head, Franklin, whom she just realized she hadn't met sense coming to Babylon 5, then John. She led Mari along to a rather large oval table. Everyone was still standing, so she also stood.
Captain Sheridan spoke up, "Doctor Franklin, I do not think you've met Ranger Lexi. She arrived with Delenn a few days ago, and the girl beside her is Mari."
"Hello, nice to meet you both." He smiled. "Mari, "He started walking towards her, "Let me look at that scar, hrm?" Susan and Mari could both feel his good intentions, but Mari jumped away and hid behind Susan, sending with an angry tone, Don't get near me.
Susan grabbed hold of her hands for comfort, before sending an apologetic message to Franklin, Sorry, she doesn't like people coming towards her, and you shocked her a little.
-*-*-*-*-*Flashback—Mari's Mind-*-*-*-*-*
"Mommy and Daddy will come back if I'm a good girl." She'd convinced herself that if she didn't use her telepathic abilities, they'd come back and sweep her up into their arms, and Daddy would kiss her cheek, just like he'd done when she would come home from school when she was little.
She repeated it again. "My real Mommy and Daddy will come back and GET me, if I'm a good girl and don't speak to anyone in my mind." That should be clear enough. They didn't understand. She wanted them back.
One of the men stepped forward. "We're your Parents now. Listen we want you to speak with your mind, its okay. This is your home."
"You're not my REAL parents!"
"I didn't want to have to do this to you, but if you don't p-speak, speak with your mind, then we're going to have to take normal speech from you."
"They're coming to get me! No!"
She watched him step closer to her, his body cornering her. She trying to move had his mind entered hers-with no training she couldn't even fathom how to block him. She screamed, and suddenly it stopped. They man ran a finger down her cheek, I'm sorry.
She hadn't spoken a word since.
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"Sorry, still, I would like to have a look at that later." The doctor insisted, persistent as ever.
Minbari doctors have looked at it- believe me there. There isn't anything they can do for it; it is a chemical burn.
"Still…"
John Sheridan interrupted their conversation, and started the meeting. It was a relatively standard meeting, though Susan was slightly surprised that Raiders were back and disturbing that station once again. They had fighters out to patrolling trying to ease the problem as much as they could. They'd also lost 6 fighters in the last bout, far to many by anyone's standards. It continued on, until they were interrupted by a call from C&C telling the Captain he had an incoming call.
"I'll take on the panel in here."
John moved over to a comm. station and spoke "Computer receive."
"Hello Captain."
Susan froze. She knew that voice, to well, the calm yet insincere voice of the cruelest person on Earth (as far as Susan was concerned) Alfred Bester.
Fear shot
though her body, even though she tried to suppress it. He wasn't here, he
wasn't here…
*Flashback-Susan's mind*
She had forgotten how cold snow could be after living in a temperature-controlled environment for over five years. She didn't really focus on that, she had to get out of here, she new she was trapped, her mind screamed with many voices filled with hopelessness from people she had known from the underground in her time. "You can't run from a Psi Cop."
And that's exactly what she was doing.
She knew all the basics to avoid them, get in large crowds, and to random telepathic burst to throw them off. She knew to stay calm, not to be afraid, it was extremely easy to pick up fear…but she was afraid in her mind, even though she was trying desperately to suppress it. She knew the young telepath who had found her had radioed in for assistance. She knew they were coming.
She turned the corner of a street she'd remembered from childhood, all the houses still painted the same, the white snow covering the yards, but the streets snow plowed and black. She ran, turning at a house and pulling out a key from her pocket. Fumbling with the key and speaking into a computerized system for access, she rushed into her house and shut and locked the door. She wished she had more time to look at the plaques on the wall from her childhood, sit on the couch her mother had played with her on as a child, but there was no time. She was running from memory as well as the present. She had to hurry. Susan rushed up the stairs and into a room she hadn't dared open sence her brother's death. His room. The X-wing fighters of that day, still hanging from the celieng, the picture of his girlfriend never removed. She pulled open the closet and pulled down a metal case from the top, ignoring the old clothing and everything else. Setting it on the bed she opened it quickly. Inside was very little, but very important. Her brother's metals and ribbons at the top corner, his dog tags and a PPG with two charges. Two. She grabbed it; it was better than nothing. Closing the case she replaced it and then got out of there. They'd look for her and she knew it. Now armed, she felt a little better, but she had to move.
She ran, she wasn't sure exactly where she was going, but she ran, she knew she had to keep moving. They had her signature; she could feel them trying to scan her in the back of her mind. They were scanning for her, they didn't know where exactly she was, but the fact she was close. She turned a corner, and stopped as she looked down the street and saw a man, dressed in black walking toward her. She turned around and saw another from the other direction. She looked every way, four of them, she was surrounded.
She had two charges, she knew she had enough to kill one of them and run, one tried to enter her mind, and she blocked, jut because of the distance. She ran forward, and pulled out the PPG ready to fire.
She was close enough, and about to pull the trigger when she felt a cold force came over her body, and she found she couldn't move. Her fingers relaxed involuntarily, and her she found herself on her knees in the snow.
The snow was cold.
The man's eyes in front of her were colder.
Everyone had said Hell was hot, but they were wrong.
She looked at the man in front of her, his thin line of almost a smile. Bester.
She couldn't move, the snow seeped into her clothing but she couldn't care.
He spoke, "It is an oddly pleasant surprise to see you. I had no idea you were one of us. You must tell me how you managed that feet."
"In hell!" She spit at him. It froze in the air.
He shook his head sadly, "Unfortunately, Susan, if you don't cooperate, that is where your going to be."
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Susan pulled Mari close and listened to them speak. She was glad she couldn't be seen.
"Of course."
She'd missed something.
"I need you to make sure that these telepaths are properly handles and are brought to my care immediately."
"You didn't tell me who they were."
"That is a minor detail captain, about who. If you see two blind and mute telepaths, capture them and put them in the brig. They are very dangerous, and are willing to manipulate people so they can escape. A team and I will be there immediately to bring them back home. I will see you then Captain. Bester out."
Sheridan sighed.
"They want you two captured."
I'm not going back, we're not going back Captain. Susan sent that to everyone.
"They do have jurisdiction over telepaths, there isn't much I can do."
I've got Minbari citizenship. I'm fine. Mari doesn't. Is it possible she could get sanctuary of some sort?
"It is possible…"
John,she sent privately you know damn well it is, as do I. I didn't live here for four years without picking up regs, because we're neutral territory, the whole thing is perfectly legal. I know Telepaths can't claim sanctuary in Earth territory. I need Mari protected, I refuse to have her go back.
Garibaldi looked at John "Personally, I think the Psi Corps should do what they need to. Every time we've had rouge telepaths on this station has suffered serious damage, we've had them on our tails, also there is the…other thing."
You'd turn us in!?! Her thoughts were shattered, any trust she use to have in him had just been torn into miniscule pieces. Do you have ANY idea, ANY idea what it is like to be there!? Who do you think did this to me? What about your friend?! Would you have sent her?
He was going to think she'd scanned him, but she couldn't care. She was also broadcasting to everyone in the room.
He paused. "She's different, she didn't deserve it…she isn't like you. "
Because I'm different your willing to send me back to hell!? Maybe I should drag you with me! Because its people like you that put me where I was! Its people like you that put …
"Susan has nothing to do with this."
She exploded, he couldn't understand. I have everything to do with this Michael. She'd pushed him up against the wall telekinetically. She held her hands out in front of her, removing her hood with her mind. Its people like you. And I'm not going back.
Marcus put a hand on her shoulder, and she jumped, turned and tripped him before he could blink. Grabbing Mari by the hand, she left the room.
Garibaldi looked at the closing door and cursed.
Marcus got up, and looked at it. "I'll go get her, she can't leave this floor."
"Are you sure?" Delenn asked. "I am concerned she might attack you. She doesn't…"
"I know she's jumpy, I already went though that. But I think she trusts me, and I'll find her."
"Think?"
"She told me who she was voluntarily." He kept out the rest.
"Very well, bring her back here if you can. If you can't, just make sure she gets to her quarters."
"She will, Entil'Zha ." And with that he left the room.
Garibaldi looked at everyone in the room. "Please tell me I wasn't the only one who didn't know."
"I didn't either." Steven shook his head. "My God, what did they do to her?"
*End of Six*
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