Ally Against The Darkness
By Jonathon "Isildur" Riley
©2002 Ghetto Films Productions
Prologue
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Captain John Sheridan stood on the bridge of his ship, Whitestar 1. It was the fastest ship in the fleet. He shouted out, "Fire the forward guns, 20 by 15 by 32!" A brilliant flash exploded across the bridge as the shadow fighter exploded and dissipated. "Good job, Lennier, what would I do without you and the Minbari?" he said to his second in command.
Lennier responded, "I do not know, captain, but since it is an irrelevant question, I do not know why you would ask."
Sheridan shook his head at the Minbari warrior. "Bring her about, and open the jump gate."
Whitestar 1 swiftly turned on its axis as flew off through space, all of a sudden a jump gate opened in front of the ship. It was blue-tinted, rather than it's normal reddish-orange color, that an entrance gate has. Sheridan gasped as he realized that enemy fighters were incoming. Out of the gate flew 26 Shadow Fighters. The immediately began firing their weapons. The Whitestar began flying evasive maneuvers, dodging as much fire as possible.
Suddenly a blast hit the tail end of the Whitestar and sent it spinning out of control. "Regaining lateral controls..." Linnier stated as he waved his hand around at his command post touching differently shaped crystals protruding from the surface. Sheridan looked over at him, and smiled as he looked out at the enemy fighters.
"Lock target...Fire!" John shouted as he saw the stream of energy blasts hit the Shadow vessel. "Fire!" he shouted again, and the fighter erupted in a cloud of sparks and twisted metal.
All of a sudden a 4 jump points formed behind the shadow vessels and 10 Whitestars-class cruisers flew out with their forward-guns firing. The shadow vessels were almost instantly destroyed as Linnier said, "Incoming transmission...its Delenn!" John looked up and saw his fiancée come onto the screen.
He smiled as she said, "I thought you could use a little help, the rangers spotted a group of fighters heading your way, so we investigated."
Sheridan responded, "Thanks, we need all the help we can get." He walked over to his second in command, and pat the Minbari on the shoulder, and then he said, "Mister Lennier, open the jump gate, and jump when ready. Destination...Babylon 5"
Lennier said, "Yes, captain." Whitestar 1 flew into the gate and was soon followed by the other 10 ships.
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Back on Babylon 5, John ran up to Delenn and gave her a big hug. They walked together through customs and were greeted by Michael Garibaldi and Dr. Stephen Franklin. "Hey, John, I heard you got yourself into a slight mess on your mission to Proxima 3," Michael said.
John laughed and said, "Yeah, just a little...How are things going here? Has Ivanova messed anything up yet?"
"As a matter of fact, No," a female voice said from behind John. It was of course Commander Susan Ivanova.
"You know I was only kidding Susan, you are a great commander," he said as he turned around and gave her a big smile. He then looked over at Delenn and took her by the arm. "Shall we?" he asked her as he began to lead her toward their quarters.
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As John sat down and began to relax, his comm unit beeped at him. "Go ahead." He said into the transceiver on his wrist. Delenn looked over at him with wonder as she began disrobing.
"Captain, there is a unscheduled jump gate forming, Starfuries are launching. What the... The ships, they are like nothing I've ever seen before, you should get up here, fast!" Ivanova said to him.
"Sorry Delenn, but I have to go," he said to her, "Ivanova wouldn't call if it weren't urgent." He threw his shirt on and walked out the door while straightening his hair.
Sheridan ran to the bridge and looked out the view port and saw what appeared to be large silver triangles and what appeared to be an escort of Starfuries, but the Starfuries were different.
"Incoming transmission from the lead ship, translating...wait, its English," Ensign Ronald Ruel said puzzled as he worked the communications station.
"Patch it through." John said as he looked up at the screen. The image of a man, about 40 years old, with slightly graying hairs, appeared on the screen.
He said, "My name is Luke Skywalker, I am a Jedi Knight, please identify yourselves."
John swiftly responded, "I am Captain John Sheridan, formerly of Earth Force, what business brings you to Babylon 5?"
Luke responded, "Babylon 5? Is that what you call this magnificent ship of yours? Oh well, anyways, I do not know what we are doing here, we encountered some turbulence while flying through hyperspace and we were ejected here. And what is Earth Force by the way? Do you mind if I head over?"
"By all means," he said to Luke as the comm turned off. "Clear him for landing and have the Starfuries escort him in. And keep an eye on those ships, make sure they don't try anything," he said to Ivanova as he left for the council chambers. He tapped his comm and said, "Delenn...Meet me in the council chambers, it seems we have a surprise guest."