With difficulty, Aurora opened the eyes. After this second attack, she felt even worse than
previously. Now, not only arm and ribs but as well neck and shoulders hurt. Carefully, she
looked around. She lay on a quite uncomfortable pallet in a small cell. Slowly and the
circumstances accordingly she straightened herself up. As an exit, she could discover an iron-
door. 'How primitive. Wherever I have landed, the technology is not fardeveloped. They even
don't have strength-fields in the cells. ' Meanwhile another problem rose up in her mind.
Since she had been captured by the Cardassians she hated it like a plague to be locked up. It
could come generally that she received downright claustrophobia. Slowly however certainly, a
bad feeling roses in her. With difficulty she swang the legs over the edge of the pallet and put
the feet on the ground. 'On top of everything they must be barbarians as well. Each sensible
human being would have brought me on the infirmary first. Great outlooks that are. ' She
slowly went to the door. Exactly, as she wanted to look through out a small hole, the door
opened and a man entered. „Well ... well. You are awake. Can you understand me? " Now
Aurora was first completely perplexed. A human being, who addressed her in english, stood
unequivocally in front of her. He carried a very strange uniform, was middle age and had all
not much hair left on his head. She nodded shortly to his question. 'What should I do now.
Whoever knows what kind of methods they have here in order to learn something about
somebody. My chances, to reach the Voyager back again had sunk towards zero. '
„Where have I landed here at all ? Why do you capture me here ? " The man grimly stared at
her. „I'm the one who's asking questions here ! I checked about you and now we know who
you are !" Aurora was speechless. From where this man knew her. However she had a theory
where she could be. 'Probably it has been the tear of the dimensional area-postponement.
One can never know what these tears are capable of. A parallel-universe might be the most
likely possibility. ' She had heared about other Starfleet members who had been in parallel
universes . „I'm sorry Sir but so far I have absolutly now idea where I am and what You want
from me. I'm Leutenant Aurora Tanya. Member of the Maquis and at the moment stranded
with the federation-spaceship USS Voyager in the delta-quadrant." Not much impressed by
her outburst the man looked at her. „You can tell this story to your grandmother, but not to
me. You are a sought terrorist of the movement „Freedom to the Mars " and now oviously it
seems as if you do businesses with the shadows." As seriously the situation was for her at the
moment. Aurora couldn't hold back herself and bursted into a laughter. That was too funny,
on both sides, she was a sought terrorist. However she wondered which purpose it should
serve to fight for the Mars. Bajor however was much more important.
Her laughter became ever more vehement and the man understood the world no longer.
However she should not have laughed because suddenly she bent because of a pain running
through her. 'Dam'n these ribs. ' „Are You injured?" „What does it look like ?" she barked.
„Okay, get up ! I take You over to the Med Lab. Nobody should claim me for treating my
prisoners inhumanly." He walked over to her, grapped her wrist roughly und before Aurora
could say anything he had put handcuffs around them. An enormous pain drove through her
arm. She tried frantic to suppress it but she didn't succeed with it. „You damn idiot ! My arm
is also injured. Want to kill me or something? "„Don't be that acute. Think of the many
people who you killed without compassion." „I only have around thousand Cardieses on the
conscience and each and every of them had deserved to die." „Lovely ! You admit your
crime. Maybe, they won't kill you and only eraise your memory." 'Fantastic !' she thought.
‚They seem to have great methods here. In compare to this Starfleet still is really human.'
The man grabbed her arm, of cause the injured one, and pulled her along with him.
Curiously she looked at everything around, while wlaking to the med lab. She saw people and
also beeings, that she had never seen in her life before. Unambiguous she was in another
world. That was a universe, which she knew no longer. There could be no other explanation
anymore. Everything here was so different, the uniforms, the creatures and also the
atmosphere.
Finally they had reached the Med-Lab. Here she also sees unknown appliances and again
these strange uniforms. „I have a patient for you, Dr. Franklin." With that a colored, young
doctor turned around to them. „You can treat her a little roughly. As terrorist, that's what she
has done to others." „Mr. Garribaldi. It doesn't matter to me whether I have a terrorist or an
ambassador to treat. I will give my full attendence to all of them." He made her to sit on one
of the beds with the hand. Immidiatly the doctor seemed to her very nice. Maybe she could
find out something about this place through him. While the man examined her, the security-
officer stood only a few meters beside them. „Is that fellow always that unkindly? " „He is the
security-officer of this station. It will have a reason why he is unkind." 'HEY! I am on an
space station. Maybe, however it is Deep Space Nine. There I would know exactly what to do.
But no ! They would had had to change it completely.' „On which station am I here ? I was
unconscious when they brought me here." „Even if I rather consider this question a joke, you
are on Babylon 5. " ‚Nice name. However I have no pale glimmer where this station is.' „And
who are these ominous shadows, of whom the fellow always speaks? "
„I believe you probably want to make fun of me. You must know that quite well." He puts
some of his instruments away. „I am now almost ready. You only have a few cracked ribs, a
broken arm and miscellaneous contusions. In approximately two weeks, they are healed
again." „In two weeks?!?!?!?" she horrified looked at the man. That couldn't have to be true.
What kind primitive world this is. She whished the holographic doctor could be here. He
would have handled it within some minutes. The doctor now arrived with a rail and a long,
elastic bandage. „Traction your top so that I can bandage the upper body and the arm." he
demanded. „By the way, what is wrong with my treatment ? Two weeks are a good time.
Your body seems to be used to this. " „Well, in the resistance life was hard. There were no
infirmaries. We had to take what the nature offered us." „That couldn't have been much on
the Mars. " the security-officer answered laconically. „Why do you always talk about the
Mars ? I have never been there ! I was a member of the bajoran resistance ! We have fought
four long years in the woods of Bajor. Many of my people had to lose her their life, but we
have won. Bajor is freely again!" With pride she provokingly looked at the man. He should
think whatever he wanted. She was proud of what she had done for her planet. „Come on get
up ! We will talk about that another time. I now bring you back to your cell." he answered
cool and uninterested. Roughly he grabbed her and they moved out of the med-lab.
As the doors of the infirmary opened, a group of humanoids who seem to be everything else
than friendly was waiting outside. When they saw the security-boss they retreated. „You see !
They're all here because of you. The news about attack of the shadows on their colony had
already made it's way around the station." He turned to the group and said „Go now ! She
will receive her penalty, but not now. "
They went through the walks of the station. Obviously, it was another route like the one on
the way to the med-lab. Here it was more dark and lonesome. It started working in Aurora.
She was alone here with one single officer. Admittedly she didn't know anything about this
place here, but certainly she could hide somewhere. By all means, it was better to get killed or
to live on without memory. So at least she would have had her memories of her world. She
carefully though about her situation. The fellow hadn't been able to bind her again because of
the bandaged arm. Instead he constantly shoved her before him. From time to time he pressed
some kind of a small ohaser in her back. Too stupid that they had searched her for arms
directly after her capture and had confiscated her own phaser and her knife. So she would
have to use the abilitys of her body.
Admittedly, the man was certainly stronger than her, but she could take advantage of the
moment of surprise. She saw a cross-walk coming in distance. She sent a short push-prayer
to the prophets and turned around apruptly. With the uninjured hand, she landed a hit with all
strength on the arm of the man. The hit didn't miss its effect. He cried out and dropped the
weapon. A kick of her leg landed on his rail-leg and one in his stomach. Garribaldi had
retreated and Aurora used the opportunity and started running. „Damn ! Stop ! You wont have
a chance. " The man had caught himself again, grasped the weapon and started running
behind Aurora. While running, hel gave instructions to his security-team.
Aurora heard the footsteps of the security chief behind her and tried to accelerate her steps
once again. In consideration of her injuries that was not that easy. She somehow wanted to try
to reach the deeper regions of the station since. There, she hoped, she would be able to hide
better. She ran and ran and ran. Behind her, always the steps and after a while they came
colser and closer. Finally she stood in front of a sluice. Behind them she could see fog-swaths
spinning around. It didn't looked dangerously to her and she also had no another to go
anymore. So she stepped through the first door. In her excitement she didn't noticed the
oxygen masks, that hung at the one side. Hissing the doors opened and she slipped through
quickly. Now she noticed that it had been a big mistake. The swaths were from a gas which
was obviously not suitable for bajoran lungs. Within seconds, Aurora began to gasp for air
and because air didn't exist she finally collapse to the ground and lost conciousness.
Garribaldi stopped before the door to the alien sector. Exerted he tried to see something
through the swaths. Finally he saw the woman lying motionless on the ground. She wore no
oxygen mask. Before he grasped one of the masks for himself, he informed the infirmary.
Finally he went through the protection-door, ran to the person and pulled her out of the gassy
walk. A few minutes later the doctor arrived with a day-bed and an assistant. In shortest time
Aurora was brought to the infirmary.
With difficulty Aurora opened her eyes while she received a cough-attack. Not only, that all
limbs of her body did sore her, also her lungs ached awfully as well. Quietly, she cursed to
herself in bajoran, interrupted again and again from cough-attacks. Where had she gotten
while running ? Why hadn't there been warning-sign ! Obviously she had been in a section, in
which aliens, that could respire no oxygen, lived. With difficulty, she straightened up a scrap.
Quite obviously, she was in the infirmary again.
Furthermore, they had posted two guards at the door. She saw the doctor hastening over to
her. However momentarily she didn't have the lowest desire on conversations. So she closed
the eyes and placed herself asleep. The doctor doesn't seem to notice. She could here it from
the sound of the instruments with which the doctor was working on her. Suddenly, she heard
another voice, that she, after short listening, interpreted as the one of the security chief. He
doesn't sounded to be very pleased with the situation. „Now, how does it look with her ?
When can I take her with, so that we can do the trial. A terrorist simply doesn't deserve to
enjoy the comfort of the med lab." „Mr. Garribaldi. My patient has incurred herself a serious
methane-poisoning. It had been good luck that she is still alive. You will have to wait for a
little while. Now, I must ask you to leave so that I can continue my work. " To Auroras relief
he moved away. Aurora had serious worries. For that stupid fellow everything seemed to be
very easy and he was obviously looking forward to her trial.
Thoughtfully, the Ranger Marcus Cole went through the walks on the lowermost level of
Babylon 5. Here, he felt good, here and he had his informants here. He also didn't attract
attention with his long hair and the grave long coat. Through Michael Garribaldi, he had heard
about the woman which he found on the ship. He had a bad feeling about her and all the
circumstances. He had devoted himself some hours of meditation but didn't find any strange
thing about the facts Garribaldi had told him. He decided to take a look at the woman and so
he went on to the med lab.
Aurora still lay in the Med Lab. She slept and dreamed. It was no beautiful dream. She saw
pictures from her world, partially beautifully and partially unpleasant. Her friends appeared,
but also enemies. She saw her sister, Mesem, cardassians, Voyager and Deep Space Nine.
Finally, the face of the security chief appeared before her. He snapped with the finger and
suddenly the pictures had vanished. With a small scream, she went upright on the bed.. As she
opened her eyes slowly, she saw the blurred face of a man over her. „Mesem!" with reliev she
threw her arms around his neck. The man cleared his throat and pushed her back into the
pillows. Startled she opened her eyes completely and noticed, that the person was somebody
else. However it would have been too beautiful. She muttered something in bajoran and then
rotated disappointed to the other side. Her hope, that everything was only a evil nightmare,
had not been fulfilled.
Thoughtfully, Marcus looked down to the woman. He had been completely perplexed from
her reaction on him. More from a reflex he had pushed her back. She had now turned around
and had muttered something in a language incomprehensible for him. Essentially, she looked
quite harmlessl. She was still wearing this of strange uniform, with this chirping insignia and
this earring. Her blond short hair was a mess. Her body seemed to be quite powerful but also
gracefull. That she could fight, he had already heard from Garribaldi. Nevertheless everything
seemed to be very strange to him. He decided to search the data bases of the station for the
terrorist.
After a week, Aurora could leave the Med Lab again. After the last incident, this time she was
escorted by several security-people. Now, her trial should be made quickly. The security-boss
ordered a judge to the station and a lawyer was offered to her. She refused the lawyer
categorically, because nobody would beliefe her story anyway. The accusation was right in a
point, because she was really a sought terrorist, but not in this world. However she thought
that the methods were even essentially more human here, as the ones from the cardassians.
Finally, the day X had come. They brought her into a hall where the judge, a type prosecuting
attorney and a big quantity spectators sat. Witnesses, who described her atrocities one after
the other, were appointed. She didn't use her right to speak for herself. What should she have
told to them ? They would have considered her crazy and wouldn't believe a word. So she
finally sat there silently and waited for the judgment. Finally this was finally pronounced
quickly. Eraising of the memory and after that service for the universality. Maybe, that would
be better for her she finally thought. She had no hope to get back into her world. So she would
have no memory at it and could begin a completely new life here.
They brought her into her cell again and there, she still had to wait some days until the doctor
would be ready with his preparations. Furthermore, she should also be scanned by a telepath
to proof the judgement. She refused it categorically. Nobody should penetrate into her
thoughts.
Finally, the evening before the big day had come. Before this penalty, that almost was a death
penalty, another last wish would be granted to her. She called one of the guards and told him
her request. After he had discussed the request with the security-boss the chief agreed
grummbling. Accompanied by five security-people, they finally brought Aurora to somekind
of outlook-platform. She wanted to see the stars with her own eyes once again. Thoughtfully,
she looked out. Everything looked so different here. It was a coming and going. Ships came,
docked and flew away again. Something reminded her a little bit at the home, the jump-gate.
However, it wasn't as impressing as the bajoran wormwhole. Right before she wanted to turn
around and leave she suddenly saw a flashing in the distance. Curiously, she went back to the
window. After exerted searches she finally discovered the origin of the lightning. Finally she
could identify it as the tear of a prophet, the one that had brought her here. In all the days, she
hadn't thought about it. Now, she saw it as a sign of the prophets. She would emerge her fate
and the prophets would stand by her side and would steer everything into the right tracks.
The next morning, they brought her into the Med Lab early. Quietly, she awaited her fate. As
they brought her to the infirmary a lot of people where watching. However nobody dared to
attack her. Finally, they had reached the Med Lab. They led her in and put her on a bed. The
doctor gave her an injection and seconds later she was fast asleep.
Restlessly, Marcus passed along the passport check of Babylon 5. Here, he stood from time to
time and observed the incoming passengers. He hadn't been able to find out anything
uncommon about this woman. Obviously his notion had disappointed him and they were
dealing with the right woman. He had just wanted to prepare to go as one person attracted his.
It was a black dressed woman. She stood in the waiting line for the identity card check.
Although he had never seen her before, she looked familiar to him. The stature, the
appearance and also the face. He couldn't see it exactly because she was standing too far
away. Quickly he went over to the security-man who was checking the identy cards and
alerted. Almost anxiously he waited for her to stand in front of him. Her face was hidden
under a hood. She passed her identy card to the man. He pushed her through the reading-
appliance and determined no conspicous dates. Finally, he asked her to decrease the hood.
Without a movement, she complied with the invitation. Marcuses and the guard couldn't
believed their eyes. The person, that now lay in the Med Lab and was about to be eraised her
memory looked exactly like the woman in front of them. Before she could respond, the guard
had positioned manacles around her wrists and had ordered reinforcement. Marcus was
already headin to the Med Lab. Hopefully, he wouldn't be too late.
Marcus ran into the Med Lab. He saw the woman lying on a bed, connected miscellaneous
tools. The doctor properly oversaw everything while the security-boss stood a few meters
away, watching everything. „Stop! You must break off the process." he was gaspping for air.
„We snatched the real terrorist at the passport check." The chief Incredulous stared at the
Ranger. „Contact your people. They will confirm my words." Still incredulous he used his
intercom. His eyes became ever bigger when he heard that the Ranger was right. Immediately,
he gave the doctor the instruction to break off the whole process. The doctor started with the
work, with the hope, that the eraison was not too far advanced.
previously. Now, not only arm and ribs but as well neck and shoulders hurt. Carefully, she
looked around. She lay on a quite uncomfortable pallet in a small cell. Slowly and the
circumstances accordingly she straightened herself up. As an exit, she could discover an iron-
door. 'How primitive. Wherever I have landed, the technology is not fardeveloped. They even
don't have strength-fields in the cells. ' Meanwhile another problem rose up in her mind.
Since she had been captured by the Cardassians she hated it like a plague to be locked up. It
could come generally that she received downright claustrophobia. Slowly however certainly, a
bad feeling roses in her. With difficulty she swang the legs over the edge of the pallet and put
the feet on the ground. 'On top of everything they must be barbarians as well. Each sensible
human being would have brought me on the infirmary first. Great outlooks that are. ' She
slowly went to the door. Exactly, as she wanted to look through out a small hole, the door
opened and a man entered. „Well ... well. You are awake. Can you understand me? " Now
Aurora was first completely perplexed. A human being, who addressed her in english, stood
unequivocally in front of her. He carried a very strange uniform, was middle age and had all
not much hair left on his head. She nodded shortly to his question. 'What should I do now.
Whoever knows what kind of methods they have here in order to learn something about
somebody. My chances, to reach the Voyager back again had sunk towards zero. '
„Where have I landed here at all ? Why do you capture me here ? " The man grimly stared at
her. „I'm the one who's asking questions here ! I checked about you and now we know who
you are !" Aurora was speechless. From where this man knew her. However she had a theory
where she could be. 'Probably it has been the tear of the dimensional area-postponement.
One can never know what these tears are capable of. A parallel-universe might be the most
likely possibility. ' She had heared about other Starfleet members who had been in parallel
universes . „I'm sorry Sir but so far I have absolutly now idea where I am and what You want
from me. I'm Leutenant Aurora Tanya. Member of the Maquis and at the moment stranded
with the federation-spaceship USS Voyager in the delta-quadrant." Not much impressed by
her outburst the man looked at her. „You can tell this story to your grandmother, but not to
me. You are a sought terrorist of the movement „Freedom to the Mars " and now oviously it
seems as if you do businesses with the shadows." As seriously the situation was for her at the
moment. Aurora couldn't hold back herself and bursted into a laughter. That was too funny,
on both sides, she was a sought terrorist. However she wondered which purpose it should
serve to fight for the Mars. Bajor however was much more important.
Her laughter became ever more vehement and the man understood the world no longer.
However she should not have laughed because suddenly she bent because of a pain running
through her. 'Dam'n these ribs. ' „Are You injured?" „What does it look like ?" she barked.
„Okay, get up ! I take You over to the Med Lab. Nobody should claim me for treating my
prisoners inhumanly." He walked over to her, grapped her wrist roughly und before Aurora
could say anything he had put handcuffs around them. An enormous pain drove through her
arm. She tried frantic to suppress it but she didn't succeed with it. „You damn idiot ! My arm
is also injured. Want to kill me or something? "„Don't be that acute. Think of the many
people who you killed without compassion." „I only have around thousand Cardieses on the
conscience and each and every of them had deserved to die." „Lovely ! You admit your
crime. Maybe, they won't kill you and only eraise your memory." 'Fantastic !' she thought.
‚They seem to have great methods here. In compare to this Starfleet still is really human.'
The man grabbed her arm, of cause the injured one, and pulled her along with him.
Curiously she looked at everything around, while wlaking to the med lab. She saw people and
also beeings, that she had never seen in her life before. Unambiguous she was in another
world. That was a universe, which she knew no longer. There could be no other explanation
anymore. Everything here was so different, the uniforms, the creatures and also the
atmosphere.
Finally they had reached the Med-Lab. Here she also sees unknown appliances and again
these strange uniforms. „I have a patient for you, Dr. Franklin." With that a colored, young
doctor turned around to them. „You can treat her a little roughly. As terrorist, that's what she
has done to others." „Mr. Garribaldi. It doesn't matter to me whether I have a terrorist or an
ambassador to treat. I will give my full attendence to all of them." He made her to sit on one
of the beds with the hand. Immidiatly the doctor seemed to her very nice. Maybe she could
find out something about this place through him. While the man examined her, the security-
officer stood only a few meters beside them. „Is that fellow always that unkindly? " „He is the
security-officer of this station. It will have a reason why he is unkind." 'HEY! I am on an
space station. Maybe, however it is Deep Space Nine. There I would know exactly what to do.
But no ! They would had had to change it completely.' „On which station am I here ? I was
unconscious when they brought me here." „Even if I rather consider this question a joke, you
are on Babylon 5. " ‚Nice name. However I have no pale glimmer where this station is.' „And
who are these ominous shadows, of whom the fellow always speaks? "
„I believe you probably want to make fun of me. You must know that quite well." He puts
some of his instruments away. „I am now almost ready. You only have a few cracked ribs, a
broken arm and miscellaneous contusions. In approximately two weeks, they are healed
again." „In two weeks?!?!?!?" she horrified looked at the man. That couldn't have to be true.
What kind primitive world this is. She whished the holographic doctor could be here. He
would have handled it within some minutes. The doctor now arrived with a rail and a long,
elastic bandage. „Traction your top so that I can bandage the upper body and the arm." he
demanded. „By the way, what is wrong with my treatment ? Two weeks are a good time.
Your body seems to be used to this. " „Well, in the resistance life was hard. There were no
infirmaries. We had to take what the nature offered us." „That couldn't have been much on
the Mars. " the security-officer answered laconically. „Why do you always talk about the
Mars ? I have never been there ! I was a member of the bajoran resistance ! We have fought
four long years in the woods of Bajor. Many of my people had to lose her their life, but we
have won. Bajor is freely again!" With pride she provokingly looked at the man. He should
think whatever he wanted. She was proud of what she had done for her planet. „Come on get
up ! We will talk about that another time. I now bring you back to your cell." he answered
cool and uninterested. Roughly he grabbed her and they moved out of the med-lab.
As the doors of the infirmary opened, a group of humanoids who seem to be everything else
than friendly was waiting outside. When they saw the security-boss they retreated. „You see !
They're all here because of you. The news about attack of the shadows on their colony had
already made it's way around the station." He turned to the group and said „Go now ! She
will receive her penalty, but not now. "
They went through the walks of the station. Obviously, it was another route like the one on
the way to the med-lab. Here it was more dark and lonesome. It started working in Aurora.
She was alone here with one single officer. Admittedly she didn't know anything about this
place here, but certainly she could hide somewhere. By all means, it was better to get killed or
to live on without memory. So at least she would have had her memories of her world. She
carefully though about her situation. The fellow hadn't been able to bind her again because of
the bandaged arm. Instead he constantly shoved her before him. From time to time he pressed
some kind of a small ohaser in her back. Too stupid that they had searched her for arms
directly after her capture and had confiscated her own phaser and her knife. So she would
have to use the abilitys of her body.
Admittedly, the man was certainly stronger than her, but she could take advantage of the
moment of surprise. She saw a cross-walk coming in distance. She sent a short push-prayer
to the prophets and turned around apruptly. With the uninjured hand, she landed a hit with all
strength on the arm of the man. The hit didn't miss its effect. He cried out and dropped the
weapon. A kick of her leg landed on his rail-leg and one in his stomach. Garribaldi had
retreated and Aurora used the opportunity and started running. „Damn ! Stop ! You wont have
a chance. " The man had caught himself again, grasped the weapon and started running
behind Aurora. While running, hel gave instructions to his security-team.
Aurora heard the footsteps of the security chief behind her and tried to accelerate her steps
once again. In consideration of her injuries that was not that easy. She somehow wanted to try
to reach the deeper regions of the station since. There, she hoped, she would be able to hide
better. She ran and ran and ran. Behind her, always the steps and after a while they came
colser and closer. Finally she stood in front of a sluice. Behind them she could see fog-swaths
spinning around. It didn't looked dangerously to her and she also had no another to go
anymore. So she stepped through the first door. In her excitement she didn't noticed the
oxygen masks, that hung at the one side. Hissing the doors opened and she slipped through
quickly. Now she noticed that it had been a big mistake. The swaths were from a gas which
was obviously not suitable for bajoran lungs. Within seconds, Aurora began to gasp for air
and because air didn't exist she finally collapse to the ground and lost conciousness.
Garribaldi stopped before the door to the alien sector. Exerted he tried to see something
through the swaths. Finally he saw the woman lying motionless on the ground. She wore no
oxygen mask. Before he grasped one of the masks for himself, he informed the infirmary.
Finally he went through the protection-door, ran to the person and pulled her out of the gassy
walk. A few minutes later the doctor arrived with a day-bed and an assistant. In shortest time
Aurora was brought to the infirmary.
With difficulty Aurora opened her eyes while she received a cough-attack. Not only, that all
limbs of her body did sore her, also her lungs ached awfully as well. Quietly, she cursed to
herself in bajoran, interrupted again and again from cough-attacks. Where had she gotten
while running ? Why hadn't there been warning-sign ! Obviously she had been in a section, in
which aliens, that could respire no oxygen, lived. With difficulty, she straightened up a scrap.
Quite obviously, she was in the infirmary again.
Furthermore, they had posted two guards at the door. She saw the doctor hastening over to
her. However momentarily she didn't have the lowest desire on conversations. So she closed
the eyes and placed herself asleep. The doctor doesn't seem to notice. She could here it from
the sound of the instruments with which the doctor was working on her. Suddenly, she heard
another voice, that she, after short listening, interpreted as the one of the security chief. He
doesn't sounded to be very pleased with the situation. „Now, how does it look with her ?
When can I take her with, so that we can do the trial. A terrorist simply doesn't deserve to
enjoy the comfort of the med lab." „Mr. Garribaldi. My patient has incurred herself a serious
methane-poisoning. It had been good luck that she is still alive. You will have to wait for a
little while. Now, I must ask you to leave so that I can continue my work. " To Auroras relief
he moved away. Aurora had serious worries. For that stupid fellow everything seemed to be
very easy and he was obviously looking forward to her trial.
Thoughtfully, the Ranger Marcus Cole went through the walks on the lowermost level of
Babylon 5. Here, he felt good, here and he had his informants here. He also didn't attract
attention with his long hair and the grave long coat. Through Michael Garribaldi, he had heard
about the woman which he found on the ship. He had a bad feeling about her and all the
circumstances. He had devoted himself some hours of meditation but didn't find any strange
thing about the facts Garribaldi had told him. He decided to take a look at the woman and so
he went on to the med lab.
Aurora still lay in the Med Lab. She slept and dreamed. It was no beautiful dream. She saw
pictures from her world, partially beautifully and partially unpleasant. Her friends appeared,
but also enemies. She saw her sister, Mesem, cardassians, Voyager and Deep Space Nine.
Finally, the face of the security chief appeared before her. He snapped with the finger and
suddenly the pictures had vanished. With a small scream, she went upright on the bed.. As she
opened her eyes slowly, she saw the blurred face of a man over her. „Mesem!" with reliev she
threw her arms around his neck. The man cleared his throat and pushed her back into the
pillows. Startled she opened her eyes completely and noticed, that the person was somebody
else. However it would have been too beautiful. She muttered something in bajoran and then
rotated disappointed to the other side. Her hope, that everything was only a evil nightmare,
had not been fulfilled.
Thoughtfully, Marcus looked down to the woman. He had been completely perplexed from
her reaction on him. More from a reflex he had pushed her back. She had now turned around
and had muttered something in a language incomprehensible for him. Essentially, she looked
quite harmlessl. She was still wearing this of strange uniform, with this chirping insignia and
this earring. Her blond short hair was a mess. Her body seemed to be quite powerful but also
gracefull. That she could fight, he had already heard from Garribaldi. Nevertheless everything
seemed to be very strange to him. He decided to search the data bases of the station for the
terrorist.
After a week, Aurora could leave the Med Lab again. After the last incident, this time she was
escorted by several security-people. Now, her trial should be made quickly. The security-boss
ordered a judge to the station and a lawyer was offered to her. She refused the lawyer
categorically, because nobody would beliefe her story anyway. The accusation was right in a
point, because she was really a sought terrorist, but not in this world. However she thought
that the methods were even essentially more human here, as the ones from the cardassians.
Finally, the day X had come. They brought her into a hall where the judge, a type prosecuting
attorney and a big quantity spectators sat. Witnesses, who described her atrocities one after
the other, were appointed. She didn't use her right to speak for herself. What should she have
told to them ? They would have considered her crazy and wouldn't believe a word. So she
finally sat there silently and waited for the judgment. Finally this was finally pronounced
quickly. Eraising of the memory and after that service for the universality. Maybe, that would
be better for her she finally thought. She had no hope to get back into her world. So she would
have no memory at it and could begin a completely new life here.
They brought her into her cell again and there, she still had to wait some days until the doctor
would be ready with his preparations. Furthermore, she should also be scanned by a telepath
to proof the judgement. She refused it categorically. Nobody should penetrate into her
thoughts.
Finally, the evening before the big day had come. Before this penalty, that almost was a death
penalty, another last wish would be granted to her. She called one of the guards and told him
her request. After he had discussed the request with the security-boss the chief agreed
grummbling. Accompanied by five security-people, they finally brought Aurora to somekind
of outlook-platform. She wanted to see the stars with her own eyes once again. Thoughtfully,
she looked out. Everything looked so different here. It was a coming and going. Ships came,
docked and flew away again. Something reminded her a little bit at the home, the jump-gate.
However, it wasn't as impressing as the bajoran wormwhole. Right before she wanted to turn
around and leave she suddenly saw a flashing in the distance. Curiously, she went back to the
window. After exerted searches she finally discovered the origin of the lightning. Finally she
could identify it as the tear of a prophet, the one that had brought her here. In all the days, she
hadn't thought about it. Now, she saw it as a sign of the prophets. She would emerge her fate
and the prophets would stand by her side and would steer everything into the right tracks.
The next morning, they brought her into the Med Lab early. Quietly, she awaited her fate. As
they brought her to the infirmary a lot of people where watching. However nobody dared to
attack her. Finally, they had reached the Med Lab. They led her in and put her on a bed. The
doctor gave her an injection and seconds later she was fast asleep.
Restlessly, Marcus passed along the passport check of Babylon 5. Here, he stood from time to
time and observed the incoming passengers. He hadn't been able to find out anything
uncommon about this woman. Obviously his notion had disappointed him and they were
dealing with the right woman. He had just wanted to prepare to go as one person attracted his.
It was a black dressed woman. She stood in the waiting line for the identity card check.
Although he had never seen her before, she looked familiar to him. The stature, the
appearance and also the face. He couldn't see it exactly because she was standing too far
away. Quickly he went over to the security-man who was checking the identy cards and
alerted. Almost anxiously he waited for her to stand in front of him. Her face was hidden
under a hood. She passed her identy card to the man. He pushed her through the reading-
appliance and determined no conspicous dates. Finally, he asked her to decrease the hood.
Without a movement, she complied with the invitation. Marcuses and the guard couldn't
believed their eyes. The person, that now lay in the Med Lab and was about to be eraised her
memory looked exactly like the woman in front of them. Before she could respond, the guard
had positioned manacles around her wrists and had ordered reinforcement. Marcus was
already headin to the Med Lab. Hopefully, he wouldn't be too late.
Marcus ran into the Med Lab. He saw the woman lying on a bed, connected miscellaneous
tools. The doctor properly oversaw everything while the security-boss stood a few meters
away, watching everything. „Stop! You must break off the process." he was gaspping for air.
„We snatched the real terrorist at the passport check." The chief Incredulous stared at the
Ranger. „Contact your people. They will confirm my words." Still incredulous he used his
intercom. His eyes became ever bigger when he heard that the Ranger was right. Immediately,
he gave the doctor the instruction to break off the whole process. The doctor started with the
work, with the hope, that the eraison was not too far advanced.