Chapter Note: - I scrounged and had time to finish this chapter ahead of schedule so have fun, OK it's a little climax but the next chapter is in a mess and I need to sort it out, Ummmm Good chapter too.
Chapter 5 (Complex Circumcises)
In the quarters of Lalena, Delenn explains the problems that are caused with her relation ship with the human and explains that continuing the relationship will be hard.
Delenn: - "I just had a communication from your parents and they are on their way. They are not happy with you Lalena. Not only your parents but your clan will have something to say."
Lalena: - "Delenn, I love this human with every part of my soul, and I know he loves me to. We kept this a secret because James knew this would happen." She gets up from sitting and walks over to the window.
Delenn: - "How long have you hindered this secret?"
Lalena: - "Over two years now."
Delenn: - "Two years! You kept this for two years and told no one?" looking surprised as she stood up and walked over to her. "Lalena I don't know how to say this but they might forbid you to see this human."
Lalena: - "The problem has grown more complex now" she turns and looks Delenn in the eyes, Delenn can see that she is holding an even more and bigger secret than she is putting on.
Delenn: - "What are you saying?" Lalena turns and walks to the other side of the room with her back to Delenn
Lalena: - "James has no knowledge of my secret also, I fear this could cause more sever problems." Delenn moves over to Lalena in a bid to find out her secret.
Delenn: - "It's not my position to demand but if this news you are holding is serous then you must tell me!"
Then the chimes on the door ring. Lalena allows permission for the person to enter and to the surprise of Delenn, Lennier walks in
Lennier: - "umm, Delenn, sorry I was not expecting you here."
Delenn: - "Lennier, what are you doing here?"
Lennier: - "I was hoping to see James, I am hoping for an audience with him about the current situation."
Delenn: - "You knew about this?"
Lennier: - "I'm afraid so two years, James insisted me to keep quiet so I complied."
Then James walked in holding a robe of some kind then he looked bewildered at the two guests in the room.
James: - "It looks like a Minbari convention here, I've brought you your robe Lalena from the cleaners." Lalena stood up and took and robe into her room. James stood there thinking, "what's been going on. Have they been trying to convince Lalena to split up" but deep down he knows she will never do that.
But unknown to them a ship appeared out of the jump gate along side Babylon 5. Down on the docking bay a group of Minbari appeared and they are not happy, this indeed was Lalena's family and from appearances there seamed to be from two different casts. Lalena mother is one of the religious cast and her further is one of the warrior cast, Delenn could see a big problem arising when she went to great them. Never before has something so serous come between a Human and a Minbari.
"Greetings and welcome to Babylon 5" Delenn performed the usual meeting ritual.
Delenn: - "You must be Slaaeil and Delumm the parents of Lalena"
Slaaeil: - "It's a pleasure to see you Delenn" she gracefully replies but was interrupted by her partner
Delumm: - "It all very well the pleasantries but I wish to see our daughter, I've come to point her in the right direction with this madness and to get rid of that Human!"
Back at Lalena quarters Lalena is in the other room getting ready to meat her parents and not liking every moment of it.
Lennier: - "I can't stress the severity of your situation, as you well know Lalena farther is warrior cast, and Lalena mother is religious." then James interrupted
James: - "Yes but from my understanding Lalena farther is not her biological farther. Her original farther was religious but when he passed on her mother remarried later on in time which could provide some kind of loop hole."
Lennier: - "Loop hole, I don't understand."
James: - "Loop holes, amm a way out of a situation or something to make the situation go your way, something tricky but demonstrated many times in human culture. For instance if I understand this correctly Lalena is religious cast because of her mother and father's marriage before her farther passed on. Remarrying should not change this. It also opens a window for debate or something."
Lennier: - "I don't think it will be right to do this!"
James: - "I'm sorry, but when it come to the survival for this relationship I will use every resource or trick I know, nothing will pull us apart as long as I live. We have been together for two years it's not going to stop now!"
Meanwhile, Delenn had the daunting task of calming down Delumm Sheridan sitting the opposite of the room tried to keep out of the debate as long as possible before being dragged into it.
Delenn: - "We cannot interfere with the love of other people no matter what species they are, we must follow the calling of your children's heart, you should know this better."
Delumm: - "Yes but he his human, not even from our same race, how can you justify this"
Sheridan: - "They are living their own lives, we have no right to interfere and chose if they can or cant be together."
Delumm: - "Shut up human you do not know our ways. Your race goes around and corrupts other worlds and there believes, if you ask me we should have wiped your race out long ago."
Sheridan: - "Now wait a minute!" standing up almost shouting at Delumm.
Delumm: - "No Human, what are you going to say? That this was just a misunderstanding and you did not meant for my daughter and this human to be lovers, like on the battle of the line when you all started the war by shooting first, and you!!!!! Sheridan, Star Killer! I should kill you where you stand"
Sheridan: - "You want to take a hit at me then come on, but you listen, and you listen good and tell everyone that questions it again, I had no choice in that matter it was WAR! That cruiser came for us, it was us or it. The Black star did not turn and leave us, no, it was out to murder us we did what we had to do to survive. Disabling our ships was not enough for your race, no you lot had to come and finish the job. That is coward ness!!!"
The tension in the room reached an all time high as Deleumm got up and was ready to hit Sheridan, but Sheridan was ready to do the same.
Slaaeil: - "All of you stop it, Stop it" Slaaeil then runs out of the room upset over the incident with Delumm following.
Delumm: - "I'm sorry my love, things got out of hand."
Slaaeil: - "You always have to be so hard on other people, I know this problem is causing big problems back at home but lets not get out of control."
The day passed and the heat began to calm down for now and James could be seen walking back to Lalena's quarters. He opened the door not paying much attention and looking at his card making sure all the parts are still in working order for his next shift. He looked up and saw a room full of Minbari all looking at him, about 5 all in robes which seamed to be from the family, with Delenn and Lalena clearly seen with them. James heart began to beat faster as his nerves started to settle in "this must be here family she was talking about." He said to himself. Lalena got up and went over to James holding his hand
Lalena: - "Family, this is James."
There was a moment of silence, suddenly everyone stood up and left, leaving Delenn and Lalena behind.
James: - "Amm, What just happened?"
Delenn: - "It appears they no longer want Lalena in their family and they branded her an outcast."
James: - "That's not right. I'll be right back." James turns and heads out of the door to find the mother of Lalena.
Delenn tries to stop him but it is too late, he vanished around the corner.
Moments later James spots a familiar figure looking out of the window. James approaches and looks out the other window beside her, they both look out of the window together.
James: - "Why have you done this to Lalena?"
Slaaeil: - "She has damaged our family and cast, she's now classed as an outcast and all ties are cut off, I'm sorry it's Delumm decision"
James: - "I believed the Minbari to be an intelligent race, only to do something like this makes them lover than any life form I have ever seen, I am very disappointed in you for choosing such a disgrace decision on such a well being such as Lalena. Lalena is the most amazing life form I have come across in my life, I could live a thousand lifetimes and not meat someone like her. I do thank you for bringing this magnificent creature into existence but I do not condone the treatment you are giving her. If you must punish someone then punish me, not Lalena, she is too fragile to accept this." James turns to Slaaeil while saying the last sentence. Slaaeil was in shock, no human has ever described a Minbari like that before and this brought an overwhelming doubt into Slaaeil mind.
James bows his head to Slaaeil "if our species meat under better circumstances than I'm sure things might be a bit different, but the fact still remains, I love Lalena more than anyone could possibly imagine, She's in my heart and in my soul and I would gladly give my life to save hers. If there was another word that describes a feeling more than love than I would from the depths of my heart but I can't but we don't have that word. You and your family may abandon her but she still has someone and that's me!"
With that James turned and walked away but saying these last words to her "I will chat to Delumm tell him to look for me, I am looking for him." The rest of Slaaeil family that where hiding in the crowds looking all rushed to her, the few words that James spoke about Lalena started to soak into her mind.
James walked back into Lalena quarters.
James: - "I have spoken to your mother and she has told me what they have done."
Delenn Interrupted: - "I told you this would be hard, I tried to speak to them but nothing I said could change there decision."
James: - "Cutting off her ties to her family and branding her an outcast, I am very disappointed in the Minbari, I thought your race was a mature and advanced race, in fact it is just as worse as human, even worse to condone treatment like this."
Delenn then got angry and lashed out at James "Now you listen to me, you are the one that started this don't start branding our race, we have rules to prevent things like" but suddenly Lalena shouted out and demanded "Delenn and Lennier GET OUT"
With that Delenn looked at Lalena in shock but obeyed her wishes and the two left, after they left Lalena went over to James and held him tight.
James: - "I'm sorry Lalena I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you."
Lalena: - "Why can't they just go away."
James: - "I suppose this is some kind of crossroads for our two races. Don't worry I will be here always, they wont split us up."
The next day came and this time James's nerves will be tested to the limit, it's time to meat the step farther of Lalena. Knowing were Lalena family quarters are James walked up to the door and opened it, without chiming the door or knocking he just walked in, immediately the whole family looked at him, James immediately spoke.
James: - "I'm her to talk to Delumm now and in private."
Delumm: - "You Human have no right to come in here making demands!"
James: - "I don't care, you and me need a talk!!! NOW. We will settle this now" James stood right up to Delumm face showing no fear, James eyes looked straight into Delumm's it seamed a matter of time before one of them would lash out.
