Disclaimers: Babylon 5 and Highlander are not mine. I'm just using the basis to write some interesting ideas down. This is an AU story.

Notes: 1. This takes places just after Phoenix Rising (S5 Ep12).

2. This story is a Crossover with Highlander.

3. The Game has been over for 50 years, revealed as a false feeling brought on by some compounds in the atmosphere (Vorlon tampering).

4. // … // indicates telepathic conversation.

5. italics are thoughts.

Chapter 5 – Convergences

EAS Apollo, Bridge

Susan Ivanova sat in the captain's chair at the center of the bridge. She was oblivious to the anxious looks from the lieutenant and ensign at the bridge engineering console, her mind replaying the conversation she had had with John, President Sheridan. A single glance at the console would have told her what they were concerned about, it was lit up like an old fashioned Christmas tree, the red overload lights throwing a red tinge over that corner of the bridge.

The crew could feel the strain on the ship. The way she shuddered and shook. After the captain had received that Gold channel communication from Babylon 5, she had appeared on the bridge, her face a stony mask, and ordered an immediate course change. Followed by orders that took out half the interlocks in the drive. The Apollo was now running at nearly her design parameters. Problem was that the reactors, the drive and her compensators were redlined. She was burning years off of the ships' components.

* * * * * * * *

Dome 43

After they got outside the building, the team spent several minutes dodging patrols before the activity died down.

With Duncan carrying Amanda and Zack carrying Lyta, they slipped easily through back streets and tunnels.

They stopped close to the edge of the Dome, Amanda was convulsing as her body healed. Lyta spasmed as the last bit of genetic manipulation the Vorlons did kicked in.

"Zack," Lyta's first gasped word managed to make Zack jump.

He watched as she opened her eyes. Zack smiled as he watched her react to the fact that she was still alive. "Welcome to eternity."

Lyta heard his words, and she stopped moving for a moment, before launching herself at him.

Methos felt power stirring, in a way he hadn't for many, many years. Looking up from where he was helping Duncan and Conner hold Amanda down. He saw Zack and Lyta's quickenings start to entwine as they kissed. Mentally cursing in at least ten different languages, he turned his attention back to helping keep the attractive 1400 years old woman from breaking any bones as her quickening got rid of the results of 5 days of Psi-Corps experiments.

* * * * * * * *

10 minutes later

Amanda was awake and able to move now. Duncan though was a little put out, as her first words had been, "Where's Nick?"

Methos looked from the MacLeods, Conner was trying to get Duncan out of his brooding session, to the two telepaths. Lyta and Zack were still standing close, he watched as the blue-white energy that flickered between them disappeared.

"Oh, good. Could we get out of here now?"

His sarcastic statement got them all moving.

* * * * * * * *

Bester's Office

"WHAT?!" Besters voice exploded around the room.

The Psi-Cop on the screen winced as the expression on Bester's face combined with the volume of his exclamation.

"First some moron in Special Projects overrides my orders for a concentrated search. Then his orders leave all the airlocks unguarded." Bester's hand slammed down on the comm switch, a squeal of stressed plastic merging with the dying echoes of his tirade.

* * * * * * * * *

Outside Dome 43

The rescue team proceeded to the grounded shuttle, immortal physiology adapting to the thin atmosphere of Mars after a few minutes. They moved with ease through the reduced gravity. Their ability to breath the thin air providing an easy out through an unguarded airlock.

The Wolfe Industries shuttle, with covert Electronic Warfare Systems and Electronic Radiation Suppression systems, was effectively not there to the perimeter defences and Mars Ground-to-Orbit traffic control systems.

They reached Nick Wolfe's vessel and left for Babylon 5. Amanda saying that she wasn't going to let him out of their room until they got there was received with wolf whistles and laughter.

* * * * * * * *

Babylon 5 Control, 2 days later

Lieutenant Corbin was bored. This evening shift was quiet, very quiet. Nothing was due in until the Wolfe Industries freighter at 2200 station time. Quite suddenly the Jumpgate registered an activation.

As the crew brought the defence grid to standby, Corbin contacted the Captain and informed the members of the Alliance advisory board.

As Cassandra ran for the Control center, still putting on her jacket. They have to come in on the same day, and less than two hours apart. Fantastic! She met John, President Sheridan, there. His almost daily requests for progress had become almost formal, he asked questions, she verbally danced around saying nothing that made any real sense. At least, in a couple of hours Zack would be back. She almost laughed, Zack investigating a crime he helped conceal.

"There she is." The President's statement returned her attention to the Jumpgate as it shut down after depositing the EAS Apollo back into normal space.

"I'd like you present when the shuttle docks." John Sheridan watched as his statement caused his ex-wife to stiffen detectably. For an instant he thought she might refuse, then as her head gave a short, choppy nod, he smiled. "See you there."

Cassandra watched as he left, then violently slammed her hand into a section of wall. She winced as the pain filtered though the annoyance he had caused. How did he manage that? She wondered, he seemed able to pick the thing that she really didn't want to do but couldn't say no to.

Lieutenant Corbin watched as the captain shook the hand she had just dented the wall with. He'd never seen her do anything like that before, for that matter he didn't think anybody could dent the stuff they made those hull walls out of, but she had done it. "You alright, ma'am?"

Corbin's question brought her out of her musing. "Fine, Lieutenant. I'm going to meet our guests."

She didn't hear Corbin's reply as she left the control room.

* * * * * * * *

Later

Susan Ivanova strode into boarding area, the anger radiating from her clearing a path directly to her waiting friends and one annoyed captain.

Introductions were short and to the point. Susan was surprised by the formality of Captain Lochley. It was obvious that she didn't want to be here, and from John's frown, Susan figured that he was the one that had asked the captain to be here. Sheridan made his reason clear with his next statement.

"Susan, Captain Lochley has been the one coordinating the search for Marcus' body." With that statement Susan focused her attention on the other Earth Force officer, including her 'gift'. Babylon 5's captain was radiating nervousness and annoyance along with something … else.

"Would you like to know the status of the search now, or clean up first?" Cassandra was hoping that the answer would be clean up, but knew the answer wasn't going to be that.

"Your office for the search update please."

* * * * * * * *

Babylon 5 Control, 1.5 hours later

Corbin was watching as the Wolfe Industries freighter returned to normal space. It was carrying spare parts for the fighters and replacement sections of the station hull. And a few people who were technically still on the station.

* * * * * * * *

After the shuttle landed, the group divided Zack, Methos, Lyta and the others that had come from the station using Zack's knowledge of the station to slip though without notice. While Nick, Amanda and the two MacLeods went though customs. Duncan was startled when the identi-card that Amanda used identified her as Mrs Amanda Wolfe.

* * * * * * * *

Adam Dawson's room, Red 5, later

The meeting was not going well. Zack and Cassandra were trying to deal with the problem that was deepening with every moment about Marcus' missing body, so they weren't here. Conner and Amanda were trying to keep Duncan and Nick from each others throats and the security men were back on duty. Leaving Methos, Marcus and Lyta to try and decide what to do about the Corps, and given Marcus' history and Lyta's almost blind hatred, they weren't giving much leeway outside complete destruction.

"ENOUGH!" Methos was annoyed. "This is obviously not working. So I'm going to call for a full Conclave"

A stunned silence met his words. Lyta and Marcus looked confused, while the rest had a blank look of disbelief on their faces.

Amanda broke the silence, "Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean there hasn't been a full Conclave for almost six thousand years."

"I'm well aware of the time that has past Amanda. But we do not have the necessary distance from events to decide what should happen to the Psi-Corps. Would you tell Cassandra and Zack, please?"

Amanda nodded and, grabbing Nick by the ear, left.

"Who's Cassandra?" The question came from Lyta, and Marcus was looking a little bewildered.

"You know Cassandra as Captain Elizabeth Lochley." Was Methos' reply.

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Captain's Office, 10 minutes later

Cassandra looked up in annoyance as Amanda burst though the entrance. She realised with shock that Amanda hadn't noticed that Susan Ivanova was in the room.

"Cassandra, my dear. You look absolutely stunning in that uniform. And who's that?" The last was said with a gesture towards the surprised Ivanova.

Susan watched as the woman who had just walked into the captain's office like she owned it and greeted Captain Lochley using another name, turned towards her and smiled. "Sorry, didn't see you there. Are you going to introduce us, Cassie?"

Susan's attention was brought back to the desk by a loud thump. She saw Captain Lochley's head resting on the table, and grinned as it rose to reveal a look of mortification on her face. Susan watched Lochley's mouth open to answer.

"I'm Amanda Wolfe. And you are?" Susan nearly burst out laughing at the flummoxed expression on the face of the woman that John had trusted to run the station. "Captain Susan Ivanova."

"Oh, Umm. Oops." Susan watched as Amanda went slightly pink.

"Sorry, Captains. She got away from me. And from the expressions I see on certain faces. You put your foot in your mouth again, didn't you?" This last was directed to the woman standing in the center of the room with a slight blush on her face.

"Say goodbye to the nice Earth Force officers, Amanda."

"But Nick, I just got here."

Susan was trying valiantly to hold back a fit of giggles. Earth Force officers do NOT giggle. When a sentence Amanda said on the way out registered. She's the one Marcus is hung up on. "WAIT! What did you just say?"

"Um."

"I. Want. To. Know. What. Is. Going. On!" Susan felt something hit the back of her head. Then everything went black.

Cassandra caught Ivanova as she collapsed. Then slipping the small knife back into the wrist sheath, she straightened. "Get back in here."