Hello all!! Have I kept ya in suspense long enough? Well, fear no more, I have finally broke away from my other writing and made the amendments needed. You may now enjoy the reunion part of the story. I admit it isn't that long but it was extremely difficult to write and keep the two in character. But I will let you decide how good it truly is. Hanks to all those who reviewed the last part of my story. Thank you also for staying with me and being the lifeblood of my story.

No more trix, time for part IV

Zak was still trying to find out why he had gotten such a bad feeling about that Correl character an hour later as he grabbed yet another identi-card.

"Ok, have a nice day Miss-" he looked up, not believing his scanner. "Captain Ivanova! Susan, it's good to see you again!" He chuckled happily then called another member of his staff over to take his place. "I'm glad to see you finally come back. This new captain, I don't like her. I would-"

"Zak," she cut him off gently. They had started walking down the hall. "I'm sorry to tell you this but I'm not here to take command. A friend asked me to come back." She looked around and smiled. "This place hasn't changed much has it?" Her voice had an unusual agitated undertone. "Well I don't mean to rush things but I want to get to Med-lab." She started off.

"Captain…Susan," Zak called after her, "Can I walk with you?" Susan nodded, and Zak started after her. "I thought you might want to know that Saffire's here," he watched her reaction carefully. "She's, uh, found a way to bring Marcus back. Susan nodded and they started down the hall. "Yea, I tell ya," he commented, "Med-lab's popular today."


Draya ran back to the makeshift base to tell Correl of the things she had learned. Around another corner, down the hall, past the turbo lift, right by the-

"Halt," came his gruff voice, "Running draws attention. You must not run to me." He stepped out from the hallway she had just passed, "What news have you gathered?" Draya turned to face him and noticed that two of his necklaces were missing.

"Saffire came back to help a friend, from what I've heard, she'll be here for a few more days."

"Good. And your source?"

"Her friends, at the Zocalo over lunch yesterday. She is staying in some guest quarters with a Technomage. I'm not sure which guest quarters, Oh and the Technomage is called Galen."

"Hmm, a Technomage guardian will be hard to get around," he put his chin in his hand and thought for a moment, "I'll do it though." He turned to leave, "I have no more use for you right now. Return here tonight." He made his way to the Zocalo and took a table in the far corner.

He would sit and he would wait.


Marcus sat in the same iso-lab being told of the many things he had missed. Saffire watched him from the door way while waiting for Susan. She was glad to be bringing her guardianees back together. She walked out of Med-lab and looked around. Susan was coming around the corner with Zak. Any other time, she would have run to Susan happily, but at the moment she lacked something some kind of motivation. Instead she growled a happy greeting.

~Hello, Susan. How're you feeling? I trust you had a good trip~

"Yes. It's good to see you again Saffire," Susan ran a hand over the feline's head then looked to Med-lab. "Is he in there?" Saffire nodded, "Is he…Awake?" Saffire nodded again and suddenly Susan found herself weak at the knees. She really hadn't expected to see him again. Well, at least not talking, walking around, or doing anything else that didn't involve a Cryo-tube.

"Hey! Whoa, careful there, Captain. You're as white as a sheet, maybe the doc should have a look at you," Zak said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"No…no I'm fine. Thanks for walking with me Zak, I'll let you get back to work," Susan replied. Zak nodded and smiled with concern, then turned and left. "Susan stood for a moment then took a deep, steadying breath, "Ok, now or never."

Saffire led the way to the Iso-lab where Marcus lay, absorbing all he had been told. When Susan and Saffire stopped in the door, Susan's breath caught in her throat. She stood there for about three minutes trying to decide if this was real. The one man she had ever broken down over and thought she would never be able to tell the truth to was now alive and well right in front of her. She almost convinced herself that it was just a dream and was just about to walk away, when he spoke.

"You know, Saffire, you could just tell me when you come instead of just-" he had started to sit up mid-sentence and saw Susan standing there, for the first time in his life he couldn't find the words that fit the situation. He eased himself off the Iso-bed and they stood in that uncomfortable silence for at least five minutes, each one trying to determine how the other felt after all that time. Finally, almost in sync, they moved to one another and embraced in a tight hug.

"Why the hell did you do that?" her muffled voice floated to his ears.

"I did it because you had so much more of a life than I did," he backed away from Susan a bit, "A good job, friends, people depended on you. I had nothing except for you, and if I had let you go, I couldn't have lived with myself."

"You're so wrong it almost hurts," Susan said feeling her defenses rise. She looked at the ground and forced her defenses back down. "I'm sorry. But you did have those things. A good job? You had that, and probably still do, a Ranger. Friends? John, Delenn, Steven, ring a bell? If you're wondering who it was that depended on you, I'm standing right here." She looked him strait in the eye, "You say you couldn't have lived with yourself? How do you think it affected me?"

"I never meant to hurt you, Susan, I just-" she silenced him with a look.

"I don't want an explanation anymore, I just want to pick up my life where I left it six years ago."

Marcus sighed, she was going to go back to the life she had before she met him, and he could feel it. "Well if that's how you want it, I won't stop you." He turned and leaned against the Iso-bed. Susan looked at him, confused, then brought a hand up to wipe the quickly forming tears. He thought she didn't need him anymore.

"Marcus," he looked to her, "I said I depended on you before, I still do." Marcus' face lit up and her gave her another hug, then backed off.

"Sorry I guess I got carried away," Marcus got a sheepish look on his face; yes it was good to have him back. This time she hugged him then sat on the bed and started discussing the things that she had been through trying to find a way to bring him back. Saffire lay in front of the door acting as guard for another hour before getting up and growling an expressive 'excuse me.' They both looked to her.

~I don't suppose we could go to the Zocalo and get something to eat could we? I haven't eaten for about a week~ Saffire remained passive while the two smiled.

"I supposed we could, besides, I think I have you beat. I haven't eaten for almost six years," Marcus chuckled. The left Med-lab and headed for the Zocalo.


Correl still sat in the corner booth. He hadn't noticed his prey come in yet, but he knew they would be along soon. He pulled off his necklaces and continued to assemble his hunting dagger. When finished, it would look like a dagger, except it wouldn't. More like the skeleton of a dagger with the razor sharp edges of the blade, along with a hilt and cross guard. The inside of the blade would hallow with a single bar of steel to reinforce the deadly edge. He was getting comfortable; he was always comforted when he assembled his dagger, when he saw a Technomage come in. He slowed his assemblage, remembering that Draya had told him of a Technomage accompanying Saffire. An Earth-force captain came next, followed closely by a ranger and then, finally, Saffire.

Correl smiled, stood up, put his nearly finished dagger in a pouch, and started toward the door. As he passed their table, he 'accidentally' bumped into Marcus.

"Oh, excuse me sir," he cooed, "I was thinking of other things." Marcus nodded with a smile on his face. Saffire regarded this longhaired man curiously. He wore furs, which was strange, and he had the scent of a predator about him. "That is a beautiful cat, sir." Saffire pinned her ears back; she didn't like this man. "Well I really must be going. I'm sorry for interrupting your meal."

Kelanes smiled widely as he exited, that tracking probe would be extremely helpful.

*Leans away from the computer* Boy, that was kind of…interesting…sorry I didn't get it up by Tuesday like I promised I would, but good news. I skipped school today just to do this for you………well that and other things. So what do you think? Did I keep them in character? Well hopefully there won't be too many more chapters, I hate stories that drag on and on. *shrug* Well let's see, next chapter: Correl puts things into motions. I'll try to make it a longer chapter.

Please review, if you do, I'll give you…a pizza, your choice of toppings ;) well see ya next chapter.