After
landing at Tuzanor, Marcus had asked around, and found out from some
of the local Minbari that Delenn was alive, and was recuperating in
the local hospital. Marcus had taken John there, and now they were
searching the halls for any sign of Delenn. When they turned the
corner, and John saw Lennier, there was no holding him
back.
"Lennier!"
Lennier roused himself from his
meditations when he heard his name. Looking up from his position on
the floor, he saw Captain Sheridan racing down the hall towards him.
Hastily, he helped the Minbari up from the hallway floor. "Where is
she?" he asked.
Lennier silently pointed to a room at the
end of the hall. Without a glance back, he hurried over to the
indicated room.
There she was. She looked so fragile hooked up
to all the machines. John entered her room quietly. She was sleeping,
and he didn't want to disturb her. When he got closer, he saw the
angry burns that were all over her skin. He reached out to touch her
face, but pulled back when she made a small noise. The lights in the
room were very dim, so it took him a second to realize that she was
crying in her sleep. Lightly, he brushed a tear away. He bent down
and whispered in her ear. "It's ok Delenn. I'm here for you."
Upon hearing his voice and feeling his touch, she stopped crying.
Slowly, a content expression crossed her face. Then he placed a soft
kiss on her brow. He left the room just as quietly as he had come
in.
Back in the hall, he found Lennier, Marcus, and his father
in conversation. They all became quiet when John approached.
"She's
asleep. Is she going to be alright?" Lennier nodded. John breathed
a sigh of immense relief. "Good." He paused for a minute, then
spoke up again. "Lennier, what about the baby?"
Lennier
let a smile cross his face. "Captain, it is my honor to tell you
that you have a healthy son."
John's grin threatened to
spill off his face. "What did she name him?"
"David."
John's
dad looked up at the mention of his name. He locked eyes with John.
His son had a look of pure wonder on his face. David smiled and
clapped John on the shoulder. "Congratulations Johnny!"
John
accepted his dad's congratulations with a dumb smile still
plastered across his face. He mused that if he smiled any wider he
would probably pull his jaw muscle. "Lennier, where is he? He
wasn't in the room with her."
Lennier looked puzzled at
that. "He's aboard Delenn's Whitestar. We haven't been able
to communicate with it since the satellite was damaged."
John
shook his head. "Lennier, where is the Whitestar? It wasn't
orbiting the planet when we got here."
"Delenn ordered
them to take off as soon as she disembarked. It should be in a
standard orbit." Lennier was confused. Where else could the
Whitestar be?
"Lennier," John's voice grew grave, "where
was the Whitestar, the last time you heard from it?"
"When
we disembarked in..."Lennier's eyes grew wide in
horror.
"Yedor."
There was dead silence for a
moment in the corridor. "Oh my God..." John muttered. Dazedly, he
turned and walked back to the door of Delenn's room. He just stared
at her, for a long time. He was torn. He didn't want to leave
Delenn, but he also wanted to find his son.
David watched as
John stood there looking at his wife. He knew what internal struggle
was fighting it out in John's head. "Johnny," he said, and
walked over to him. He put his hand on John's shoulder. "Go find
your son. I'll make sure she's ok." John looked up at him.
There were unshed tears in his eyes, ready to spill over. "Go on.
She'll be alright." John nodded slowly.
"Alright." He
said quietly. "If she wakes up, tell her... tell her that I love
her, and that I'll be back soon."
David nodded. John
composed himself, and turned back down the hall. "Marcus, come on.
We need to get a shuttle to Yedor, fast."
