Chapter 100
Epilogue
Tuzinor, Minbar
October 22, 2281
The funeral for John Sheridan had been completed days earlier, and G'Kar still could not believe the man he'd known for so long was dead. He knew it was coming, as Sheridan had only had 20 years to live after the being Lorien had restored his life after being killed on Z'ha'dum.
G'Kar retired to his room, took up a pen, and began to write again in his latest book. He still did not have a title, but he was sure he would come up with one soon. He was almost finished with it, and he had plans to travel the stars again like he did with Lyta way back when.
He shook his head and thought about all he'd seen in the last ten years, still not believing it all. But, as he'd learned the hard way, it's best to just accept what the universe gives you.
He began to write:
All are at peace now. Sheridan is gone, and Delenn is taking it hard, as is his son, David. But David will grow to be a fine lad and make his father proud, that I am sure of.
President Hollifield and his wife just left to return to Earth. They have three children now, and one on the way. Amazing what science can do to prolong the human procreation process these days!
Matthew Gideon and Elizabeth Lochley now live in a place called Tahiti. I have no idea where that is, but Garibaldi tells me it's the closest thing to paradise.
Derek and Nova Wildstar still live in Tuzinor, and they have two wonderful children as well. Alex and his wife Starsha have also had a couple of kids in addition to Sasha, and they have stunned the Minbari with how fast they have grown up. Iscandarian biology is a wonder indeed!
Stephen Ashcroft and Katrina Litinova married and gave up their commissions in Starfleet. The loss of Belinda Montgomery still weighs heavily on his heart, but it has eased some now that he has a daughter named after the fallen officer.
Tom Riker and Ro Laren still live on Mordala, where they have been able to have a family after all, despite the earlier diagnosis that they could not conceive. They named their first son, William, after Tom's lost "brother".
Deanna Troi, Jean-Luc Picard, Beverly Crusher, Lyta Alexander, the rest of the telepaths and the technomages all made it to Mars, where the Cosmo-DNA, which still seems like magic to me, converted the world once airless and covered with rusty red dust, into a beautiful world of oceans, trees, and animals.
Emperor Mollari has passed on, sadly. He was never able to fully atone for his evil committed in the Shadow War, but my hope is that the Centauri gods forgive him anyway. The last ten years saw him at what he should have been: a force for peace. Now, his successor, Emperor Vir Cotto the First, continues the work.
As for me, I write. I could go back to Narn and let them worship me, but that would only become annoying. This time, I'm making sure this book doesn't get released until I am dead. One thing you can say about the Minbari: that can keep a secret like no other race can.
G'Kar capped his pen and walked onto the balcony, looking up towards Gertalma. He smiled at the small dot of light in the sky and silently thanked G'Quon for letting him live long enough to see such miracles in his lifetime. He had lived long enough to go from being obsessed with the deaths of his enemies to being a force for life, and that world was a symbol of the future to him.
He watched the sun come up over the horizon, and he smiled, thinking of all those who had gone before him. All was peaceful now, and while it would not last forever, he would enjoy it while it lasted.