Thanks for all the encouraging reviews guys
Darklight: If the wraith went up against the Ancients of 2 million years ago they would have been crushed like the bugs they are (at least in this fanfic) i will later explain why the ancients lost most of their technology and their life span in later chapters (dont worry i've already got it figured out to integrate with cannon of both atlantis and sg1).
NOTE: I hope you enjoy that Bester is getting what he deserves... Also, try and guess who this secretive race is :)
LOCATION: Unknown
A lone figure sat beneath a tree and gazed into the stars above. She had heard their cry, and the cry of her children. It was agony to her and her people, to have so many of their children used for a senseless war. A few wished to intervene, yet the majority stood silent, blotting the echo of war from their minds. The figure stood silently and watched as a shooting star sped across the heavens, she would have to remain silent though she wished to shout into the heavens. Then the thought of the consequences of such an outburst filled her mind, the horror and destruction that it would bring to the galaxy. So she remained quite and gazed upon the stars known that at this moment another world, another civilization would be wiped from existence.
Then the voice came to her, reaching far across the vastness of space. It was them, the ones who had brought destruction upon their children.
Help us it cried, desperation in the melodeon voice.
Never Again the voice of her people shouted out with disdain.
The circle must not be broken, for the sake of your children it replied.
The memory of what her ancestors had done filtered through the commonality.
Never Again their voices flared as one against the race they had believed in so very long ago. Her people were among the first ones, in fact they came before the first ones but lived in solitude. The first ones believed them to be a vastly primitive race, not realizing the true power that they wielded. Such was the arrogance of youth, but it was folly of age that had lead to them to their current situation.
You must the voice demanded.
Do not provoke our wrath! Her people cried out as one for as swiftly as the newcomers destroyed your fleet, we can wipe your entire civilization from existence!
Please the voice softened.
If the circle must stand it will stand on its own, our people will not aide you in the destruction of our children!
The Shadows… Corruption!
We gave you our children as a means to an end, a weapon to end the shadows torment of the younger races, and now you destroy our children as you would the shadows! Be gone and never return least you incur our wraith! Her voices screamed.
With that Ultimatum the Vorlons reeled back into their collective bodies. A single voice now led the choir we have no choice, it must be done the voice sung in a sullen tune.
From the depths of Vorlon space a single vessel entered hyperspace, its pilot known full well that it may be heading to its doom. Fresh in the pilot and vessels conscious mind loomed the ominous dark planet, Kaza'doom, home of their ancient enemy the shadows.
LOCATION: Olympus
AREA: Science lab 23
Bester stood silently upon a platform, his body immobilized by some kind of energy field while all around him holographic lights danced, forming what appeared to be a double helix strand. An Alterian stood before him, behind a control panel of some sort. As his fingers danced across the panel the holographic DNA strand spun wildly around him. So far none of the procedures they had used on him caused any discomfort, he assumed that because they were an advanced civilization they did not need painful instruments.
The Alterian scientist on the other hand, felt some remorse towards the agony he would soon inflict. In order to understand Bester's genetic structure he would have to alter sections one by one to trigger a response in the subject. He knew full well exactly how painful such responses would be, and he already took the liberty of warming up the bio tube, in case the subject should die he could be revived over and over until every genetic strand had been mapped.
A smile seemed to wash over Besters face, which seemed to dissipate rapidly as he detected a sullen look on the Alterians face. I'm sorry he uttered, and before Bester could respond he was struck with a burning pain that seemed to race from within every cell of his body.
LOCATION: Olympus
AREA: Council Chambers
Ambassador Gailic, Captain Sheridan, and Ambassador Delenn were escorted into the grand council chambers. As they entered they noticed 12 figures sitting at an arch shaped table, slightly elevated from the rest of the room. Before the arched table stood rows of smaller seats that radiated outward and upward, 40 seats in all. All were empty at the moment, save the very first row of 8 seats that were occupied by 7 people.
The introductions took a few moments, the twelve members of the council and the captains of the Olympus, Orion 7, Orion 6, Orion 4, Orion 3, Orion 2, and Orion 1. They were informed that the remaining captains had been deployed to investigate Vorlon and Shadow space.
As the group took their seats between the captains and the council, Persiadin stood at the head of the council table. 'The council stands with only 12 members today, Galandriel has ascended and we have yet to find a replacement' he informed the group 'If a deadlock should arise' he gave a huge smile 'Captain Zeraus will cast the final vote. I now call to order the Alterian Council, to discuss the matter of military intervention in this dimension.' He held up a metal ball and brought it slamming down to the table in front of him.
LOCATION: The Rim
AREA: Orion 8
The Orion 8 had been ordered to map the outer Rim when its hyperspace sensors had detected an object of great magnitude. The Orion now lay before the object and had brought it back into normal space.
'What is it?' Captain Alexine asked.
'Sir, its an inter-dimensional gateway!' a science officer reported
'I want full scans of the object… contact Olympus we have to inform them of this discovery…' The captains voice trailed as the gateway seemed to activate. 'What the heck?'
'Sir, bringing it out of hyperspace seems to have reactivated it… I'm detecting ships, lots of ships!' the science officer cried.
Soon the vessels came pouring through the gateway.
'Their weapons are at maximum captain, they are targeting us!' the tactical officer reported.
'Shields to maximum, open hailing frequencies'
'Open sir' the com officer replied.
'This is captain Alexine of the Alterian destroyer Orion 8, we mean you no harm, please stand down from your attack run' the captain pleaded.
But it was in vain, the alien ships began firing their weapons at the Orion 8 causing the ship to shake feverously.
'Status?' The captain asked as the tremors subsided.
'Shields holding at 94 percent, their packing a lot more power than the Vorlon ships and that was just a dozen of their small vessels' the tactical officer replied. 'They are coming round for another pass captain… should I return fire?'
Alexine froze, he had never had to fire on an alien being before, to cause destruction on such a level was unthinkable. The thoughts subsided as the ship shook once again.
'Sir, three of their larger ships and another dozen smaller vessels just exited the vortex, ETA twenty seconds, sir, shields are down to 93 percent… should I return fire?'
'No' shouted Alexine, 'Set a course for Olympus and engage' he ordered as the ship shook more violently, this time conduits began overloading.
'That was some kind of polar Ion cannon from one of the mega ships, its energy readings were off the scale… Hyper drive is offline, conventional drives are off-line, major structural damage, shields at 23 percent, we cant take another hit like that captain!' The tactical officer pleaded.
Alexine had no other choice, he closed his eyes and entered the cyberscape.
Outside the Orion 8 over a hundred small and 30 larger ships and a single mega ship had exited the gateway and all were heading towards the Orion 8. As they approached for their final kill they were all stunned as a million bright stars erupted from the vessel, flooding space and heading towards them at incredible speeds. Within seconds the Drones had completed their work, shredding every alien craft to pieces.
In his grief Alexine lost control of the drones, and taking on their preprogrammed routine they sought out vessels that they deemed threats. Every drone made for the vortex, and the crew of the Orion 8 watched in horror as the entire enemy fleet in both dimensions was reduced to rubble. As the last of the vessels was destroyed the vortex collapsed, and so too did the captain and most of the crew, filled with grief over the loss of so many lives. The ships automated systems took over, repairing the hyper drive and returning the grief stricken crew back to Olympus.
LOCATION: Vorlon space
The entire collective felt the signal from the device they had tried so hard to forget. The inter-dimensional gateway they had constructed, during the era they believed they were gods. Only with the sacrifice of a great many had they managed to close it. It was once again open, and all Vorlons knew that it was their responsibility to close it.
Patrol vessels were launched ahead of the fleet, and as they exited hyperspace they witnessed something extraordinary. The Aliens from the other side were attacking the Alterian vessel that had awoken them, yet the Alterians did not retaliate, in fact they attempted to run.
Then they observed the aliens most powerful weapon activate and strike Alterian vessel dead center. They assumed that the Alterian craft would be destroyed, but to their amazement, and ultimately horror, the craft survived. What was more miraculous was the dancing lights that escaped the Alterian craft. They had seen these weapons used on their fleet over Babylon 5, and assumed that the Alterians possessed only a handful of the very powerful weapons, but to their amazement a million of the dancing stars erupted. The stars shredded the Alien fleet in moments, and soon ventured through the vortex, allowing the Vorlons to watch as they proceeded to wipe out the entire Alien fleet on the other side. Billons of vessels, trillions of lives, wiped out in a matter of minutes. They then watched as the Alterian vessel regenerated itself, it was clearly not organic yet had the ability to re-grow damaged portions of itself. Then finally the last surprise hit them as the vessel disappeared into a window of controlled hyperspace. Their analysis of the drive indicated that they actually enveloped their ships in a layer of normal space prior to entering hyperspace. The effect was two fold, not only did it protect the ship against hyperspace eddies, the field acted like a sled in hyperspace, allowing the ship to travel at unthinkable speeds.
Finally the Vorlon fleet exited hyperspace, they came intending to sacrifice themselves for the greater good, but now darkness fell upon them. A race as powerful as these Alterians could not be stopped, not by them or any other first ones. Then a gleam filled the collective consciousness, they did in fact have a weapon they might use against the Alterians, and all eyes and thoughts focused upon the gateway.
LOCATION: Babylon 5
News of the military redeployment and rumors of an impending marshal law decleration, threw the station, and most of the Earth colonies into a frenzy. Many of the colonies had contacted Babylon 5 and demanded that the league step in and protect them should the Earth Alliance forces attempt to take them by force.
Ivonniva was having a headache, while the captain was away she was doing her best to temper the frenzy, and even approached many of the alien ambassadors hoping that they could show some kind of gesture to appease the human colonies. But she was failing miserably.
'This is Ivonniva to captain Darren, please respond' she signaled the Alterian craft.
Seconds later the captain appeared on the deck before her. 'How can help you?' he asked in a soft sweet voice. Ivonniva smiled, she was quite attracted to this captain and in other circumstances may have asked him out, but she needed to contact Sheridan immediately.
'We're have a bit of a diplomatic crisis here, I need to contact Captain Sheridan immediately' she asked.
'One second' Darren replied, then promptly disappeared. Moments later a bright light engulfed the command center depositing Darren in its wake.
Ivonniva was shocked, she knew the aliens had matter transporter technology, and had seen it used by Garibaldi, but this was amazing. She walked up to him and poked him in the arm, and true enough he was solid.
'Ouch…' Darren over exaggerated his response to her poke, 'why'd you do that?'
'So this is the real you huh' she smiled.
'Yes this is the real me, and this is for you' Darren announced, placing his hand palm side up towards her.
'What?' Ivonniva smirked quizzically at his empty palm, just as a bright light deposited a white semi-opaque stone. 'thanks… I'll add it to my rock collection' she stated sarcastically.
Darren laughed 'that's very funny, but its not a stone' he held the stone up and moved it towards her breast.
'He hold on there, not on the first date' she smiled.
'Very funnie' Darren replied, then promptly pushed the stone onto her breast where it clung weightlessly 'you wanted a way to contact your captain… here it is!'
'How does it work…' Ivonniva began before a bright light surrounded her and she found herself in the middle of the council chambers.
'Ivonniva!' Sheridan gasped.
'Ah captain, where am I?' Ivonniva questioned.
'You're on Olympus, did you come by the stargate?' Delenn answered.
'Ivonniva is not really here, she is a holographic projection' Zeraus answered from behind the group of representatives.
'Well, I certainly feel like I'm here, man this technology is so real!' Ivonniva shouted.
Persiadine cleared his throat, a gesture indicating that the subordinate should get to her point.
'I'm sorry for interrupting, there's just something the captain needs to know' Ivonniva stated.
'You may state what you have to say before the entire council' Persiadine ordered.
Ivonniva felt nervous, these people were after all a very powerful race. 'Um, okay, captain the Earth Alliance has begun redeploying troops to the colonies, there's a rumor that the president is going to declare marshal law and seize the colonies. We've been bombarded by requests for assistance, a lot of the colonies wish to declare independence.'
'Your sensors are extremely advanced, is it true that the EA is redeploying its forces' Sheridan questioned.
'Yes' Persiadine replied, and the space between them filled with holographic models of Earth alliance space and red beacons representing fleet movements.
'My god, they have a fleet heading for Babylon 5!' Delenn gasped.
'Will you help us defend the station?' Sheridan asked.
'That is one of the reason why the council has convened' Zeraus answered, 'We will not engage the Alliance forces unless ordered too'
'Then I must leave immediately' Delenn stated 'I have to return to Minbar and gather the rangers'
'You are free to leave at any time, the Orion 3 will take you wherever you wish to go' Persiadine announced. Soon afterwards Delenn was escourted out of the council chambers by the Orion 3 captain.
'What about the colonies, will you protect them too?' Ivonniva asked.
'No, our business here concerns the Vorlon and the Shadows, it does not concern Earth' a council member replied.
'Can the Furlings aide them?' Sherdian turned towards Gailic who sat silently this whole time.
'We have but a handful of ships, they will do very little to protect your colonies' Gailic stated with sadness in his voice.
'What about your stargates?' Ivonniva questioned. 'Maybe we can evacuate the colonies to some of your words…'
'NO!' the voice of another council member shouted. 'Humanity is dangerous, xenophobic, we cannot allow you to endanger the Furlings!'
Gailic stood upright, he had enough of being treated like fragile children 'We will not stand by and watch these humans die' he stated with conviction 'we will construct stargates for them, and we will allowing them live among us'
'Ambassador Gailic, you cannot go against the will of the council on this issue' a warmer voice replied from the Council table 'We mastered the stargate network long before you civilization crawled out of the primordial waters of your home world. You may be able to construct these gates ways, but we have means of disabling them far beyond you ability to comprehend'
Gailic fell back into his chair defeated, to the ancients his people were children, and by weight of knowledge they were children.
'Then we can evacuate them to Babylon 5' Sheridan piped in.
The council members looked at each other, though no words were shared, thoughts flowed freely between them.
'Very well' Persiadine replied. 'Now that we have heard all that is to be heard, we will deliberate, Sheridan we ask that you remain on this station until we have reached a decision'
'But I have duties to attend to on Babylon 5' Sheridan protested.
'You may confer with Babylon 5 as Ivonniva now confers with you'
LOCATION: Babylon 5
Ivonniva had returned to Babylon 5 to find herself on the command center just as she had left it.
'How long have I been gone?' she asked.
'Almost an hour' Darren replied with a smile.
'Wow, I got to admit your technology is pretty cool' Ivonniva smiled back 'By the way do you want to get something to Eat?'
She couldn't believe she was actually asking this Alien out, but she thought to heck with it.
'Sure' Darren replied, he had felt a connection with this human. The pair left the command center and headed down the corridors when Darren's gauntlet beeped. 'I'm sorry' he stated lifting the gauntlet up to read the Alterian encoded text scroll across its surface.
'So I guess that things for more than turning people into rag dolls huh' Ivonniva smirked.
Darren was so envolved with the message he had failed to reply. His concentration was broken a second later by Ivonniva clearing her throat. 'I'm sorry, it seems we have a bit of a problem, what do you know about a destabilized region of space approximately 5 light minutes away?'
'You mean the place where Babylon 4 disappeared?' Ivonniva questioned.
'Possibly, how'd you like to come on a little trip?'
'I love too'
The pair were suddenly engulfed in a white energy field and deposited on the bridge of the Orion.
Ivonniva was in awe of the bridge, it was clean and bright and the consoles appeared to be made of some kind of crystal rather than push screens and buttons. The monitors were clear sheets of glass where information appeared to scroll past encoded in a strange alien text. But what caught her attention the most was the forward display window that stood almost twelve feet tall and twenty feet wide. On it was displayed an image of Babylon 5 in a field of bright glowing stars.
The station and stars suddenly shrunk away into the distance and soon a bridge officer called 'We have arrived at the source of the chronoton emissions'
Darren stood next to her and placed an arm on her shoulder 'This shouldn't take too long' he whispered, 'we can get something to eat in a few minutes'
Ivonniva patted his hand and smiled 'what's going to happen?'
'We have a temporal preservation directive, it requires that any chronoton emissions be investigated, and any temporal conduits closed'
'Sir, we have confirmation of a tesseract formation' a voice reported
'Tesseract?'
'A four dimensional construct that emerges into three dimensional space, it's basically a conduit that allows free travel through time and space.' He replied then turned to the science officer 'Is it natural or artificial?'
'The Dimensional construct is stable, it has to be artificial' the officer replied.
'Power up the anti-chronoton generators, carry out directive 471' Darren ordered.
Before them a bright blue beam leapt towards space and for a fraction of a second what looked like a very large cube phased into being before imploding. In its wake a familiar sight hung in space.
'Oh my god, that's Babylon 4!' Ivonniva gasped.
LOCATION: Olympus
The Council members waited silently as a genetic specialist appeared before them.
'What have you discovered about the one named Bester?' Persiadine questioned.
'He is still undergoing painful genetic mapping, however we have found something quite interesting.' Thespecialist swept a hand over his gauntlet and the image of a double helix appeared at the center of the chamber.
'This is Besters genetic structure' the scientist stated, the image of another DNA strand appeared next to Besters 'This is a normal Alterian DNA strand… as you can see 65 percent of our genetic structure is shared, the remaining 35 percent is similar but altered in some way'
'How?'
'Artificially, it seems one of Mr Besters ancestors was genetically merged with two other genetic patterns' two more genetic strands appeared. 'The first is DNA from the Vorlon Kosh, it seems that 12 percent of his DNA was used as some kind of control device'
'And the other?' A council member asked.
'That is what is interesting, you see I thought I had seen this genetic structure before so I ran it through our genetic archives. The other genetic donor appears to be…'
Everyone on the council gasped as the strands of DNA were replaced by the floating image of a race they would never had expected to exist in this dimension
LOCATION: Babylon 5
The Orion 5 had towed the Babylon 4 station into orbit next to her sister station, and just as it had done so a fleet of Earth Alliance Cruisers filled the sky. Just then A fleet wide message filtered through the com systems. The message was simple. 'Protect Humanity at all cost' it was signed unanimously by the entire Council.
At the same time Sheridan appeared on the Babylon 5 and declared its independence from Earth Alliance. Darren was troubled, he had been ordered to save the humans, yet there were humans on both sides of this confrontation. So he did the only thing he could do. A wall of pure energy erupted from his ship encasing Babylon 5, Babylon 4 and separating the two warring parties.
General Tan looked in awe as a wall of pure energy filled his screens cutting him off from the Babylon station. He was sure that the Alterians had decided to join the battle, and soon expected his fleet to be decimated by the stars.
TBC
SUMMARY: The Alterians just wiped out that race from the Babylon movie that involved the gate, the Vorlons now have that gate in their possesion. A strange alien species older than the first ones is apparently important enough for the Alterians to order the protection of humanity, because they have afraction of this alien species DNA.
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