CHAPTER THREE: Shadow's of Sigma 957

As Nanette watched Mirra and Iris she tries not to think of who might be the mole, the only suspects she can think of is Iris, Casthmatic, or Jake, but as the figures come in, both Iris and Casthmatic are in the care of Medical assistance, and Jake is always with Casthmatic. It can't be Arimira, she too has been seriously injured, and Mirra's pride and honor to serve the light would not cause him to serve darkness, that's been the way of Minbari for years. The last three are Gram, Incevi, and myself and I know I am not the mole, but as the facts slim down Gram and Incevi have not even a scratch on them, but she knows Incevi, he is loyal to Earth and to her, he would never threaten this mission. As the thoughts daunt Nanette she insisted to remain clear minded to the current problem, but now she had to assist the acquired damage to the Invincible. As Nanette looked around she tells Mira to stay with the injured as she goes and rounds up the others for inspection. "This is Nanette to Jake, Incevi, and Gram your assistance is needed at the docking bay be there in two minutes, Nanette out."

Nanette shuts off the Med Bay com and talks to Mira. Mira looks at Nanette who at the moment does not look at that great. "I should come too Nanette!"

Nanette looks at Mira, "No Mira, I need you here in the Med Bay, if any are in trouble you need to be here for them, your no use to me outside."

Mira disagrees but does not argue. As Nanette looks at the injured she turns and leaves. As Nanette is walking briskly towards the docking bay she hears a strange sound, a beacon near a power source, she rushes to the beacon and takes it off the electric wires and the beacon shuts off, on the beacon the letters are scratched somewhat but clearly spells out 'Property of Anterian Civil Defense Department', it is now clear that the mole is Gram, and she was holding the evidence—he would know where to put it, he has the ships energy statistics. As Incevi approaches, Nanette quickly hides the transmitter. "Nanette, good to see you."

Nanette looks at Incevi and a strange nausea comes over her. "Good to see you to Incevi."

Nanette pulls Incevi into the room and closes the door, Incevi is wondering what Nanette is doing. "What's wrong?"

Nanette looks at Incevi, she need to let Incevi know that her suspicions point to Gram. "Remember when you told me that you found a transmitter sending a signal from this ship?"

Incevi looks at Nanette, "Not found, detected a signal, it was coming from a highly powerful energy source, and thus we were nailed for it too, why do you ask?"

Nanette looks at Incevi, the one person she trust, but closer she gets, nausea comes over her, stomach cramps, the same Iris had in the hallway leaving her room. As Incevi sees this he steps away, but goes to help her. "Are you alright Nanette?"

Nanette finally overcomes the pain and refocuses. "I'm sorry, I took a heavy beating on the bridge, but anyway I believe I know whom did it."

Incevi looks at Nanette. "Well whom?"

Nanette looks at the door to see if anyone is standing out there. "Gram, the Anterian hybrid, since he has been here he has avoided the chaos and avoided the chance of being injured."

Incevi does not confirm Nanette's story. "But do you have the proof of his guilt?"

Nanette nods, "Yes," pulling the transmitter out of her pocket. "This lessons the suspects down to Mira and Gram, and Mira did get somewhat injured."

Incevi extends his hand. "May I use that transmitter for my investigations, maybe I can track it source by fingerprints—of course I will have at bit of problem due to that you've touched it."

Nanette nods, "Sure, we do not want to accuse Gram till we catch him in the act, then we can nail him."

Incevi looks at the transmitter, he shakes his head, he can't believe that one of the prophecy would side with the darkness. "Sure Nanette, justice as always."

As Nanette opens the door they walk together to the docking bay where Gram and Jake wait with environmental suits. Gram looks at Nanette, he wonders why they were called so quickly, they haven't even finished life support statistics inside. "What is the hurry?"

Nanette looks at Gram, but conceals her anger towards him. "Well we need to get outside the hull may be damaged."

Jake nods, "All right."

Nanette looks at Incevi, "Ah—this is how we'll do this. Gram you go with Incevi and Jake you will come with me." Incevi smiles and nods letting Nanette know of her plans, alouding Incevi to watch Gram closely.

As the four put on their suits they go outside on Sigma 957. "Wow what a landscape!" Says Jake how is intrigued by the lifelessness of this planet.

Nanette looks at Jake through her plastic window in her encounter suit. "This is Sigma 957 the once outpost of the Shadow's of Z'ha'dum, it is nice looking if you like rocks!"

Jake nods, "Yes that's true." Jake ventures off from Incevi and Nanette to a cliffs edge. "Ah—Nanette—Nanette you should see this!"

Nanette walks over. "What do you got Jake?"

Jake point down into the crater. "Look at that."

As Nanette looks into the crater she is shocked at what she sees. "What the--?" Down in a major crater is two vessels—but not Shadow—Human sort of design. "Who are they?"

"There the Furrore and Dolshire." Says a voice behind them.

Nanette and Jake turn around in surprise and are knocked out with the creature's metal bar. As the creature looks at the bodies a group of creatures grab Nanette and Jake and carry them down to the two vessels. As the bodies are looked at, a doctor removes the clothes and places wires and small tubes and then dresses them in white clothe and places them in a tilted bed shackled. "Doctor!" Says Hindrick.

The doctor is looking at Nanette, as he observes her, he looks at the skin of Nanette, it is covered in flesh near the sensitive parts of the body, but the rest is plated with scales. But for being a fish species, there is no gills, only two fins on her arms that seem to serve no purpose to her. The other strange fact about the female species is that the hair near the ears is dying, but only near the ears, and the X-rays show the calcium is pushing through the skin, forming a bone. The last interesting fact is the neurons in her brain are being attack by an organic energy creating expansion to memory, but crippling her auditory skills. "I am not sure yet Hindrick they're like no species we've ever encountered before!"

Hindrick doesn't even look at them, "Are they those spiders?"

The doctor looks at them closely, "I don't know?"

Hindrick becomes impatient. "Take a guess doctor."

The doctor looks at the clothing, and the blood he drawled. "Not spiders."

Hindrick looks at them finally, he gazes upon flesh creatures, humanoid. "So how did they make it pass the glowing eyes of death?"

The doctor is becoming annoyed with his leader. "I don't know Hindrick."

Another creature approaches Hindrick. "Comrade Hindrick, we've have reports of two others what do you suggest?"

Hindrick looks at the two species in isolation. "Let them be, we only have resources to treat two, not four."

Back to the Invincible. "Incevi, where is Nanette and Jake?"

Incevi looks at the ship, looks at the place where it was struck down by Gram's associates. "I don't know Gram."

Incevi looks around for the others. "This is Incevi to either Nanette or Jake come back!" No reply. "This is Incevi to Nanette or Jake come back!" Once again no reply.

Gram hears the call from Incevi and decides to go see where Nanette or Jake got off to. "This is Gram to Incevi; I am going to the north to search."

Incevi pulls out his gun and walks behind Gram and shots Gram in the back injuring him. "Sorry buddy, but my associates don't like Shadow's." Incevi pulls the dead like body over to a rock and twists his back and arm to mimic that Gram had shot himself, next Incevi pulled out a airtight letter and folded and placed it in Grams pocket. After Incevi was finished, he turned off the air supplies to create sweat and tiredness and when he could not take it he turned on the air and then radioed in to the Invincible. "This is Incevi to Invincible this is an emergency."

Mira hears the cry from Incevi, and goes quickly to her com. "This is Mira, go ahead Incevi."

Incevi tries to catch his breath, and as he does so, he looks at Gram. "Gram has shot himself I think suicide—we need medical attention now!"

Mira is shocked, the last time she saw Gram, Gram did not seem suicidal. "I will be there do not move him."

Incevi looks at the lifeless body of the hybrid. "Don't worry I wont; please hurry!"

Mirra finds Incevi and the body of Gram. "Dear god, all right help me move him."

Incevi looks at the body, "I thought we were not to?"

Mira looks at Gram and sees that the shot did not kill him yet. "When shot the blood plasma's around the wound in space, but his eyes have edema, so we must move now." Incevi and Mira take the body in the ship and to Med Bay. Mira tells Incevi to go find Nanette and Jake, but Incevi is hesitant to move but knows Nanette has the launch sequence, so he leaves as Mira looks at Grams body she turns him on his side and where the gun shot is located it is impossible to shot yourself there. As Mira studies the blood on the environmental suit there is a trail of blood instead of one clot, Mira now knows he was dragged. As she looks at his Identification a paper falls out of his coat of his Environmental suit as she opens the paper there is a transmitter and a typed letter that states 'Sorry to strand you on Sigma 957, but my associates request me dead and you to never complete this mission'. As Mira turns over the paper there on the paper is small microprint water faded letter on the bottom that states, 'Paper Company of Altavice.' As Mira thinks she realizes that Gram was shot in the back and dragged to the rock, there Incevi placed this false letter in his EVA suit. Mira has realized that Incevi is the mole for the Hand. She emergency shuts all security codes—the Invincible is locked down.

As the light gets brighter Nanette begins to awaken, she hears struggling and as she looks to the source of the noise she sees Jake moving violently as she tries to lift her hand it is pulled down by a chain. "Jake?"

The struggle ends. Jake listens for the sound. "Nanette are you all right?"

Nanette thinks of her reply, but she can speak it. As she calms herself do, she finally can say what she needed to say. "Yes, have you've seen our captors yet?"

Jake looks about but leaving your eyes open even for four seconds hurt extremely badly. "No it is too bright!"

The same voice that attacked them speaks again. "Then maybe we should dim the lights." As the light dims, Nanette and Jake's eyes adjust to the figure in front of them. "Remove the chains."

The chains liquefy and Nanette and Jake are free. As Nanette sits up she rubs her wrist which are sore, sore from the dragging and sore from the chains. Jake looks at the creature concealed in shadows. "Who are you?"

The creature points to itself. "You mean us, I am Deylnn of the Furrore, and this is Spurr of the Dolshire, who are you?"

Jake looks at Nanette, she is rocking back and forward, Deylnn and Spurr look at this and are confuse, why is she doing that. As for Jake, he looks at this and is as equally confused, he has never seen Nanette perform like this. As Jake wonders what Nanette is doing, the aliens who have been at this point kind to them, stare confused, is she meditating or is this a way to muster a escape plan? They can not be certain. As Jake looks at Nanette, Nanette mutters over and over, but her words can not be heard. As Jake looks at the aliens then back at Nanette, this makes no sense. "Nanette are you alright?" Jake extends his hand to shake her out of this strange meditation. As Jake touches Nanette, the touch registers to Nanette is if she was just hit, she does not fight back against Jake but screams out loud, the sound pierces everyone's ears and she slaps Jakes hand away and when Spurr on accident touches her, Nanette violently thrashes out in hits and kicks then rolls herself up tight and rocks back and forward, mumbling louder, as everyone looks at Nanette, everyone takes one step back as the rocking becomes intense, she stops and seems to awaken only to fall to the ground screaming once again in pain. As energy flows through her, her body seems to melt and the flesh tightens up, and Nanette appears to be almost ten years younger gasping there on the cement in front of a terrified audience.

As Nanette looks at Jake, Jake looks at Nanette, Nanette is uncertain what has just happened, but all she remembers is the question, who are you echoing in her memory. "My name is Nanette of the Invincible, and this Jake of the CX Valdi. It is nice to meet you." As Nanette looks at the terrified as then relives the lost memory and she is embarrassed.

As Deylnn looks at Nanette, it's mouth hangs open. "What happened?"

Jake, Spurr, and Deylnn look at Nanette for a explanation. "It has began in me too!"

Jake looks at Nanette, "What?"

Nanette looks at Jake. "Remember when we were on X'ha'dum and Iris and I return, I looked like I got done running a marathon and Iris was..."

Jake looks at Nanette's younger complexion. "Younger...you caught something from Iris didn't you?"

Nanette nods, "At first I was not certain, but after I began to show signs of his autism...I am becoming like my children, and Iris is returning to her per-metamorphosed-self, we have to get to Thirdspace before we are non-transformable!" Nanette and Jake's adjust they see the creatures. They look like a jackal, which is a human dog, but this jacket has a long snout and the look of flayed flesh dangling from its mouth. The look of the creature is frightened, but one creature removes its head and appears as a human. "Wait a minute your Human!"

Deylnn nods, "Yes, we are a clan from Earth, we launched a mission to Mars in 2010, and we were the first, after the launch our equipment got jammed and we were caught in a backwash of a fleet of giant spiders. As we entered a different realm of red fire we appeared here and crashed here on this dead planet, we sent a scout up to get help, but every attempt ended with our vessel shot down."

Jake thinks of the date. "2010, that is over 1251 years ago, your air supplies must have ran out by now?"

Spurr nods, "It almost did, GSAC supplied us with plants as research, we breed them and cross breed them with human genes as we were heading to Mars, we were to only be expose for awhile, but since then they take our carbon dioxide and transform it into oxygen in richened with compounds such as calcium carbonates, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so form of food. We have two new chemicals so over the years we adjusted to the oxygen and the chemicals feed us and changed us."

Jake does not follow. "First what is the GSAC and second what effects and will they affect us?"

Spurr looks at Deylnn, and Deylnn speaks about the GSAC. "The GSAC is the Germanic Space and Air Control; they are the ones who built the Furrore and Dolshire, second the chemicals will not hurt you as long as you don't reproduce aboard this ship."

"Why?" Says Nanette is beginning to reestablish control over herself, trying to remain calm.

Deylnn speaks. "I am the twelfth generation of my grandfather and grandmother, when they had a child the plants were already being crossbreed and by the eighth generation of my family the affects were noted, we were living longer, we could not gain much weight probably because the food is our air supplies."

Nanette is surprised. "What?"

Deylnn nods, smiling. "The calcium carbonate and phosphorus create a matter that feeds us, we haven't eaten for almost 1000 years."

Jake interrupts Nanette. "So it has made you non-omnivorous?"

Spurr shakes his head. "No, we eat, but not in the same way as you do, that is due to another transformation, we've grown some form of gill that filters the air for this material."

Nanette interrupts Jake this time to make a compare and contrast. "Like baleen whales?"

Deylnn looks confused but agrees. "Yes, I suppose."

Nanette remembering the earlier conversation, strangely word for word. "You said spiders attacked you?"

Spurr who has been edgy interrupts Deylnn. "You think I am crazy?"

Nanette answers Spurr's question. "No we believe you because there is really a spidery vessel one time ago out there, their name was the Shadow's of Z'ha'dum, and they were driven out in 2261 with the Vorlon's."

Deylnn interrupts Spurr, because every time Spurr begins to talk and question Nanette, Nanette begins to slip back into that freaky mode. "So there are no more Shadow's?"

Nanette looks at Jake then back at Deylnn and Spurr. "Not exactly, there are the nice ones of X'ha'dum, but it is good you did not move!"

Spurr interrupts Deylnn. "Why?"

Nanette tries to stand up and to move about. "This space is crawling with Hands, they are much worse than the Shadow's."

Spurr is worried that Nanette might go into one of those freaky modes and keeps his distance. "I see and you are from?"

Nanette speaks. "I am from Earth."

Jake speaks. "Me too, I am from Frankfort, Germany."

Deylnn smiles, "You're from Germany that is cool, what is Earth like now?"

Nanette and Jake look at one another, Nanette is the only one who truly knows. "It's been leveled badly; the Drakh and the Hand have attacked Earth and left its beautiful cities in ruin."

Spurr looks at Deylnn, "I see, maybe it was best we left?"

The two young children get up and begin to walk backwards slowly with their faces facing towards Nanette and Jake to show reign over them. As they disappear out of sight, Nanette and Jake once again look at one another as they think to themselves they are interrupted by two visitors one who looks like one of the two, the other taller and older—much older. They do not speak much, mostly mumble, then the younger one walks towards them with a sharp needle. Nanette and Jake panic at the scene and begin to get up but chains tie them back down, as the younger creature injects both Nanette and Jake they fall asleep. The doctor looks at Deylnn and Spurr. "After close observation it is finally clear to state that the two are rendered useless. They are composed of skin, tissue, scales, tissue, scales, fins and two strange major features."

Spurr point to Nanette. "And what is the Ambassador?"

The doctor looks at the charts. "They appear to have gills that only half work, they use the gas exchange for their respiratory track, and second they have a much non-Human bone structure over their faces. I would classify them as two breeds, Humans and alien mostly fish origin."

Spurr looks at Deylnn, "Interesting, well you better take this knowledge to the furor; you know how he gets when someone does not state the whole truth!"

Deylnn looks at the creature called the Prime Chancellor, who is in-charge of the aliens. "I understand prime chancellor may I be relieved?"

The chancellor nods, "Yes after you go to the furor!"

Deylnn nods, "Will do so!"

The young creature leaves and walks towards the large room where many guards stand with weapons drawn. He stops and looks to the guard on the left then to the right, but they don't look back, so he proceeds onward to where he stops at the pit of sterilizer plasma where he dips his hands in and then retreats his hands. As he smoothers his hands on the decaying flesh of the mask of the jackal he happens to look up to a much scarier looking masked dog—this would be the furor. "Ambassador Deylnn of the noble Furrore."

Deylnn looks at his furor, "Furor Hindrick of the noble Furrore, I come with sterile hands a sterile mouth to only speak the truth."

Hindrick sits down on his throne. "And why do you come?"

Deylnn looks at the papers then at his furor. "With results of outsiders."

Furor Hindrick, lays back and ushers Deylnn to go on. "Speak!"

Deylnn looks directly at the furor and no where else, to do so would to signal your lying, punishable by death! "The two outsiders appear to be two species of Human and alien, the results appear in forms of scales, bone, fins, and gills."

Hindrick thinks, "Scales and gills, hmm…hybrids? Did they speak of the spiders?"

Deylnn nods, "Yes they call them the Shadow's, but they say there gone except of the second type of Shadow's."

Hindrick looks at Deylnn, "That's impossible, we seen ships!"

Deylnn replies, "Yes, they call them the Hand, the new enemy."

Hindrick, after his angry moment to impress the guards, lies back in his throne. "Does these hybrids have a name?"

Deylnn nods, "Yes Nanette, the creepy; and Jake of Earth."

Hindrick ponders of their purpose here on Sigma 957. "So there here to help us?"

Deylnn shakes his head. "No furor, Earth is gone, destroyed by wars."

Hindrick raises an eye brow in surprise, and sharply demands the name. "By whom?"

"Two races, the Drakh and Hand."

Hindrick hears a repeat name and questions these Hands. "There are those Hands again, how advanced?"

Deylnn remains staring at the furor, "Advanced to force their ship on our planet."

Hindrick is bored on the report. "Is that all?"

Deylnn nods. "Yes sir."

Lord Anubis points to opposite direction Deylnn faces. "Then you may go."

Nanette and Jake wake up tired but alert, they are confused to what has happened to them. "Jake wake up." Nanette shaking him, knowing that at least he wont spas out on her.

Jake wakes and is surprised Nanette is touching him, last time her touched Nanette, World War Five was fought in less then ten feet of his face. "Nanette—what happened?"

Nanette looks at where the needle gabbed her. "We must been drugged."

A frighten figure walks in, it is very tall and rugged looking. "My name is Furor Hindrick of the GSAC space vessel Furrore."

Nanette looks at the creature, this one is more uglier then the first three. "If you don't mind me asking Furor Hindrick, but what is going on?"

Furor Hindrick says sharply. "Nothing, why?"

Nanette sums us her frustration. "Well we thought we were prisoners?"

Furor Hindrick laughs, " Oh no, we are learning, but I do have one request."

Nanette looks at the really disgusting creature, knowing that there is a Human under there. "What is that?"

"I want you to take Deylnn and Spurr with you; they are young and will make great workers."

Nanette looks at Jake, why is it that everyone that has the potential to kick their butts gives her children? "You want us to take them—why?"

Furor Hindrick knells down to get to Nanette's level. "It is honorable to die in battle, but to live here there is no life, and if these Hand are true we'll be possibility destroyed, I suppose you could say that I am not putting all my eggs in one basket."

Nanette nods, "Well I will take them, but will work as crew of the Invincible."

Furor Hindrick rises, "Well—okay I agree, take them and may the fatherland have mercy on your very soul!"

Nanette nods once and slightly. "I will, but to warn you, we will be entering Thirdspace, they probably be transformed, but it's the only way to stop the Hand."

To transform a German is the greatest crime in German humanity, but the Furor does not want them near him, for they belong to the one family they has a vendetta against him. "Then you should go now, we will assist you to your ascend into space."

As Nanette and Jake are released out of the dark room, they walk to the airlock and put on their environmental suits and walked out, as Nanette, Jake, Deylnn and Spurr walk outside, Nanette noticed that Deylnn and Spurr remained close together as if afraid of Nanette or Jake. Both Deylnn and Spurr have been dearmored and placed in teal clothing as if been in a hospital for some time. As they near the Invincible, Nanette is glad to be back at her ship, but as she enters the code the ship does not respond so she tries again thinking maybe she entered it wrong, but as second attempt fails she enters the override code and the door ajar to aloud Nanette to manually open the door. As she walks in the red lights are flashing, it is the lock down alert, Nanette goes over to a console enters a password and the red alert is ended. As Mira works in the red flashing dim lights she is still filling out her report on the facts that the attempted murder may have resulted in Gram's assault by Incevi, and the burning question that remains is why? As the red lights end Mira gets those butterflies feeling so she grabs a sharp surgical knife and is persistent to kill Incevi, for to her knowledge, Incevi has had killed Nanette and Jake and now he is after her, but her worries deepen when the door opens.

As Nanette looks at the other three she is wondering why the red alert has been issued, so for her and her other crew she unlocks the case on the wall and pulls out a 2270 plasma riffle—this gets the others very worried. As Nanette locks the case she opens the door to the hallway there is no one in the hall—it is quiet and empty. As she instructs the other three to go in the closet none of them refuse for she carries a motivator that can do quite some damage to the liquid body of a young species. As she locks the door she heads towards the Med Bay but she then hears arguing so Nanette quietly approaches the Med Lab doors. As Nanette peers inside there is Incevi holding a automatic riffle towards Mira's head threaten to kill her if she does not give the Med Bay life shuttle launch codes to him. As Nanette works the figures in her head she realizes that Incevi is the traitor, so she enters the room and shots twice killing Incevi. As Incevi body falls into Mira's arms the skin changes and Mir is holding a non-Human form in her hands, it is Incevi but he has some type of partite that took over his body, sort of like a keeper them Drakh use. It is soon to be realized that this creature is a implant by the Hand, the Vorlon's were correct, no one is safe from the Hand if you weren't touched by the Vorlon's or the Shadow's, but as Nanette sees it the conspiracy is over and Incevi is dead, latter they find a data crystal in his flesh that Incevi put there, it is Incevi before he was taken over, he says that he tried to warn the crew of the Invincible of the danger of X'ha'dum, and states that the Liberators implanted him with a insect that is taking over his body. When Nanette reviewed this file it did not make sense, it was too well put together. "Are you all right Mira?"

Mira gazes at the dead body of Incevi. "Yes, I was fooled by his honesty till his story did not react with Grams body."

Nanette looks at the wounded body of Gram, the one she first accused. "Talking about Gram how is he doing?"

Mira looks at Gram, "Gram is doing fine right now; if it weren't for the Shadow technology he would have died."

Nanette feels tired, tired of the constant battle with the advancing mutation. "I see."

Mira looks at Nanette, Nanette looks distressed, tired, and somewhat younger then the last time she saw her, but as she looks about, the other crew come to mind. "So where is Jake?"

Nanette almost forgetting them, turns around and heads for the door. "Oh he is with the others."

Mira is confused, "Others, what others?"

Mira follows Nanette to a closet. "We ran upon some locals; they call themselves two different names the Neo-supremacy of West Germany under control of Furor Hindrick and the other is the Velascostalog of East Germany under the now deceased order of Tirpiz. Their names are Deylnn and Spurr."

They finally reach the closet door. "Where are they?"

Nanette looks at the door. "They're locked in a closet I became slightly panic with the flashing red lights."

Nanette then remembers this is the wrong closet, so she goes back to get rid of Incevi's body out the airlock then get the others so they wont have to see the dead body of the traitor Incevi. Mira looks at the door and wonders why Nanette did not release them, so she opens the door and there is no one in the closet, she hurries up with Nanette who is heading back to the MedBay. "Yes, I suppose that can add to a frightening situation."

They finally arrive in the MedBay at Nanette goes to Incevi's dead body. "Very much, well let's go get them; they have to be very nervous."

Mira and Nanette drag the dead corpus of Incevi to an airlock and then outside on Sigma 957. As they progress downstairs to the room they opens the doors and peer inside but Nanette can't see anyone, but as fear raises the motion of a living form relieves it. As it comes out it is Jake. Jake motions Deylnn and Spurr to remove themselves from their hiding place to notion the safety of the current outcome. As Jake walks out he is filled with relief and would like just to hug her, but it would be a major mistake on his behalf for his genetic are unstable. "Hello Nanette!"

Jake hugs Nanette, and Nanette is caught off guard. "Hello Jake how is the other two?"

Jake releases Nanette and looks at them. "Shook up a little you even had me worried when you removed the plasma riffle."

Nanette smiles and nods slightly. "Yes, but it was for your protection!"

Jake looks around, "So who did this?"

Nanette looks at the once frighten Mira. "It was Incevi; he was a mole for the Hand."

Jake shakes his head in disbelief. "Incevi, I did not even expect it to be him, I expected it to be Gram."

Nanette nods, "So did I till he was shot in the back."

.Jake looks at Nanette, "So do we have engines?"

Nanette is not sure. "We don't know, Gram was working on it."

Mira interrupts them, "So Gram holds the answers." Nanette nods agreeing to Mira presumptions.

They go back to Med Lab. Gram is awake and is walking slowly around the Med Lab looking at the others. Mira being the chief of medical freaks out, he should not be moving, he's been shot for goodness sakes! "Gram, you should not be up!"

Gram looks at Mira. "It's all right I will be fine, the Shadow Chrysalis is repairing me." Gram looks at the injured other. "I could help repair the others?"

Arimira wakes up, lying on the medical table. "Have we landed captain?"

Nanette looks at Arimira. "Yes Arimira, we have landed on Sigma 957."

Arimira props herself up to look at Nanette, she notices that Nanette has became younger. "What is our condition captain?"

Nanette walks to Arimira's side. "Well Incevi is dead and most of the crew has been injured badly. I suppose the truth did point to itself."

Arimira looks at Nanette with a confused expression. "What do you mean?"

Nanette looks down at the injured Arimira. "Incevi was dark he was unsettled."

Arimira sits up shaking the sleep off her. "I see."

Nanette looks at the rest of her crew. "Well can you help repair the others?"

Arimira looks at the ill crew of the Invincible. "Yes, but it will take some time, it is a hard process."

Nanette looks at Arimira. "Okay, you and Gram figure it out, but I must warn you when touching Casthmatic you need to wear gloves—flesh-to-flesh contact will cause major problems, and do the same with Iris."

Arimira looks at Gram, Gram analogist the command. "Will do so. Gram may we talk." Gram slowly walks towards Arimira. "What wrong with you anyway?"

Gram looks at Arimira in the fashion of, oh, glad to see you too! "Oh I was just shot—nothing much."

Arimira looks at the wound, the hole in Gram's, shirt. "By whom?"

Gram looks at Arimira who has dried blood on her forehead from the fall. "Incevi, he was the dark agent."

Arimira looks down at the ground. "I see, now understand!" Arimira looks at Gram's scales and fins and remembers that he is more Anterian then Shadow and if he pushes himself, the tech will tire itself. "You're more Anterian than Shadow, and take it easy!" Arimira looks at the injured and dying. "So this is how'll we'll go it Gram, as it looks there are three injured, both Iris and Mirra have severe head injuries, Casthmatic has a severe leg problem, but is awake, I want you to help her, but use gloves."

Gram nods, "I know—I eavesdropped on Nanette and your conversation."

Arimira looks at the others, "Well let's get to work."

Arimira and Gram begin the healing process with Shadow technology, the process takes awhile and with the grounded ship Nanette goes back to the Furrore and Dolshire to ask for assistance the decaying flesh like jackals go to the damaged Invincible that looks vindictive right now. As the creatures repair the ship, Furor Hindrick and Nanette have a conversation about the attack of the Hand. The Furor is excited to go back into battle, but tells her that his people have not went to battle for over 300 years. Nanette then warns Furor Hindrick that going into the Artifact's gate will trigger all the Hand to flee back to the Artifact in fear that outsiders threaten their old home world. Next we find the gates energy time field and blow it thus causing the ships that left that time to incinerate within our own time. Furor Hindrick is sort of skeptical with the entire process but does not argue with her plans. Furor Hindrick tells Nanette that they will help clear the way so they can reach their target. As the repairs near to a finish they end their meeting to ready the fleet, the fleet of Sigma 957. As Nanette goes to C&C she is surprised to see Mirra there working on some of the burnt consoles, and trying to remove the beam that sliced through his navigation console. As Gram rewires in the console with outside scanners the console is up running. To make detail scans, Mirra scans for life forms on Sigma 957 and the scanners confirm the location of the German battle stars. As Mirra scans all radio waves there is a strange humming sound that sends shivers up Mirra's spine, it is the Artifacts energy field. As Nanette patches to all other stations she receives a cryptic code on her console, then it goes blank. At first Nanette is uncertain what it means thinking it was a computer flaw, but the last numbers is her room numbers, and then she figures it out. Also in the code were three identification names—Spurr, Deylnn, and Iris. So she calls them to meet her at her room. Iris who has been awake for awhile arrives first to Nanette's room, Spurr and Deylnn come together. As Nanette arrives, Iris notices that Nanette has transformed into a younger looking being, but says nothing about it. Iris is the first to break the silence. "Nanette what's wrong?"

Nanette looks at the group. "I was told to send for you all, now Iris all ready knows what's behind this door, the two of you do not. There the fourth oldest race in our known universe."

Deylnn interrupts Nanette. "Which is the oldest of the oldest?"

Nanette looks at group. "The Liberators. The Vorlon's are their name of their race they all refer themselves to the name Kosh even though they have a first and a last for identification. The blue Vorlon is Ulkesh Kosh, the brown Vorlon is Kosh Nanarke, and they wont harm you as long as you don't harm them. And secondly, don't believe in all they say, they have a knack for twisting words and using sentences with so much ballistic confusion." Nanette opens the door; there on the floor lay two Vorlon's toppled over. "Kosh!" Nanette, Iris and the other two run over to Kosh Nanarke. "HELP NOW!" Demands Ulkesh Kosh.

As they all help the brown one up, it is a major task. They are extremely heavy. The blue Vorlon was next and he or she was very relieved. Both Vorlon's look at the four and Kosh Nanarke figures to speak. "NANETTE."

Nanette looks at Kosh, she is out of breath. "Yes Kosh?"

"IRIS." Says Kosh Nanarke looking at the young frighten child who is trying not to go into an autistic state.

"I am here." Says Iris.

Kosh Nanarke looks next at Deylnn and Spurr. "DEYLNN AND SPURR."

Deylnn speaks for Spurr who is terrified for the Vorlon's. "We are here; it is an honor to be in your presence!"

The Vorlon looks admired. Nanette looks at Kosh Nanarke, knowing that every minute the Invincible lies here on Sigma 957 the closer the Hand approach. "So Kosh, why did you send for us?"

"YOU SEND FOR ME." Says Kosh calmly.

Deylnn and Spurr look confused at one another. Nanette looks at Iris, Iris is as confused about them as she is. "Yes I believe that's so, we have all greatly suffered; we are also grounded on Sigma 957."

"YES." Says Ulkesh Kosh bitterly.

Nanette continues, "And we also had a mole aboard by the name of Incevi, the ships security officer."

Kosh Nanarke speaks, "YES—BUT DANGER STILL REMAINS WITH YOU!"

Nanette looks at Kosh Nanarke confused an frighten. "What do you mean, we have another mole?"

Ulkesh Kosh speaks, "SERVANT OF THE DARKNESS."

Nanette is impatient and upset, another crew member is a servant of the Hand. "Who?"

In C&C Furor Hindrick is on the com. "Is Nanette there?"

Mirra walks over with a limp, he is still hurting for his injuries, but they at least are no longer life threatening! "No, may I ask who's calling?"

"Furor Hindrick of the Furrore, I have my crew ready for launch."

Mira is puzzled for a second, but gives further order to this Furor Hindrick. "All right please stand by." On ship com. "This is Mirra to Arimira."

Arimira goes over to the com, she is tired from the healing process. "Arimira here."

Mirra continues, "Have you've seen Nanette, Mr. Hindrick is ready for launch orders."

Arimira at first has to think for a second, but then remembers when Nanette is. "She had Iris, Deylnn, and Spurr meet her at the room."

Mirra pauses for a second. "Her room, I see, I will go find her then—Mirra out." Mirra shuts off the com and opens the com to Hindrick. "Hindrick!"

Hindrick goes over to his com, "Hindrick here."

Mirra presses the com one more time. "Please stand by for launching orders--Mirra out." Mirra turns off the computer and leaves the bridge to go to Nanette's quarters.

In the mess hall Casthmatic and Jake are adjusting the mess hall fixing the doors, Jake looks over to Casthmatic "Casthmatic."

Casthmatic who is straightening out the kitchen looks over at Jake. "Yes Jake?"

Jake is messing with wires trying to get the door to operate correctly. "Could you please come here and help me set up this transmitter, we need it now on line before they launch so this area is live wired."

Casthmatic puts down the sharpen knives. "I will be there shortly;" Casthmatic looks at the doors in the mess hall and shakes her head, darn technology when it fails. "These doors are automatic and need some repair."

In the engine room, Gram is messing with the electrical switch board for the rear engines, the same engines that took direct hit from the Hand vessel. Arimira steps into the engine room and looks at the poorly developed room, wires everywhere, tubes and pipes on the deck and above her head. Electrical pistons sparking around her, it's like walking into one gigantic sparkler. "Gram are you in here?" No reply, Arimira figures that Gram is somewhere else and goes to the navigation and weapons electric board and begins typing figures into the weapons computer.

Gram hears typing and goes to check on it. He sees Arimira downloading codes into the mainframe computer. "Arimira—what are you doing?"

Arimira turns around and looks at Gram in shock, he scared her. "Oh—Gram you scared me, I called for you."

Gram looks at the monitor and at the codes. "What are you doing to that monitor?" Gram points out.

Arimira looks at the computer and then shows him some written numbers. "The system is down I am rebooting it for system ready."

Back in the quarters where Kosh is. "CLOSE TO THE RUNIC."

Nanette thinks for the statement. "Runic, what's a runic?" Spurr looks at Deylnn, the look of surprise and anger. "Would you like to share your thoughts with us Spurr?"

Spurr looks at Deylnn, "A runic is a cross, that of West Germany!"

Nanette stops Spurr's advance. "Wait a minute there Spurr; lets not accuse Deylnn of treason. And we have suspects once before martyrs. The Anterians have a runic cross as the symbol of rebirth of salt to flesh. That levels the playing field to Mira, Gram, Casthmatic, Iris, Jake, and myself—almost everyone." They are silent. "We'll just have to keep an open eye for any strange activity."

As Nanette proposed this idea she leaves her room and calls for the entire crew to meet her in C&C. As every one gathers the role call begins. "We are preparing to launch as a new crew, this is your new profession, Arimira you will still be in charge of weapons and defense, and we could use your implanted technology. Casthmatic and Jake, I have made note of your cooking skills so I am assigning you to the mess hall. Delenn 3rd Mirra Mir I would like you within navigation your skills are very useful and when we go against the Hand I will need you. Gram, your our best engineer I need you there! Mira I need you in the Med Lab you've shown we you can handle yourself under great stress. Spurr can you run security?"

Spurr is usually performing the weak jobs, and now with being offered the title of security chief, Spurr accepts. "Yes, I was sort of an officer on the Dolshire." Spurr nods and smiles.

Nanette looks at Iris, the one whom seems the most need to be watched, not as an enemy, but as one who keeps having attacks of genetic transformations and autism. "Iris, can you help Mir with medical?"

Iris, stutter for a second, but gains control of his speech. "Sure."

Nanette looks at Deylnn, possibly one of the most suspicious. "Deylnn, what skills do you have?"

Deylnn looks at Nanette and then at the people. "Mostly interrogation and tracking, but that would step on Mirra."

Mirra looks at Deylnn, he has grown actually fond of the German. "That's all right with me; I could use a second hand."

Nanette looks at Mirra. "Well—okay."

Nanette turns to the Vorlon's. "WE WILL BE HERE." Says Kosh Nanarke.

"NOW GO!" Says Ulkesh Kosh in his usual harsh monotone.

Nanette looks at the crew. "Lets go, we need to launch, Mirra get Hindrick on the line, tell him that we launch in ten minutes and should have gun ports open and armed!"

Mirra nods, "We'll do that!"

Nanette, Mirra, and Deylnn entered in the C&C. "This is Nanette to Gram…hit the engines."

Gram looks at the levels and button, he is covered in oil and grease from the engines. "Aye captain."

Back to Navigation, Nanette looks at Mirra and goes from station check. "This is a station check, security?"

Spurr looks for the button to the com and finds the com button he hit it and speaks strongly. "Spurr here."

Nanette nods checks off the security office and goes to the next station. "Med Lab?"

Mira walks over quickly holding a surgery tray she has been prepping for emergency surgery. "Mira here," Mira looks at Iris who is at the moment in an autistic trance. "Iris here also—ready for take off." Mira turns off the com and goes to help Iris snap out of it.

Nanette checks off the Med Lab facilities and goes to the dining hall. "Mess hall?"

Jake goes to the com, it finally works. "Casthmatic and I are here—ready to go!"

Nanette checks off dining station. Nanette looks at the next station right across from her. "Weapons?"

Arimira looks at Nanette. "Armed and ready."

Nanette press the com again and make the finally check. "Engineering?"

Gram goes back over to the com. "Engines ready and so am I."

Turns off com. Nanette looks at Arimira, "He's too optimistic for this early in the morning!"

Mirra looks at the computer screen then speaks to inform Nanette. "Navigation check and Deylnn and I are ready."

Nanette sits down in her chair. "Good, navigation, weapons, and engineering standby. Mirra you have the patch to Hindrick?"

Mirra looks at Nanette, "Yes I do, he has been waiting."

Nanette nods, but it is not truly visible if you weren't looking for it. "All right patch him through."

Hindrick's face appears on the plasma—like screen. "Nanette is everything all right, Mirra said you were elsewhere?"

Nanette nods, and keeps a stern look on her face. "Yes, last minute check."

Hindrick looks down for a second then back at the monitor. "Is everything in working order?"

Nanette looks at Mirra and Deylnn. "Yes, we also have integrated Spurr and Deylnn into our crew, Spurr is now our head of security and Deylnn is our second of Navigation and interrogation."

Hindrick's face twists, he was hoping that Nanette would put them away in a dark pit in the enormous ship. "Well I knew they serve well…are we ready for launch?"

Nanette looks at Mirra, Mirra nods, Nanette looks at Incevi. "Yes, all systems check."

Hindrick checks with his crew for a second then looks back at the monitor, "All right then, you go first we will send the Dolshire ahead of you and the Furrore behind you to create a flying wedge."

Nanette nods, but questions their ships, even the Invincible being Shadow hybrid received one strong hit. "Understand, How much fire stress can the Furrore and Dolshire handle?"

Hindrick ponders for a second. "Up to nine close range shots then things begin to get nasty, how about you?"

Nanette does not really know. "The Invincible was made like a brick, we should hold as long as they don't hit the engines again."

Hindrick nods, "We shall then cover you there, good luck to you—to all of us."

As the picture fades a few letters cryptic transmit across the plasma screen, they were spelled out as CT4.957SIGRUNICFRRE.1.

Nanette looks at Mirra. "Lets prepare launch, Gram."

Gram goes to his com. "Gram here!"

Nanette pauses knowing that they are thirty seconds away from a whole world of trouble. "Were good for go."

As the engines turn on the dust is thrown into the clear shy as if a giant bass was waking from its sleep on the bottom of the ocean floor. As the Invincible raises so do the Furrore and Dolshire. As they rise into space leaving Sigma 957, the Furrore begins firing—at the Dolshire and Invincible. As both ships scatter to pull away from Furrore the Dolshire is hit and then hit again five times per second by the Furrore and two Hand Sniper vessels. As most of the Dolshire is on fire it turns around and begins falling at the two Hand snipers and the Furrore. As the Dolshire shots out two steady beams in the atmosphere the gasses erupt violently forcing the two Hand vessels and the Furrore to stay in the Dolshire's ramming solution. As the Dolshire fires at the Hand vessels nothing happens, but as the Dolshire falls faster by the second it slices through the organic flesh of the small sniper vessels then spins out of control as it windmills closer to the Furrore the Furrore send out a distress signal to surrender and moves out of the Dolshire's collision path as the flaming vessel and the Hand vessel plummets towards Sigma 957, a last distress signal is sent to the Invincible as the ship impacts Sigma 957 in a giant debris and fireball. As the Furrore signal to Invincible Nanette is extremely mad, but is to be shocked. "Furrore to Invincible."

Nanette is standing looking at the burning wreck of the Dolshire then only receives audio. "Furrore what the hell happened?"

A female voice fill the bridge of the Invincible, it's not the voice of the furor, Hindrick. "We've have relieved Furor Hindrick of his duties, he is responsible for the destruction of the Dolshire. His reports we found most disturbing, we are sending it to you, he referred himself as the Runic of Greater Germany, he had many allies including these Hands."

Mirra interrupts. "Talking about Hands the whole armada is headed our way, 50 hostile vessels."

Furrore interrupts. "Well I guess we'll see if the Invincible is really invincible?"

Nanette looks at the whole armada. "Arm your weapons Furrore, and try targeting the hostiles."

As the Invincible is hit after hit, chunks of the ship are breaking away, but repaired by the Shadow and Vorlon technology, as it looks the Invincible is holding up to its name. As for the Furrore, it is really burning badly, the ship is being destroyed, and the Furrore is about to make it grand confrontation with the Hand's Capital ship. As the Hand Capital vessel charges towards the Furrore the Hand Capital vessel is ripping apart the vessel, but the ship is not being destroyed. As the renegade vessels close their distance the other Hand vessels notice the disaster to their Capital ship so they retreat the Invincible and swarm towards the Furrore as the crew of the Furrore see the size of the Capital vessel they sit or stand at their stations knowing that if they die here they wont have to mutate no longer with the planet created oxygen. As the ships drive into one another there is a massive explosion and the other Hand vessels swarm around the burning vessels, but left the Invincible alone heading towards the gate. As the Invincible enters the gate the Invincible disappears within the bluish white plasma iris.

Last tribute to the Furrore

As the Furrore headed towards the Hand Capitol Ship, the enormous size dwarfed the Furrore. As the new furor watches the Invincible enter Thirdspace, she looks forward. As she stands on the bridge, she orders the engine room to push the engines on full, and for every weapon to fire. As the Furrore approaches closer and closer, the new Furor looks back at the gate to Thirdspace, she looks at the engines of the Invincible finally subducting into the white abyss. This probably would not have been tearful for anyone else except, the new furor aboard this doom vessel is the mother of Deylnn. As she watches the Invincible go out of sight, she smiles, she knows her child has been saved from the deadly hands of Furor Hindrick, and in the end, she got to see him die. His cruel reign was over and soon was hers. As she looks forward at the Capitol Hand vessel, she goes to her chair and sits down in it. As she rests her head on her hand, crunched over like a sack of potatoes left in the hot summer sun, she looks over at the master controls and as she pushes the control to her as removes the key around her neck inserts it into the slot and twists it activating a fusion reactor meltdown. As the impact is only seconds away, the Furrore plows directly into the Capitol Hand Vessel and the superstructure buckles. As the two vessels linger there in space the other Hand vessels come over to help the damaged Capitol Hand Vessel. But as they approach, the fusion reactor goes critical and explodes. A gigantic white ball of light engulfs the ships and fireballs are seen for miles around. As the wave approaches the Artifact, the Artifact's shield reflects the blast and is untouched.