Babylon Collection
Chapter: 5
It is what it is
Babylon 5 meeting room
Sheridan and Delenn looked confused as do everyone else, in wondering how this girl be the Tragott considering it was just destroyed last year, as they can see the burning hatred in her eyes directed towards Sheridan, while the other ship girl Val'ath didn't have the look of hatred, more like sadness as Delenn noticed this
Could this be the spirit of the ship she once served on when she was Sati of the grey council, until it was damaged and rendered useless afterwards, even she did not know what to make of this, Garabaldi didn't trust these people, the Admiral looked like a position of athourity and rather no nonsense as best he could tell.
"I know you have many questions and I will answer them the best I can" said Thunderchild
"What you people and how can you do all of that" said Sheridan
"We were once ships" said Admiral "As I was once the spirit of the HMS Thunderchild as the Japanese would call us Kanmusu or ship girls or the Minbari would call them soul walkers."
"Ii is a Minbari myth" said Delenn " When a ship dies it is reborn into a soul of that ship, there has been no proof."
"Until now" said Garabaldi "What was it like to die?"
The Admiral sighed as did everyone else she said "Painful, very painful"
"What about those girls?" Asked Ivonava
"they are the Abyssal," said the Admiral "Enemies that have been a plague upon Terra for a long time as long as I can remember and to answer your question, yes Black Star is the same ship you fought Captain Sheridan."
"I understand this is hard to believe" said Lexi "But I once was the EAS Lexington,"
"I find that hard to believe" said Sheridan
"Okay, before you married Anna Sheridan, you previously had a relationship with Elizabeth Lockley and during your time off on board me, you two had sex before breaking up" said Lexi
Sheridan looked like we is blushing as he looked around the room in wondering if it is true or not as he looked at Leeta as she is trying her best to contain her laughter, Garabaldi raised a brow in wondering why he couldn't find any information about that.
"But still" said Sheridan
"Admiral permission to show him" said Lexi
"You may proceed" said Admiral
Lexi nodded as she walked to Sheridan as she placed her hand upon his forehead and closed her eyes, then something came over Sheridan like a flood of memories of her past, of joy, service, pain of loss, injuries, then dying and finally waking up somewhere. She backs off as he almost stumbles and regains his footing
"I am sorry I didn't know" said Sheridan "Its all true, I saw it all"
"Are you sure" said Garabaldi "I think they're telepathic"
Leeta looked at Garabaldi and shook her head to indicate a no, but he did had a question that lingered in minds of everyone else.
"How did you people, find Babylon 5" asked Marcus
"I can answer that" said Ef-1 "I was previously here as a ship and carried important people a good long time, before I was….." her body shuttered a bit "Blown up"
"What ship" asked Ivonava
"Earth Force one" said EF
This brought a gasp in the room as they noticed the girl was about to cry, but the Admiral comfort her and stopped from doing so.
"We all saw Earth Force one explode" said Sheridan "Was there a bomb on board"
"Yes in the cargo hold hidden behind the fusion reactor" said EF
"Are you really the Val'leth" said Delenn
"Death first" she said
The Admiral nodded in which to indicate she was the spy in the ranks of black star and she was uncuffed and nodded at Delenn for she too showed her memories, after that Delenn sheads a tear of remorse and sat back down.
"Now do you understand" said Admiral "We come from a world that is a lot like Earth, in which it is a little bit beyond the rim"
"Have you heard of the Vorlons or the Shadows" said Ivonava
"We know about the Vorlons" said Yamato "As the elder generation told us about them."
"Shadows or you mean that species with their 10 thousand name" said Admiral "As the elder generation told us about them as well, both of those so-called guardians have lost sight of the truth as the first ones had taught them"
"Have shadows or Vorlons came to your world" said Franklin
"No" said Admiral "After the introductions, it would be most prudent to take the fight to Black Star, before she does carry out her threat"
"I need to talk it over with my people" said Sheridan "This is slot to take it"
"Then I suggest you act quickly" said Admiral "Ill see to my people, we will talk again soon"
The fleet girls leave the room in which the others are left to wonder all about this.
The Area between Mars and Jupiter
The black star and her followers have cleared the area of these Earth Force fools, she could go for Earth now, but no she will wait for Sheridan to show up and finally she can have her revenge, her followers have a foothold upon the area and had destroyed a couple of Earth Force bases.
Earthdome: President Clark's office
President Clark's had received no word of the task force that was sent to Babylon 5 to take it over until one of his spies reported that both task forces have been destroyed by girls who can breath in space. Impossible and he is alone in his office as he is looking at another report about a fleet of girls have made a foothold between Mars and Jupiter.
He has all the power he wanted as Morden had told him, but these failures made him feel powerless and he growled in annoyance, then he felt like he wasn't alone in the room and turned to see that very man there, Morden himself.
"What do you want" asked Clark
"Having a problem" said Morden
"Have you ever heard of girls in space" said Clark
"No" said Morden
"Have you and your associates look into it" said Clark "Now go away"
To be continued?