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								  Synopsis by Katrina Glerum (kat@midwinter.com)


								   Ivanova requests a favor from Delenn. She wants to borrow a White Star

								   ship to go in search of First Ones like the ones found at Sigma 957

								   ([9]"Voices of Authority") who might assist them in their desperate

								   mission next week against Z'ha'dum.


								   Vir and Londo hear a party in the throne room. Draped in chains and

								   garbed in a punishing jester's costume which is thrusting spikes into

								   his head and body, G'Kar silently suffers the merry abuse of

								   Cartagia's courtiers.


								   Ivanova and Marcus are having no success in their search, which is no

								   wonder considering that they are relying on wild stories that

								   travelers have told of godlike beings or ancient civilizations. So

								   far, they all lead only to dead ends.


								   Zack has located the transport which is supposed to have found

								   Garibaldi's Starfury, and he takes a wing out to investigate.


								   Alone with Londo in the imperial pleasure gardens, Vir finally erupts

								   in outrage against G'Kar's humiliation and agony and Londo's seeming

								   unconcern. Once again Londo counsels biding their time. The entire

								   business of plotting against the Emperor is too disturbing for poor

								   Vir. That is, until the Emperor chances upon them, waving bloody hands

								   and complaining strenuously at G'Kar's refusal to scream under

								   torture. Without a bit more action, Cartagia regrets that he will just

								   have to kill the Narn. It's really no fun any other way. After

								   Cartagia departs, Vir decides regicide isn't so objectionable after

								   all.


								   Delenn pays a visit to Lyta Alexander. There is nothing in the

								   telepath's quarters but a mattress and the standard communications

								   console. A bit embarrassed, Lyta explains that the new Vorlon

								   ambassador has required her to remove everything else because they are

								   distractions, and since he can force her to obey, she has. Delenn

								   wants Lyta to find out why the Vorlons are not assisting in the

								   mission against Z'ha'dum. Lyta replies that the Vorlons appear to have

								   plans of their own and they don't seem to be interested in what

								   happens to others any more. Although terrified of the ambassador, Lyta

								   vows to try to help Delenn.


								   Zack and his team find the transport they are looking for and order it

								   to surrender. When it maintains radio silence they fire to disable it.

								   It ejects a life pod and explodes. Inside the pod is Garibaldi, meshed

								   down to a table, unconscious, and wearing a week-old beard. A computer

								   voice says, "Activating program," and Garibaldi awakens for a moment.

								   Zack rushes him to the station, where Dr. Franklin is disappointed

								   that Zack can't tell him anything about who was holding Garibaldi; but

								   the prognosis is good and Garibaldi is expected to recover.


								   The Vorlon streams out of Lyta to her great discomfort. She angrily

								   shouts that she deserves some respect for her sacrifices to the

								   Vorlons, and some answers. "Respect? From whom?" the Ambassador

								   replies. As she dejectedly turns to go she decides to chance it and

								   mentally probes the Vorlon. He slaps her across the room with a blast

								   of energy. Then, leaning forward, he says chillingly, "You would know

								   my thoughts? Would you?" The disk on the head of his suit dilates and

								   her screams begin.


								   "A little scream. Is that so much to ask for?" Londo begs. If G'Kar

								   will just put aside his pride and give the emperor the reaction he

								   craves, he can live to fulfill his bargain with Mollari. G'Kar

								   refuses, arguing that he would no longer be a Narn if he gave in, and

								   that of course Londo can't possibly understand.


								   "Yes I do," Londo retorts savagely, as he leaves G'Kar's cell. "Yes I

								   do!"


								   Ivanova broods in the captains chair. With a couple of hours to kill,

								   Marcus asks her about her plans if they live through this war. She

								   wants to return home, travel some, pay her respects to her dead

								   father, but there's no one special waiting. Marcus has someone

								   special, he says, but she doesn't know it yet. He's never actually had

								   relations with a woman, it turns out.


								   "I thought First Ones were rare," Ivanova mutters.


								   Just then, the ship's controls pick up some odd signals which appear

								   to indicate a pocket in hyperspace hidden by a distortion field. They

								   switch course to investigate. As they enter the pocket, they can see

								   from the forward windows a vast fleet including some absolutely

								   enormous ships. The smaller vessels shooting around the edges reveal

								   that this is a Vorlon fleet on the move.


								   Garibaldi comes to in Medlab. He tells Zack that he's having bad

								   dreams, but doesn't elaborate on the visions of Shadow ships and

								   incarceration that are hounding him. He seems surprised that two weeks

								   have passed since Sheridan left for Z'ha'dum, but not very surprised

								   that Sheridan died there.


								   An enormous bird-shaped ship travels though hyperspace on an unknown

								   trajectory.


								   Delenn thanks the Brakiri ambassador for bringing information

								   regarding what the other races are planning. Those who oppose the

								   decision to attack Z'ha'dum intend to hold a rally in the Zocalo to

								   gather support for stopping the assault. Delenn insists that the

								   Shadows will attack in any case so it's better to strike now when they

								   are weak. As he departs, the Ambassador asks if she knows anything

								   about the large vessel that seems to be approaching Babylon 5. She

								   does not.


								   Vir and Londo are roused in the middle of the night and led by a

								   taciturn guard to a secret alcove. Vir is terrified. And well he

								   should be, for they are guests in Cartagia's personal torture chamber.

								   They are not the entertainment however... G'Kar is. The Emperor has

								   decreed that there and now, G'Kar will either cry out under the stroke

								   of the electro-whip, or die on the 40th beat. G'Kar suffers mightily,

								   as Londo surreptitiously mouths "scream" at him. At the 39th stroke,

								   the Narn finally gives a mighty wail and sinks to the floor.


								   Jumping into B5 space, Ivanova orders an immediate meeting with Lyta

								   Alexander and a thorough scan of sector 70x10x53.


								   Lennier sees an unusual level of activity in the Zocalo and notifies

								   Delenn.


								   The huge birdlike ship exits the jump gate and initiates docking

								   procedures without the station's approval. Ivanova orders a security

								   red alert. Garibaldi struggles off his bed to go investigate.


								   From a catwalk above the Zocolo, the Drazi leader begins to stir up

								   the crowd with anti-Minbari rhetoric.


								   Zack isn't happy to see the Chief out of Medlab but can't stop to send

								   him back. Security forces square off against the personnel transport

								   as it approaches the floor of the docking bay. Two forms are visible

								   inside. But when the door opens, all Garibaldi can say is, "Well, I'll

								   be damned."


								   The crowd in the Zocalo begins to grow more rowdy as the Drazi

								   continues. He claims that they will all be destroyed if anyone attacks

								   Z'ha'dum, just as Sheridan was. To the astonishment of them all, the

								   dead man himself steps up onto their platform.


								   "Captain. We're sorry. We thought you were dead."


								   "I was. I'm better now," Sheridan says ironically, sharing a look with

								   Lorien standing in the shadows.


								   The Captain begins to address the crowd. No more hesitation. They must

								   now assemble the greatest fleet in the history of the galaxy. The only

								   man to have survived Z'ha'dum calls on them and their governments to

								   end this war once and forever, not just until next time. The crowd

								   cheers their support.


								   Delenn rushes to his side, and as they embrace, John promises never to

								   leave her again.


								   Ivanova finds Lyta collapsed in her quarters. "You know, don't you,"

								   Lyta says. "It's started."


								   The war council gathers in Sheridan's office for a briefing. He

								   explains what he has learned about the Vorlon and Shadow objectives,

								   and how the balance between them has been lost. "Something, Mr.

								   Garibaldi?" Sheridan snaps at the Chief who is glaring at Lorien

								   suspiciously.


								   "I just want to know who our new best friend is," Garibaldi growls. He

								   isn't satisfied with just a name, or Sheridan's assurances, or the

								   rest of the secrecy surrounding the Captain's return.


								   Ivanova and Marcus enter with Lyta. The joy of reunion is quickly

								   overshadowed by the report of the vast Vorlon fleet followed by the

								   telepath's news. To everyone's horror it appears that that fleet has

								   just destroyed an inhabited planet because it had harbored a Shadow

								   force. The Vorlons have decided that it's time to destroy everything

								   that has been touched by the Shadows. Now the Army of Light must stop

								   both the Shadows and the Vorlons if anyone hopes to survive this

								   struggle.


								   Meanwhile, the Vorlon planet-killer ship cruises towards its next

								   target.


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