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								  Synopsis by Katrina Glerum (kat@midwinter.com)


								   A Starfury formation spins past the observation deck amidst fireworks

								   and plumes of colored trails, while in the Zocolo a wild party is

								   raging to mark the end of the Shadow War. Sheridan and Delenn observe

								   the celebrations proudly, disregarding the uncertain future for the

								   moment.


								   Trouble is brewing for them at home, though. President Clark sees the

								   station as a clear and present danger to him now that the Shadows are

								   gone and orders all his executive forces into action to take them out.

								   The first salvo is a propaganda offensive counducted with assistance

								   from the Psi Corps, and the station's favorite Psi Cop, Alfred Bester.

								   If Clark can turn public opinion against Babylon 5, he might be able

								   to win where a direct assault would fail.


								   On Centauri Prime, Mollari is preparing to return to his ambassadorial

								   duties. The palace is not such a safe place for him after the death of

								   the Emperor. As he departs, Londo bestows upon the fluttering Minister

								   a delightful piece of news; the Centaurum has decided to name him

								   Regent until a new Emperor can be selected.


								   While examining G'Kar, Franklin observes that he can probably fix the

								   Narn up with a human prosthetic eye. When he asks why G'Kar didn't

								   stay on Narn to lead his people, G'Kar replies that power corrupts.


								   Shaving himself quietly, Garibaldi draws a grim face in the steamy

								   window. The com panel reports an incoming message. It is untraceable

								   and encrypted. It displays as a rippling pattern of light, no audio.

								   Garibaldi watches the entire message, then deletes it.


								   He meets Ivanova, Franklin and Sheridan in the captain's office and

								   announces his resignation. They try to argue him out of it, but he is

								   steadfast. Their future in Earth Force is over; their chances for

								   going home are negligible; and if they weren't fighting the Shadows

								   for the right to choose their own destinies then what were they

								   fighting for?


								   Zack is training a mixed team of humans and Narn in Customs. Just when

								   he tells them to flag anything unusual, he is astonished to see a

								   remarkably buoyant Londo Mollari come strolling through the gate. Zack

								   remarks to the trainees, "You never know who's going to walk in the--"


								   "Door," Mr. Bester supplies, as he strides through under guard en

								   route to his usual quarters in the brig.


								   Garibaldi opens his door to find the one-eyed Narn standing silently

								   on his threshold. He thanks G'Kar for going to look for him when he

								   was lost and as G'Kar stalks into the room he backs up stuttering

								   apologies that G'Kar was captured and tortured because of him. G'Kar

								   simply picks him up and sings, "Welcome home, Mr. Garibaldi!" He isn't

								   angry at all, because going in search of Garibaldi put him in the

								   position to strike the deal with Londo that freed his people.


								   When Sheridan tells him, Zack also thinks Garibaldi's action is pretty

								   strange. The discussion is broken up by an ISN news that all travel

								   between Earth and B5 is prohibited.


								   Zack finds Lyta surrounded by new purchases in her room. When he asks

								   her to come to the conference room to help them defend against Mr.

								   Bester, she grows angry. People use her, but no one is nice to her. A

								   bit bashfully, Zack explains that because of her association with the

								   Vorlons and their current reputation, most people are leery of her.

								   She is relieved to hear the truth. Taking another look, Zack offers to

								   come over with pizza later to help her set up her room.


								   Londo's joyful bargaining in the Zocolo is quelled when he sees G'Kar.

								   He stifles his first intention of sidling away and approaches instead.

								   G'Kar tells him plainly that Londo no longer exists in his universe.

								   "Pray that we never notice one another again."


								   Bester isn't happy seeing Lyta in the conference room and scoffs at

								   her abilities but the Captain isn't concerned, so Bester gets down to

								   business. He explains Clark's intentions towards the station and

								   mentions a specific plan. Before giving the details, Bester demands a

								   price. He wants to be taken to Z'ha'dum to look for abandoned

								   technology that might help him heal his lover. She is still in

								   cryogenic suspension while Dr. Franklin investigates the Shadow-made

								   wetware in her head. When Bester attempts to scan the command staff he

								   is blocked, and when he attempts to scan Lyta she mentally slaps him

								   hard enough to jolt his head back. Sheridan agrees to Bester's

								   proposition. Bester describes Clark's plan. A patrol of Star Furies

								   blockading the last jump gate to B5 will be attacked by a wing of

								   Black Omegas, elite pilots under the command of Psi Corps, and the

								   wreckage will be seeded with "evidence" that the attack came from the

								   station.


								   As Sheridan's White Star leaves for Z'ha'dum, Ivanova takes Alpha

								   squadron to defend the station's blockaders.


								   Zack visits the Chief to get the station security codes, and to tell

								   him he's making a mistake to quit. Garibaldi seems to satisfy Zack

								   with a philosophical answer about mistakes and second chances,

								   reminding him that the second chance he gave Zack by hiring him hadn't

								   been a mistake.


								   Delenn and John share a rare quiet moment. When he complains that they

								   never get a break she tells him he wouldn't have it any other way.


								   Ivanova's wing jumps out of hyperspace in time to save the patrol from

								   the Omegas which have just launched their attack. When the patrol

								   leader is confused, she tells him, "Reports of our disloyalty have

								   been greatly exaggerated."


								   Lyta appears to be concentrating when Bester comes upon her on the

								   bridge. He wants to know how she can block him. She is obligated to

								   tell the Corps, he says. Her refusal is met by a threat to reveal

								   something she wants kept secret.


								   Bester is unimpressed by his first sight of Z'ha'dum. Sensors indicate

								   that an evacuation of the planet is underway. The evacuees, allies of

								   the Shadows, are just leaving the local jump gate, and the planet

								   appears to be completely dead. Sheridan orders an immediate about

								   face. His instinct is correct as a moment later the planet explodes.

								   No one can rob the Shadows' grave now. Bester is enraged but Lyta

								   surreptitiously grins.


								   The room where the cyrogenically suspended telepaths are kept is like

								   a morgue. Bester shares a moment with the frozen body of his lover. He

								   tells her door about sending his best pilots to their deaths for her.

								   Sheridan and the others might all be laughing at his failure now, but

								   he'd do it again in a second for her. Besides, he's got a surprise for

								   them that will hurt them more than they can possibly imagine.


								   Lyta is visited by the Captain, who begins speculating about how a

								   powerful telepath in the amplified medium of hyperspace might have

								   triggered the evacuation and destruction of Z'ha'dum without Bester

								   being any the wiser. She explains that someone might want to hurt

								   Bester the way he has hurt so many other people, and that the

								   technology on Z'ha'dum should not fall into anyone's hands. Once her

								   explanation is out he allows his carefully contained fury to show. No

								   matter how much he might agree with her reasoning, he says that if in

								   the future "a command level decision were made without consulting me,

								   I would turn you over to the Psi Corps and let them turn you inside

								   out. Am I perfectly, crystal clear."


								   "Yes sir," she replies. Before her dressing down has a chance to sink

								   in, a completely different visitor arrives bearing pizza.


								   Ivanova mentions that news of the attempted ambush has filtered back

								   through Earth Force and only served to raise people's opinions of

								   Babylon 5. Sheridan is disturbed, though. He has been thinking about

								   where the allies of the Shadows might have gone. Ivanova assures him

								   it's nothing to worry about.


								   On Centauri Prime, the new Regent is worrying. Having nightmares, or

								   so he thinks. Until he staggers out of bed to the mirror. He pulls

								   away his nightgown and is horrified to find an evil grey Keeper

								   snuggled up to his neck.


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