"I hereby name you Ambassador to Minbar." (Lindaru to Flarnstar)

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"Welcome to Minbar and welcome to the city of sorrows." (Anonymous Ranger to Neil)

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"We'll convert the anti-Booji and finish this once and for all!" (Entilzha Einat to followers)

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"Then who are you?" (Lorien 1 to Lorien 2)

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"You could always come with us." (Garibaldi to look-alike Suit janitor)

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"Where is home?" (Jim to Major Buttons)

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"Marichka!  Please!  We need your help!" (Gwyn to Marichka)

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"What do you think you are doing?" (RES to Wicket and Barista)

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"A deal is a deal." (Marichka to Morden, Gwyn and Shadow Associates)

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Do you think you know our followers?  There are some surprises in store for you in . . .

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Boojilon 5 (Season 5, Episode 1)

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Lindaru ordered RES to take the children to her ship and disengage the lock. She ordered RES to get as far away from the Pulsar as she could.  Quickly, Barista, Wicket, Jesi, Mari, Domi, Dev, Cleo, Lizzy, Gabe, Spoofoo and Koshia were latched down into RES' ship and the
docking clamps were released.  RES communicated to Lindaru telepathically.  <What about you guys?>

Lindaru looked said but thought back, <Not to worry. Keep our memories alive with the kids should anything happen.  Get them safely to Minbar.>

At that moment, the imminent third attack struck and all life support was now off line.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Demanded Garibaldi. The comm remained silent. Looking at the view screen in front of him, he was certain about what he saw. The Pulsar was being attacked by Shadow vessels.

Frantically, he searched the onboard computer for a manual override. A clue here, a clue there, every second the small ship moved closer towards the Raven's docking bay.

"Almost..." he said to himself, speedily accessing the control feed receiver. Suddenly, with a miniscule click, it turned off. "YES!"

Garibaldi used the crude panel to swing the craft wide of the hangar. But just as he was pulling away, the docking arm shot out from the Raven and latched onto the Shadow Scout. Helplessly, the ship was dragged inside.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"Sir..." the tech behind the infuriated CEO said in concern. "Several shadow vessels are attacking the unidentified heavy carrier. The carrier seems to be nearly destroyed!"

Garibaldi thought for a moment. Seeing as it would be simpler to pick off the Shadows if they were occupied, he decided to attack now. The carrier was a risk he'd just have to take.

"Fire. Wide spread. Target any and all Shadows."

Jim, the only entity on board the Pulsar who did not require oxygen for strength, went to the console room and began repairing damaged wires and components.  He was able to draw enough stray power from the stored plasma containers to get life support back on line, but that was about it.  The view screen would remain at normal view since magnification was
out of the question.

Once there was sufficient oxygen for everyone to again stand up and get their wits about them, Gaidheil pointed out that the shadow vessels attacking them were now being attacked by something else.

"What the heck is that?" She Who Must Be Obeyed squinted her eyes to see.

Lindaru was more concerned about RES' ship and the children on board that.  Yet she knew that communications were going to be off line until extensive repairs could be made.  She was jerked out of her thoughts by Critty.

"Oh, my Booji!  That is the creme de la creme of the Suit fleet!  What the hell do they think they are doing?"

"It is entirely possible," Lindaru answered, "that they are planning to wipe out the Shadow vessels and then start in on us."

"Not if they know that Critty and I are on board," She Who Must Be Obeyed replied.  "They think we are two of their most valuable employees!"

"We will be unable to let them know you are here," Gaidheil responded, "without adequate power to the communications system."

Jim had an idea which involved one of the most serious choices he would ever have to make.  The canisters from RES' ship contained not only enough plasma to power communications but also weapons and engines.  The bad news was that if they used up this plasma, there would be no hope of repairing the rip in time.

RES heard jims thoughts: <Do it!!! you still don't know what my ship can do if i have to i'll find more plasma!>

Jim started to get his plan into action.

All the while RES's ship was moving at an extreamly alamrming rate, well alarming to the shadow fleet that is. So they sent some ships after her. "get into your seats kids and buckel in!"

RES turned staight around to face the shadow ships. "Come on you pests lets jus see what you can do." The shadows came screaming toward RES. Her ship sweved and twisted and turned like nothing you have ever seen before. " computer Arm wepons, configuration shadow vessel: scout."

'Wepons armed'

"Alright i think you guys picked a fight with the wrong person!" RES came toward the shadow ships. The scouts disapered...and so did RES's ship! When the reappered where they could have attacked RES from behind she was infront of them and fired.................................

BOOM!!

"two down. that should keep them from coming after us for awhile."

<that was cool aunt RES!>

"Thanxs girls. Come on lets visit Flarnnie."

<RES to crew of the Pulsar. Shadows tried to attack they are toast! getting kids to saftey. I will come back you in 5-10 min.s. Yes my ship can go that fast!>

David, who had been in and out of consciousness, now stood up and watched as the Shadow vessels began to retreat.

Jim relayed RES' message to everyone and soon all were busy getting the cannisters ready for the final repairs to the time rip.  The probe would have been 100% effective except for the ships travelling through it and widening the rip even further.

It was at that moment that communications popped back on.  "Garibaldi to C&C."

Jim jumped at the voice.  "Garibaldi!  Good to see you!  You look like you have been through a lot . . . we will open Docking Bay 1 for you."

Lindaru looked at the view screen and noticed that there was a second ship with Garibaldi . . . it sort of looked like a white star, yet it was black.  What was it and who could be piloting it?

Every Shadow ship in the vacinity phased out.

The Pulsar suddenly had something incoming from a ship that was nowhere in sight. It was Marichka, and the small amount of emotion her face showed was angry. "Wrong, David. The Raven is the property of my Associates. Care to try to take it from ME?"

David took a deep breath, a little angry too, "fine. What about Mr. Garibaldi?"

"I need to speak with him for a moment. I'm sending Gwyn over. When I send Mr. Garibaldi back, you will leave. You will leave that second. I'm going to get rid of Mr. Garibaldi's alter ego. And if you ever fire on any Shadow ship that doesn't fire on you first, it will be an act of ar and we will destroy you. And that especially goes for your friend RES. Those who know what her ship is can capture it, and you don't know that I don't. I will leave when I'm done, but it will not be the last you see of me. No matter what time you wake up in, I'll be there, and I'll remember this. And when I come for a favor, you will grant it." The communication was cut off.

Not a second later, Gwyn was back on the Pulsar.

*******

Garibaldi was drug onto the Raven, only to find Marichka waiting for him in the docking bay. She looked at him and he shuddered. "Stand up," she demanded shortly. He did, and she back-handed him across the face. "You're a human, you don't understand. You must be told, and punished when you disobey, just like the Vorlons raised humans to be."

"I only meant,"

"Irrelevant. It was what you did that mattered. You left on my command, threatened my ship, my fleet, and your own friends. You got nothing accomplished, except pissing me off. Which is hardly a commendable thing because it's not very difficult. My patience with you might not be so great next time." She muttered something in Shadow and walked away. Garibaldi's eyes narrowed and he growled, touching his cheek where she hit him. One of the Shadows shoved him toward the scout.

*******

Garibaldi was on board, and the recieved a message from Marichka. She told them in no uncertain terms to leave immediatly, or they would be destroyed. David decided that it would be best to wait in hyperspace for a few minutes, then return to see what she was planning. As they jumped out, they saw a Shadow scout phase in.

*******

"Sir, another scout in view," the tech told CEO Garibaldi.

"Come about. Engage it. Thought I almost wonder why they would send just a scout. They know we're here?"

Suddenly, the scout ship blew, taking everything in 50 square meters with it.

"David, when she said leave, she meant it! Marichka's already pissed, and I would rather avoid seeing her angry!"

Gwyn said as David waited in hyperspace. "We owe her, and she knows it!"

"We can't just turn and run every time that harpy wants to play manipulater! We've got bigger problems than the Shadows! We have to repair the time line!"

"We won't be around to repair the time-line if you go back to normal space! We should head to Epsilon 3, and regroup...maybe the great machine can be of use," Gwyn suggested. When David refused to reply, Gwyn growled in frustration.

"I'm going to see if I can talk some sense in to RES!" she muttered, striding out of C&C.

"...But RES comeone think about it!"

"Gwyn, i know Markitia. Well i will know her. And i know that no matter how powerful she is (or seems) that there are things about me, and my ship, she doesn't know. Therefore i will help my friends in trying to do what the majority thinks is right. Not only that i was told to this by someone i fear WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more than Markitia (even if he/she would never do anything to me)."

"If you insists. But promise me one thing."

"sure."

"If Markitia gets mad at you and you end up fighting...promis me you wont hurt her that much, or for that matter promise me that she wont hurt you that much."

The last possiablity was more of a truth in Gwyns mind. I fact i don't think anyone around really believed that RES could even give her a Scratch. But then agian i don't think they really believed anything about RES's powers.

"I promise! Ok I am ready for take off, see you guys in a few."

RES's ship started o lift off from minbar completely satisfied at the care that Flarn had profided for the kids and she was ready to se what all this nonsense was about... yes she heard all of what Markitia had said, and it was even more interesting aftr hearing it a secound time form Gwyn.

"David, hey, how are you." Came a voice from behind the station David was working at.

"Lindaru, oh hi It's good to see you, you know I think this is the first time I've seen you in a long time when one or the other of us wasn't in a panic ridden state."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. What's that on the screen."

"I was well aware that we would have to give the raven back eventually, but I thought that if I had enough time I could absorb all the DNA info from the Raven."

"You were stalling." Lindaru said deciding weather to laugh or attack.

"Yeah and since the the data bots have independent power sorces."

"YOU GOT IT!"

"Yeah, weird thing is there isn't anything really intresting in the DNA defences only slightly stronger than ours. Weapons won't do much for the main guns but it will improve lazer
efficiency by 25% percent nothing worth fighting that much for, but still......HELLO."

"What?"

"There's a DNA strand in here I've never seen."

"What does it do?"

"I don't know, but I intend to find out. Computer."

"Yes David."

"Create five diffrent types of organic drones implanted with this DNA code."

"Complying." David said running out of the room.

"Now for my second errend."

"Where are you going?"

"To see RES this is the third time he's pulled our buts out of the fire with technology. That's my job. NOT his."

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"RES I WANT TO TALK TO YOU!"

"Hello David I was wondering when you would come. We have much to talk about. Come into my quarters." repleid RES in a calm voice.

Flarnstar heard the Shadow babies chittering excitedly. She went into the nursery. All the Shadows were huddled around Morden, who was smiling and muttering in Shadow, as if she was telling a story. She looked up and saw Flarnstar. "Hey Flarnie. Long time no see. How are you?"

"Good, I suppose."

"Besides being diefied and all, that's what I thought.  Just came to say goodbye. Once I go back to Z'Ha'Dum, I'll have to stay there indefinantly.  Everyone else went and pissed Marichka off."

"And what does that mean?"

"It means that if she so chooses, the entire planet of Z'Ha'Dum would throw themselves in front oh her to save her life. We agents get to go first, being expendable and all."

"Won't that wipe out the Shadows?"

Morden smiled, "what makes you think breeding requires two Shadows?" She stood. "Well, I've gotta get. Oh, and tell RES that I love her dearly, but we can still get her the same way we did the Vorlons, sheer numbers. 5 dozen fleets whack on that thing, it's gonna come apart, just like the Raven, just like the Pulsar. The Vorlons aren't invincible, we aren't invincible, and neither is she. Thinking like that gets you in more trouble. Goodbye Flarnie.  Being modest as you are, enjoy being held with Valen. You deserve it for even a little bit."  Morden blew kisses to the children. Jesi stood, "<will you come back?>"

"<That, my darling, remains to be seen.>"

This can't be right, Garibaldi thought as he rubbed his sore jaw. The Pulsar's docking bay was deserted, so he stepped out of the scout and started down the hall.  The sound behind him confirmed his suspicions: the shadow vessel was leaving. It pulled out of the hangar and zoomed away.

Suddenly there was a terrible noise from above. It sounded like something going down a drain, punctuated every half a second by a loud pounding.  Something's coming through!.  Garibaldi dove out of the way just in time. A large, charcoal black pod ripped through the ceiling going just slow enough to bounce off the floor and slide down the hall. It skidded to a stop.

Approaching, Garibaldi could feel the heat coming off of the pod. It seemed a miracle that the thing hadn't fallen apart yet, but with today's show of superior future technology Garibaldi wasn't very surprised.

A hatch slid open and a man in a business suit popped out. He stumbled for a moment then rose to his feet -- face to face with his trans-universal twin. He stared for a moment, perplexed, then raised his hand above his head. Though not wearing the same clothes and with a curious mark on his face, the double did the same thing. The CEO waved his arms, but like a mirror the other Garibaldi didn't miss a beat. Suddenly the combat-ready Garibaldi stopped waving and motioned for the CEO to come closer. In awe, the CEO stepped forward.

CRACK!

Garibaldi rubbed his knuckles and looked at the unconscious heap on the floor. "Garibaldi to C&C. We have a prisoner."

"...David i know that is your job, and well with all due respect, i can't help it if my ship happens to be supior to those arounds for the time being."

"What do you mean "time being"?"

"Well time is changing isn't it? If it happens we go to the time i got this ship we could easyly see more like her."

"What time did you actually get your ship?"

"I really don't know. No one ever said when i was there and there is no dates on any of the records on my ship. I think it was done for a purpose. I think if i really knew i would never come out of my courters."

"That far huh?"

"Father." RES said it with so much emotion yet she said it coldly so coldly in fact it gave David the sheveirs.

\RES, David better come to C&C/

Morden was bored. Nothing to do. Nothing she hadn't seen a hundred times a day as the wandered the streets of that city on Z'Ha'Dum. She munched the Wheat Thins they imported for her. She heard a pitter-patter behind her. She looked behind her, but didn't see anything. She continued to walk. She heard it again. She stopped, but before she could turn around, she heard, "<Can you help me?>" in a very small voice. She turned and looked down. There was a small Shadow baby, no bigger then a small dog.  "<Where are your parent's?>" she asked.

"<Dead.>"

"<Do you have any family left?>"

"<No.>"

Morden knelt in front of the Shadow. "<Would you like to come home with me?>"

The small Shadow looked over her for a moment.  "<Yes.>"

"<Come on then.>" She picked him up. "<What's you're name?>"

"<Name?>"

Morden smiled. "<I'll call you Louis then.>"

"...A SUIT!!!!!!!!!! My Booji thats all we need! First there was the planet killer, then there was those time distortions, after that there was the shadow attacks and now a suit! What next!!!!!!!!!"

RES was just a little uneasy at the site of the suit, a suit that look exactly like Garibaldi no less. Why? Well we can only guess. It was just probably like everyone elses suprize and agitation. Well wehatever it was you cant blam her.

"Calm down RES. It's ok he's out of it." Lindaru always had a way to calm her down.

"Ok I'm calm...............Wake him up already!!!!!"

"We can't he's out. Garibaldi had to hit him."

"Ok well then i'll wake him up."   RES went to touch the suits head but Lindaru stoped her.

"Not too rough on him...OK?"

"OK."   RES went toward his head laid her hands on his temples and closed her eyes. The suit jumped, that sent RES crawling backward toward her usual spot.  She wqasn't ready for something like that.

Lindaru took the intisitive. "What are you doing pilling into my ship?"

"Ah, ahhh, ahh."

Lindaru turned to RES, and gave her a look.

"Hey, what i didn't do that to him!"

"Ahh, ahh, pwet, bbbbb."

"He's tring to say something" Gaidheil brook the silence.

"I know but what?"Lindaru replied.

The suit got ready to speak...........

"david, we need you on the bridge."

David sat in his quarters listening to the mesage which must  have been sent to him a thousand times now. He just couldn't get it he had created at least 20 bio-drones with that
DNA code from the raven but it had no enhanced abilities.  We tried to replicate another Raven but everytime he made a "baby" raven it would be in a vegetative state unable to do
anything and would degenerate within a day.

"Aw hell, It's been almost 3 days straight I've been at this.  I'd might as well head up to see what all the fuss is about."

David arived at the bridge just about the time the suit was actually able to talk.  Lindaru leaned over and whispered "shhhhhhh he's about to speak........"

"*YAWN* GOD I'M TIRED WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

"Sorry."

"We have a prisoner who's about to speak."

"where am I."

"The Pulsar II."

"Booji! down hurt me."

"We don't wan't to hurt you we just want to know what you know."

"The shadow's are betraying the suits."

"What."

"i was the one suit who was able to escape. They said our alliance was terminated we escaped to our ship and they ran after us and followed us into space."

"In there ships."

"No. They became their ships."

David who had been quiet so far suddenly screamed "SWEET SECOND COUSEN OF BOOJI."

"What?"

"Remember that weird strand of DNA form the raven lindaru."

"yeah."

"well I know what it does. Bring up the scimatics of the Raven DNA."

A large Double helix Hologram appeared in the center of the bridge. Lorien typed a few comands before continuing "For the last few days I've been inplanting this DNA into
Bio-bots like the ones that make repairs on the ship.  But it hasn't done anything. That's because I gave it too much of the DNA this first part." The DNA strand zoomed in on a
small part of the strand David noted earlier. "Is the actual comand but this second part is actually sort of a DNA numonic device it's a small portion of the DNA which alows it to accsess it later."

"In english please."

"Maybe it would be easier if I showd you, Computer did you do as I requested."

"Yes here." A small hover bot entered with a small amount of luiquid in a tube conected to what looked like a band-daid.

David but the object on his arm and the luiquid suddenly began draining. Once it was done David began speaking again.

"Okay here goes nothing." David's body bended and streached untill he was in the fom of a shadow.

"MY GOD SHOT IT!"

"NO!" Jim replied.

David slowly turned back into himself "How?"

"Do you remember that old show animorphs?"

"Where the kids could turn into any animal they touched."

"Yes, it's like that only it also works with organic ships."

"You mean you can turn into the raven."

"Or the pulsar or RES's ship once I touch it."

"Cool so when can the rest of get inplanted with this."

"You can't well maybe RES and Jim but the rest of you are human It's too risky to use it on your DNA."

"But your human."

"Whatever Infused me with lorien's DNA left me with altered DNA. If you try it you could die."  "that's not inportant," Noted MR. garibaldi. "What's important is we have a very unique spy.  And we will need it now that The

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Morden was out leading drills. She had gone stir crazy, even with Louis bouncing around. He had explored every inch of her apartments, and was now running around in the city with his babysitters. And so Morden was out having a little fun of her own. But even this soon got boring. She got home, and the Shadow with Louis told her, "<You're free to go,>" it said quickly, then started to leave.

"<Wait, what?>"

"<You may leave Z'Ha'Dum whenever you wish. But remember, you will return when we ask you to.>"

"<Of course,>" Morden said suspiciously, and watched the Shadow go.

"David....?"

"Yeah what RES?" David was busy looking at his new strands of DNA. He realy wasn't paying anyattention to RES.

"David...please help me."

David looked up from his microscope. The way she made her voice soft and low sounded like something was wrong.  "Sure whats the problem?"

"I don't really know but i do know that scense my trip into time, forward and back, that i have been having alot of strange sideaffects. I think it may be from my powers."

"Well lets have a look then."

David ran a few regular tests and found nothing very alarming. He decided that he may as well kill two birds with one stone and asked if he could take a DNA sample. RES agreed. So David began to prepare to take it. RES got a little squmish (but i think it was just from all the equipment). David started to look at her blood under a microscope. He couldn't belive what he saw........

Barista and Wicket, who had recently entered the lab, took a peek over David's shoulder at the sample under the microscope.  Could it be?

Barista voiced it first. "RES! You are turning into a first one!"

Wicket added, "But you do not see the other strand there . . ." she pointed.  "That is shadow and that part is Vorlon."

"No wonder you are feeling strange, RES!" David commented.  "Perhaps you better go lay down for a while until we figure out exactly what this means!"

At that precise moment, RES began to phase out.

"Okay," Garibaldi said from the safe side of the brig's jail cell. "Let's start with what happened right after that shockwave hit you...to us it appeared that your ship morphed into its present condition."

The CEO snorted. "Hardly. When the wave hit, you and the other ships disappeared and our own ship was rendered useless. We crashed into the deserted Minbar. Only the bridge crew survived."

"And then?"

"And then I led the Rangers away from the wreckage.  We took what we could and moved into one of the abandoned suit cities. There we learned that the Planet Killer had been destroyed by some half-Minbari, so we piled our resources and took control of everything we could. When the suits came back, I was at the top of the food chain. My janitorial supply empire has thrived ever since."

Garibaldi said nothing for a moment, then leaned in close to the bars. "How can you help us?"

The other Garibaldi laughed uproariously.

"It's your choice," Garibaldi said, turning, "either we find a use for you or you sit in here and rot for as long as we see fit. And I can't quarantee some Shadow assassins won't get in here to finish what Morden started." The door out opened in front of him and he started to walk out.

"No, wait!" Garibaldi turned. "I -- I still have vast resources down on the planet. Fleets of ships. If you allow me to contact them, I'm sure you'll be safer with them around."

"It's a thought." Garibaldi said. "But not yet. Trust is a rare thing with suits...computer, grant open brig door authorization to myself only."

"Acknowledged."

He left, leaving the CEO alone to brood in his cell.

Morden was so confused by her ability to leave, that the Shadows had to give her an assignment before she actually would leave. She was now wandering around Tolonius 7, waiting to find some information that would allow her Associates to "plant" a few more ships here. But there was nothing here like that. She found herself running around in circles and getting nowhere.

Now she was shopping for a bit of jewelry for herself.  She heard a woman scream. She looked back quickly.  There was a woman, cowering at the sight of a little Shadow. <Louis, phase out!>" Morden hissed. Louis looked back at her and phased out quickly. Morden walked on as if nothing had happened. "<I told you not to phase in without asking me first.>"

"<Sorry Mama.>"

Morden smiled, "<it was rather funny though.>"

Gasps came from the people in front of her. Suddenly a Ranger, a real Ranger, the ones her Associates hated came at her. Not one of these WBRangers.

"Morden!" he gasped and stumbled toward her.

"Who the hell are you? How do you know my name?"

"Morden," he fell onto her, she barely caught him, and she saw a knife in his back. "Oh my god," she said softly. "RES, get this to..." he held out a data crystal to her, then he died.

"<Get help!>" Morden cried in Centauri. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, then back at the body, which was laying onthe floor. The woman and data crystal were gone.

"Okay, This is officially creepy." David said as RES phased into veiw again "ALRIGHT, SET UP THE FEILD!" At that large beams of light formed aroud RES and he stabalized and fell to the
floor.

"What are you doing?"

"Over time a beings DNA stays generaly the same but yours isn't doing that the Vorlon and Shadow portions of your DNA are battleing. I'm slowing down the mutations by artificially
ageing your sells so they produce less mutant cells. It is unfortunatly a temporary solution if I can't figure out what's going on in two days and fix it your cells will start dying off.....and so will you. Look, RES your ship has technology thosands of years older than mind if i absord all it's DNA maybe i could....."

"NO!.... He, it's creator didn't want the ship's technology stolen.

"RES if I don't there's agood chance you could die or compleatly fade out of existance which means that ship would go with you. If I can't find a cure You will have to die if I let you fade out you won't be here to save us during the rip incident and I can't alow that."

There was a long pause as RES and david stared at each other "Alright then.......I suppose I should get to work on a cure."

"Maybe this will help."

David and RES looked up and saw Morden holding a data crystal out.

"What is it?" David asked, slowly taking it.

"Good question. I was on Tolonius, when a half dead Ranger approached me and told me to give it to her," she pointed to RES.

"A Ranger?" RES asked.

"A real Ranger. Like the anti-Shadow squad. I didn't know they existed anymore. Someone wanted that."

"I'd like to see it in private," RES said, taking the crystal.

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Jesi, Domi, and Mari were playing when they heard a small pattering noise. They looked at the door of the room and saw a little Shadow, smaller then any of them peaking in.

"<Where did you come from?>" Mari asked.

The Shadow hesitated. "<Louis.>"

"<How did you get here?>"

"<Mama brought me.>"

"<Who's your mama?>"

"<Morden.>"

The girls looked at each other. "<Would you like to play with us?>"

"<Okay.>" Louis slowly came into the room.

***********

Morden looked over David carefully. "Is everything all right? You seem different."

"Nothing," David nodded.

"Okay. I think I'm gonna talk to Gwyn about some tea.  Care to join me?"

RES went to her quarters. She slid the data cyrstal in and a picture came up on the screen.

"Hello old friend. I bet you're suprized to see me?..."

"Yep" thats all RES could manage out.

"...The ranger that carries this message will probably not make it to you. I know that he would be glad to die in your deffense or our deffense. I have information on here you may need, but the real reason i have sent this message to you is because i wanted to say...well i wanted to tell you that...We all miss you. I miss you.  So many things have been going on that i can't describe them. I am sure you already know. We also really miss your expertise on some things. Immean you really had covert opperations down, i know someone was just a little bit jealous, if you know what i mean. Anyways the information that i sent you can be downloaded to your computer. Please send me something, anything to let me know that your ok.  We all Love you and Miss you, my....sister."

The transmition stop RES was in tears. She layed her hand on the screen as if to say that she loved them too. and she slowly went back to C&C.

she saw Morden there and asked her something.  "Morden did you see the face of the ranger that delivered this message?"

"Uh yes."

"Do you mind if i see?"

"Uhhhhh....O...K."

"don't worry it won't hurt."

RES quickly glanced inside Mordens head and saw the face. When she did she collapesed and near broke down agian.

When they got her to her feet she was mudering something that no one could hear but it sounded Minbari.

Jim and Lindaru were returning back to C&C from checking over the main systems.  They saw RES nearly fainted in Morden's arms.

Jim came over and levitated RES in the air, directing her towards med lab.  She continued to mutter half Minbari words.

Barista and Wicket were standing by with hypo sprays to bring her about and to stabilize her thready vital signs.

Lindaru stood next to RES and started to get some strange images in her mind, even though she had no idea what RES was trying to say.  Eventually, the hypo spray took over and RES was quiet.

Lindaru tried to shake the strange images out of her mind, but could not.  One was the face of a human saying "old friend" and the other was of a Minbari and she was getting a strong sense that this was a respected and revered Minbari, but the two were phasing over the top of each other.

Just then the girls came up with their new little friend.

<Mommy!  This is Louis!> Jesi grandly introduced Louis.

"Hello, Louis," Lindaru said.

<He is Morden's son,> Mari added.

Morden blushed when Lindaru looked at her.

"Your son?" Lindaru queried.

"Come with me into the break room and I will tell you the whole story."  Morden ushered Lindaru out of med lab and the children followed.

David stood over RES. "This is not good, Jim.  The equal strands of DNA are taking over various parts of her body.  The Vorlon part has most of her synaptic relays and the Shadow part has invaded her neural network."

Jim changed a rainbow of colors and asked, "Repeat in standard language, please?"

David sighed.  "Her body is responding to Shadow DNA commands but her brain is becoming Vorlon."

Jim resisted the urge to respond to the brain comment and only thought to himself, "Good."

Morden shook her head as she sat down with Lindaru.  She hated being scanned. But it wasn't that big of a deal.

"So where did this little one come from?" Lindaru asked.

"He followed me. I guess he hadn't seen a human before. He had no parents, so I took him in." Morden shrugged. She looked at Louis, who was darting around.

"I wonder what the message to RES said." Lindaru pondered aloud.

"She'll tell us when she's ready. If she ever is."

Suddenly, Louis rushed to Morden's side, "<Mama, there's a Vorlon here.>" he whispered.  Morden smiled, "<Don't worry. He won't hurt you. Not all Vorlons are bad. You'll learn that.>"

He huddled closer to her as Jim came in. Morden face went dark when she saw him. Jim stopped. Morden turned back to Lindaru without a word to him, "so things have been pretty busy around here, haven't they?" she asked.

"You will go to med-lab," Jim said to Morden.

Morden's eyes narrowed, but she didn't look at Jim. "I don't take orders."

Something was very wrong here. That was obvious.  Lindaru took Morden's arm and said, "maybe you should. You're looking a little peakid."

Morden took a deep breath.

"Please?" Lindaru asked. Morden nodded and started to leave, Louis clinging to her leg. She knelt in front of him. "<Why don't you ask the girls to show you around the ship.>"

He nodded and went to the girls. Morden shot another venemous look at Jim, then left.

"Jim, what are you talking about? Why does she need to go to med-lab?" Lindaru said.

"Kat will check her for implants."

"Implants? Why would you think she has implants?"

"She sees with the eyes of another."

Lindaru was now frustrated. "How could you possibly know that?"

"Morden is not a telepath."

"We all know that," She said impatiently.

"She scanned me."

"DAMN!" David screamed so loudly he feared the kids might have heard him.

"Jim I've been at this for hours and I'm no closer to finding a cure, honestly you people have so many defences in a hundrth of your DNA that I doubt I could figure it out in a week."

"Good."

"DAMN IT JIM I'M A GENIUS NOT A TEEP HELP ME OUT HERE."

"The avalanhe has already started thers is no time for the pebbles to vote."

"If I only knew where that data crystal was. Wait a minute.....wait...a....minute."

Jim stood there for a few moments staring at david then began to speak "No......oh no......No!"

"Oh come on Jim if i absorb some of RES's DNA and try to transform into him I could drift into his thoughts just long enogh to find out where the data crystal is then you could puul out his DNA marker and I'd be me again......Come on Jim there's no other way."
"yes."

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"Lindaru, I don't know what's going on the shadow's start a war and then basicly let me go free. It doesn't make scence they should be keeping there assets at hand."

"I know Morden it is odd, but until we have more to go on There's really nothing we can do..... what else do you know about the data crystal.

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"Ready Jim."

".......yes."

Without another word David slowly began to become RES. Jim analized the stres meter as it reached 99% Jim slowly took out RES's DNA but some of it wouldn't leave the stress meter
registered 99.8% and Jim quickly pulled out the comand from his synapsis. David jumped up from the table gasping for air.

"Did you get it David."

"Yes......amoung other things."

Jim wondered what he meant but realized there wasn

"David," RES regained consciennes, "have you merge with my ship yet?"

"No not yet."

"You know that after you do i will have to erase some...well most of what you found out. Don't you?"

"unfortunatly yes."

Lindaru walked in as RES said that. She laughed slightly.  "Thats RES even in this condition she always wants to keep the mystery."

With that RES laughed a little and passed out agian.

Why is RES becoming a battle zone for Shadow and Vorlon DNA?  Why would Morden have and who would be responsible for implants?  Is little Louis really an orphan Shadow boy in need of a home or is he a spy?  While the Suits find it fashionable to be Garibaldi, who will they decide is the fashion trend tomorrow?  Read on in Episode 2.