Lennier was in his room reviewing the information that he got from Ivanova about the group of reporters of ISN coming for a segement about the station and his role in the interplanetary relations.
While he checked the possible questions what the reporter could ask to Delenn, he felt a headache flow for his crest again due to the interrogation that Delenn and him did to Lavell the last week. The insult done to her from the warrior angered Lennier deeply, but the thing that most mortificated him was the revelation Lavell made after Delenn fled the room shocked and hurt.
"......Your words insulted her!" was the heated reply of Lennier once she was out of the room.
"The presence of that..... freak insulted me!"
Lavell then stepped up and walked until his face was to mere inches of Lennier's face.
"Only because you are of the Third Fane of Chu'Domo like me, I will answer your questions. The point is: can you tolerate the answers?" replied him.
Lennier narrowed his gaze and said
"Then,start answering my questions! Why you did attack Sheridan?"
"It was a trap for him, the objective was to get the Starkiller out of this station."
"Who ordered you to do this? Someone of the Warrior Caste?
"The leaders of the Third Fane ordered it."
"What!? You're lying! Why they would agreed to such insanity?"
"A great amount of Minbari are more than sick that we allowed Sheridan to command Babylon 5. The leaders of Chu'Domo asked for voluntaries to carry this plan to fruition, and had would worked beautifully if that damm human brat wasn't there! I can't believe what a damm human child beat me with a single punch. I swear what if I see again that Ranma, he will die by my hand!"
"You will do nothing! You will leave the station this same night, and if you dare to step again on Babylon 5 you will be without Minbari protection and judged by the EA tribunals.! Inform the clan leaders that they will not dare to try again this insanity or any other scheme to remove the 'Starkiller'. If they do this again I will inform station security of this." replied a stony-faced Lennier.
"You would shame our entire clan for the Starkiller!? Why?"
"Because she believes on him."
"Delenn? She's nothing more than a freak and a betrayer to our race!"
Lennier slammed the warrior against the wall and pulled him for his robes. With a face what bordered into absolute rage he said
"Delenn is honorable, and I honor the word of her!What do you honor Lavell? The truth, or the orders of our clan?"
The warrior pushed out him forcefully, then readied himself to strike Lennier. He answered taking a martial defensive position of the religious caste and waited for his attack.
Both gazed the eyes of the another for a signal. This continued for a brief instant, then Lavell's posture changed into a non-agressive position.
"I will inform the leaders of the clan of this. Even if we wanted to, we can't try now anything since the security forces are wary of any attempt of a Minbari after my failure, but don't think what I will forget this Lennier."
"I will not forget this too." and with those words he left the room.
He then decided to inform Delenn of the facts inmediately. She, in a signal of respect guarded the secret to as to not shame Lennier and his clan. That didn't stopped her of send a "suggestion" to them to abstain of try anything again. The Chu'Domo clan leaders grudgingly accepted her message, to save the face of the clan.
Lennier remembered then the petition of Delenn to contact that young human to give him some lessons in Minbari martial arts. Reminding himself to call Ranma in the morning, he finally stopped his work and went to the bed.
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The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father. showed a screen continously while the people in the Psi-Corps worked. A aged voice said.
"You can pass Alfred."
The door opened to let enter Alfred Bester, Psi-Cop, P-12 telepath and one of the leaders of the Psi-Corps' current generation.
"Why have you asked so urgently for me Sir? I was readying myself to hunt that rogue telepath cell in South America."
"Read this." and without flourish he gave Bester a folder.
Bester's eyes roamed over the papers with curiosity, until them rested in a name, then he closed his eyes, left the folder in the desk and dropped himself in the seat behind him. resting his head in his hands.
"You know him better than anyone in the Corps, and know how to predict his acts. We need to know if someone suspects what he was a test subject"
The Psi-cop's gaze fixed itself in the older man's eyes. With a mix of rage and fear, Bester spoke.
"I don't need to remind you sir about the last time what someone tampered with his mind. We unleashed that....thing over ten of our finest telepaths and the only person who could approach him psychically is ,according to our knowedge, lost in Vorlon territory"
"I know, and its for why you must do a careful approach. You will go to Babylon 5 with the excuse of what you're investigating a lead about a possible rogue telepath cell in the station, then you will wait until you're sure of what he's sleeping. In that moment you will do a surface scan of him to check if he has been psychically scanned or tampered. After that you will return to Earth, Understood?" finished the man with a steely gaze.
"Yes, I will leave immediately." replied Alfred with a defeated tone.
He then left the room to go to his last mission.
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