A day before Rally's dinner with Delenn and Sheridan, in the confusion of one of several Drazi riots, a Mars businessman stepped aside from the open area in order to avoid becoming an accidental participant.
He found himself grabbed from behind and pulled back into a dark part of Red Sector that was rarely seen save by maintenance.
A few minutes later, Jack was going over the documents and contents of the man's pockets and briefcase as the corpse cooled in a cramped shadowy corner of the station.
He found an identity card and a boarding pass for a ship leaving in two days, plenty of time to alter his appearance and the information on the identity card. Then all he had to do was wait for the Drazi to give him another distraction.
"Are we leaving?" Shanti asked, after the Vincents had come back to their quarters.
"Here's the problem," Rally said. "If we leave, we pretty much confirm there's something to hide. Our names are reported, we have to disappear completely. That means dropping contact with May, Roy, Becky...everybody...and heading to the deep colonies."
"So we're not leaving?" Shanti asked hopefully.
"What all can you tell me about Sheridan?" Rally asked.
"Not much," Vivian said. "I just saw him standing next to that Minbari woman. I think they were...together, you know?"
"That's...encouraging," Rally said. "If he'd be with any other species, much less a Minbari, then he's not the type to be prejudice."
It was also very disturbing since it was looking more and more like Vivian had caught a glimpse of something in the future. Which opened up whole new problems and risks. Seers were heavily looked for, and what Rally knew of the lives of real oracles and seers in the ancient myths, they often ended up killed by someone who didn't like one of their predictions.
Still, she supposed that didn't really change the risk they were involved in, just maybe increased the worth of the prize once they were discovered.
"I guess I'll have to take a closer look at Sheridan tomorrow," Rally muttered.
"Should I go with you?" Vivian asked.
Rally grimaced in the way that the girls accepted as meaning that she was agreeing with them, but not wanting to.
"And I'll..." Shanti started to say.
"Stay here and do some studying," Rally said. "Keep that temper in check and we'll see about going out unaccompanied again."
"All right, Rally," Shanti said with a disappointed sigh.
Rally and Vincent left their quarters quietly, the older Vincent carrying inside her pockets a lock pick set. She turned back to Shanti then.
"Don't go out or answer the door if you don't have to," Rally reminded her.
"Right, Rally," Shanti said with a sigh and a smile.
"Listen, Kitten," Rally said. "Now's not the time to be trying to guilt trip me, all right?"
"I'll be safe, Rally," the girl said.
"That's what I'm hoping for," Rally said. "Vivian, are you sure about this?"
"Yeah," Vivian said. "This way you don't have to take anything out of the room."
"All right," Rally said darkly. "We're going."
The two women started walking down the hallway toward one of the lifts.
Shanti stayed in the quarters until some time later when she drank the last of her sodas.
Jack's disguise was fairly flimsy, but with security running pell mell this way and that trying to control the Drazi, he expected to have a clear shot off the station.
He stepped into the hallways of Brown Sector at a quick pace, pausing only to check his shaved head and assorted props for his disguise.
Jack certainly didn't expect to be seeing Garibaldi and Ivanova, the latter on crutches, rushing through the hallways talking about something to do with the Drazi.
"Why don't you have a link?" Ivanova asked.
"I'm till on medi..." Garibaldi stopped, as did Ivanova as they stared across at where Jack stood. "Jack."
And at that point one of the doors between them opened up and a fifteen year old girl walked out with a cutesy wallet.
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