Fic: Remember Susan/Talia Part 3
Title: Remember (Part 3/?)
Fandom & Pairing Babylon 5 Susan/Talia
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
AN:
Sorry about the delay in the post. I was distracted by my current obsession with Otalia!!!! I just discovered this pairing and I am totally hooked. I love Crystal Chappell she is an amazing actress. I also loved her on Days of Our Lives. Did anyone watch her when she played Dr. Carly Manning? Brilliant
Command and Control was in chaos. The ship that appeared not an hour ago had exploded. The shockwave rocked Babylon 5. Every sector of the space station was affected.
Security Chief Michael Garabaldi had been in C & C monitoring the situation when the explosion occurred. The force of the blast knocked him to the deck. The lights in C &C blinked on and off several times before auxiliary power kicked in.
Corwin tried desperately to contact the team that went out to investigate the ship but his console would not obey him. Too much damage done by the explosion. Michael had regained his footing and approached Corwin's console.
"What happened?"
"Sir, senors are down it will take some time to get them working again."
Michael's eyes darted to the viewport, hoping to get a glance of Ivanova and Alpha six. A cloud of debris obscured his vision. A feeling of dread started in the pit of his stomach.
"We need to find out what happened to Cmdr. Ivanova and Alpha six. I'm going to take a team out for search and rescue."
Michael hurried through the corridors of the station, towards cobra bay. All around him he could see the damage done by the explosion. Med teams were helping the injured, damage control teams were starting to make repairs. All he could think about was Susan. She had to be alright. So consumed in his thoughts he didn't see the woman who was coming towards him and he almost knocked her down. He reached out his hand xto steady her and raised his head, looking straight into Talia Winters' eyes.
"Talia, are you ok?" He raised his hand to cup her cheek, tracing a nasty red gash with his fingertips.
"I was walking through the Zocalo when I heard this loud crash, then the floor began shaking. I lost my balance and crashed into a vendor's cart. What happend, Michael? Was anyone hurt?"
Michael's face paled at the question. Talia picked up on his uneasiness. Suddenly she was overcome with a sense of dread. She was afraid to voice what was starting to form in her mind but she had to know.
"Michael has something happened to Susan?"
He tried to step around Talia and ignore her question completely but the telepath stopped him. Tears were brimming in her eyes when she pleaded with him again for any news of Susan. His avoidance of her question made her fear grow deeper. Susan had to be alright, they were meeting for dinner later. They were going to talk about moving in together. Talia was going to accept of course not before she teased her mercilessly. She had to be ok, Talia continued to recite that phrase over and over in her mind. She couldn't let herself think otherwise. This time when she asked again tears spilled down her cheeks.
"Michael, please has something happened to Susan?"
He knew he couldn't deny her any longer. Michael took a deep breath and looked into Talia's eyes.
"Susan and another pilot went out to investigate the ship. It exploded while they were out there, we don't know what happened to them. I'm headed out there now. Please I have to go."
The security chief hurried away from the telepath only turning back once to see Talia slump against the wall.