"If you do not make the right decision, you can be replaced, you know."
"Replaced?!?!? How? You do not have the authority!" John declared still
reeling from the images Ambassador Kosh had just shown him. And Delenn had
same as admitted that Anna, his wife, could be alive if she had agreed to
work with the Shadows. Yet somehow Delenn didn't believe that and truthfully
neither did he.
Delenn looked at Kosh who nodded. "I may not be able to but he can."
"You can't replace me as captain of this station."
"No, but you are more than just the captain. You are the governor of Babylon
5. It's leader. If you can't handle the responsibility perhaps we need to
find someone who can."
John paced the room. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. General Hague
already had him on a secret mission to help get rid of President Clark. What
else could he be asked to do for this station and it's people?
"Look, captain," Delenn began lightly touching John's arm stopping his
movement. "We really don't want to replace you because we have begun to
trust you. But we are running out of time and we must know where everyone
stands." She continued to hold on to his arm and he looked down where she
held him. "Captain," she began squeezing his arm making him look up at her
and into her eyes, "you have to trust us," pleading with her eyes. "Go back
and visit Mr. Morden. Maybe there's something you missed."
John gently yet with enough force pulled his arm free. He shook his head and
then turned to glare at Kosh and Delenn. "You're wanting me to sacrifice
millions of lives to save billions? Let Mr. Morden go and let him continue
to help the Centauri bomb the Narns almost out of existence." Delenn nodded
despite not liking the choice of words he used. He shook his head, "Then
it's just a numbers game."
"This is far from a game, captain. We are sacrificing some now for the
future because if we don't there may be no future for anyone. You saw the
images and now you have to choose."
Sheridan had his arms at his sides and his fists balled up in frustration.
He let out a huge sigh. "All right…I can't make any promises but I will go
visit Mr. Morden and go from there," he said storming out of Delenn's
quarters.
Delenn let out the breath she had been holding for several moments. "Do you
think he will make the right decision?" she asked Kosh.
"Yes."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because he already has," the Vorlon said cryptically before floating out of
Delenn's quarters.
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