Fic: Try to Fly
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jedi_of_urthTitle: Try to Fly
Author:jedi_of_urth
Fandom: Babylon 5
Characters/Pairings: John Sheridan, John/Anna, John/Delenn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 236
Prompt: ‘Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.' ~Seneca
Summary: Sheridan on Z’ha’dum
Disclaimer: B5 belong to JMS etc.
Author's Notes/Warnings (fic): LAS fic, spoilers for B5 3x22 if you’ve never watched the show.
Author’s Notes (flashback): Originally posted March 2011. I seem to recall this one didn’t go over real well, but it does depend pretty heavily on the reader having seen B5 to understand what’s happening.
“Jump, jump now.”
It was Kosh’s voice in his mind and he didn’t have time to think about why it was there. He was about to die, either from the bombs speeding down toward him or Shadows that followed Anna up the cavern after him and Kosh’s voice added the option of jumping off a cliff.
As a soldier he’d faced death countless times before; in the Dilgar War, the Minbari War, this war with the Shadows, but this moment was different. This time he looked back at Anna, what was left of his Anna, knowing they were both about to die. He’d wished so many times over the years that he had died with her and now here was his chance to do that.
He could stay here and let the bombs kill them both in a few seconds time, he could pretend it was really her for that long. And then they would be dead, and they’d be together in whatever came afterward.
But that wasn’t what he wanted. The Shadows were the ones who asked that question: What do you want? He no longer wanted to die with Anna. He wanted to survive, somehow; to return to his work, his family, his friends, Delenn.
Kosh commanded him to jump, and he was a dead man either way. But at least if he jumped he’d know he had tried everything he could to live.
Author:
jedi_of_urthFandom: Babylon 5
Characters/Pairings: John Sheridan, John/Anna, John/Delenn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 236
Prompt: ‘Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.' ~Seneca
Summary: Sheridan on Z’ha’dum
Disclaimer: B5 belong to JMS etc.
Author's Notes/Warnings (fic): LAS fic, spoilers for B5 3x22 if you’ve never watched the show.
Author’s Notes (flashback): Originally posted March 2011. I seem to recall this one didn’t go over real well, but it does depend pretty heavily on the reader having seen B5 to understand what’s happening.
“Jump, jump now.”
It was Kosh’s voice in his mind and he didn’t have time to think about why it was there. He was about to die, either from the bombs speeding down toward him or Shadows that followed Anna up the cavern after him and Kosh’s voice added the option of jumping off a cliff.
As a soldier he’d faced death countless times before; in the Dilgar War, the Minbari War, this war with the Shadows, but this moment was different. This time he looked back at Anna, what was left of his Anna, knowing they were both about to die. He’d wished so many times over the years that he had died with her and now here was his chance to do that.
He could stay here and let the bombs kill them both in a few seconds time, he could pretend it was really her for that long. And then they would be dead, and they’d be together in whatever came afterward.
But that wasn’t what he wanted. The Shadows were the ones who asked that question: What do you want? He no longer wanted to die with Anna. He wanted to survive, somehow; to return to his work, his family, his friends, Delenn.
Kosh commanded him to jump, and he was a dead man either way. But at least if he jumped he’d know he had tried everything he could to live.
