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the last, best hope for peace?
 

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, three years after the Earth/Minbar war. The Babylon Station was the focal centre of diplomacy to prevent another war because of misunderstandings. The year is 2248, and the station is almost complete. However two alien visitors from a little visited planet have just arrived on the station, to walk their dog.

 

 

"Well I like it." Romana made her mind up again.

 

"I thought you weren't liking it before you saw that statue."

 

"Yes, well that was before I saw that statue. Now I like this place."

 

"Because of that statue?"

 

"Yes, it was a very good statue. Who was it again?"

 

"John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a visionary for his time. He said something about taking a trip to the moon and only six years later mankind visited the moon."

 

"To buy souviners?" Romana asked.

 

"No, they hadn't built the tourist centre at that time."

 

"Were they going to sell time share then?"

 

"No, although Jamie and Zoe and I had to hide behind a crater until they'd gone. We didn't want to spoil it for them. You know how irritable people can get like that."

 

Romana looked at the Doctor. "Like you did when I opened that packet of jelly babies?"

"Yes, exactly. Anyway, we should be getting back to the TARDIS."

 

"Do we have to leave now Doctor? Can't we take a few photographs of K-9 and us by that statue?"

 

The Doctor paused. "Well there's no harm in taking one photograph I suppose. We'll stop someone and get them to take the picture."


 


Exactly an hour later the Babylon Station exploded when it's superstructure collapsed due to a large terrorist conspiracy. However the death toll didn't take into account the maintenance worker who followed to mysterious people into a blue box after taking their picture with the Kennedy statue. He now lives on Babylon 5, along with his pet cat and a slightly melted and battered statue...

 

a short Babylon 5 story that's a coda to the Babylon 5 prequel TV movie 'In The Beginning' which features the destruction of Babylon 1...

original fan fiction by kg redhead