From tempest@perth.DIALix.oz.au Wed May 8 17:25:43 1996 Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 20:07:42 +0800 (WST) From: Sue Isle Reply-To: b5-creative@lists1.best.com To: b5-creative@lists1.best.com Subject: The Most Unexpected Answer WARNING - this extremely short story contains risque elements! What can I say? I finally got to see "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum" and this is the result, dedicated to Rob and Leece, List Lurkers par excellence, who inspired me to write this! Sue Isle The Most Unexpected Answer "What do you want?" He'd asked the question a hundred times, on occasions when it didn't matter, on occasions when the weight of a galaxy rode on the reply. This time, the delicately-attractive young woman, her dark skin setting off her low-cut white leather dress in a most striking manner, had come up to Morden's table in the Zoccalo and stood at his shoulder until he looked up. "Well, Mr Morden, I want to rip your clothes from you, press you down upon this table and smear chocolate sauce all over your body, after which I would have my way with you before all the humans and aliens aboard Babylon Five." Morden sent his empty coffee cup crashing to the floor. "Forget the Humans, the Centauri, the Narn, Shadows and everything. THAT's what I've been waiting to hear . . . " DRAMATIC MUSIC FADE TO BLACK