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Babylon Five:  The Kelly Leick Chronicles
Part Two:  A Day In The Life

by Daniel Stevens

DISCLAIMER:  This story is based upon the Book Series 'The Psi Corps Trilogy', by J. Gregory Keyes, which is itself based upon the TV Series 'Babylon 5', by J. Michael Straczynski, which is property of Babylonian Productions, and Time-Warner.  It is especially based upon the second book of the series, titled 'Deadly Relations'.  No copyright infringement is intended.

SYNOPSIS:  This story takes place three years after Jenny Winters' graduation from the Psi Corps Academy, in 2201.  It attempts to depict a typical day in the life of a veteran Psi Cop named Kelly Leick, now a Precinct Captain, and her best friend, an administrative assistant and former rogue telepath named Jenny Winters.

All special notes can be found with the preceding story, titled 'Jenny Winters and the Psi Cop'.

Early morning, some time in the year 2201, in the Greek capital of Athens.

The alarm goes off at 5 a.m., as usual.  A tall, slender woman with short cut platinum blonde hair awakens.  She looks across the room, to see the other bed still occupied by a slightly shorter blonde woman.

'Hey, Jen, time to rise and shine.'

The telepathic wake-up call proves to be more effective than voice or shaking would have been.  Soon, Kelly and Jenny are dressed in sweats and athletic shoes, and are both outside, in the darkened city, doing their warm-up exercises.

These are followed by roughly half an hour of intense calisthenics, and topped off by a three kilometer run.  Neither of them are worried about who they might run into in the pre dawn gloom.  No sensible mundane would even think of messing with a fully trained Psi Cop like Kelly Leick.

Once they are back at their starting point, both women begin a series of cooling off exercises.

During their hour of PT, they had talked over various things, or rather, Kelly had done most of the talking, via p'talk. Although Jenny is much too weak a teep to actively reply in kind, the fact that the Psi Cop was also surface scanning her best friend the entire time, and that Jenny, as always, refrained from trying to block her, made it possible for them to communicate both ways without the former blip using up precious breath talking.

Soon after they get back, Jenny has breakfast ready.  This consists of the usual fare for them - sausage, pancakes in maple syrup, and poached eggs, with orange juice to wash it down.  Clearly, their North American roots die hard.

After breakfast, they shower together, get dressed, and have enough time to get to work on time, at the Athens Precinct of the Metasensory Police Force, also known as the Psi Cops.

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The scene this morning is the usual one of organized, efficient chaos that is normal in any big city police station.  To a mundane, it would seem quieter than the scene would indicate it should be.  This is, however, due to the fact that a lot of the conversations are going on via p'talk, rather than voice.

Kelly Leick is at her desk, studying a rogue file on her terminal.  The look on her face is one of disgust at what she is reading, and concern for the well-being of *any* innocent people who might run up on this particular blip.  Unlike some Psi Cops, she doesn't like to see innocent normals get hurt by a certain breed of dirt bag any more than if they were teeps.

'The sooner someone gets *this* one off the streets, the better!'

Just then, she hears a very distinctive knock on her door, and looks up, smiling.

'Come on in, Jen.'

Jenny Winters does so, and has a seat where her boss and best friend indicates she should.  She is carrying a data crystal.

'So, what do you have for me?'

"Here's the latest hunt list for you, with classifications.", as Jenny passes the crystal to Kelly.

'Thanks.', smiling warmly.  Then, 'Jen, come on over here.  I want you to have a look at something.'

Jenny gets up, and comes around the desk, to stand beside Kelly.  Placing a gloved hand on Kelly's shoulder, she looks at the data on the terminal.

'What do you make of that?'

After studying the file for a moment, Jenny shudders.

'Kelly, please tell me he's not here in Greece.  That guy is bad news from the word 'go'.'

'I don't know if he's here, or not.  But it's best to be prepared.'

'I'll give you that!  Scum like Portis Neillson are what give all blips a bad name.'

Then, Kelly turns, to look straight at Jenny.

'I know you don't like talking about your time as a blip, but back when you were with the Dexters, do you think they would have recruited someone like him?'

'I seriously doubt it, Kelly.  Not unless they were desperate.  Otherwise, they wouldn't have touched a sociopathic thug like *that*, except perhaps for a suicide mission.'

After a moment, 'Yeah, that would make sense.  That way, they would have been able to strike a blow against Psi Corps, *and* rid humanity of a particularly dangerous piece of scum at the same time.  Well, one of us will get him, sooner or later.'

'I know, but what about the innocent teeps and mundanes that he'll hurt in the meantime?'

'That's why I'd prefer sooner rather than later.'

'To think that the Resistance has sunk so low, as to actively seek out thugs like him as potential members.'  A moment later, 'On the other hand, it could also mean that they're on their last legs, and the days of having to fight a low intensity conflict with our own kind are numbered.'

'Always the optimist, huh, Jen?', with a loving, yet amused, smile.

'Yeah, Kelly, I know.  That's what they thought back in '89, when I got busted.  Well, if Walters hadn't have escaped at the time, it might well have worked out that way.'

'Instead, during the three years he had left at that point, he refashioned the Resistance to where it no longer needed central figures like him and the Dexters to function as their heart and soul.'

Then, Kelly puts in the data crystal that Jenny had brought her, and begins to study it.  Jenny turns to leave.  She has more work of her own to get back to.

'Remember, Jen.  Lunch is on me today.'

"Gotcha.", as she leaves her boss' office.

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Later that day, Kelly and Jenny meet at the main elevator.

"So, where do we eat today?"

It is their custom to eat at a different place each day, with different cuisine, whenever possible.

'Well, there is this new Ethiopian place I've been wanting to check out, right under the Acropolis.'

"Sounds like a winner to me."

They head out.

A few minutes later, they are taking their seats at one of the outside tables.  A waiter comes up, with two waters, and two menus.  As he distributes them, he speaks.

"It's not very often that we get Psi Cops here."  Then, "You're not looking for someone here, are you?"

Kelly just smiles evilly.  The waiter backs down.

A moment later, as if to head off a possible comment from Jenny, 'Hey, I could have done worse.  I could have made some crack about blips being where you find them.'

"Ugh,.. true.  In both senses of that phrase."

Soon, the waiter returns, to take their orders.  Kelly orders first, then Jenny.

"Coming right up."

Later, as they are eating, Jenny breaks one of the unspoken rules of their personal outings.  She starts talking shop.

"Kelly, that file you had me look at this morning.  Do you think there's a chance he's here, in Greece?"

'Jen, there's always a chance that any given rogue might be in any given location.  But you know the rules.  No shop talk on our free time.  Not when we're supposed to be enjoying each others' company, and this fine day.'

"Sorry."

'It's okay.  I won't bring it up again if you don't.'

"Sure thing."

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Some time later, the two women are up on the Acropolis.  Kelly is busy taking pictures of the Parthenon.

"Now I know why you brought your camera to work this morning, with an empty crystal."

'Well, what's the use of being assigned to the Athens Office if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to see the sights?  Besides, Ancient Greece has always fascinated me.'

"You and the entire Western World, for centuries."

'I know.'

"So, are we still on for our weekend in Delphi, Itea, and Galaxidi?"

'As if you had to ask.'

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Mid afternoon finds them back at the office, where Kelly checks her email and voice mail correspondence from Teeptown, and other locations, both on and off world.  She also finishes up her day's quota of paperwork.  Jenny is doing the latter, as well.  Her job consists of making sure the precinct's files are up to date, as to who's on the most current rogue lists, who has been apprehended, the disposition of cases, and other such items of importance to any police department.

At seven that night, they head out, together as always.  Two other Psi Cops watch as they leave.  Then, one speaks, via p'talk.

'You'd never suspect that Ms. Winters was once a blip herself, as thick as she is with the Captain.'

'You know what they called her at the Academy, don't you?'

'What?'

'Psi Cop's Pet.'

'I'm not surprised.'

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A half hour later, they are back at their apartment, and back in casual civvies.  Kelly is fixing dinner - her way of unwinding from the day.  Jenny has picked out some soft neo-rock music, and put it on.

'Nice selection.'

"Thanks."

Then, Jenny walks up behind Kelly, and starts giving her a back rub.

'Ahhh, that feels great, Jen.  Your back rubs make me glad I pursued our friendship.  That, and a lot of other things.'

'Well, it's nice to know that I'm appreciated.'

Dinner is served soon after, and consists of lamb chops, cut into strips, and cooked over rice, with various vegetables and spices mixed in.  A variation of a Chinese recipe.

"Kelly, this is great!  As usual."

'Thanks, Jen.'

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Later, after finishing dinner, and doing the dishes, they plop down on the couch, and watch an old movie together.  The one they choose is 'Chill Factor', from just over two centuries ago, in which one of Kelly's remote ancestors played a cold-blooded mercenary, who died rather horribly at the end.

"Kelly, it's amazing just how much you look like that actress did back then.  If you and she had lived at the same time, I'd have sworn you were twins."

'Well, Hudson Leick was my many times great grandmother.'

"Speaking of your ancestors, didn't you once tell me that your grandmother joined the old MRA about a year after it was formed?"

'Yup.  Between Desa Alexander and Heidi Leick, they just about wrote the book on Psi Cop procedures.'

"So I'd heard."

Then, Kelly changes the subject.

'So, Jen, have you made up your mind about you and Nikolai Borisev being a genetic match?'

"I think we'll do it the old fashioned way.  Especially since he is rather cute, and has a great personality, to boot."

'Well, that should quiet down certain rumors about you and me that have been floating around of late.'

"Really."  Then, "Speaking of which, when was the last time you saw Claude Heckman?"

'About six months ago.  Now that he's been detailed to the Mars Office, it's not as easy keeping in touch as it used to be.  Still, both of us have been able to keep up with our two kids' progress at the Academy.'

"So which one do you think will become the Psi Cop?  Jack, or Jenny?"

'Hopefully, both of them, since both have tested out as P12's.'

"Congratulations, Kelly!"

'Thanks, Jen.'  Then, 'Now that the movie's over, if we're going to haul out at five, as usual, I think we'd better call it a night.'

With that, the two women proceed to get ready for bed.  Soon, both are sound asleep.

Continued in "The Black Fox"

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