Babylon 5 #[2]

In "Shadows Past and Present, Part I: With Friends Like These...", Garibaldi and Molari chase leads on vanished outposts, uncovering a web of secrecy that puts them at odds with Mr. Morden’s efforts to bury the truth. As the investigation deepens, Garibaldi is drawn back to his first encounter with Jeffrey Sinclair on Mars—a moment shadowed by the enigmatic presence of the Shadows.

In the present, Garibaldi and Keffer are ambushed by Shadows mid-mission, their pursuit of Londo ending in a desperate crash. In the past, a younger Garibaldi and Sinclair find themselves stranded on Mars, staring in awe and dread at their first glimpse of a Shadow vessel.

In the present, Garibaldi and Keffer push through a hostile landscape, hunted not by weapons but by psychic forces that twist their trust and test their will to survive. Flashing back to a shared ordeal in the past, Garibaldi and Sinclair fight for breath and sanity as a merciless dust storm swallows the desert whole.

In the present, Garibaldi and Keffer are arrested in a Centauran city, their mission unraveling under suspicion. In the past, a younger Garibaldi and Sinclair infiltrate a hidden base, uncovering a chilling truth about telepaths held as slaves—echoes of that past now threatening to consume their present.