30 Minutes

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All it takes to change one's life is a split second decision. In half-n-hour relationships shall fall-while other's bloom. But one question still remains—will the crew survive this latest Cylon attack? Or will betrayal be their only future?

Backflash

'The day started out as any other. The cylons attacked, we launched vipers to counter them. They sent in their Baystar, we sent in the Galactica. Boring. That is until one rumor set the entire crew against one another.'

0700

Hanger bay

"Cally, Cally!" a voice said once again.

"Sorry Chief," she replied as she ducked her head embarrassment.

"Don't let it happen again," he replied in a threatening tone as he stalked out of the hanger bay.

"Man," she groaned out load.

"Hey Cally, can you give me a hand with Capt. Apollo's viper?" called out one of the deck hands.

"Tyrol mad again?"

"Yeah," she replied as she reached the damaged viper. "What the frak is wrong with everyone?"

"Frak it, everyone clear out!" yelled Cally as the hanger bay started to collapse around them. She was so intent on making sure that the other's made it to safety that she didn't notice the beam that was falling directly above her.

"Cally move!"

That warning froze her to her position as she looked around to see what was wrong.

"Above you!" called out another voice that was soon followed by a body tackling her out of the way.

"Ah," mumbled Cally as she came to under a collection of beams and shielding. "What happened?"

"You all right?" asked the person who was pressed up against her.

"I'm fine, where are we?"

"Under a couple hundred kilo's of support beams and hull shielding," stated the raptor pilot.

"Crash? I mean sir," she asked stunned. 'Why would he have saved her? He hated her!' "But why?"

"I very well couldn't have let you die," he sounded very shocked that she had thought that he was capable of standing there and watching her die. "Besides-who would I get to bother if something were to happen to you?" he stated with a grimace as a flash of pain shot through his injured side.

Even though the lighting in their temporary prison didn't offer much in the way of light-Cally was still able to see the flash of fear go across the harden pilot's face. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Crash!" she tried again, as she forced the pilot to look at her.

He replied with a defeated sigh, "It's my side."

"What?" Because of their position she had to use her hand to feel for his injury-when she reached the area, she felt something sticky-blood. "Frak me," she whispered.

CIC

"What happened?"

"Cylons attacked the Port side Hanger bay," stated Tigh as he gave a sheet of paper a brief glance before returning to study it more carefully. "Capt.?"

Meanwhile as Lee was conversing with the damage control officer, he glanced over to where Tigh was and saw him approaching him. 'What the?' he thought as he noticed that Tigh was getting upset. 'Wait a minute-Tigh anything but the harden solider?' As that thought whirled around in his mind-he finally realized that something bad must had happen to his father or to... "Frak me."

"Sir?"

"Nothing," he muttered as he moved to stand by Tigh. "Tyrol can you go oversee the rescue efforts in the hanger bay?"

"Sure thing Col.," he replied as she moved so that Lee was between him and the executive officer.

"Thanks…"

"I'll meet you there in a few-I need to talk with Capt. Apollo."

"What happen? Is it my dad?"

"No."

"Then who…" his voice lead off as a feeling of dread filled his very soul. "Kara."

Hanger bay

Meanwhile in the rubble, Cally was fighting to keep Crash awake-and was not succeeding. "Crash, come on…" she tried once again. "Don't make sick Starbuck on you," she joked as she watched his face for any sign of a reaction. "Don't leave me," she whispered softly.

"Ah," moaned the pilot as he stirred-trying to move but was trapped between metal shielding on his back and something warm and soft beneath him. "Hmm."

"Crash!"

"What?" he whined as he lifted his head to look at the female who had been avoiding him for the past week.

As soon as Cally saw that he was going to be fine-she let him have it. "What were you doing in the hanger bay?" she asked as she tried to tear her thought's away from the way his body felt against hers.

"I was coming to talk to you," he said weary.

"Why? Let me guess-she dumped you."

"Huh," the raptor pilot grinned as he realized just what the problem was-that crazy story. "Are you crazy? Did you really believe that?"

"What?"

"If you want to know what the truth is will you please listen to me-and promise not to interrupt?"

"Ok," she replied as she twisted around to get comfortable.

"Starbuck was helping me with a problem."

"What?"

"You promised."

"Right."

"I asked her how to ah…how to…how to ask a girl to ah…" the usually cocky pilot, turned a shade of bright red as he looked over his shoulder-at anything but the girl who was trapped with him.

"Crash…dating tips?" Cally couldn't believe that the high and mighty Crashdown-was asking how to ask a girl out on a date!

"No! Yes-I didn't want to mess it up-I really like her," he sighed as he stretched his body so that he could feel every inch of the female that he was pressed up against.

"Mm," mumbled Cally as she enjoyed the sensation of having Crash up close and personnel. What a second? Did he say really like!

"Hey! Stop moving-I thought you really like this girl!"

"I do!"

"Then why are you feeling me up?" she yelled.

The pilot looked shell shocked for a minute as though he couldn't understand what she was talking about.

"Don't tell me that you already forgot about her!"

"Never!" he replied as he leaned down and briefly touched his lips to hers.

For a moment-all she could do was lay there as he kissed her senseless. Suddenly she tore her mouth away from his as she screamed, "What the frak do you think that your doing, Crash?"

"Ah…kissing you?"

"I know that-but why?"

"Cause I like you-and this will-in all probability, be my last chance to- since you think I have something going on with the CAG's girlfriend."

"Crash…"

"Yeah Cal?"

"Who-were you talking about?"

A weary sigh escaped from the harden pilot as he answered her question, "It's…you."

Life Bay

"How is she Doc?"

"Not so good Capt. Apollo if she doesn't improve within the next few hours. I fear that we may lose her."

0705

TBC

I'm evil-so only 5 minutes have passed so far-i.e. this is based on real case time limits, so everything written can happen in only 5 minutes—please R&R—I'll update as soon as I get 5 reviews. That's it I'll only need 5. And let me tell you this-this story hasn't even started yet.

Next chapter: 0705-0710ten minutes have passed since the Cylon attack wave—will they ever find Cally & Crash? And what happened to Kara?