"Road to Redemption is a Rocky Path"

Set after the season 3 finale, "History Yet To Be Written." Can Cosima save Delphine or will she need to move on without her?

Chapter One

"Cos…Cos…shite Cosima are you bloody deaf or somethin'?" Sarah yelled out.

Cosima blinked a few times, then glared at her sister, "What is it?"

Sarah sighed, and then stepped down from the entry of the Hendrixes store, Bubbles. She'd been standing there for a minute trying to get Cosima's attention. Shifting over to where Cosima was standing in front of the shop, Sarah repeated what Cosima hadn't heard, "We're finishing up the dinner and some of us are taking off in a minute. Are you coming back inside or just going to keep standing out here in the bloody cold for another half an hour?"

"Half an hour?" Cosima questioned with her voice full of surprise.

"Yeah, you been out here for ages, Cosima. Felix just put $20 down against Scott that you'd run off with Delphine and we weren't gonna see you again. Not for a few days anyway. You and the Head Bitch in Charg…Delphine…could use some time together to sort things out between you. But then I noticed you still standing out here. Something wrong, Cosima?" Sarah asked, rubbing her hands against her arms to keep warm.

Cosima threw her left hand up in the air emphatically, "I must be losing it 'cause I swear I only just came out here."

Sarah raised her eyebrow at the fact her sister clone had ignored her suggestion that she should get back together with Delphine, but then Cosima bit her lip as she looked over at Sarah.

"Delphine was only here for a minute but she wouldn't stay. She told me to pass on her love to all of you…I have a really bad feeling that something's wrong. At first, I was just standing here totally lost in the memory of the way she had tears in her eyes when she said 'goodbye' to me. She kissed me before she left. I was totally lost in the feeling that maybe we could sort things out between us but now I feel like that her kiss meant something more," Cosima struggled to explain, "Delphine looked so happy knowing that I understood why she's done the things she's done over the past month for us but now all I remember is this complete and utter sadness in her after she kissed me. I feel like she wasn't telling me something."

Sarah nodded, "'Hellphine' came good, Cosima. I had my doubts about her…always bloody did but she really helped us tonight. We learned Neolution is behind the cloning experiment because of her. Once I get back from taking Kendall to Kira and Cal, we are gonna sit down and figure this all out. Every damn bit of it. I want to know what Neolution's end game is."

Sarah watched quietly as Cosima traced her hand over her stomach, and then continued, "The Neolution crap can wait a few days. If things are finished with you and Shay you should get back together with Delphine."

Cosima paused for a moment, "Thanks for the sisterly encouragement, Sarah…but I'm not thinking about that right now. Have you ever felt like something is terribly wrong?"

Sarah scoffed, "I love you, Cos, and I don't know what I'd do without all you girls but I've had that feeling since I first found out I was a clone, yeah!"

Cosima brought her hand up to her lips, gently placing her index finger against where Delphine had kissed her passionately half an hour ago, "It's more than that. I feel like something is seriously wrong. I had this sharp pain in my stomach a few minutes ago and I can't make it go away…I can feel it in my gut that something isn't right."

Sarah took a sharp breath but Cosima interrupted her, "It's not about my illness. I don't know what this feeling is but I tell you…something's wrong. I just don't know what."

"I wish I could help ya, Cos. Do you want me to stay with you at Fee's place tonight?" Sarah offered.

Cosima waved her off, her voice shaky as she tried to pretend the bad feeling she had was nothing, "Ignore me, I'm just…I'm sure it's nothing important. Besides you have a flight to catch first thing tomorrow morning. You need to think about my niece and spending as much time as you can with her."

Sarah entangled her arm with Cosima's and led them back into the store, promising herself that she would find out what Cosima was trying to explain as soon as she returned back to Toronto, "I'm only going to be there for a day or two. Not nearly enough time with Kira but if I stay away any bloody longer Topside or flippin' Neolution is gonna notice me gone and come after ya all, aren't they?"

As they entered Bubbles, the brunette clones nearly bumped into Scott on his way out. The scientist stumbled over his words, "Cosima, I'm heading back to the lab…Dyad. Delphine gave us clearance to return to work there so I'm gonna make a start on Kendall's genome to figure out how exactly it can help cure you. See you there, tomorrow?"

Cosima nodded, trying hard to ignore the pit in her stomach telling her something wasn't right, "Sure. That sounds great…maybe I can speak to Delphine to get her help."

Scott smiled nervously and then exited the store, waving goodbye to Felix, who had just yelled out, "Bye, Scotty! See you again, soon."

Sarah grunted, "That's the spirit, Cosima! And while you're at it, you can tell Delphine we appreciate her help, we all love her too, and you two need to bloody well be back together by the time I get back here. 'Cause as soon as I am, we need to get your cure working and work out what the hell all this Neolution stuff means…can't have you and your science girlfriend distracted by where your relationship stands. You'll feel better once you and she have talked it out, yeah?"

Cosima grinned, unsure if Sarah was right, "Can't make any promises."

Before Sarah could convince Cosima she would be happy if Delphine and Cosima could work things out, Cosima's phone rang.

Cosima stared at the screen, then looked up at Sarah, "It's Shay…I didn't think I'd ever hear from her again…"

Sarah rolled her eyes, "You and your bloody women, Cosima. You have more drama in your life then all of us combined if you don't make up your mind over who you want."

Cosima glared at her sister, then swiped at the phone to answer the call.