Disclaimer: If I owned BSG, Jamie Bamber would be my cabana boy. I'm just sayin'.
Five Things prompt given to me by kelliferfic. This came out kind of dark.
"Approaching the planet, sir."
"Keep a good distance. I want full scans before we do anything else." Kara Thrace paced the deck.Fifteen years, she thought. The old man, Lee, Helo... The only sound in the command center was the quiet hum of checks being done on the planet in front of them. Whether this was from the weight of the moment or from the crew's exhaustion, she couldn't say.
This last stretch of space was brutally empty. Water and food were hard to restock. Morale was low not only on Galactica but also on the 12 remaining vessels carrying what was once the Caprican race. At least the toasters have left us alone, she thought.
A beeping panel broke her away from her thoughts. Lowell, the chief science officer, said, "Everything seems to check out, sir. Breathable atmosphere, inhabitable land masses with drinkable water, lower life signs. No trace of hostiles."
"Stellar?"
Romayo looked up from her sensors. "Sir, the star patterns do match. I think this is... Earth, sir."
Cheers broke out on the bridge. The upturn in mood swept across everyone and Starbuck grinned. "Get me the Pegasus."
"Pegasus up, sir." Reardon hands shook just slightly while patching her through.
"Anders," she said. "Get your cute ass over to Galactica. It would seem we have some settling to plan."
"Without me?" At the sound of his voice, Starbuck turned to see Lee Adama. Or what was left of him. His once-beautiful face writhed with hanging skin and wriggling objects that she didn't want to see too closely. Choking back her reaction, she whipped around to Stellar but found that she was alone.
"Did you really think the gods would allow you to make it?" the Lee creature said. "You killed me," he said. "You killed me." She backed up in horror until she reached the communications area.
Tripping on the step up, she felt something grab her arm from behind her. She turned. Red light rolled coldly across the eye socket of the Cylon. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. She closed her eyes. Bile rose in her throat as she heard the clank of the machinessurrounding her from all sides. She heard the cock of a pistol, felt it placed to her temple. The last thing she heard was the ship jumping. Then, silence...
"Start the scenario again."
Her eyes snapped open and fixed on the blonde woman. Feeling a rising panic, she jerked at the restraints holding her wrists in place and jostled the electrodes attached to her head. When the model of Sharon leaned over her to press a button on the device, Starbuck finally screamed.