- Galactica's brig – C-deck -
Adama looked at the prisoner through the bars of the brig cell, trying to reconcile this person with the son he had thought long dead.
"Dad, it's really me. I promise you. Dad, please believe me." It said with an almost desperate expression. "Dad...". It stopped talking when Adama raised his hand.
He picked up the comm handset and spoke seemingly calmly to the officer in CIC. "Have Major and Captain Adama report to the brig on C-deck".
"Yes, Sir." Replied the officer. Just then the call for Starbuck and Apollo went out over the ship wide comm.
- Lee and Kara's quarters -
"Major and Captain Adama to report to the brig on C-deck. Repeat, Major and Captain Adama to report the brig on C-deck."
"For fracks sake!" huffed Kara as she rocked their three month old daughter in her arms while Lee prepared a bottle across the room. "Lee, could you hurry up with that bottle so I can feed Selena while you call down to the brig and find out why we're needed and if it's urgent." She looked at him with an innocent smile. Lee just rolled his eyes, handed over the bottle and went to call CIC.
"This is Major Adama." He spoke into handset while watching his wife feed their baby daughter, he fingered his wedding band with a soft smile.
"Apollo, the Admiral would like you and Starbuck to report to the brig." Helo replied not a little gleefully.
"Any idea why, Helo?" Lee asked. "Is it urgent? Kara just started feeding the baby."
"Dunno, want me to patch you through to the brig?" Helo answered while Lee watched as Kara made faces at the baby as she drank from her bottle.
"Yeah, sure. Thanks Helo." Lee sighed tiredly; an eight hour CAP topped off by a cylon attack which resulted in negotiations between the Cylons and Humans was not his idea of fun - although playing viper tag with Kara just before the attack was fun. He grinned at the memory.
Just then a short burst of static from the comm signalled that he had been patch through. He straightened slightly when his father's voice sounded in his ear. "Lee."
"Dad, what's going on? Do we need to come down to the brig right now? Kara just started feeding the baby and Aurora is about to wake up from her nap." Just then a small blonde bundle of energy came bounding out of the other room and launched herself at him while shouting "Daddy!".
"Speak of the devil..." Lee mumbled, then louder. "Hey, munchkin. Did you have a good nap?"
Aurora nodded vigorously with a ginormous Starbuck grin, reaching up and bouncing on the spot she said "Daddy, Up!"
Lee couldn't help but smile back at her and bent to lift her with one arm, shaking his head and still smiling, he spoke into the handset "Sorry Dad, you were saying?"
A soft chuckle from the other end of the line was followed by "Sorry Lee but I really need you two down here, finish feeding Selena and then bring them with you, I can take them afterwards if you want." Lee frowned, then as if sensing his unease, Adama spoke again "Don't worry son, it's not bad, it's just complicated. Just trust me. I'll see you soon." And with that he hung up.
"Yes, sir." Lee spoke softly into the handset before slowly hanging it up. He stood still for a moment until a small hand smacked again his cheek.
"Daddy!"
Again, Lee shook his head smiling. "Sorry honey, I didn't mean to ignore you." He gently tickled her side and she giggled softly before cuddling into him. Walking back towards his wife and youngest child, he spoke again, this time directed towards Kara. "You know she is most definitely your daughter." Meaning the toddler in his arms.
"Huh? Why's That?" Kara questioned, looking up from their still feeding daughter.
"Because, I was ignoring her so she hit me." Lee stated, while stroking his hand down Aurora's back.
"Ah, ok." She grinned unrepentantly, " So... What did dad want?"
Lee looked up from the toddler in his arms and said, "Just to tell us that we are not being called down to the brig for a bad reason, but that he still wants us down there as soon as possible. Oh, and he wants us to bring the kids with us and that he'd watch them for us after..." Lee trailed off, still a little confused about the situation.
Now Kara also looked confused, "Why does he want us to bring the kids down to the brig?" She shifted Selena up to her shoulder to burp her.
"He didn't say." He looked at her with a shrug, then he looked back at his eldest daughter at tugged a little on her pyjama bottoms "Come on munchkin, let's get you changed and then we're going to see Grandpa."
"Yey, Grandpa!" she squealed happily as they started moving towards Aurora's room.
Lee swung her up over his head as they walked and said "You're excited to see Grandpa huh?" over the sound of Aurora's giggles.
Kara smiled looking on until they her entered Aurora's room, when she spoke softly to the sleepy baby in her arms "You know your daddy is a big softy, he won't be able to deny you anything." Selena gurgled slightly and Kara smiled, standing up and walking to the crib at the side of the room, "He might act like he's all big and tough but he's pretty soon you're gonna have him wrapped around your little finger." Then with another look toward's her eldest's room, she continued. "Just like your big sister." Finally placing the baby into the crib, Kara pressed a soft kiss to her forhead before going to change into her duty blues.
- C-deck – walking towards the brig -
Kara trailed slightly behind as Lee jogged slightly ahead to catch up with their rambunctious two year old, he caught her and swung her up onto hip while saying "Sweetie, you can't run down the passageways, you could get hurt. And we don't want that do we?" Aurora shook her head and pouted slightly before cuddling into her father when he stopped to wait for his wife to catch up.
Kara carrying the now sleeping Selena looked up at her husband and asked "Why did he want us to bring the kids again?"
"Dunno," Suddenly he grinned at her, "Maybe he thought that with you as their mother they'd better start getting used to the place."
"Hey! Oh you are so lucky I am carrying the baby Lee Adama." She said attempting to scowl at him, but not quite managing and eventually breaking into a reluctant smile herself, "'cause if I wasn't..."
Lee realising that she wasn't going to finish her threat, decided to tease her a little. "You'd what, Kara? I mean you've got to admit you don't have the greatest disciplinary record." He shook his head feigning sadness and resignation as he looked as his children.
Kara gasped in feigned outrage as she retorted with "It's not like yours is much better Mr mutineer!" They had by now arrived at the brig and were being let in by the guard.
"Hey that was one time! But I never punched out the XO, and technically you committed mutiny when you defied orders to jump back to Caprica, when you also stole a military asset." He countered smugly.
"Whatever, name me one person on this ship who hasn't wanted to hit Tigh..." Kara trailed off lamely as she finally caught sight of the prisoner.
So what do you think? Should I continue this or not? Leave a comment people xxxx
