Chapter 1:
Bill Adama was sitting to the table in his cabin. The sun was rising, and through the large window he could see the divine light painting the sky in pink and orange. A thin line of yellow was kissing the ground in the horizon. He liked getting up early every day to see this miracle happening. He used to amuse himself with the thought of watching the sunrise with her, when he was still on the Galactica… But she didn't make it. He tried not to think about her too much during the day, keeping himself busy with researching the surroundings of his cabin in this new world he was living in. But whenever he had a little break, a moment of silence… She was all he could think of.
His eyes got teary as he watched the sun continuing to rise. This angelic light always reminded him of her. He often imagined her sitting next to him, watching the sunrise as the light fell on her face. When her image disappeared, he always felt like he was about to go crazy from loneliness. Many times he thought about putting an end to it all and joining her. But he knew she wouldn't want him to do it. Not after everything they've been through in the search of this new world, the promised land.
The sun was now fully out, gracing the sky with its soft, morning rays. Bill got up on his feet and wiped his eyes with his sleeve. He felt so old and tired from life. He turned to walk to his underground food storage, when he heard a knock on the door. He turned around and walked to the door, opening it slightly to see who it was.
"Lee!" he called happily when he saw his son. He opened the door some more and gave him a warm hug. Lee smiled to him. He looked like he could use a shower, and his eyes were weary. Bill assumed he just arrived from another mission.
"Dad. It's good to see you…" Lee stopped before saying 'alive'. He entered the cabin after his dad and shut the door behind him. "I know I don't come here often enough," he started to apologize.
"Forget about it. I know you're busy with the research team. Any interesting findings lately?" Bill changed the subject. He had no intention of pouring his heart out about his loneliness.
"Actually…" Lee started to say as he was sitting down to the table. Bill looked at him with interest and sat right after him. "We didn't find anything new of importance, but Baltar…"
Now Bill was seriously intrigued. He knows, from Lee's updates, that Baltar had built himself a little lab with the equipment he managed to bring from the Galactica. That was the only time Bill actually traveled away from his cabin. He met with Baltar and asked if he could build something to take him back to the past. He remembered Baltar's smirk as he voiced the idea. "No one has ever managed that, Adama. What makes you think I can?" Baltar chuckled.
"I want to say I believe in you," Bill said. "But I just don't have anyone else to ask this from." He didn't really think that Baltar will ever waste his time on trying to do as he asked, but he had to ask.
"What is it?" Bill asked as Lee kept quiet, trying to figure out what his father was thinking.
"Baltar thinks he managed to build your little time machine," Lee said hesitantly. He thought it was nonsense.
Bill didn't move. He was stunned. That was a sentence he never thought he would hear. "Dad?" Lee said, worried.
"I can't believe it," Bill mumbled quietly.
"Frankly, me neither," Lee said, chuckling. His face turned serious again when he saw that his father wasn't laughing. Bill got up on his feet in a quick move.
"You have to take me to him," he said, feeling the blood running through his veins again.
"Why, dad? It probably won't even work. It's too risky," Lee said, still sitting.
"No, I have to try. It's all I have left," Bill said, almost begging.
"What's so bad with the life you have? Peace and quiet with a beautiful view," Lee insisted.
"All of that is worth nothing if I'm alone. I need to try and get her back to me," Bill said. He wasn't going to give up on this one.
"What if you die? What if you do go back to the past but you can't come back? Dad, it's too dangerous! Laura Roslin is long gone," Lee tried one last time, although he knew what the outcome of this argument will be.
"It's a win-win situation for me. I've got nothing to do on this planet anymore. This cabin is all I have. It's the only thing keeping me alive, because it makes me feel like she's almost with me. But I can't take it anymore, Lee. I just can't." He looked at his son with wet eyes, trying hard not to cry.
Lee got up and approached his dad. He put his hand on his father's shoulder in understanding. "Okay, dad, okay. I'll take you to see Baltar. And may the gods be with you."