Chapter 3
No matter how much Leoben had comforted Kara after Kacey's accident, she still wanted to escape from this hellhole known as the New Caprican Cylon Complex. Kara tasted freedom, and remembered what it had been like before the cylons invaded New Caprica. And godsdamn should any skinjobs or toasters take what little freedom she had left away from her. No, Kara wasn't going to give up her liberty. She had always been persistent…even frakking stubborn, so why should those traits diminish now? So, when Kara got the opportunity to run, she was going to take it.
When Sam Anders and the rest of the insurgents came to rescue those who were still alive, and came across Kara, Sam was relieved. He thought Kara may have been dead. It had been four months since the last time he saw her, and longingly embraced her. Afterward, he insisted they left immediately because they were rounding up whoever they could to evacuate from New Caprica. However, Kara argued with Sam and told him she needed to find Kacey first before she could leave. She wasn't going to allow a child, especially one who she believed to be hers, to die like this.
Kara ran into the apartment. Kacey wasn't in plain sight at the moment.
"Kacey! Kacey! Kacey, honey, where are you? Kacey -," a very frantic Kara Thrace called. Soon after, however, Leoben appeared to Kara, holding Kacey in his arms.
Leoben smiled and said, "I knew you'd be back. I saw it."
Kara disregarded Leoben statement by replying, "Give me Kacey."
Leoben walked closer to Kara, a tiny smirk appearing on his lips as he was doing so. "Say the words," Leoben ordered.
"Let me take her."
"Say them," Conoy demanded. His voice wasn't harsh, but neither was it soft.
"What words," inquired Kara, pretending to be oblivious to what he was referring to.
"You know what I want," Leoben began. "I want to hear you say them. And I want the rest of it. Just like I told you."
"Fine. I love you."
"Say it again," Leoben demanded as he stepped in closer to Kara, leaning in to kiss her.
"I love you," Kara said once again, and her voice had quivered just a bit. She was a little nervous because she despised Leoben with all her being. The last thing Kara wanted to do was kiss the motherfrakker.
"Now the rest."
Kara leaned in closer to Leoben, and kissed him passionately on the lips. Conoy was enjoying every moment of this, and savored each passing second of it. When they finally stopped kissing, Kara asked Leoben with a soft tone in her voice, "Was it everything you thought it would be?"
Leoben grinned in utter happiness, and then answered, "That and more. I'll never forget this moment."
"Neither will I," replied Kara as she stabbed Conoy in the side. He groans in pain as he falls to the floor and dies. Kara then grabs Kacey and escapes before another Leoben model came after her.
As Kara ran down the long hallway, all she could think about was the past four months: being held captive by Leoben was the worst thing she thought could ever happen to her. What confused her more than anything was that he had treated her with kindness. Even if Leoben creeped her out a lot of times, she couldn't resist the fact she too enjoyed that kiss. His lips felt so soft and nice against hers, but Kara would never admit that, however. As she walked away safely with Kacey and Sam, she pondered the notion: Could Leoben be right? Could I fall in love with him?
