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Due to the length of this chapter, I'm posting two chapters this time.
Spoiler: Lay Down Your Burdens
"I heard Kara woke up this morning" Laura commented as she greeted Bill onboard Colonial One.
"Yes, she did"
"How is she doing?"
"She's doing well. Definitely still being Starbuck… but a lot tamer thanks to Cottle's cocktail"
Laura gave a chuckle as she imagined how Starbuck could be considered tame, she'd kick up a fuss if she ever heard that. The two sat on the more comfortable chairs instead of at Laura's desk, it was after all, a late night visit.
"So what brings you here, Commander?"
"About the incident yesterday…" he paused as he shifted in his seat
"You think there are groups of people organizing more attacks?" she cut in before he could finish. Bill knew she'd catch on very quick, although it wasn't exactly what was in his mind, but she got it quite close.
"Not necessarily, this may just be one man behind the shooting, self initiated… but what I'm saying is, he may not be the only one who would do such thing… Somewhere down the line, I wouldn't be surprised if someone else would make an attempt to hurt Helo and, or our Cylon prisoner"
"We are keeping a very tight lid on it" Laura assured him.
"I'd hate to see more people get hurt" he added.
"It has been eighteen hours… What the frak are they up to?" Lee talked to himself as he kept watch. Karl stood from where he sat and went to stand next to Lee, taking a peek from a narrow hole of whatever was left of the building they took shelter in.
The Cylons had them, they were cut off from their way back to their raptor, and forced to take shelter in the remains of what seemed to be like a destroyed fort, providing minimal cover from the attacks. When they thought they would never see Galactica again, the shooting stopped, and eighteen hours of silence later, they seemed to have disappeared.
"They could've hit us easily during the night" Lee mumbled again.
"What do you think?" Karl asked.
"I don't know, we'll put a recon team together and we'll see what's going on"
"So what's the verdict?" Kara threw Cottle a smirk. She looked and felt better than yesterday, at least this time she had the energy to be angry.
"You'll live, Starbuck" he put the clipboard back to the slot at the end of the bed.
"Three weeks?" Kara repeated what he said yesterday.
"Make that four if you're being reckless"
"I'm stuck with the damn paperwork for three frakking weeks? To hell with painkillers, Doc, I'd need anti-depressant" perhaps it was the pain that made her extra grumpy, or the constant worry for Lee and Karl… or perhaps the anxiety about meeting Sam again… or maybe it was all of the above.
"Rest, Starbuck. You'd need it if you intend to get back into your viper faster" he injected another fluid into her IV line and hoped that it would work fast before she wreck havoc in life station.
"What do you see?" Karl stopped on his track behind Lee. Three marines were crouching in front of them, keeping their eyes out for any sight of the enemies… but there was only that eerie stillness of the woods. The resistance fighters had followed them out of their hiding place and started to scan their surroundings. They saw nothing but trees. No Centurions, no skinjobs… just trees…
"They left" Lee said in disbelief, his gaze went from Karl, then to Sharon who looked as confused.
"No! No! No! Lee! Don't leave!" Kara screamed as she woke. The curtain drew open immediately, a nurse grabbed her hand firmly, trying to prevent her from hurting herself during her trashing.
"Lee!" She kept calling. Her eyes started to focus, the fluorescence light, the smell, the humming sound were all familiar, a moment later the nurse's words started to make sense, and she soon realized where she was. The nurse gently squeezed her arms before she let go, Kara only nodded, while trying to get her breathing back to normal.
It was only then, she noticed another figure standing next to her bed. Karl? No, that wasn't him. Lee? Wasn't Lee either…
"Sam?" her coarse voice came out almost a whisper as she finally recognized the tall figure standing next to her bed.
To be continued
Sorry that this is short, but by the time you finish reading this, next chapter is up ^^