Yes, I am still alive. I know it's been AGES since I've done, well, pretty much anything on but now the time for a change. Here's chapter 4 and the rest should be following sooner rather than later. If SOMEONE will hurry up. You know who you are.

Chapter 4

Zach ignored the fact he'd just left everyone standing in the hanger bay, he just wanted to get away from everyone. He sat down on the chair in this office and rested his head against his hands. A few moments later the door slowly opened and Lee came in.

"You okay?"

Zach slowly raised his head to look at him. "You really need to ask that?"

"Sometimes," Lee sat down on one of the other chairs.

"Why are you here?"

"See if you want to talk."

"Analyn's the one who talks."

"Want to try anyway?"

"What is there to talk about?" Zach sighed as he sat back; "We have no idea what happened, why it happened, or even if they're still alive."

"Zach, they're alive."

"You don't know that! They could both be dead!"

"You don't know…" Lee began.

"Neither do you!" Zach shouted.

He covered his face with his hands for a few moments as silence reigned over the room.

"Feel better?"

"Not really," Zach looked up, "now what?"

"Carry on while we try to figure out what happened and how to get them back."

"What if I don't want to carry on, pretending they're going to turn up at any minute?"

"When did you become such a pessimist?" Lee asked.

"When did you become such an optimist?" Zach shot back.

"I never said 'pretend they're going to show up', you just need to keep yourself occupied."

"Wonder where I get that from," Zach muttered.

"You know where to find me," Lee stood up and quietly left.

"Sir?" Lieutenant Karl Agathon asked, clearly confused; "You want me to talk to her?"

"Yes," Adama replied.

Karl turned and looked at the hatch that led to the brig. Adama had called him down there and asked him to try to talk to the second person.

"Alright," Karl shrugged, "just don't expect miracles."

Adama smiled slightly and moved back. Karl turned and opened the door and headed inside, shutting the door behind him.

Kayla was sitting leaning against the wall that was next to the bars of her cell. She turned her head to see who had come in. Kayla sighed and closed her eyes for a few moments. Why him? After a few moments she sat up and lent against the wall. He walked over and sat down on the other side of the bars next to her.

"Been asked to talk to you," Karl stated, looking straight ahead.

"Well that's a shocker," Kayla muttered.

"So… how are you an Agathon?" Karl broke the silence that had settled, turning to look at her.

"It's a long story. I'm an Agathon the same way that Analyn's an Adama," Kayla explained, "we just are."

"Not very talkative, are you?"

"So?" she shrugged.

"Seriously though, how are you an Agathon?" Karl asked her.

Kayla sighed. "You really wanna know, don't you?"

"Yep. It's why I keep asking."

"Give up now, I'm not telling you."

"Is that because you won't, or you can't?"

"Yes," Kayla replied immediately.

Karl smiled slightly and shook his head. He turned to face her. "Wanna come?"

"Where?"

"Life Station. Even though you won't admit it, you're in pain."

"How can you tell?"

"You're an Agathon," he replied standing up, "so… coming?"

Silence settled over them as Kayla looked at him. She slowly nodded and got up. Karl smiled and opened the door before the two of them began walking towards sick bay. After a few steps Kayla began to sway slightly.

"Hey, you alright?" Karl put his hand on her shoulder.

She went to answer but instead her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell backwards. Karl managed to catch her before she hit the floor. He quickly picked up her up and continued on to the Life Station.

When Karl arrived the occupants looked over. Analyn quickly stood up and went and stood next to the bed Karl had put Kayla on.

"What happened?" she asked immediately, checking Kayla over.

"We were walking and she passed out," Karl explained.

"Where were you going?" Lee inquired.

"Here."

"I'll go get Cottle," Karl stated as he back to leave.

"Don't bother," Analyn told her, "Kay just needs to sleep. She's been running twenty-four hours for the last couple of days. I'm surprised she didn't crash sooner."

"How do you know?" Lee turned to her.

"Happened before," Analyn motioned to Kayla, "see, she'll be fine after some rest."

Kayla had rolled onto her side facing Analyn and was curled up. Analyn smiled to herself as she removed Kayla's shoes and placed the blanket from the bed next to her over her friend.

"How many times before?" Karl asked as he watched Kayla sleep.

"Several."

"You said 'Kay'," Lee suddenly stated.

Analyn sighed and closed her eyes for a moment. "Her name is Kayla. Most people call her Kay or Phoenix though."

Karl sat on the bed behind him and Lee and Analyn sat on the bed on the other side of Kayla.

"So… she do this often?" Karl turned to Analyn.

"When she wants to avoid people, right now she's been avoiding my brother," Analyn explained, smiling slightly, "they had a fight."

"Wanna elaborate?" Lee turned to her.

"Nope."

"What can you tell us about where you're from?"

"We live on an old ship," Analyn paused for a moment, "my brother is dating my best friend, and it's really not all that different from life round here."

"So where are you from?"

"I…" Analyn sighed, "Kay can best explain that."

"Why can't you?"

"I know where, just not how."

"How what?"

"Just wait for Kay to wake up."

"Analyn…"

"Please, just wait for Kay to wake up."

"So…" Karl spoke up, "why do you look so much like Starbuck, it's beginning to bug me."

Analyn grinned. "Three guesses."

"You're a clone."

"No."

"You're somehow related to her."

"Yep."

"How?"

"Not saying."

"Why not?"

"Cause."

"But why?"

"You'll find out sooner or later."

"But…"

"No buts."

"Are you sure about this?" Adama looked up at Dr. Cottle briefly and then back at the results in his hands.

It had been several hours since the girls had first appeared, and now the results of Analyn's blood test were saying something very interesting.

"There's no mistake. Analyn Adama is their daughter," Cottle told him, "if my theory is correct, Lt. Agathon will be the other girl's father."

"Where are they now?" Adam asked as he stood up.

"Both girls are in sickbay with Apollo and Helo watching them."

"Both?"

"Kayla Agathon passed out from exhaustion earlier. She'll be fine after some rest."

"Has anyone else seen these?"

"No. I brought them straight here after I saw them."

TBC

Thoughts and opinions as always are welcome.