This is a cross-over fic for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Battlestar Galactica, 2003. The premise is like a previous crossover, but I've twisted it. The remaining colonists have jumped to 'New Earth' and are seeking asylum with the Federation. Captain Picard and his crew are asked to take on the reassigning of the colonists and military personnel to new outposts and planets. Cmdr. Rebekah Riker, little sister to Cmdr. Will Riker, is the ship's second officer. She was married to Wesley Crusher and has recently divorced him. She's paired up with Major Lee Adama of Battlestar Galactica to relocate the people. Adama is the Colonists representative and was asked to take part by his father and the President of the Colonists. Lee is struggling with Dee's death and Bekah is struggling with the divorce. Bekah finds a friend and ally in Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace because the two are a lot alike. This deals with how they relocate the Colonists, discover the force behind all that has happened to both the Enterprise crew and the Colonists and how Lee and Bekah develop a relationship fraught with misunderstandings and missed chances. Can Bekah and Lee save humanity?
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the random ramblings including within. All STTNG and BSG characters belong to someone else. I do own Rebekah Riker and a new Blu-Ray DVD player.
Chapter 6: Surprises
Bekah headed toward her quarters. The last thing she wanted to do was worry about her mission. She wanted to spend some time nursing the broken heart that she knew, going in, she was going to have. 'A guy like that had better things to do. You might be pretty, Bekah, but you're everyone's best friend,' she thought to herself.
However, duty reared its head and Bekah returned to the conference room to prepare the next batch of transfer paperwork.
Lee landed on the Cassiopeia and headed toward his welcoming party. "Major Adama. I'm Ben Withers. I heard your request. Might I ask why a military officer would want to speak to a civilian passenger on a civilian ship," he asked."Because I have reason to believe that the woman in question is my girlfriend that I believed died on Caprica," Lee said. "Well, I'll take you to her, Major," Ben said. Lee followed him down several hallways while desperately trying to get a hold of his queasy stomach.
For the fifth time that day, Bekah had rushed to the bathroom and wiped her face with a damp cloth. She didn't understand what was wrong with her. She stared at herself in the mirror. She then realized what might be the cause of her problem. If she was right, she couldn't get confirmation on the Enterprise.
'What can I do,' she thought to herself.
She walked back into her living space and saw the Galactica outside her windows. Then it hit her. She rushed to her communication station and asked to be connected to the Galactica.
"This is Galactica. Is anything wrong, Commander," Admiral Adama asked.
"No, sir, but I was wondering if I could have a word with Doc Cottle," she asked, hoping he wouldn't ask too many questions.
"Of course. We'll patch you through," Adama said.
"What does the second officer of the Enterprise want with me," came the Doc's gravelly reply."I was wondering if you were free. I am supposed to do an inventory with you and see if we can restock your supplies," Bekah said, thinking on her feet."That's fine. I'll be on duty all day," he said."Thank you, Doc," she said before ending the then walked out of her quarters and headed for the shuttle bay.
She entered the shuttle bay and found the bay empty. She set the controls to allow her to open the doors, but not get sucked out into space and then entered the shuttle.
"Commander Rebekah Riker to the bridge," she said."Go ahead, Commander," came the reply of the captain."There's something important I need to take care of on Galactica. I'll be back in a few hours," she said."Go ahead, Bekah, and do be careful," Picard said.
"I will, sir. Riker out," she powered up the shuttle craft and maneuvered it toward the shuttle bay doors.
The flight was very short, but she enjoyed it nonetheless.
Bekah landed her shuttle on the deck of Galactica and was met by Galen Tyrol.
"Commander! What do we owe this surprise," he asked."Just checking some supplies for the Doc," she said, holding up her shoulder bag as proof.
"Enjoy yourself," he said before turning back to his work.
She smiled at him and headed toward the hospital ward. She found Doc Cottle smoking a cigarette and sitting behind a stack of papers on the desk."Doc Cottle," Bekah asked."That's me. You must be Bekah. Want to tell me what this is about," he asked her.
"I want you to see if I'm pregnant," she asked."Any reason you couldn't get your doctor to scan you? You have more sophisticated equipment over there," he said."Because I need discretion. If I am pregnant, I don't need my former mother-in-law finding out first. Then everyone would know before I had a chance to process it. If I get you to help me, I know you won't tell a soul," she Cottle looked at the woman before him. He'd heard from the Admiral that Rebekah Riker was a beautiful woman and an extremely capable military officer. Bill Adama had commented to him that he could understand why Lee was smitten with her."I can do that. Do you want to wait here while I run the test," he asked her, getting the stuff together to do the blood draw."Yes. I can do that inventory while I'm waiting," she doctor worked quickly and took the specimen to the lab to have it run. Bekah started looking through the cabinets and noting what the doctor was in desperate need of so she could have the replicator on the Enterprise make what he needed.
He returned 30 minutes later, after he read her report and told her that, yes, she was couldn't help but smile. Despite the turmoil in her life, she found herself surprisingly calm about the whole situation.
She left the medical ward after giving her thanks to Doc Cottle. She knew that he wouldn't betray her confidence. She thought it was a nice way to practice medicine. Despite all the progress Starfleet had made in field of medicine, they had stripped away the privacy that had protected the patient for centuries. She knew if she'd had the test done on the Enterprise, even if Dr. Crusher wasn't there, the fact that she'd been there and the fact that she needed a pregnancy test would be all over the ship before she hit the turbo lift.
She headed back to the hanger bay when she was stopped by Admiral Adama.
"Commander, might I have a word," he asked her."Of course," Bekah replied, following the Admiral to his quarters.
"Did you get to work with Lee today," the Admiral asked."No, sir. I haven't worked with Major Adama in several days. He's been spending a lot of time on the Cassiopeia. I figured he would have talked to you," she said.
"He didn't. He came onboard and was very excited about something. I thought it was a new relationship with you. I saw something special there. He went to his quarters and took off in his Viper," Admiral Adama said."I'm certain that my involvement with Lee doesn't have a thing to do with his excitement. He found his girlfriend from Caprica. The one that was pregnant," Bekah said."What," Admiral Adama asked.
"Amy is on the Cassiopeia. He found her name on a manifest and took off. I haven't seen him. He's sent me several messages that he needs to speak with me, but I haven't talked to him in a few days," she said.
Admiral Adama sat on his couch. "I knew nothing about Amy," he said.
"I'm sorry if I revealed something I shouldn't have, sir. I was trying to answer your question truthfully. I'm sure he's waiting to make sure everything is OK before he talks to you or has you meet your grandchild. He probably wants to talk to me about ending our brief relationship," Bekah said, sitting down next to him. Having actually said it out loud had left her hollow. As much as she was fighting it, she loved Lee. Being pregnant with his child just solidified it.
Admiral Adama turned to her. "Do you care about my son," he asked faced him, blue eyes meeting blue eyes. "I love him, sir," she said, her voice barely a whisper. "That's why I'm not stopping him from doing, whatever it is he's doing with Amy," she said."Does he know," he shook her head. "It's an impossible situation." She stood and faced the Admiral. "I'll finish with the assignments and send you a report." She started toward the door, but turned back around. "It's been a pleasure meeting you, sir. Someday I'd like to hear your war stories. You're a credit to your people, sir. You helped them survive and that's amazing to me. You remind me a lot of Captain Picard. Bye," she said, before slipping out the door quickly.
Admiral Adama stared at the empty doorway that once held Bekah. He really liked that girl and only hoped Lee understood how noble she was being for him. He turned around and headed for his desk with President Roslin entered the room."Hi, Bill," she said."Laura! What do I owe this honor," he said, smiling at her.
"I thought I saw Rebekah leave this area and was going to talk to her, but she seems to have disappeared," she said."Bekah came by to help with Doc Cottle's restock. She and I chatted for a bit before she quickly ran out of here," he said.
"What did you do," Laura asked."Nothing! We were talking about Lee and she mentioned that, after all this time, Lee found a girlfriend he'd had on Caprica. Apparently this girlfriend was pregnant and Lee thought they had both died in the initial attack on Caprica. She's on the Cassiopeia. Lee hasn't spoken to Bekah since he left," he said."Bekah's in love with him," Laura looked at Laura. "How did you know that? I had to ask her to find out," he said."It's a woman thing. Besides, the few times I've seen them together, they have that look about them," she said.
"What do I do about this," he asked Laura. "Nothing. Let them figure it out. You have a hard enough time figuring out your love life," she said smiling at him. Bill wrapped Laura in his arms and kissed her before they settled down on the couch to discuss important matters.
Bekah boarded the shuttle and was surprised to find Kara sitting in the co-pilot seat.
"What are you doing," she asked her new friend."Lee's coming back to the Galactica to find you," Kara said."How did he know I was here," Bekah asked.
"He called your ship and your brother said you were here helping Doc Cottle. I thought I'd come and find you to tell you he wants to talk with you," she said."I know he wants to end the relationship, so I don't need to get the 'let's be friends speech.' I just need closure," Bekah said.
Kara looked at her. It was unnerving to Bekah to find someone who was just like her. Kara grinned. "You're pregnant," she said.
A look of total horror passed on Bekah's face for a brief instant before she recovered.
"What are you talking about," Bekah asked her friend."I saw that look. You are pregnant! Did you tell Lee," Kara asked, excitement in her voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Bekah said again, refusing to meet Kara's eyes."Don't give me that, Bekah. You know what I'm talking about so don't act like you don't frakking know," Kara said, anger in her voice.
"Fine. Yes, I am pregnant. But what does that have to do with Lee," Bekah asked."It's Lee's," Kara said.
"Why would you assume that," she raised her eyebrows at that statement causing Bekah to blush."I know it's Lee's. I know you care about him. I'm here to tell you to go for it," Kara said."Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I don't think it's my decision. Lee's with Amy right now. He has been for a few days," Bekah said."Why don't you talk to Lee and let him tell you what he wants," Kara said.
"I'll talk to him whenever he wants, but it's a moot point. He made his choice," Bekah said. Kara got out of the seat and pointed out the window. "Looks like he's decided right now is a good time," Kara said.
Bekah looked at the window and saw Lee standing at the front of the shuttle. Kara opened the back hatch and left the shuttle. Lee ran around and got on board the shuttle and sat in the co-pilots seat next to Bekah."You want to ride back to the Enterprise," Bekah asked."I want to talk to you," Lee said."We'll talk when we get to the Enterprise. I have a feeling I'll want to be in familiar surroundings when we have our talk," Bekah began her preflight and took off from the deck of the Galactica and headed toward the Enterprise.
***Lee and Bekah are together in the shuttle. Will they have their talk? Will Bekah tell Lee about the baby? Next chapter is a flashback for Lee.***