-Chapter 6-

Not having the opportunity to discuss what she saw he felt compelled to respect their wishes on not jumping any further. Fortunately he had calculated that possibility and placed them at a relatively closer position then he would have liked, but allowing them to precede at sublight speed it would only be eighteen to twenty hours before they arrived at Tauron. Curious since they had entered Colonial space he had yet to hear any comm chatter from the military or even the Cylons finding it bothersome he continued on until he noticed something in his viewer. Turning the ship and altering the course to intercept he began to understand why, activating the comm switch "Tricia… Zero you might want to come up here."

Tricia sounded as she had calmed down but her voice was very solemn "We'll be there in a second."

Bringing the ship to a stop he activated the flood lights to get a better look seeing the image he sat back letting out a sigh "Oh my…" hearing their footsteps he turns his head "I now know why there hasn't been any communications."

Walking through the doorway Tricia looks at him "Why…" as her eyes drift past him she sees something floating outside the ship. Moving past him she stares outside the window "Oh my words… is that a Battlestar?" from their vantage point they could see half of the ship floating slowly spinning out of control "What happened?"

"Unsure, but do to the damage it can be determined that they didn't stand a chance. Fortunately they were nowhere near a planet when this happened the gravity would have either brought it down or placed it in its orbit causing a hazard when trying to enter the atmosphere."

Zero takes a peek "Wow, even considering the damage the ship doesn't seem to be in to bad of condition."

"Nor would it… one of the many fascinating things of space is that it being a vacuum there are no elements that will alter the state or condition of the wreckage… I wouldn't be surprised if we went aboard and still found bodies still floating around inside."

With a smile "Can we?"

Tricia turned her head "No… let's just keeping pushing on we should be near Tauron hopefully we can get some better answers there."

Zero noticing that she was upset decided that it would be better not to push the subject simply shrugged it off "How much longer till we get there."

Turning to his console he looks at his display "at our current position fourteen hours twelve minutes" returning to his seat activating the engines the ship began to move again.

"I think I'm going to lie down for awhile I don't think I'm feeling too good."

"Get some rest I will send Zero down if there are any new developments" placing his on hers. Giving him a slight smile she nodded her head as she left the room. Turning back to Zero he saw this as an opportunity to discuss her incident but decided he would wait to see if she would initiate it.

Staring out into space the rest of the trip was to be uneventful, passing by debris occasionally she would watch as she wondered. Since Tricia had come into their life, she thought she began to understand how the human side of her worked, having felt emotions she didn't understand she had helped her better understand them but as she looked out the window she felt nothing for the wreckage that she saw. On the other hand Tricia seemed more and more depressed the closer they got to her home planet of Tauron.

Looking over to Lucifer as he flew the ship she couldn't help think what else he was hiding from her, she believed that he had complete confidence in her but after the last incident she wasn't sure anymore. Not even considering her life he thrust her into a position that could possibly have jeopardized it, and thought nothing of it when Tricia confronted him with it.

Thinking back to the place she was at she concentrated on the room and the man that sat there. He appeared familiar as if she remembers him from a dream, but the dream was too far gone and she had forgotten so much of it that putting the pieces back together seemed difficult. Everything there was familiar but she didn't know how from items on the table to objects on the shelves something told her they were important. Then there was the revelation of what Lucifer had told her how the Hybrid were once normal but once they had gone faster than light they had lost all of their humanity and became distant to the universe.

Shaking her head Lucifer turns to her "Is everything ok?"

Looking at him as if she really didn't believe his sincerity, she shrugs her shoulders "I just got a cold chill" wrapping her arms around her as if trying to get warm.

Checking out the console he returned his eyes on her "the cabin has remained at the same temperature since we left… are you sure you are not coming down with the same thing that happened to Tricia?"

Scolding him "I said I was fine!" turning her face away from him she really didn't like being mad at him he had done so much for her how could she be so ungrateful she thought.

"Very well" turning back he continued to concentrate on his flying.

Finally getting up she wrapped her arms around him "I'm sorry Luce… I really am but the fact that you risked my life and didn't bother to tell me bothered me."

"I have made a mental note in the event I'm required to place you in harm's way… that I will notify you of the possibility as soon as possible" not responding to her hug he continued his operations.

Letting him go she returned to her seat "So where did I go?"

Happy that she finally decided to discuss the incident he turned his chair to dedicate his full attention to her "Really I do not know, the other Hybrid the male one said that it was a place somewhere familiar to him but couldn't remember exactly where he knew it from."

"Yes, that's exactly what happened to me. Did you ever find out where it was?"

Shaking his head "from what I know the place doesn't really exist to him it was his mind creating an atmosphere to help him cope with the trauma." Hesitating to say anymore he decided to be honest with her "sitting with him after he had completely lost his sense of reality, he told me there was a woman there again a person that he knew but not from where. She was the key the door to this world but he said he wasn't meant to go through the door only one could enter and see the verse."

Hesitating she voiced her opinion "do you believe I'm the one he spoke of?"

Fixing his posture "How could he think you were the one, you did not exist when he mentioned this… preposterous."

Smirking at him "No, hear me out some of the books you had me read from the Colonies talked about people being able predict the future…"

"…Prophecies" Tricia had entered the room without them realizing surprising them as she completed Zero's sentence.

"Yes prophecies?"

"My child the ability to predict the future is nothing more than educated guesses or the ability to alter the words to make you believe that it had been predicted. Science is the key to figuring this out, mysticism or even the wild antics of a mad man are not productive sources to helping us find the truth."

Wanting to argue the possibility that he was wrong Tricia happened to notice the view as she pushed passed Lucifer to get a better look tears began to form in her eyes "Where here" is all she said.

As they all looked out the view port they could see the dark side of the planet with an outer shell of what appeared to be broken ships caught in its gravity field making it look like a dirty cloud surrounding the planet. Though as bothering as it was that was not made Tricia upset moving closer she looked at the planet she remembered the first time she left looking back she saw thousands of lights dotting the surface making a wild design from outer space, but now when she looked nothing was there it was all black as if there was no life left on the planet.