Chapter 7:
Later that night Rhade slipped out of his room. He told the others he would go to the prison and see how Beka was. Trance gave him a first aid kit to attend to some of her injuries. Nobody was in the hallways but he listened intently to make sure no one was following. The place was big, it had halls after halls, plus it had numerous levels. Once in the dungeon, Rhade realized that there were more than one levels to the dungeon as well. He finally came to the right one and picked the lock of Beka's cell. Trying to wake her was a daunting task.
I'll kill him, I swear I will, Rhade thought to himself.
"Beka… Beka… Come on wake up. Beka talk to me. Come on it's me Rhade. Come on."
"Ugh… Rhade," Beka mumbled.
"That's it come on, open your eyes, look at me Beka."
Beka moaned then finally opened her eyes and looked at Rhade. Her eyes suggested that she wasn't sure if he was just an illusion or if he really was here with her. She hoped for the latter.
"Hey how are you feeling?" he asked.
"Like someone dropped a building on me."
"At least you still have your humor," Rhade said smiling at her, "Let me get a good look at you."
He gently pulled Beka's hair back, and started cleaning up some of the cuts on her face, then the ones on her neck. All he wanted to do was rip the chains off her and carry her out of here, but he suppressed the thought and continued cleaning.
"Ouch!" Beka screamed.
"Sorry."
"How did you find me?'" she said still sounding groggy, but coming more into a clear mind.
"Your girls contacted me, and then I followed the guy Crylon, who brought you here."
"Oh."
Rhade saw the displeased look in her eyes, when he mentioned the girls clearly she didn't want anybody to know about them.
"We do have a slight problem."
"Before we get to that, where am I?"
"Umm…"
"Rhade tell me," Beka said harshly.
"Oedekirk," Rhade responded hesitantly.
"Oh God!"
"Your mother has no control about what's going on here. Crylon is running everything. Beka, I am sorry, but I am going to have to leave you here," Rhade assured her quickly.
"Why?"
"Cause I have to try and save this planet from Crylon as well as you."
"You sound like Dylan."
"Well he agrees with me. We'll have out as soon as we can. I promise."
As Rhade turned to leave, Beka spoke, "Rhade, I am sorry too."
"About what?"
"Later it's not important, help Talia's people."
