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Chapter 9 – Home Part 1
Ten hours later at gun point the two Cylon captives were led back into the cockpit and sat in the chairs and set the co-ordinates for Kobol the distorted feeling of jumping came over them all as the ships jumped to rendezvous with the remaining elements of humanity
Sam, Kendra, Kara, Sharon, John and Helo looked up through the window to see a small fleet of civilian ships but no Galactica which left Starbuck worried and the fleet was far smaller than it should have been.
"The fleet seems to be clustered around the Astral Queen" John said and Kara leaned towards Sharon
"Put me on speaker" she told Sharon who complied and Starbuck said
"Civilian vessels, civilian vessels this is Starbuck do you read?"
The transmission was met with static and she added "Do you read? Say again, this is Starbuck" and then "Is anybody getting this?"
The static continued and Starbuck frowned and repeatedly said "Hello" trying to get hold of whoever was on the Astral Queen
Finally after almost giving up a voice sounded on the wireless
"This is Astral Queen we read you Starbuck you are cleared for docking at airlock three"
Everyone even the Cylons let out a breath they didn't know they were holding and Sharon and John brought the transport alongside the Astral Queen to dock
Kara, Kendra who held the arrow in a special case on her back and Sam all moved through the airlock while Sue-Shaun with Helo kept order on the ship, the corridor they emerged into was dimly lit with red lights that give it a really eerie feel but as they continued they came to a brightly lit room where they were greeted by armed civilians
Kara smiled as they walked in and two new people entered the room flanked by more armed civilians from the opposite side. Lee Adama came first and Kendra smirked when she realised the reason for the blond pilot's smile but it was the older women who walked behind Lee that caught Kendra's attention and she forgot for a moment to breathe but shook herself to concentrate again
Lee and Kara walked towards each other and their arms reached out around themselves in a tight hug which they slightly broke till Lee pressed his lips to Kara's whose head moved back in surprise. She smiled coyly before saying
"Good to see you too Captain" and Lee started to talk but Kendra said before he could say anything
"Oh just kiss you two and get it over with" shocking both pilots who had yet to separate from their embrace and Kara smirked when she got over that
"Gladly" before pressing her lips against the Captain's who was so surprised he didn't react at first but soon recovered and started to kiss back and it quickly became quite passionate
Kendra and Sam stepped around the couple to address the woman who stepped forward to address the President
"President Roslin" Sam came forward "My name is Sam Anders and this is-" he started to introduce Kendra but Roslin interrupted him
"Yes I know who she is and while I have many questions about why you're here, I'll start with this one" she told him before turning to Kendra "Are you alright?"
"Fine as can be expected Laura" Kendra said back before moving to wrap the President in a hug which the older women returned
"I take it you two know each other?" Tom Zarek asked and Laura smiled and released Kendra from her hug
"Her mother Marta and I went to school together and we served together when she was the Quorum representative for Caprica, when Kendra was born she named me her godmother" Laura explained to the political activist
"Well its great to see you but I think we'd better explain everything quickly" Kendra said softly to the other woman and they departed the room followed by Zarek and Sam, leaving Lee and Kara still lip locked
"The Caprica Resistance has two Cylon prisoners who claim to know where the Tomb of Athena is" Sam told the assembled leaders of the makeshift fleet "One of them is pregnant by Lieutenant Agathon and believes herself to be in love with him even if it is just emotional software and she will do anything to save her baby and the man she loves" who looked very uncomfortable at having to trust a Cylon but with little choice given how big Kobol was they accepted it, albeit reluctantly
"How do we know it isn't a Cylon trap?" Meier said sparking a murmur of agreement amongst the people present
"Because the Cylon will be leading the way and therefore in harm's way so if she is leading us into a trap, she and her baby will be the first to die and her friend out an airlock" Roslin said backing Sam Anders up and reassuring many of the people present and they started to return to their own ships leaving Roslin and Zarek alone
Leaned against the wall Zarek looked her straight in the eye
"This is a mistake" he told her "Trusting one of those things" and Roslin looked back at him unflinching
"No its a calculated gamble and one with the odds in our favor for a change and without their help we might never find the Tomb" Roslin said back at him "I'm in charge and its my decision, if you don't want to go down to the surface with us feel free to stay up here" she laid down the gauntlet to see if he'd pick it up
But Zarek backed off and sighed in defeat knowing she wouldn't change her mind
Kendra walked through the corridors of the Astral Queen, trying to find Kara and Lee who had vanished. She came upon them in one of the bunk rooms and saw the pair lying in a bunk covered only in a roughly sewed blanket and clearly nothing else, sweat glistening on their bodies and both sleeping peacefully
A sigh broke from Kendra's lips and she whistled sharply and both previously sleeping officers were shocked awake, looking around almost panicking to see the source and both grew quite annoyed when they saw who it was
"Kendra. What the hell! You scared the living daylights out us" Kara shouted suddenly realising the absence of her clothes and pulled the blanket over her nude body, Lee looked fit to burst but Kendra said calmly
"The President wants to see you" and Lee's demeanor changed immediately and he scrambled to his feet without realising his current state of dress nothing, and Kendra said
"Pants, Captain?" with a belittling air and Kara's outrage faded into humour and she wolf-whistled before saying
"Nice ass Captain but I don't think the president and others will appreciate it as much as me"
The comment from the blond pilot made Lee realise what an utter fool he'd just made of himself in front of two junior officers and quickly pulled his clothes back on while Kendra respectfully looked away, Kara just smiled in a mocking way that made Lee determined to get back at her and practically ran from the room
Both women the moment he left burst out laughing and continued for a good few minutes before sobering up and a silence descended upon the two women, Kara quickly pulled her jogging suit back on and sat on the bunk and Kendra sat opposite her, the two women both looked at their feet.
"How'd Roslin take it?" Kara asked without looking up
"She threatened to have Sharon throw out an airlock but she agreed to her guiding us to the tomb if we let her and her baby live" Kendra told her her gaze not leaving her shoes either
"I just frakked Lee Adama" she said putting her head in her hands and letting out a moan "I'll never be able to look the old man in the eye again"
"What's the problem? If you haven't noticed were not on a Battlestar at the moment, there's certainly chemistry between you two and even if we were on Galactica I doubt frat regs are going to matter much when were on the verge of extinction" Kendra told her back, looking up at the blond pilot
"I FRAK EVERYTHING UP!" Kara shouted back at her now meeting Kendra's gaze "MY OWN MOTHER HATED ME! I GOT MY FIANCE, LEE'S BROTHER KILLED; I BETRAYED A MAN WHOSE TREATED ME LIKE A DAUGHTER!" breathing quickly now from her rant "A RELATIONSHIP WITH LEE WOULD JUST BE DOOMED FROM THE START, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT ANYTHING"
"Have you tried?" Kendra asked not letting herself be shaken by her companion's raised voice and Kara was knocked out of her tirade at the unexpected question that she couldn't find an answer too. But Kendra could tell from her silence that she never really expected to call her out on that
"We all have our demons Kara, believe me I have my share" Kendra told her in such a serious tone that Kara could not help but take it to heart "No-one person is perfect and what I just saw the two of you have something. I still love Sam even after he cheated on me when he was drunk but I know he still loves me too and don't even get me started on the Cylon thing. I can see that you care about Adama, if you don't try then all you'll feel is regret. Maybe not today or even a year from now but one day you'll wake up and realise what you've missed"
Kara looked down at her feet again as Kendra's words sank in, looking up again she asked "When did you become a councillor?" and Kendra gave her a small smile
"My dad was a psychiatrist and he spent plenty of time analysing me, I could never do anything without him telling me about the inner psychological reasons for me doing it, but that was before he ran off with a girl half his age and had seven kids" she answered and Kara responded
"Ouch"
The 'Roslin' Expedition comprising Laura, Elosha, Zarek, Sharon, Helo, Kara, Kendra, Sam, Lee, Meier and a few of Zarek's security guards landed on Kobol. The feeling that was coming over all of them even Meier and Zarek was incredible, they now stood where human life had started where the story had began
They started trekking up the ridge and along the cliffs and through the woods, Sharon led in front and Helo just behind her but Lee Adama kept his gun in his hands and a sharp eye on the Cylon, one of those bitches had shot his father in the chest, nearly killed him. It had taken a lot for Roslin to convince him not to kill her, but the anger simmered below the surface and if she tried anything he would make sure she went back to her people painfully
"The path is meant to be lined with grave stones" Elosha told them and pushed some of the underbrush away to reveal a marker stone as she stepped forward to examine it Kendra noticed something
"Don't move!" she said quickly before Elosha took another step "Your about to step on a mine" and horrified expressions filled the expedition
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