Chapter 9
Patrol
Brian and Giles were on patrol, and heading towards where the new Battlestar Atlantis was being built. They flew by as the work crews were adding the lettering to the launch bays of the Battlestar's name.
"Say Giles, how long before she's finished and ready for a shakedown cruise?" Brian asked him.
"The Old Man figures about another 4 sectons before she's ready for that. Then by the end of next yarhen, we should have at least six Battlestar's in the fleet."
"That's a tall order there. They just started building the first Battlestar just a couple of weeks ago on my Earth. Hopefully they can do the same thing back home by next year." Brian said to him.
"Well, let's hope that your Earth and our's…Hey, I'm picking up something on my scanner's."
"I'm picking it up too. DAMN! It's Cylon Raider's. How soon can we get help out here?"
"We'll be dead by the time they get here. And before you can say it, it shipyard doesn't have any Vipers either."
"DAMN! Giles, Get out of here and get back to the Galactica right now. I'll hold them off while you get help."
"I'm not leaving you behind like this. I'm…"
"I'm making this an order then Giles. Don't make me pull rank on you now. Go and tell the fleet about this."
"Alright then, but I'll be back to help you out then."
'I wouldn't have it any other way Giles. Now go."
Giles flew off while Brian was on his own. He tried every trick in the book that he could think of to lead the Cylons away from himself, but it was no use. He saw that they were taking him towards a Basestar, and forcing him to land. He climbed out of his Viper and he was surrounded by the old Centurion Class Cylons.
"You will hand over your weapon now." The Lead Cylon told him.
Brian handed over his weapon and was lead to the central shaft of the Basestar. He was taken to the Throne Room and that's where he was first greeted by Lucifer.
"I see you have accepted our invitation to join us here." Lucifer said to Brian.
"Listen light bulb head, I wasn't invited; I was forced here to your party." Brian told him.
"Light Bulb head! I have never been insulted like this before."
"Oh, then who has that privilege then?" Brian asked him.
Just then, Baltar's chair turned around to finally reveal himself. He smiled at the newcomer as if they were old friends.
"I have that honor in doing that my young friend." Baltar said to him.
"I'm sorry but I'm not your friend. Even if we were, no friend of mine would be working for the Cylons!" Brian told him.
"I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in you and your Viper, and how you can perform those maneuvers like that." Baltar said to him.
"I'm not telling you a thing. And if you try anything, I'll make sure to take you down with me."
"No one has ever taken Baltar down before. Oh many tried, but they never succeeded."
"That remains to be seen then. But I'll make sure that you will suffer for it though."
"Lucifer, take him to be questioned and bring me any information that he gives you."
"By you command, Baltar."
"So that fat slug is Baltar then. I was expecting someone fatter than him." Brian said to Lucifer.
Lucifer was finding this interesting. First Starbuck a couple of yarhens ago, now this human that they captured. He was going to enjoy himself with this human, if he had emotions that is. He just went to where they were going to start questioning him.
On the Galactica
"…and he told me to come back here to the Galactica and bring back help." Giles told Commander Adama.
"You did the right thing in coming back here Giles. You can leave now."
"Yes sir." Giles leaves the bridge, and the Commander.
"Sir, recon patrol shows that he was being taken to a Cylon Basestar. It may be Baltar's ship." Tigh told him.
"That's all that Baltar needs now. To learn of another Galactica that's being threatened by a higher race of Cylons." Commander Adama said to him.
"I know sir. If Baltar learns how to jump to another Time Band and joins up with those Cylons…"
"I know Tigh; it would be a dangerous thing then for everyone then. We have to somehow prevent that from happening."
"How sir?"
"We still have Baltar's Raider here, and if we could…"
"I think I know where you're going with this Commander. But can it be done?"
"If not, then we may have to destroy that Basestar with Captain Tregare on it."
Athena hearing this, got up and left the bridge with tears in her eyes. Both Col. Tigh and Commander Adama looked at each other. They both knew what he means to Athena. They then started to come up with a plan to either rescue Brian, or if that fails, destroy the Basestar.
On the other Galactica
After returning from Earth, Kara found out that she had to pull patrol with Sunspot. They were patrolling the area in which Brian had disappeared from. Sunspot started to get some readings off of his scanner.
"Hey Starbuck, I'm picking something strange over by where Brian was shot at."
"Let's see what it's all about then." She told him.
They flew over the area, and the readings made no sense to them. The readings kept jumping as if they didn't exist.
"Galactica actual, this is Starbuck. We need a science Raptor here to do some readings over this area."
"Why is that Starbuck?" Adm. Adama asked.
"We're getting some strange readings over this area as if they don't exist in this area."
"Alright then Starbuck, but I want you and Sunspot to stay there and protect the Raptor in case you have company out there."
"Sure thing sir. I hope this means something to us then."
"Don't get your hopes up yet on that in case that you are wrong about it."
"But if it leads to where…"
"I said not to get your hopes up on that. If this isn't a way to get him back, I don't want to get his mother's hopes up along with his girlfriend's."
"Understood sir. We'll wait out here and stay with the Raptor then. Starbuck out." Kara said to the Galactica.
Fifteen minutes later, the science Raptor came to meet them to analyze the area the Brian's Viper had disappeared from.
