Katie heard the voice and ducked down as low as she could possibly get.

Not again! She thought.

"Ben, hey, what are you doing here?" asked Lucas.

"Looking for Katie. Darwin said she was here," replied Ben looking at Lucas suspiciously. Lucas realized that Katie had ducked down far enough that he couldn't see she was there.

"Why the hell are you naked?"

"I like to sleep naked," replied Lucas snarkily. He had to get rid of Ben. "Do you mind? I'm trying to sleep."

"Sorry, I was looking for Katie. Darwin said she was with you."

"Ah no, she's not with me. I mean she was but she left. Said something about checking on an experiment in the lab."

Ben looked at him suspiciously again. "Was that before or after you got naked?"

"Ben, seriously, after you tried to kill me, what do you think?"

"I'm sorry." Ben stuck his hands in his pockets and shuffled his feet. "I'm just worried about Katie. I need to make sure she's ok."

"Why? What happened?"

"Did you miss the part where you're shuttle almost crashed?"

"Oh right. Well she was fine when I saw her." Lucas fidgeted nervously while Ben stared at him. "Anything else?"

"No that's it," Ben turned to leave.

"Forgive me if I don't show you out." Ben waved his hand in agreement and left the room. Lucas was glad he'd had an excuse not to move. Between his body and her crouching Ben hadn't seen Katie, but if he'd had to get off the bunk they might not have been so lucky.

Katie giggled as she sat back up.

"Oh my gosh… that was so close!"

"Yea." Lucas let out a breathe he didn't know he'd been holding. "So where were we?" he asked pulling her in for a kiss.

"What lab did you say she was in?"

They broke apart at the sound of Ben's voice.

They turned towards the door and saw Ben looking madder than either had ever seen him.

"Daddy, I-"

"I'll speak to you later," he said abruptly and left the room slamming the door.

"Well that went well," said Lucas. He smiled at her. "At least this time he didn't try to kill me."

"Don't be so sure he won't come back," warned Katie but she said it with a laugh. She started dressing. "Don't worry, I'll talk to him."

Lucas joined her and put on his pyjamas. He really needed sleep if he was going to be awake for his bridge shift.

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"Yes. But that wouldn't be a good idea."

Lucas pulled her close for another kiss. Katie pulled away mid-kiss.

"What were you going to say before he showed up?"

"I don't remember," lied Lucas.

Katie had her suspicions of what he was going to say but she decided to let it go. For now. Instead she put on her boots and went in search of Ben.

She found him waiting in her quarters.

"Why?" That was the only thing he said.

"Because I love him daddy. And I think he loves me."

"After the way he treated you… how can you call that love? Didn't I teach you anything?" Ben was trying not to yell but was starting to fail.

"I saw Leslie Ferina," stated Katie.

Ben looked at her in shock. "You saw him? When? I told them not to let him on the boat!" Ben was getting angry.

"When our shuttle crashed," she replied calmly. "He rescued us and brought us to the colony. I don't think he recognized me."

"Katie," Ben was trying to be gentle. "You need to be careful. Ferina tried to get on the boat earlier."

Katie suddenly couldn't breathe. She heard her father talking but she couldn't hear anything. All she could think of before things went black was how she wished she was back in bed with Lucas.