When Bill came to pick her up for the weekend Laura thought he would take her to Grozny. Once on the road she quickly realized that was not the case. Curious, she pressed Bill for answers but he offered nothing. After multiple failed attempts to get hints from him Laura gave up and enjoyed the view.
Laura was stunned when they reached their destination.
A cabin.
"A weekend retreat," Bill said opening the passenger door and helping Laura out of the car. "Do you hear that?"
Laura nodded as listened to the sound of a water.
"Come here," Bill said lifting her up. "I want to show you the best part. There is a lake - the water is so clear it's like looking through glass."
Laura's heart filled with joy at the sound of words so familiar and the memory of complete happiness.
It was too cold to go in the water but the two sat on the dock and enjoyed the view.
"While I was having my visions we did unbox D'Anna. She informed us that the Final Four were on Galactica and she threatens to execute humans on the Baseship if the Four don't come forward," Laura began. " This prompts Saul, Galen, and Sam to come forward - Tory left voluntarily- on Galactica."
"What!?" Bill exclaimed shocked. "Saul Tigh is a cylon!"
"Yep," Laura replied with a smile. "Neither of you take it well."
"I bet."
"As they prepare to sacrifice themselves, Kara tells you that she and Lee think they found the way to Earth. And they did."
"We finally found Earth?"
"Yes. Except it was not what we expected. It was a wasteland. Completely destroyed and inhabitable due to a nuclear holocaust."
"Just like the twelves colonies?"
"Exactly like the twelve colonies. Except Earth was inhabited by humanoid cylons who were destroyed by the Centurions they created. We were all devastated. All of our hopes died. I stopped taking the chamalla and let Lee take over the responsibilities of the presidency," Laura remembered. "Zarek was more than prepared to step in. He staged a coup with Gaeta and they took over Galactica. They arrested you. I'd escaped to the Baseship and they told me you were dead."
Sensing her pain, Bill wrapped his arm around Laura and pulled her close to him. She buried her face in his shoulder and inhaled his scent, grateful that he was with her and pained by the mere thought of having lost him.
"Then you came on the radio and announced that you were in command."
"Of course I did. I would never be bested by Zarek," Bill pointed out kissing her forehead.
"True," Laura agreed with a small smile. "After the chaos of the coup, we barely have time to recover before Ellen arrives on Galactica with Boomer."
"Our missing cylon," Bill guessed not surprised that the inseparable Tighs would both be cylons.
"Yep. She wants a cylon-human alliance. But Boomer bringing Ellen wasn't an accident and she kidnaps Hera. Cylons can't procreate but Athena and Helo had Hera so Cavill wants to know what makes her special. The Agathons and Tighs want to go after her but you're reluctant. Everything was falling apart. I was dying. Galactica was one jump away from imploding. You had gone so far as to use cylon technology to save her but it wasn't working. You decide to move anyone who wants to to the Baseship and ask for volunteers to save Hera."
"How'd we make out in numbers on that suicide mission?" Bill asked in an attempt to lighten the tone and bring Laura back to Earth.
"Better than you would think. And it wasn't a suicide mission. We stopped them. I found Hera, chased her like I did in the dream and she went with Caprica and Gaius but they were saving her not stealing her. We beat Cavill and you told Kara to jump the ship."
