Outcomes of the Past

By: Beth M (anglstrmoon)

Word Count: 2,434
Date: 8/29/05
Series: Season 2
Rating: K +
Category: general
Pairing/Focus: Lee/Kara
Warnings: Spoilers for eps 2x05 (The Farm) and 2x06 (Home part 1)
Summary: Lee and Kara talk about their time apart
Spoilers/Disclaimers: The Farm and Home part 1 / I don't own the characters or the show… I don't make money off of them... If I did, I wouldn't have all the school loans… Thanks to Tina for being my beta… you rule!

Lee walked towards the place that he was staying while he was on the Astral Queen. He felt confused and exhausted. He couldn't believe that he told Kara that he loved her. His mouth was working faster than his head and it wasn't until Kara brought up about him loving her that he realized what he said. He tried to tell her that it was meant in a friend's only way, but they both know that that is not the case.

Lee was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn't realize that there was someone sitting on the floor next to the door of the room that he was staying in until he about tripped over her. His hand flew out to brace the wall to prevent him from falling. Once he got his bearing back he looked down at the person that was in his way.

"Kara, what the…." He stopped mid sentence when she looked up at him. She looked tired, exhausted and on the verge of crying. Whatever he was going to say to her at that moment flew out of his mind. He knelt down in front of her. As he was doing this Kara turned her attention to the floor. Lee pushed back a piece of hair behind her ear with his right hand, then moved his hand down to cup her chin to raise her face so he could see it.

What he saw on her face broke his heart. They stayed like that for a moment, and then Lee stood up and offered her his hand. She took it, but didn't let go once she was up. This sent Lee's concern over the edge. He knew that she wasn't big on displays of affection in public, and he was quit surprised that she didn't try to deck him when he kissed her. He tried to let her hand go, but Kara only gripped his tighter. Lee quickly glanced at the side of her face as he walked them into his room.

Lee opened the door to the room and let Kara walk in first. She let go of his hand and walked in, but didn't go any farther in to the room. She stayed by the door while Lee shut it. He walked back up to her and took her by the hand again and led her to the bed. They both sat down. Kara sat up against the wall and brought her knees up so she could rest her head on them. Lee sat at the head of the bed, legs stretched out looking at Kara.

Kara reached over for his hand and he let her take it. They sat like that for awhile.

"Kara, what is wrong?"

"Lee I want to tell you about what happened to me on Caprica. Now let me get through the whole story before you say anything, ok?"

Lee could tell that she meant business, so he shook his head. He thought that she would let go of his hand, but she didn't.

"When I first got there, there was no one around. So I landed the raider in front of the museum to get the arrow. Well I got it and was about to head back to my ship when this Blond bitch come up to see and started fighting me. I don't know how is lords name I managed to live through that. Fighting her took out everything that I had. In the end, I pushed her through a hole in the floor and I went down with her. She landed on a piece of metal sticking out of the floor and I rolled off in time to miss it. Just after that I found Helo and Sharon. When I first saw her, I pulled me gun and was ready to shoot her. I realized that she had to be a cylon, but Helo stopped me. He wouldn't let me do it. I was so pissed at him. While we were arguing about it, she went off and stole my raider.

So we were walking around, trying in find a base with ships, and I decided to stop by my apartment to get my father's jacket. You know, the leather one. So Helo and I rested for a bit then headed back out on the road. We took my car and headed off. Well we ended up stopping to look at a map when we started getting shot at. So of course we shot back. We found out the people shooting at us was the Caprica Pyramid team. So after a few moments for trying to figure out with the other were cylons, Helo and I ended up going back to where they set up base."

Kara stopped her story to catch her breath and gather her thoughts. She knew that the next part was liable to hurt Lee, but she wanted to tell him. She lifted their hands so she could move hers to intertwine the fingers together. Then she put them back on the bed.

"I met a guy. The captain of the pyramid team, and I fell for him. I liked him a lot. He seemed familiar to me, but I couldn't place. Then one morning, while we were getting ready to sneak onto a base, Helo told me that Anders reminded him of you. Helo also told me that Anders looked like a watered down version of you. I stood there for almost a full minute with my mouth open until I started laughing. I tried to tell him that he was crazy and seeing things, but he persisted. We didn't get to continue the conversation because the next thing I know, we were getting shot at. I don't remember what happened next. The next thing that I knew I was waking up in a hospital and a doctor telling me that I had to have the bullet removed.

The next few days were hazy. I was in and out. And one day I woke up with another scar. The doctor told me that they had to go back in and stop bleeding. Well I started wondering why they kept knocking me out, so I pinched the IV when he injected it so it wouldn't get into my vain. I got up and started walking down the hall, trying to figure out where I was. Well I see the Blond chick again talking to the doctor. I realized that He was a cylon and I had to get out.

So the next time he came in I killed him and started to escape. I ran into the blond chick in the hallway and knocked her over the head with a fire extinguisher. I started walking down the hall and I came across this room."

Kara's voice started to waver as she continued. She didn't want to cry, but she could feel the tears watering her eyes. She looked up at the ceiling, trying to stop them, but that didn't work.

"I found a roomful of women that were hooked up to these machines. The machines were hooked up to their stomachs. The cylons impregnated these women. They raped them, held them against their will. One of them I recognized from the group I was staying with. She told me what was happening and then asked me to stop it. I went and destroyed the power supply to the machines. I killed those women so they wouldn't have to go through with what the cylons did to them."

Lee wanted nothing else but to pull her in his arms and hold her. Tell her that everything will be alright and that everything will work out. But he could tell that she wasn't finished.

Kara took a deep breath before continuing. "So I got out of the hospital and I came face to face with another copy of the doctor. All of a sudden there are shots going off around me. There are cylons shooting at me, and the group I was with found me and they were shooting at them. Then all of a sudden this cylon heavy raider came up and shot the rest of the cylons away. When I got to where it was, I found out that the person in the raider was Sharon. Helo's Sharon. We went back to the base and Sharon started telling us that these farms are everywhere. That there are thousands of women in these places. Then she told me that I was special. I wanted to ask her if she knew what the other scar was for, but after she told me that, I didn't want to know. I had a feeling about it anyway.

"I wanted to stay and rescue these women. But Anders told me that I had to come back here and help find Earth. I promised that I would go back for them. I have to Lee, they saved me. And I think that maybe the fling with Anders was me trying to get my mind off of you. Not knowing if I was ever going to see you again."

Kara lost it. She started sobbing and Lee pulled her into his arms and held her. He rubbed small circles on her back and whispered comforting words in her ear. He doesn't remember when her crying stopped and his started, but it did. She did for him what he did for her. After awhile he calmed down.

"What happened while I was gone Lee?"

"My dad sent Tigh and I to arrest the President for sending you off to Caprica. I couldn't let that happen so I pulled a gun on Tigh. Well he ended up arresting the President and me. So he took me to the CIC to see my dad. While I was waiting, Sharon and Racetrack came in. They just blew up a cylon base star, which shot two of the three raptors down that we sent to Kobol. Well my dad went to shake Sharon's hand and she raises a gun and put two rounds in his chest. When they took him to the life station, Tigh wouldn't let me go with him. He sent me to the brig. So I'm down there, with handcuffs on and my father's blood half way up my arms."

"Gods Lee. I can't believe he did that.. Well I can, it is Tigh," By this time they were sitting beside each other with their backs against the wall. Kara holding his left hand in both of hers.

"So we jumped to the emergency coordinates, but the rest of the fleet didn't have the most updated ones, so we had to jump back to Kobol for Gaeta to figure out where they rest of the fleet went. While they were doing that, the vipers went out and were fighting the raiders. Well this big fraking one came through and crashed landed in the one landing pod of Galactica. Well there were cylons abroad it. So even when we found the fleet, Doc. Cottle, who was on another ship, couldn't come on. So we had to go around killing these things. When I first saw them, I was with Hotdog, Kat, and another nugget. He was killed. Walked right into the damn cylon.

So after they were all killed, Cottle came on and saved my dad. I thought he wasn't going to make it. And I didn't know what I was going to do if I lost him. I felt lost all ready because you left, and then my dad. I didn't know what to do. Tigh was messing things up, yelling at me. So I planned a rescue mission to Kobol to get our people. So we went and got them. The only ones that were still alive were Cally, the Chief, Seelix and Baltar. We lost Crashdown. So I came back, and hear what was going on. Tigh declared Martial law; ships were refusing to re-supply Galactica. So I decided to escape the ship with the President. I had some help. I ended up taking a raptor and going to Cloud 9 to meet Tom Zarek. We've been on this ship ever since. When we jumped back to Kobol, 24 other ships came with us. So here we are."

"Here we are."

The two sat in silence for a while. Each one thinking about what the other said. Lee looked over at Kara and noticed that she was almost asleep.

"Hey Kara, off the bed, I'll pull the covers down so you can get some sleep."

She got off of the bed and watched Lee fix it for her. She didn't want to sleep in the shirt she had on, so she took it off and was only wearing a sports bra and pants to lay down in. Lee turned around to see if Kara was ready, and that is when he saw the scars. He grabbed her by the waist and pulled her closer to him. Since he was sitting down and she was standing, they scars where about at his eye level. He traced them with his finger then kissed each one. He looked up at Kara's face and smiled when he saw her eyes closed. He grabbed her hands and helped her lay down.

"I'm going to go talk to the President…"

"No, please stay. At least until I fall sleep."

Lee couldn't deny her anything with a look on her face that told him that she was scarred. So he took off his boots and jacket and laid down next to her. He wanted to give her space, but she had other ideas. She put her head on his shoulder and curled up beside him. Lee wrapped an arm around her. After a few minutes Lee felt Kara's breathing change and could tell that she fell asleep. He all of a sudden felt really tired, and figured he could get some sleep before going to meet with the President, so he followed her into sleep not long after that.

The President stood patiently waiting for Lee to answer his door. She knocked a few times a few moments before. When she didn't get an answer she opened the door. What she saw made her smile. She saw Lee lying on his side with his arms around Kara, whose back was up against his chest. They both looked peaceful and she didn't want to disturb them. So she smiled one last time and shut the door. She could talk to Captain Apollo later, once he was awake.