Kara landed her Viper on the exact longitudinal and latitudinal cross point that Lee had given her. It was a mountain slope that looked as if a mud slide had torn it apart seconds earlier. The mud took hold of her Viper immediately and made her wonder if she would ever be able to get it into the air again.

Pushing the canopy up, Kara undid the collar and slid the helmet off her head. She let out a small sigh, slung the Arrow's container over her shoulder, and jumped down to the ground. Her feet sunk into the ground upon impact, and Kara's mouth turned up in a look of disgust. Her hands reached up without thought to push her sweat-soaked hair out of her face as she scanned the area.

"Looking for someone?"

Kara twisted to look at the man leaning against her Viper. She had no idea how Lee had snuck up on her like that. Maybe she had been focusing on the mud too much. "Yeah, actually, I am."

They stood staring at one another for a few moments before both launching themselves into the other's arms at the exact same time.

"Gods. Why the frak did you do something so stupid?" Lee whispered in her ear as his arms tightened around her body.

He didn't have to explain what he meant. Kara already knew. "It's in my nature," she said with a laugh.

Lee turned his head to place a kiss on the top of her head as he ran his hands down her back. "You know, before I decide to follow your bad example and leave the Fleet, I had had plans to convince my father and Tigh to let me out of the brig so I could be the Viper to greet you and escort you back to Galactica."

"Why would you want to do that?"

She felt him let out a deep breath before answering. "To tell you I was stupid for not letting you know I was sorry, too. It's the fraking end of the world, and I still can't get control of my pride." Lee rested his chin on the top of her head. "You know I had some crazy notion of being your knight in shining armor, showing up on my white horse to tell you that everything was going to be okay now that you were back."

Kara's mind immediately focused on the words he had chosen. She couldn't help but remember that talk she had had with her father when she was seven and the prince riding in on his white horse to save her. After all, the music to that little fairytale had been playing her mind since Caprica.

Almost but not quite, Dad, she mused.

"I wanted to be there for you when you needed me," Lee whispered, still holding on to her as tight as he could.

"Glad to see some things don't change," Kara said, chuckling. "You're still way too tough on yourself. You aren't obligated to be my hero all the time, Lee."

"Maybe I want to," he protested.

Kara wasn't sure why, but that notion made her uncomfortable. Her mind was screaming at her to change the subject now. "All that pain between us was for a good purpose, though."

"Really?" he said, slightly taken aback.

"It hurt like hell at the time," she explaining, reaching back to grab the container off her shoulder, "but I got it."

Lee shook his head and smirked, pulling her back in close. "I don't even want to know how you found the time to pick that up while you were following my instructions to breakout."

Kara's face lit up in confusion. "I didn't. Billy left it for me in my Viper. I assumed that you had him do it."

"I didn't," Lee said, mirroring her confusion.

Her mind fell on the one other person capable of helping Billy get a hold of the Arrow. "Do you think the Old Man…?"

"He couldn't have," Lee insisted.

They both retreated into their own thoughts as they stared at the valley below them, securely wrapped up in each others arms. Kara felt the need to cling to the notion that Commander Adama had known what was going on in his ship, even going as far as to lend a helping hand. Because if that was true, he really wasn't as angry or ashamed as she feared he would be.

"Lieutenant Thrace." Kara turned around to look at the President as she walked the last few steps towards them. "I'm glad to see you're making yourself at home."

Kara's face went red as she realized what she and Lee looked like to an outsider. She pulled herself a few steps away from him and smiled at the President. "Sorry it took me so long to get here, Madam President."

"I can sympathize at how hard the brig is to break out," Roslin quipped. "It seems like Captain Apollo is developing a talent for it, though."

"I always knew I was missing my calling when I enrolled in the Academy. I should have stuck with the life of crime."

Kara shook her head at him. It was ridiculous that Lee could joke at a time like this. They were all refugees stuck on a planet that demanded blood from those that set foot on it. "Is it just the two of you here?"

She watched Roslin and Lee exchange a look before Roslin began to explain. "Priestess Elosha came down onto the surface with us."

"She didn't make it," Lee cut in. The look on his face told Kara to drop the topic, which she did. Besides, she was pretty sure he would explain it in more detail to her if she asked later when they were alone.

Roslin's eyes feel upon the container in Kara's hand. "Is that it?"

Kara nodded and held it out for the President to take. "It was exactly where we thought it would be."

"And you didn't have much trouble?"

Kara's face went pale as her thoughts turned to Helo. The guild hit her deep inside as she realized she hadn't thought about his death in days. It had slipped away in the excitement of finally being out of the brig.

"We need to take shelter," Lee said, breaking the silence. "It's going to start pouring again as the sun goes down. We can talk about what happened to all three of us in the morning."

Roslin nodded in agreement and started up the hill, presumably towards their camp.

"What about my Viper?" Kara asked, glancing over her shoulder at the ship.

"There aren't many ship thieves on Kobol right now so you should be fine," Lee called over his shoulder. He had already started following the President.

Kara narrowed her eyes at the back of his head for a moment before letting out a laugh and following behind. She had missed this.