The Raptor landed softly on the flight deck of the Galactica. Lee already waited to guide the guests to Baltar's lab. From a distance, he could see Kara fumbling around on her Viper and as Roslin climbed out of the Raptor with the Marines and two girls, he could see her looking the older girl up and down, then shaking her head and turning away.
He stepped towards Roslin and greeted her friendly. "I'm Lee Adama, CAG of the Galactica. I'll lead you to the lab where Dr. Baltar will take a blood sample of you, Miss Thrace," Lee then said briefly and signed them to follow him.
"Who's that man, Ally," Lilith immediately asked when Lee had turned his back to them. "He's the CAG of the Galactica, you heard that, Lilith! And now, be quiet," Alex told her, a little bit harsh and tightened her grip so she would stop asking questions. But unfortunately the little girl didn't get her sister's warning and went on very happily. "Do you know him? And what is a CAG?" Alex rolled her eyes. She was getting really pissed off and all she wished was to be back at the Rising Star in a quiet corner, with some pieces of paper and a pen to write down some poems, something she had done for ages now to relax.
When she refused to answer, Lilith just freed herself from Alex' grasp and ran forward to Lee. For a second she hesitated, and then twitched his uniform so he would look down at her. Lee seemed to be slightly amused as he stopped and knelt down in front of Lilith to be on her eye level. "What is a CAG, Mister," Lilith asked seriously and frowned. Lee couldn't help but smiled. "Well a CAG is the boss of all the pilots on a ship," he explained and got up again. The girl nodded. "Alright then. We can trust him, he's a big shot on the ship," the child stated after having grabbed Alex hand again. Lee and Roslin chuckled and even Alex grinned a bit.
"We're here," Lee suddenly announced and stopped in front of heavy metal door. He opened and let the President, Alex and Lilith enter the lab. Baltar got up from a chair when he saw his guests and greeted them with his usual arrogance and smugness. "Mrs. President, it's a pleasure for me to meet you again; you look absolutely beautiful, as usual. And this has to be Ms. Thrace – well, you really have nothing in common with our Starbuck, you're a pretty lady," he purred and dragged Alex over to a chair and made her sit down.
"Who the frak is Starbuck? And why should I have something in common with her," Alex asked and raised an eye brow. "Oh she's my Flight Instructor…you'll meet her soon, she's …well…We'll explain everything to you later," Lee hastily answered before Baltar could react and make things worse.
"Mr. Baltar, please take a blood sample of Alex…well, of both of the girls and run the test. We'll wait outside until you are finished," Laura Roslin told Gaius and left the lab together with Lee. She looked encouraging at Lilith, who seemed to be a little afraid considering the fact of being forced to give a blood sample, and then closed the door behind her.
"Did you know that she is just a girl of maybe 19 years," Roslin asked outside and watched Lee shook his head. "No, Kara just told me she had vanished 8 years ago, she never told me how old Alexia had been by that time. You have to know that Kara…she's not very happy about her sudden appearance. The girl unwittingly changed Kara's life in a not so good way because her father – and Alex' father – was kicked out by Kara's mom after she got to know he had a daughter with another woman," Lee explained and sighed. This was going to get very difficult, he could feel that.
"Why did you test the girl," he asked after a few seconds of silence and looked at Roslin. "Well…she calls Lilith her sister, I just wanted to know whether this girl is her biological sister or not because this would mean she has returned home some when," Laura stated and leaned back against the cold metal wall. She was exhausted from a day full of work and her journey to the Rising Star, she had a head ache and her legs felt like lead.
After some minutes, Alex came out of the room, obviously angry. "Don't let me ever again alone with that frakking lab-nerd! Gods…he's so convinced of himself that he's actually talking to himself when he thinks no one is listening! Maybe all other persons in the universe are not worth it to talk to him," Alex bitched about Baltar. Roslin stared at the floor so she wouldn't laugh.
"Where's your sister…Lilith, right?" Lee asked and ignored her murmuring. "Well, she fainted – she always does when she sees blood, not a big deal, I'm used to that! She cuts her finger, she just falls unconscious! Absolutely a wimp that girl," Alex gave back and scratched her arm where the needle had stitched her flesh. "Just let her lie there for a few moments, she'll be fine," she added and turned to Roslin. "The Nerd said, it'll take some hours until he has the results. Now please, don't tell me I have to stay here because you think I'm a frakking Cylon! Because I'm not, I'm not old enough! Look at the other models; they're 10 years older than me or even more!"
Roslin shrugged. Alex knew about the other models. "How do you know the other models are older," she questioned calmly and took a deep breath. "Dear Mrs. President, we're not as dump as you may think. We know more about Cylons than you think, although we're just some unimportant survivors on a passenger ship. One of us hacked into the data base of another ship, I dunno which one, and found the files of the Cylon that was on the Galactica. We had one on our ship, just threw it out of the airlock after we read that," the girl told her.
"Out of the airlock? Why didn't I know about that?" Roslin was getting very horrified about what was going on in the fleet. "It was self-administered justice, not even the ship crew knew about it until they saw the activation of the airlock. We are sick of asking for the permission to save our lives, we just do it!"
Lee sighed. Somehow he had the feeling that with Alex they had gained much more than they had bargained for. "Starbuck Number two on board," he sighed and shook his head. This was going to become nasty when his Kara would meet her 'sister'! Someone should watch that they didn't scratch each other's eyes out!