Okay so I've been bitten by an equally evil rabid plot bunny. I spent a long time thinking about what I could possibly do to follow up Testing The Faithful and I came up with nothing. So I stopped thinking about it and POOF there it was. (Ain't that just the way of things?) So instead of a sequel as such you all will be getting a look at the other side of the Lee and Lauren story. If you haven't read Testing The Faithful yet, I'd suggest you read it before this one.

By the way, I've also gotten a whole plot thought out for the NEXT part of their story too. )

Rated: PG-13 for suggested violence, threats of abuse, and mild cussing (nope, no smut in this one so you can relax)
Word Count: 18456

DISCLAIMER I don't own anything here except the original characters, someone way smarter and richer than me does. . Don't sue me it's not worth your time cause I'm getting nothing but a significant lack of sleep from this.

The first explosion rumbled through the base, shaking Lauren from her sleep. She sat up still half asleep and looked around her small dorm room searching for the cause of the noise. A light rain of dust sifted down from the ceiling and she knew then that it wasn't just a bad dream. Not hearing any alarms she decided to settle back down when another explosion roared through the base, bringing her fully alert. She bolted from her bunk and reached for her jump suit and boots. Sliding herself into the slick material of her jump suit and hastily shoving her feet into her boots she was just opening the door when the situation alarms finally began blaring through the metal halls.

Still unaware of the situation she looked up and down the hall at the crew running in confusion, trying to reach a station they were assigned to. But what for? What were the explosions from? Seeing a Major that she'd become familiar with over the past week she jogged after the man and asked what was happening.

"We're under attack!" he panted as he ran. "Get to your station!"

Lauren stopped and looked around. She didn't have a station to go to . She wasn't a regular part of this crew so she hadn't been assigned any permanent duty. She pondered the situation for a moment as two more booms rolled through the walls and she decided that if they were under attack the best place for her to be was in the Battlestar. She thought about what was happening as she made her way through the halls to the lift that would take her to the flight deck of the Battlestar Pegasus that was docked above her in the station for repairs.

Lauren had been transferred to Picon three weeks ago at the request of Colonel Tinasso and the few days she had been there were spent working 16 hours shifts and trying desperately to get enough sleep to make it through the next shift. Then one day in the middle of the shift, the Colonel had called her into his office. He looked upset when she got there and she racked her brain trying to figure out what she'd done to annoy him. She'd been known in the past for getting under her CO's skin like a bug and she'd been trying to change her ways for a while now. Not being able to determine what she'd done wrong, she stood patiently waiting for him to begin yelling at her.

"Do you know what this is Lieutenant Baker?" he asked angrily waving a folder at her.

"Sir. No sir I do not."

"This is your orders. Did you request a transfer?"

"Sir, no sir."

"Well Lieutenant, someone seems to think you're a hot commodity because you just got transferred."

"If I may sir? Who put in the transfer?"

Looking down at the folder and frowning at it as if the look could change the words on it the Colonel flipped the folder around so she could see it. "Admiral Gataki over at Scorpion requested your presence personally. You must have done something pretty special to deserve that kind of treatment."

Lauren tried not to smile at the news as she looked up at the Colonel. "Sir I can't think of anything I have done to warrant that."

"Well whatever the case, you've been transferred. Pack your bags Lieutenant, you ship out at 1400."

Lauren saluted the man and tried not to bolt from his office in her excitement. Admiral Gataki had known her for several years now and he was a good man to work for. He took very good care of the people that were under his command and it was considered to be a top notch stationing if you were requested by him. Lauren definitely didn't mind being transferred back to Scorpion Ship Yards where she had worked for almost a year before. She quickly packed her bag and tied up a few loose ends around the base, then headed for the dock where she would catch her flight to Scorpion.

On the shuttle she realized that she had not been in touch with Lee to tell him about her transfer. Oh well, she thought, I'll tell him when I get settled into Scorpion. She pulled his picture from her breast pocket where she kept it at all times and looked at the face of the man she loved. She spent the rest of the flight thinking about the night she met him and how wonderful it was to spend time with him, an activity she'd been uprooted from when she got transferred to Picon three weeks ago. Well Admiral Gataki had been the one that allowed her to transfer back to Caprica so she could be with Lee, maybe after the crisis that required her presence was over, he'd let her transfer back again. Sighing loudly, she leaned her head back and closed her eyes, thinking about how it would be to be back in Lee's arms. The serenity of it soon lulled her to sleep.