To all of my reviewers:
Clarks Blue Eyed Angel: Thanks for the vote, and it may be Lee/Kara because I really don't like the Lee/Dee thing.
Yannik: Thanks for the suggestions, and I love when Lee gets hurt too
Ladykoons: Here's chapter 3 for you. Hope you like it.
Laurie31: I had hoped someone would write a story like this, but that didn't happen so I wrote my own. Hope you like. Thanks for the vote too!
Silwyna: Thanks for the encouragement.
Ammonite: You've got to love that father/son angst!
Gray03: Thanks for the review, and the pointers.
Moira4eku: I could never kill Lee off, and I hope the BSG writers feel the same…Thanks for the vote, and you'll find out what happened to Lee with the Cylons in chapter 4 or 5.
Tracyj23: Thanks for all of your comments and your feedback. Hope you like the chapter.
Lidarose13: I look for Bill/Laura too. Everything seems to be Lee/Kara.
By the way, still looking for a beta reader if anyone is interested. And I'm not a doctor, yet, so forgive me if the symptoms/injuries aren't correct.
Chapter Three
"Well Captain it looks like it's just a torn ligament. A little bit of physical therapy and you should be back to normal." Doc Cottle stated as he finished his examination. "You're grounded for at least two weeks though."
"I don't think that will be a problem."
"Why's that? I was under the impression you were a viper pilot," replied Cottle with his sarcastic wit.
"I don't think that they let people who mutiny, twice, command a viper squadron."
"Well you may want to talk to your father about that. It's usually the commander who makes those decisions, not the mutineer."
"Yeah, thanks doc. This is bound to be a fun conversation," Lee called scornfully as he limped out of the medical bay, heading for his father's quarters.
It didn't take long to prove that Lee was right about the meeting. After a somewhat civilized start, the commander was soon blaming Lee for mutiny and accusing him of not caring about his father or the oath he took to the military.
"You have no idea what happened after you were shot. Everything started to just collapse. I had to leave in order to fix things in the fleet. That doesn't for a second mean that I don't care about you"
"And you know what, I don't give a damn about the military!" Lee screamed. "The oath I took was to protect the citizens of the Twelve Colonies, and that's exactly what I did. I protected them from a trigger happy military who was willing to just rush in and risk killing innocent civilians' lives rather than trying to find a peaceful non-violent solution."
"I did what I thought was best for the military," Adama retorted.
"That's exactly the problem, you did what was best for the military, not what was best for the fleet. I can't support a military that puts a personal grudge over innocent lives. I can't support this military, so I respectfully resign," Lee said as he dropped his dog tags onto his father's cluttered desk.
"I'm sorry I could never be what you wanted. I never gave you anything to be proud of, but I just can't stay here," Lee whispered sorrowfully as he walked out of the room without turning back.
Lee felt emotionally drained as he and Laura made their way around Cloud Nine. It really was a beautiful place, and it was quite relaxing. This really was a great idea. He had to admit, he had been wearing himself thin over the last few weeks and he had been on his way to burning out.
"Having another wonderful conversation with yourself?" the president asked. "One may start to think that you've been hanging around Doctor Baltar a little too much."
"Any time spent with the good doctor is too much time in my opinion, but I don't think crazy is contagious," Lee replied making Laura laugh.
"Why don't we spend some time enjoying this lovely artificial sunlight, then we can go grab some drinks," Laura suggested.
"Why Madame President, are you trying to take advantage of me?"
"Only so I can beat you in a game a triad tonight."
"You play triad?" Lee asked, genuinely surprised.
"You'll find out, after I get you sufficiently inebriated."
"You've got a deal." Lee replied laughingly as the two made their way to the bar.
Short chapter again, but a little longer than my other two. I just wanted to get this one posted tonight. Next chapter we will find out exactly what happened to Lee while he was with the Cylons.
