THE GENETIC DUPLICATE—Day 10 Part 2
Kyra was walking down the corridor a short distance from the pilot's cabin when a security officer stopped her and asked, "May I help you, Ma'am?"
"Yeah, I'm Kyra Lockwood," she began. "My father is Matthew Lockwood; the captain of the Solar Flare."
The security officer said, "I'm familiar to who Matthew Lockwood is."
"Well, anyway, I would like to talk to the captain," said Kyra.
"I will need to know why you want to talk to him," said the security officer.
"It is something that I really need to talk to him about and no one else," said Kyra. The security officer looked at Kyra in a skeptical manner. "I am the daughter of Capt. Lockwood, so it's not like I'm just anyone stepping up and requesting to see him."
"Wait here and I'll go tell him that you want to see him," said the security officer. Kyra just nodded. The security officer turned and walked towards the pilot's cabin.
Kyra leaned against the wall and waited patiently in the corridor for a few minutes. When Kyra saw the security officer and the captain approaching, she stood upright again.
As the captain stepped up he said, "Ms. Lockwood, I'm Capt. Shevron."
"Call me Kyra," she said. "Anyway, the reason I'm here is going to sound unbelievable at first."
"I'm listening," said Capt. Shevron
"My adopted daughter Kimberly gets visions of future events that do come true," Kyra began. Capt. Shevron and the security officer looked at Kyra in a skeptical manner. "We were attending the wedding that is going on and as we were taking our seat to that, Kimberly got a strange vision. In this vision she heard the collision alarm going off followed by this ship making a FTL jump by itself."
"Kyra, by you being here, I can tell that you trust you daughter's word about things like this, but assure you that, that won't happen," said Capt. Shevron.
"Captain, up to this point, Kim's visions have never been wrong, so when it comes to Kim's visions and you assuring me, I'll go with Kim's visions," said Kyra. "Cmdr. Adama even knows about Kim's vision so you can contact him about it if you would like to verify how accurate Kim is."
"Kyra, unless the fleet jumps, there would be no reason for this ship to jump," said Capt. Shevron.
"And that is the reason that I'm here," said Kyra. "Some unknown event or series of events will lead to this ship to make a FTL jump alone if it's not prevented."
"So your daughter's vision can be prevented?" the security officer questioned.
"It can be, but only after the core of what will cause the event has been identified," said Kyra.
"I'm skeptical that your daughter even get visions, but if she does, how long until the vision comes true?" asked Capt. Shevron.
"Some of her visions come true within minutes of her vision while others takes up to several hours," said Kyra.
Capt. Shevron took a deep breath. He then said, "I know your daughter is watching a wedding at the moment, but I would like to meet her. Will it be a problem to get her out into the corridor?"
"She's sitting at the back row so bringing her out without interrupting the ceremony won't be a problem," said Kyra.
"Then I definitely would like to talk to her," said Capt. Shevron.
"Follow me," said Kyra. She then turned and walked. Capt. Shevron and the security officer walked along side her.
As Kyra, Capt. Shevron and the security officer got halfway to where the wedding ceremony was taking place, the collision alarm sounded. Everyone aboard the ship had only a few seconds to prepare for a possible collision when the ship made a faster than light jump into a new sector. Immediately after the jump, the alarm was silenced. People filled with curiosity began stepping into the corridors.
Capt. Shevron followed by Kyra and the security officer stepped up to the first wall phone. Capt. Shevron quickly picked up the phone and called the pilot's cabin. "This is Capt. Shevron and I want to know why in Hades have we jumped."
"I wish I knew, Captain," came a man's voice on the phone.
"What do you mean, you wish you knew?" Capt. Shevron demanded to know. "Who initiated the jump?"
"No one did, Sir," said the crewman. "The jump sequence activated on its own and when I saw what was happening, I hit the collision alarm."
"That's not possible," said Capt. Shevron.
"Possible or not, Sir, the jump sequence activated on its own and we are now two light years from our original position," said the crewman. "Wait, sir. Something is showing up on the monitors." Kyra saw the confused expression on Capt. Shevron face as he was waiting for a few seconds. "Sir, our monitors are picking up a very large comet twenty-four hours away and it's coming straight for us."
"Just jump us back to where we were," said Capt. Shevron.
"Sir, that jump we made had shorted out all propulsion systems," said the crewman. "Sir, we're dead in space."
"Well get a maintenance crew to find the short and fix it," said Capt. Shevron. "And I want to know why this ship had mysteriously made a FTL jump."
"Yes, Sir," said the crewman.
"This ship makes a FTL jump and no one knows why," Capt. Shevron commented as he terminated the original call. He then pressed a button on the phone for a ship wide announcement. "This is Capt. Shevron speaking. We are having unusual mechanical difficulties with our propulsion systems. We will be away from the fleet for a short time, but don't worry; everything is under control and we'll rejoin the fleet as soon as repairs are made. So the best thing for everyone to do is to continue as if everything is normal. Thank you." He hung up the phone and faced Kyra. "I would like to talk to your daughter now."
"Of course; follow me," said Kyra as she began to walk.
On board the Galactica, the crew was frantic on not knowing of where Cloud Nine had jump to. Throughout the fleet, speculations of it being an attack on Pres. Roslin and the quorum were high.
A short time later, on Cloud Nine, Kyra, Capt. Shevron and the security officer were approaching the door to the room when Pres. Roslin and the quorum of twelve stepped up to him and demanded, "Captain, I want to know what is going on."
"Madam President, at the moment all I know is that we had mysteriously jumped into this sector," said Capt. Shevron.
"Ships don't mysteriously make a FTL jump on its own," said Zarek.
"No, Sir, it doesn't," said Capt. Shevron. "Something had caused the jump and I had ordered a maintenance crew to find out what that something is."
"Why aren't we making a FTL jump back to our original position?" asked the representative of Geminon.
"That FTL jump we made had shorted out our propulsion systems," said Capt. Shevron. "A repair team has been dispatched to fix the problem."
Kyra stepped close to Pres. Roslin and whispered, "Madam President, Kim is inside and Capt. Shevron is wanting to speak to her."
Pres. Roslin whispered back, "Do you think Kim could help?"
"I don't know, but she did get a vision of us jumping minutes before it happened," Kyra whispered. Zarek noticed the private conversation that was taking place. "Capt. Shevron wants to talk to Kim about what she saw."
"Madam President, is there anything wrong?" asked Zarek.
Pres. Roslin shook her head and said, "Not at all." She then faced Kyra again. "Kyra, you should go inside and get Kim."
"Yes, Madam President," said Kyra. She then turned and walked into the room.
Inside the room, Casimir was carrying on the ceremony in spite of the FTL jump. Kyra stepped up to where Kim and the others were sitting and after getting Kim's attention she gestured for Kim to come with her.
As Kim was stepping into the aisle she asked barely loud enough for Kyra to hear, "What's going on?"
"Capt. Shevron would like to talk to you," said Kyra.
"I'm interested in watching the wedding, so can I finish watching the wedding first?" asked Kim.
"We're going to talk to Capt. Shevron now," said Kyra.
In a slight annoyed tone Kim said, "Fine."
Kyra caught the tone, but chose to ignore it.
Capt. Shevron saw Kyra and Kim as they were stepping out into the corridor. Pres. Roslin and a few of the representative were close enough to hear what was being said as Capt. Shevron stepped up to Kyra and Kim and asked, "Kyra, is this your daughter Kim?"
Kyra saw a noticeable grinned on Kim's face. Kyra grinned herself and said, "Yes, Captain."
"Kim, I understand that you got a vision of the FTL jump before the jump," said Capt. Shevron. Kim just nodded. "What else can you tell me about it?"
Kim looked at Capt. Shevron in a confused manner and said in a slow manner as if she was uncertain to what Capt. Shevron wanted to hear, "It came true few minutes later."
"No; did you see what cause us to jump?" asked Capt. Shevron.
Kim thought for a second before asking, "You're the captain and you don't know why we jump?"
"Kim, this ship made a FTL jump without it being initiated," said Kyra.
"So the ship jumped by itself," said Kim.
"Well something caused this ship to jump," said Capt. Shevron. "I was hoping that the vision you had could tell me what that something was."
"I just heard the alarm and saw this ship jumping away from the fleet," said Kim. "And that is all I saw. I did think that it was odd that we would jump alone like that."
"Kim, this whole situation is odd," said Capt. Shevron.
Kim grinned. She then said, "Capt. Shevron, I can try to get another vision for you."
Capt. Shevron slightly grinned and said, "Before we go that route, I want to give the maintenance crew the time to find the cause." Kim just nodded. "Anyway Kim, I'm sorry to have wasted your time, but I wanted to hear it from you of what you saw."
"So can I go back inside to finish watching the wedding?" asked Kim.
Capt. Shevron grinned and said, "We're done."
"Kim, you may go back inside," said Kyra. "I'll join you shortly."
"Okay," said Kim. She then turned and went back inside.
Pres. Roslin stepped closer and asked, "Capt. Shevron, is there any way to send a message to the fleet and informing them of our situation?"
"Any message would take more than a day to get to the Galactica and the possibility of alerting any nearby Cylons of our situation would be high," said Capt. Shevron. "So I would like to avoid sending out messages if possible. The best thing for everyone to do is to remain calm and to continue as if everything is normal. I'm sure we will rejoin the fleet in no time."
The representative of Geminon stepped a little closer and said, "A little prayer to the gods that the maintenance crew finds and fixes the problems soon wouldn't hurt."
"Prayer never hurts," said Capt. Shevron. "Now if everyone will excuse me, I have a job to do."
"Of course," said Pres. Roslin.
Capt. Shevron turned and walked away. The security officer left also, but in the opposite direction.
"Madam President, since I'm not needed, I'll rejoin the others," said Kyra.
"Kyra, I will have your name put on the guest list so you and anyone with you can attend the function at the garden," said Pres. Roslin. She then gestured towards the door that Kim had entered. "Of course I mean when this function has ended."
Kyra looked at Pres. Roslin in a curious manner and said, "I don't mean to be questioning you, Madam President…"
Pres. Roslin said without allowing Kyra to finish, "I feel a sense of added security when Kim's around."
Kyra grinned and said, "I'm growing accustom to that myself." Pres. Roslin just grinned. "Anyway, Madam President, thank you for the invitation and we will see you there. Bye."
"Bye," said Pres. Roslin.
As Kyra went into the room and took her seat, Pres. Roslin and the quorum of twelve returned to the garden.
The wedding ceremony lasted for another ten minutes. After it was over, everyone mingled. Kyra, Kim, Seth and Adonis were walking around together. After walking around for a short time, they met up with Bethany and Bethany's seven-month-old daughter Lydia. Bethany was carrying Lydia. Kyra, Bethany and Seth started up a conversation. Kim and Adonis just listened to what was being said and joined in from time to time.
Curtis and Breeze were walking around and greeting people. Kim saw Curtis and Breeze approaching and as she tapped Kyra on the arm, she said, "Mom, the happy newlyweds are walking this way."
Kyra, Seth, Adonis and Bethany turned to look. As Breeze stepped up to them, she greeted Kyra, Bethany and then Adonis with a hug. She greeted Lydia with a kiss on the cheek. When the greetings were over, Breeze gestured towards Kim and asked, "Kyra, did I hear this young lady calling you mom."
Kyra slightly grin and said, "Her name is Kimberly, and the short story is that I adopted her."
"Most people call me Kim though," said Kim.
"Well Kim, I'm Breeze and it's nice to meet you," she said. She then gestured towards her husband. "This is my husband, Curtis."
Kyra and even Bethany saw Kim looking at Breeze in a manner as if Breeze had lost her mind. Kyra knew that Kim's look was because Breeze was introducing herself needlessly. Breeze and Curtis never saw the look and as Kyra was gesturing for Kim not to say what she was thinking, Curtis said, "It's nice to meet you, Kim."
Kim turned from looking at Kyra and as she faced Curtis she politely grinned and said, "It's nice to meet you and Breeze."
Kyra gestured towards Seth and said, "Breeze; Curtis, this is Seth. My date."
Curtis and Seth shook hands as they exchanged greetings. Breeze greeted Seth after Curtis and then continued to tell everyone, "So there is food in the back of the room for anyone who's hungry."
"We were heading that way, but we got a little sidetrack," said Bethany.
"Hopefully there's plenty to go around," said Curtis as everyone heard Kim's stomach making growling sound.
"Well, I know Kim needs to eat before she starves," said Breeze.
Kim grinned and said, "I'm just a little hungry."
"Your stomach says different," said Curtis.
"My stomach exaggerates," said Kim.
"Kim is right about her stomach exaggerating, but Kim, you barely did eat anything last night or this morning," said Kyra.
"Well, I wasn't hungry last night and I didn't like the food that they were serving this morning," said Kim.
"Yes, Kim, I know all about it," Kyra said in a patient tone.
"Well, Kim, I'm sure you'll like the food that is here," said Breeze.
Kim politely grinned and said, "I'm sure I will."
"Well, if everyone will excuse Curtis and me, we should greet more of the guests," said Breeze.
"Of course," said Kyra. "We better get something to eat anyway."
As Breeze and Curtis turned and walked in one direction, Kyra, Kim, Seth, Adonis and Bethany turned and walked in the opposite directions. Bethany carried Lydia.
Minutes later, as Kyra and the others were getting their food, Kyra, Seth and Bethany got ambrosia with their meal as Kim and Adonis got juice. Kyra help Bethany to carry her food. Bethany also got juice for Lydia. When they sat down at a table, Bethany put Lydia on her lap.
Kyra took a bite of her food and when she glanced at Kim, she saw Kim looking at her ambrosia. Kyra quickly swallowed the bite she took and asked, "Kim, what's wrong?'
Kim gestured to Kyra's drink and asked, "Can I have sip of your ambrosia?"
"Absolutely not," said Kyra. "You have to be eighteen before you can drink ambrosia."
"In the United States where Kim and I are from the legal age is twenty-one to be able to legally drink," said Seth.
"Well, I just want a taste," said Kim. "I'm curious to what it taste like."
"And you can remain curious for four more years," said Kyra.
"On Earth ambrosia would be considered one of many types of alcoholic drinks and it's not like I haven't took a drink of alcohol before," said Kim.
"Your parents allowed you to drink even though the legal age is twenty-one?" asked Bethany.
"They allowed me to take a sip now and then of their drinks," said Kim.
"Well, you won't get a sip this time or any other time within the next four years and if I catch you or hear of you sneaking a drink, I'll ground you for six months," said Kyra.
Kim looked at Kyra in a curious manner and asked, "You would ground me six months for only one sip of ambrosia?"
"I'm very serious of you not drinking until you are of age and grounding you for six months or more is how serious I am about it," said Kyra.
"Fine, I'll just stick with my juice," said Kim. She then took a drink of her juice.
"Kim, I know what your parents did was fairly common with some families, but if the right people would have seen it, your parents could have been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor," said Seth.
"My mom knew the right lawyers, so that charge would've never stuck," said Kim.
"Probably not, but regardless division family services would have been called in to determine how fit your parents were as parents," said Seth.
Kim gave Seth a smirky grin and asked, "My parents have money; we always had food in the house; my brothers and I had plenty of clothes and toys; we were never physically abused and the house was always clean and tidy, so do you really think family services would have declared my parents as being unfit parents?"
Seth said in manner as if he was embarrassed to admit, "Most likely not."
When Kim showed a cocky grin Kyra said, "Kim, eat your food."
"Yes, Ma'am," said Kim. She then took a bite of food.
In a quiet corridor, a maintenance crew of five men removed a wall panel to get to conduits and relays. Once uncovered the crew got hit by a strong and foul aroma of something burning.
All five of the men took a couple of steps back. One of the men covered his mouth and said, "Gods this is a sickening smell."
"The smell is starting to dissipate quickly," said another crewman.
"Well, let's see what's going on?" said the lead crewman. He then took his flashlight and shined it on the questionable area. Six insects that were two, three and four inches in length scattered into darker parts of the wall. As the crewman moved his flashlight, he was able to see an uncountable number of dead and sizzling insects forming a jumper between conduits that should've never been crossed. The short that the insects had caused had burned out long stretch of wires in several locations throughout the ship. "I see what the trouble is. Now we have to find out the extent of the damages." He then assigned assignments to his men.
It took the maintenance crew an hour to determine the extent of the damages to the wiring. Unfortunately the wires that were in need of replacing were twice as much as they had on hand.
After Capt. Shevron read the maintenance report, he had ordered the maintenance crew to cannibalize non-essential systems for its wire in order to get their propulsion system up and running. He also formed several teams to go through the ship to find and eliminate the insects that are infesting the ship.
At the wedding reception a lot of the guests who lived on Cloud Nine had left. Kim and Adonis were talking in a quiet corner of the room. As Kim noticed how small the crowd was getting, she and Adonis stepped up to Kyra as Kyra was talking to Bethany. Seth was standing next to Kyra while holding and playing with Lydia. Kim had a slight concern expression on her face and when Bethany saw the look, she paused the conversation she was having with Kyra and asked, "Are you okay, Kim?"
Kim politely grinned and nodded. She then said, "The guests are leaving and I'm curious about what we're going to do when everyone's gone."
Kyra put her arm around Kim's shoulders and said, "We could always crash the function in the garden."
Kim looked at Kyra in a shock manner. She then grinned and said, "Nice joke. There's hope for you yet."
Kyra grinned and said, "I'm not joking."
Kim thought for a second. She then asked, "Pres. Roslin invited us to join her, didn't she?'
Kyra looked at Kim in a curious manner and asked, "Why do you think that?"
Kim gave Kyra a cocky grinned and said, "Because you're a goody-two-shoes. You wouldn't crash a party."
Bethany and Adonis looked at Kim in a curious manner. Seth and Kyra grinned in a surprise manner as Kyra quickly said in a manner as if to defend herself, "I can guess what goody-two-shoes means and for your information, I do have to maintain a standard of responsibility. If I don't I wouldn't be a good teacher or someone of some form of authority."
"Mom, I'm okay with you being a goody-two-shoes, so I didn't mean to make it sound like it was a bad thing," said Kim.
Kyra gave Kim a hug and said, "I didn't take what you said as being a bad thing."
Kim hugged Kyra back and said, "I love you."
"I love you," said Kyra. She then broke the hug and gave Kim a kiss on the cheek. "Anyway, Pres. Roslin did invite us."
Kim grinned and said, "I knew it."
Kyra slightly grinned. She then said, "Bethany, Pres. Roslin had my name plus guests placed on the list to let in, so I'm certain that you and Lydia can join us."
"If you're sure it would be okay then I would like for us to join you, Seth and Kim," said Bethany.
"Adonis too?" Kim added as a question.
Kyra grinned and said, "Yes, Adonis too."
"So are we going now?" asked Kim.
"We'll go say bye to Breeze and Curtis then we'll go," said Kyra.
"Okay," said Kim.
"Seth, you can give Lydia back to me," said Bethany.
As Seth was handing Lydia to Bethany, he said, "Lydia's a sweetheart."
Bethany smiled and said, "Not trying to sound partial, but I think so too."
Breeze and Curtis were talking to Casimir and three others. Kyra, Kim, Seth, Bethany and Casimir stepped up to them and said their pleasantries and goodbyes.
A short time later, Kyra, Kim, Seth, Casimir and Bethany while carrying Lydia stepped up to the entrance of the garden. Just after stepping up, a woman at the entrance gave them a curious look and said, "This is a private function."
"Yes, my name was supposed to be added to your list," said Kyra.
"Oh, are you Ms. Lookwood?" asked the woman.
Kim was amused by the mistake of Kyra's name and as the woman looked at Kim in a confused manner, Kyra ignored Kim and said, "It's supposed to be Lockwood and yes, I'm her."
"My mistake," said the woman. "It does say Lockwood, I just miss read it. You and your guests can go straight in."
"Thank you," said Kyra. As Kyra and others were entering the garden, Kyra put her arm around Kim's shoulder. "Kim, you need to be on your best behavior while being in here."
Kim grinned and said, "Okay, Ms. Lookwood."
Kyra grinned and shook her head. She then said, "Just please control yourself."
"I will," said Kim. "So can Adonis and I go mingle?"
"Keep close," said Kyra.
Kim looked at Kyra in a curious manner and said, "This garden is in an enclose dome, so I can't exactly go very far."
"I want you in eye sight," said Kyra.
"And I was so looking forward in getting a group together for a game of hide-and-seek," said Kim.
Bethany and Adonis looked at Kim in a confused manner. Kyra looked at Kim in an un-amused manner and said, "Kimberly."
Kim grinned and said in more of a playful manner, "Okay, okay. I'll cross out hide-and-seek from my list of activities to do." Kim then started backing away. "See you later."
Adonis gestured that he was going to go with Kim. He then without saying anything turned and caught up with Kim.
As Kim and Adonis were walking away, Bethany asked, "I think I know what game she was referring to when she said hide-and-seek, but was she serious about forming a group and playing that game? I mean, she does know that, that game is not allowed to be played on the ships, don't she?"
"Kim knows the ships' rules," said Kyra. "She just likes to joke and for some reason she has been in a joking mood yesterday and today. Well, we should find Pres. Roslin."
There was a large group of people in the garden consisting of mostly adults and thirty kids between the ages of five and seventeen. Kyra, Seth and Bethany walked into the middle of a large group to find Pres. Roslin.
Kim and Adonis walked up to the kids between the ages of thirteen and sixteen. As soon as they walked up they began talking to them.
Ten minutes later, Capt. Shevron walked into the garden and up to Pres. Roslin.
Pres. Roslin saw Capt. Shevron stepping up and asked, "Captain, is there anything wrong?"
"Can we talk in private, Madam President?" asked Capt. Shevron.
"Of course," said Pres. Roslin. She and Capt. Shevron walked to a quiet part of the garden near the bushes. A seven-year-old boy was near the bushes and out of sight of them. When Pres. Roslin and Capt. Shevron were thought to be out of earshot of everyone, Pres. Roslin repeated her question. "Is there anything wrong?"
The seven-year-old overheard as Capt. Shevron said, "The mysterious FTL jump we made was caused by a direct short of that system when a large number of insects formed a jumper between conduits that shouldn't have been crossed. Long sections of wires in several locations were also fried during the incident. There is not enough wire on board this ship to make the necessary repairs. I had ordered my maintenance crew to cannibalize non-essential system for the wire; however, even with cannibalizing certain systems we don't have enough wire for the repairs."
"So you are now going to send out a signal to the Galactica?" asked Pres. Roslin.
"Madam President, any message we send to the Galactica will take more than twenty-four hours to get there and we don't have twenty hours," said Capt. Shevron.
"Explain," said Pres. Roslin.
"When we jumped a few hours ago, we rested in the path of a large comet and that comet is about twenty hours from us," said Capt. Shevron. "Madam President, I wanted you to be the first to know before I make an announcement so that people can prepare for the end."
"Don't make any announcement just yet," said Pres. Roslin. She then gestured towards the direction that they came. "Come with me."
As Pres. Roslin and Capt. Shevron were walking back, Capt. Shevron asked, "Where are we going, Madam President."
As Pres. Roslin and Capt. Shevron were walking out of earshot of the seven-year-old, Pres. Roslin said, "We're going to talk to Kyra about recruiting Kim's help about sending a message to the Galactica."
"How is Kim going to send a message to the Galactica?" asked Capt. Shevron.
As Pres. Roslin and Capt. Shevron were walking back to the others, Pres. Roslin explained how Kim was going to get a message to the Galactica.
The seven-year-old went back with the other kids his age and began telling them about what he heard.
When Pres. Roslin and Capt. Shevron stepped up to Kyra, Pres. Roslin said, "Kyra, I need to talk to you."
"What is it, Madam President?" asked Kyra.
"Not here," said Pres. Roslin. "Let's talk in private." She then faced Seth. "Seth, I'm going to need to talk to you as well."
Seth looked at Pres. Roslin in a curious manner before saying, "Yes, Madam President."
As Pres. Roslin, Capt. Shevron, Kyra and Seth were walking out of earshot of the others, Pres. Roslin said, "Kyra, we need the help of the Galactica's crew to get this ship moving again, so I want… we need Kim to astral project to Dr. Clu-Isic and report to him our position and situation."
Kyra was noticing the younger kids stepping up to the adults as she was saying, "Of course. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that Kim hasn't already volunteered to do that."
"Well, Capt Shevron did say that he had things under control, so most likely she thought it wasn't needed," said Seth.
"Well, I thought we did have thing under control, but a lot of wire needs replacing to get the propulsion system working again and we don't have the wire," said Capt. Shevron.
"Out of curiosity, what caused the damages to the wire?" asked Seth.
"This ship is infested with insets and several of them had created a jumper between conduits that created a short within the propulsion system," said Capt. Shevron.
"Was that what caused the mysterious FTL jump?" asked Kyra.
"It was," said Capt. Shevron.
"Kyra, we need to go and talk to Kim," said Pres. Roslin.
"Of course," said Kyra.
As Pres. Roslin and the others were walking towards Kim, the members of the quorum of twelve, several of the guests and the seven-year-old boy were stepping up to Pres. Roslin and the others with a concern expression on their faces. Zarek was in front of the group.
Pres. Roslin stopped walking and asked, "Is there a problem?"
Zarek was the first to say, "It just came to our attentions that this ship is dead in space and in the path of a large comet."
"Where did you people get your information?" asked Capt. Shevron.
A woman stepped closer and said, "My son was near the bushes of where you and Pres. Roslin were talking. He overheard your conversation."
"It's true," said Pres. Roslin, "but the comet is still far enough way so we do have time to make repairs."
"How far away is this comet?" asked a representative of Aerilon.
"Around twenty hours," said Capt. Shevron.
"I heard you say, Capt. Shevron, that there was not enough wire to make the repairs," the seven-year-old boy blurted out.
"We will be contacting the Galactica for the wire and most likely the help with making the repairs," said Pres. Roslin.
"Even I know that it takes more than twenty hours to contact the Galactica from our position and there're not any Raptors on board," said Zarek.
"We aren't using conventional methods to contact the Galactica," said Pres. Roslin. "Now if all of you will excuse us, we need to continue with what we're doing."
"How will you be contacting the Galactica?" asked Zarek.
"I can't divulge that information at this time, but I assure you that we do have a way to contact the Galactica and within a relatively short time," said Pres. Roslin. "So the best thing that you can do to help the situation is to go back to what you were previously doing."
"If I don't see anyone from the Galactica within the hour, I'll be picking up this conversation from where we're left off," said Zarek. He then turned and walked away. The group that arrived with him had left with him.
Seconds later Kim noticed, Pres. Roslin, Capt. Shevron, Kyra and Seth walking towards her and the group of teenagers who she was talking to.
When the teenagers saw the confused expression on Kim's face they turned to see what Kim was looking at.
As Pres. Roslin, Capt. Shevron, Kyra and Seth stepped up, Kyra said, "Kim, come with us."
Kim asked in a nervous manner, "Am I in trouble?"
"No-no-no, it's nothing like that," said Kyra.
Kim faced Adonis and said, "I'll be back." She then walked with Pres. Roslin, Capt. Shevron, Kyra and Seth. "So mom, what's going on?"
Kyra gestured towards Capt. Shevron and said, "Capt. Shevron, wants you to astral project to Dr. Clu-Isic and tell him where this ship is."
"I'll need a…" Kim said before she abruptly stopped talking.
"What will you need?" asked Pres. Roslin.
"I started to say that I'll need a photograph of him to meditate on before I can astral project to him, but I just realized that I might not need one," said Kim. "I'm not positive, but I think I can astral project first and then go to him after concentrating on wanting to go to him."
"Well, there are photos of Cmdr. Adama and others from the Galactica available to meditate on if you need to get to the Galactica first," said Pres. Roslin.
"I think one of the photos will help," said Kim.
"Okay, I'll get you a photo," said Pres. Roslin. "While I'm doing that, Capt. Shevron, you need to get the information together that you want Kim to pass along to the Galactica's crew. And if I remember right, Kim and Seth will need a private and isolated room to where Kim can meditate."
"The only room that is close to being private is my quarters," said Capt. Shevron. He then gave Kyra, Kim and Seth the directions to his quarters.
After leaving the garden, Kyra, Kim and Seth went one direction in the corridors and Pres. Roslin and Capt. Shevron went into the opposite direction.