A Different Beginning

by remake

What if Kara and Lee had never met prior to the start of the mini-series?

31. Chapter 31

A Different Beginning-Chapter 31

THIS STORY BEGINS WHEN THE COLONIES WERE DESTROYED.

IT IS MOSTLY A.U. WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CANON.

ALSO LEE AND KARA MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME.

A.N.-ALL MISTAKES ARE MINE

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CHAPTER-31-A Different Beginning

Kara walked with Roslin to what looked like a sealed doorway. Kara kept turning the arrow one way than another way before she gave up " They could have sent the arrow with instructions on how to open this fraking door "

Adama came forward " Maybe it is to be used inside, come on Helo, and bring Lee and Mark, maybe between the four of us we can push it open "

They all went to the doorway and started pushing finally getting it open.

Adama turned to face Helo " I need you and Mark to stay outside with the others. "

Roslin quickly said " No, I want Mark to come in since he is the only civilian with us, Billy you wait out here with the others"

Kara was surprised at Roslin's statement and by looking around at each of the others they were as shocked as she was, except Mark because he smirked then grinned at the others.

So Roslin, Adama, Lee, Mark and Kara entered the opening and started looking at the broken statues inside.

They all began speaking one after the other naming the statues.

Adama pointed out the one with the missing arrow and Kara stepped forward with Lee a step behind her and as she lifted the arrow to put it in it's place it jumped from her hand causing the entrance to shut and then they suddenly found themselves standing on a patch of grass with the night sky above them.

There were statutes there also along with several tall towers made of stone, Lee whispered " Where are we?"

Kara was in awe " I think we are standing on Earth"

Lee looked up and pointed at something " I think I have seen that before "

Adama agreed " I think the astronomers who found it named it the M80 body, it is a long way from here "

Lee gasped " I think this is a map of sorts "

Adama sighed " Well we at least have an idea which way to go now "

Roslin who had been walking around stated " At least finding the Tomb of Athena proves Pythia was right "

Adama looked over at Mark who hadn't spoken " Mark are you okay?"

Mark seemed to take a long time to answer " Yeah I guess, something feels off but, familiar here" Mark looked at the commander " Commander I am Mark Rivers and I wanted to thank you for allowing me to come to Kobol with Maggie "

Adama had to think for a minute " Oh you mean Racetrack " then he whispered " I didn't have much choice with Kara and Lee double teaming me about it " he then chuckled

They walked around a little bit longer by themselves, Kara prayed, Lee was trying to write everything down, Mark had knelt down and was rubbing a piece of stone he had found while Roslin and Adama looked at the statues.

Adama finally told them to get ready to leave, so they all stepped back to the same place they appeared at and suddenly found themselves back in the cave.

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By the time they came out Racetrack who had been pacing with worry ran to Mark and threw her arms around him " I was so worried "

Kara looked over and caught Lee's eyes and looked back at Mark before looking back at Lee who just shrugged.

Everyone got back into the raptors except Adama, Lee and Kara " Sir, how are we going to get them safely off the hangar deck without any one seeing them?"

Lee added " Kara and I were hoping to tell everyone tomorrow at the same time "

Adama called Mark out " Would you take my place and ride with the President so we can get Athena and Boomer back on board safely?"

Mark didn't mind " Sure I will sir "

Once they lifted off Adama had them put the orange work suits back on " Do you think Mark knows not to tell Roslin anything?"

Kara looked at him " Don't worry sir, he won't "

Adama told her "Kara you and Lee distract Cally and the chief and I will put these two back into life station for the night, under guard "

All four of them agreed.

They had been sitting silent for about ten minutes when Boomer clutched her head for a few seconds and then let her hands drop " Caprica said a base star will be jumping to Kobol in thirty minutes "

Adama called out to Racetrack " How long before we land " Racetrack answered " Ten minutes, sir "

Adama went up front" Patch me into the Galactica "

Thank god Saul answered Adama thought " Colonel make sure all ships are spooled up to jump in ten minutes, the cylons are coming, we will be landing in seven minutes, Adama out "

Adama then looked at Kara " So it seems you do have a mole. I need to talk to you, Boomer and Athena early tomorrow morning and you too Lee to discuss how much we should tell Roslin. Somehow I think it will be harder for her to believe certain things then it did for me "

Both raptors flew in right before the outer doors started closing. They all stayed inside until after the jump. Lee reminded his dad " Commander I am going to the Aurora first thing in the morning, so you need to push the meeting up "

Adama nodded " Okay, just be careful Lee "

Lee nodded before heading to block the chief off.

Kara immediately cornered Cally and stood where Cally's back would be to the commander and started talking to her about one of her engine lights going on and off.

Across the bay she saw Lee had done the same thing.

After Adama got them out of the bay, Kara and Lee headed straight for Keeper and Crashdown, but instead of taking a chance on being heard he asked them to come to his office. " You can finish your checklist after we are done "

Keeper and Crashdown looked at each other and shrugged, whatever it was they were going to find out soon enough.

Kara went in first and leaned against the wall while Crash and Keeper stood in front of their CAG'S desk waiting for Apollo to sit down, instead he leaned against the back wall.

Kara decided to start " We need you to keep quiet about what you saw today "

Crash laughed " You mean the Temple or the cylons?"

Keeper snorted " The cylons man, are you stupid or what?"

Lee picked it up " We will be telling everyone about them tomorrow all at the same time,pilots, deck crews and the marines "

Kara added " They and another cylon literally saved my ass on Caprica and helped bring us back to the fleet." she paused " I know a lot of people won't accept them or believe these two have changed, but if anyone messes with them then they will be answering to me and it won't be pleasant"

Lee stood up from the wall " Guys they really have changed and the only thing that will make them mad is anyone who goes after Starbuck, if you don't believe us ask the resistance group that were on the run with them " Lee paused " Just keep quiet about it until we tell everyone else please" "

" Yes Sir " they saluted then Lee dismissed them.

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After jumping three times people started finishing what they had been doing.

As for Kara and Lee they sat down on the couch and snuggled together as they rested after what had been a long day.

Lee was holding Kara with one arm and running his fingers through her hair with the other hand when his phone rang, he removed his hand out of her hair to grab the phone which was located on the wall behind him " Captain Adama here, I hope whoever this is it had better be important "

Adama chuckled " Sorry to interrupt Lee, but I want you and Kara to eat dinner with me, I think we need to figure out just how much everyone knows before we talk to anyone else, besides I would like a little alone time with the both of you "

Lee sighed, then told Kara what his dad wanted, she nodded " We agree, what time should we be there ?" Adama answered " One hour "

When Lee hung up Kara sat forward placing her elbows on her knees " If we are going I desperately need a shower and a change of clothes "

Lee stopped her from getting up by placing his hand on her arm " Kara I am sorry about Leobon and what he did to your hand and I am sorry I didn't keep my promise to you by letting Leobon get his hands on you."

Kara leaned in and kissed his cheek " Lee that wasn't your fault I am the one that flew away, but I am glad to finally be back here with you "

Lee was rubbing her back now and remembered they needed to get ready " Use my shower and I will go pick up some of your clothes up out of your locker "

Kara stood up " Thanks, do you think I can get away with wearing my tanks and running pants ?"

Lee laughed " Yes, because I am wearing the same thing, now jump in the shower and I'll be right back and save me some hot water " he said as he left his room/office.

Kara tried to hurry up, but it had been so long since she had a shower she was still in it when Lee returned.

Lee opened the door a little bit " Are you planning on coming out anytime soon ?"

Kara giggled and opened the door all the way " No, but your welcome to join me, I don't mind sharing "

Lee asked " Are you sure " Kara laughed " I wouldn't have offered if I didn't mean it "

Lee removed his clothes and was inside the shower in under a minute, then he stopped to stare at the sight of Kara naked.

Kara thought he might stand there all day so she reached and grabbed him pulling him under the water with her " Get your hair wet Lee and I will wash it for you "

After wetting his hair he turned and stopped when he was facing her and placed his hands on her hips and slowly started moving them up and down along her sides. While she lathered up the shampoo and began washing his hair, after that she grabbed a rag and soaped it up handing it to him " You are going to have to finish washing yourself "

As Lee was washing his stomach he looked at her " Are you through?"

She nodded and he noticed her eyes had darkened, so he rinsed off quickly pulling her against him and started nibbling on her neck heading to her lips. When he reached her lips she was ready for him to kiss her. Kara didn't know how long they stood there kissing and would have continued if not for the water turning cold.

Lee stepped out grabbing a towel and passed one to her " I plan on finishing what we started tonight "

Kara blushed " Who said I will let you?" Lee grabbed her and kissed her again until they were both fighting to breathe " You did, just now" he winked at her as he left the small bathroom to get dressed.

Kara walked out and deliberately dressed slow to torture him " We need to go Lee, it's almost time "

Lee laughed as he opened the office door " I will blame it on you if we are "

Kara laughed as they walked side by side both letting their hands brush against each others.

Then they ran into Dee who stopped them. " Everyone is glad you made it back alive Starbuck "

Kara laughed " Everybody, but you, right petty officer?"

Dee laughed manically " I won't deny that, I hoped you would never come back "

Lee stepped toward her " I am going to make a note on your personnel file that you need to see a shrink, especially after making a comment like that about a fellow colonial officer, and as we are headed to see the commander for dinner I intend on telling him what you just said to Captain Thrace, you may find yourself transferred after that "

Kara wasn't going to stop him, simply because she believed Dee had become unstable and it could result in someone getting hurt. Kara grabbed Lee's hand " Let's go, the commander is probably wondering where we are "

It seemed Dee still had something to say " She is not good enough for you Lee "

Lee was barely holding in his anger " I told you never to use my name again only rank, and by the way, you are the one who is not good enough for me or anybody else "

They walked away before she said something else. Kara had wanted to hit her so bad, she barely held herself back.

As they reached the hatch Lee stopped her " While you were gone she made a play for me again, I thought she would let it go when you came back, Kara I have no choice except to report her before some one gets hurt "

Kara looked at him " I agree with you, besides I don't have time to deal with her bullshit right now "

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Kara and Lee entered Adama's office after hearing him call out " Come in "

Adama sat down at the table after they both sat down " I am so glad this past week is over and before we get started on other things Kara I want to apologize if I ever made you feel you weren't good enough for Lee " he paused " My only excuse was that I already considered you as my daughter and I never knew how you and Lee felt about each other " again he stopped to pour them all a drink " And Lee it was never my intention to make you feel like I thought you were not good enough for Kara and no one is happier about the fact that you two are together than me, after I had a chance to get used to it "

Kara had almost teared up " Thank you for telling us, sir "

Adama coughed " One more thing then I will let it go " Lee I am sorry for trying to push you towards Dee "

Lee sat forward " Talking about Dee, Kara and I just ran into her on the walkway and she said some awful things. " Lee looked at Kara " Dee told Kara she wished she had never made it back and I keep turning her down, but she refuses to take the hint and won't leave me alone " Lee took a sip of his drink " I had another pilot that told me Dee changed after I came on board the Galactica "

Kara wanted to explain " Sir, I can take care of myself, but I hope Dee doesn't do anything that would put anyone else in danger while attempting to hurt me "

Adama was shocked " Oh my gods Lee, I didn't know, now if someone innocent gets hurt it will be my fault "

Lee was rubbing the back of his neck thinking " Not if you get her off of the Galactica tomorrow "

Adama sighed " That won't work she is still a colonial officer "

Kara sighed " All she really does is answer the coms, so she could do the same on one of the larger civilian ships, just tell her an opening came up and she was the only available choice at the moment "

Adama grumbled " This is something else I am going to have to keep from Roslin "

Lee shook his head " Not really, she doesn't need to be told about it, and if she brings it up you can just say it was a military decision "

Adama smiled " Your right, it is kinda scary how well the two of you have become at deception "

Kara snorted " Not to change the subject, but would it help to have the meeting with Roslin in Mark's restaurant since it will be only the four of us, Roslin told Mark she would like to eat there and over there you might have more control of the meeting, sir?"

Adama smirked " We might as well try it because so far the two of you have been managing a lot, and I take you are trying to get Roslin to like Mark, because he is a civilian "

Kara smiled " I will let Mark call her and let her know that you requested it, but you wanted to know if she would agree to a work meeting along with dinner at the restaurant , don't worry sir Mark can be very convincing and he knows about everything according to Lee "

Lee spoke up then " We could meet her there and keep her busy while you remove Dee from the Galactica, keeping her in the dark about it long enough for us to come to an agreement as to which way we need to go. "

Kara spoke quickly " As for right now we are heading the right way, but as we get closer I have a feeling that is going to change "

" There is something I need to tell the both of you " Kara tried to get her thoughts in order " I think there is going to be a religious war between the cylons causing them to split up "

Lee gave her a strange look " What did you do Kara?"

Kara grinned " That's the best part I didn't do anything, until right before I left, I may have told an eight model that Cavil was wrong because no God would want to wipe out an entire race " Kara paused " And I pointed out that two of her sisters had already decided there was no cylon god and that I had heard there were others changing their minds also " Kara sighed again " Okay that last bit was bullshit "

Adama and Lee both chuckled " It seems you did a lot of damage while you were on Caprica " Adama stated

Kara shrugged " It wasn't me, I think I was tied up for most of the trip, but my team seemed to pull off a lot of things "

Lee grinned " I don't think you took a team with you Kara "

Kara smirked " You are being a smart-ass Lee, I was talking about all the rouges I put together to create a team, but seriously it was Boomer, Athena and Helo who did most of it "

Kara got up " I had a great time catching up with you commander, but I really need to get some sleep, before we have to go through another day like today "

Adama stood also " Are we going to tell Roslin about Aurora?"

Kara shrugged " I don't know yet, I'm hoping someones let's me know if we should tell her "

" I enjoyed it dad, come on I'll walk you back Kara " Lee grabbed her hand the second they stepped out of the office steering her to his office\bedroom,

Kara smirked " You are getting a little ahead of yourself, you know that right?"

Lee pulled her into his room then hugged her and whispered " I thought about it, but I think we both need a good nights sleep before we have to face more stuff tomorrow and you know we both sleep better when we sleep together " Lee undressed and crawled into the bed and spread out.

Kara remembered she was supposed to call Mark, reaching for his phone she had the CIC place the call for her, as she waited she looked over at Lee who was staring at her, she winked at him causing him to smile " Finally, Mark I am sorry for calling so late but I need a favor " then she told him in detail what she needed and why " I'll take care of it Kara, tell Lee I said good night" he heard her gasp " What makes you think I am with Lee?"

Mark laughed " Where else would you be Kara, except with Lee " Kara smiled " Fine I'll tell him and thanks for everything Mark "

Lee leaned up on an elbow " Tell me what?"

Kara yawned " You're right about us sleeping better together and Mark said to tell you good night " she said as she slid into bed next to him after undressing herself

Kara chuckled " I can't believe you gave up fraking me so easily "

Lee rolled over to his side and kissed her deeply " I will be wide awake in the morning " then he winked at her before rolling onto his back again.

Kara laid her head on his shoulder and placed a leg on top of his, she felt like there was something she was supposed to do or say, when she couldn't remember she fell asleep after thanking the gods for returning her to Lee.

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Ever since Lee had dropped Willow off Adam and Eloshi had been talking to her.

Willow blurted out what she wanted to know " Do either of you know about Aurora and her prophecy?"

Eloshi asked quietly " What do you want to know, Willow?"

Willow chuckled " Everything about her, but I know we don't have that kind of time "

Adam stated " There is actually two prophecies about Aurora, one that says she will return in her true form to lead the humans to safety and the other one says she will choose a newborn child for each cycle of time to help the humans find a home, if necessary "

Willow smiled the brightest smile that Adam and Eloshi had ever seen " Kara is Aurora's chosen one "

Eloshi thought that herself, but for a cylon to believe it something must have happened " Why do you sound so sure about that?"

Willow shrugged then looked at them both still smiling " Aurora shows up when I project and she told me all about Kara and made me vow to protect her and if I did all of this then I can live on the planet Kara finds, but I will have to live and die as humans do "

Adam was awe struck " Has Kara seen Aurora in your projections?"

Willow shook her head " No, there is a rule the gods made that say a chosen one can never see the one that chose her "

Adam should have remembered that " I forgot that, I haven't had to think about all the rules the gods have for a very long time "

Eloshi had so many questions " Has anyone else see Aurora?"

Willow nodded " Yes, first it was Caprica, because Aurora thought she had the most to be forgiven for and after they talked Caprica vowed to protect Kara also"

Willow paused " Then it was Boomer and Athena because Aurora knew that they had discovered Aurora's mark on Kara the night before, then they vowed to protect Kara " Willow cocked her head to the side before straightening up " Aurora would like to speak to both of you "

That shocked Adam, even though his daughter was Aurora's chosen one, he never expected to meet Aurora herself " What do we have to do?"

Since they had been sitting in a circle of sorts Willow grabbed one hand from each of them then projected the Temple of Delphi.

Adam gasped " I have been there before, that's in Delphi isn't it?" Then Aurora appeared about four feet from them in her flowing blue gown and with her long golden hair unbound " Yes it is, I know who you are and it is time to make your presence known, Kara is going to need you in the coming months " she paused waiting for him to speak except he didn't " I don't think you need to prepare her anymore she has learned a lot of this on her own,and she is a very strong woman "

Aurora turned to Eloshi " Priestess Eloshi, although I know you have some differences about the gods I know that you believe in this, so I am going to ask you to please change Roslin's mind or I fear Kara will get fed up and take it upon herself to go alone to find a new planet for the people "

Eloshi knew Roslin could be stubborn " What if she won't change her mind?"

Aurora sighed " Then people will start picking sides, instead I want you to try and bring the religious groups together, I think after hearing about the chosen one being in the fleet even though they will never know her identity, except for a few, they will stand with Kara " she paused " I have told Willow, but now I will warn you, if anyone tries to harm Kara they will be dealt with harshly, now even though you are a priestess and you are her dad I need you both to vow before me to protect Kara at all costs, and please protect Willow "

Adam and Eloshi both bowed their heads and vowed to protect Kara.

When they opened their eyes they were back on the Aurora.

Willow tapped Adam on the shoulder " Are you really Kara's dad?"

Adam frowned " Yes, but she doesn't even know I'm alive " he paused " I left her when she was eight years old "

Eloshi knew there was more to it then that " Why did you leave?"

Adam sighed " To protect Kara, an oracle at our Temple said the chosen one would be born soon and even though just the oracle and me knew for a fact it was Kara we knew that I would have to leave her one day," Adam paused " When the higher ups in our religions search started closing in on members of our Temple I knew it was time for me to leave, so Kara wouldn't be found out and lose her childhood yet "

Eloshi asked " I know we were taught that the gods sometimes took human form to be among the humans and people always believed that each god had a chosen one, not everyone really took it serious, so why the big search for Aurora's chosen one?"

Adam shrugged " I'm not real sure, but the oracle I knew said that all of the oracles were bringing up that Aurora's chosen one was real and living among them now "

Willow had been listening to them talk " Why is Aurora choosing to involve the cylons?"

Eloshi sighed " I am only guessing, but maybe Kara's dealings with some of the cylons has caused Aurora to alter her plans because Kara and a few of the cylons have bonded, like I said I'm only guessing "

Willow thought of something else " I think it also may be that some of the cylons are questioning their god, and are accepting Kara's gods "

Eloshi laughed " Kara is subconsciously accepting some cylons and therefore unconsciously forcing Aurora to change her plans "

Adam sighed " My daughter must be stubborn and I think it's time we all go to bed "

Eloshi took Willow with her to the women's side of the ship leaving Adam to go to the men's side.

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The next morning an hour into shift change Adama ordered all pilots not on cap to meet up in the pilot's briefing room. After that he called for all marines to report to the same place and lastly ordered all of the deck crew there unless they were required to stay on the deck. He also opened the coms up for the cap and all of the Galactica.

Adama, Kara and Lee stood up front as everyone trickled in and took a seat, some having to stand when there were no more seats.

Commander Adama stepped up to the mike glancing around the room " I called this meeting to update all of you about some things that have happened this past week " Adama cleared his throat " As you all know Captain Thrace stole the captured raider we had and jumped back to Caprica at the President's request to do so, for the Arrow of Apollo which she brought back with her " Adama took his glasses off and pinched the bridge of his nose " Captain Thrace also brought back other things and that is why I have you all here, so I won't have to repeat myself "

Adama heard whispers in the crowd and looked to his left as Roslin stepped in and stood by the door. Adama turned to Kara and Lee," Do one of you want to finish this?"

They both walked up to the mike " Better together, right Starbuck?" she raised her brows at him and whispered " Are you still going to believe that when everyone freezes us out, or they might gang up and throw us off the ship "

Lee chuckled which was what Kara needed to get this started " I brought back two cylons with me " For a few seconds there was utter silence then she waited through the gasps and the oh my gods and you have got to be fraking kidding us and her favorite she is as insane as everyone says she is. Kara turned to see Lee trying not to laugh " I also brought back Helo and the Caprican Buccaners " and apparently they had nothing to say about that.

Starbuck stood up straight " Okay people this is how this is going to go, you are going to leave the cylons alone, they are an asset that is going to help us fight the cylons, I trust them and not just because they saved my ass on Caprica several times, but because I believed them when they said they wanted nothing to do with the cylons anymore, any questions ask them now "

Keeper who already knew asked first " Which models are they and where are they ?"

Lee had already moved and Kara nodded. Lee opened the hatch and followed them up front to stand by Kara.

Lee spoke up to show he agreed with Kara. He pointed to one of them " This is Boomer, the same Sharon you have always known and not long ago I trusted her with my life and she promised to bring Starbuck and Helo back to the fleet which is exactly what she had said she would do."

Lee then pointed to the other one " This is Sharon also who we now call Athena as Starbuck saw fit to name her on Caprica " he looked at Athena who nodded " Athena was given orders to make sure Helo fell in love with her so she would become pregnant, which she did " Lee paused " The cylons didn't factor in that one of their own could love a human, that was their first mistake, the second one was when they told her to kill Helo and when the baby was born she would be expermitted on, that was when she decided to take Helo and run, trying to protect him and their daughter and chose to side with us against the cylons "

Lee stepped back for Kara to step back up " I know a lot of you hate the idea of cylons being among us, but I vow on the gods I worship that Athena and Boomer can be trusted " Kara paused " They will be allowed out on the Galactia with a guard at first for their protection and yours, but if you have a problem I strongly suggest you bring it to me before acting on it, because I promise you there will be fall out, do you understand me?"

Kara and Lee both relaxed when they heard " Yes sir "

Lee stepped back up " We told you everything when we didn't have to, but Captain Thrace and I both believe we can trust all of you about this"

Roslin snorted loud enough that everyone looked her way and Lee added " Oh yeah, by the way I should tell you that as with our President some of the civilians will not like it, but the Galactica is a military vessel that is led by a man who knows to use any asset you have in a war, something the civilians don't understand "

Kara was proud of Lee for putting Roslin in her place so she said very loudly " So say we all "

Which over half the room started chanting as Roslin walked out of the room.

Commander Adama walked back up and everyone shut up " Thank you all for coming and listening today and just so there is no confusion I agree with Captain Adama and Captain Thrace they have proven time and again the lengths they will go to in order to protect their pilots and this fleet, so trust them on this too, dismissed "

After the Commander walked out most of the others did to, but Keeper, Duck, Crashdown, Racetrack, Mark and a couple of marines and deck crew hung around.

Keeper and Duck walked over to Athena and Helo , Keeper stuck out his hand " Hi Athena I'm Keeper, I just wanted to say welcome and there won't be any problems on my part "

Duck spoke next " They call me Duck and I agree with Keeper, welcome "

Athena stood a little taller " Thanks guys "

Racetrack and Mark walked over to speak to Boomer " Welcome back Boomer "

Boomer shook her hand " Thanks Racetrack, do you know if the chief was here?"

Frak Racetrack just remembered about the chief " I didn't see him " she needed to change to subject " I know you have seen Mark, but I don't know if you have met him "

Mark stuck out his hand " Thank you for helping Kara on Caprica "

Crashdown had been talking to Starbuck and Apollo when the chief suddenly slammed the door to the room open causing everyone to jump, he was headed straight for Boomer.

If any of the pilots were worried if Starbuck meant what she said about leaving the cylons alone they didn't have to wonder any more because before the chief ever reached Boomer she was already flanked by Starbuck, Helo, Apollo and Athena.

Boomer never moved she was caught up in all of the emotions coming from the chief, she saw anger, grief, and what she hoped was relief that she was alive. " Why didn't you tell me Sharon?"

Boomer sighed " Galen I didn't know until I was on the raptor and then I knew I had to help the fleet and Starbuck, I'm sorry for everything, I didn't want to be a cylon "

That's when the chief realised there were other people there and he locked eyes with Apollo " You knew and you didn't tell me " he screamed

Lee remembered that day " Chief I am sorry for not telling you, but I didn't think it was necessary to tell you that on top of telling you she was dead "

Starbuck stepped forward " Chief I need to speak to you now " and she walked away hoping he would follow

As soon as he reached her she started " Look I know some of what you feel she was one of my closest girl friends she has not changed chief she is the same person we have always known " Kara paused " She hated finding out she was a cylon and learning that the life she thought she had lived ripped away from her was tearing her apart, she is on our side here and more than that she is one of the few people I trust right now and Lee feels the same way " Kara added " If you can't accept her tell her, and if you can tell her that, plus Helo loves his Sharon, no matter what you decide she will remain here "

Kara walked over to Racetrack " Let me know if you think the pilots can't handle this? "

Racetrack nodded " Is the chief going to be okay?"

Kara sighed " Your guess is as good as mine, so what about you and Mark is there something I need to know "

Racetrack chuckled " I don't know, maybe, probably I hope so, and I guess I owe you one now"

Kara smirked " That's how the game is usually played, you know tit for tat "

Lee walked over " Kara we have to leave if we are going to the Aurora "

Lee went to talk to Helo and Athena " I hope things don't get to awkward for you "

Lee looked at Helo only to find him staring at something behind him, he turned to look and didn't see anything " What's wrong Helo?"

Helo gave Lee a quick glance " Why in the frak is that Mark guy always hugging Kara and why does he get to call her Kara?"

Athena started laughing at Lee's expression he kept looking from Helo to Mark and back. " Helo's jealous Apollo and wonders why you are not "

Lee smirked " They are friends just like Mark and I are friends "

Helo snorted " Does he pick you up and spin you around ?"

Lee laughed " Not yet, but it wouldn't surprise me "

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A.N.-I am ending this here so I can start fresh with what happens on the Aurora.

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