A Different Beginning-Chapter 42

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This story revolves around Kara and Lee, as I am a hard-core K/L fan I find it easier and more fun to write.

Kara and Lee meet for the first time on the day the cylons attacked their home worlds.

A.N.-I am not one for a lot of angst, I got enough of that during the series, but there will be a lot of tension and a lot of people disagreeing about how things should go. ( LOL )

This story is mostly A.U. with bits of canon popping of every now and then.

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Chapter-42

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Caprica was almost finished with picking up the twos and given instructions to the cylons that would be left on Caprica.

Caprica had decided to leave a few sixes, fours and eights on Caprica until Simon told her that one of his own was going to help get Kara Thrace pregnant.

Eliza who had listened spoke up " We can't leave that Simon on Caprica, especially if Leobon manages to capture Starbuck "

Natalie turned to Simon " You are the one they listen to, so I need you to get that Simon off of Caprica now! "

Simon hadn't been aware of one of his brothers helping Leobon " I had no idea Caprica, but if Eliza can take me down to Caprica I will bring him back "

Natalie knew time was running out " Go now and if we have to jump I will relay our coordinates to you "

Eliza nodded and followed Simon out.

Caprica suddenly heard Boomer " Leobon is on the tylium planet and so is Starbuck, we may need your help, do you think Leobon still has his tracker?"

Caprica sighed " No, he lost it during his download which is why Cavil can't find him "

Boomer frowned " Do you have any good news?"

Caprica nodded to herself " Cavil knows the fleet has left Kobol, so I'm pretty sure he is searching somewhere other than the tylium planet and as soon as Eliza gets back we will jump to the tylium planet "

Boomer wondered " How will that help "

Caprica laughed " If I know Leobon he will think we are Cavil and will return to the base star with Starbuck hoping Cavil will forgive him, so even if he does kidnap her he will bring her straight to us, none the wiser "

Boomer agreed " I hope it doesn't come to that, Apollo is on the planet searching for her now and if he finds Leobon he will kill him "

Caprica chuckled " That would solve the Leobon problem, because Cavil has boxed his entire line except for Leobon, and our orders are to box him as soon as we see him, so either way it's a win-win situation "

Boomer sighed voicing the other option " Or he could take her and jump away "

That sobered Caprica " For all our sakes I hope not " Caprica paused " Let the commander know we will be jumping to the tylium planet to help find Starbuck, after that we are going after Cavil "

Boomer thought once last time " I will, jump to our location as soon as possible "

Caprica turned to look at Natalie " We have a problem, Leobon is on the tylium planet and Starbuck is also leading a ground unit "

Natalie hands went to her face in shock " You need to go now Caprica, I will wait for Eliza to return before jumping to meet you "

Caprica nodded " Go, I will leave for there now and Natalie send a raider with one of the sixes to recon before you jump in above the planet and I will let Boomer know "

Natalie nodded as she left the room running to the raider that would take her back to her base star.

Caprica grabbed the first Simon she could briefing him on what was happening, knowing there was a chance a Simon might be helpful if things went bad.

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Kara was on the ground with her unit which consisted of Mathis, Anders and his two men. Kara knew that even if he had told her she could choose her team Adama had practically done it without her advice.

Kara looked up and knew the colonials had control of the space above the tylium planet, but that didn't mean the centurions weren't around.

They had stopped to rest when Kara was contacted by Lee using a walkie " Kara we just found out Leobon is on the planet "

Kara jumped up from the log she had sat on " Why are we just finding this out?"

Lee climbed out of his viper " I am on the ground what is your location?"

Mathis and the others had stood also " We are about one mile west of the tylium factory, so far there has been no sign of the centurions "

Lee who sounded like he was running ordered " Mathis I want you and Anders to cover Captain Thrace as long as you can, I'm on my way "

Mathis, Anders and his men quickly formed a circle around her, which made her mad " I can take care of myself, because I am not losing anyone to Leobon, not even us if I can help it " They moved slightly away at the tone of her voice " We need to take cover until Lee or the evac raptors finds us "

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Lee had run towards Kara's location when a thought popped up causing him to stop " Galactica I need to speak to Boomer now "

Lee waited seconds which seemed like minutes to him before he heard Boomer responding " Boomer here Apollo, what is happening?"

Lee sighed " Nothing as far as I know, is there anyway for you to find Leobon's raider?"

Boomer thought she knew why " If you can get to his raider you can stop him from leaving, right?"

Lee exhaled " I know she has a patrol unit with her, but if Leobon can get her away from them he will leave, so can you help?"

Boomer hated she could not help him " I can't help, but Athena is on the ground, she might know how to find it, plus our mole will soon be jumping here to help us, I'm sorry I couldn't help Apollo "

Lee stood up after leaning against a tree trunk " That's okay Boomer, I will get in touch with Athena now, Apollo out"

Lee stood still trying to decide which way to go. First he needed to speak to Athena, so he called her on the walkie she had with her "Athena is there anyway to find Leobon's raider?"

Athena stopped her patrol and walked a few feet away before answering " No, the only way would be if Leobon had connected recently and I had something to plug into, which I don't I'm sorry Apollo "

Lee got excited " Athena we have Boomer and a raider on the Galactica and Leobon connected briefly several hours ago, could Boomer do it?"

Athena gasped " Yes, but why didn't Boomer think about that?"

Lee was rambling " She is new to this, I want your patrol to catch up with Kara's they were about a mile west of the tylium plant "

Lee smiled calling back to the Galactica asking to speak to Boomer and waited until she answered " What's up Apollo?"

Lee sat down at the base of a tree resting his legs " Athena said that since Leobon had connected earlier you could use the raider to plug-in, hoping to pinpoint where his raider is "

Boomer grinned " Athena's right Apollo, I'm sorry I am still fairly new to the way cylons do things, I will call you as soon as I know anything, Boomer out "

That still left Lee not knowing which way to go. If he used the assumption that Leobon knew where Kara was then it stood to reason his raider would be close by. Instead of heading straight to Kara he decided to head above her position in the hopes that Leobon would not want to be noticed.

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In the CIC Adama was pacing, unable to help anybody, so he concentrated on the tylium being filled into the Galactica.

Boomer had approached him and kept him up to date with Kara, Lee and the cylon base star that would be jumping in soon. Dradis picked up the one raider that had jumped in and back out, but he let it go knowing it was Caprica's scout.

Boomer had also explained the different things that could happen concerning Kara and he prayed that she was wrong when she suggested he could just jump away from the fleet and the cylons keeping Kara for himself. That was what worried Adama the most and it wasn't just because the fleet needed her, he knew Lee would be as devastated as he would be.

Adama was also pacing waiting on Boomer hoping she could find out where the raider was. Just as he turned to make another pass in the CIC Boomer walked in smiling " I found it, it is a system set up like ours to keep track of the vipers and raptors "

Before Adama could think he grabbed Boomer and hugged her briefly before stepping back " Sorry, contact Apollo and the rest of the ground teams and give them the coordinates, but don't contact Starbucks team, Leobon could already have her or be close by and overhear what you say to them "

Boomer did as he asked then relayed the information to Caprica telling her to hold back if they needed her. Caprica didn't need to show herself unless it became necessary.

Adama was issuing orders " Colonel Tigh as soon as the tylium ship is full I want you to send the Aurora down for a direct refill and then send in Colonial One after that, we might as well get as much tylium as we can "

Tigh issued the orders " If there is still time who should we send next?"

Adama thought about it and Mark popped up, the least he could do for Mark after all he had done was send him next. " Send Cloud Nine down and after that you choose "

Colonel Tigh nodded.

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Back on the tylium planet Lee headed for the raider and Athena led her unit to Starbuck's last location.

Starbuck was getting restless and needed some space " Mathis I need to hit the head, so to speak "

Mathis nodded standing up " Yeah me too, besides I can't let you go alone " she turned to Anders " You are in charge until we return "

Kara didn't care who was in charge she just wanted off this planet now, so after walking away down the path she turned to Mathis " That's close enough I don't need an audience "

Mathis backed off and found a tree close by hidden by tall grass and relieved herself quickly before getting back on the path to wait for Starbuck.

After twenty minutes Mathis went in search of Starbuck and couldn't find her anywhere, so she headed back to her team.

When she reached them Athena was there " Where is Starbuck, Sergeant Mathis?"

Mathis could only tell the truth " We separated to take care of our personal business and when I returned she was gone, I waited for a while then looked for her, she is gone "

Sam jumped into the conservation shouting " What the frak kind of marine are you, you were never supposed to leave her alone "

Athena jumped in " Knowing Starbuck she ordered Mathis to give her some privacy " Athena paused then looked at Anders " You tracked her on Caprica so you should be able to track her now " turning she looked at Mathis "Show us where you last saw Starbuck "

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Lee had finally managed to find the raider and after making sure it was clear he walked over to the raider, but couldn't open it.

Frak he thought he would have to call Athena " Athena, Apollo here I have found the raider, but can't open it, any ideas?"

Athena had silenced the teams and stopped " There is a panel underneath the raider on the pilots side " she paused " It is flush, so you won't be able to feel it standing out, just keep rubbing your hand around the area and it should open "

Athena waited until she heard Apollo almost shout " I found it, now what?"

Athena cleared her throat " Apollo, Starbuck is missing and I'm betting Leobon has her, you need to get inside and shut the raider up, it will be your only opportunity to get the jump on Leobon "

All anyone could hear was Apollo cursing over and over " Frak, Frak, I knew she should not have come down here"

Finally he calmed down " Athena how in the frak do I close this thing?"

Athena smiled slightly " There is a button above the door just push it " She waited until she heard the door close before asking " I need your exact coordinates Apollo "

After Apollo rattled them off he looked around for the best place to hide and get the jump on Leobon while he waited. He also made sure he turned the walkie down.

Kara was struggling the entire way trying to leave clues once again and thinking that she was getting tired of being kidnapped and worried about what Lee would do with her gone again, maybe forever this time.

Kara finally saw the raider ahead and doubled her efforts at trying to get loose, that only made Leobon mad enough to knock her out dragging her the rest of the way, then he probably tossed her into the raider.

Athena and the others reached them only in time to see Leobon toss an unconscious Starbuck into the raider, making her wonder what Lee would do now.

As soon as Leobon shut the raider Lee raised his gun intending on shooting Leobon, but Leobon was quicker and shot Lee instead who fell crumpled next to Kara on the floor.

They didn't have long to wait before they heard a gunshot and then watched the raider lift off.

Athena wasted no time calling the Galactica " Commander I need to speak to Boomer now! "

As soon as Boomer answered Athena began talking " Leobon has Starbuck and Apollo, I think Apollo has been shot, have Caprica jump in now and try to lure Leobon onto her base star, it is the only play we have left "

Athena cut transmission and called for the evac raptor to pick them up. She didn't want to face the commander or Helo.

Anders was thinking almost the same thing, they had failed to do their jobs and not only lost Starbuck but Apollo also. Anders hoped the tylium was worth it, but somehow he didn't think the commander would care very much about all the tylium they had been able to get.

The evac raptor was silent on the way back to Galactica, no one felt like talking. They didn't even jerk when the basestar jumped in above the planet.

Caprica made sure to stay hidden from the Galatica even though she knew that they would know it was her, she just had to convince Leobon it was safe for him to board the basestar.

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Kara woke up slowly and when she saw Lee beside her covered in blood she jumped up screaming at Leobon after reaching out to grab Lee's wrist feeling for a pulse, relieved when she felt one. " You know messing with me is one thing, but if he dies I promise you will get nothing from me, because I will kill myself if that happens and destiny can go frak itself "

Leobon knew she meant what she said, but before he could give it much thought a base star jumped in almost on top of them. Leobon was torn between jumping away or getting help for the man who lay dying on the floor of his raider.

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Adama had all parties involved now in a situation room trying to piece together what happened.

Anders and Racetrack watched him as he held himself together as they all told him everything.

Helo sat by Athena knowing she blamed herself, but it was actually Kara herself to blame by getting Adama to let her go on the mission. A fact which Helo knew Commander Adama felt guilty for.

Boomer who had been silent so far spoke up " Caprica has jumped in above Leobon and is trying to convince him to land, sir "

Adama spoke up " I think he needs a little push " everyone looked at him wondering what he planned to do now.

" Athena I want you to pilot our raider and pretend you were the eight with him on Caprica and convince him it is safe to land " he looked at Boomer " Let Caprica know to keep Natalie back for now, she has that eight with her now doesn't she?"

Boomer nodded " She does sir, do you think this will work "

Adama actually smiled a little " The gods help those who help themselves, so I would like to think if we do our part they will help out with the rest of the plan "

Boomer grinned " I will let her know now sir "

Adama looked at Helo " I need you as CAG now, so get to the deck and tell them everything will be fine "

Racetrack spoke up " Commander should I tell Mark and Adam what has happened?"

Adama shook his head " Let's just wait and see what Caprica and Athena can do first, with that said no one that wasn't involved in this mission needs to know, so keep it to yourselves for now "

Adama stood up " Everyone is dismissed except Boomer "

Boomer waited until they all left " Commander we need to jump away so Leobon won't feel threatened, even though we can't see Caprica's base star if Leobon lands he will see us on their scanners "

Adama knew she was right " What do you suggest Boomer?"

Boomer shrugged " As soon as Athena leaves we can jump and Caprica will let us know what is happening "

Adama nodded " You're right, I need to get to the CIC and you are coming with me "

They both stood to leave.

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A.N.-Sorry for the short chapter, but there will be another one soon.