A Different Beginning-Chapter 47

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

This chapter picks back up with Roslin on her way to Eloshi's meeting and Caprica and Eliza dealing with things on Caprica.

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A Different Beginning

Caprica woke up and realized she had slept through the night. She felt so much better, she knew she was tired both physically and emotionally, she just hadn't realized how much until she woke up. Eliza must have kept anyone from bothering her, she would have to thank her for that.

She knew it was going to be a long day, so she put on a pair of black pants and a loose fitting red t-shirt and a pair of black boots, since her hair had grown longer she put it back in a pony tail, so she would be comfortable. Her models and herself in the past tended to dress up making themselves look beautiful, but today she dressed for a long day of work, besides ever since talking to Aurora she had changed on how she saw herself.

When she entered the control room on her ship she saw Eliza had already began the process of linking the models in Caprica's group that would be staying on her basestar.

Eliza had seen Caprica when she entered the room and after finishing with the group she had been scanning she took a break and walked over to stand by Caprica.

Caprica waited for Eliza to stand beside her as she looked over the scans " Did everyone clear on your basestar?"

Eliza shook her head sadly " No, I had two eights who it seems have been talking to one of the Deanna's and they questioned if what we were doing was right "

Caprica hadn't expected that, especially from two eights " What did you do with them?"

Eliza waited until a six passed near them before she answered " I have locked them in separate rooms for now, I wasn't sure what you would want me to do "

Caprica thought about it " Keep them locked up for now and if you find any others on my basestar we will try talking to them before doing anything drastic "

Caprica changed the subject " Have the Simon's been able to save any of the women from the farms?"

Eliza turned to face Caprica, so she could make sure no one was listening to them " Out of the three farms they were able to save about thirty women, I had them put in a couple of rooms on my basestar, so the Simon's could monitor them, I don't think they will all make it and the six and the Simon's destroyed the farms "

Caprica nodded " What about the dentition centers? "

Eliza looked away for a moment " They found about thirty-five men and fifteen young boys, they were pretty much starved as well as tortured, I didn't have any idea that Cavil was having them tortured especially the boys " Eliza frowned " I had four of the Simon's put them here on your ship and they agreed to stay with them and feed them and try to convince them they are safe now, they will also be tending to their wounds, again I doubt they will all make it "

Caprica had known about it and had tried to talk Cavil out of torturing them " Where there anymore humans hiding out ?"

Eliza smiled " We found some of the resistance people that had been left because Anders thought they were dead and they have agreed to help us out with the women and the men and boys, I don't think there is any more humans on Caprica "

Caprica hated there were so few and most of them were hurt " Have all the other models been eliminated by the centurions?"

Eliza nodded " We think so, but there could be some hiding out, are you going to nuke Caprica or wait on Boomer before doing so?"

Caprica was about to say she would wait on Boomer when the scans lit up showing that a basestar had jumped in, Eliza saw it to " Leave now Eliza and as soon as you get back to your ship we are nuking Caprica and jumping out of here, I was afraid there would be more basestars out there somewhere, we need to meet up with the fleet and destroy the HUB as soon as possible "

Eliza took a step then stopped " I haven't finished scanning the models on your ship yet "

Caprica knew they needed to hurry " Just go, after we blow this planet up we will finish scanning before joining the fleet "

The basestar jumped away before Caprica could attack it, so she and Eliza left the surface and nuked Caprica before jumping to meet up at a pre-set of coordinates.

With the radiation level on Caprica she knew that it was not habitable for humans and she didn't want to leave it intact for any cylons.

Caprica would not try and find the fleet until she heard from Boomer.

Caprica decided the best thing she and Eliza could do for now would be to try and locate the HUB.

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Adama was in the CIC getting ready to listen to Eloshi's fleet-wide broadcast.

He knew his presence would not be needed there as he was military and this meeting was supposed to be a religious gathering. It would also turn into a political one with President Roslin, her vice-president and the quorum members attending.

As far as Adama knew most of the fleet had heard about Kobol and the Temple of Athena and that it had turned out to be a map of sorts to Earth.

They also knew that Eloshi had at one time supported Roslin and the Scrolls of Pythia, but now they were going to hear Eloshi changing her support to Aurora instead of Pythia as the way to finding the fleet a new home.

And after Eloshi announced that Aurora's chosen one was in the fleet Adama had a feeling the meeting would quickly turn into a religious war with Roslin stoking the fires. He knew the fleet would divide itself between the two and he would have to step in.

Adama was counting on his marines and Helo and Racetrack to maintain order if they could.

Then he would have an even bigger problem when he allowed three basestars to join the fleet. He knew then that he would have to give a fleet-wide message along with supporting Eloshi and her belief in Aurora and her chosen one.

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Eloshi had been in the ballroom preparing for the meeting an hour before it began with most of the people from the Aurora there to lend her support.

Adam would also be there now that most of the cylons had been dealt with and no one except a few knew who he really was, but he had to be there to back Eloshi up for Kara since she was told to stay away.

About eighty percent of the fleet believed in the Lords of Kobol while the rest would choose a side based on who they knew or stay out of it all together.

Eloshi had decided to keep it simple, but would admit to speaking to Aurora herself. She hoped it would be enough to get most of them to believe her.

Willow had wanted to attend, but Adam and Eloshi had told her it would be to dangerous and even though a lot of people had seen her in the restaurant no one had recognized her with her hair cut short and dyed, but that didn't mean someone at the meeting might, especially if there were cylons hiding in the fleet.

Adam had found Willow a place where she could listen and watch without being seen, so she agreed to the precaution because she really wanted to hear what was said about Aurora.

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Racetrack had landed on Cloud Nine and she, Helo, Mark and President Roslin had left the raptor and waited outside of Cloud Nine long enough for the press to meet up with them.

Roslin faced the press and told them to enter right before the meeting started, so Eloshi wouldn't have time to keep them out.

The four of them walked in thirty minutes before, so Roslin could speak with Eloshi one last time hoping to change her mind.

Roslin and Mark approached Eloshi only for Roslin to find Adam sitting with Eloshi. " Adam why are you here?"

Adam remained sitting " I happen to agree with Eloshi and have offered her my support Madame President "

Roslin turned to Mark " I thought he was your friend and business partner Mark?"

Mark took a seat " He is Laura, but I will not tell anyone who or what they should believe when it comes to religion "

Helo and Racetrack stood over to the side and it was Helo who saw the marines as they took up positions out of sight. Helo nudged Racetrack letting her know about the marines.

Racetrack whispered " The commander is prepared in case something happens "

Helo chuckled " Don't you mean when something happens, because it will "

Roslin tried one last time " Eloshi I wish you would not do this, you yourself once believed that Pythia was the answer "

Eloshi sighed " Madame President I have spoken to Aurora and even though I am a follower of Pythia even I know to believe Aurora when she says her chosen one is the one whom we should follow, and I didn't need chamomile to make me believe her "

Roslin gasped " That was uncalled for Eloshi "

Eloshi stood up " I warned you that Aurora told you to back off and that is exactly what you should do, now I have things to do, excuse me and congratulations Mr. Rivers on your vice-presidency "

Mark stood up " Thank you Priestess Eloshi "

Adam told him congratulations also before following Eloshi.

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Natalie was on her basestar preparing to listen to the Priestess Eloshi. She hated that she could not tell her sisters and the others with her about Aurora, but they would soon hear it all including the chosen one being in the fleet. Commander Adama had been kind enough to allow them to listen.

Boomer had not been able to tell her if she had heard from Caprica today and that had her worried. Natalie was also anxious to see Willow whom she had heard so much about, but it was not possible right now.

While she waited she went to speak to one of the marines that Adama had placed on her basestar, he told her it was what the Quorum wanted, at least they had agreed to let her stay with the fleet.

She tried to remember his name " I'm sorry Corporal I have forgotten you name and I wanted to see if you or the others needed anything ?"

Corporal Tanner smiled " It is Tanner ma'am, and if you have some water that would be nice "

Natalie nodded and after telling one of the eights to bring some water she turned back to face him " You can call me Natalie Corporal, do you mind if I ask why you don't seem afraid to be here or why you have been so kind?"

Tanner smiled " It is simple really, the Commander seems to trust you as does Apollo and that helps, but I know Starbuck and I trust her instincts and I know that she trusts you, so that is good enough for me and my team "

Natalie laughed " When I first met her I didn't know what to think, but I got used to her in the short time we spent together and the one thing I learned about her that stuck with me was how loyal she is to the people of this fleet " Natalie paused " From what I saw when she was with Apollo made me believe she would give her life for his without a seconds thought, they must really love each other "

Tanner liked to gossip when he could get away with it and it didn't feel as odd as he thought it would talking to a cylon, after accepting his water and taking a drink he looked at her again " Apollo would die for Starbuck just as quickly, we always assumed there was something between them and they always have each others back whether it is in the air or on the ground " he took another drink then chuckled " There were so many bets placed on when they would finally hook up, but they have had their share of problems and then some and they are always the first in the air to protect this fleet. I guess what I am trying to say is most of the people on the Galactica respect them even if they sometimes drive us crazy when they fight "

Natalie chuckled " Boomer told us about some of their fights, so do you think President Roslin and Priestess Eloshi will finally agree about how the search for a home should proceed or do you think they will divide the fleet?

Corporal Tanner frowned " We don't really know what is going on, just what we have heard from people gossiping, so I really don't know what the meeting is about other than it is a religious matter, but something makes me think you do "

Natalie nodded " I do, but I am not allowed to discuss it, anyway everyone is about to find out as soon as the meeting starts, thank you for talking with me Corporal Tanner, I need to head back to the control room " she paused wanting to let him know he wasn't alone " No one on this basestar knows except me, so I am sure I will have to answer a lot of questions when it is over "

Tanner nodded " Thanks for the water "

Natalie walked away and went to the control room where a lot of the cylons had already gathered.

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Athena was waiting with Apollo and Starbuck in the room they had been assigned to. Since Helo was on Cloud Nine and Boomer was in the CIC she didn't want to listen by herself " Thanks for letting me listen with you guys"

They had been sitting on the bed playing cards and Starbuck looked up " Sure, thanks for bringing cards and breaking up the monotony, Apollo and I were about to have a sparring match, so we wouldn't end up killing each other "

Lee chuckled " Starbuck has no patience, I was about ready to call Cottle and have him give her something to knock her out for a while, just so I could finally have some silence "

Athena grinned " I figured you guys would be burning off steam in more personal ways since you are alone in here "

They both looked at her and rolled their eyes and Lee chuckled and added " We learned there is a limit to how much alone time two people can burn off energy frakking "

Kara smirked " Fraking Lee , I thought you said we were making love?" she said joking.

Lee back tracked fast " We were at first Kara, but I think even you know the difference by now, or at least you should "

Starbuck sighed and let that subject drop " Frak I will be glad when Eloshi starts this meeting, so I can finally get out of this room, I am seriously thinking about going to stay with Natalie for a couple of days, at least over there I won't run into Roslin"

Lee was worried " Kara I don't think this meeting is going to go well, I know dad is expecting Roslin to start something, he even sent a team of marines over there "

Athena folded " I am afraid they will demand Eloshi to tell them who the chosen one is " Athena had a sudden thought " Speaking of Natalie, Starbuck it might be better if you go over there now, because if Eloshi tells them they will start demanding to see you and try to board the Galactica "

Lee jumped up " She is right Kara, Athena head to the hangar bay and prep a raptor and I will call the commander and set it up, we have at least fifteen minutes to get off of the Galactica "

Athena left and Kara stood up excited to be leaving " What should I do?"

Lee looked at her " Pack our things at least enough for a couple of days while I call dad "

Kara started packing as Lee called the CIC and waited for his dad to pick up on a secure line " Dad, Athena thinks it would be safer for Kara if we go stay on Natalie's basestar just in case Eloshi has no choice but to name Kara, I sent Athena to prepare a raptor and we will need clearance in ten minutes to take off "

Adama was worried about the same thing and he knew the fleet would not try and board the basestar " Athena is right Lee, at least until we find out how this meeting ends up, I'll have Boomer contact Natalie and let her know to expect you both and Boomer will give you clearance for take off. There is no need for anyone else to know where you will be, I'll contact you later, and Lee you need to hurry "

" Thanks dad " Lee hung up and found Kara had finished packing " You ready to leave Starbuck "

Kara grinned " You bet your sweet ass I am, now let's go " Kara opened the hatch to find Mathis " We have new orders, so we won't be needing you for a couple of days "

Mathis saw their duffel's " At least let me escort you to the hangar bay "

Lee nodded " Good idea, but we have to hurry "

Athena had to wait while Chief Tyrol checked with the commander before letting her get a raptor ready. She was finishing pre-flight when Starbuck and Apollo entered the raptor.

Kara took the pilots chair " Thanks Athena, we have it from here "

Athena surprised Kara by sitting in the co-pilots chair " I am going with you, I need to get off the Galactica for a while with Helo gone and I want Simon to check on the baby "

Apollo sat in the ECO chair " It's okay with me, besides we might need you or you might need us, let's go Starbuck get us out of here "

Kara turned and rolled her eyes at him " I'm going as fast as I can for fraks sake, and speaking of Simon I want you checked out also to make sure your lung is healing properly "

Boomer's voice filtered through her helmet " Raptor 210 you are cleared to leave "

Starbuck answered " Thanks and let Helo know we have Athena "

Raptor 210 lifted off and Kara took a deep breath " Thank gods we got out of that room "

When they landed on the basestar there was a six Kara didn't know waiting on them " Natalie said to hurry the meeting is about to be broadcast "

They took off trotting to the control room and heard Eloshi when they entered " I would like to thank you all for coming today, I have a very important message to relay to everyone from Aurora "

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Sorry to end it here, I wanted to get everyone in position before Eloshi finishes dropping the bomb, so to speak.

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