"So I assume Kate passed along all the information I gave her to you?" Elisabeth asked as she pulled up a seat next to Alicia's bed.
"Yeah she did" Alicia said.
"I'm not angry, I completely understand why you want to not come forward. But you can't keep it a secret forever" Elisabeth said.
"I know, I'm going to show a lot sooner" Alicia said.
"Well we should discuss medical care considering your age and the fact you are having multiple pregnancy it does increase the risks of preeclampsia, high blood pressure, anaemia etc. I'm boring you" Elisabeth said with a smile.
"No, I just know all of this. Medical degree and I read up on it" Alicia said and she had read up on everything she felt she needed to know when Kate had made noise that if Alicia had twins she would show a lot sooner which would make Kate happy since she'd win 20 terras.
"Well then you don't need me to tell you that it's probably best you cut down your work hours, stress, and that you should rest when you need to. It's hard work carrying one child. Two is twice the amount of work" Elisabeth said tongue in cheek.
"Taylor and I will discuss it. I'm thinking I'll cutting down to 20 hours a week and take maternity leave when I reach 28 weeks as I really don't want to take any unnecessary risks or worse go into premature labour in the Command Centre. It will also give us time to get ready and to enjoy the 'experience'" Alicia said with a smile though she could not wait for the morning sickness to be over.
"Sit down!" Kate hissed at Carter as she grabbed the back of his pants by the belt and pulled him back to the ground. "I'm in charge of this op. you will take my orders like a good little soldier or I'll kill you myself" Kate told him in a low voice.
"Yes Ma'am" Carter said with a sly smile in an equally low voice as they had made it into one of the tents where three soldiers had been sleeping. Carter and Kate had fixed that problem quietly. Kate disliked such tactics but it was better to cull the numbers of their enemy when they could then have to deal with a larger number later.
They were now watching the movements of the soldiers outside the tent waiting for an opening for them to move to the next tent.
"You're clear to move now" Reilly said over the Comm.
"You finally made it" Mira said when Kate and Carter appeared in the tent that was holding the sixers. Kate pulled the sonic weapons off her shoulder to those with free hands.
"I was expecting more of you" Kate said as she only counted ten people. She looked back at Mira and wondered if they could even mount a fight considering they were all injured in some shape or form. "You sure you guys are capable of fighting?" Kate asked.
"This coming from a woman who took down six men after she came back from the dead?" Mira asked dryly as she took a weapon.
"I had a nap between my being revived from the dead and the killing of those soldiers in question" Kate said awkwardly as she didn't like to talk about that time. Well she didn't like to talk about the past full stop unless it was a funny story.
"Lucky you had a nap before coming here" Carter said with a serious expression. Kate tried not to laugh as the guy was amazing at keeping a straight face.
"Ok, can we move on? Where are they holding Dr Wallace? Once he's safely out of the camp I'll help you clean up" Kate said.
"That wasn't the deal" Mira said looking displeased.
"It's the deal now" Carter stated, Mira eyed him for a moment before looking to Kate.
"What other amendments have been made?" Mira asked as Kate moved to the tent flap and peeked outside.
"We'll discuss them when this is over. Just consider me a representative of Commander Taylor" Kate said, she held up her hand for a moment to stop the conversation. Mira watched as Kate touched her ear listening to whatever she was being told.
"Ok so what is your brilliant plan?" Mira asked when Kate lowered her hand and gave Mira her attention.
"Your people have their war and I get Dr Wallace out to safety. Once he's clear I'm come back and help you clean up like I said before. Then we all sit down and have a chat about the future. Agreed?" Kate asked Mira. The sixer considered her options and then nodded.
"Agreed, he's five tents over. It's heavily guarded" Mira told her.
"I'll worry about that, you guys just hold up your end of the plan" Kate told them before disappearing.
Malcolm held the chem-light over the fried circuitry of the terminus. He had done an excellent job of ruining it that he wasn't so sure he could repair it. At least not out in the badlands with the antiquated resources at hand. The reality was he needed his lab and a workshop to fabricate new parts but he'd put on a good show for as long as he could.
He sighed as he pulled out another tray of fried circuitry and tossed it on the table behind him when Hooper walked in with three soldiers.
"How does it look?" Hooper asked him.
"It looks salvageable but it's going to take a while" Malcolm said.
"You have a month before we start to make things unpleasant" Hooper told him.
"How generous" Malcolm said dryly. Hooper opened his mouth to say something when a loud alarm sounded. Soon the air filled with cries of men and weapons fire.
"The Sixers are escaping" came over Hooper's radio.
All hell broke loose as Kate had accidently made herself visible to a couple of guards. She took them down easily with two blasts. But not before the alarm was sounded. It triggered flood lights on the camp which made her job of being inconspicuous extremely difficult.
Luckily the Sixers joined the fight before Kate had to take on a whole group of Phoenix soldiers. She grabbed the arm of a soldier who was trying to attack her and pistol whipped him with the butt of her gun before she back kicked the soldier trying to get her from behind. She turned to the guy she kicked in the stomach and the round house kicked him in the head. He fell to the ground unconscious.
Kate barely turned to continue on her way to the tent Mira said Malcolm was being held when she was hit square in the chest with stray sonic blast. She fell onto her back her chest constricted painfully as struggled to breathe. She felt paralysed by the pain and the fear as her heart pounded hard in her chest as it was working overtime. Her mind screamed at her to move to breathe but her body refused to move or let her do anything.
"Come on Kate. Get off the ground" Jim ordered through his radio, he watched Kate as she laid on the ground desperately trying to breathe. He had been laying down cover fire as soon as the alarm sounded. But now she was lying on the ground after taking a hit to the chest. He could see she was still breathing but she hadn't pulled herself off the ground that made his stomach churn as he worried what was happening to her. He didn't like how this plan was turning out.
"Just give her a moment, she's just winded" Reilly said as she was waiting for Kate to get up.
"Kate respond" he said, he kept firing his weapon and taking down the soldiers trying to reach her. "If she doesn't get up in the next 10 seconds you guys are going in" Jim told Kobayashi and Reilly.
Kate watched as the soldiers fall down around her and Jim's voice in her ear. "Kate, give me a sign you're ok" Jim said in her ear. She felt her lungs give and the air rush into her, she coughed and sputtered before she rolled onto her side and activated her comm..
"I'm here" Kate croaked after a couple of breaths.
"You need us down there?"
"No, stay as you are" She said before she sat up. When she did she cried out in pain as her chest burned with pain but blocked it out as best as she could as she picked up her gun and got to her feet and stumbled a few steps before she found her feet again.
"Sounds like your men are losing out there Major" Malcolm said calmly as he could as Hooper held a gun to his head.
"I still hold the trump card. Sixers won't hurt me as lo-" Hooper didn't finish the sentence as one of the soldiers standing at the flap of tent cried out in pain. Malcolm and Hooper watched in horror as the man crumpled to the ground with the blade of a machete knife sticking out of his chest. Behind him stood Kate who didn't waste time in disarming the second soldier and breaking his arm and using him as a human shield as Hooper fired at her. She dropped her human shield and held her gun directed at them. Hooper pointed his gun back at Malcolm's head using him as a human shield.
"Don't even think about it or I'll scramble your boyfriend's brains" Hooper said as he kept his head behind Malcolm's as he held Malcolm to him. "Put your weapon down" Hooper told her.
"No, this time it's over" Kate told him. She was just waiting for the perfect shot and then Hooper moved his head and she pulled the trigger.
Taylor watched Alicia sleep on the bio-bed in front of him. He couldn't sleep for many reasons. He was worried about the future, he was worried about the colony, and he was worried about his people still out in the Badlands.
He had to admit he was happy he and Alicia were going to finally start the life they had been dreaming about for so many years. But he was also scared he felt he had screwed up badly with Lucas. He had been there for Ayani and Lucas as much as he could but it had not been enough given his demanding career. He was not going to make the same mistakes again.
"What are you thinking so intensely about?" Alicia asked breaking his reverie. He focused on her and smiled.
"Just the future and how I will do things differently" he said in a low voice as he looked her. Alicia looked at him slightly confused as her brain was still fogged with sleep.
"I want to know my children"
"You're not making any sense" Alicia said as she sat up in the bed. She rubbed her face so she would wake up properly as she felt this was a conversation she needed to be awake for.
"Lucas-"
"You have to stop punishing yourself Nathaniel. There comes a point where a child will make their own decisions and decide who they are. You were a good father to him and you will be for our children" Alicia told him.
"How can you have so much faith in me?" he asked as he watched her slide out of the bed and moved to sit in his lap. She was careful of his broken arm as she faced him and cupped his face making him look up at her.
"Because I know you, you're the man who saved a broken woman over ten years ago…"
~Flashback~
One year after Ellyas gave up his black book and disappeared, Alicia stood in Colonel Nathaniel Taylor's office.
"You don't come with any glowing recommendations Lieutenant. Tell me why you deserve a chance in my unit" Taylor said from his chair as he sat at his desk. General Philbrick asked a favour of him to take the woman into his unit and straighten her out. They needed all the soldiers they could get especially soldiers with medical training. Lt Washington's Jacket read like a dream to any leader until you got to her previous year of conduct.
She did her work yes, but she wasn't a team player, she was insubordinate, passive aggressive and just plain aggressive when it came to sparring classes. She had anger issues. He could feel the anger roll off her in waves as she stood in his office.
"I don't, Sir" Alicia said as she stood in a relaxed military stance. Her past year had been her worst. She struggled trying to pull herself together and still couldn't believe why she hadn't been given a dishonourable discharge.
"Something we can agree on" Taylor said as he flicked through the thick file of disciplinary notes and write ups in Lt Alicia Washington's file. She was a far cry from the perfect soldier. He remembered from the mission over a year ago. Her hair was longer now. Obviously she was carrying that time around with her like heavy baggage. Obviously she had forgotten him as she showed no signs of recognition when she walked in. He would give her a chance but he wasn't going to go easy on her. He closed the file and looked at her.
"You want out of the military?" he asked her.
"No, sir" She replied adamantly.
"Then why do I have a file as thick as my thumb saying you do?" he asked, he then saw a flicker of uncertainty something he despised as it was weakness when it came to combat. He waved a hand dismissively.
"Actually don't answer that. To be honest I don't care for excuses. You will report to me 0400 everyday for the next 4 weeks to shape up, I'm not a patient man nor will I be as forgiving as your former leaders. If you give me lip or disgrace me or my unit. I will personally kick your ass out of the Military. Am I understood?" He asked her.
"Yes, Sir" Alicia answered.
~End of Flashback~
"The same man who kicked me in the ass until I got my act together. I really hated you back then" Alicia told him with a chuckle. Even Taylor chuckled it was true, he had been hard on her for the first two years she was in his unit but it was what she needed at the time.
"Fine line between hate and love" He told her.
"Well the hate turned into respect and many years later it was love. But that's beside the point you are a good man Nathaniel Taylor. It's one of the many reasons why I love you" Alicia told him before she lowered her lips to his.
Hooper's body dropped to the floor behind Malcolm. Malcolm stared at Kate in pure fear as she stood in front of him her gun still raised. In that moment she was completely unrecognizable to him before Malcolm could react or say anything the tent flap open.
Kate turned on her feet, she had her finger on the trigger only to pause when she saw Mira and Jim standing with their hands up in surrender. She lowered her weapon, feeling like she had saved Malcolm only to lose him. She recognised the look in his eyes well.
"You don't mess around" Mira commented as she stepped into the tent looking at the three dead bodies. She stepped out of the tent and ordered for the bodies to be taken away. A few seconds later the bodies were gone only the blood stains remained on the floor.
"No, I don't" Kate told her as she looked at Malcolm who was currently looking anywhere but at her. Tears filled her eyes as she knew exactly what he was thinking.
"You two should get checked out by our medic" Mira said to Malcolm and Kate.
"I'll be fine, once we get out of here" Malcolm said, he left the tent leaving Jim stunned as he expected to have to use a bucket of cold water to break the two apart. Malcolm had looked like he was ready to be sick while Kate looked ready to keel over and cry. It was far from what he had expected.
"I just need some water if you could spare it. I can't go back to the Colony looking like this" Kate said to Mira in a strained voice as she looked down at her hands that were covered in dirt and dried blood.
"I'll be right back" Mira said she left Jim and Kate alone in the Tent.
"I think we should let the Sixers pack up this junk" Kate said making conversation as she gestured to broken Terminus and the gear stolen from the Colony.
"We'll let them take the Terminus but the tools and this stuff we'll take. I'll get Malcolm to decide what's worth packing" Jim said, Kate nodded. "What happened in here?" he asked.
"I don't know" Kate said as tears streaked down her face, she turned away from him and pulled off her arm guards and tossed them on the table. She turned back to Jim and he could see the pain in her eyes. "No, I do know what happened. I got to the tent and saw the shadows of the soldiers' feet. I killed one with a machete I acquired along the way and the other I disarmed and Hooper shot and then I shot Hooper. Then you and Mira came in, damn this stupid zipper won't open!" Kate said angrily, she tugged on the zipper of armour jacket but in her current state it wouldn't budge. She was breathing erratically and felt light headed as the last of the adrenalin in her system left.
"Here, let me try" Jim offered as he closed the gap between them. He was worried as Kate was not keeping it together very well. Apparently 6 months of being idle had taken it's toll on her ability to do her old job with the ease she used to. She dropped her hands from the zipper and allowed him access.
"You want to talk about it?" Jim asked as he opened the zipper and helped her out of the jacket. Kate hissed in pain as she pulled her arms out of the jacket.
"No, I just need a minute to straighten myself out" She told him as she sat down on the first chair she could find in the tent. Jim tossed the jacket onto a table nearby and crouched down in front of Kate who was slowly calming down. She was taking slow, measured breaths. With each passing breath he could see she needed to lie down as exhaustion seeped into her features.
"Looks like you're not so invincible after all" Carter commented as he came into the tent. Kate flipped him the one finger salute which made Jim smile and Carter laugh. At least she still had a sense of humour.
"You look like crap" Kate said as she leaned back in the chair. She looked Carter over noting that he had a bruised cheek and busted lip along with a few cuts and slices and a bandage across his upper arm.
"You're no beauty yourself" Carter said as he placed a canteen of water on the table near Kate along with a wash cloth and a med kit. "Let's check you out" Carter said as he pulled one of her arms away from her torso.
"Excuse me?" Kate asked as she looked at him with a quirked eyebrow as she pulled her arm from his grasp and wrapped it under her bust supporting her ribs.
"I'm a field medic" Carter informed her.
"And I'm a prima ballerina" Kate replied sarcastically. She was pretty sure the closest Carter had been to medical training was sleeping with a woman who had taken a first aid class.
"And I'll leave you two to sort this out while I check on Malcolm and the others" Jim said he got to his feet, Kate nodded while Carter waited for him to leave. When Jim was gone Carter turned his attention to Kate.
"So just tell me where the boo boos are and I'll kiss them better" Carter told her as his hands moved in to start to examine her.
"Medic, my ass. You just want to cop a feel" she said as she slapped his hands away she tried to get up but found her body really didn't want to move so she gave up and sank in the chair groaning in pain.
"Just let me help you I promise I won't feel you up" Carter said frankly. She eyed him for a moment. "Too much just where necessary" he added. Kate chuckled and groaned as her ribs protested the movement. She looked at him and caved in as she was in too much pain not to accept the help.
"I think I have at least 3 broken ribs, many bruises and few cuts and nicks. But I would appreciate it if you could help me strap my ribs for car ride home and-"
"Wash the blood and dirt off your face and arms. You do look pretty scary" he offered. Kate nodded as she loathed it was Carter but then it wasn't like anyone else was lining up. "You do realise I will have 'feel' you up to do all that" he reiterated to her so she understood what she was asking him to do.
"I'll let you know when you're in a red zone" she told him. Carter laughed as he got the canteen of water.
"Malcolm" Jim said when he finally found the guy standing at the edge of the camp near where the Rhino was. Malcolm looked at him with a slightly vacant stare. "You ok?" Jim asked casually.
"Yeah, thanks for coming for me" Malcolm said, he said as if Jim had gotten him a cup of coffee not saved his life.
"Well I'd like to take the credit but it was all Kate and Carter" Jim said. He couldn't believe he was giving credit to a Sixer one he crash tackled his second day in Terra Nova and stopped from killing Taylor.
"Hmm, so when do we leave?" Malcolm asked. Jim blinked in disbelief and shook away the anger he felt as he had to remember that everyone reacted differently in extreme circumstances.
"In the next hour, Kate has to report back to Taylor as soon as possible. So if you want to wait here I'll gather the troops" Jim said.
"What's the deal?" Mira asked Kate when Carter had finished cleaning Kate up. He only got clipped over the head twice when his hands strayed when he was helping bandage her ribs. Carter had tried to give her Asimeth for the pain but she refused as she really wanted a hot shower and a stiff drink.
"You radio when you about 4 hours out from the colony with the Terminus and all the supplies. Use them to barter and agree on the terms and conditions of surrender. Commander Taylor's terms are fair but if you think it is unacceptable then you can go to the jungle and take the supplies and that hunk of metal with you. But this war between the Sixers and the Colony is over" Kate told her.
Mira eyed her for a moment before nodding. Kate really didn't care anymore as she just wanted to go home and forget the whole day ever happened. She was just exhausted.
"You should stay with us. You're in no condition to be making the long ride back to the Colony" Carter told her even he could see how fatigued she was.
"As lovely as the badlands are I just want to go home" Kate said, she also really wanted that hot shower and the stiff drink. But the one drink was turning into a bottle as she knew after riding eight hours in a Rhino on rough terrain with Malcolm not looking at her. She would definitely need a bottle to numb any and all pain.
"You'll take Carter with you" Mira told Kate.
"I don't take orders from you" Kate told Mira.
"He's a gift from me to you. I don't need you puncturing a lung and dying when the Rhino hits a bump in the road. Keeping you alive is in my best interests" Mira said.
"Thank you" Kate said as she held out her hand to the woman. Mira shook it and then she started to slowly walk out of the tent. The camp was in full motion as the half the Sixers were clearing away the Phoenix Soldier's remains to burn and the other half were pulling down the tents they didn't need and packing vehicles getting ready for when they would leave. Kate had to admit they were an industrious bunch.
"You are walking like an old man, at least let me give you a shot of asimeth. You'll have a blast and not feel a thing" Carter said as and Mira were walking beside her to the Rhino where Malcolm and Jim were talking.
"Pass, 2149 drugs and I do not mix well. I told you this already" Kate told him. Last thing she needed was to lose her head and say stupid things while off her head on drugs.
"Hey where are the others?" Kate asked Jim.
"Helping the sixers out with taking down the tents and the wounded. They will join us shortly. I was just going to grab a few things before we go" Jim said looking between Mira, Carter not so subtly saying they should all find a different occupations so Kate and Malcolm could have a moment.
"Carter and I will help you Sheriff" Mira said.
Kate couldn't believe how quickly they all disappeared to their tasks giving Kate and Malcolm some privacy.
"Has someone checked out that head wound?" Kate asked Malcolm as she lightly gestured to his head. Malcolm touched his bump and shrugged.
"It's fine" he said as he could barely look at her. Kate felt her stomach twist into knots as this was not how she pictured their reunion.
"Are you ok?" she asked him.
"I'll be fine" he said not looking at her. she bit her bottom lip and closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them she looked at him, tears burned the back of her eyes.
"Could you look at me? please" Kate asked him, desperation tinted her voice as she needed him to smile and look at her and make her feel that everything was going to be alright. That he had overcome the shock he had in the tent. That the look he gave her then was by accident. But instead He gave a sigh and when he finally looked at her, she felt her heart break.
He looked at her like she was something… not a person but a 'thing' he did not recognise nor want to be in the presence of as she horrified him. Tears filled her eyes but her face became stony as she realised exactly how everything was going to go. She gave a brief nod accepting the consequence of her nature.
"Right, it's ok" She told him in a low voice. Malcolm opened his mouth to speak but Kate held up a hand stopping him. "I get it, please just stay here. I need to -" she didn't finish the words as she turned on her feet and walked away. She covered her mouth as she tried to calm the upheaval in her. Today was was a bad day.
She didn't make it far before Jim, Carter and Reilly stepped in her way.
"Hey the rhino…is that way" Jim had started out in an amused tone until he saw her tears. Kate nodded and wiped her face quickly. He exchanged looks with others for a moment.
"I know I was going to get a drink of water" Kate said lamely. It wasn't like she could say she needed to find a quiet space to have a breakdown. Carter held a canteen out to her.
"Here, have some of mine. Save yourself a walk" he offered.
"Thanks" Kate said, after a couple long pulls she handed it back to Carter.
"So Kobayashi- Kate are you ok?" Jim asked Kate swayed on her feet and looked at Carter like she was going kill him..
"Carter I'm going to ki-" Kate didn't finish the sentence before she closed her eyes and her knees buckled. The three of them immediately went to catch her but Carter caught her first before she fell and smile at Jim and Reilly as he pulled Kate's unconscious body up.
"Tell me you didn't" Jim said in a disapproving tone to Carter.
"Didn't lace my water with asimeth?" Carter asked innocently Jim and Reilly nodded in unison to which the man gave a sheepish grin. "It was just a few drops, she wasn't lying about her and 2149 drugs not mixing well." Carter commented as he pulled Kate up into his arms bridal style. Jim stepped forward and checked Kate's pupils and breathing. He was trying his best to remain calm in the absurd situation.
"She's still breathing, pulse strong. Taylor won't be impressed" Jim told Carter.
"Don't care but I do think she said she was going to kiss me" Carter said with a smile. Jim covered his face with his hands and shook his head while Reilly rolled her eyes.
"I think she was going to say 'Carter I'm going to kick your ass' and I can't wait for that one" Reilly said.
"We'll see when she wakes up" Carter said as he carried Kate to the Rhino.
8 hours later,
"I think this schedule will work, just have to get Jim to agree with it but I'm sure he won't mind" Taylor said approvingly as he and Alicia had spent the better part of the morning since Alicia's release from the infirmary working in the Command Centre. They were the only two in the command centre as all the soldiers were either sleeping or patrolling the perimeter.
They had discussed and were now in the process of finalising their plans for the next 8 months or so. It wasn't set in stone but it gave them a good direction what they wanted and needed to do. Not just personally but professionally as well.
"Who do you think Jim will have as his Deputy?" Alicia asked with a smile. She thought it was a good joke that Jim asked for a Deputy. It was really only a matter of time. She shifted in the guest chair opposite Taylor's desk and made herself comfortable.
"Probably Novak from Agriculture that's if he can convince the man to pick up a gun" Taylor said. Novak was an ex-marine, who was in the corps for 3 years before an honourable discharge and wining a lotto draw to Terra Nova a year after being a civilian. Alicia pulled a face.
"Novak? I hope not. That guy has a stick up-"
"It's Jim's choice and he can't take anyone from the current military population" Taylor said.
"Fair call we need every able body we have. Do you think it's bad we have everything scheduled and contingency plans?" Alicia asked. They had been making plans for Alicia's pregnancy and time off along with what they needed to do at his house to get it ready.
"I'm sure it will go out the window at the first sign of trouble" Taylor said, Alicia shot him a dark look. "It will be fine" he reassured her, he found her uncertainty and need to plan everything down to a 'T' incredibly adorable.
He would have said none of it mattered and to relax but he didn't think Alicia would appreciate it. He was just happy that he was going to be around for it unlike when Ayani was pregnant with Lucas. He had been on tour for a year and missed out on not only the whole pregnancy but the birth as well. He was looking forward to the experience and being around to help and go to appointments.
"I just want everything to run as smoothly as possible" Alicia said with a sigh.
"It will, when do you want to start telling people?" Taylor asked.
"Well I figured after I step down from Second in command. People are going to ask why. Might as well tell them the truth" Alicia said pulling a face as she was not ready to see the reaction from colonists.
"I want us to get married right away" Taylor said.
"Small, private ceremony with a quick exchange of vows and rings followed by a weeklong honeymoon?" Alicia asked hopefully. She really liked the idea of a long honeymoon and the shortest wedding possible. She really wasn't into the whole big weddings and white dresses thing.
"Sounds like a plan but where are we going to go for our weeklong honeymoon?" he asked.
"Well since I'm not allowed to go OTG. We'll just have to put up a 'do not disturb' sign on your front door, then lock it and barricade ourselves in" Alicia said with a salacious smile.
"What about Kate?" Taylor asked.
"She can stay over at Malcolm's. It's not like she doesn't already sleepover at his place. They can play house for a week. Maybe they'll get hitched next" Alicia told him. Taylor laughed and shook his head. He was about to say something when his comm. unit activated.
"Taylor here go ahead" Taylor said.
"Hey it's Shannon, we're about half an hour out and I'm calling as we will need a medical team on standby" Jim said.
Alicia pulled out her comm. unit and made the call for a team to be ready and for the main gate to be open.
"Consider it done. Can you tell us your situation?" Taylor asked.
"Kate was beaten up pretty badly and Carter took it upon himself to medicate her. I'm sure it's fine but better safe than sorry right?" Jim asked casually. Something about his tone made Taylor think the man was glad he was Taylor over the comm. waves than to his face.
"Right, we'll be waiting for you, Taylor out"
"Copy that"
Half an hour later. Taylor, Alicia and Elisabeth were standing in the square when the Rhino pulled in. They opened the back of the Rhino, Reilly and Jim jumped out followed by Carter. They all looked in good shape. Well Carter had a bruised cheek and a busted lip but he still looked healthy.
"Commander" Jim said in greeting as he moved out of the way for Elisabeth to climb in. Taylor and Jim moved to the side to talk while Elisabeth moved to Kate's side and checked the woman's pulse. She gave a sigh of relief as it was strong and steady.
"I put a little something my canteen water and gave it to her." Carter said from outside the Rhino standing next to Alicia who looked at him unimpressed.
"Why did you drug her?" Alicia asked as she moved him out the way so Elisabeth's team could pull Kate out on a stretcher.
"Hi, I'm good by the way. How are you Lieutenant?"Carter asked.
"Healthy. Now why did you drug her?" Alicia asked.
"She was being difficult" Carter said. Alicia look at him incredulously, she felt there was more to the story but decided to wait for Taylor before asking twenty questions. Elisabeth moved out of the rhino and directed the team and Kate on the Stretcher before she looked around.
"Where's Malcolm?" Elisabeth asked curiously as she would have thought the man would hovering around Kate making sure she was being taken care of but he was nowhere in sight.
"Don't know, don't care" Carter told Elisabeth. Alicia gave Elisabeth the look of 'I'm on it'. Elisabeth nodded and followed her team into the Infirmary.
"Why aren't you with the other Sixers?" Alicia asked him.
"Mira wants me here to watch over Kate. We Sixers like her. Anymore questions?" Carter asked innocently as he looked like he wanted to follow Kate who was being carried into the infirmary.
"Yeah I've got plenty" Alicia said.
TBC~ See ya all next week.
A/N: TerraNovafan- answer to your question the third story will not have Kate as it will be a different alternate universe! as I want to go a different direction with the other characters etc. Though I have questions for you! Since you asked for the story and have rough idea of age.. did you also want a specific type of physical appearance- skin tone, height, eye colour, hair colour etc…a name? Let me know otherwise I'll just make it up. :-)