New Kobol, 0905 hours.
Commander Adama was standing with Apollo, Helo, Starbuck, and Racetrack by his side in their dress uniforms, while in front of them stood President Laura Roslin who was flanked by the Vice-President, Billy, and the remainder of the Quorum members who had agreed to join Roslin's faction to New Kobol. They were brought down from the Galactica after they were checked, and then confirmed, to not be Cylons. The President and her delegation were surrounded by five of Galactica's Marines.
The Earth delegation was made up of Riley, Woolsey, Dr. Burke, Major Atwood, and a few translators. They were standing across from the Colonials while facing the Stargate. The two groups then looked up as the second ship after Colonial One, the Rising Star' flew over them and began landing procedures. Riley had told Sam, and the other SG teams, to help the medical with their work while a few help the translators in leading the new arrivals who were cleared as not being Cylons to the large medical tent so that they could be checked out a few at a time before they were briefed on what was going to happen. They would then liaise with a few of the Colonial Officers who were brought down from the Galactica, who would help the new arrivals with room assignments after the Colonial officers themselves were briefed, and then given plans to the Crystalline towers. Baltar, though, was standing next to Commander Adama when the chevrons as the edge of the Stargate started to light up. Despite having seen it be activated when he was last here, Baltar.. as well as the newly arrived Colonials, jumped back with a start as the unstable vortex rushed out, before settling into the event horizon.
The Commander gave a small smile as he looked at the President who was breathing hard after that shock by tapping her chest with her hand. He saw her looking back at him, before smiling and then looking back at the activated Stargate. The Commander then heard a voice coming through Riley's radio, before the base commander answered, and leaned over to whisper to Dr. Burke. Dr. Burke then walked over to Roslin and told her that the Earth delegation was on their way.
Starbuck and the others watched as the event horizon rippled before people started walking through. First came through two women, one a dark haired woman with pig-tails, a blonde, and a dark haired man. All of them were wearing full tactical gear as they walked down the pedestal and nodded at the Colonial delegation. Roslin smiled at them while the people next to her whispered as two men in dark suits walked through the Gate, and then immediately started to look around in surprise, before shaking their head and walking down the stairs. She then saw General O'Neill, walking through the Stargate next to a man in a black suit and a red tie as two young women walked behind them, followed by two more people in dark suits. When the red haired young woman walked through the event horizon, Roslin heard a gasp behind her. Turning her head, she looked at the Commander whose eyes were wide open in surprise.
'They must look exactly the same' thought the President to herself when she turned her head and looked at the redhead who was talking to General O'Neill, while the people in the black suits stood close by the one in the red tie, 'he must be their President.'
Roslin watched a few more people walk through the Stargate, including someone she thought looked a lot like General O'Neill.
'That one must be the one that Major Adama told us about' thought Roslin to herself, 'the General's nephew.'
While Dr. Burke, Woolsey and Riley went over to the President and the other Colonials.. Willow and Faith were behind the President as they scanned the area… one telepathically for any immediate threats, and the other using her innate instincts for any present danger.
Willow saw the President shake hands with Roslin as Dr. Burke translated. The redhaired woman then introduced the Earth President to the members of the Quorum, her Vice-President, Billy, and then to Commander Adama who introduced Starbuck and the others. Once the Colonials had been introduced, it was then the turn of President Hayes to welcome the assembled Colonials to their new home, before General O'Neill introduced the military personnel.
Once the General introduced Willow, she received a flash of a young boy looking up at a redhead haired woman in a white dress, then a flash of the woman frowning at the boy before looking at the spilt liquid from the large cup that fell onto the carpet after the boy ran into her leg, and fell back onto the carpet.
"Red?" asked Faith as Willow looked at the Commander before nodding her head. Faith then shook the man's hand before turning to her wife who was now standing next to President Hayes, "you alright?"
"Yea" she whispered, the redhead being able to see that the Commander was taking occasional glances towards her while greeting the other members of the military, "he just remembered meeting me when I was Athena."
"Ah" said Faith nodding her head before an evil grin appeared on her face as she leaned in and whispered playfully, "someone's got a crush on you."
"Ha ha ha" said Willow sarcastically as she arched an eyebrow at Faith before she looked back at Commander Adama and nodded at him. Once all the introductions were over, the large group headed towards the camp. Willow and Faith stayed close to the President, covering the Secret Service agents who Willow could tell were still in shock beneath their stoic exteriors at being on an alien world. The redhead shared that bit of information mentally with Faith who couldn't help but smile before telling the redhead that's how she felt the first time she was off-world.
Faith: "When you were lost in that other reality, remember?"
Willow: "Right."
Faith: "I was telling Sam that that the trip wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But inside? I was going bonkers about being on another planet."
Willow looked at the dark haired Slayer walking next to her and just gave a wide smile. They then looked back at the President who was talking to Roslin through Dr. Burke, while General O'Neill was walking next to Commander Adama as they both pointed at a ship behind a few towers in the distance. Willow and the other Earth officers saw the ship as well while the Commander told them, through another interpreter, that the ship's name was the Rising Star… that it mainly served as their medical ship. After being told by Dr. Burke what would be happing with the crew, and the people of that ship, the group moved on to a large tent that stood next to two Raptors; the same two Raptors that had brought Commander Adama, and the others who had gone back to the Galactica to freshen up- as well as the remaining Quorum members so that they could come down to the surface for this meeting.
Almost at the tent, General O'Neill asked Dr. Burke not to translate what he was going to say next.
Once the linguist nodded her head, the General looked back at Willow and told her to connect the minds of Riley, Dr. Burke, the rest of SG-1, SG-13, and himself together so that they could have private conversations instantly without letting anyone else know. He told her to inform the others if she sensed any danger from the Colonial's side, and to inform them of any change in their emotions.
"We want to make this as smooth as possible, Red" said the General as Willow nodded her head, "all of us, except for President Hayes, his Secret Service detail.. and the Colonials. I want the rest of us to be connected mentally."
"Done, sir" said Willow as she nodded her head.
Willow: "Can you guys hear me?"
Immediately everyone had said yes. It was when they were near the tent, that they looked back at Colonel Carter while they continued walked. Daniel was covering the smile with his hand while Faith and Willow looked at each other, and then at the Colonel who continued to smile while looking down at the ground.
O'Neill: "Carter?"
It was then that the Colonel looked up and noticed the Earth officers were having goofy smiles on their faces as they walked with their Colonial counterparts beside them. Apollo, Helo, Starbuck and Racetrack noticed the smiles but they couldn't put their fingers on what they were smiling about; and the same thought had gone around the Colonial Civilians as one of the officers… the young man who the General introduced as his nephew, sniggered before coughing nervously. As did the young woman next to him, and all of them were looking at the older blonde while walking towards the large tent.
Carter: "Sir?"
Mitchell: "The Smurfs theme song?"
Carter: "Oh. Sorry, I was watching some episodes with Debbie yesterday… she likes them. The song stays in your head.. yeah. Sorry."
Faith: "Ah yes, the classics. Bugs Bunny, Road Runner."
Daniel: "Tom and Jerry."
O'Neill and Jon: "The Muppets."
Hailey: "Sir's, Ma'am; the Colonials are kinda looking at us weird."
Willow and the others glanced over at Apollo, and the other Colonial officers before telling them through an interpreter that they were thinking if there were any cultural similarities between their two peoples.
"It would be interesting to see if we evolved along a parallel course" said Daniel as he looked at Apollo, and then at Starbuck, "I mean if you look at the weapon designs both of our people's have… they are remarkably familiar. Then Dr. Burke told me about some of the similarities in what we eat, or the books we read."
"I'm actually interested in a show your people had before the Cylons attacked" said Faith. She and the others had also read the report that Giles had sent to the BPRI on his experience with the Cylon's and their stories on supposedly supernatural events that occurred in the Colonies, "a friend of mine is spending time with the Cylons and he said that your people had a show about a girl who fought blood-demons? And stuff?"
"That ridiculous program?" asked Roslin as she looked back at Willow and Faith before looking at President Hayes, "it was a program about this girl who had gift that she used to battle nightmarish creatures that drank human blood, or evil demons that emerged from Hades to bring about the end of the Colonies."
"We heard it was popular" said Daniel as Willow and Faith tried to hide the laughter that was trying to come out.
"Among the teenagers and many adults I suppose" said Roslin, "it was an escape, I suppose we need more of an escape now than anytime else in our history."
"Well" said General O'Neill as Dr. Burke translated, "we have an extensive library of entertainment."
"Which I'm sure we can negotiate access to once we've taken care of your people's major needs" said Woolsey as Dr. Burke translated.
"You're right, of course" said Roslin as she looked at Woolsey before looking at the tent. The General then told the teams to start the perimeter, while Commander Adama nodded at the waiting Colonial Marines near the tent before telling them to work with the Earth officers through the use of interpreters in setting up security for the meeting.
Once everything was ready, the issue of what programs people used to watch, or the smurfs theme song was put on the back burner as the meeting between Earth, and the occupants of New Kobol began.
Planet Designated P8B-876, 0900 hours.
Coren was the oldest boy in his family of five. He was a sixteen year old boy, the older brother to his seven year old sister who was standing next to him at the bank of a lake nearly ten minutes away from his village, fishing. Their youngest sister, three year old Satien, was back at home with their parents in the village of Rippord. One of six villages on the planet they had come to call Cosanis.
Coren and his people hadn't heard of the Ori Crusade that was raging across the galaxy, they hadn't heard of the Tau'ri, or the Tollan, Asgard, or even the Goa'uld. After thousands of years, they had lost their history.. only aware that the Stargate… or the Great Ring, as they called it, used to be an object of worship up until they had overthrown a tyrant known as Karesh… who unknown to the population was a lower Goa'uld forced to oversee the planet that was long abandoned by his master, the System Lord Ba'al. He only had a handful of Jaffa who the people ruthlessly killed, before they hung the tyrant from a tree.
Since then, Coren and his people were living in peace.
And that peace was about to be shattered.
"I am not getting anything, Coren" said Camille, Coren's younger sister who was pouting at her smiling brother who tossed a line into the lake after baiting the hook.
"We are not just here to catch fish, Camille" said Coren as he looked at his brown haired, and blue eyed younger sister, "this is a way for us to relax."
"Would Satien not have loved this view?" asked Camille as she nodded at the island of trees in the middle of the lake, "we could have taken the boat to the Whisper Isle, then made camp and told each other scary story's."
"Of course" said Coren sarcastically while rolling up his eyes, "and then Satien wouldn't be able to sleep, and mother and father would then scold me for telling scary stories… and then I would be made to put her to sleep."
"I do not know what you mean" said Camille as she smiled and looked away. The two then looked at each other when they heard a sound of thunder, and looked up at the clear skies above them that had only a few wisps of white clouds floating by. There was another sound of thunder, followed by a few more, as Coren and Camille placed their fishing rods on the dock they were sitting on, stood and then turned and looked at the sky as six silver coloured objects were headed for their village. They could see other people nearby also stood and looked up at the sky before they ran through the woods in front of them to the village.
"Come, Camille" said Coren as he held on to his sister's hands and ran to the grass bank that the dock jutted out from, and then onto the trail that led to their village through the woods. As they got closer, and closer to the village, Coren started to go off the trail, and then hid behind a few trees and tall grass as they neared a section of the village. He held on to Camille who was looking at metallic men walking out of ships, soon followed by men, and women who, much to Coren and Camille's surprise, looked as if they were copies of one another.
"We must go, Coren" said Camille excitedly as she looked up at Coren who was looking at the scene unfold in front of them as a group of villagers approached them, "we have guests at the village and we must…"
Camille then heard more sounds behind her, sounds of thunder as she noticed Coren's eyes open wide in shock before there were screams from the village. Camille turned her head back towards the village as bodies fell onto the ground as blood flowed onto the soil of the village. Coren covered Camille's eyes as more people were gunned down while the silver men walked into the village. He knew that there were a few more villagers attending to their jobs, or just visiting friends and family, outside of the village, while others were coming in from the lake; but Coren was more concerned with his parents and youngest sister. He wanted to move, to do something as people who were running out of the village were gunned down by two other ships that were hovering over the village.
He looked on in terror as his sister squirmed in his arms, wanting to know what was happening.
"No" said Coren while he still covered his sister's eyes with his hand, the same hand that his sister was trying to pry off her eyes, "Camille, no.. please."
Camille could hear her brother's voice breaking while he spoke to her, telling her that they needed to get away.
"But…."
"No" said Coren as his eyes filled his tears when he saw his mother running towards the rear of the village, towards the trail that he had walked away from to hide among the trees so that he could take a closer look at what was happening, while still remaining hidden. With tear filled eyes, he saw his mother who was carrying his youngest sister in her arms running towards the perceived shelter of the trees. He was going to stand up and shout, tell his mother and the others that it would be relatively safe… but his body was locked with fear as the silver men, and then the silver ship that had cut off their escape route, started firing.
Coren wanted to scream, but he couldn't even manage that.
He saw his mother, and everyone fall onto the ground bloodied before the shooting stopped. He then saw an old man approach the men in silver and point towards the trees.
Coren then got up while telling Camille to be as quiet as possible, or else they would be found out. He removed his hands from covering her eyes, and then swiftly turned her around and carried her in his arms. Coren then ran as fast as he could towards the lake while hearing the sounds of heavy footsteps sweeping the area behind him. However, as much as he didn't want Camille to see the horror behind them as he ran, the young girl repressed a sob as she saw numerous people… including her mother lying in pools of blood.
Almost at the lake, Coren looked at the tears coming out from Camille's closed eyes… and his heart broke.
'She saw' thought the young man to himself as he looked up as the lake that was getting closer, and closer' it was just a minute away. He knew could hear the sounds of the water hitting gently against the river bank when he looked up and saw a silver ship fly overhead. Stopping in his tracks, he then looked around in panic as another ship, followed by the sounds of the undergrowth getting trampled behind him got closer. He then heard screams in the distance as the sound of thunder, which he now knew were weapons fire erupted.. taking out a few trees in the distance. Looking around, his eyes opened wide in recognition when he saw a ditch that he would use as a hiding spot when he was much younger, a ditch that was covered by overgrowth, and the roots of the trees.
However, he also knew that it could only fit one person.
'I would always win when playing hide-and-seek' thought Coren when he looked at the sky over the lake and saw that the two ships were buzzing overhead. He then ran towards the ditch while whispering to Camille that she was going to be alright. Putting the young girl down onto the ground, he moved some of the foliage and told Camille to get into the ditch.. that the metallic men were coming closer to them and he needed to draw them away from her.
"Stay here, Camille" said Coren while wiping the tears from his sister's eyes, "you know I am a quick runner, I can lead them away from here so that you will be safe."
"But what if you are not?" asked Camille as Coren helped the girl get onto the small ditch.
"I want you to wear this" said Coren as he took off a chain that was around his neck which had a small crystal hanging from it. He then lay down on his stomach so the metallic men couldn't find him easily before giving it to the girl who was looking up at him from inside the ditch, "mother make that for me, so I will return for it."
Camille gave her brother a small smile before telling him that she'll keep it safe for him. She put the chain around her neck as Coren moved foliage around while constantly looking behind him. When he looked back just after completely covering the hole, he saw a glint of armour that reflected the sunlight.
He knew it was time he left; he had to keep Camille safe.
He knew that rowing the boat to the Whisper Isle would be suicide since the ships would open fire on them as they crossed. He also knew that Camille didn't know how to swim, so that way of heading to Whisper Idle was out of the question. His only hope was that the other villages had some survivors like him, survivors he and Camille could meet with once these men had left their world. However, for now, his main concern was leading them away from Camille… he would run as fast as he could through these woods that he and his friends were familiar with… and he hoped that he would meet some of them.
"Camille" said Coren as he got up slowly while looking into the distance, "do not leave that place, no matter what happens. Do not leave until I have returned. Do you understand?"
"Yes" said Camille as she looked up at her brother's face, at least what she could see through the dense foliage that blocked her sight. Camille then heard her brother running away from her location while shouting at the metallic men. She couldn't see what was happening, but she did hear the sounds of thunder, the same sounds made by the weapons that were located in the wrists of the Cylon Centurions – the metallic men. Camille smiled when she heard her brother taunting them as his voice appeared to wander off into the distance, as did the sounds of thunder. She heard her brother calling them names when the ground suddenly shook as fear gripped her heat. She heard Coren was in the middle of calling the metallic men an insulting name when his voice was covered by the sounds of fours explosion which, unknown to Camille, were caused by missiles shot by Cylon Heavy Raiders due to reports of numerous humans that were sighted in the wooded areas near the village. Also, unknown to Camille, the people in the other villages heard the noises from the explosions, the screams and the weapons fire.. and were making their way o her village. But they were going to be shot down thanks to raiders that were launched from the mammoth Cylon Homeworld that had appeared in orbit of the planet.
None of the humans stood a chance as Camille lay in her ditch while rolling her body into a foetal position, while at the same time straining her ears to hear her brother's voice.
A voice she would never hear again.
While Camille was quietly sobbing while trying not to think about what could have happened to her brother, one of the D'Anna's who was reluctantly brought with Cavil down to the surface looked around in shock. She recalled bering there when they landed, and encountered the humans who had come to greet them. She, her sisters, and two of the Sharon's saw that the humans were cheerful as they greeted the Cylons in an alien language.
She looked at one of the Sharon's who was standing next to Cavil, and then back at the humans in front of them. D'Anna knew that these weren't Colonials.. that they were outside Colonial space… she knew that these humans must be either from another tribe, or what they knew about the galaxy was wrong. That there could be other planets in the galaxy with life.
But Cavil didn't see it that way.
"Where is the location of the Colonial Remnant?" said Cavil as he, one of the Sharon's, and a few Centurions approached the humans. D'Anna wanted to remain inside the ship, but one of the Doral's forced her outside into the light of the warm sun, "where is the location of the Thirteenth Tribe? Tell me."
"They can't understand us" said the Sharon who was standing next to Cavil as the humans in front of them looked around confused before they signalled the Cylons to follow them into their village. Sharon then looked at the D'Anna who Doral forced to stand next to an expressionless Cavil; the both of them were the only ones who were the most outspoken against Cavil and what he did to the others who didn't agree with his view on finding any iteration of humanity and wiping them out. But he wanted to know the location of the Thirteenth Tribe.. he told D'Anna and Sharon, and their fellow sisters who that the Colony was powerful enough to destroy planets. That the Thirteenth, and the Ori, had no chance with them with the Colony now on the board.
"You will tell me the location of Earth" said Cavil as he looked at the humans in front of him.
"They don't know" said D'Anna as Cavil looked back at her before looking at the humans again, "look around you, Cavil. These aren't Colonials, they are not our enemy."
"They're farmers" said the Sharon who was standing next to him as the collar around her neck suddenly activated. Sharon opened her eyes wide at Cavil and shook her head, telling him that she was sorry and that she'll agree with whatever he wants to do.
"How about you?"asked Cavil as he looked over his shoulder at D'Anna whose collar just activated as well.
"Frak you" hissed D'Anna towards Cavil as Sharon's lip's trembled, "these people are not our enemies. Our enemies are the Colonials and we've beaten them. They're gone, and because of that… God is punishing us.. He is the one who brought the Ori to our doorstep to clean us away off this galaxy."
"God" scoffed Cavil, "a human construct. There is no God."
Cavil then looked at the humans, and then at the Centurions, and nodded his head. The humanoid Cylon's stepped back as the Centurions stepped forward and brought up their hands; the wrists giving way to high powered weapons as the villagers panicked.
"Fire" said Cavil as the Centurions opened fire on the crowd before being ordered by Cavil to kill every man, woman, and child. He then ordered four of the Heavy Raiders to look for any stragglers and kill them before telling some of his other copies, as well as the Doral's to accompany the Centurions as they went on their killing spree.
D'Anna could only look in shock as Cavil looked at the destruction and shouted that it wasn't the Colonials who were their enemy, it was humanity itself.
"It's a stain" said Cavil as he turned and walked towards D'Anna while Sharon stayed behind and shook her head just as red lights on D'Anna's collar activated, indicating that the collar was primed to explode.
"I killed all the Six's" said Cavil as he glared at the D'Anna, who glared back at him in equal measure, "I didn't like how they looked at me, even though some of them were willing to follow the original plan."
"The plan was to avenge what happened to our ancestors by killing the Colonials" said D'Anna as she glared at Cavil, "and we did. They were guilty as Sin, these people are not. The Thirteenth Tribe of humans weren't responsible for creating us…. But what you just did. This will be a declaration of war. You idiot! What if these people are a colony of the Thirteenth. Did that thought ever enter that black processor you call a brain?"
"Then where are they?" asked Cavil, "they're so busy helping the traitors, and the other surviving Colonials… and fighting the Ori that they can't protect their own people. We will find more planets like this one, we know what to look for now. After this planet falls… we will go to the next one, and then the next, and then the next after that. I will make them pay one human at a time."
'You're mad" said D'Anna.
"Maybe" replied Cavil as he stepped back before taking out a remote control.
"My soul will be with God" said D'Anna when she realized what he was about to do.
"While you're with him" said Cavil expressionlessly, "go frak yourself, and your sisters. I'll be culling your entire line. The Eights are malleable enough, you Number Three's though… there's a streak of independence that will bring an end to all of us."
"Go frak yourself" said D'Anna as she leaned forward, before standing up straight, "that's what all of us will be telling you."
"I thought so" said Cavil as he pressed a button on the remote, and the collar exploded, taking D'Anna's head and part of her chest as the rest of her body fell onto the ground. Cavil finally gave a smile as he turned around to the sobs of the Sharon who was standing behind him with the collar around her neck, "something you want to say?"
"N… no" said Sharon as she looked at the body laying on the ground as weapons fire continued in the distance, as well as screams of people that were quickly cut off.
"Good" said Cavil as he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the back of the heavy raider. Before closing the door, Cavil looked back at the screams from the village, as well as the explosions in the distance before looking at the other Sharons who were looking down at the ground, and at the Doral's, before telling them to order the Cylons to hit the other villages, "relay the orders to the Heavy Raiders in the air. Kill everyone."
"By your command" said the smiling Doral before Cavil turned and grinned at the number Eight before him.
"Now, get on your…." said Cavil turning to the wide eyed Sharon behind him as he smiled while the doors of the Heavy Raider closed, blocking the sound of murder and destruction from filtering into the inside of the small ship.
While Cavil and Sharon were inside the Heavy Raider, one of the Doral's and Simon's headed to the large stone ring they had seen once they entered the atmosphere. They were already of the pedestal of the Stargate as they looked at the ring, and then at the DHD; wondering how the two were connected. Simon was the one who was looking at the DHD when he pressed one of the symbols on the device, and the corresponding light lit up one of the Chevrons.
"Interesting" said Doral as he walked over to the DHD and started pressing multiple combinations of the symbols, before pressing the red button in the center… but nothing happened. He tried various seven symbol combinations, to three symbol combinations, to even twelve symbol combinations… but nothing happened. The truth was that they had no idea whatthe ring should be used for.
The both of them just looked at the Stargate, and then at the DHD confused before they were called to return to the landing site.
They had killed the humans on the planet, at least as far as they were aware. And now it was time for the second phase before they left orbit. Looking back at the Stargate, and the DHD after acknowledging Cavil; Simon and Doral walked back to the site where they boarded the Heavy Raiders, and flew back up into the Colony. Once everyone was on board, the Colony made preparations to jump once the Hybrids had used the on-board powerful telescopes, as well as their superior computer power, to make the first of many jumps to worlds that matched this one. The only thing they were sure of was that they'd know if a planet was occupied once they landed, and then Cavil would lead in the cleansing of the planet.
It was five minutes later, once everything had gone quiet, did Camille stop crying while covering her ears. She couldn't hear anything anymore as the young girl lay in the foetal position while grasping onto the chain given to her by her brother for dear life. Panting for breath after crying continuously, Camille was wiping her eyes and nose as she slowly sat up with her legs brought up top her chest.
'Coren told me to wait for him' thought Camille to herself as she wiped her eyes again, 'he told me to wait, I have to wait… I have to wait. He must have gotten far by now… are those men gone? I don't hear those ships.'
"Camille!"
Camille sat up when she heard the voice of her brother calling out for her. With a smile on her face, the young girl quickly stood up shouting Coren's name and pushed aside the foliage that was covering the ditch she was inside. She then carefully climbed out as Coren's voice seemed as if it was coming towards her from behind. Excited to find that her brother was alright, Camille stood up once she reached solid ground and turned excitedly calling for her brother. However, her excitement was short lived when she saw no one coming towards her.
"Coren!" shouted Camille as her voice echoed through the woods, "Coren!"
Camille looked around while holding onto the crystal on her brother's chain and saw only shredded trees, charred remains of vegetation.
"Camille!"
The young girl held tightly to the crystal on the chain as she turned towards the trail in the distance. The same train that was now partly red in colour. Walking towards the trail on trembling legs, Camille finally saw where why it was red; there were dead bodies in the woods.
'People must have come from the surrounding area to check on the situation' thought Camille to herself as she looked at the mutilated bodies, and then heard Coren's voice again, this time from the direction of the village.
"Coren!" shouted Camille as she ran past all the dead bodies in the woods, "wait, please…."
As Camille ran through the trail, she never saw the mangled body of her brother that lay meters away. He had managed to keep the Centurions away from his young sister, but he was shot down… as were some of the others from their village who were coming from the the lake.
Camille came to the end of the trail that led to the village. She could see the village was burning in many places, and she then turned to see pillars of black smoke rising in the distance.
But she couldn't see Coren anywhere.
Camille then turned and looked at the pile of bodies in front of her. Walking towards the bodies on trembling legs, she knelt down on the blood soaked ground with trembling lips as she reached out for one of the pale bodies.
"Momma?" she said as she pushed her mother's limp arm, hoping that maybe this was a nightmare; and that she'd awaken when her mother woke up, "momma? Please, wake up.. I'm dreaming. This is a dream and…."
Camille's eyes went wide with horror when she saw a tiny hand close to her mother's body.
"Satien?" said Camille, her voice breaking as she reached for her youngest sister. She brushed her fingers along the little girl's arm, and to her shoulder hoping that Satien would make a sound, "laugh, please laugh. Smile for me, please.. I will tell you a story and…. please open your eyes."
Camille was gently tapping the body, begging her baby sister to wake up. However, nothing worked and the young girl then slowly stood up as she heard the blood rushing through her ears before she gave out a loud scream. She then ran through the village hoping to find someone alive. She went into whatever houses that still stood and called out for help, asking if there was anyone still alive. Camille then ran to another part of the village, and then the rear of the village where she saw more dead bodies in addition to the hundreds dead in the village. Camille then headed towards the entrance to look for her father.. she was hoping that he was in another village, but stopped.. and then ran screaming for her father; towards a body riddled with holes that lay on its side.
"Father! Father!" shouted Camille as she knelt down, and then leaned forward putting both her hands on her father's bloody body, "wake up. Wake up."
Camille was shouting for a few minutes before she started crying again, her throat raw. She put her hands on her head as she started sobbing. Soon she saw a flash of white in the distance. Thinking that maybe it was someone who heard her cries for help. Camille stood up and waved her hands about over her head and shouted, hoping that she would get noticed by the flashing light.
Shaking her head, Camille wiped her father's blood on her shirt before she ran as fast as she could towards the flashing white light. She could feel the crystal bouncing on her chest a she ran towards the Great Ring, she was told never to approach it.. that the Ring was a symbol of evil that brought them pain many generations ago. But she had just seen evil… evil that wiped out her entire village, evil that could have wiped out the other villages as well.
"Coren!" shouted Camille as she ran towards the flashing light, "Coren!"
Once she reached the Stargate, Camille saw that there was nothing. She turned around and looked at her surroundings while choking on her sobs.
"Coren!" she shouted for her brother between sobs, "Coren!"
As she turned to look towards her village, she saw a bright flash in the distance followed by a large cloud that went from the ground to the sky. She then heard another sound that made her look up into the sky as a streak approached the surface.
"No… no…" said Coren as she looked at the streak when she felt a wind brush past her cheek. Turning to the direction the wind was coming from, she saw one symbol after another on the small pedestal-like device next to the ring light up. She then looked back up at the streak falling lower, and lower, before she ran to the pedestal. She saw the sequence of symbols light up… seven symbols that lit up at a fast pace. With hands trembling as she pressed one symbol on the pedestal after another, she then pressed the red button in the center after it lit up. Camille then saw the unstable vortex jet out before settling into the blue event horizon.
"Go" said Coren's voice as Camille turned to see her brother standing behind her as everything around her started to slowdown, and then stand still. She saw her brother start to glow white before the light dimmed again to reveal a dark haired woman in a white dress, "go."
"But…." said Camille as she started to tear up, "my…. No!"
Camille saw a bright light erupt at where her village used to be. She covered her eyes just as she felt a compulsion to run as fast as she could up the pedestal, and through the Stargate.
"I am sorry" said the dark haired woman after Camille left through the event horizon, "my exile has left me unable to ascend your brother, your family, and your village. This was the next best thing I could do; send you to people who would help you …. No child should be left alone."
Once Camille had left through the Stargate, the bright light gave way to nuclear fire that consumed the entire village of Rippord, as well as the surrounding villages… and any humans that were left barely alive thanks to the intense shockwave that tore bodies apart limb from limb. Three more bombs fell on Cosanis from the Colony that remained in orbit, it's in-built weapons construction facilities already creating more nuclear bombs to replace the ones that were fired, as well as growing more Cylon raiders before jumping away.
Briefing Room, SGC, 0930 hours.
General Landry, Dr. Gardner, and Colonel Reynolds were almost finished with a long exhaustive briefing on the detail of everything the humanoid Cylons on Eden had given them about the Final Five, one of whom was allegedly found on New Kobol.
"So" said General Landry before they had completed the briefing, "if this Tory Foster is one of these Final Five, as well as the three Galactica personnel pointed out to us by Miss Valerii.. then any idea who the fifth person could be?"
"They don't know, General" said Colonel Reynolds as he leaned back sipping some coffee, "like we said, to them the Final Five are something that they are banned from talking about with other Cylons."
"If what Sharon said was true" said Dr. Gardner as she looked at the General, "if those three were really on Cylon Earth before it was destroyed.. then based on what Major Rosenberg's told us, these three could be descendents of the original Furling drones that she sent to that planet during her Ascension. If so, then we could assume that Tory, and the fifth Cylon could also be part of that original line of humanoid Cylons who called Cylon Earth home. They would be direct descendents of those Furling drones, and… which means they would be a legacy of the Furling race."
"The President agreed with you, Dr. Gardner" said General Landry, "but we still need to know if they played a part in the Colonial's genocide. I'll…"
Then the klaxons went off throughout the base as Walter's voice came over the speakers saying that there was an unscheduled off-world activation. The General, Colonel Reynolds, and Dr. Gardner rushed down the stairs to the Control Room just as Walter put his hand on the palm scanner on his right side.
"Walter?" asked the General.
"I'm not getting an IDC, sir" he said as he looked at the palm scanner, and then out of the window at the sixth chevron that just lit up, "the shield and the Iris aren't working, sir!"
Two squads of Marines had already rushed into the Gateroom once the Klaxon's had started to blare as they took position at the foot of the ramp just as the Stargate activated. The General could see that Walter was doing everything he could to close the Iris and activate the shield. Suddenly the Stargate rippled as a girl ran through the Stargate just as the Iris, and the shield activated followed by the sounds of banging against the shield as the girl turned around and walked two steps back, and then turned again and looked at the weapons being held by some very confused Marines.
"Sir" said Colonel Reynolds as he looked at the girl, her face was dirty, and there was blood on her legs, hands and clothes. But no way to tell if they were hers, at least not right now, "she could be injured."
"Medical teams to the Gateroom, Medical team to the Gateroom" said the General as he, Colonel Reynolds, and Dr. Gardner rushed down the stairs to the Gateroom where he told the Marines to lower their weapons when there was an extremely loud bang against the Iris before the Stargate disengaged. Turning around, the General asked Walter… who was looking at his computer screen in surprise, then looked back at the General and told him that the last sound was made by a shockwave.. that they were detecting radiation just before the Stargate disengaged.
"A nuclear blast?" asked Colonel Reynolds as he looked at General Landry, before they turned to look at the young girl whose body was trembling as he looked around in fear. The General could see that she had both of her hands wrapped on a chain around her neck as tears started coming from her eyes.
"Hello" said the General gently as he looked at the young girl while at the same time he signalled the Marines to leave the Gateroom while he approached the little girl, "my name is General Hank Landry, you're on another planet called Earth."
"They… they… dead… all dead."
The General saw the little girl fall onto the ramp as she started to sob heavily. It was then that, while the General and Colonel Reynolds were rushing to the little girl's side, Dr. Lam and her team rushed into the Gateroom and looked in shock at the state of the little girl. She asked Colonel Reynolds to place her on the gurney so that they could take her for a quick scan.
"Sir" said the Colonel as he nodded at the girl, "with permission?"
"Go" said the General as he and Dr. Gardner watched Dr. Lam, Colonel Reynolds and the medical staff head out of the Gateroom with the girl laying sobbing on her side in the foetal position. The General then turned to looked at Walter and told him to find out the address of the planet she gated from, and then he wanted to have a MALP sent to confirm their fears.. that there was a nuclear explosion, "also send a message to the Tok'ra, the Jaffa Council, the Tollan, the Asgard, all our allies… I want them keep an eye out for this Cylon Colony."
"Understood, sir" said Walter.
"I have a bad feeling about this" said the General as he looked at Dr. Gardner before the both of them headed to the infirmary.
TBC.