Word Count: 26,402
Date: 5/1/05
Series: Season 1
Rating: K
Category: Relationships
Pairing/Focus: Lee/Kara
Warnings: hurt/comfort
Summary: Kara finds out what really happened while she was
gone.
Spoilers/Disclaimers: KLG 1&2 / I don’t own the
characters or the show… I don’t make money off of them.. If I did, I wouldn’t
have all the school loans…
Thanks to Tina for being my Beta
~*Helpless*~
Lt. Kara Thrace got off the raider, she was so glad to be back where she knew she belonged. She hurt all over, her knee especially,and she knew that she needed a shower really bad, but she didn’t care. All she wanted to do was to find Lee and talk to him about some hings. Once she was out of the ship, she was greeted by Chief Tyrol and his team.
“Chief, we have a small problem. While I was back on Caprica I ran into Helo and another copy of Boomer. It turns out that she is a Cylon. She is on the other ship with Helo. We might want to get someone to take to the brig.”
Before the chief could say anything, a voice from behind her started talking.
“ell, Starbuck. We will take care of that. Now I have to say, good job on bringing Helo back.” Kara turned around to come face to face with Col. Saul Tigh.
“Sir. Thank You. I expect that I’m going to be taken to the brig.”
“Not this time Lt. My first thought was to do that, but I had a nice little talk with the President and found out that she talked you into this crazy mission. I know that you didn’t have to follow her request, but I also know that she used your close relationship with the commander to talk you into it.”
“Yes, sir. About the commander, where is he, I would like to talk to him.”
The Col. took one look at this pilot, he knew that the elder Adama considered her as part of his family; and with knowing that, he didn’t really want to tell her this next piece of information. But he knew that someone had to tell her.
“Starbuck… Kara. There is something you need to know. When Boomer came back from her mission her and her co-pilot came up to the CIC for us to congratulate them. Instead of her shaking his hand she brought out her gun and shot him in the chest. Twice.”
Kara took off running towards the life station. All she could think about was getting there to see the man that she has grown to respect over the years. Once she got there, she didn’t know where to find him. She started to look around for a doctor, but he found her first.
“Lt. Thrace, did you just get back, Let me take a look at you.”
“NO. I need to see the commander, where is he?”
The Doctor pointed to the bed furthest from the door. Kara started walking over there. When she got there, she wondered where Lee was, and made a mental note to ask the Doctor about it in a bit. She sat down in the chair that was setting by the bed. She took his hand in hers and just sat there, not saying anything.
“I’m so sorry commander. I shouldn’t have done what the President asked, but I had to. I had to do my part in helping to find Earth. I feel like I failed you, and I’m so sorry about that. I got the arrow that I went back for. I also brought Helo back. Well I need to let the Doctor look at me, before he drags me away, so I’ll be back in a bit.”
Kara got up and walked over to the Doctor.
An hour later she returned to the seat that was still vacant.
“Doctor, where is Captain Adama?”
“You didn’t hear? He is down in the brig. He apparently held Col. Tigh at gun point on the Colonial One. So he is down there. The President was down there also, but I believe she is out and went back to her ship.”
“Wow.”
“Yeah, so. But I believe that the Captain should be coming up soon to visit his dad, so. You will probably see him then.” The doctor walked away, leaving Kara with her own thoughts about the whole situation.
~ 1 hour later~
Lee Adama went walking into the life station feeling kind of better. He was glad that Col. Tigh decided not to bring formal charges against him and to let him out of the brig. Now all he wanted to do was to sit with his father. He heard that Kara was back from her mission from the President and he wanted to find and talk to her, but he needed to first see his father. When he got close enough to his father’s bed, he noticed that he wasn’t alone. Lee smiled when he saw the blonde hair sticking out of the blanket that covered the person sitting here.
“Kara, Kara, only you would actually fall asleep like that.”
“Well,” the doctor started, coming up beside Lee. “She was awake, but about a half hour ago, I went to check on the commander, and noticed that she was sleeping. So I found a blanket and covered her with it.”
“Ahh ok. So is there any change?”
“No, but I think that he will be waking up soon. His vitals are good and the wounds seem to be healing well, so it is just a matter of time.”
“Ok, thanks.” Lee walked the short distance that remained between him and the two people he cared about the most. He tried to be as quiet as he could as he walked up beside her. He looked down at her then over to his father.
Kara was not in a deep sleep, so she heard and felt the person walking up beside her. She could tell that it was Lee, she opened her eyes and saw him looking at his father.
“The doctor said that he’s getting better.”
Lee turned his head to look at Kara. “I know. I just wish that he would wake up soon.”
“He will, don’t worry.” Kara tossed the blanket on the floor for now.
Kara wasn’t sure how Lee was going to react with her being here. After the fight they had, she wasn’t sure if he wanted to talk to her or see her at the moment. While she was thinking about this the unexpected happened. Lee grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the seat, then wrapped his arms around her. She in turn wrapped hers around him.
The two of them stood there for what seemed forever, hugging each other. At one point tears were shed be each person.
“Kara, we will talk about everything later, I promise,” He whispered in her ear.
All she could do was shake her head yes.
They were interrupted by movement beside them. Kara and Lee turned their heads in the direction of the bed, but didn’t let go of each other. The both looked into the open eyes of Commander William Adama.