212 - What event do you wish you could have been a "fly on the wall" for?

[number_eight]

It's going to sound morbid, but I would have wanted to be there when Cally shot Boomer.

Now, hear me out on this. I can pull so many memories from Boomer already, so when there are things like the feelings she had for Chief, the first time that she I met Kara, things like that? They're there. I remember and feel them all, so it's no use trying to go back to those times. What more would I learn from it?

Even when she shot Admiral Adama, I just… I can't. I can't go back to that. I know in my head and my heart that it wasn't me, but if I had been there, would I have stopped it? Could I have stopped it? I know who I am, and I have no programming that I know of. I think it would just break my heart to watch it.

But on Kobol, when I was still a prisoner leading everyone through the woods, I remember that moment when I proved myself to Admiral Adama. I handed the weapon I had been given over to him without any hesitation. I'd asked Helo to trust me, and he did – also without hesitation. But that moment would not have happened if I hadn't been told what had happened to Boomer onboard Galactica. If I hadn't been told how they had shot her, how Cally had been sent to sit in hack for "discharging a firearm" instead of murder (as it should have been), well…

Cally and I have our differences. I doubt there's anyone who would disagree about that. Threats, tears, anger. She hates the Cylons and for that reason alone, she hates me.

For killing Boomer, despite my own feelings to her, I hate her right back.

But I would want to be there, in that line of humans yelling at her and throwing objects, asking for her death. I would want to pull Cally away so that Boomer wouldn't download and eventually try and kill Hera while I was risking everything to save my daughter.

I suppose the real reason is that I would want to be there so that maybe, just maybe, I could give Boomer a chance at a life. At the one she thought that she already had.

The way I was given one.

Muse : Sharon "Athena" Agathon
Fandom : Misc. TV/"Battlestar Galactica"
Word Count : 387

Comments

[callsign-helo.livejournal.com]

I feel guilty for being surprised how forgiving you are.

[number-eight.livejournal.com]

Why is that? You're not exactly one to hold a grudge for very long.

[callsign-helo.livejournal.com]

Not when it comes to Hera, which is why I'm surprised.

[number-eight.livejournal.com]

I'm not usually, either. I don't know, I guess it just got me thinking. Trust me, though, when it comes to Hera? I'd lay my life down for her.

[callsign-helo.livejournal.com]

"There, but for the grace of the Gods..." or something? I think I can get that.

I know. You did.

[number-eight.livejournal.com]

I couldn't have done it without you, Karl.

[callsign-helo.livejournal.com]

Part of me wishes that you could have. But I understood. Understand.

[number-eight.livejournal.com]

I know, and I'm so sorry, Karl. I love you for it. You're the only one who could have done it, too.

[callsign-helo.livejournal.com]

I'm just glad it's done with and I've got my girls back.

[number-eight.livejournal.com]

Me too.