Vacation By Betty Rating: NC-17 Pairing: Adama/Tigh, Apollo/Starbuck Disclaimer: Ok I know the drill, I don`t own them, and I`m not making any profit off this story. It`s just for fun. Feedback: er.br@sympatico.ca Summary: Do I really have to make up one these things? Part 1 Adama and Tigh lay in each other`s arms in Adama`s big bed, sipping Ambrosa and cuddling. They always enjoyed cuddling after good sex, and tonight the sex had been very good. They were also discussing something that was bothering Adama, something that had been bothering him for quite a while. Apollo and Starbuck. "You know Tigh, we have got to find a way to get those two to admit their feelings to each other." "I know, but how?" "I have an idea , have you decided who your sending to check out that planet in the next sector ?" Tigh sat up and looked Adama in the eyes, 'such pretty eyes' he thought to himself and replied, "No, not yet, but how will sending them help? They have been sent to check out planets together before, never helped then so what makes you think it would now?" "Because my love we are going with them," Adama stated. Tigh`s mouth dropped opened and he gasped, "What?! Adama we have never left the Galactica at the same time, and I`m sure Apollo would put up a real stink about it." "Oh, let him stamp his feet and whine, won`t do him any good You and I have been cooped up on this ship for how long now?" *Too long*!" Tigh answered quickly. "My thought`s exactly, now why should our pilots be the only ones allowed off this ship and landing on strange planets having lots of fun while you and I are stuck on that bridge. Besides I think it would be nice to make love to you under a warm sun, or a star filled sky." Tigh grinned evilly, "Adama who taught you how to sweet talk?" "Been around Starbuck to long I guess." Chuckling, Tigh then threw his arms around Adama`s neck and gave him a great big slobbery kiss. *** The next morning Adama informed Apollo of the mission. "The scanners have not picked up any sign of a civilisation on the planet, but you never know we have been proved wrong before, you and Starbuck are to check out the water and plant life to see if it`s safe for consumption, standard procedure you know the drill, sign out a shuttle and pack enough provisions to last four people for a secton." "Yes sir............wait a centon, four people? I thought you said Starbuck and me, who else is going?" Apollo asked, confused. "Oh, I`m sorry, I forgot to tell you, Tigh and I will be joining you, we both need a break from duty." "But your needed here, and you both can`t leave at the same time who would be in charge of the fleet?" "I`m sure Omega can handle it, and he will have Athena to help him." "Omega is a Sargent and Athena is a Lieutenant, they can`t command a whole fleet," Apollo responded in anger. Adama rose to his feet and stared his son in the eye. "Are you trying to tell me how to do my job *captain*? Can you explain to me why you think you know my bridge crew better than I do ?" Apollo swallowed, his body trembled, he knew by the look in his commander`s eyes he had crossed the line. "No sir," he squeaked. "Then your dismissed, get those provisions packed within a centar *Captain.*" "Yes sir," Apollo`s voice quivered as he all but ran out the door. When the door had slid shut behind Apollo, Adama sat back in his chair chuckling. "I love the look on his face when I scare him like that." *** Down on the launch bay Apollo informed Starbuck of the mission. "The Commander *and * the Colonel are coming as well?" Starbuck responded in shock, his eyes wide as saucers. "Yes, I tried to talk him out of it but he gave me that look." Starbuck winced, "The look, oh poor you, forgive me Apollo but I`m glad I wasn`t in the room with you, my other pants are at the cleaner`s" Apollo tried to give Starbuck the look, but he wasn`t as good at as he father so Starbuck just laughed it off. Apollo sighed, "Why do I put up with you?" "Because you can`t stand going anywhere without me," Starbuck smiled sweetly. Apollo wanted to kiss him, but didn`t have the nerve. *** The shuttle landed in a small clearing beside a large lake. Adama and Tigh were the first off. Adama breathed in a lungful of fresh air and exhaled loudly. Turning to Apollo he ordered, "You two boys set up the camp while Tigh and I start our vacation. Come on Tigh, lets go explore the water`s edge." Tigh quickly followed Adama saying, "I`m with you Adama, don`t forget to start a campfire boys, I want a nice cup of hot coffee when I get back." "Camp, campfire, coffee, why I would love to shove the coffee down his throat," Starbuck whispered through clinched teeth. Apollo added his own complaints. "Those two are worse than a couple of kids, 'go faster Apollo go faster' what does my father think this is a viper? It`s a shuttle it only goes so fast, kids, they are worse than kids, and if it`s safe enough for the fleet Commander *and* his second in command then why couldn`t I have brought Boxey along as well?" "He would have behaved better than those two," Starbuck sneered. "Exactly, at least Boxey has some manners, huh, better than a couple of adults we know," Apollo spat. "Yeah.......your not including me in that are you?" Starbuck asked. Apollo turned to Starbuck and said, "Of course not .......well sometimes, but this is *not* one of those times." Starbuck smiled sweetly again, "Okay, great." Apollo looked into those blue eyes, they seemed to sparkle like diamonds. "Apollo is something wrong?" Starbuck asked. The question jolted Apollo out of his contemplation, "No, no I was just ........just ........lets just get the camp set up." Starbuck watched Apollo walk away, wishing he had the nerve to reach out and grab that gorgeous butt that wiggled so nicely. *** Adama and Tigh returned just as the coffee was finished brewing. "Oh you boys did a really good job here, and you made my coffee for me, thank you," Tigh said happily as he helped himself to a cup of the hot brew. Adama stretched and scratched his belly, "So boys, what`s for dinner?" Apollo`s mouth dropped open and Starbuck stared. "Son, please close your mouth before a bug flies in there." Apollo`s mouth closed with a snap and Starbuck said, "Sir, we just finished setting up the camp and making coffee, now you want us to make dinner?" "Of course you two are making dinner," Adama started. "Yeah, we`re on vacation," Tigh added between sips. *** "Never going to get anything done at this rate," Apollo grumbled as he washed the last of the dishes and placed them in the rack for Starbuck to dry. They had made two meals, because the Commander and Colonel didn`t like what he and Starbuck had made the first time. "It`s just a little burned, Starbuck and I are eating it," he had complained when his father told him it was no good. "Then you and Starbuck can eat it, I want good food on my vacation not this slop." So he and Starbuck had fixed the two another meal, while their food got cold. Tigh had put up quite a fuss when the two 'boys' wanted to eat their food first. It was the first time in his life Apollo wanted to punch his father, and Apollo wasn`t the only one. Twice he saw Starbuck sitting on his hands in order to keep himself from doing something really stupid. And his father and Tigh hadn`t even thanked them for the meal. "Apollo what do you think they would do if we snuck off in the middle of the night? Just packed up our stuff and camped on the other side of the lake." Starbuck whispered to him as he dried the dishes. Apollo grinned at his friend, "I think that`s a great idea." Then Apollo reacted before he thought. He grabbed Starbuck by the sides of his head and kissed him. On the lips. Starbuck dropped the pot he was drying and threw his arms around Apollo`s waist and pulled him close as he returned the kiss. When they came up for air they looked into each other`s eyes and smiled, then they kissed again. *** "Well, Tigh, what are they doing?" Adama asked from their hiding spot behind some bushes. "Their kissing," Tigh chuckled. "You're kidding, give me the binoculars," Adama grabbed the binoculars from Tigh`s hands, not noticing that the strap was around the colonel`s neck, and spied on his son and Starbuck. Tigh started gagging. "Good Lord, Tigh, take the strap off your neck before you strangle yourself," Adama said angrily as he looked to see the reason for Tigh`s strange noises and pulled the strap over the Colonel`s head. "Sorry, I forgot," Tigh replied as he rubbed his neck and gave Adama a dirty look. "What are they doing now?" "Still kissing, oh wait, Starbuck just put his hands on Apollo`s butt, I think he`s squeezing, yes that`s what he`s doing, and Apollo`s enjoying it." "What`s Apollo doing?" Tigh asked quickly. "He has his arms around Starbuck`s neck, hmm looks like he`s going to be the bottom." "Not necessarily, they may switch like we do." "True, as long as they do what makes them happy." Tigh bit his lip, then said, "Maybe we should go for a walk, give them some privacy." Adama looked at Tigh, "Tell me your joking, I`m enjoying this little show, at our age we need to get as fun as possible." "Adama that`s your son, don`t you feel a little funny watching your son kissing his lover?" "They are not lovers yet, right now they are just kissing buddies, they won`t become lovers until they go off into the bushes together, or into their tent, and no I do not feel funny watching them kiss." "Your not going to watch what they do in the bushes are you?" "Of course not, what do you take me for some kind of pervert?" Adama gave Tigh the look. Tigh knew he had said enough. *** Part 2 Starbuck moved his hands down Apollo`s back until they were resting on those gorgeous cheeks he wanted to squeeze so badly only centars earlier. Apollo moaned, his knees buckling, and Starbuck had to grip him more tightly to keep him from falling to the ground. "Why don`t we move this to our tent so we can lay down," he whispered in Apollo`s ear. "I thought you would never ask," Apollo gasped back. As they started to turn Starbuck stopped, "Wait, we`re gonna need some kind of lube." The two looked around ,Apollo made a suggestion, "There`s the dish soap." Starbuck winced, "No, I don`t think so, wait the cooking oil, that will work." Starbuck grabbed the bottle of oil and pulled Apollo towards the tent, then they heard, "There`s a couple of tubes of lube in the first aid kit." "Tigh, you fool, what did you do that for?" They then heard Adama yell. "They`ve been watching us," Apollo snapped, "They're a couple of Peeping Toms." "Well if they get their kicks watching why don`t we give them something to see," Starbuck snickered. "Starbuck what are thinking of doing?" "I just thought it might be romantic to make love to you by the fire," Starbuck grinned. "Well in that case lets give them a real show, something that will shock the hell out of that father of mine," Apollo giggled, then whispered his idea into Starbuck`s ear. "Apollo you do know what that kind of a scene means?" Starbuck replied, eyes wide and grinning. Apollo returned Starbuck`s grin, gave him a soft lingering kiss on the lips and whispered, "The first aid kit is under the camp sink." Apollo slowly removed his clothing as he backed towards the fire. *** Part 3 "Well, Tigh, what are they doing?" Adama asked anxiously. "Starbuck`s getting the lube and Apollo is taking off his clothes." "What?! Out in the open?" Adama couldn`t believe what Tigh was telling him. "Yes, it looks like their going to make love by the fire, oh how romantic. I wish we could do that." "Well we would have to make another fire, someplace where those two couldn`t spy on us." Removing the binoculars from his eyes and turning to Adama, Tigh said, "Now why would two young, healthy, sexy men why to watch two old people make love?" Adama shrugged as he replied, "A learning experience, now what are they doing?" Tigh turned and spied once more. "Okay, Starbuck`s at the fire now, their kissing again and Apollo`s naked." "And Apollo is removing Starbuck`s clothes." "No." "NO? What do you mean no?" "Just what I said Adama, no. Apollo is not removing Starbuck`s clothes." "Oh,so Starbuck is removing his clothes himself." "No." "What?" "Can`t you hear? Apollo is naked, Starbuck is not, oh wait, now Apollo kneeling down in front of Starbuck, oh this is good, you should get the other binoculars out of the pack and watch this." "No, I`m not watching what my son does, you watch and tell me what they do." With a heavy sigh Tigh said, "Fine, okay, now Apollo is undoing Starbuck`s pants and...." "And pulling them down, see I was right Apollo is undressing Starbuck, Apollo is the bottom," Adama interrupted "No, Apollo is pulling out Starbuck`s cock, now he`s looking up at Starbuck for permission to go ahead." "WHAT?!" Tigh removed the binoculars once more and looked at Adama, "When we get back to the ship I think you had better get the doctor to clean the wax out of your ears." "There is nothing wrong with my hearing, I just can`t believe what you're saying, there is no way my son would promise to be somebody's sex slave." "Maybe he just wants to be a subordinate, that`s done the same way you know." "No maybe`s, that had better be what it is or I`m turning him over my knee." "No you won`t ,not if that`s what he wants." "Don`t look at me, watch what their doing," Adama snapped. Sighing once more Tigh returned his attention to the boys. *** Starbuck spread his legs and placed his arms his hands on Apollo`s shoulder in order to keep his balance. He still couldn`t believe Apollo wanted to it this way. He was a little a little leery about it at first, but soon found the sight of a naked Apollo kneeling at his feet a real turn on. His cock grew harder than it ever had before, and he ached for release, he just didn`t want to come in Apollo`s mouth. Mustering all his self control, he pulled out of Apollo`s mouth and said, "No, not this way. I don`t want to come in your mouth." "But I want you to, please, Starbuck," Apollo grabbed at Starbuck`s cock trying to take it back into his mouth. Starbuck took Apollo`s hands and knelt down in front of him. "Apollo I love you, I`ve always loved you and I`ve always dreamed of making love to you if you want me to be in control then that`s fine but I don`t want you be my sex slave ." Apollo smiled as he said, "Okay, but can you still leave your clothes on while we make love?" Starbuck`s grinned wickedly as gently pushed Apollo down onto the ground and roughly kissed him. *** Part 4 Tigh was getting turned on watching the two young men. So turned on that he forgot Adama was beside him . As he watched Starbuck ravish Apollo`s lips, he gripped the binoculars tightly in his left hand while with his right he quickly unzipped his pants and pulled out his aching cock and masturbated. Then he heard Adama`s angry words. "Just what do you think you are doing?" Tigh stiffened as he squeaked, " Nothing." "I don`t call that nothing, you're getting turned on watching them." Tigh quickly turned to Adama and said through clinched teeth, "You would to if you were watching, anybody would, man or woman." Clearing his throat Adama replied, "Yes well now you know why I don`t want to watch." "Oh, but it`s okay for me to, that`s so thoughtful of you." "I have a suggestion, you watch and tell me what`s going on, and while your doing that I`ll take care of your problem." Tigh grinned at the image that made. "You would really do that for me?" "Just let me get the small pillow out of the pack first, the ground is hard." *** Starbuck reached for the lube, removing his jacket at the same time. When Apollo started to protest he said, "Don`t worry I`m just taking off my jacket so I can be more comfortable." He squeezed a good amount of lube over his fingers and rolled the two of them over so Apollo`s butt was facing the direction they believed Tigh and Adama were watching from. "Best way to give our admirers a good view," Apollo chuckled as he threw his leg over Starbuck`s hip. *** Adama and Tigh repositioned themselves, with Adama laying on his back, head on pillow, and Tigh laying over top of him, knees slightly bent so his weight was not on Adama`s face. As Tigh placed the binoculars to his eyes, Adama took the Colonel`s cock into his mouth and slowly ran his tongue around the hard organ. Tigh shuddered at the sensation, he always loved it when Adama teased him this way. He started telling Adama what was going on at the camp below them. "Oh, okay, you were right, it`s a dom/sub thing, their on the ground and oh, okay on their sides and Apollo has his leg up and oooooohhhhhhhh that`s good and Starbuck has two fingers inside Apollo no wait make that three oooooohhhh he`s aaaahhhhhh stretching Apollo pretty good , Apollo is thrusting on Starbuck`s ooooooohhhhhhhhh aaaaaaahhhhhhh wait Staaaaaarrrrrrrbuuuuuuck is putting his cock in there and now aaaaaaaahhhhhh their rolling ovvvverrrrrrrrrrrrr and Aaaaaaaaapoollllloooooo is putttttingg his leeeegs arooooound Staaaaarrrrrbuuuuuckks .............." Tigh then dropped the binoculars and started thrusting into Adama`s mouth. A few centons later his moans echoed those of Starbuck and Apollo. *** Starbuck held Apollo tightly has his orgasm exploded out of him. This was the first time he ever made any kind of sound when he came. With all his other partners, including Cassie, he had bit his lip in order to keep himself from calling out Apollo`s name. But not this time. This time he allowed himself to loudly moan the name that was always on the tip of his tongue during sexual release. *** "Did you hear that Tigh? They came I heard them come, both of them," Adama whispered as he spit out Tigh`s cock and pushed the other man off of him. Tigh sat up, mouth gaping open. "They were not the only one`s Adama." "I know that you fool, but you dropped the binoculars now we`ll never know what happened as they came." Tigh threw his hands in the air. "What happened was the same thing that happens when every man comes, do you need a lesson in human sexuality now?" "Of course not!" Adama snapped, "But it would have been nice to know what they did with their hands at the time." "I don`t believe this, I`m sitting here with my pants around my ankles, cum still covering my cock because you didn`t clean me off because you were wondering what your son did with his hands when he came! The binoculars are laying right over there, from now on if you want to know what their doing then you watch them, I`m going for a swim." Tigh then got up to leave, but tripped over his pants and rolled down the hill. *** Part 5 Apollo's breathing slowly returned to normal, but he could feel Starbuck's damp shirt against his skin. "Um, Starbuck, I'm afraid I made a mess of your shirt." "That's ok, it'll wash out," Starbuck replied as he nipped Apollo's ear lobe. Apollo turned his head so he could capture those lips with his own. Although their bodies had not fully finished calming down from their lovemaking, they soon found themselves ready for more. Starbuck was about to suggest moving it to the tent but a high pitched scream stopped him. "AAAAAAAAADDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAA!" It was Colonel Tigh, rolling down the hill, pants and boots flying away from him. "That has got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen" Starbuck chuckled "Serves him right for spying on us," Apollo added. Adama then came running after him yelling, "Tigh what in the name of Kobol are you doing?" Tigh was sitting at the bottom of the hill, shaking his head, Adama picked up the pants and boots and marched up to the Colonel. Apollo and Starbuck could not hear their whispered words, but it was plain to see that they were angry with each other. "Looks like a lover's spat, do you want to watch or sneak off to our tent," Starbuck was still chuckling. "My curiosity wants to watch, but my body is telling me it wants more of you," Apollo whispered into Starbuck's ear. Grinning Starbuck helped Apollo up and the two left the older men to argue in private. *** "Tigh did you have to scream like that? My Lord, man, rolling down the hill like a child, you know those two saw you and are probably having themselves a good laugh at your expense," Adama angrily whispered. "I didn't roll down the hill, I fell down the hill, and you could show a little compassion for me, I hurt my butt when it hit a rock," Tigh snapped back. Adama's features softened. "I'm sorry Tigh, but you did look ridiculous rolling down like that, why don't we go to the nice secluded spot down the beach and I`ll kiss your butt until it feels better." Tigh grinned up at Adama. "I didn't just hurt my butt, some other parts are hurting as well." Adama reached out his hand and pulled Tigh to a standing position then pulled him into a tight hug and kissed his deeply. "Come on and I`ll see what I can do " *** As soon as they entered the privacy of their tent, Starbuck immediately stripped out of his uniform. "This time we are going to make love properly." Apollo smiled as he laid down on the sleeping bags and spread his legs. He planned on not being able to walk very well in the morning. *** Adama led Tigh to the small alcove at the bay. They had found the secluded spot that afternoon during their walk and had quickly set up a small shelter and gathered wood for a fire. It was a perfect spot for the two lovers to spend the night away from the eyes of Apollo and Starbuck. It was surrounded on three sides by high cliffs, with the lake shore only a short ways away for a quick skinny dip. They even smuggled themselves some food for breakfast. "Well now here we are, do you want to go for a swim first, or would you prefer for me to kiss away your injuries?" Adama said in a very seductive voice. "Injuries first, swim later," Tigh responded as he bent to kiss Adama's lips. Adama dropped Tigh`s pants and boots on the sand and grabbed the other man's butt cheeks, squeezing them. When they came up for air Adama said, "Get down on your hands and knees so I can kiss you better." Tigh quickly obeyed, removing his shirt as he knelt down. Adama removed his shirt ,boots and pants as well as he knelt behind Tigh and ran his tongue over the warm, smooth flesh. Tigh shivered as he felt Adama's hot breath blow across his puckered opening, then he felt that warm, wet tongue there, licking and sucking on it to make it soft. Then he felt a cool stickiness cover him, and Adama's long think fingers caressing his hole. He relaxed his anal muscles as one of those fingers entered him, soon followed by a second. Adama scissored and wiggled his fingers inside Tigh, rubbing on the sweet spot hidden there. Tigh pushed back on the fingers, and pleaded for more. Adama couldn't wait any longer, so he removed his two fingers and replaced them with his cock. He and Tigh had been secret lovers for so long, ever since they were in the academy together in fact, that they really didn't need to prolong the stretching. Tigh felt the head of Adama's cock enter him and thrusted back on it, taking Adama in completely. Tigh reached back and grasped Adama's hand, guiding it to his cock which Adama gripped tightly, pumping it in time to his thrusts. Adama leaned forwards as he did this ,forcing Tigh to support his weight as Adama sucked and kissed his neck. Each time Adama thrust forewords, Tigh would thrust back, trying to get Adama's cock as far in as possible. The two older men were soon moaning in ecstasy and Tigh howled out as he came, his seed spilling out over Adama's hand and onto the sand beneath him. A few microns later Adama came as well, with a lion like roar, and collapsed onto Tigh`s back. Tigh`s arms gave out and the two fell to the ground, panting and gasping for breath . Adama rolled off Tigh and the two lay side by side in each other's arms until their heartbeats slowed, and they were once again breathing normally. "Well Tigh, do you want to go for that swim now?" "Maybe in the morning , this is the second time I've come within a centar, and I'm a little worn out." Adama chuckled at Tigh, who had to find the strength to crawl into the small shelter that had made. Five centons later they were fast asleep. *** Part 6 Apollo lay on his back, knees bent and legs spread as far as they would go. His eyes were closed and the look on his face was pure ecstasy. Starbuck had three well lubed fingers inside Apollo's stretched hole, slowly wiggling them against his prostate. Starbuck gently leaned forwards and kissed Apollo's lips. "Do you trust me Apollo?" "Yes," Apollo gasped. Starbuck reached out and gently laid his left hand on Apollo's lower abdomen. "Alright, just relax, if you want me to stop then you tell me." "Ah, okay." Starbuck then squeezed more lube over his entire hand and gently added a fourth finger, holding it still until he felt Apollo relax once more. Slowly he turned the fingers inside his lover, causing Apollo to moan out loudly. "Do you want me to stop?" "N-n- no please m-m-more." "Okay, but if it's too much you let me know." Apollo tried to answer, but all that came out was another loud moan as Starbuck slowly inserted his thumb. He felt Apollo's muscles tense and was about to pull out when suddenly Apollo relaxed once more and started baring down on his hand. Starbuck slowly rubbed Apollo's lower abdomen again as he gently, but firmly, pushed the rest of his hand inside up to, and including his wrist. He held his hand still, waiting to see if Apollo would demand that he remove it. When his lover started baring down on him, he knew Apollo was enjoying this, so he bent down and took Apollo's entire length into his mouth. "Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh," Apollo moaned loudly. Starbuck slowly thrust his hand inside Apollo as he sucked on the hard organ. Apollo was so far over the edge that it only took a few centons for him come, screaming out Starbuck's name as his warm sperm filled Starbuck's mouth. Starbuck swallowed quickly and licked Apollo clean as he let the softening organ slip from his mouth. Gently rubbing Apollo's abdomen again he slowly pulled his hand from inside him and slid up beside him and gathered the panting man in his arms. "Are you okay love, I didn't hurt you did I ?" The last thing Starbuck wanted to do was hurt Apollo. "No I loved it, how far were you in?" Apollo gasped between breaths. Starbuck held up his right hand, using the fingers on his left to show Apollo how much he had in. "Oh Lord, I didn't think I could take that much, my ass must be a mile wide." "Not quite, but you might be sore in the morning," Starbuck chuckled. "If I can walk at all," Apollo chuckled back. "I`ll carry you around on my back if I have to, now why don't you get some sleep?" Starbuck kissed Apollo once more and arranged the sleeping bags so they could fall asleep in each other's arms. *** Part 7 Tigh could feel a weight on his chest, and something sharp digging into his skin. Not wanting to get out of bed yet he swiped his hand over his chest, trying to get rid of the irritating feeling. His hand made contact with something soft and feathery. Thinking it was Adama playing a silly sex game with him he cooed. "Adama you naughty boy, do you want some more snookums?" From beside him he heard Adama murmur, "Too early wannna sleep." Tigh slowly opened his eyes. There, sitting on his chest was the biggest bird he had ever seen in his life. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME!" he screamed as he jumped up, sending the bird flying in a screeching protest. Adama jumped up at the same time, screaming, "WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT IS IT?!" Tigh stood above Adama, he and the bird staring at each other. The bird resembled a pelican, only it was twice the size of any pelican Tigh or Adama had ever seen. Then the bird screeched again and flapped it's huge wings. It had a wing span of about ten feet. Tigh screamed once more and ran out of the shelter, the bird following him. Outside Tigh`s screams continued as the bird chased him. He turned and screamed directly at the bird. "GET AWAY FROM ME! GO HOME!" The bird cocked his head at Tigh, looking at the man's groin, the limp organ flopping back and forth. Curiosity got the better of the bird and it ran up to him and pecked at the object of it's interest, thinking that it must be a very large worm. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! IT'S TRYING TO EAT ME!" Tigh screamed, then turned and ran down the beach, screaming, holding is hands over his privates. The bird took up the chase. *** Inside their tent, Starbuck and Apollo were quickly woken up by the sound of Colonel Tigh screaming. "What's wrong with him?" Apollo gasped. "I don't know but he sounds like he has all the hounds of Hades chasing him," Starbuck replied, getting out of the sleeping bag and crawling to the door flap. Opening the flap Starbuck suddenly said, "Oh my Lord! Apollo where are our lasers?" "Frak, their still out by the fire, why, what's wrong?" "You're not going to believe this." Apollo quickly crawled to the flap and peeked out. There was Tigh, running around the camp, hands over his groin, screaming at a huge bird to get away from him. The bird kept pecking at Tigh`s rear end. Thinking fast Starbuck quickly crawled/ran to the fire pit and retrieved his laser. Aiming carefully so he would not hit his Colonel, Starbuck fired at the bird, just as Tigh dived into the shuttle and closed the door. Then Starbuck heard the laughter. Tuning around he saw Apollo on the floor of their tent, half in and half out, rolling around and laughing. He also heard laughter from the direction of the beach. Turning to look he saw the Commander, sitting in the sand, laughing. He was clad only in his pants, his boots and shirt were laying beside him were he dropped them. The hilariousness of the situation hit him, and he too sat down and laughed. Tigh came out of the shuttle, hands on his hips and yelled at them, "Just what do you three find so funny, the fact that I was afraid for my life, or the fact that I almost had my ass eaten by a bird?" The three laughed even harder at his words, then Adama came forewords, walked straight to the dead bird and picked it up by it's neck. "Guess what we're having for dinner, hope you two boys know how to clean one of these things." *** Part 8 Apollo slowly walked towards Starbuck, curious to see what his new lover was doing. When he reached the table he saw that it was covered in blood, feathers and the insides of the bird. "Starbuck what are doing?" Apollo asked. "Your father said he wanted the bird for dinner, so I`m cleaning it out." "What did you do with it`s head?" "I chopped it off, you can`t cook a bird with it`s head still on." "Oh, I didn`t know you knew how to do this." Starbuck shrugged, "Yeah, well I learned when I was a kid, we grew our food at the orphanage, including some chickens and other birds." "What do you do with the parts we can`t eat?" "Well when I was growing up we'd feed them to the daggits, but we don`t have any daggits, think I should save them for Muffy?" Apollo looked like he was turning green. "No, I don`t think so," he squeaked as he turned and ran to the bushes and threw up his breakfast. **** "You know Adama, those two haven`t been able to do any of the work they are suppose to do while down here, and you know why? Because you keep giving them other work to do, that`s why. Maybe it`s time to get those readings on the food around this spot, and are you sure that bird is edible?" "I saw Starbuck test it for toxins before he chopped it`s head off, we can eat it, and you and I tested the water yesterday during our walk, should tell the boys that, although I believe they did it as well, and I see no reason why we can`t test some of this fruit, give us something to do besides have sex all day, plus did you see the way Apollo was walking? I think the two of them got a little carried away last night." Tigh chuckled at Adama`s last statement. "What do you think they did?" "I don`t know and I am not about to ask," Adama sternly replied. *** Starbuck was sitting at the fire, stirring the soup he was making for lunch. "Did you wash your hands before you started that?" Apollo asked. Starbuck looked up at Apollo. "Of course I washed my hands first." "Well you did have them up that birds butt you know." "Had one up your`s last night too but I don`t remember you asking if I washed them this morning." Apollo thought about that for a centon, then asked, "You did wash your hands before you cleaned that bird out?" Sighing loudly Starbuck said, "No I didn`t, I thought I might give it a little extra flavour." "I knew you would say that," Apollo smirked. "Help me dish this soup up so I can get that damn bird on a spit, it`s gonna take all afternoon to cook that damn thing." "I don`t want to eat it, not after I saw you clean it out." "That`s okay, I`m sure your father and his lover will enjoy it, hey where are those two anyway?" "Last I saw them they were heading up to that orchard we saw up on that hill." Starbuck grinned wickedly, "What do you say we eat the soup ourselves and then go exploring on our own, after I put the bird on to cook of course." "You're evil, lets do it." "Great." "There is a camp oven in the shuttle, you just build up the fire real good, then place the oven over the fire, put the bird in a roasting pan and cook it like would in a regular oven." Starbuck stared at Apollo, "Why didn`t I know about that?" "Because we`ve never killed and cooked a bird before that`s why, no need for an oven when you're eating dehydrated food." "It might taste good you know." "Are you going to eat any of it?" Starbuck thought a centon. "No I don`t think so." "Then neither am I." *** A few centars later Adama and Tigh returned to the camp carrying a huge basket of fruit. "Mmmmmm smell that bird cooking Tigh, it`s been a long time since we`ve had a fresh cooked bird like that." Tigh sniffed the air around the fire. "Smells like they added some onions to it, but I don`t see any vegetables cooking, and just where are those two?" "Probably went exploring and found a nice secluded spot to get kinky in," Adama huffed. *** Part 9 Starbuck and Apollo has indeed found a nice secluded spot. It was in the middle of the forest, by a small river with a short waterfall. The banks around the falls were all muddy, and perfect for sliding down on their bare butts. Which is exactly what they were doing. They had quickly stripped out of their uniforms, and dived into the water at the base of the falls. At this spot the water was at least twenty feet deep, sure it was cold, but they soon became accustomed to it. Then they had spotted the way the sides of the falls resembled slides they had gone on as kids. Starbuck had tried it out first, climbing to the top of the falls and then sliding down the bank and splashing into the pool at the bottom. Their shouts and laughter has scared a flock of small birds that were resting in the trees that surrounded the spot, but Starbuck just yelled at them to shut before he shot them like their friend this morning. Then Apollo noticed his stomach was growling. "Lets check out some of this fruit growing on these trees and see what we can eat before we head back." he called up to Starbuck. "Okay just let me slid down one more time." Apollo watched Starbuck slid down the hill and swam to catch him as he came up for air. The two shared a long deep kiss before heading for the river bank. The fruit all tested fit for consumption so they sat down by the river bank, feet dangling in the water, to eat. The fruit they had picked had a hard shell, and they had to use a rock to break it open. Inside they found a soft, red juicy substance that they scooped out with their hands. It was sweet, sticky and smelled and tasted something like strawberries. Then Starbuck got a very wicked grin on his face. When Apollo asked him what he was thinking, Starbuck suddenly scooped up a big handful of the fruit and spread it over Apollo`s chest. "Clean that off," Apollo chuckled. "Gladly." Starbuck then gently pushed Apollo onto his back, straddled his body and started licking him clean with long, slow strokes that soon had Apollo purring. When his chest was clean, Starbuck then took the other half of the fruit and inserted Apollo`s hard cock into it. Apollo gasped in surprise, but still had a smile on his face. He was enjoying this kinky side of his lover. "Want me to clean that off as well?" Starbuck chuckled. "You will if you know what`s good for you," Apollo chuckled back. "Your what`s good for me" Starbuck whispered "I love you," he added, as he bent down and captured Apollo`s lips with his own. *** Part 10 Tigh paced by the fire, watching out towards the forest, waiting for Apollo and Starbuck to return. "Where are those two, I`m getting hungry and they still have to prepare the vegetables for dinner," he fumed. "Oh, Tigh settle down, they probably found some more food stores and are checking them out, we can cook the vegetables ourselves." Adama said as opened up a package of dehydrated carrots. "Why do we have to those, why can`t we have some of these fresh one`s we found, they taste better," Tigh huffed. Adama stopped what he was doing, looked at Tigh and said, "Because I never thought of it, I guess I`m in the habit of preparing these, ok as Starbuck would say 'frack the dehydrated food', we`ll eat the fresh one`s." Tigh smiled as picked up a fresh carrot. "Adama, does this remind you of something?" "Tigh! What are suggesting?" Colonel Tigh`s response was a smile. *** Starbuck placed soft, feather-light kisses along Apollo`s jaw line. Apollo sighed in response, relishing in the attention being given to him. Not even his deceased wife had done this. With Serina it had been all one way, he would take time to arouse her, but she had never once touched him in his most intimate places. Apollo didn`t even want to think about the one time he asked her to suck his cock, he was afraid she was going to cut it off that night. But Starbuck loved paying attention to his body, he seemed to thrive on it in fact. Starbuck took his time making sure he touched every inch of Apollo`s body. While his lips and tongue were busy at Apollo`s head, his hand was softly caressing Apollo`s inner thighs, moving up slowly , just brushing Apollo`s hard cock. Then Starbuck started to slowly travel down Apollo`s body. Starbuck slowly licked, kissed and gently sucked on Apollo`s Adam`s apple, feeling the vibrations of Apollo`s moans though his mouth. He inched his way down to the little hollow at the base of his lover`s throat, stopping there for a few moments so as to pay special attention to it, which seemed to drive Apollo wild. When he moved his hand up to gently pet Apollo`s cock, the two hands that were running their fingers through his hair suddenly tightened their grip, and Apollo let out a long, low moan of desire. *** Adama pulled Tigh into a tight bear hug and roughly kissed him. The Colonel responded by squeezing Adama`s butt cheeks, hard, silently telling Adama who was in charge this time. Adama showed his consent by loosening his grip on Tigh`s arms, and allowed his lover to turn him around . Tigh then quickly put a blindfold around Adama`s eyes. Adama had no idea were it came from, he was sure he hadn`t seen it before he hugged Tigh to him. Tigh guided Adama to their tent were he slowly removed the older man`s clothes. Adama stood perfectly still, only lifting each foot when Tigh tapped on it, so his boots, pants and briefs could be removed. Once Tigh had Adama completely naked, a light tap on the shoulder let the Commander know it was time to kneel. As soon as Adama was down on his knees Tigh moved into position, standing in front of him. Adama waited for the signal from Tigh that would let him know what was wanted from him next. He didn`t have to guess, they had played this game so many times that he knew when it started what Tigh wanted. A micron later he felt the tip of Tigh`s cock on his lips, and he took the entire length into his mouth, deep throating him immediately. *** Part 11 The darkness came late on the garden paradise. Apollo and Starbuck had made love, ate more fruit, then made love again. But now it was time to return to the camp, even though neither one wanted to return. They plunged into the water once more for a quick clean off, then dressed quickly before they became aroused once more. Apollo placed some of the fruit they had found in bags so they could share their find with the to older men, while Starbuck marked the trees with green plastic ribbons. When the landing parties arrived they would know this fruit was edible. "Think they`re gonna be mad that we didn`t come back and finish cooking their dinner?" Starbuck asked as they headed back. Apollo chuckled as he answered, "I don`t really care, getting away from them for the whole afternoon and evening was worth any punishment they may decide to give us for not waiting on them hand and foot." Starbuck stopped and faked a pout. "But I thought being with me was worth it?" Apollo put his bags down and pulled Starbuck into a tight embrace, kissing him deeply. When they broke contact Apollo said, "Being with you, and having you make love to me the way you did is worth all the punishment in the world." Starbuck then kissed Apollo quickly, grinned evilly and said, "Race you back to camp." The lieutenant then raced off ahead. Apollo picked up his bags and quickly caught up to Starbuck, who had stopped at the top of a small hill. looking down the slope Apollo saw the reason his lover had stopped. A small animal was sitting at the bottom looking up at them. It was about two feet in height, with short black hair on it`s back, arms and legs, the fur on it`s belly was pure white. "What do you think it is?" Starbuck asked. "Not sure, but it looks like a small monkey of some sort." "Think it`s dangerous?" "Well, I guess we`ll find out, we have to walk right by it to get back to camp." The two men slowly climbed down the hill, and cautiously passed the small primate, who reached out it`s small arm and pawed at Apollo`s bag of fruit. "Apollo I think it`s hungry maybe if we give it something it will go away." Starbuck suggested. "Yeah okay, lets try it." Apollo put his bags down, opened one up and gave the animal a piece of fruit. He snatched it out of the captain`s hand, then sat back to eat it. "Well my love it looks like you were right, he was just hungry, lets continue on back," Apollo chuckled. As the two continued their trip back to the camp site, neither one noticed that the animal had decided to follow them. *** Adama and Tigh sat by the fire finishing their meal. The bird had been delicious, and the fresh vegetables a welcomed treat. Adama had brought out a bottle of Ambrosa, and the two had drank it`s entire contents. They were starting to become worried about the two younger men when they suddenly appeared at the edge of the forest, carrying the heavy bags. "Hey you two where have you been, and why did we have to finish cooking this meal ourselves?" Tigh teased. When Apollo and Starbuck reached the fire, Apollo just said, "We went out scouting and found some more food." "And we brought some back to share," Starbuck added. "Besides by the way your dressed I would deduce that you two didn`t really miss us," Apollo grinned. "What do you mean by that *Captain*?" Adama snapped. Apollo held his hands up as if he was warding off an attacker as he said, "Oh nothing Sir, it`s just that you both forgot to put your pants back on." "We are on vacation, and men on vacation have every right to run around in their under wear," Adama huffed. "Can Apollo and me be on vacation too?" Starbuck asked. Apollo nodded his agreement. *** Part 12 The animal followed to the two unknown creatures from a distance. They had given him food, and he wanted more. When they left the safely of the trees he stayed back, watching them. He could see two more of the creatures, but these ones had less of the strange fur on them. Their fur only covered the lower part of their bodies, very strange indeed. Then he saw something that was even stranger, the first two creatures made a loud howling noise, then ran into a cave of some sort. When they came out most their fur was gone as well , they now looked just like the other two. The animal`s curiosity got the better of him and he headed towards them. *** Tigh and Adama whispered to each other, then Adama said "All right, since we are the only ones on this lovely planet, you two can be on vacation as well, but I don`t to see you doing anything with each other understand me, you have a tent for that, or the bushes." Starbuck and Apollo whooped for joy and ran to the tent and removed their clothes, then rejoined the older men at the fire. Apollo was reminded of the times as kid when they went camping and all sat around the fire in their swim suits. That was a vacation. "Um, Adama what is that?"Tigh asked as he pointed towards the forest were Starbuck and Apollo came out. "Hey that`s the animal we saw on our way back, we gave him some food." Starbuck answered. "You boys fed a strange animal, what were you thinking?" Adama asked. "He seemed friendly father, and he was hungry." Apollo answered. "Yes but now he`s followed you, we may never get rid of him." "I don`t like wild animals." Tigh said. The animal slowly came up to them, showing more bravery than it felt. He skirted the fire, the flames seemed to scare him, and opened up one of the bags Apollo and Starbuck returned with. Tigh stared him in the eye the whole time. The animal removed some fruit then sat down and started to eat. "There see, he`s just hungry." Starbuck grinned. "He smells." Tigh said, wrinkling his nose. "Oh Tigh all animals smell, in fact we probably smell bad to him." Adama said as he rolled his eyes. Tigh looked at the animal again, then started sniffing the air. The animal dropped his fruit and strode up to Tigh. The colonel screamed when the creature then bent down and sniffed Tigh`s crotch. "AAAAAAAAAAAA! GET AWAY!" The other three laughed at the way Tigh jumped up and backed away. "It`s not funny, first I was attacked by a mad bird and now you two bring back this thing, we don`t know what he is, he may eat us in the night." The other three laughed harder at Tigh`s last remark, rolling in the dirt. "Oh Tigh come on now, look at his teeth, he`s not a meat eater." Adama teased. "Yes Adama look at his teeth, his *big* teeth, and how do know he`s not a meat eater?" "Because meat eaters have sharp pointed teeth, and this little guy has flat teeth, their not sharp at all, he eats fruit not meat." Starbuck added. "He could still bite us, and it would hurt and draw blood." "Well yeah if you make him mad." Apollo chuckled. Tigh couldn`t take any more, he grabbed the bag of fruit and dumped it on the ground. "Here you dumb animal take it and get out of here." The little animal sat back by the fruit and started eating, watching Tigh the whole time. "Oh now you did it Tigh, you want him to leave yet you feed him, he`s here to stay now." Adama chuckled. "I was hoping he would grab the food and run."Tigh pouted. The other`s laughed at the colonel. The animal seemed friendly so they just ignored him and enjoyed the fire. Then Adama made a suggestion. "Apollo, remember when you were a boy and we went on those family camp outs and at night we told stories around the fire? Lets do that." Starbuck sat up straighter and asked, "Ghost stories?" Adama rubbed his palms together as he answered, "Yes, I`ll start........It was a dark stormy night, Tigh was all alone...." "Hey, who said you could use me as the main character in your story?" "I did," Adama answered. "Now be quiet so I can tell the story.......now Tigh was all alone in the small cabin by the ocean, thunder and lightening filled the sky, the thunder was so loud it shook the small cabin each time it rumbled in the sky, then the lights went out." Apollo took over now. "Tigh jumped out of his chair and stumbled into the cooking area looking for some candles to light, but he fell over something laying in the middle of the floor, reaching down to feel what it was he soon discovered a head of blood soaked hair." Now it was Starbuck`s turn. "Before he could do anything, before he could even think, he heard a voice from up the stairs moaning, 'I`m coming, I`m coming, I`m coming to get you next.'" Then Apollo joined in the chant. They could tell they were scaring Tigh, his eyes were wide with fear. Then Adama almost scared poor Tigh out of skin when he yelled, "I GOT YOU!!!!!!" and grabbed Tigh around the waist. "AAAAAAAAA! THAT`S NOT FUNNY." The other`s all laughed, the small animal made a strange noise that sounded something like laughter while he jumped up and down. "I think this little fella is some sort of monkey." Adama guessed. "I`m going to bed." Tigh shouted as he stormed to his and Adama`s tent. "I guess we should all go to bed, we have a big day tomorrow," Adama sighed as he poured water an the fire. They all retired for the night, Starbuck and Apollo noticed that the small animal had followed Tigh into his tent and was now laying down with the older man. Adama just shook his head. "I think you found a new friend Tigh." *** The next morning Tigh couldn`t go anywhere with out his new friend, whom he had now named Shadow. Tigh wouldn`t admit it but he had grown to like the little thing, and planned on trying to smuggle him back to the Galactica when the left. Apollo and Starbuck returned to the small waterfall where they had so much fun the day before. This time they picked as much food as possible from the trees and placed it in the bags they had brought with them. The landing parties were due to arrive that afternoon and their vacation would soon be over. They had all the bags filled by lunch time and decided to have one more swim in the small pool, and slide down the banks, before anyone from the Battlestar arrived. Adama pulled out two of the lounge chairs he had brought and set them up on the beach. He and Tigh then put on their swim suits and after a long swim in the lake, laid down to soak up some sun. Shadow watched them swim from the shore, he didn`t seem to like the water, then climbed onto Tigh`s belly when the man laid down on the lounge chair. The three then fell asleep there. That was how Lt.`s Jolly and Boomer found them when they landed. Neither of the men, or the monkey, had heard the vipers land. "So where do you think Apollo and Starbuck are?" Jolly whispered to Boomer. "Don`t know, they can`t be too far." Boomer whispered back while looking around the camp. "Looks like there`s a path over there, lets go check it out." The two warriors quickly followed the newly made path into the woods. They soon heard the sound of a water fall and when they came upon it they saw a sight they both believed they would never see. There by the bank were Apollo and Starbuck, making love. They ducked down behind a bush and watched. "I don`t believe this, I never thought they would tell each other how they felt." Boomer chuckled. "Maybe it was the scenery, or something in the water." Jolly chuckled back. "I`m gonna watch and wait, when it looks like their about to come I`m gonna yell." "Boomer you wouldn`t." "Oh yes I would, and will." They continued to watch the pair for another few centons, their moans were so loud they carried all the way over to Boomer and Jolly`s hiding spot. When Apollo tightened his grip on Starbuck`s back, and pulled his legs in tighter to Starbuck`s body, Boomer knew the captain was close to coming. Starbuck was also close to the brink, Boomer could tell by the way Starbuck had sped up his thrusts. Boomer made his move. "HEY WHAT YOU THINK YOUR DOING OVER THERE?" *** Part 13 Jolly ran into the camp area. He had started running the micron Boomer yelled that first word. There was no way he was going to be blamed for that, plus he didn`t want to face Apollo`s wrath. The captain might be the best strike commander a Lt. could ask for, but when he got angry look out, and Boomer was about to make him very angry. He didn`t even want to think about how mad Starbuck was going to be. Adama and Tigh had woken up by this time and both stared at the large man as he barrelled into the camp. "Lt. Jolly what`s the matter with you boy your acting like you have all the hounds of Hades after you." Tigh asked "Boomer.............yelling............Captain...........Starbuck ........mad," Jolly was clearly out of breath. "Jolly calm down and tell us what happened." Adama ordered. They gave Jolly time to catch his breath, plus a glass of water and waited for him to tell them what happened. After he was done explaining what he and Boomer saw and what Boomer did, both older men broke out laughing. "Oh I wish I had been there to see their faces." Adama laughed. "Now I got something to tease them about." Tigh shouted with glee. Just then Boomer came running into the camp., he looked scared. "*Jolly your a chicken and a traitor taking off on me like that*." the dark skinned Lt. yelled at his wingman as he ran by the three men and went straight to his viper. Colonel Tigh ran up to Boomer yelling, "And just where do you think your going Lt.? I do believe you have a job to do down here." "But sir, Apollo threatened to skin me alive." "And just who do you have to blame for that." Boomer climbed down off his viper, hung his head and said "Myself sir." Tigh then ordered Boomer back to the camp, were they saw Apollo and Starbuck coming out of the forest. Both men looked ready to lynch Boomer, but Adama reached them before either of them could get near Boomer. The commander spoke softly to the two, calming them down a bit. They were still angry, but not so angry that Boomer`s life was in danger. When he came forward Apollo informed Boomer he would spend two sectons on clean up duty, making sure the bachelor`s turboflush was spotless. "Well I guess that`s better than being skinned alive." Boomer said to Jolly. Adama ordered Starbuck and Apollo to pack up their belongings. "As soon as the other shuttles arrive the four of us will return to the Galactica, Boomer you and Jolly will be in charge of the ground crews." As Starbuck was loading his and Apollo`s things on the shuttle, Colonel Tigh came in and whispered, "I have a special assignment for you, it`s your job to make sure Shadow stays quiet on the ride home, I don`t want Adama knowing I smuggled him on board until it`s too late to take him back." and he handed the small animal to Starbuck. "But sir, I have to co-pilot the shuttle." "I`m going to do that, I`ve already talked Adama into it, you and Apollo get to sit back and enjoy the ride." Apollo came on board then. When he saw Shadow in Starbuck`s arms he knew exactly what was going on, he just prayed Tigh`s plan would work. *** Part 14 True to his word Colonel Tigh did indeed co-pilot the shuttle back to the Galactica, with Adama sitting in the pilot seat. Apollo wanted to enjoy the ride back so he pulled Starbuck into the cargo area and quickly started undressing him, kissing every inch of the lieutenants body as it was exposed. All thoughts of little Shadow left their minds. Adama was enjoying flying the shuttle. He hadn`t had the chance to do this since the Colonies had been destroyed and he missed it every day. He loved the way the joystick seemed to hum to his fingers, it reminded him of a lover responding to his soft caresses. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a box banging to the floor. "What was that?" he asked Tigh, turning in his seat to look behind him. Tigh had also turned to see where the sound had come from. "I don`t see those two boys, I bet it was them knocking something over back in the cargo area." "What are they doing back there?" Rolling his eyes Tigh answered, "What do you think their doing?" It took a moment for what Tigh said to register, but once it did Adama just said, "Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh." *** Starbuck had pushed Apollo aside just in time as the box came crashing down. It hit the floor and broke open, spilling it`s contents onto the floor. Suddenly Shadow jumped down from the top and picked up a piece of fruit and started munching on it. "I have a feeling Tigh is going to regret this." Apollo sighed. "Yeah well if the Commander asks me about it I don`t know anything, it was Tigh`s idea he can take the rap." "I`m with you lover, all the way." They heard Tigh yell back at them that the shuttle was about to land, "So put your clothes back on and get out here and buckle up." The two chuckled at the remark and quickly redressed and went out to the passenger area. Ten centons later they were holding each other`s hand as they stepped onto the landing bay. "Well well what`s this, don`t tell me you two are now an item?" they heard Athena say. "It`s about time you two figured it out." Cassiopeia added. "Yeah, every one else on this hunk of metal knew you two were in love with each other." "There`s even been talk about getting the two of you drunk, stripping you down and locking you in a small room together and not opening the door until you had screwed each other brains out." "Oh and just who was the fool who thought he could do that?" Apollo asked "That would be me." Adama`s stern voice answered. Apollo turned to face his father, he was about apologize but was interrupted by the sound of a woman screaming from inside the shuttle. Suddenly she ran out, frantically batting at something on her shoulder. The something was Shadow, who had jumped on the woman when she went to pick up the fruit that was laying on the floor. The little monkey had thought she was taking his food and was trying to protect it. "*Good Lord Tigh you brought that animal back with you*." Adama shouted at Tigh. "No, I didn`t. I don`t know how he got onboard." Tigh stammered. "Well he has to be caught and returned with the next shuttle going down, *do you understand me*?" Tigh bowed his head and said, "Yes Sir." "Good, now see to it." As Adama left the landing bay Tigh turned to Starbuck with a dirty look, but before he said anything Starbuck threw up his hands and said, "Hey you said to keep him quiet on the ride up, you didn`t say anything about when we landed." "I thought that was understood, now help me catch him so I can hide him, and if the Commander asks he went straight back to the planet, I will not give up my Shadow." "Sagan he`s worse than a kid with a new toy." Apollo whispered. "Or a daggit with a bone." Starbuck and Athena said together. The four quickly took off after Shadow, but it was Tigh who caught him. He was the only one who thought about grabbing a banana to bait him with. Once caught Shadow was quickly taken to Tigh`s quarters, were he was given a huge pile of fruit to keep him quiet. The landing parties spent two days on the planet picking fruit, gathering water and collecting fuel from the mountain areas. Then the Galactica continued on it`s way. Adama was wondering why Tigh wasn`t coming to his quarters as often as he was before their vacation and decided to pay a visit to the Colonel`s quarters for a change. When he reached the door he heard a loud crash from inside and thinking Tigh had fallen and hurt himself, pressed in the code and rushed inside. The room was a mess. Furniture was overturned, the floor was littered with garbage and food scraps. But it was the smell that hit Adama first. Tigh`s quarters smelled like an old outhouse. Then something warm and wet hit him in the face. "Is it too late to take return him to the planet Adama?" Tigh asked from behind the couch. Adama tried to stay calm, as calm as a man could be who just got hit in the face was monkey poop, but it was impossible. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ANIMAL DOING ON MY SHIP! DID I NOT TELL YOU DO GET RID OF HIM? WHY IS HE STILL HERE?" "I wanted to keep him for a pet, but he`s destroyed my quarters, and he messes all over the floor, and he throws it around." "*I can see, and feel, and smell, the fact that he throws it around, now get that animal off my ship*!" Adama stormed out of Tigh`s quarters, and prayed no one saw him on his way to take a turbo-wash. *** It only took Starbuck and Apollo half a day to reach the planet. Once landed they quickly removed the cage holding Shadow and released him back into the wild. They took one last look around the planet were they had discovered how much they loved each other and remembered all the fun they had. "To bad we couldn`t stay here forever." Starbuck whispered. "Don`t tempt me Starbuck, Lord it would be nice to just settle down and not worry about the fleet ever again, but they would send Boomer and some other warriors out looking for us." "Yeah your right, but it still would be nice." "Lets go home Starbuck, we can share a nice hot bath and then get all dirty again in my bed." Apollo whispered into Starbuck`s ear. "Now that`s a good reason to return to the fleet." The two men kissed once then ran to their waterfall to make love by the riverbank one last time. Did they go home? Well what do you think? End.