Keeping the muscle

[Bobby Bowen]

Bobby, half from a sense of continuity and half from a sense of boredom, had charted a course through the corridors of the nova corps rescue ship, and was in the process of jogging along it. He had found and donned a utilitarian exercise suit, with the nova corps starburst Insignia on the sleeve.

[Rachel O'Brien]

Rachel was coming up the side of the corridor, obviously pissed off.

[Bobby Bowen]

"Hey, Red. you look like you have some rage to burn off."

Bobby paused for a few moments, catching his breath.

[Rachel O'Brien]

"Yeah, I do." Rachel said "Fucking Cal. And that bitch he's dating is worse."

[Bobby Bowen]

"I don't think I know her too well. she just seems a bit.. Separated?"

bobby moved to the wall, letting a particularily barrel-shaped Nova by.

[Rachel O'Brien]

"I don't know her, and I don't want to." Rachel said "I don't give a fuck if she calls me a slut, but no one, no one gets to insult Bear like that. Especially not now, not after." she started to choke up "After she's gone like that."

[Bobby Bowen]

"Oh Geez.." Bobby stood up, suddenly angry.

"She said shit about Bear? And she isn't pushed out an airlock? Let me rectify that. What a bitch!"

[Rachel O'Brien]

"She said that Bear was dead." Rachel said, starting to cry "So I should....find someone else to fuck."

[Bobby Bowen]

bobby's anger softened a little, when Rachel began crying.

he pulled her into a comforting hug.

[Rachel O'Brien]

Rachel rested her head on Bobby's chest "She was so good, and so patient and I love her so much." Rachel sobbed "I don't know what I'll do without her. I....I wanted to have a whole life with her. And now I won't. She won't. There was so much we were going to do."

[Bobby Bowen]

"She was a good person, Rachel. a good person, and a good friend.. and She would want you to go on, to survive."

He patted her on the back, comforting her as best he could.

[Rachel O'Brien]

"I know." Rachel said, wiping at her eyes "I know. Its just so hard. I wish I had Ryan here. Oh God, what he must be going through...."

[Bobby Bowen]

bobby nodded, continuing to provide. Import.

"He'll hold on.. he's strong."

[Amanda Weinrich]

"I hope so." Rachel said "I...doing what we do, I always thought that it was a good thing there were three of us, so that if something happened, the other two wouldn't be alone. Turns out it didn't make a damn bit of difference."

[Bobby Bowen]

"We'll get back.. and once the message gets to earth, he'll know you're still alive," he replied, hoping to show her something positive.

[Rachel O'Brien]

"Yeah, I don't even want to think what they think happened to us." Rachel said "That'd be a trip, coming back and finding out they thought we were dead."

[Bobby Bowen]

"Better then actually being dead.." he countered.