Kai stared in disbelief at the gun he held in his hands as yells began to erupt around the CIC. His eyes followed the trail of blood at his feet and his gaze landed on Ruki, covered in blood, unconscious.

“What?” Kai whispered to himself, hands shaking as he dropped the gun in horror and stepped back. The last thing he could remember was putting out his hand to shake Ruki’s and now...Oh god, did he do this?

“Make a hole!” someone shouted as medics rushed into the room and the crowd parted making way for a stretcher.

“Secure that thing in the Brig!” An officer ordered, pointing at Kai with a look of disgust on his face.

“No, wait!” Kai shouted desperately as two marines grabbed his arms and hauled him to his feet roughly.

“Take him away.”

“No, No!” Kai screamed as he was dragged through the hatch. “It wasn’t me! I didn’t do it!” he sobbed

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“What happened?” Shinya questioned as Aoi entered the cell beside him. He’d heard the gunshots from the brig but the guards had refused to tell him anything.

“The Commander, he’s been shot.” Aoi told the President angrily.

“What?” Shinya breathed, clutching the bars of his cell. “By who?”

Aoi didn’t seem to notice his question or didn’t seem to care as he fiddled with the cuffs binding his wrists. “Can you remove these?” He asked the guard as calmly as possible.

“I’m not authorized to do that.” The guard told him with a shrug and Aoi lost it. “I’m behind the fracking bars!” He screamed, startling Shinya as he banged on the bars with his fist.

He couldn’t do anything hen he was locked behind bars. And Uruha…. He could be injured or worse back on Caprica.

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Cylon Occupied Caprica

“His consciousness is being downloaded to another body and when he wakes up he’ll tell them exactly where we are.”

Uruha stood with Kazuki and Kai, looking down on the body of the Cylon Uruha had just killed. In Uruha’s hand at the Arrow of Apollo, what he’d come back for in the first place. The Cylon had caught him by surprise and there had been a fight, but now the Cylon lay dead and Uruha had his prize.

It was luck that he’d found Kazuki, here of all places at the Delphi museum. But when he’d seen Kai, he’d lost it. Kazuki had to tackle him to the ground to prevent Uruha from shooting Kai right then and there.

Uruha still didn’t trust him, no matter how much Kazuki had reassured him.

“He’s right.” Kazuki told Uruha. “We can’t stay here.”

“He’s right huh?” Uruha asked, turning in Kazuki. “Kai the Cylon is right? Let’s all just listen to Kai the Cylon, do whatever he says. That’s a good idea.”

“Hey, Uruha, he helped me get this far.” Kazuki replied angrily

“I get it!” Uruha shouted. “I get it Kazuki. You and I go way back so I get it. I remember how you used to feel about him but that is not the real Kai. That is some cheap copy.”

“I’m real, not a copy!” Kai interjected, stepping between the two. “I’m Kai. I remember the first day I met you Uruha. You were puking your guts out on the deck because you’d eaten bad oysters th-“

“Don’t do that!” Uruha yelled, pulling his gun on a startled Kai.

“Hey!” Kazuki pushed Kai back, standing between the two. Uruha still held his gun high.

“I don’t like it and I don’t like you! So the best thing you can do is keep your damn mouth shut!”

“Uruha.” Kazuki pleaded. “Put it down. Put it down for god sakes.”

“What do you want from me Kazuki? He’s a Cylon! We’ve been had! So what, I’m supposed to be nice to him just because he helped you?” There was an ominous click as Uruha turned off the safety and Kai tensed. “Get out of the way.” Uruha told Kazuki.

“No.”

“Do not think that I will not sho-”

Kazuki ran for Uruha just as he fired the gun, tacking him to the ground. The shot missed both Kai and Kazuki, blasting a hole through a column instead.

“Get off of me!” Uruha yelled, trying to struggle out of Kazuki’s grip. Kazuki let go however when he heard the sound of an engine starting up outside.

“No, no, no” Uruha yelled as he pushed Kazuki off of him and ran outside.

The Cylon Raider that Uruha had arrived in was now a speck in the distance, leaving him with no way off the planet.

“The bitch took my ride.” 

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“You’re being released.” The MP told Aoi bitterly as he unlocked the doors of the cell. “Commander’s orders.”

“So he’s alright?” Aoi asked worriedly.

“He’ll be alright.”  The MP assured him while removing the cuffs from his wrists. “Despite what you did earlier, the Commander has ordered you carry out your duties as Second in Command. He has requested though, that you are to be accompanied by MP’s at all times.

Aoi nodded, simply thankful that he was out of that cell and Ruki was going to be alright. Ruki had been like a brother to him when he first joined Galactica and he knew where he was heading now.

“Open the cell.” Aoi ordered and Kai looked up from his seat in the middle of his cell. The door swung open and Aoi stepped inside, quietly observing Kai as he circled around the chair.

“How’s the Commander?” Kai asked softly

“You bungled the job.” Aoi told him coldly, coming to a stop in front of him. “If that’s what you’re asking.”

“He’s alive. Thank the God’s.” Kai breathed

He heard the blow before he felt it. The loud slap as Aoi striked him across the face. Kai clutched his already injured cheek in pain as Aoi looked on coldly.

“How many of our pilots are Cylons?” Aoi asked and Kai glared.

“I don’t know.”

“Who gave the order to shoot the commander?”

“No one. Just get it over with you fracking coward.”

Aoi hauled Kai from his seat, throwing him to the ground roughly. “Give me your sidearm!” He yelled at a guard who nodded and quickly fumbled for his weapon.

“Just shoot me.” Kai growled as Aoi pressed the gun to his head, the cold metal digging painfully into his skin. There was a minute of complete silence, the occupants of the room watching fearfully, before Aoi released Kai, leaving him sobbing on the ground.