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"If you fight, you will only prove their point," Hank said over the phone. "Stay hidden and don't get killed until we figure something out."

"Hank, we can't let our people die," North replied quickly.

"They won't, let the humans search for you guys but don't let them see you. If you stay hidden everything will be alright," Hank said back.

"I don't agree."

"Listen, I'm going to call Kamski and will force him to help. Showing Connor attacking was a mistake on CyberLife's part, we just need to inform people that Connor was kidnapped and probably hurt and that all this was self-defense. Once we can do that, the public opinion will shift," Hank explained. He heard a sighed on the other line and kept silent.

"One week. I'll give you one week," North replied.

"Thank you."

"Yeah…" North said before hanging up.

Hank sighed as he put his phone in his pocket. He searched for a few minutes for Kamski's phone number and called right after. He didn't like the guy very much, but Hank knew he needed to work with him. Kamski was the only that could stop all of this.

"Hello, my name is Chloe how can I help you?" the android asked on the other line. Hank remembered her clearly.

"Um, yeah… this is Lieutenant Hank Anderson, I'd like to speak to Mr. Elijah Kamski," he said a bit awkwardly.

"Just wait a moment please," Chloe said.

"Yeah."

It didn't take long for the android to come back to the phone.

"Elijah asks you to come to his home as soon as you can," Chloe answered.

"Oh, alright. I'll be there in a bit, then," Hank said. "Thanks."

The phone call ended, and Hank took his car and left the house.

XXX

Gavin Reed stared at the door for a long moment before even thinking of knocking. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before raising his hand and hitting his knuckles against the door. An android opened the door with a smile.

"You must be Mr. Reed," she told him.

"Yeah, is Kamski here?" Gavin replied.

"Yes, you may follow me. I will bring you to him."

Gavin nodded before following the android. The inside of the house wasn't even a surprise to the detective. He had expected this. Asshole even had a picture of himself on the wall. He followed the android to a living room and clench his teeth. He was standing right there. Elijah Kamski.

"Sit down, Gavin," he said as he waved to one of the sofas.

"You said you needed my help, get to the point," Reed said coldly.

"Alright…" Kamski said before sitting down. "I thought after all this time you would have got over this jealousy phase of yours."

"Jealousy? You think this is about jealousy? Wow, you're even stupider than you look," Gavin replied.

"Well, if this is not about jealousy then what else?"

"I just hate you. Just tell me why you wanted me here."

"You can't just hate me, there has to be a reason, Gavin."

"Let it go alright. You wouldn't understand anyway."

"If we want this to work, we'll have to put our differences apart. Tell me why you despise me?" Kamski asked calmly.

Reed couldn't take it. This asshole was just standing there as if nothing ever happened.

"You fucking left me with your bitch of a mother, that's why I fucking hate you!" Gavin shouted.

"I don't understand…"

"See? Fucking told you," Gavin sighed.

"Explain to me," Kamski said as he stood up and walked to Reed.

"You fuck off to university, and left me to die in dad's house," Gavin told him. "After you fucking left, it was only me, dad, and your mother. When dad was working, I was alone with her. Can your fucking brain understand that?"

"Are you trying to make me believe that mother was hitting you?"

"You're so stupid, Reed. Why aren't you like your brother, Reed? It's a good thing your whore of a mother died, Reed. You should have been in the accident, Reed!" Gavin said, mocking Kamski's mother's voice.

"Gavin…"

"You were the older one, Elijah! You should have been there for me. You should have been the big brother I needed and fucking listen to me when I called in the middle of the fucking night because I couldn't take the fucking pain anymore," Gavin shouted. "You never cared about me, only about your fucking brain, and how much of a perfect child you were. I hate you, Kamski!"

Gavin closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself down. When he opened his eyes again he frowned. Elijah was looking down; his eyes weren't focusing on anything and his hands were closed into tight fists.

"And father? Did he…" Elijah whispered.

"He never cared about me. Everything was about you, Elijah. Everything. There was nothing left for me. I'm sure he knew what I was living, but he just didn't care. I couldn't make him money like you could, so he didn't bother," Gavin said a bit softer.

"I'm… I never knew. I should have known…" the older man whispered. "Gavin… I was an idiot."

Elijah never called himself an idiot, that, Gavin knew. Maybe his half-brother really hadn't realized what was happening. Gavin didn't even know what to say.

"I… I thought you, I told myself that you were jealous of me, that this was the reason you hated me," he said, still looking down. "I never realized…"

"Yeah well now you know," Gavin said a bit harsher than he had wanted.

"You never ca-"

"Fuck you. I called you day and night, but you never fucking answered, and when you fucking answered it was to tell me that you were working and that you would call later. Guess what? You never fucking called back!"

"I…"

"There's one time she hurt me hard enough that I couldn't even show up to school for three days because of how messed up my face was. You know what she told me, Elijah? She told me that I didn't need to go to school because I would never be as smart as you. She didn't give me food for two days saying that if I couldn't get it myself I didn't deserve it," Gavin shouted loudly. "Those three days I cried every fucking night, hoping that my big brother would come to save me. Hoping that you would come to get me and take me away from that fucking house. You never did Elijah, you never fucking did."

"I would have…"

"No, you wouldn't! You would have told me to fucking deal with it because you were fucking working on your fucking androids!" Gavin shouted, tears filling his eyes. "I waited and waited… but those three days… you never even answered my phone calls."

Anger was still boiling inside Gavin's veins, but he couldn't help but noticed Elijah's damp cheeks. When he saw his half-brother shake and sniff. Something switched inside of him. He put himself in Kamski's shoes for a second and thought about the phone calls. If he had been a teen, almost young adult, trying to run a business, he wouldn't take the time to answer unimportant phone calls.

"My head was full of ideas… if I answered the calls it would simply to bother you with everything I wanted to do with CyberLife. It was everything I could think about… I never realized that your voice had changed over the time and that you were calling more and more… I never realized that you were getting beat up because of me. Gavin… I… I never realized how much I hurt you," Elijah whispered, never looking up.

Gavin took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and let all the anger fall down. Looking up at his brother, Gavin raised his hand and touched Elijah's arm. Finally, the older one looked at him.

"I must admit that I never put myself in your place, it was selfish of me to do so," Gavin whispered as he looked straight into Elijah's eyes.

"You weren't selfish, not at all. Also, can I ask you something?"

"Shoot."

"Your nose. Was it…?" Elijah started.

Gavin simply nodded.

"Could I… um," the older brother said shakily.

Elijah had never been good with emotions, probably because he never hung out with people his own age. Gavin couldn't help but look at him like he would look at a scared teen. He had dealt with people like this before. Young people who were crying and only wanted comfort. It always seemed so hard for them to ask a simple hug.

"Come here," Gavin said before pulling his brother closer.

Both hugged for a short while before Gavin took a step back.

"Will you forgive me one day?" Elijah asked, his normal voice coming back slowly.

"It'll take time to get my head around it… but it's getting there," Gavin whispered.

Elijah nodded before letting himself fall down on his couch. Gavin followed on the couch next to him and sighed. Gavin was now realizing that it wasn't completely Elijah's fault since he hadn't reached out afterward. He had never explained his point of view. Still, it was a lot to think about and Gavin would need time. However, he couldn't help but want to forgive his brother.

"Elijah?" Chloe suddenly asked as she walked into the living room.

"Yes, Chloe?" Kamski asked.

"Lieutenant Anderson has arrived, should I bring him here?" she asked.

"Hank?" Gavin whispered. "What is he doing here?"

"Yes, bring him here please."

"Elijah?" Gavin asked. "Did you invite him?"

"Yes, I thought that he might want to help," Kamski replied.

"So, you have a plan," Reed stated.

"Indeed."

Both brothers turned their head as Chloe reappeared followed by the confused looking lieutenant.