-Chapter 12-

John enters the room to his surprise his brother had gone to great lengths to straighten out the disaster that it was a few weeks ago. Proceeding deeper in he makes his way to a door that was secured he could only assume that his brother was held up in there again. Pushing the comm button he leans into the speaker "Brother we need to talk" standing there he just waits hoping that his brother hadn't returned to his homely state again.

The comm finally activates and he hears his brother speak "What?"

"I have the results of the investigation regarding the sixes… also a Leoban has requested to see you." Just staring at the wall he hoped that his brother would at least give him the courteous to talk directly to him.

"Fine I will be out in a second…" the comm shuts off and he hears a bunch of noise behind the door, finally he emerges from the room.

"What are you doing in there?" the other John was finally letting his curiosity get the better of him.

"Well…" looking over his shoulder he wanted to ensure he was alone "I guess if I can't trust myself than who can I" opening the door he ushers him in.

Walking in not really sure what to expect he sees two tables in the center with sheets over them. John walks in between grabbing the sheets as a smile grows on his face "I'm not ready to introduce this to the rest of the Legion…" pulling the sheets off "I introduce you to the future of the empire!"

Under the sheet laid two bodies one from an Il-series the other was a design that he was not familiar with but looked similar to a Hybrid "What have you done dear brother?"

"I have started the evolution to the next level this little piece of work is the end to Ellen's design and the beginning of where the Cylons will go."

A voice begins to spout out of the machine with a metallic female voice "What happened?" as it slowly thrashes around trying to get out of its straps.

John eager to get the approval from his brother stood their eagerly waiting for a response that seemed to never come. "Well, what do you think?"

The other John turns to him with an awe struck face "Why brother? Or better yet what were you thinking?"

"It came to me…" clasping his hands in front of him he began schooling his brother "…it came to me when I witnessed the nova, the experience was so amazing that I believe I only got the tip of the experience that this…" pointing at his body "…this body limited as it is missed the most amazing experience that could ever have happened." Pointing to the air "I decided that I needed to reshape the Empire that we were still working with the material our dearly departed mother left us, that if we truly wanted to evolve we needed to move to the next step of evolution."

"But, a Hybrid?" shaking his head "Why did you use the Hybrid?"

"It isn't tainted with her!" his face having a more serious expression "I believe our Cylon brethren were heading in the right direction when we intervened. That if she didn't stick her fingers in their business would have achieved the perfection that we were meant to become."

Changing the subject the other John did see the image but was nervous by the way his brother was trying to achieve it, turning back toward the table "Who did you use to download into this… this evolution?"

"Ah, now you are seeing it…" walking over to the lifeless body that laid next to the new design "I used one of the Il-series units he was assigned to our ship."

"Wrath! You used Wrath he was indispensable with his knowledge." The other John was rather upset at the news walking over to the wall he leaned up against it with his hand "How are you going to explain this to his Excellency?"

"Since the Il's don't download I will have to chalk it up as an accident he will never know the truth" shrugging his shoulders as if he was simply blowing off the thought of it. The machine kept struggling asking simple questions John turned to it and began to pet its head "It's ok Zero… daddy won't let anything happen to you."

The other John turned back to him "Zero? Why did you name it Zero?"

Letting out another sigh "because my dear brother, she is the prototype to a new design that will eventually reign supreme in the Legion."

"So the transfer worked?"

Shrugging his shoulders he clenches his teeth together "Well… there might have been some setbacks…"

"Like..."

"Well… I decided to use Wrath because they had the largest processor we had access too. I felt that if they could transfer into the mind we could eventually transfer our own minds into them."

Taking a little more interest in his word the other John was starting to worry again "What happened?"

"I don't think it took… according to all the readings everything transferred but once Zero gained conscience it acted as if it didn't know who it was which is another reason I decided to name her."

"Well dear brother you may have to box the idea till later…" looking over at Zero as she still thrashed slowly on the table. "…The security sweeps were negative the sixes on this ship were clear, but there has been some off calls to the Colony which leads me to believe she may have been on board."

"How could that be…?" John taking in this new information "…your right my brother I might need to put this on hold. Have a security detail begin close surveillance of all communications to the Colony and place centurions on the crossway between our ship and the Colony as well."

"Very good… we will discuss this further regarding that, I will also contact a few other ones to get there opinion" pointing at Zero "I need to return to the Command Center, oh and don't forget that Leoban still needs to meet with you."

"Of course brother I will take care of this first before I precede… don't worry about contacting the other ones we will worry about this much later… thank you for your clarity I think I needed it." The other John nods and heads out the door looking back at the Zero he frowned "My dear you have been fun but like my brother said other things need to be done." Walking over to the door he secures so that he is not bothered.

"Zero, zero, zero…zero, one, zero…" she keeps whispering as she laid on the table her mind was racing small bits of information would flash in her head showing images of things she didn't understand. Opening her eyes she saw a shape her vocabulary slowly catching up as she processes the information in her head "… a man" is what she thought "I see a man talking to himself…" but her mind still trying to understand simply couldn't "try to move…" she begins to thrash but her body doesn't move as she remembers it was suppose to "…must get up…"

Turning her head she tries to utter something "What happened…" but the shapes the men that stood there seemed to ignore her. Continuing to struggle she kept trying to process the information in her head but there seemed too much. Her mind only sees numbers and she begins to repeat them in low whisper while the two men spoke "One, zero, zero, one, zero, zero…" it means something she knows it but cannot understand it.

Using the limited maneuverability she had her eyes begin to scan the room finding another shape her mind begins to process its shape as her mind speaks to her "A shape… a body… it is some kind of life…" recognizing the shape it knows that the thing that laid next to her was important, but doesn't know how. Another image flashes into her mind and she recognizes it as the thing that lay next to her "Il… Il… Il-series…yes that is it that is an Il-series but who…?" so many questions begin to fill her mind but the words are still new she tries to understand turning back to the two numbers she knows she listens to them some more and things begin to make sense." A new sensation begins to fill her head "a hand…" feeling a hand raking her head she hears words but now she can better understand them.

"It's ok Zero… daddy won't let anything happen to you."

"Zero…" she recognizes that number. "He called me Zero…" still thrashing more words come out of their mouth as she tries to follow them she can only understand a few.

"…don't worry about contacting the other one's…"

"Ones…" again a number she understands "he is a one, I am a zero… we are linked…" Watching as the man sat next to her he begins speaking to her again, but his words are too fast finally as loud as she could she yells out one word "One…?"

The man pauses "Did you address me?" he seemed to understand he spoke slower.

"Yes…" is all she can muster.

"Well isn't this interesting…" the man gets up and grabs something hearing his words she doesn't quite understand them but she listens anyway. "…It's too bad that your mind didn't keep. Really as much as I want to keep testing you my brother is correct that this is something that needs my full attention and with his Excellency around I cannot give that to you."

"You are one…" trying to reach out to the man but her arms won't move something is holding them down.

The man continues to talk "Yes I am One, but you are something more…" pausing he hesitates as if he knew something. "My dear you might have helped in solving my riddle…" moving closer he sits next to her "…I look forward to seeing you again my dear, goodbye for now…"

She feels something in her arm… it hurts… she begins to thrash some more but her extremities begin to move slower her mind tries to understand but cannot comprehend what is going on. All of the sudden the numbers return and she sees them talking to her she finds peace in them, the images in the room begin to blur her eyes can no longer focus as the room gets dark. She tries to whisper but nothing comes out all she can think are ones, and zeros as the room becomes completely dark.