A/N: I have been updating this pretty quickly. That is probably going to stop now that the weekend is over.

Chapter 4: A Hole in The Bucket

It was more then a day after the siege had ended before Captain Picard heard from Roslin and Adama. It was then that he had been informed that both Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek had been executed. Riker had been livid when he heard the news. Picard was of course not happy but when he informed Starfleet they had ordered him to continue with the planned treaty negotiations.

Picard was worried about Riker. His dislike of Roslin could be a problem. The truth was that they needed the treaty as much as the Colonials and the Cylons did. The last few years had been tough on the Federation and another war would decimate them. They needed what the survivors of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol and Rebel Cylons could give them. Whether Riker liked it or not.

The attempted mutiny had cost number of lives and there were a lot of injuries. Some were taken care of on Galactica. Some were brought to the Enterprise. Sam Anders who was critically injured was sent to sickbay with a bullet wound to the head.

That was when Picard had been told about the final five cylons.

"What is a Final Five Cylon?"

"They are hard to explain Captain." Roslin said simply, "We're not exactly sure ourselves. Until recently we weren't even sure they were real and not just a Cylon story."

"OK tell me what you know then."

Roslin paused, "Just that the Cylons have twelve models. Seven have been known to us. Four were discovered recently. There is supposedly one more which we don't know of. D'anna Biers one of the three model cylons was supposed to know who it was but she says she doesn't."

"So Sam Anders is one."

"Yes."

"Who are the other three?"

"Saul Tigh, Tory Foster, and Galen Tyrol."

Picard was about to ask another question when Roslin fainted. He immediately called sickbay and had them both beamed directly to sickbay. The doctor quickly checked her vitals. After a few moments Roslin woke up.

"Well…uh..

"What is it? She alright?"

"She's fine." Doctor Crusher said simply, "But we do need to talk later, Madam President."

"Is her Cancer back?" Tory asked as she walked into the room followed by several other people.

"No." Doctor Crusher said simply.

"Then what is it?" Starbuck asked concerned, "The old man will want to know."

"Its OK." Roslin said trying to get her bearings. "You might as well tell them."

"She's pregnant." The Doctor said simply.

"That's not possible." Tory stated.

They all knew after Roslin's cancer treatments that she couldn't have children. It was a side affect of the treatments given to her aboard Galactica. That was part of the reason why they were made illegal, that and the fact that they made you crazy.

"It is if…."

"Isn't Federation technology wonderful?" Roslin commented.

Tigh was about to speak again when Anders began to speak loudly again.

"….there is a hole in the bucket that must be repaired before it can be as one with the universe. The ties that bind choke you to death. When the children die the parents die. The circle of life must not end. The end is the beginning not the end. "

"How long has he been doing this?" Roslin asked.

"Since I removed the bullet from his head."

"….All things must begin. And all things must end. It is the way of all things. Children are the future and the past. Children can not come into their own until their parents die but when their parents die they are on their own…."

Picard was the first to notice Roslin pass out on the medical bed. Doctor Crusher noticed it a moment later and went to her but then Anders began to to repeat what he ad said before. Everyone in the room began to shift awkwardly. Picard realized that the crew of Galactica was getting ready to act and he had no idea how they would act but these people were not Federation and from what he had seen they had a tendency to act violently when they were stressed and he was certain that the stress level in the room was rising fast.

"Can you stop him?" Picard commanded trying to calm things down before things got out of hand.

"I can try." Doctor Crusher walked toward Anders and tried to press a hypo spray to his neck but before she could he grabbed her arm.

"The dying leader will lead them to earth to find Locustus of Borg. Locustus holds the key. Kara Thrace is the harbinger of death. She will lead them to their end. We are Borg."