Title: The Unforgiven Ones
Author:
grey_swRating: PG-13 (warning: includes graphic violence and major character death)
Word Count: 28400
Genre: General, AU of The Plan
Characters/Pairings: Cavil, the boy from The Plan, Tough Six, Helo, Boxey, Jaffee, Racetrack
Author's Note: Written for the 2010
bsg_bigbang. Thanks to
daybreak777 and
pigeon_angel for beta reading! Thanks also to
sabaceanbabe for the fantastic vid (please leave a comment
here!), and to
beccatoria, whose wonderful
Cavil/Ellen vid introduced me to the song which inspired the title. Special thanks to
chosenfire28 for running the BSG Big Bang, without which...
Summary: John had no one: no family, no friends, and no one to turn to. He clung to the priest because he had nowhere else to go, but as their strange friendship grew, so did his hatred for the rest of humanity... until one lost little boy changed the fate of two civilizations.
"Are you a Cylon?" John asked.
Cavil grew very still, and stayed that way for a long time. He'd stopped breathing again. Then, at last, he spoke. "Yes. I'm a Cylon. My real name is Number One."
"Are you going to kill everybody?" John asked, in a small voice.
"Yes," Number One said. "Everyone but you," he added, with the air of someone who had only just decided. There was a long silence afterward.
"Can I help?"
Watch
sabaceanbabe's vid
here I. The Genocide Prayer II: Forsaken III: A Mean God IV: The Accession of Claudius V: Parents Lie VI: A Place of Worship VII: Election Day VIII: The War Orphan IX: Number Nine