Kylie stepped out of her car, opened the back door, and grabbed her silver briefcase. She was here to do an evaluation for the Army on Dr. Merrick's business; after all, they provided a large amount of the institute's finances. The building was big and old, a bunker of sorts, she walked up to the doors which opened and released a flow of cool air that caressed her pale face and caused her light blonde hair to blow back off her face. Her dark blue suit was tailored to sit perfectly along her body and around her curves.

Her stylish heels musical taps echoed through the large entrance hall. Kylie reached the secretaries desk, the inhabitant of which, smiled up at her and motioned for a seat to the left.

"Please take a seat Lieutenant Cave, the Doctor will be ready momentarily."

Kylie smiled and sat down on the padded seat.

She had not been waiting long when a tall well built man in his mid to late thirties dressed in a classy dress shirt and pants walked out of the high-tech office. Kylie watched him, although she had met many great men of medical science, but she was excited to meet the man who had solved the problems associated with cloning. Dr. Merrick.

He turned his head to her, and she saw a brief look of surprise cross his face as his eyes settled on her, after all, she was not the typical Army woman. She was in her mid twenties, but looked to be younger. Her skin was porcelain white with no blemishes, and her light blonde hair sat beautifully around her model worthy face. Her ice green eyes sparkled with intelligence and curiosity. Dr. Merrick smiled and confined his surprise and doubt into his head. The last member of the army financial district that had come to him was old men, prone to taking bribes.

"Lieutenant Cave, I am Doctor Merrick, please come into my office, where is Henry, I was expecting him." He said, his charming English accent rolled off his tongue and caused a small knot to form in Kylie's stomach, she inwardly scolded herself, she was a sucker for accents like his.

"Henry was forced to retire last year due to bad health; I believe he is considering ordering a cloned kidney and heart from you. I am a Doctor, the army decided to get a medical opinion on your institutes work." She smiled and Merrick felt a strange tug in his chest, he pushed it aside, but then grabbed at it as a thought came to his mind. He may not be able to bribe her with money, but perhaps he could use his charm to convince her.

He led her into his office and began explaining the 'edited' version of the institutes work, as he did he typed her name into his all access computer system.

He handed her some folders containing financial reports.

On his computer screen, which was his desk, the Lieutenants face appeared and so did information about her,

'Name- Kylie Margaret Cave

Age- Twenty-Six

Degrees- PhD in Surgery, Medicine, etc.

Armed Forces- Army

Rank- Lieutenant

Field work- 4 years in Russia- injury subsided with transfer to deskwork.

Current Job- Medical Surgeon responsible for work in America

Relationship Status- Single- previously engaged- fiancé died in Russia in 2058

…'

Merrick skimmed through the rest of the information taking in anything significant. Kylie glanced up after finishing the financial reports,

"These seem to be in order Dr. Merrick, would your secretary be able to photocopy them so the Army may take a closer look at the later?"

Merrick nodded,

"Of course Lieutenant, of course." Kylie smiled,

"Very good Doctor Merrick, now I was wondering, I know that it is not part of our contract, but this is an extremely fascinating advance in medicine that you have here, would I be able to take a tour of your facilities? The cloning rooms and so forth. It is a childhood obsession of mine, being able to clone so that you can control whether some one lives or dies." She knew that she was out of line, but she could not contain her curiosity,

"It was also an obsession of mine my dear, though I imagine my childhood was a decade or so before your own. Follow me",

He smiled, she was like him, perhaps this would work to his advantage, he could show her the rooms with the clones, and hopefully, she would be so intrigued that he could organize her to pass the army financing sheets, and then he could arrange for her to work for him in the laboratory. After all her file specified that she had also been attempting to discover the secret of cloning while she was in Russia. Clones after all would create a perfect army.