AN: I got a few guest reviews asking me to continue this story. As nobody who is reading is a member, you can't follow the story, and as a result, you probably don't even know that I'm continuing it. If you do notice, and are ready for another chapter, let me know, but I won't write if nobody is reading.

It was a long drive to Chicago. After sixteen hours in the car, I was ready to leave. We did stop to eat along the way, but I was happy when we saw the Chicago skyline.

"Do you know where the police station is?" I asked Eli.

"We could stop in that library and check," Eli said.

A few minutes later, we had an address. We hesitantly walked into the police station. We took a number and sat in a waiting room full of interesting people until we were called.

Eli sat there silently, so I did the talking.

"Hi, I'm Tori Pritel and this is Eli Freiden," I began. "We recently saw our friends Malik Bruder and Amber Laska on TV in this area. Would you know how we can get in touch with them?"

"Malik Bruder?" the desk sergeant asked. "Isn't he the one who was cloned from Gus Alabaster?"

"We're part of the same project," Eli said quietly, "But we don't want publicity. We just need to let them know that we are alive and safe, and figure out what our plan is for the future."

"The FBI is handling the case," the sergeant said. "I could have someone drive you to their headquarters."

"If you give us directions, we could probably find it ourselves," Eli offered.

"It's over a mile away, on Roosevelt Road," the sergeant told us. "As you're too young to drive, there's no reason to make you walk it. I'll find someone who can drive you."

Eli and I looked at each other. There was no reason to tell him that Eli drives.

A few minutes later, the sergeant appeared with a young cop who looked eager to drive us. We buckled ourselves into the car, and seven minutes later we got out at FBI headquarters. We were escorted to an office and introduced to a very tall man.

"I'm Emmanuel Harris," the giraffe man said. "I already spoke to Malik and Amber and got their stories. Gus Alabaster told me what he remembers, although that's not much to go by. An agent in Jackson Hole questioned Tamara Dunleavy who insisted that she dropped out of the project before anything illegal was done, but she was flown in for further questioning. I also confiscated the DNA machine from the Alabaster organization. I agreed not to press charges as the old man is dying anyway, but I let the British police department know that it is safe and will be returned. Now let's see if you're right or Dunleavy is right."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"It's more about your friend than you," Harris said, taking a machine out of his closet. "Dunleavy seems to think that Eli was not cloned from a criminal."

"I'm Osiris number one," Eli said. "I saw my board."

"Did it say who you were cloned from?" Harris asked suspiciously.

"It didn't even mention the word clone," I told him, thinking of those photos that caused a fight between me and Amber before Amber knew the truth.

"Let's test your DNA and find out for sure," Harris said.

I was a match for Yvonne Marie Delacroix, but I already knew that. Eli's test was a big surprise.

"You're not a match from anyone in the system," Harris told him.

"You mean I'm not a clone?" Eli asked eagerly.

"According to Dunleavy, you are still a clone," Harris said. "Apparently, she recognized you the first time she saw you. I'm going to call her in to confirm her theory."

We waited a few stressful minutes before Tamara Dunleavy came in. she let herself get tested and we soon found out that Eli was cloned from a woman!

"But- but- that's impossible!" Eli stammered. "I can't be cloned from her! I'm a guy!"

Harris and Dunleavy glanced at each other before Harris spoke up.

"A lab capable of human cloning might be capable of taking the next logical step- converting female to male."

Ms. Dunleavy looked at us sadly.

"As soon as I saw you, I knew that Felix had done the unthinkable and cloned me. You're gender must have been altered in the process- probably Felix's ploy to keep me from learning the truth if I ever stumbled on the project."

"But I thought the whole idea was to clone criminals," I reminded her. "You're not a criminal; you started a computer company."

Ms. Dunleavy looked away uncomfortably. "To Felix Hammerstrom, anyone who stands in the way of good science is a criminal."

"I'm not a criminal," Eli said happily.

I'm happy for him too, but I'm also a little jealous.

"So what's our next step?" I asked.

"Malik wants to stay with Alabaster until he dies," Harris said. "While I don't think that's a good idea, I didn't have any alternatives other than foster care for all of you. Ms. Dunleavy offered to take you all in to make up for her previous mistakes in taking part in human cloning."

"What did Amber and Malik say about that?" I asked curiously.

"Amber said that anything is better than living with Gus," Harris explained. "She doesn't like living off the benefits of crime. Malik was angry as Dunleavy for lying to him – and I guess to you, and he wants to stay with Gus until the end."

"Could we see them?" I asked eagerly.

"I'll have someone from the alabaster organization bring them in," Harris said.

I had trouble containing my excitement. I was finally going to be reunited with my best friend!