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Chapter Six
Olivia heard Peter suck in a breath next to her. He turned his face from the screen fixing her with a carefully guarded expression, waiting perhaps to gauge her reaction to this unsettling information before he chose to act.
When Olivia failed to offer a response for several minutes Peter finally broke the silence. "Olivia…"
"We need to go to Massive Dynamic. Nina Sharp has got some explaining to do." It came out forced and harsh, like a growl; swinging on her heel Olivia stormed out of the Lab leaving Peter to thank Agent Bentley for doing such a great job.
He was jogging to catch up to her as she held the elevator. Perhaps afraid that she was going to leave without him in her rush to confront Nina about what her likeness was doing dying in a back alley with the company's name written next to her.
Hopping into the elevator as Olivia released the door and jabbed the button for the parking deck for her Peter stood impassively for a few seconds waiting for the elevator to respond still unsure of what to say.
"so…50 bucks says that Bentley guy can speak fluent Klingon,"
Olivia gave Peter a look as the doors slid shut.
Peter grimaced, "Tough crowd," but couldn't help himself, "Think he's ever had a date?"
When the doors to the elevator re-opened at the parking level he had selected Olivia and Peter both jumped out covering the distance to the SUV with long purposeful ground swallowing strides. Olivia's punctuated with a bit more aggression then Peters'.
Not that Peter was unbothered by this recent turn of events.
Far from it, but seeing as Olivia had taken his traditional role of outraged and rash he was left to play the more subtle role of patience and reason. Something Olivia was usually far better at.
There was a high probability that upon arriving to Massive Dynamic they might Both punch Nina Sharp in the face.
Knowing this; and knowing that such actions might severely hinder their investigation—Assault charges had a funny way of mucking up the political pull often needed when going after a company as large and powerful as Massive Dynamic.
And then there was the fact that Walter, Peter's father now Owned the company, and supposedly not only knew of—but approved every project they worked on.
And he'd said nothing.
Though Peter would bet money, based on his father's exceptionally irrational behavior earlier and his refusal to go anywhere near the body, that he did indeed know more than he was letting on.
"I think we should head back to the lab first. See if Astrid was able to pick up anything on those tests. Might be good to have some more information, incase Nina wants to play hardball."
And so he'd have a chance to confront Walter about his possible involvement. Peter mentally added but didn't convey, he couldn't, even knowing instinctively that Olivia was probably on the exact same page that he was and would have drawn the same conclusions regarding Walter involvement, or at the very least knowledge of such a programs existence.
He knew his father had done some messed up things in his life.
But Peter was often able to take at least some small measure of comfort in that most of these insane and unethical practices happened before Walter went insane and subsequently became almost another person entirely. The possibility that Walter may have been involved in this mess had Peter's head spinning. This went way beyond a temporary mental flight of fancy. This wasn't cooking up opium in the lab for shits and giggles, or experimenting on Gene to see if she might produce chocolate milk. This was cloning for God Sake! One of the few things the scientific community agreed was unethical and wrong.
Forget sheep, No Walter had to go and do something asinine like clone Olivia!
It was as if someone had jerked the rug out from under his feet, and just like that he was flat on his ass again not knowing where to begin or how to feel about the man he sometimes still considered his father.
Olivia said nothing, but nodded in agreement and took the exit that would take them in that direction.
Visiting the lab would have the added benefit of allowing them time to collect their thoughts, calm down and figure out exactly what to ask Nina, and how.
Information they might find out at the Lab would certainly assist them in learning the What and How. At the very least it could give them some idea on where to begin.
And based on what happened at the lab Peter observed as he felt his butt shift in the seat. Olivia having pulled the SUV into traffic with a lot more aggression than normal for her driving.
After the What and the How at the Lab-
She might just punch Walter in the face first.
Okay, a short snippet of story, but they can't all be 6-10 page chapters! When would we manage to break for commercial! : D
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This is one of my first attempts in a loooong time to write a more drama/adventure like fiction; with you know much more of a plot than the customary wham-bam-thank-you m'am! ….not that there's anything wrong with that!
Ahem in fact one of those should be due in short Order I think! They are soo much fun!
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