Chapter 7

Gracie was pacing round the room that she and Mark were renting. She was scared something had happened to him. She had only just got him back and she didn't want to lose him again, ever.

She picked up the phone in the room and dialled Mark's number.

"Leave a message!"

"Mark, where are you? I thought you would have been back by now. Give me a call as soon as you get this please. I love you." Gracie said before hanging up.

She hated that the people who helped get Mark back were now using him. She just wished there was something more that she could do. She would quite literally kill to keep Mark with her. She had deceived the people who had helped her so much when she nearly died. So if she was willing to do that just how far would she go?

"Sarah, you still here?" Shouted Felix across the loft.

There was no reply, no one was able to move because they were all doing something to keep Delphine alive. Even though it was getting harder and harder to tell if her heart was beating. Sarah had been their reflex tester but she had disappeared.

"SARAH!" Shouted Mark twice as loud as Felix just had, still no reply. They all looked at each other. A big crash against the sliding front door made them all jump out their skin.

"Hey dudes a hand would be good you know!" Cosima puffed through the door.

"Shit, right er Mark you wanna take over this?" Felix asked standing up. As Felix went to move he could have sworn that he saw the slightest smile on Delphine's face when Cosima spoke.

"What the...?" was all he managed to say before there was another crash.

"Shitting hell Fee, why isn't this bloody door open? This shit is heavy you know, and I have to go soon."

"Hey Sarah, thanks for you know coming and helping me dude."

"No worries Cos, the others were that engrossed in what they were doing they never even noticed that my phone went off and I left the loft." Laughed Sarah.

Cosima stopped just inside the door and tried to get her breathe back but a huge hacking cough took over her body and she struggled to stand up.

"Cos!" Sarah called from over by Delphine."Cos you OK geek monkey!"

Cosima put her hand up as if to say she was fine, she didn't want Sarah to know that the coughing and the blood loss had been getting worse, and doing what she had just done would have just aggravated it more. Cosima didn't want everyone fussing over her, when all she wanted to do was be back next to Delphine.

"Guys, I'm going to start connecting Delphine up to the ECG so we can monitor and put the blood pressure cuff on her, we need to know what the damage is." Cosima ordered when she found her ability to speak again. She set to work making sure the machines were all attached properly. It took a while for the heartbeat to become visible on the screen it was that feint, but it was still there and Cosima let out a sigh of relief. Delphine's blood pressure was really low but that was to be expected what with shock, and the blood loss.

"Guys has there been any word on the blood getting here?" Cosima asked.

"Mrs. S is going to get some now." Sarah shouted as she hung up her phone.

"Scot your O neg right?"

"Erm yeah Cosima." Scot replied confused.

"Well congratulations Scot you have become the universal blood donor for the next pint or two of blood." Cosima said looking wistfully at Scot.

"Anything for you Cosima." Scot answered without hesitation.

Delphine's mind was humming, remembering when they were last in Felix's loft together, she was taking Cosima's blood. It was the same evening after they had made up. Cosima had looked so little and scared. She had meant it when she had said that she was on her side now, all she wanted was for Cosima to stay so she could look after her, and with her being ill she had wanted to do all she could to make her better. When she had taken the vial of blood she had done so to do her own research into the illness. When Leekie had called her into the office and said all his well rehearsed spiel about wanting to keep Cosima close and safe she had fallen for it again and given it to him. When it came to Cosima she was weak and she knew she could be manipulated if it meant she could help her Cosima in any way. The voices in the room now were mere whispers to Delphine, but she could make out Cosima's over everybody else's.

"Cosima I never meant to hurt you at any point. I just wanted to keep you safe, keep you with me. When I fell for you I fell so hard. It wasn't meant to be like this. I was supposed to help get you better, not for you to have to clean up my mess." She thought as she heard Cosima tell Scot he was becoming a blood donor.

Alison woke up, she was groggy and her neck hurt. She slowly raised her hand to where it hurt and found two small wounds.

"Oh my!" She exclaimed.

She tried to focus on where she was. It was dark and smelled horrid. Shaking off the grogginess the best she could she stood up, and spotted the red light in the corner. Walking towards it she began talking "I know you can see and most probably hear me so why in the heck am I here?"

She walked around the room she was in trying to work out where she was.

Suddenly there was a whirring sound and shards of light formed in the wall as a door opened. She looked at the silhouette in the door way. It was a tall skinny man with shaggy hair. She couldn't see his face the way he was standing.

"Alison there is no need to be alarmed. We had to taser you to get you here but I need you to know that you are safe."

"Well I do not exactly feel safe locked up like a wild animal!" She countered.

"Alison my name is Cal, I am a friend of Sarah's and you are all in serious danger..."

"Cal?" Alison repeated she knew the name. "You're Kira's father, does Sarah know you are here? Does she know that you are kidnapping her sisters? Where is Kira."

"Alison, Sarah does not want to believe just how serious this is. Delphine got shot because she went against the neolotionists. Cosima is the next intended target because she has seen the codes and has a copy somewhere. They want to destroy every copy and work to make clones whether they have problems or not. They want to wipe out any chance of reproduction so they can start a whole new world. That makes Sarah and Helena their primary targets. I need you to help me to get that point across. The proleithians are part of the neolotionists and they have a big target out on Mark's and the sister's back too. Helena destroyed their family so they will make everyone pay."

"And what good will I be?" Alison asked uncertainly.

"Their is another rogue clone around. We thought at first it was Krystal but she is still at DYAD. You have basically acted at being Sarah before so we need you to do it again to try and draw them in."

"What about Donny? What about my children?" Alison asked concern etched in her voice.

"Your children are still safe with your mother. We have field agents watching them. Donny has gone after this rogue clone with someone we do not know. Sarah will be leaving in a few hours with S and Kendal Malone to meet with Kira, when Sarah has gone I need you to become her. At the minute everyone is at the loft. Cosima, Delphine, Mark, Sarah, Scot and we believe that Helena is on her way there now too. It is important that you stay way. If anyone calls you do not answer your cell. Alison you have to help us." Cal sounded desperate.

"Will I be able to leave this room?" Alison asked calmly.

"Yes we have a proper suite made up for you. We put you in here because we were not sure how you would react when you came to." Cal explained.

"Good thinking." Alison moved forward and punched Cal hard. "That is for tasering me!"

Helena pulled up outside Felix's loft, having no real concept of money she gave the driver a fifty dollar bill. She waved off getting change and got out the back of the cab, she went to the trunk and got out her "babies" The cab drove off and she made her way into the building. She stopped just inside, in the shadows so that she could see out but so she couldn't be seen. She had noticed a car following her, she wanted to see if it had followed her here.

A silver BMW pulled up in the parking lot opposite the Steam Baths, it looked like the driver was talking on his cell to someone.

Putting up the hood on her coat and tucking her hair in Helena creeped along the inside of the building before finding a fire exit she could get out of and made her way to the car. She stalked silently to the passenger side door and threw it open before jumping on the driver.

"Why you follow me here?" She screamed at him as she hit him in the face.

"I am here to make sure you are safe." He said as he tried to protect his face from more blows.

"You are not here to take my babies?"

"No, there is someone after you and your sisters. I am here to make sure it doesn't happen." The man continued to explain.

"Where is Jessie's towing?" Helena asked.

"He is with Mr. Hendrix. So for now he is safe." He explained.

"Seestra brother is expecting me. I go." Helena said as she got out of the car.

"Stay safe Helena." The man said to the retreating figure.

Cosima had set up the machines and they were beeping away nicely for her. All Delphine's stats were low but stable. Cosima went and sat by her lover and started to talk about the past again.

"Hey you remember when we were first in my Lab? The way you were so cute, doing my little shopping list, the way you were saying things back to me. I don't know why but the way you said moot was just too adorable. Delphine I knew then that my life was with you and only you. Everything that had happened before I was willing to forget. Just the way you made me so happy then mattered. Then the evil clone witch Rachel had to disturb us and ruin the moment. I wanted you so much in that lab. How I wanted to run out of that room when you left. I just wanted to be with you. Instead I was with her..." Cosima stopped. She felt shaking in Delphine's hand. Mark had stopped doing what he was doing to repair the damage inside. Scot was at Delphine's eyes checking them.

"Shit she is going into shock big time. We need to stabilise her now!" He said the fear coming through in his words.

"We need to warm her up! We need blood." Cosima said to no one in particular not really knowing what to do all logic leaving her.

Suddenly there was a shrill beeping from one of the machines.

"We lost the heartbeat!" Shouted Mark

"No she is shaking. If she is shaking she is still alive!" Cosima screamed.

"Cosima you show me a heartbeat then I will believe that she is alive OK!" Mark shouted back at her.