"Oh I see!" Jordan Devlin replied, following Delphine's every movement, "Do you need a team to help you get them in here?" She asked, coming to a stop behind Delphine when she halted in front of a door that bore her name.

"Non, that will not be necessary, they will come in on their own if I am with them but if you go and send a team after them they will resist." Delphine said, tossing her backpack onto a chair off to the side of the room and sitting down at her desk.

Devlin entered the room after a moment and sat in the chair opposite Delphine, "Why would they do that?"

Delphine was getting sick of the interrogation but decided that being cordial was probably best, "They think I'm helping them." Delphine replied.

"Are you?"

Delphine scoffed, "You ask too many questions," Delphine said, picking up various manila folders that were in a stack off to the side of her pristine desk and sorting them into three organised piles, "And of course not, but it's much easier to get them in here if they think I am helping them then if we try to force them. That was were 334A25 failed. She tried to force the clones to do what she wanted but I've manipulated them so that is in their best interests to return to us." Delphine said, opening and closing a few draws in her desk and pulling out more folders.

"Why not bring them straight in?"

"Stop questioning me Delvin!" Delphine snapped, focusing a hard gaze onto the woman, "Go prep the exam room if you want to do something useful instead of questioning my loyalty and authority."

Devlin got up, "Fine." She replied, turning sharply and leaving.

Delphine sighed again in relief, watching the woman leave and once she did she jumped out of her chair, taking the middle pile of folders and quickly shoving them into her bag, then racing over to the cabinet in the corner she pulled out the second draw, quickly flicking through the black folders until she found the one she was looking for then she slammed it shut again. She added the folder to her bag, half zipping it and throwing it over her shoulder.

Delphine peered carefully out of her office to check that the other doctor was gone and upon seeing the corridor empty she exited her office, locking it behind her and then walking quickly down the hallway.

But she didn't far before a name on a door caught her attention and she stopped, 'Dr. Aldous Leekie' she debated with herself about going in. There could be information in there or there could be Leekie.

Taking a chance Delphine tried the door knob to see if the door was unlocked; it was.

Taking another moment to debate with herself she again went through the possible pro's and con's to opening the door but decided that if there was even a chance of gaining valuable information she would take it.

Opening the door slowly Delphine peered into the room and upon seeing it dark and empty, she entered completely, slipping in and shutting the door behind her. The immunologist went over to the cabinet and pulled the draw open, thankful that the filing cabinet was placed near the window that was letting in the white artificial light and allowing her to read the file names. Delphine again flicked quickly through the folders, stopping suddenly though when she recognised a name that should not be there; Kira Manning.

Delphine pulled the file out quickly, setting it atop the others she quickly flicked through the pages of medical records. Medical records that the Centre should not have had. The records were in chronological order from birth and included x-rays and ultrasounds with dates from barely a week ago.

Checking the time she shoved the folder into her bag; she was already running out of time, Sarah and Cosima could look over the folder later. Delphine flicked through the folders once more but slammed the drawer shut when she didn't find anything worth taking.

Delphine snooped around Leekies' desk for any other valuable information but there were no folders on or in his desk so she decided to leave.

The corridor was still empty so she quickly made her way to the end of it and hopped into the elevator at the end of it. Delphine knew exactly where she had to go and she didn't delay going about her business, she went down to sub level 17 and existed the lift to a another pristine white floor.

She walked quickly and quietly through the corridors, constantly checking and listening out for anyone else who might be around but again the floor was eerily silent.

Delphine entered into one of the many labs, there was a multitude of equipment ranging from the simple test tube and beaker to the newest microscopes and centrifuges and some of the machine she didn't even recognise.

But Delphine ignored the expanse of technology and went straight to the incubator and fridge, pulling out samples and checking labels before deciding if they were relevant to Cosima and if they were she added them to her bag or else putting them back. Then once she was confident she had everything she needed, Delphine turned off all the equipment in the lab so that the samples would be invalid and unusable.

Delphine then left the lab and moved further along the corridor when she suddenly heard two voices talking.

"Merde…" Delphine swore under her breath, looking around for a place to hide she spotted a door close by and prayed that it was unlocked and the room beyond it empty. She ran to it and pulled on the door handle door, relieved when it lowered with the force Delphine applied to it, she scuttled into the room and shut the door behind her quickly.

"Hello?" A voice asked.

Delphine jumped for the second time that night and spun around to face the voice, worried that she may have avoided one devil only to end up in a different hell. But Delphine had nothing to fear of the young child that stood up from a bed.

"Bonjour," Delphine said, looking the blonde haired, green eyed girl over. She wore faded slightly torn jeans and a pink t-shirt with Tinkerbell on the front of it, her almost pure white hair fell past her shoulders and was positioned perfectly for the young girl to hide behind. She was quite skinny from what she could see, almost unhealthly so.

"Who are you?" They both asked at the same time.

Delphine smiled and stepped close to the girl and crouched down to be a similar height to the girl, "My name is Delphine, what is yours?"

"463E35," The girl said as she played with the fraying hem of her shirt.

Delphine was confused for a moment but the figurative light bulb flashed in her mind, "Oh! You're one of the new- do you know who you are?" Delphine asked, refusing to ask if she knew 'what' she was because to Delphine the little girl was human.

"Yes, I am one of seven clones that were made here." The girl replied, "I am 463E35, the fifth clone."

'Made', not born, the word stuck out in Delphine's mind, "But what is your name child?"

"Why do you want to know? You don't give us or ask us our names?"

This little girl was breaking Delphine's heart, she thought that she was one of them! Well, when she thought about it she was one of them.

"I'm not one of them dear," Delphine said, reaching out to touch the girls shoulders but she shied away, "I won't you, I promise."

"That's what you said last time," The girl whimpered.

Delphine stared at the little girl in wonder, what have they done to you? She thought.

"Do you have a name at all?" She asked.

"Yes, we named ourselves."

"What name were you given?" Delphine asked.

"Elissa."

"That's a lovely name-"

"You really are not one of them are you?" She asked, studying Delphine.

"No, I am not I used to be though. Elissa, do you know where the other girls are?" Delphine was shocked to find that they had kept the girls in the facility instead of letting them live normal lives like they had with the other set of clones.

Elissa shook her head, "No, they try to keep us apart but sometimes they let us see each other and they watch us to make sure we behave and sometimes we sneak out and we meet in the tunnels… Can you help me escape?"

Tunnels?

Delphine thought briefly on how she was going to smuggle the girl out, and if it were even possible. She took another look at Elissa, her thin form, her pale skin, the almost sickly look she had about her and Delphine decided that she could not leave the child in the care of these people.

"Oui," Delphine spoke without thinking and upon the girls look of confusion corrected herself, "Yes, we can escape together. How does that sound? Okay?"
Delphine asked, extending her hand to the girl.

She shyly took it, a larger smile hidden behind her long hair but then suddenly her eyes shut abruptly and she fell.

"Oh no," Delphine whispered, catching the girl before her head hit the floor. She checked Elissa's breathing- regular, she checked her pulse- also fine, Delphine decided that the girl would be okay until she either woke up or she could get her help, so she scooped the girl up into her arms. She was surprisingly light so it was with little effort that she shifted the girls' weight to her hip and made sure that Elissa's head rest against her shoulder so that she woulc still breathe.

Delphine stood up, lifting the girl with her she listened at the door or any sign of the two people that she heard earlier.

Silence.

Checking her watch Delphine found that she had just under an hour left.

Delphine opened the door, checking the corridor quickly for anyone but upon finding it clear, she exited and continued down the corridor.

Where are the other children? Delphine asked herself, looking at all the other doors around her. Are they here? Or are they kept on separate floors? I don't have time to check every floor.

Delphine knew that she could not fit seven children in her car along with Sarah and Cosima, but she felt she had to try to save them all.

Delphine stood still in the middle of the hallway while she tried to decide what to do. If I found all the clones, how would I get them out and somewhere safe?

Delphine decided to take the risk and open every door on the floor to try and find the other children. She started with the one closest to her on her right, opening it but it was another lab, she went to the one on her left, an office. Moving down the corridor she found a room identical to the one she found Elissa in but there wasn't anyone in it. Delphine checked almost the entire floor before she stopped to shift the unconscious girl to her other side. Looking around herself Delphine ignored the door that was now on her left because she knew that it was an examination room and turned at the end of the corridor.

Her logical brain had kicked in, even if she found the children there was no way that she could save them all, just saving the one girl in arms was going to be hard enough, if anyone saw her there would be no way to explain the situation and she wouldn't be able to bluff her way out of it.

Delphine realised that she had to give up and time was quickly slipping away from her, her endeavours to find the children had cost her twenty minutes already. She sighed heavily, accepting that if she could at least change this little girls life, then that would be enough for her.

"Hey!" A voice called and Delphine turned around, two male armed guards were at the other end of the corridor, "She got one of the kids!" One of them yelled.

"Merde!" Delphine exclaimed, turning and holding tight to the little girl she ran down the corridor.

"Stop! Put the kid down!"

Delphine turned a corner and decided that hiding might be better than running, she opened the first door she found and entered the room, finding herself in another of the examination rooms. There were three beds with white coverings laid in a neat row with a machine in between each of them to separate them.

One of the beds was occupied by another small girl but she didn't look like one of the clones.

"Who are you?" The girl asked, not moving from her reclined position on the bed.

"I'm here to help," Delphine replied, laying Elissa on the first available bed and placing sensors on her head and under her shirt and taping an IV line to her arm to make it look like she was supposed to be there, "Just pretend that I am not here and everything will be fine okay?" Delphine said, looking around wildly for somewhere to hide as she heard the voices and steps of the men get closer with each second.

"Why?"

"Look, if you don't tell them I'm here I'll do anything you want." Delphine said absently, looking around the room wildly for somewhere to hide.

"Okay," The girl replied, turning her head away from Delphine and closing her eyes, pretending to be asleep.

Delphine spotted a door at the far side of the room and she ran to it, pulling it open she found it was a supply closet and she quickly went in, shutint the door behind her.

Her heart was pounding out of her chest and her palms were sweaty from anxiety, she listened closely to the sounds:
"She must be in one of the rooms!" One voice spoke.

"You check the left side of the hall I'll check the right!" Said the other.

The door to the exam room opened and Delphine covered her mouth, not even daring to breathe in case he heard her.

"Did anyone come in here?" The man asked.

"No," replied the little girl much to Delphine's relief.

The door closed again and Delphine relaxed a little, breathing quickly and wiping her sweaty hands on her jeans a few times before opening the door carefully and peering out.

"He's gone." The girl spoke.

Delphine left the safety of the supply closet and went over to the little girl, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." The girl replied, "I know what I want you to for me."

"What's that child?"

"Help me find my mum?" She asked, carefully pulling the IV out of her arm.

"Who is you mother child?"

"Her name is Sarah, Sarah Manning. I'm-"

"Kira." Delphine finished.