Sheldon twitched compulsively as he watched the various versions of Penny mingle about the lab. He have done this. Granted, he had done it unintentionally, but it was still his fault. Each almost identical to the others. The only way to tell them apart was to speak with them.
Amy entered the room, her eyes on the papers in her hands. She looked up and took a deep breath. "Okay, I've run the tests four times, just like Bernadette did. They are all duplicates. But not exact duplicates of each other. On a genetic level, they have absolutely no differences. However, mentally, they have few similarities."
Sheldon had mentally begun to call them by letters. Penny T(imid) was timid and shy. Penny D(itz) was a total idiot who took everything literally. Penny M(ean) was angry and hostile. Penny C(ryptic) was extremely morose and morbid. Penny H(orny) was sexually aggressive (and probably at least bi-curious) and then there was Penny A. He thought of her as the Alpha Penny. She seemed to be the one in charge, giving orders to the others and expecting them to obey. Strangely enough, they did. He had never known Penny to be receptive to taking orders, but the other versions didn't even hesitate when she told them to do something.
He watched as Penny A looked over Amy's shoulder at the papers. Her brow furrowed as she read so he walked over to explain what she didn't understand. Before he even glanced at the papers, Penny A turned to Amy.
"It would appear as if each of us is operating from a different section of the brain." Penny A pointed to a graph. "I seem to be using my orbitofrontal cortex to a much greater degree than say …" Penny A pointed to Penny H, "her. She seemed to be using her amygdala more than I do."
Penny M looked at them angrily. "So what's that all mean?"
Penny C burst into fresh tears. "It means we're doomed!"
R/W : lab, ditz, obey, few, brain.
Well, I spent my day off yesterday editing and posting. It'll be a bit slower going for a few days, but you'll definitely get two chapters a day, at least.