Chapter 10- Project: X009- The Forbidden Mission:

Third Person:

Team Phantom was the name given to the trio as the superior was Daniel Fenton AKA Phantom. It made sense and Sam wasn't really going to complain. It was better than some of the other team names out there. The trio in question were currently in the training room. Sam was standing on a platform with her gun as Danny was checking over mission reports.

Sam got a mischievous glint in her eye as she aimed her gun. Tucker hesitated and called out to her,

"Uhh Sam, are you sure about this?"

"Do it."

Tucker let out a sigh, but did as he was told. He pressed the button that released the many flying projectiles. Sam dodged as many as she could, managing to not getting nipped by one of them. She aimed her gun and fired- one projectile was down. She fired again. Another went down. The more she fired, the more she hit and cockier she became.

"If you get cocky, you get caught," a voice chimed as Sam got hit by one of the projectiles.

The trio turned to see another agent. She was a few years older than them, being about Jazz's age. She wore the respected uniform, though hers had more white on it than all three of their uniforms combined. She also wore a mechanical belt around her waist and a large gadget on her wrist. Unlike most of the agents, she seemed more relaxed with her long purple hair. She had a large smile on her face and a hand on her hip as she turned to Danny,

"These are the new recruits, Double D?"

"It's Agent Fenton," Danny chimed.

"I'm a higher level than you," the mysterious girl pointed out, "I can call you whatever I please, maggot."

Sam hid her laugh and Tucker snorted. Danny crinkled his nose.

"Sam, Tucker, meet Special Agent Gia, reformed criminal."

"Reformed criminal," Sam inquired, "So what, you were a crook before this?"

"Err, something like that," Agent Gia said, "More like I was a priority red, threat level ten on intellect and threat level eight in combat…. Good times."

She got a wistful look on her face and Danny rolled his eyes. He knew Agent Gia rather well. Her secret identity, if one could call it that, was Gwyneth Gia- his sister's best friend. To say that he was upset when he found out his sister's best friend used to be a criminal was an understatement. Now, however, they were both on good terms- even if Agent Gia didn't necessarily work well on a team.

She turned to Danny,

"Look, I found something you may be interested in, but it's kind of… off the books."

She spared a cautious glance to the other agents in the training room. Danny gave a firm nod. Agent Gia was the one to go to when you got bored. She always had some sort of mission, though since she wasn't mission director, her missions were… not always authorized. Director Worth, however, let most of it pass as he found no real harm in most of the missions she gave and he knew if he made it okay for her to give missions, she would stop. She found the fun in being more of a wild card.

"Meet in my office in ten, that's an order."

When the team entered the office, Danny winced at the mess. Blueprints were covered everywhere and unlike most higher agent's offices, her office held many gadgets that were still in their testing phase. There were multiple screens on one of the walls showing various security screens from multiple places (some being the Zone headquarters, others being banks and various streets). Cameras for her office were on loops and various freeze-frames so the Director wouldn't be able to see what she was about to do. She was the top inventor and hacker for a reason.

She took a seat,

"Now dude, I know you have a beef with Vladimir, that's why I'm coming to you with this."

She pulled out a file from her desk. It was about an inch thick and labeled Project X009- Classified. Danny took the file hesitantly,

"Is it authorized by the Director?"

"No and he'd probably be pissed if he finds out about it which is why this needs to be on the down-low. Covert. Take a look inside."

Danny flipped through the various papers in the file as Sam and Tucker looked over his shoulder. There were many different blueprints in the file along with things such as identification files (blank), and other legal documents. He stopped at one of the blueprints.

"Special Agent Gia," Danny said slowly, "This looks awfully like blueprints for a-"

"-clone," Gia finished, "I know. There's more."

Danny slowly continued looking. What could be worse than blueprints for a cloning machine? Then he froze as he reached that paper. Sam's eyes widened. Tucker whistled,

"Dude, I think that's…"

"My clone," Danny whispered, "This cloning machine… It's meant to clone me, isn't it? But what does this have to do with Vlad? And how did you even get these?"

"It's Vlad's cloning machine," Gia informed them, "And how I got it- well I am good. My guess is that he got tired of waiting for you to join him so he wants a fresh start with a different you, specifically a blank clone. Or maybe Pariah wants to perfect the cloning technique and Vlad just chose you because he wants an apprentice and because if there was a clone that had your memories and worked for them it would be… Well it wouldn't look good for us. If you look through the file, you'll see the sheets for various clones. Most of them didn't work- they were turned to goop or brain dead. However, there's one called Specimen 006 that looks like it's not only sentient, but… well look at the picture. Third one from the back."

Gia leaned back in her desk with a slightly concerned look. Danny wearily turned to the page she spoke of. The picture showed what seemed to be another clone- a female, younger version of him. She was in a large tube and appeared to be asleep with a peaceful expression on her face. Danny's hands shook slightly, nearly dropping the papers.

"I- she- what?"

"A female clone," Gia informed, "The documents in there state she was used making your DNA, however there was only one way to stabilize it, by making more of a daughter than a clone."

"D-D-Daughter," Danny gasped.

His heart thudded loudly in his chest. Tucker's eyes were wide in shock and Sam wasn't sure if she was disgusted, jealous, or angry. Gia, however, was mostly amused as she just laid back in her chair relaxing,

"Yep," she said, popping the 'p', "Sam Manson's to be correct. I don't know if the person was random or if Vlad is just a sick fuck. Either way dude…."

Her eyes twinkled in amusement,

"Congrats- it's a girl!"