Chapter 20 - The Genesis Project
The following scenes ended without a problem and Meredith walked backstage, wiping herself down with a towel, going to the dressing room to change into yet another corsette and a dress for after the half an hour intermission. Thank God for intermission! I can get out of these clothes and have a little time with William before I go on again. She sighed as she unbuttoned her long feathery pink skirt. She walked past John. He gave a small wave before heading back to make up. Meredith went into her change room and fixed her hair a little. She stripped herself and slid some loose pants over her body. She felt so much better. Those corsettes were giving her bruises. She slid a tank over her neked chest when there was a knock.
"Come in!" She said. She had expected William. What she had got was a glimpse of something she had never wanted to see again.
Herself.
She stepped back, afraid she was hallucinating. She had a tendency to do that over the past week. Her heart raced.
"Don't be afraid." Her double said. "I'm not here to hurt you."
"Your real?" Meredith spat that out in surprise. "But you were locked up in the tanks. You were drugged, incapacitated."
"I am who they call number seven." She said, walking into the room. "You could call us twins. Twin sisters actually."
"Number Seven? Your the one they had to sedate."
"Yes."
Meredith noded.
"So why are you here?"
"I can't explain it really. Gut instinct I guess. But I do know that you are in danger."
"Danger?" Meredith said.
"Please sit."
"Oh, do you want something to sit on?"
"No thank you."
So she is a polite twin sister. This could have mutual uses Meredith thought.
"I am the seventh clone made of your original state. I was made and born but then stolen from my parents at the age of seven. I still remember when Darcy put me into the tank."
"Darcy?"
"Jason's mother. Both his mother and father were injected with chips that were the first Genesis Project."
"Genesis Project?"
"It was referred to as the Madonna Project, Lourdes Project, Gabriel's Message, several different things but the Genesis project was the original to all the Government tests. It involved a piece of a spacecraft called the Genesis chip. When injected into a human mind the human became invincible. They were faster, smarter, stronger, their neural impulses were multiplied by about 10,000."
"What does this have to do with me?"
"Well, Jason's father and mother were both injected with the chip. Their son whom Darcy, his mother, named after his dead father, continued in their place."
"I thought the chip made you invincible?"
"Yes but not immortal. It killed the host after 2 years of implantation. Jason sacrificed his chip to Darcy so their son could be born. But enough about that. After Darcy became the 'Reaper' of the Genesis chip, she made the project to create you a William and her son who was also enhanced in many ways, was the guardian of the project known as Genesis 2. They cloned the embryos that made you and WIlliam and eventually, the clones were found, as Jason said, mistakes."
"WHat kind of mistakes?"
"Certain things. One of the clones couldn't talk. The other was blind and didn't have eyes, minor problems."
"What was your problem?"
The other Meredith took a deep breath. She paced to the Window.
"I had green eyes."
"That's it?" Meredith whipped around. She looked at the clock. Intermission was almost over and she wasn't even ready to go on. Shit!
"Hope you don't mind. I'm still listening." She went to her screen and pulled it over. The other Meredith walked to her.
"Please, Meredith. You have to come with me." She said. Before Meredith could respond, she continued. "They found you, and they have created something that can kill you. You need to leave now."
Meredith stopped for a moment. She sighed. Why was this happening to her? What did she do? She didn't deserve this? Did she?
"But...the show. William. My parents. Who are they and why do they want to kill me?"
"Because you are the only standing in way of them killing William."
"STOP! I am not an angel or some protector okay! I am a normal girl and you are a hallucination. That's it! I feel like a psycho!"
Her double walked to the door. She opened it.
The six other Merediths walked in.
The following scenes ended without a problem and Meredith walked backstage, wiping herself down with a towel, going to the dressing room to change into yet another corsette and a dress for after the half an hour intermission. Thank God for intermission! I can get out of these clothes and have a little time with William before I go on again. She sighed as she unbuttoned her long feathery pink skirt. She walked past John. He gave a small wave before heading back to make up. Meredith went into her change room and fixed her hair a little. She stripped herself and slid some loose pants over her body. She felt so much better. Those corsettes were giving her bruises. She slid a tank over her neked chest when there was a knock.
"Come in!" She said. She had expected William. What she had got was a glimpse of something she had never wanted to see again.
Herself.
She stepped back, afraid she was hallucinating. She had a tendency to do that over the past week. Her heart raced.
"Don't be afraid." Her double said. "I'm not here to hurt you."
"Your real?" Meredith spat that out in surprise. "But you were locked up in the tanks. You were drugged, incapacitated."
"I am who they call number seven." She said, walking into the room. "You could call us twins. Twin sisters actually."
"Number Seven? Your the one they had to sedate."
"Yes."
Meredith noded.
"So why are you here?"
"I can't explain it really. Gut instinct I guess. But I do know that you are in danger."
"Danger?" Meredith said.
"Please sit."
"Oh, do you want something to sit on?"
"No thank you."
So she is a polite twin sister. This could have mutual uses Meredith thought.
"I am the seventh clone made of your original state. I was made and born but then stolen from my parents at the age of seven. I still remember when Darcy put me into the tank."
"Darcy?"
"Jason's mother. Both his mother and father were injected with chips that were the first Genesis Project."
"Genesis Project?"
"It was referred to as the Madonna Project, Lourdes Project, Gabriel's Message, several different things but the Genesis project was the original to all the Government tests. It involved a piece of a spacecraft called the Genesis chip. When injected into a human mind the human became invincible. They were faster, smarter, stronger, their neural impulses were multiplied by about 10,000."
"What does this have to do with me?"
"Well, Jason's father and mother were both injected with the chip. Their son whom Darcy, his mother, named after his dead father, continued in their place."
"I thought the chip made you invincible?"
"Yes but not immortal. It killed the host after 2 years of implantation. Jason sacrificed his chip to Darcy so their son could be born. But enough about that. After Darcy became the 'Reaper' of the Genesis chip, she made the project to create you a William and her son who was also enhanced in many ways, was the guardian of the project known as Genesis 2. They cloned the embryos that made you and WIlliam and eventually, the clones were found, as Jason said, mistakes."
"WHat kind of mistakes?"
"Certain things. One of the clones couldn't talk. The other was blind and didn't have eyes, minor problems."
"What was your problem?"
The other Meredith took a deep breath. She paced to the Window.
"I had green eyes."
"That's it?" Meredith whipped around. She looked at the clock. Intermission was almost over and she wasn't even ready to go on. Shit!
"Hope you don't mind. I'm still listening." She went to her screen and pulled it over. The other Meredith walked to her.
"Please, Meredith. You have to come with me." She said. Before Meredith could respond, she continued. "They found you, and they have created something that can kill you. You need to leave now."
Meredith stopped for a moment. She sighed. Why was this happening to her? What did she do? She didn't deserve this? Did she?
"But...the show. William. My parents. Who are they and why do they want to kill me?"
"Because you are the only standing in way of them killing William."
"STOP! I am not an angel or some protector okay! I am a normal girl and you are a hallucination. That's it! I feel like a psycho!"
Her double walked to the door. She opened it.
The six other Merediths walked in.