I don't own any of the characters (except my own), 20th Century Fox and Isaac Asimove Inc.does.
Strong as death, and cruel as he grave,
Clothed with cloud and tempest's blackening breath
Known of death's dread self, whome none would out brave
Strong as death-Algernon Charles-Swinburne
Calvin and Sonny arrived to the part of Chicago that was used for storage, it wasn't that far away from where the robots had gone into storage. They got out of the car and walked cautiously through the rows of abandon warehouses, this area of Chicago was known for street gangs and seedy bussiness. Sonny stayed behind Dr. Calvin, making sure that no one snuck up from behind.
"Over here." Spooner said coming out of a storage unit. The scientist and robot followed him, expecting the worse. They entered the storage unit. Spooner had a flashlight in one hand to help them see in the dark. He pointed it over in the corner where a man was standing. The man was dressed in tatterd jeans and T-shirt, a long dark green coat, and had a dark blue knit cap on his head. He looked like he hadn't slept or washed his hair in days, and his left eye was bruised from where Spooner had punched him.
"All right, now start talking!" Spooner said to the man. The man sighed and walked forward towards the detective.
"My name is Alric Nickholsan," He said with a slight lisp,"I worked as a fertility physician in L.A., about three years ago my self and seven other scientists got a e-mail. It said that a rich sponser wanted us for a secret project. Of course I accepted, a goverment funded salary can only pay so many bills. We worked on human cloning, perfecting it. Making it safer."
"Did you find out who was the one sponsering you?" asked Calvin. Nickholsan shook his head.
"The only way they got in touch with us is through the phone or e-mail. We tried to trace the call, out of curiosity, but we never found out who it was. It was like they had never existed."
"Okay, so why were you in the back of Detective Spooner's car?"
"I had to find him..." Nickholsan said then dropping his voice,"before they do." Spooner and looked at Calvin in a way that said 'i'm not sure if this guy is crazy or not.' Calvin looked like she was thinkning the same thing.
"Who are 'they' Mr. Nickholsan," Sonny said speaking up. Nickholsan looked at him for a moment with a look of consideration on his face before speaking.
"The Kleptians," Nickholsan said looking around like he was afraid that they were behind the walls listing.
"What makes you think that it's them?" Spooner asked, "From what I heared after they said they had cloned a human the leader had ordered a mass suicide."
"That's what they wanted everyone to think. They're in hiding, waiting for the right moment. Then when it's come they'll make their move..."
"Right moment for what?" Spooner asked getting closer to Nicholsan.
"The right moment for..." He began, but suddenly his voice was drowned out by gunshots from above. Sonny threw himself over Dr. Calvins body acting as a sheild. Spooner ran behind some crates, looking around for who was firing at them, he glanced through several crakes in the wall where five people dressed in black clothes and maskes were stading on the roof. Spooner rolled on his back and began firing. A shower of bullets and shells rained on the floor and roof.
Spooner hit two of the masked gunman, either killing or severaly injuring them. He glanced over at Sonny and Calvin, Calvin laying face down on the ground, her hands covering her head with Sonny hovering over her, his plastic and metal body dented from the bullets. The gunman stopped firing.
They waited for a few tense moments waiting for more gunfire, when it didn't come Spooner crawled over to where Nickholsan lay on his side. He felt his neck where his pulse should have been, but there was nothing. He glanced up at the roof, the gunman were no longer there. They had left as quickly as they had appeared. Spooner silently gestured for Calvin and Sonny to stay low. He crept over to the warehouse door and peaked out before cautiously stepping out and darting to a pile of crates.
Besides the gunshells and bullets on the roof, not a sign of the gunman remained.
"It looks like it's clear" Spooner said. Calvin and Sonny cautiously crept out of the warehouse. Calvin shaken leaning on Sonny for support. Spooner went back into the warehouse, to see if the gunman left anything that might help find out who they were. He walked over the shells and bullets, looking for anything that might help him. He glanced over at Nicholsan's body, and squatted down over it. He ran his hand over the body, feeling for any thing in the pockets.Spooner felt a lump in the coat, and reached in. He pulled out a small paper bag.
Spooner opened the bag and inside was several cards, envelops, computer chips all wraped in a type of foam. He got up and walked back to his friends.
"What do we do with him?" Calvin asked.
"I'll call the police, until then you two go somewhere safe, chances are that who ever did this saw you." Sonny and Calvin were silent, they were thinking the same thing too.