Chapter 7 Everything Goes Wrong

Ken returns to the church with dinner to find May tied up on the bed. He takes off her gag.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Rally2. We've got to find her. What time is it?"

"Almost 7:30. You know I like seeing you all tied up." Said Ken, helping May up.

"Help me stop Rally2 and maybe I'll let you tie me back up." giggled May.

Ken and May rush over to 100 Butler Road, just in time to see Bean and Rally2 pull away. Ken and May tail them all the way to Washington DC. At 3:00 am, Bean and Rally stop under the 14th street bridge. They park on the side of the road, get out and walk into the park. May and Ken are about to tail them, when another car pulls up. Two generals and a suit get out. The three of them also head into the park.

"Is that the Secretary of China?" says May.

"How would you know? Was he?" questioned Ken.

"He wasn't a one of mine, but I did see him there." said May. "Come on. Let's go, and bring the camera."

"You go ahead, I'll catch up." said Ken.

"Where are you going?" asked May.

"To make sure our friends don't leave the party before the police arrive." said Ken.

May and Ken take pictures, but are spied by Rally2. Rally2 and the two generals give chase. Bean and the Secretary of China make the switch. May and Ken split up. The two generals take Ken and Rally2 takes May. May just bearly escapes two bullets and sets three bombs loose (not enough to kill Rally – only stop her).

Ken sets up a trip wire in an alley and takes off running. Seen, the two generals chase him. BANG, one shot hits Ken's shoulder. Ken climbs the chain fence as his trip wire goes off. The blast kills both generals. Head pounding, shoulder hurting, Ken's not sure if he heard the scream or imagined it; but he pulls himself up and heads off to find May.

Rally2 has May at gunpoint. Rally2's finger is on the trigger. May is holding a grenade and threatening to kill them both if Rally2 shoots her. Ken comes in on the showdown and points a gun at Rally2's back.

"Easy Rally. Put the gun down." Orders Ken.

"Ok. May. Now that Ken's here too. Go ahead, blow us up." Yells Rally 2, calling May's bluff.

"I'm not playing Rally. Put it down." Demands Ken. "You can't win the police are coming.

Sirens in the background grow closer.

"Ken they can't find you here. Go. I'll take care of Rally. I can hold her off till they arrive."

"Can you?" challenges Rally.

With the speed of a viper, Rally shoots the grenade out of May's hand, turns on Ken, and fires. Ken falls down backwards, Rally's bullet missing him by centimeters. Ken shoots Rally twice, once in her right shoulder and once in the leg. May knocks Rally to the ground and May's grenade explodes.

"Are you going to tell your father who I am?" asks Rally, as she and Mike walk to Tiger Labs.

"No." said Mike.

"Do you know what your father does?" asked Rally.

"No. He has shut me out. He used to take me to Tiger Labs, but now he doesn't do that either." said Mike.

"What's at Tiger Labs?" questioned Rally.

"Lots of research programs, bionics mostly." said Mike. "I used to get my check ups there."

"Why there, why not at a doctor's office?" inquired Rally.

"There was one Doctor there. I think he really liked her and it was just his excuse for going to see her. Her name was Dr. Deiago." said Mike, with a grin.

"Deiago? That was the name Becky gave me." said Rally. "Can you take me to Tiger Labs?"

Mike and Rally sneak into Tiger Labs. Mike gives Rally the Dime tour. Most Labs are legal and above board all legitimate research.

"But down in the Lower Cell is Dr. Deiago's Lab." Says Mike, as they enter the elevator.

In Dr. Deiago's lab, Mike and Rally are amazed by what they see. Two rows of tanks, five tanks each.

"What is all this?" asks Rally.

"Don't know; maybe a plan to freeze my father when he dies." laughed Michael. "Sounds like something that he'd do."

Rally looks over the computer files and Mike scavenges the Paper files.

"Hey, Rally look at this. It's your file." announced Michael.

Rally takes the file and reads it.

"They know an awful lot about me." said Rally.

"Yeah, but the pictures don't do you justice." smiled Mike, looking at Rally.

Rally looks up and their eyes meet. Rally looks away. Mike just smiles. Mike looks over the computer files Rally was looking at.

"Oh no. Rally do you know what this is?" cried Mike with concern.

"No. My specialty is Distovals not DNA." said Rally, with a chuckle.

"My good doctor it seems is playing Frankenstein. The second Rally that you said was running around isn't an actor. She's your cloned copy." explained Michael.

"What!" gasped Rally.

"There's more. There are DNA codes here for congressmen, senators, and even the president. Rally2 is the prototype for a much larger game." revealed Michael.

"Seems your father wants to run more than just his company." reasoned Rally.

Rally continues opening files and discovers something really disturbing.

"Hey, Mike." she called.

"Yeah." he answered.

"Your file is in here too." she revealed.

"What!" exclaimed Michael, in disbelief. "What's the date?"

"November 5th, 1990." said Rally.

"But that would make my double the prototype. I wonder where he is." wondered Michael.

"According to this, you …are…the clone." said Rally sadly.

Mike, looking over Rally's shoulder begins to read it. Michael Wong died at age 10, trying to save the life of a young girl who had fallen on the subway tracks. Mike got the girl out of the way in time, but he didn't make it and was killed. Mr. Wong was so upset that he placed his entire fortune at Dr. Deiago's disposal to create the perfect clone of his son. The experiment was a success. So began the life of Mike2.

"I'm a clone." Mike fell to the floor stunned.

"You were never supposed to find that out." Says a female voice from the shadows. "I knew I'd have visitors sooner or later, friends of Becky I assume."

"I'm ... not real." pondered Michael.

"Of course you're real. Clones are nothing more than man-made, genetically created twin. What are twins but naturally created copies of each other from one egg and two sperm. You are the exact copy from your dead brothers DNA." Explained Dr. Deiago.

"What's with all the sci-fi stuff and what does it have to do with me?" asked Rally.

"Well Rally, it really very simple hi-tech means hi-dollar. We needed a scapegoat for the EMP deals and I need to know that I could control the clones. Kill two birds with one stone you might say. Unfortunately, as with twins, clones don't always have the exact same mental processes as their original. Up until you were twelve, things went well. You wanted to be exactly like you father. Then all of a sudden, you didn't. You grew interested in cars. This your father tolerated until you refused to go to college and take business."

"If father wanted someone just like him, why didn't you clone him?" asked Mike.

"Well, because time is the master of all, even clones. Clones will be the same age as the DNA they are cloned from."

"Thus old DNA, old Clones." Finished Mike.

"Unstable Clones, it seems. Just as your father couldn't control you, I can't control Rally. At least she made her finally drop, before she died."

"She's dead." Interrupted Rally.

"Yes. Bean came back, but Rally didn't. It seems that your friends May and Ken went to stop the exchange. But Rally cornered them and shot them, but not before one of May's bombs went off. So once I take care of you two there will be no loose ends."

"I won't let you kill her." Says Mike stepping in front of Rally.

"Drop the gun Doc." Demands Bean.

"What are you doing here?" asks Rally.

"I came to get you. There's a trial taking place that you have to be present for if you want to clear your name." States Bean. "Come on, Let's go."

"Not so fast." Says Mr. Wang, holding a gun on Bean.

Turning to face Mr. Wang, a gun shoots out from Rally's right sleeve and it pointed at Mr. Wang.

So the Doctor has Rally, Bean has the Doctor, Mr. Wang has Bean, and Rally had Mr. Wang.

"Am I the only one here without a gun?" remarks Mike; his hands still in the air.

"Do you want to die today Mr. Wang?" asks Rally. "No one is going to win this one."

Mr. Wang winks at the Doctor.

"Oh, before I forget; Bean your and Roger Rally are fired."

"NO!" yells Mike.

Four shots are fired, but five bodies are on the ground. Slowly, Bean stands. The bulletproof vest he always wears has saved his life again. Mr. Wang swears in pain, as the bullet has shattered his shoulder. Bean looks over at Rally; she is holding Michael in her lap. He is dying from a bullet to the stomach.

"Rally are you alright." Asks Bean, grabbing Mr. Wang by his bad arm and making him stand up.

"Yes." She replies.

Rally looks at Dr. Deiago. She is dead. She looks and Mr. Wang who is still alive. Then she looks down at Michael, who saved her life, by giving his own.

"Damn you Rally! Now I've lost another son and with the Dr. Deiago dead I can't replace him!" Hollers Mr. Wang.

Rally ignores Mr. Wang completely and just holds Michael gently in her arms.

"Did you hear that?" Whispers Rally, tears steaming down her face. "He called you son."

"I…don't care…anymore. Just…say…say that …you love…me. Rally." Says Michael, as he coughs up blood.

"I…I love you, Michael." Confessed Rally.

Michael smiles at her as tears escape his eyes; then he dies. Rally just closes her eyes and squeezes them shut to keep from crying in front of Bean. Rally looks up and glares at Mr. Wang. She lays Michael's head gently on the floor and then stands.

"Tell me why I shouldn't kill you. You stole my life and his and May's. Tell me Mr. Wang. Tell me that I shouldn't kill you." Demands Rally, pointing her gun, dead at his forehead.

"Rally. You've won." Says Bean. "Shoot him and you'll lose."

"I've already lost." Retorts Rally, not taking her eyes off Mr. Wang. "Besides I can't see you as a man who would go to the cops."

"I wouldn't." said Bean. "But could you live with yourself if you did?"

"Yes." Growled Rally.

"Really, then go ahead pull the trigger." Challenged Bean.

Bean stepped aside, crossed his arms, and waited. Mr. Wang just stood there defeated, holding his shoulder and looking only at his dead son. Rally stared at Mr. Wang, her finger on the trigger.

"Damn!" swore Rally, as she lowered her gun.

"You can kill in self defense Rally, but never in cold blood." Said Bean. "Take him to the courthouse on Main street. Becky's trying to convince a judge of your innocence."

"Thanks Bean." said Rally. "Look after Mike for me."