Then, it happened, only a few days after the previous incident, as if fate had decided to continue tormenting the inhabitants of the facility.

It happened on a regular day...well not that regular actually. Since 'C's accident in the play room, the boys would stay much more in their room. Father was busier too, and the children would have less time with him.

They were a little bored in their white room, and still affected by what happened. 'P' was playing with a rubik's cube, while 'I' had his book open but couldn't read it, his mind elsewhere.

For the first time, he was really thinking thoroughly about 'R' and 'C's condition with all its seriousness. He was thinking about the meaning behind 'R's eyes, the terror he had seen in them, as if he knew something that they didn't, about 'C' or more...about what could happen to 'C'.

Of course, it was normal to be worried seeing his brother having an attack, but the time when they met with Malsinger in the corridor, 'R' had similar emotions running in him, even if it had been hidden behind his frustration. Could Dr Malsinger….be harming 'C' after the incident? He was already permanently pissed by him being so "mentally slow" and "unproductive"...but no, he was his Father, he wouldn't go too far. Especially now that 'C' was very ill, he would take better care of him, he hoped...

Like thunder in a blue sky of a peaceful day, an alarm suddenly roared from everywhere through the whole facility, causing the two kids to jump at once and interrupting their activities.

They had seen and heard several times the emergency bell in action, but generally, Ms Miller or an agent would warn them before the end to not worry about it.

So right now, they were worried about it.

In cases like this, they were instructed to stay in their room and to not open to anyone, not that the room would let them do that. The room could only be opened from the exterior, with a scientist ID and a special manipulation of the door, in order to be evacuated if needed. The option to open their door with a console by distance was also possible, but the people here didn't want them to roam on their own in the corridors, for their 'safety'.

In this perspective, they were to stand near the door, ready to make the run of their life and that's what the brunette and the albinos did, looking at the door with building anxiety.

They didn't move an inch, trying to catch any sound that would explain what was happening and they did hear something about "Protocole 2 for all agents!" repeated a few times, but couldn't comprehend it.

Then, they heard a knock at their door. A loud knock, like 2 fists hitting the door, and then another muffled one. Instinctively, 'I' put himself before his little brother, as they heard the beeping of a card. It was an ID card, yet 'I' understood that it wasn't one of the employees of the facility who was behind that door.

Soon, the door was opening, and what they saw made 'I' whimper in surprise and shock.

Right before them was standing a very tired and disheveled 'R', covered in blood.

The teenager looked exhausted and in pain, although the blood covering his clothes..there was too much to be his own.

'R' tried to slip inside the room while pushing barely the door open, but then fell halfway and crawled on the floor, his eyes fixing 'I's with seriousness and panic.

"P..please….close...the door. I need to talk...I..I don't want them to find me yet...please…"

The brunette hesitated. He now was sure 'R' had done something very wrong, but at the same time...he was begging pitifully, looking at him with desperate eyes.

'I' finally took his decision and ran to 'R', helping him in, before pushing a button to close their door.

It wouldn't stop anyone from entering, but maybe it would buy them time.

Now, back at 'R', he started to notice the boy was holding his head and his stomach. But it wasn't the only thing he noticed, as the grayish blond was clenching in his fist what looked like a large piece of sharp mirror.

The boy was in all evidence having a degenerative attack too, but was putting all his remaining will to put it at bay.

Despite his shallow breathing, 'R' started to talk again, in a succession of small sentences, the first being the shocking news of the day :

"..I've... killed ...Father."

Both brothers' jaws dropped to the ground. They had needed a few seconds to comprehend he wasn't talking about THEIR Father, but about the mean scientist.

"Wha..what? You've killed Dr Malsinger? But..but why..." spluttered 'I', his curl cowering on itself.

He stopped on his track though. It was difficult for 'R' to express himself, so he was going to let him explain further.

"He...he wanted...to separate me..from 'C'. He...he is not..my Father….We have no father. I've heard...I know...what they are hiding to us for a long time."

Now, 'I' was trembling at this. Sure, he knew that the adults were hiding something to them, they were only kids after all! It was normal right? Maybe he already knew this and didn't want to learn more about it. But he did though. He did want to know, it was stronger than him. And his silence invited 'R' to continue.

"Urg...We are..clones. It means...we are copy, not real..From someone...they call them...personification...nation..And our fathers...they didn't want to make us study and let us see...the outside world...like they told us... They want to experiment on us….and make us become...one of them...even if that means sacrificing us…our memories...we are supposed to..forget everything here...and to be disposed of if we fail..."

"That's…'R', you can't be serious...how do you know.."

The teenager fell back on his stomach as a spasm caught him off guard. The degeneration was in process, and his nose was bleeding, the pain was coming from everywhere and it took him many efforts to open his mouth again. Urgence could be sensed in his voice.

"Please...believe me…'I'...your Father...he is just here to...monitor you….He will not hesitate...if you do anything...he will...split you two...like me and 'C'... Even with the pain...my..Creator...he never bothered to hear... He forced 'C' to work nonsense while...while he was suffering….Urg...What will happen 'I'...if you or 'P' become defective too..? It will be like us...I told Father that...I wanted to go with...with my brother….I wanted to sleep in the box too...because I couldn't stand...the pain without him...But he..he rejected me...He told me I was going to be here and study and... awaken memory until I..die or..forget….and..and that I would never see brother...again."

"Where is 'C'?" asked innocently little 'P,' that had been silent until now, as the repetitive mention of his friend's disposal was worrying him.

The purple eyes looked up, becoming watery, and a faint bitter smile distorted his face.

"He..is dead too...And it will be my..turn next…Urg..."

The implication behind all this was too much for now, but even if he didn't want to believe it, 'I' knew his comrade wasn't lying.

Now, 'R' couldn't stand on his feet, and got onto his side. Blood was soaking his white clothes from his belly, but it was like the boy was bleeding through every of his holes. The 2 indemn experiments even saw an ulcerated wound opening at his leg at fast speed.

His voice was becoming so faint 'I' had to crawl at his height to hear what he was saying, especially since noises were heard from outside in the corridor.

"...It will... be over soon…'I'..I wanted to tell….the conduit...I've found...a conduit...I wanted...to see the outside...With 'C'..….'C'...'C'...Brother…"

It was his last words before his head dropped on the floor, his eyes half-closing. His chest moved around 5 or 7 more times before stopping completely.

The door had opened and a few security officers alongside nurses and doctors entered the room, pushing 'I's aside from the pool of blood that was forming.

'P' followed him, cuddling his brother again, as they both absent-mindedly looked at the agitation around them, the ones screaming, the others taking Number 2's body on a stretcher, the last injecting him with the serum...

Some people came to them, asking if they were alright, examining them for head to toes in search of bruises or wounds , but 'I' couldn't really see them. He was now in his whole world, as this one had shattered. As he understood he had lost almost everything today.

xxxxxxx

The internal investigation had taken almost 2 weeks, the viewing of all the 2nd floor cameras, the interrogation of the witnesses and soon, the report was written :

"

Report of murder cases of 16th of February 2016

Date of report: 2 march 2016 - Project DOPPLEGANGER

17h35 - Experiment subject R-MXY04DPL002, that we will simplify as Subject Number 2 for now on, broke the mirror in his room (number 08), in what was believed to be the child's usual expression of angriness. He hid a piece of the mirror on himself without anyone noticing.

Doctor Emilian Malsinger was called and came, taking him along to "punish him himself" according to witnesses. While travelling with him in the corridor, the child seemed to have asked to go to the toilet repeatedly, until putting himself to the floor and Dr Malsinger decided to bring him himself on the one near the 3rd corridor of area 2.

17h45 - In the toilet, which didn't have a surveillance device, the subject presumably climbed on the toilet seat, calling for Dr Malsinger to help him with something, and when he opened the door, jumped on him and cut his throat and carotid arteries around 4 times, killing Dr Emilian Malsinger on the spot.

He stole his ID card, and used his DECT phone to make a call to the last number that had called, meaning the agents before his room, attracting the attention of security agents who dispatched in area 1.

17h52 - Subject Number 2 snickered in Room 07 where subject C-MXY11DPL005 was installed and killed him, outside of camera's reach.

17h56 - Discovery of Doctor Malsinger's body and activation of the alarm.

The security agents, who were taking their break in the restroom deployed themselves around the area of the murder. Subject Number 2 hid in Room 07 before opening it with the ID card once there was no one around, and proceeded to Room 02.

18h08 - Subject Number 2 opened Room 02, in presence of Subject I-KXY07DPL003 and P-KXY11DPL006.

18h13 - Death of Subject Number 2 from a "Cell acute Degeneration attack". Rescuing of Subject Number 3 and Number 6. It seems no harm was done to neither experiment.

18h30 - Discovery of Subject Number 5's body on the floor of his room, carotid artery's cut once with precision. He was holding his teddy bear against his chest.

The incident was then closed and the alarm set off.

It was found out that too much information had been openly leaked in front of Subject 2, like password, use of DECT phone, the room where Subject Number 5 was in, as well as major security procedures failures from employees.

Security must be imperatively reinforced in the 2nd floor in area 2.

Psychological support has been provided for the workers and the 2 remaining subjects and must be pursued.

The motive of Subject Number 2's action seems to be his separation with Number 5 and animosity toward Dr Malsinger according to witnesses and workers.

No information about the Project seems to have been leaked to the remaining experiments, although further interviews of subject Number 3 and 6 are needed."