HELLO! Thanks for all the reviews!
wannaknow ()- Well, thanks for the kiss...I think. LOL! It does seem a bit OOC doesn't it? Oh well, it was an emotional moment.
Chapter 15! ENJOY!
Becker, Sarah and Jess tried to run down the corridor quickly, but Jess was so very weak, not to mention Sarah was still worn out from her cloning process as well. Becker turned to them.
"You guys need to get out of here, you don't have enough strength." He went to hand them his spare pistol, but Sarah waved him off.
"We're in this together. Besides, if we meet up with any more clones, you'll need help."
Becker shook his head.
"I need to do this alone."
"Why, so you can take all the glory?" Despite the kiss they just shared, Sarah couldn't help but keep the spite out of her voice.
"No."
"Then why?"
"I can't lose you again!" He turned his head away. "My heart nearly broke when you went missing, not to mention when your clone rejected me."
One single tear fell down his face. Jess nodded at Sarah. Sarah released Jess and let her stand on her own. Sarah went over to Becker and turned his face by his chin.
"Never, ever, question my devotion and love for you okay? And if we do it together, we have a better chance of beating them." Becker smiled.
"I love you!" Sarah smiled back.
"Me too!" Jess coughed behind them.
"Sorry." They both muttered.
Jess slumped to the floor in pain. Sarah rushed to her side.
"How many times have they cloned you?"
"Too many to count." Jess struggled with the words. "You guys go on, leave me here, I'll either gain my strength in a while, or you can come back for me."
"We can't just leave you!"
"I'll be fine. Becker, give me your gun." Becker handed his spare over to her. She handled it with ease.
"This will keep the clones away. Not to mention it'll be easy to know what to do if I see myself." She smiled weakly.
"If it really is you and we see you, say 'Daniel James Quinn' before you say anything else, that way we know it's you."
Jess nodded. As Becker and Sarah walked away from Jess, Sarah whispered in his ear.
"Is that really Danny's middle name?"
"I don't know, I just guessed." He winked at her, making her giggle.
"You can't do this!" Jenny shouted as the wires were strapped to her head.
"Why not? I've done it before; you're just the last one I need."
Helen flicked the switch that started the cloning process. Jenny screamed as it felt like energy bolts were running through her head. She writhed in pain as each of her cells were copied. She tried to move but she was still tied down. Tears ran down her face as the pain became unbearable. And just when she thought she couldn't take it anymore, it was done. Jenny felt all her energy slowly drain out of her body. She had never felt so weak. She slipped into unconsciousness to escape the pain.
Helen watched as the body went limp. She quickly turned to the left to see a figure emerge from the shadows. A perfect replica of Jenny Lewis stepped into the light.
"What is your name?" asked Helen.
"Jennifer Lewis," she said, "PR professional."
Helen smiled.
"Perfect," she purred.
Suddenly, the doors to the room barged opened. Helen spun around quickly to see Becker and Sarah enter the room; Becker having his gun pointed at Helen.
"Stay where you are Helen," he said.
"Ah, Captain Becker, and…Ms Page, I see you two made up. Last I though you two weren't talking to each other."
"I think you may be mistaking us for our clones Helen," said Sarah.
Helen chuckled.
"So what are you going to do? Kill me? Well good luck with that."
Then Helen snapped her fingers and out of the shadows, Sarah and Becker's clones along with about three dozen Melina clones. Becker looked at them with wide eyes. Melina must have been clones like…35 times! No wonder she's so worn out.
"As you can see, there are TONS of Melina copies. My dear Cleaner died earlier this year and I figured that I needed a new subject, someone who I could use to copy multiple times until they passed. Then, my planned formed. I figured that it was actually a plus that he died, since everyone at the ARC knew his face. So this way, I could use my new clone to bring you two here, so I could clone you, and bring the ARC to its knees."
The clone Becker loaded his gun and pointed it at Sarah and Becker. Becker's aim still lay on Helen. Helen motioned for clone Becker to go forward. He did so and stopped when his gun was on Sarah's forehead. Becker tensed up. He couldn't lose Sarah, not after he just found her.
Then, a gun cracked.
I was going to stop the chapter there, leave all you with a cliffy, but then I thought, "nah" and decided to continue on. ENJOY!
Becker closed his eyes and looked away. No, he thought, it couldn't have… Then, he heard a body fell, but it sounded so far away. He felt a hand on his shoulder. Confused, Becker opened his eyes and tuned his head. Sarah was there.
"Sarah," he said in a whisper, "but how…"
Sarah shushed him by holding up a pistol. Becker looked around her and saw the clone Becker's body dead on the ground.
"Clones," commanded Helen, "ATTACK!"
Sarah and Becker stood back to back as they attacked the oncoming cleaners.
"I think I'm going to be scarred by Melina's face for a long time now." Sarah said as she shot another one down.
"What's wrong with these clones? Technically we're outnumbered so we should be dead by now!" Becker said. Helen noticed that too.
"Something must be wrong with the process; they have no fighting ability whatsoever."
She whispered, backing up into the dark. It was obvious that Sarah and Becker would overcome the clones and then come looking for her. Suddenly she felt the cold barrel of a gun up against her neck.
"Recognize me?" Jess snarled.
LOL! Did I have you up there ^? Yeah, I thought Jess coming would be a better ending to the chapter. Can't wait to hear what you all think! REVIEW!
~Logan ;)
