this chapter is filled with romance. I wanted to take a break from all the mystery, and interject a few nice moments. Hope you enjoy.

"So you've been to jail huh?" Vaughn asked Jack. Jack looked shocked. Vaughn smirked. "What you didn't think I would check into your background a bit?"

"Yeah I guess you would," Jack sighed. "Does that bother you?"

"Nah," Vaughn replied.

"Not exactly the type of thing I like to tell people right off the bat," Jack replied. He knew exactly what Vaughn was doing. He was trying to show Jack that he had power. Jack hid a smirk, his cover was pretty solid if even Maion couldn't crack it.

"That sheriff would certainly be on your tail if she found out," Vaughn stated. Jack could hear the thinly veiled threat in his voice. Little did Vaughn know, Jack didn't really care.

"Damn coppers," Jack mumbled. He had always detested that name. But when he saw the look of amusement on Vaughn's face, he could see that he hit a good chord.

"So this human replica," Jack started. "How exactly did she escape?"

"Incompetence of staff," Vaughn answered angrily. "One of the men fell in love with her, because of that, he let his guard down."

"So all you need me to do is search newspapers and the internet?" Jack asked.

"For now," Vaughn answered. Jack heard the message loud and clear. He would have to earn his trust where Vaughn was concerned. Men like Vaughn knew how to be careful and cover their tracks, it was why he was never locked up. That and the expensive lawyers his buddy Will could afford for him. Jack detested the both of them, but right now he had to pretend.

Alex wandered into the room. He hated how his Sanatorium had become the meeting place for Vaughn and his new lackey. He was starting a new replication, but it would be a long process, and it'd be better if they could just find the original one.

"Please stop making such a mess," Alex scorned. He picked up the papers that were scattered around his table.

"Maybe if you'd done your job correctly we wouldn't have this mess!" Vaughn snapped. Alex glowered at him, but said nothing. He couldn't wait until all this was over, and he could get back to his life. There was a knock on the door. Alex looked at the door with panic. He'd completely forgotten about the Gina! He had made this date with her a while ago. She would be disappointed to see Jack and Vaughn there. Vaughn beat Alex to the door. Alex sighed.

"Oh hello!" Gina exclaimed surprised. She peered past Vaughn at Alex. "I thought we were..." She stopped. Gina was so incredibly sweet. Alex hated seeing her so flustered.

"Sorry my cousin invited company over not knowing we had plans," Alex explained hurriedly. "Let's go to the Moonlight Cafe." Alex darted past Vaughn, and grabbed Gina's arm.

"O-okay," Gina stammered. Alex quickly closed the door behind him. He hated Vaughn even more at that moment.

Staying in the mansion with Sanjay and Amir, almost allowed for Rachel to feel normal. It was hard to imagine that she was a replication of another human being. If she were a replication if another human being, She wondered if there was such a person, was she the same as Rachel in every way? Rachel sat on a bench near the big bay window of the beautiful mansion wondering all of these things.

"Lost in thought?" Sanjay asked softly. He sat down next to her. Rachel looked up at him. His was filled with warmth and comfort.

"Yeah," Rachel replied. "At first it was always trying to remember my past, now it's trying to come to terms with the fact that I may not have a past."

"Why not take it one day at a time?" Sanjay inquired. Rachel looked into his grey eyes. She was searching for any sign of disgust.

"I..." Rachel stopped. "Because, what if I am a replication?"

"What does that matter?" Sanjay asked.

"Because, if I am, I am some abomination!" Rachel exclaimed. "Doesn't that make me some kind of freak?" Rachel held her breath awaiting his response. She wasn't sure what he was going to say. She looked at the floor. Sanjay gently placed a finger under her chin, and lifted her face up so their eyes met.

"No," Sanjay replied. "It matters not how you came to be, but how you choose to live your life from here." Rachel felt herself blushing. In that moment she felt her heart beating faster.

"You don't think I'm a freak?" Rachel asked.

"I think you are beautiful," Sanjay replied. He placed a gentle kiss on her hand. "Fair lady, you must not sell yourself short. You are you, that makes you special." Rachel looked up at the man. She wasn't sure if she knew what love was, but this might be the closest thing to it she had ever felt.

Jack hated seeing the hurt look in Lyla's face. He knew that she had been disappointed by the turn of events of the other evening. He knew that Lyla found him attractive. He found her attractive as well. Lyla's beauty was subtle yet alluring. Jack was determined not to hurt this beautiful woman more than he had to.

"Those actually need to go to the back room," Lyla informed Jack. He had just moved some shelves that had just been delivered. Jack looked up at Lyla. He could see the look in her eyes that displayed her self consciousness. She appeared to be nervous.

"Oh, sorry," Jack replied. "I will move them." Jack turned back to the shelves. He felt Lyla touching his arm.

"Do you not find me attractive?" Lyla asked. Jack was a bit startled by her question.

"Pardon me?" Jack asked.

"I asked, do you not find me attractive?" Lyla asked again. Jack sighed.

"What makes you ask that?"

"Well, the other night. I was clearly giving you all the go ahead signs to make a move..." Lyla stopped. She wasn't sure what had come over her to ask him that question. She was not normally so forward. There was something about Jack that had made her more impulsive.

"It's not about that, I think you're very attractive. I am just not a good man for you," Jack explained.

"Why don't you let me decide that," Lyla stated. She boldly took a step forward and wrapped her arms around his neck. When their lips met, she felt a spark of something she hadn't felt in a very long time.