It had been a few days since Felix had escaped with Orla and Lorcan. Rachel had Roisin locked up in a room, and she would come and interrogate the woman every few hours hoping to get information about how Orla and Lorcan escaped. Roisin isn't talking though. There's no way she would give up her brother. She needs to protect her children. Everytime Rachel comes into the room, she counters the woman's questions by asking questions of her own and probing around for information of her own.
Scott was in the lab testing the DNA from Lorcan and Orla when he discovered something shocking about Orla. Lorcan's DNA was very similar to Kira's because of the fact that both of their mothers was a LEDA clone, but Orla's was different. Her DNA didn't just match the LEDA clones, but it was a perfect match to someone in their system.
'How is this possible?' Scott wondered. A part of him doesn't want to but he knows that he has no choice but to tell Delphine, who will have to report it to Rachel. Even if he didn't tell Delphine, she would find out on her own anyway. There was no way to hide it from her. Plus if he doesn't tell Delphine, then someone close to him will suffer.
It was a difficult decision that he had to make, the safety of a child over the life of a friend. Against his better judgment, he ultimately decided and found himself calling Delphine to the lab.
When Scott saw Delphine walking into the lab asking what he'd found out, he took a few seconds to prepare himself for the bombshell that he was about to unleash because while what he was doing was to potentially save the life of a friend, he knew that he would be betraying that friend at the same time. This particular person would not want to use a child as their cure.
"I've discovered something about Orla." Scott started. He took a breath, "She's a perfect match to Cosima. I think that Orla could possibly cure Cosima for good."
Delphine was shocked, "What? How is that even possible? Shouldn't she be like Kira? How could she be a perfect match?"
"I have no idea. All I know is that she has identical DNA to the clones." Scott explained, "However Lorcan's DNA is very similar to Kira's, but his sister is different. All I can speculate for now is that maybe Orla was conceived differently. Maybe Roisin ended up getting the same donor that was used to make the clones to conceive her daughter."
Delphine shook her head, "Oh...I don't see how that's possible. That donor would have to be really old right now, if they are even still alive."
"Well when you have a better explanation, let me know." Scott stated
"Alright. Good work, Scott." Delphine praised, "We'll need Felix to bring Orla in so we can do more tests."
Scott nodded, "Are you going to tell Rachel about Orla?"
"I'm going to try and hide it for as long as possible. And let's not tell Cosima either. She doesn't need to know about this." Delphine informed him before she left the room.
Delphine knew that she still had a promise to keep to Cosima. She had promised that she would keep Cosima's nieces and nephew out of everything. To basically protect them as much as possible, which is exactly what Delphine was trying to do. She knew that she couldn't hide the truth about Orla from Rachel forever, but she could delay telling the truth for as long as possible.
Meanwhile at Felix's flat, Helena was at Siobhan's because Felix didn't want Lorcan and Orla to meet too many new people and clones all at once. He did however have Kira at his flat, so Kira and Orla were playing in a fort that Kira had made with Helena. Lorcan was sitting on the couch reading a book that he'd pulled off the shelf, but he wasn't really reading it. He had been staring at the same page for almost twenty minutes when Felix came and sat down by his nephew.
"I know that you're worried about your mother." Felix told the boy.
"That obvious, huh?" Lorcan had replied
Felix nodded, "Well yeah sort of, but it's also to be expected."
"What will Rachel do to her?" Lorcan questioned
"Hopefully nothing, but I can't be certain." Felix explained and then suddenly his phone started to ring. It was Scott. He answered, "Hey Scott, what's up?"
Felix listened to Scott and what he had to say about Orla and what Delphine had said. He looked over at the innocent little girl that he'd promised to protect. He knew that he couldn't do what Scott said Delphine had requested.
"You know I'm kind of busy, Scott." Felix replied criptically. He didn't want to worry the kids or to alert them. Especially Lorcan.
"I know." Scott said, "I didn't expect you too at least not right now. However, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but this can't be avoided forever, Felix."
"I completely understand." Felix responded, "Thank you."
Felix quickly hung up the phone before Scott could say anything else. He let out a sigh as he was still fixated on the innocent five year old little girl. How was it possible that she was a perfect match to Cosima when she was offspring to a clone and not a clone herself. She wasn't even the original, because they had always known that finding the LEDA original would be Cosima's best bet at finding a cure, but maybe they didn't need to anymore. On the other hand, Orla was only five years old. She was just a child, practically a baby.
Lorcan tapped Felix on the shoulder to get his attention, "Uncle Felix, what are you thinking about?"
"Oh it's nothing to worry about." Felix assured
"Is it about Aunt Cosima?" Lorcan wondered
Felix gave a nod, "Yeah, sort of."
"Is she worse?" Lorcan asked nervously
Felix shook his head, "Oh, no, no. That's not it. She's fine."
"Then what is it? What's wrong?" Lorcan probed
Felix sighed, "I might as well tell you. Scott discovered something about Orla. He had to tell Delphine, but she's going to try and keep it from Rachel for as long as she can."
"Just tell me what it is?" Lorcan demanded
"Your sister is a perfect match to the LEDA clones. She could potentially cure Cosima." Felix explained
Lorcan just froze. He blinked as he looked over at Orla and then back at Felix, "How is that possible?"
"They don't know yet." Felix replied
Lorcan bit his lip, "Are they going to use her?"
"Not if I can help it. Plus Cosima would never use her niece like that." Felix assured, "However Rachel would, but Scott and Delphine are going to try and keep this from her for as long as possible."
"Okay." Lorcan agreed
Later when Sarah came to pick up her daughter, Felix told the kids to keep playing and then he stepped outside of his flat to have a little chat with his sister.
"What's going on, Fee?" Sarah asked
"Well, the good news is that I don't think Rachel will be coming after Kira anymore." Felix informed
Sarah furrowed her eyebrows, "Oh yeah, why is that?"
Felix told Sarah about what Scott had told him about Orla. He explained to her that neither Rachel nor Cosima knew yet.
Sarah was so confused. She didn't have the faintest idea how any of this was even possible. She and Felix didn't have much more time alone, because then Kira came running out.
"Mummy! Uncle Felix! Come quick!" Kira urged, "It's Orla!"
Felix and Sarah both rushed inside the flat where they found Orla sitting on the ground holding up a tooth in her hand.
"Will this help Auntie Cosima?" Orla asked as she looked up at her aunt and uncle innocently while blinking her big brown eyes.
"Oh shit. Rosie's going to kill me." Felix mumbled as he thought, 'I should have been able to prevent this. I should have paid more attention to her.'
Sarah bent down to check on Orla. She looked at the little girl's mouth. The spot where the tooth had been pulled out from.
"It was already loose." Orla uttered as she handed her tooth to Sarah.
Sarah gave a nod as she accepted the little baby tooth, "Okay. Well in the future let's not pull out anymore teeth."
"I know. I won't need to." Orla replied
"Why's that?" Sarah inquired
"Because Delphine's going to cure her with my stem cells." Orla explained
Sarah took a breath as she nodded, "Okay." She thought, 'She's just like my daughter.' Then she turned to Felix, "Okay well good luck with Lorcan and Orla. I should get Kira home. Someone is very anxious to see her."
"Who?!" Kira wondered excitedly
"Your Aunt Helena." Sarah told her daughter.
Kira smiled brightly, "Auntie Helena? She's home?"
"Yeah, she is, so we should get home. Just give me one second, Monkey." Sarah said before turning back to Felix, "Should I take the tooth or do you want to?"
"I'll do it." Lorcan volunteered, "I can do it. I can get back inside Dyad. I saw a layout of the building and memorized it."
Sarah shook her head, "No, absolutely not. Your mother would kill me if I let you anywhere near Dyad after she and Felix had worked so hard to get you out."
Lorcan sighed, "Fine. I just wanted to help. I feel so useless. I can't cure Aunt Cosima. I can't help my mum. I can't do anything, but wait and it's so frustrating."
"I know. Just be patient. Uncle Felix and I will keep you updated and in the loop. I promise." Sarah told him. Then she looked back at Felix, "So…?"
"You take the tooth. You probably could get it to Cosima more easily than I could." Felix replied
Sarah agreed to get Orla's tooth to Cosima and then she left with Kira. Leaving Felix alone with Orla and Lorcan.
Felix had reclaimed his seat on the couch next to Lorcan. The kids didn't really seem to want to do anything, which was understandable because they missed their mom. Orla picked up a book from the shelf, then walked over to Felix, and crawled onto his lap.
"Uncle Felix, will you read me a story?" Orla requested
"Yeah, sure." Felix agreed as he situated the little girl on his lap and then took the book from her. He opened the book and started reading.
Orla was enthralled by the book, and so was Lorcan even thought he was a bit too old for the book. He just liked having something to distract him from the thought of his mother being inside of Dyad, because it was kind of killing him to think of her there with Rachel. 'What's Rachel doing to her?' He thought, 'Is she okay?'
Sure, Lorcan knew that his mother was completely capable of taking care of herself, but that didn't make him worry any less. He loved his mother and he didn't want anything to happen to her. Not just for himself, but for the sake of his five year old sister. If they never saw their mother again or if something happened to her, Orla would barely remember her as she grew up.
Meanwhile at Dyad in the little room with Roisin, Rachel had walked in to question Roisin again about the location of her children and how they escaped.
"For the last time, I'll never tell you." Roisin seethed as she smiled, "They got away and you'll never hurt them again. You'll never see them again."
Rachel smiled like she knew something that Roisin didn't, "Oh but you're wrong. I will see them again. Or at least I'll see your little daughter, because she's the only one that can cure your sisters. Especially Cosima. So tell me where Orla is, or Cosima will suffer?"
Roisin felt her heart skip a beat as she took a labored breath, but she kept her silence. She couldn't give up her daughter, not even to save Cosima. She knew that her sister would understand that. Plus Cosima wouldn't want to use Orla anyways. There had to be another way and if there was, she knew from what Felix had said about their sister that Cosima could and would figure it out. Cosima would find a cure with help from Scott and Delphine.
Roisin shook her head, "No, I don't know. And even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."
"Suit yourself." Rachel replied as she blinked her eyes a few times rapidly, "But now, Cosima will suffer."
'No, she won't.' Roisin thought to herself after Rachel had turned around and walked out of the room.
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