"So you're her monitor?" Sarah asked about eight year old Charlotte in her sit down meeting with Marion Bowles
"I'm her mother." Marion replied
Sarah sighed and glanced over at Charlotte, then looked back at Marion, "You carried her?"
"Adopted her." Marion informed
Now both Sarah and Marion looked over at Charlotte. Sarah was dumbfounded. She didn't understand how Charlotte could exist. She had been told that Dyad wasn't able to make more clones.
"I thought they could make any more of us." Sarah uttered
"Oh, we tried. Over four hundred attempts." Marion explained. She briefly looked over at her daughter and then back at Sarah, "Charlotte's the only survivor. You survived too, Sarah. Against all odds you found your sisters and you fought for your own. Now I'm counting on that fierce loyalty, because what I'm about to share could put me at grave personal risk."
Sarah and Marion talked as they walked through the house hallways to a secret chamber that led to the revelation of Project Castor. Sarah found herself staring at a Castor clone, who she recognised and has seen before.
"I know him." Sarah uttered without turning away from the Castor clone.
The Castor clone stared right at Sarah, smiling maniacally.
Meanwhile at the lake with Felix, Roisin, Lorcan, Kira, and Orla. They were sitting on chairs just looking out at the water. Roisin had Orla on her lap, and Felix had Kira on his lap.
"Are there still fish in the water?" Kira wondered
Felix gave her a gentle squeeze, "Yeah. Big, sleepy fish, because we never come to visit."
"Lore, why don't you, Kira and Orla go take a stroll down the bend?" Roisin suggested
Lorcan nodded, "Mmm-hmm." He looked at Orla and Kira, "Come on."
"Not too far." Roisin added
Lorcan rolled his eyes, "Yes, Mum." He walked off with Kira and Orla in front of him.
"See if you can find the monkey and flower fish." Felix yelled
Kira and Orla giggle, "Okay."
Felix glances at Roisin before looking out at the water, "Well it has been a while since we've been to shite beach.
"Mmm-hmm." Roisin hummed
"I think it was your birthday." Felix said
"No. It was actually the surprise baby shower that S planned for me." Roisin corrected. She thought back to that day. She had been almost seven months at the time.
Felix nodded, "Oh that's right."
Roisin and Felix heard a car pulling up. Their attention was peaked as they both turned their heads to look at the incoming car. Only to discover that it wasn't one car, but three.
"Orla! Kira! Lorcan!" Roisin called, "Come here!"
The kids rushed over to Felix and Roisin as they stood behind the two seated adults and watched the people exit the vehicles. Some of the people Felix and Roisin didn't recognise, but they did recognise one person. Rachel.
Roisin stood up and walked over to the woman, "You have a lot of nerve coming here after what you did to my children."
"Relax. I'm not here for them." Rachel said, "I'm here to inform you that we will not be needing your daughter or coming after her."
"Oh. And why is that?" Roisin asked, not fully trusting the woman.
"Because we've figured out how to create our own Orla." Rachel informed.
Roisin scoffed, "Yeah right. How are you going to do that?"
Rachel whispered something to Roisin before walking away and getting back into her car. The two cars behind her drove away and then her car followed.
"What did Rachel want?" Felix wondered
Roisin turned around, "Fee, do you think that you can manage with all three kids by yourself? I need to check on something."
Felix nodded, "Yeah, but what did Rachel say to you at the end?"
"She told me to count my sisters." Roisin told him, "I don't trust Rachel anymore than you do, but I have to check it out." She also wondered about whether or not she should send Orla away somewhere to be safe. 'But where?' She thought, 'And with whom?'.
In a hospital room at Brightborn with Helena. She didn't know why she was there. If only she knew that Brightborn was working with Dyad and what they were intending to do.
"Why am I here?" Helena asked as she saw someone walk into the room.
"We're here to create another Orla." The man said, "Whatever or whoever that is."
Helena stared at him, "It's my niece."
"Our niece then. I'm a clone too." He added, "My name's Shane." Shane is actually Orla's father, but he didn't know that.
"Helena." Helena introduced
Shane gave a smile, "Ah...Sarah's twin. You, Sarah, and Roisin are the only fertile Leda clones. Just like I'm the only fertile Castor clone."
"And how did you come to be that?" Helena wondered
"My mother….she hid me away from the army. She didn't trust Dr. Coady." Shane explained
"Then we have something in common." Helena replied
Shane nodded, "Agreed."
Rachel walked into the room with a doctor trailing close behind her.
Helena and Shane both turned towards Rachel and the doctor.
"Are you two ready for your treatments?" Rachel asked
"What treatments? What are you talking about, Rachel?" Helena wondered
"You two are going to provide the genetic material to create another Orla."
Shane stared at Rachel looking very confused.
"Oh poor, clueless boy clone. You didn't know that you were Orla's father."
"What? That's not possible."
Rachel nodded, "Oh but it is, Shane. You are Orla's father. Now I'm going to use you and Helena to create another Orla."
Back with Roisin, she was on the phone talking with Alison. She was told by Rachel to count her sisters, so that's what she was doing. She needed to know that they were all okay.
"I haven't seen Rachel. Really, Roisin. I'm fine." Alison said, "Thanks for asking."
Roisin sighed relieved, "Okay. Just be careful, Ali."
"I will."
Roisin hung up and called Siobhan. She didn't want to but, she needed to check up on Cosima and Helena.
"Hey S, how are things over at your place?"
"Everything's fine here, chicken." Siobhan assured, "Cosima's temperature is down to normal, by the way. She's actually got a bit of colour in her cheeks."
Roisin nodded to herself, completely aware that Siobhan couldn't see her. "And Helena?"
There was a moment of silence. She heard Cosima in the background, 'tell Rosie that Helena hasn't come back yet.'.
"What? S? What did Cosima say?" Roisin wondered
"Oh Cosima's telling me to tell you that Helena hasn't come back."
Roisin sighed, "Oh shit. I have a bad feeling about this."
"What do you want us to do about it?"
"Just don't let Cosima out of your sight." Roisin replied, "Oh is Sarah still with Marion? Is she safe there?"
"Yeah. She's fine, Rosie. She's been updating me by text message. The last text was from five minutes ago."
Roisin breathed out, "Okay. Thanks, S. I'll see you later."
She got off the phone and ran a hand through her red hair. She mumbled to herself, "Shit! Shit! Shit!"
Roisin texted Sarah, 'SOS! Helena's missing. I think Rachel took her.'
'Where is Helena?' Roisin thought, 'Where did Rachel take her? What does she want with her?'
Within seconds, Roisin had an incoming call from Sarah. The younger woman's voice was frantic, asking what did she mean Helena is gone.
Roisin explained to Sarah what had happened at the lake and how Rachel showed up, and told her to count her sisters.
"Helena was the only one unaccounted for. S said that her bag is gone too."
"Shit." Sarah uttered, "What can I do?"
"Go home. I'll take care of it."
"What? No, Rosie. I'm going to help."
Roisin left out a sigh, "I know that you want to help, but I don't need to worry about you too. You can help me by going home where I know that you'll be safe. Let me protect you."
"Fine." Sarah huffed before hanging up.
Roisin took a breath as she thought, 'If Rachel took Helena, I need to break back into Dyad.'
Meanwhile with Felix, Lorcan, Kira and Orla. They had left the lake and were at Siobhan's house. Kira and Orla were playing with Cosima, Lorcan was sitting on the couch pretending to read a book while actually listening to Felix talking with Siobhan who were standing a few feet away.
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