End of an era. Farewell Orphan Black.
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Em bent over, her hands on her knees. Beads of sweat line her forehead as if she were coming down with a fever. Spitting onto the pile of liquid fear, she took a few shaky steps backwards and sat on the bottom step.
Two pairs of feet shuffled down the stairs. They slowed down the closer they got to the resting girl.
"Em." Felix's voice was cautious, as if he were waking a sleeping dragon.
Em turned her head slightly towards the sound but couldn't bring herself to spin around completely.
"Em? You okay?"
The teen tried to let out a scoff at her brother's terrible timing, but instead, a whimper escaped her lips. "Felix... I-I don't..."
"Hey, Em, listen - " Sarah's gruff voice cut through the worry and immediately caused Em to spring up from the step, as if she'd been electrocuted.
She glanced at her sister for what felt like the first time ever. Sarah looked more tired than usual, as if the last few moments had aged her ten years. Her eyes were dark, almost black. Emma tried to find a glimpse of hazel just to prove to herself that this was her Sarah. Nothing.
Sarah reached her arm out to comfort her sister.
"Don't touch me." Em spat out.
"Hey. Listen. It's okay." Felix took a step forward.
"What? It's okay?! Are you kidding?!" Em held her stomach, feeling the overwhelming sense of nausea threatening her again. "I don't even know what to say."
Sarah frowned, crossing her arms in front of her, "We told you not to come, Em."
"Sarah," Felix warned.
"What? You told me not to come..." Em whispered, repeating her sister's ridiculous response and laughing slightly manically. "Who are you?"
"Em. Come on. I'm me. It's still me." Sarah's voice was kind.
The teen stared at her sister for a few moments, taking it all in. "Who - what are they?"
"If we tell you, you have to promise not to freak out or run away, yeah?"
Em nodded slightly.
Sarah took a deep breath, "Those women in there... they're my... clones."
Felix and Sarah stared at their younger sister. Their hands slightly outstretched as if ready to catch her should she faint at the revelation.
Emma's face was stoic, her eyes grave and knowing. But in a split second, that all changed. Em's face crumbled into laughter. A solo laughter, one that does not offer an invitation but is instead scarier than it's false sense of happiness.
Sarah and Felix exchanged confused glances until Em finally caught her breath, "I knew something weird was up between you and Felix, but nothing like..." She trailed off. "Jesus Christ..."
Fe rested his hand on Em's shoulder, "If you want to know what's happening, and believe me - I do too, you can."
"You promised me we'd tell each other the truth." Em glared at her sister.
"How could I explain this?" Sarah held her hands up, exasperated. "I have no bloody clue what I'm doing here, either! You think it's weird for you? There are two identical girls upstairs, with my face!"
It was Felix's turn to laugh then. At the ludicrous nature of their conversation. This laughter was a lot more inclusive as one by one, each of his sister's reluctantly gave in to the tension and fell into helpless hilarity.
"I promise, if you just come back upstairs with us, there will be a free bottle of whatever you want...just join us in this insanity."
Em exhaled a long shaky breath but accepted her brother's proffered hand, and slowly climbed the stairs back up to Fe's loft.
"Hey. You must be Emma," Dreadlocks Sarah smiled and waved as she perched on the end of the sofa, her legs crossed.
Em hesitantly walked back into the room, Fe's hand against the small of her back guiding her along. She gave a small, awkward smile back.
"I'm Cosima. This is Alison." Cosima gestured to the other identical who was still sat up straight but was eying Em suspiciously.
"Here, Em. Take a seat." Sarah gestured to an empty armchair across the room from the two familiar faced strangers.
"God, this is..." Em struggled to find the correct words to explain what this moment felt like. Something she was pretty sure most people wouldn't empathise with...
"Crazy?" Cosima finished her thought.
"That's one word for it."
"Welcome to the trip."
Felix walked over then, with a glass of something strong and handed it to Em who took an eager sip, trying to calm her nerves.
"Do you really think that's wise?" Alison's fingertips cradled her face, awkwardly.
Felix shot her a glare, his hand on Em's shoulder, "She just walked into a room full of her sister's clones, I think something to take the edge off is pretty much inclined."
At the mention of clones, Emma forgot how to swallow, instead choking a little on the cold drink, "Clones? You are sure?"
Sarah lifted her arms up slightly before dropping them in her lap, "Yes. Clones. Apparently, these are my clones." She nodded her head in the direction of the two women sitting on the couch as she took a swig from her glass, letting the burning sensation trickle down her throat.
Em looked at Felix for reassurance, for help but he just nods, taking a step closer to her. She looks around the room, at the women on the couch, "You're my sister's clones? Her genetic identicals?" Em almost scoffed.
"Well, what other explanation is there? We're certainly not triplets; there's far too many of us!" Alison stated.
"What? There's more of you?" Em looks desperately at her sister, who sighs, wanting all of this to have gone by a lot smoother.
"Oi, dreadlocks," Felix looks over at Cosima, "Why don't you make this a lot less confusing for all of us and explain all the sciency shite to my sister."
Cosima explained everything she had just told Sarah and Fe before Em had arrived as the eldest sister sat trying to telepathically send the young girl a warning not to mention Kira just yet.
The clones had already said how Emma could be involved in this, Sarah was not having them talking about her daughter as if she were a scientific experiment too.
"But what I really want to know is where you stand in all of this, Emma." Cosima wrapped up her lecture, leaving Em looking very overwhelmed.
Em cleared her throat and sat up before speaking, "You just told me that my sister is part of an international, illegal cloning experiment and you want to talk about me?" She stood up, pacing around the small area behind her brother.
Cosima adjusted her glasses before letting her arms fly around as she spoke, "Listen, I totally get how bizarre this whole thing is," She ignored Sarah's sarcastic comment, "But I'm pretty certain you're not just a coincidence. You and Sarah are clearly biologically related… which is pretty cool to think about because that means you're related to Alison and I too…" Cosima's trail of thought ran off with her ever exuberant hands.
"Bloody hell, this is insane." Em looked over to Sarah, confused, who just rolled her eyes at the dreadlocked woman rambling on.
Felix, walked over from the kitchen area and took a seat, "So what does this mean for us. For the safety of my sister, if all these other clo—", Fe caught a glare from Alison who had already expressed how much she hated the word 'clone' and saved himself, "women, if all these other women have been killed. Surely they're coming for you lot next?"
"Yeah, thanks for pointing that out, Fe…" Sarah sighed.
"Well, that's why we needed Beth. She was able to find out if anything started to become suspicious and warn us." It was Alison's turn to speak.
"So what do we do now? Just wait around until one of us gets shot and then we'll know the killer's nearby?" Sarah ran her hand through her hair, nervously.
"Of course not," Alison scoffed, "That's where you come in, Sarah."
"Jesus bloody Christ."
"And on that note," Fe sprung to his feet, "I think we've heard enough for one evening. Em, we need to get you home before S realises you're not there."
Alison and Cosima nodded, the suburban mom hurrying out, muttering about needing a long bubble bath and bottle of red wine as Cosima waved goodbye to both Fe and Sarah, stopping to smile at Em, "It was really great to meet you, Emma."
Em let out a strained smile, "I'd like to say the same, but this was a lot to handle," Cosima laughed, "and just call me Em; only my foster mum calls me by my real name and that usually means I've pissed her off."
The scientist smiled again, "Okay well - see you all soon, I hope." before heading out of the loft.
Fe shut the door behind the women as Sarah fell back onto the couch and Em exhaled loudly before yelling, "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?"
There were a few moments of silence before all three siblings erupted into hysterical laughter once more.
Doubling over, Fe managed to splutter out, "Sarah has bloody clones!"
How else could they deal with the extremity of events that had just surfaced?
After a while, the London trio's laughter died down as they let what was happening sink in, leaving an eerie silence lingering in the air before Sarah whispered, "Shite."
Sarah insisted on taking Em back home, leaving Fe at his loft promising Em not to worry and to just act as normal as possibly around S.
The sisters didn't speak all the way home until Sarah pulled up outside the house.
"What about Kira?" Em turned to her sister, "What does this mean for her?"
Sarah sighed, "I don't know." She looked away towards Kira's bedroom window before Em could see her eyes turn glassy. "Please promise me you'll keep her safe. I can't be sure whether the killer knows about either of you but, you know, just make sure she's by your side all the time, yeah?"
"Of course. Always." Em replied quietly.
They sat in silence for a few minutes before Em opened the door and climbed out of the car, Sarah still staring at her daughter's darkened window.
"Em, wait," She quietly called after her sister and got out of the car, following her up the short path to the door. "Let me see her, just for a second."
Em looked torn, glancing into the house and back to her sister's desperate eyes, "You know I really shouldn't, Sar, what if S sees?"
"I'll be really quick, won't make a sound. I just need to see her, just once."
Who knows if the killer is right around the corner? The point is Sarah could be killed tomorrow and she will have never said goodbye to Kira. Em tapped the keys on each of her fingers, before sliding them into the keyhole and opening the door, gesturing for Sarah to go in first.
Sarah's smile reached her ears as she walked in, planting a thankful kiss onto Emma's head, and headed up the stairs.
Em followed her up before whispering, "Five minutes, Sarah," and heading into her room.
Sarah crept across the creaky, wooden floorboards, already knowing which ones to avoid stepping on after years of sneaking in and out of the house.
Kira's door was already slightly ajar; she was afraid of monsters, the nightlight giving Sarah a dim enough view into the room as she peered in and spotted the young girl enveloped in the covers.
Slowly she walked over, letting a few tears loose, "Baby," she knelt down beside the bed and lifted her hand to move Kira's curls out of her face.
The only sound that could be heard was Kira's soft breathing.
"I'm sorry, Monkey." She whispered, almost inaudible.
Her fingers traced gently from between Kira's eyes to the tip of nose, and Sarah smiled at the familiarity of the gesture she'd used to calm her daughter since she was a newborn.
Kira whimpered in her sleep, and Sarah's heart stopped for a second as she froze, but the child just adjusted her body to wrap her little fingers around Sarah's hand.
"Kira, I'm so sorry. I'm gonna sort this out." The mother whispered again, her thumb stroking the back of her daughter's hand as she kissed her head. "Goodnight, baby."
Siobhan lightly knocked three times on the door before walking into the teenager's room to find Kira wrapped up amongst the sheets next to a slumbering Emma.
"Morning, love," She smiles as Kira unravels herself from her aunt's arms, rubbing the sleep from her eyes and sits up.
Em wakes from the little girl's stirring and turns, opening her eyes ever so slightly, to reveal her foster mum, stood in the doorway.
"I'd wondered where you'd ran off to." S smiled as Kira slid out of bed and greeted her with a sleepy hug.
"I had a nightmare. There was a monster in my room!" Kira admitted as she slipped her hand into the older woman's.
"Oh dear. Shall we go get you dressed, and you can tell me what happened?" Kira nodded and began to lead S back to her bedroom.
"Emma, we're leaving in half an hour." S called back without so much as a glance towards the teen who had thrown her arm across her face, an attempt at blocking out the day, shaking her head at her foster mum's attempt at the 'cold shoulder'.
With all the information Em had taken in last night, Siobhan's anger towards the teen was irrelevant and her meeting today with the Principal was the last thing on her mind. Em had barely slept last night. Not only was her sister a clone but there was someone after Sarah. Someone after anyone associated with Sarah. Someone was killing them off.