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As far as I knew, she never once visited that orphanage And if she was clai
Slowly, the man from the CDC said, "If he feels we built hie,’ he won’t ht now We can always make hi two contradictory co with no, you can’t, you’ll all die if you try, and you can choose that for you, but you can’t choose it for Becks and Alaric I had to let hier I couldn’t let hiers I’d juuess I knew that, even as the sanest part ofI could possibly do Becks and Alaric knew it, too They glanced my way, uncertainty in their eyes I was the boss I was the one they counted on to keep the them both killed
Rescue came from an unexpected quarter Steve cleared his throat before saying, with professional calm, "If your hand so much as twitches, sir, I will be forced to shoot you Intentionally beginning an outbreak in the presence of the president is considered an act of treason Intent to commit an act of treason authorizes me to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent that act froain "Your point is made He didn’t stop you They’ll listen to us Put the pen down"
"Fine" Looking disgusted, the man from the CDC slid the pen back into the pocket of his lab coat "You say the clone has no part in your decision ree to distribute the news on our behalf"
"Please, can I go lie dohispered George
I knew she was faking The pain in her voice was still enough to o, overnment conspiracies be damned
"You treat all your science projects this badly?" asked Becks
"Of course not," said President Rylass of water, whatever it takes to settle her We’ll decide what’s to be done with her e finish sorting things out here"
"Yes, Mr President," said Rick He e’s elbow before I could formulate a protest "Co to make you feel a little better" If it had been anyone other than Rick, I would have stepped in I wouldn’t have had a choice But it was Rick, and he used to be one of us, and so I didn’t say anything Steve followed after hi, defensive presence He’d keep her safe if Rick couldn’t
George sniffled and let herself be led away She didn’t look back at e in my mind She believed every word you said
"Shut up," Ito see what effect that would have on the already questionably stable nameless doctor from the CDC
He didn’t appear to have hearduntil they were out of sight before turning back to ressive before," he said finally "Had things gone as originally planned, this is the point where ould be presenting her to you--not this clone, perhaps, but one that was not, as you put it, ‘defective’ She would be a gift, given in good faith, to show you that working with us is the right thing to do"
I wanted to tell hi other people away like party favors was "the right thing to do," he was too crazy for me to want to ith him--and I know from crazy I wanted to tell him they shouldn’t have worked so hard to make a person when they cloned my sister, because an ee would have been an awful lot easier for theuess I never went all the way crazy after all
Instead, I did what I do best, and went on the attack "If you wanted us to get this far, why did your men try to kill us in Seattle?" I asked "I mean, not exactly ‘hi, let’s be besties’ behavior, you know?"
"That was an unfortunatenus involve bullets and body counts," said Alaric He was glowering If I were thea fatal accident for Alaric as a simple matter of self-preservation
"There are autoo into effect whenever we have reason to suspect industrial espionage--and it does happen, especially in a place like the CDC Our discoveries are often quite lucrative The theft of subject 7c was enough to activate those protocols"
"Subject 7c?" I asked blankly
"Georgia," said Becks
Once again, I weighed the retfully decided I couldn’t afford the fallout "Do those auto our shoes? Because your dudes only found us by following the bugs we already had on us"
The doctor looked uncomfortable "It is soal channels We had an… agreeround that, were they approached about an infiltration of our facility, they would ensure we could apprehend those responsible"