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Author: Kelly
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"They're clones! They're not real!" One of Leonard's people argued.

"They're alive! They think and feel and dream! We can't just leave them!" Victor was typing frantically. "I can trigger mass awakening! Release them all from their tubes! Give them a chance to escape!"

"That's dozens of clones! They could be dangerous! They could be programmed to kill us!" Daniel protested.

"Or they could be innocent people who never asked to be created! We give them a chance! That's what makes us better than The Collector!" Victor hit the final key. "There! Mass awakening initiated! All tubes releasing!"

Throughout the building, they heard glass shattering. Fluid rushing. Voices—confused, scared voices—calling out.

"What's happening? Where am I? Who am I?"

The clones were waking up.

"We need to guide them out!" Ella started toward the stairs. "They'll panic! Run the wrong way! Get trapped!"

"I'll do it!" Sarah volunteered. "I know the building layout! I can lead them to safety!"

"Take backup!" Jayce
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    "This is suicide."Daniel stood with Jayce at dawn, both of them armed and wearing tactical gear. The boat that would take Jayce to the mainland was ready."It's an opportunity. Thomas wants to talk. That means he wants something. People who want things can be negotiated with.""Or he wants to kill you personally. Get revenge for you destroying his sister and mother." Daniel checked his weapon one more time. "Let me come with you. Hidden. Backup.""He'll detect you. He's been planning this for forty years, Daniel. He'll have thought of everything. If I bring backup and he finds out, he kills us both and the meeting ends." Jayce climbed into the boat. "But I'm not going in blind. Leonard's monitoring through satellite. Frost has FBI teams on standby. And you'll be coordinating the rescue if things go wrong.""When things go wrong. Not if. When.""Then I'll improvise. Like always." Jayce started the engine. "Take care of Ella while I'm gone. If I don't come back, if Thomas kills me, you

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    "You're supposed to be dead."Jayce kept his weapon pointed at Victoria despite his shock. Behind her, he could hear the others approaching, drawn by the commotion."I was supposed to be. Buried under tons of rubble. But I'm a survivor. Always have been." Victoria raised her hands slowly. "I'm not here to fight. I'm here to help.""Help? You tried to kill us multiple times. You released a bioweapon that killed eight hundred people. You kidnapped Ella and tortured Master Chen. And now you want to help?""I want to stop my father. I want to stop Thomas before he kills everyone I care about. Everyone I have left." Victoria's voice broke. "I know I've done terrible things. I know I deserve to die for them. But Thomas? What he's planning? It makes everything I did look like child's play.""Shoot her," Daniel said, appearing with his own weapon. "End her right here. She doesn't deserve mercy.""Maybe not. But I deserve information." Jayce gestured for Victoria to sit. "Start talking. What's

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    They spun to see Margaret Walker standing in a doorway they hadn't noticed. She held a device in her hand. Small. Metallic. With a red button on top."The kill switch," Victor breathed. "You found it already.""Of course I did. I've known where it was for seventy years. I was just waiting to see if you'd figure it out." Margaret smiled. "Congratulations. You passed the test. You're smarter than I expected.""Then why let us come here? Why let us find the laboratory?" Jayce demanded."Because I wanted you to see where I was born. Wanted you to understand what I am. What I've always been." Margaret pressed the button.Nothing happened."Surprised? The kill switch doesn't kill me. It kills everyone connected to me. Every clone I've created. Every person I've uploaded my consciousness into. Every vessel I've prepared." She threw the device to Jayce. "Go ahead. Press it. Activate the kill switch. See what happens."Jayce caught it. Looked at the button. "You're bluffing. You wouldn't give

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