Chapter 30: The Clone's Choice
Author: Amir
last update2025-11-16 00:04:17

Romeo's Point of View

The gun was rising. Emma widened her eyes with fear. I had seconds to react. I had a few seconds to save her life or see her die in the hands of a form of me who I never requested to be created.

I moved toward the clone. I have never been faster in my entire life. The training of my grandfather came into force and I bridged the gap between us in a moment. I seized one arm of the clone and withdrew the gun out of Emma.

The clone was fighting against the programming. He had pain and frustration in his eyes. His body was convulsing against him. He was behaving like a puppet to his programming.

"Fight it," I said to him. "Fight the programming."

"I can't," the clone gasped. He made me powerless to struggle with it. He intended to make me his slave to the end.

The pistol dropped out of the hand of the clone. But then something bad still occurred. The body of the clone began a convulsion. His eyes rolled back. His mouth slackened with a dumb scream.

"What's happening?"
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