{"id":1273,"date":"2016-02-03T07:22:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2016-02-03T07:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:22:16","slug":"the-cimalian-princess-clone-part-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1273","title":{"rendered":"The Cimalian Princess: Clone – Part 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cimalian Princess: Clone<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

by AJ Marks<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 28<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Henry watched the admiral leave the room. The news he\u2019d been given surprised more than he let on and had hoped Meia would have been destroyed by the 1st<\/sup> CF but she continued to have luck on her side.\u00a0 No, what angered him the most was who had helped her escape, Trina.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, even in death you manage to foil my plans Didi,\u201d Henry said, spitting the name out with venom, Meia\u2019s mother, who always seemed to know and understand things better.\u00a0\u00a0 She was only an epsilon, not worthy of anything.<\/p>\n

A slight laugh caused him to turn and in the shadows noticed the outline of a child who he knew.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what are you laughing at?\u201d he snapped, wondering what she would find so amusing this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, nothing much, but I could have told you that Meia wouldn\u2019t have accepted the location of the port to attack for the rebels, she understands how much control you have,\u201d the child stated. \u201cYou\u2019ll never beat her without learning more about her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is only a pilot, and her mother was an epsilon, what more should I know about her. I should have kept her closer, not allowed her to move up as a pilot,\u201d Henry said, knowing that the combat skills she was trained in probably helped out tremendously.\u00a0 In a way he had trained Meia to escape.\u00a0 \u201cBesides, she fears me still.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps she does, now, but if that changes then you\u2019ll have lost for sure,\u201d the girl said. \u201cThen you\u2019ll need me even more than you do now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henry watched as with that she blended back into the shadows laughing. He quickly dismissed her from his thoughts, she was but a child and he had more pressing concerns to occupy his time.<\/p>\n

Trina was an old friend of Didi and had known Meia. The fact Trina helped Meia meant she probably knew who Meia really was.\u00a0 If that news really got out it would be a disaster and help the rebellion.\u00a0 He sent out an order to have her eliminated and needed to know who else she might have told, was she part of the rebellion?\u00a0 He would need that information as quickly as possible to counter any damage this escape had done.<\/p>\n

He sat back knowing he had one more clone, and if he executed her then anything Meia did later would be questioned heavily. They might even consider her part of his collection of spies and turn her in on their own.<\/p>\n

He sent an inquiry to intelligence to gather as much information as possible about Trina that was the most important thing. He needed to know who might know.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Meia felt better after the doctor mended her leg and slipped a flight suit back on before looking at the mirror and seeing her blue colored hair. The blonde was a bit different but it reminded her too much of when she had been a pilot at the academy and not all of those memories were pleasant considering her position as an Epsilon citizen.<\/p>\n

She looked up at a knock at the door, walking over to open it only slightly surprised to see Randy standing there. He seemed to hesitate slightly and she wondered what had happened while she was gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, come in,\u201d she said, moving over to a chair and indicating the other chair for Randy to sit in. It was a bit strange seeing him so off balance when usually he seemed to confident in what he did.\u00a0 She decided to wait for him to speak first, they probably both had a lot of questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cUn, I\u2019m not exactly sure what happened, perhaps you could fill in some blanks about everything,\u201d Randy said to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictor betrayed me,\u201d Meia stated. \u201cHe alerted the local enforcers of our position.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVictor? Was he one of them?\u201d Randy asked sounding surprised by the name.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, he was still upset about the death of his sister, thought I was responsible,\u201d Meia said quietly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen what he knows is a threat to our security,\u201d Randy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, the emperor had him killed shortly after I was delivered,\u201d Meia said recalling that bit. \u201cAfter that I was taken to a laboratory several times, not exactly sure what they were doing but I think it had to do with my DNA.\u00a0 I think it had to do with clones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cClones that might explain a few things,\u201d Randy said sitting back in the chair. \u201cYou seemed to be a couple of different people after you got back.\u00a0 You didn\u2019t know Ben, then our relationship took several strange turns, one moment you\u2019re acting like we\u2019re married the next like I don\u2019t\u2019 exist, but how would they know all of that, did you tell them?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, might be some sort of memory transfer, but incomplete,\u201d Meia stated unsure, it might be why she kept going back and forth to the lab. \u201cI don\u2019t know what his goal was, but it seemed to confuse the Alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, the conversation you had with the Emperor, I mean the other you, wasn\u2019t like you at all,\u201d Randy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you think I\u2019m me?\u201d Meia asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, you\u2019re acting more normal already,\u2019 Randy said and Meia felt relief. \u201cWe\u2019ll get more information later on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be careful, there could still be other clones of me out there, working against the Alliance,\u201d Meia said, a bit unsure how they could protect against clones that had her memories. They could ruin her ability to work in the Alliance and the Empire.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll let my dad know about this, and he\u2019ll want to know the rest as well,\u201d Randy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when this is over, you still owe me that dinner,\u201d Meia said looking at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess so,\u201d Randy replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll hold you to it after everything I went through,\u201d Meia said noticing a slight smile come from Randy as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, what all happened?\u201d Randy asked.<\/p>\n

Meia gave a short version, retelling how she met a few people working in the rebellion, and then her betrayal at the hands of Victor.<\/p>\n

If I \u2018d had known he would have done that, he would have never went with you,\u201d Randy said finally.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hid it well,\u201d Meia said, never expecting it either as she continued on about the lab and her escape and getting to the rebellion.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think they will be able to help us?\u201d Randy asked her, making her pause to think about it for a few seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir leadership, no, I think they are with my uncle. He probably promised them some sort of freedom, or rise in ranks of the social system,\u201d Meia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s too bad,\u201d Randy said. \u201cAnything else we might use?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, but I doubt talking will work anymore, he\u2019s probably working to make sure no one believes the Alliance, or me, anymore,\u201d Meia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we work on a new strategy,\u201d Randy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, there really was another me?\u201d Meia asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, yeah, if what you said is true, she was a clone. We did go to the restaurant after you, she, got back,\u201d Randy stated.\u00a0 \u201cGuess we need to think of another plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, my uncle won\u2019t quit, he\u2019ll continue to try to take over the Alliance and he\u2019ll use any means possible,\u201d Meia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we\u2019ll have to make sure he doesn\u2019t succeed,\u201d Randy said, standing up and heading to the door. He paused looking at her once more, he felt this was Meia but had no real way to know.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou still don\u2019t know if it\u2019s me or not,\u201d she said, surprising him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you could be another clone,\u201d Randy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, I could be, but I\u2019m not,\u201d she said to him. \u201cThen again, that\u2019s exactly what a clone would say as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if people watch what you do more closely,\u201d Randy said before walking out. He had a lot of things to do, but no idea what would happen next.\u00a0 He felt relieved that she was back, and hoped it really was her.<\/p>\n

Deciding to head back to his office he wondered what his father would think about all of this, or his mother. Perhaps this time his mother would join them for dinner.\u00a0 He also felt, somewhere inside, that Meia was the real one this time.\u00a0 Sure the others acted similar, but there was always something different.<\/p>\n

Only thing he knew for sure, the war against the Cimalian empire had yet to end.<\/p>\n

The end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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