Chapter 30

GMN 1, 4 and 9 stood starring inside the room. They couldn't pinpoint exactly what shocked them the most. The dead bodies that was scattered inside the room or the fact that their pictures were hung all around the room. On a closer inspection it wasn't actually them but people who were younger and looked very much like them.

"It's her, the girl in my head" GMN-1 said starring at a strange but familiar picture. The girl whose memories she saw. Looking at her picture in hard copy they looked the same except for the patches of skin and maybe age difference.

There were many pictures in the room. Pictures especially of children pinned to almost every wall. GMN-1 took a step inside then another till she was inside the room. She looked at the dead bodies. They have been dead for a long time, some were fresher than the others yet there was no decomposition and the foul stench wasn't to the degree that was expected. Some how these bodies have been preserved perfectly.

"Why does our target have so many dead bodies and what are our pictures doing on the wall? "GMN-9 asked in a small bewildered voice

"You are asking the wrong people" GMN-4 replied looking around

He saw a picture of himself or rather someone that looked so much like him but for some reason he felt he was the one in that picture as if he could remember the day the pictures were taken. This was insane. He thought to himself.

GMN-9 didn't know what to think, he starring at the dead bodies on the ground and then pictures of him on the wall. A very different him. He rubbed his temple as his head threatened to explode. The more he thought about it the more he began seeing the him that was in the photo in his head. No, no, no! This wasn't happening. When GMN-1 said she was seeing a girl that looks so much like her, he had passed her off as irrevocably crazy, now he was the crazy one. One thing though why were there so many pictures of 1?

GMN-4 was asking himself the same question. Most of this pictures seem to be close shots. These pictures were evidence that the girl 1, had been seeing is real or had been real. For all he knew, he didn't know if she was dead but a greater part of him felt she was standing next to him. His head seemed to buzz. Too many things, too many possibilities and he wasn't liking any of them.

GMN-1 moved closer to have a better look of the pictures, not that she couldn't see from where she was but something was pulling her from deep within her mind.

Along with the pictures were newspaper articles, maps, charts, documents, papers, a lot of things either on the tables on the wall and even on the ceiling. She read some of the contents.

'30 children go missing'

'Future is bleak as some of the best young brains vanish into thin air'

'Daughter of world renowned doctors goes missing'

'No news on the missing children- is the government really doing anything'

'Dead bodies found, some still missing'

'Angels or demons- those behind the screen'

And so many more. The picture of all the thirty supposed missing children were pinned on the wall. Amongst the thirty, the nine of them including GMN-8 could be identified or the ones that looked like them were identifiable.

A crazy thought jumped into GMN-9's head. What if there creators sacrificed these children to create them? It sounded plausible somewhat. Oh! He was going insane.

Something else caught her attention. Their target wasn't only researching the missing children but he was also researching some people, groups and organizations. He was very interested in one particular group or organization. 'The order of thirty'. It was like he was trying to decipher who they are and where they were. He seemed to have drawn a connection between the 30 missing children and the order. She couldn't grasp the reason why she felt the order sounded familiar. What she knew was that this was going to need some serious explanation.

"Help me gather these" she said to them as she proceeded to unpin the papers and pictures to arrange them. The other two seem to momentarily snap out and helped her. They arranged them and carried them out. She instructed GMN-9 to take extensive pictures of the dead bodies from every angle possible but most avoid touching them.

Just as they were doing that, GMN-9's computer began to beep. Their target had arrived and just in time. The watched the man staggering thought the lobby and had a hard time believing he was anything decent.

Williams Sampson as he liked to call himself staggered into the lobby. Everyone knew him as a suicidal journalist with a lot of luck. Those who knew his history as a former secret agent perceived him as a man ladened with depression, anger and vengeance and they weren't far from the truth. He had a lot of grievances and scores to settle but unfortunately for him, he didn't know who to carry it out on. He smiled mockingly.

People that saw him, moved the other way because he was known to be aggressive and very troublesome especially in his current state.

He staggered up to the elevator up to his apartment. He put the key in and opened the door. As soon as he opened the door strong arms grabbed him by the collar. Another one? Why won't this people ever learn. He raised his hands to defend and free himself but before he could the hands dragged him inside slamming him forcefully on the wall. This really surprised him. What surprised him more was the person who was able to lift him. No time to waste, he punched the guy on his left ribs. The guy seemed undaunted but very angry. He lifted him up and flung him away. He crashed into his expensive center table and landed at the feet of a... He followed the legs up and stopped at the face. He starred hard.

To say beautiful would seem unfair because to him, she was more. Those gorgeous green eyes focused on him. When he kept staring those eyes narrowed. His starring seemed to infuriate the guy that threw him because the guy picked him up again and threw him to the wall far from the girl who was sitting down on his chair.

Williams managed to pick himself up and marveled at the guys incredible strength. He stood on shaky legs, his body a mass of ache. He took in his apartment, the broken table, the papers that had scattered in the process, the opened safes, his opened secret room, how did they even find it? Aside the gorgeous girl and the beast of a guy there was also another guy who appeared to be younger than the rest. His eyes strayed to the girl again, taking in her hair, her eyes, her nose and mouth that was currently pouting as she contemplated something.

He heard a low growl and saw the beast advancing towards him. It was very obvious he couldn't take this guy so he raised his hands in surrender.

"Easy fella, I get the message." Williams said holding his side.

This target was annoying. First he punched him and then started staring at 1 like she was on display. He was in the mood to kill someone. He better get the message or he would split his skull open and write it on his brain.

The man unconsciously starred at her again. He couldn't help it. GMN-4 picked up the nearest item and launched it at him. It hit the man square on the head. The man swore under his breathe. GMN-9 patted 4 on the shoulder and went to help the man up. Blood was pouring from the cut on his head.

GMN-1 saw the blood and sighed. They were asked to bring this target in alive and even if they weren't they still needed some explanations from this man.

" You have a first aid kit " GMN-1 said the man standing up when the man made no move to get it.

There was something very familiar about her but he tried not to stare this time, that guy was really serious. "Yes in that cupboard over there" he replied

GMN-1 got the first aid kit and made to attend to him, GMN-4 blocked her.

"What are you doing" GMN-4 asked

"Helping fix what you broke" GMN-1 said using his own words but twisting it to suit her

"Why!? " GMN-4 asked almost angry. She didn't understand his problem. He had attacked the man like a new found enemy.

"I need something from him and I need his head especially in a functional state" GMN-1 said ignoring him and going to attend to the man. He wasn't happy but he didn't stop her. His anger was irrational but that did not prevent him from standing guard by her side as she attended to him.

"There" GMN-1 said as she finished.

The man had used this opportunity to stare at her even though he was constantly aware of the beast beside them. She seemed so familiar but somewhat different. She like the others had on a boring ash and cream overall.

She left him sitting down and crossed over to take her previous seat. The beast took a seat beside her. So that was how it was?

"I know you are wondering what we are doing here... "GMN-1 began.

"I have figured that out, you've been sent to kill me" Williams said

"Not quiet. What are these? " GMN-1 gestured to the papers and pictures scattered on the floor. He took one look at the floor and took one look at her and exclaimed

"Hang me! " Williams said, shock the only expression on his face. He slumped back into the chair like a deflated balloon.

"With pleasure" GMN-4 muttered under his breathe. GMN-1 put a hand on his folded arms but didn't look away from Williams.

"Can you explain? Who are these children? " GMN-1 asked patiently, pushing the papers aside to reveal the pictures. Fortunately hers was among the ones on top. The young man stared at her then stared at her like she was stupid.

"Even if I didn't have your IQ, I will still be able to recognize myself in a picture" the man said obviously still in shock.

GMN-1 was startled and then looked at the man like he was the one that was crazy. There maybe a lot of similarities and she meant a lot but there were also differences. That girl wasn't her.

"I noticed we look very much alike that you may mistake us to be the same person. However, I'm more interested in who she is and who they all are" GMN-1 calmly stated

The man felt he was in the middle of the weirdest joke ever. He stared at the girl, not like his previous stares but more like he was trying to figure out what was wrong with her. He had the feeling that she was very serious about not being herself.

"What happened to you? " Williams asked her like she was some sick mentally impaired individual.

Now everyone was feeling this was taking a weird turn. Why was the man acting like the girl in the picture was GMN-1 and that he had known her well.

"Okay let's start over. I'm GMN-1, this is GMN-4 and GMN-9. We saw these pictures and we wanted to know what happened to these children and who they are" GMN-1 said

The man looked at her like she was insane. Did she just address herself with another name. What in the world happened to her? He looked around, he was able to identify the others. What exactly happened to them?

GMN-4 was all for beating up this crazy human to get some answers but then again maybe he was the crazy one. He had the feeling that the girl in that picture was indeed GMN-1 but he didn't know why. He didn't know about the one that looked like him or the others but he could recognize 1 anywhere and that really could be her.

GMN-9 didn't know what exactly to think. It looked so much like them but then again these were humans and they were GMNs. They were created.

"Why did you change your name to Gee-em-en Won?" Williams asked trying to make sense of the whole situation.

"It's G-M-N as in Genetic Modified Non-human" GMN-9 replied

"What non- human, you guys are f**king humans!!!"William exclaimed