Chapter 48
Doc sent them off. She wanted to avoid anything and everything that would jeopardize her plan. She couldn't afford for the Stones' to know she was alive. She paced around in her office deciding what to do. He wanted Timothy, fine she would give him Timothy but he wasn't going to take anything else.
She picked up the phone and called the security team.
"Do you have any sightings of an incoming vehicle?" she asked
"yes ma'am" the person replied
"bring Timothy and meet me at the gate!"
Doc prepared to go out and meet him. She was going to hand him his son who was logically useless to her but keep his daughter. She exited her office, her heels clicking on the floor. The GMNs were her ticket. She also knew if she lost 1, she'd lose them all; most of them anyway. She should have kept them apart but it was already too late. You pull one, you pull all.
Her phone rang and she picked it up without checking who.
"It's me again" the person said immediately as she pressed the answer button.
"witch!" Doc gritted and Silver laughed
"you are about to call me a life saver" Silver sounded very amused
"saver?" Doc asked with dripping sarcasm
"The Stone's are about to drop all over you. I just heard that papa Stone just dispatched everyone at his disposal apparently…" the line went dead and Silver laughed twirling in her chair.
"I told you: if I can't have it, I'll destroy it" Silver muttered to herself
Doc threw the phone on the wall shattering it. She should have known. She screamed in frustration. This was so unfair. Andrew Stone she could handle, the older Stone not even close. She needed to leave. If she was caught here, they wouldn't spare her. She rushed back to her office and grabbed some important things on second thought she placed something on her desk. Silver wasn't the only one who could destroy things, she'll set it ablaze. She grabbed the bronze box. It was a bit heavy. She used the phone in the office and called the head of security.
"Send your best men here, there's been an emergency" she said, grabbing some keys and dragging the box along. She wasn't going to carry it and didn't care about the noise it was making. The head of security and some of his men met her in the hallway.
"We need to get this box to safety!" she said and the head of safety nodded to two of his men who carried the box. It was fairly heavy. She proceeded to lead them down. She had considered the smartest route of escape and it had definitely turned out to be not by air. She led them down to the last floor where she snatched the head of security's communication device and tossed it away, demanding they lose their phones as well. When she was satisfied, she opened the door with the key she had been holding, they entered and she locked the door behind her. This tunnel was built in case they got busted and right now she was busted. She needed to get out safely, get a new phone and see if she could contact the GMNs. If she could do that before they arrived at the facility things would take a favorable turn. Did they get Annabelle Stone? Urgh! This was so complicated! So not what she wanted, but safety first.
Andrew Stone stood outside the huge facilities watching the jets hovering over the facility. He could only think one word. Father!
He had left in a hurry when he got to know the location of Williams. He must not have been thinking straight because he had come here with no plan or anything to defend himself or protect his son. Thank goodness for Old man Stone.
These few years had been hard on them, especially the old man. Learning he had another grandchild seemed like the miracle that revived him. Finding out that his grandchild has been captured by the same people that may or may not have taken his first grandchild was not welcomed. He had threatened every possible person he could.
He just sat there and waited, he didn't need to go inside. They would bring his son out to him. He didn't want to interfere in their operation. He didn't know how long he sat there, probably hours. The resident security refused to give up with a fight but he was sure they would do everything in their power to keep Williams as the one of their men who called him said. Williams was with them.
He saw someone running towards him. He looked panicked. He got a bad feeling about this.
"Dr. Stone, Dr. Stone. Your son…" that was the only thing he needed to hear before he took off in a run towards the facility. This couldn't happen.
He arrived at the scene and his heart clenched. Williams was on the ground seeming unmoving. No! he rushed forward and felt for a pulse. It was there but very weak.
"what happened!?" he asked as he panicked
"Apparently he was injected with something before we got here. It took awhile to react" one of his father's men said, presenting him with a syringe. He brought it to his nose and panicked the most.
"we need to get him help!" Andrew screamed and the men panicked the more. If anything happened to the boy, they would be done for.
"let's get him to the jet" one of them volunteered
"no! it will be too late" Andrew replied, racking his brain for what to do but he came up blank. He was a doctor for darn sake, if he wasn't so emotionally involved.
"there's a medical team on site" another voiced
"medical! Yes! Yes!" Andrew could only say praying that it is not already late.
Hours later, Andrew walked into the room and saw his son sleeping. The operation had been risky but it was successful. They needed to dry the blood from major organs and transfuse more.
His father's men had taken over the facility, rounding up everyone they could find. Old Man Stone had insisted on coming when he heard something happened and Williams couldn't be moved. Although they tried to assure him that it wasn't as bad as it sounded, he was stubborn.
Andrew Stone was glad there was a medical team on site because at that moment he was completely useless. It was like he shut down.
There was a commotion outside and he walked out to find out what it was. He could see one of his father's men rushing towards him.
"a jet has landed on the building and its occupants are fighting their way down here. They are very aggressive leveling anything in their way" the man said
"and they are heading this way" Andrew said looking into the room at his son who was sleeping peacefully. He turned back to the man "make sure they don't get here!"
He instructed them and went to stay with his son. Few minutes later there were gunshots and noise. He was afraid the commotion would wake Williams. He made to go out but Williams stirred and opened his eyes. He sat down again on the chair behind the bed.
"you're awake" Andrew said. Williams nodded and tried to move. "Don't move!" he scolded, giving Williams a sip of water.
"she's here" Williams said after sometime
"Who's here?" Andrew asked confusedly as someone barged into the room.
"sir!" the person said and Andrew turned and pinned him with a glare, couldn't he see… the man looked from Andrew to Williams and then apologized but Williams cut him short.
"What is it? Did you see her?" Williams asked. The other two men were confused about the her he was referring to. The other man looked at Andrew who nodded that he should continue.
"they are not backing down and they seem in a hurry to get here" the man said
"who?" Williams asked
"the group of…em… teenagers" the man replied
"teenagers?" Andrew and Williams asked together but for obviously different reasons. Andrew couldn't believe the people causing this commotion were a bunch of teenagers.
"young adults" the man corrected
"what do they want?" Andrew said at the same time with Williams who said
"don't hurt them!"
"Sir, with all due respect, it seems like we are at a disadvantage here. As to what they want, we're not sure but they seem to be carrying someone and from the looks of it, it's bad" the man said
"and you are stopping them!!!" Williams yelled as much as his voice and strength would allow. The other two men looked at each other confused. Williams made to get up and yank the IV line from his hand.
"Calm down! Where are you going? You are not strong enough!"Andrew prevented him but Williams ignored him turning to the man.
"get them help! Tell your men you are not to touch them!" Williams said. The man looked at Andrew who just nodded. He nodded back and left.
Williams was still trying to get up.
"calm down, they will get help. You are not suppose to be walking now" Andrew said but his son wasn't listening.
"I don't need to walk, I just need to get there" Williams said. After a while Andrew nodded and brought a wheelchair.
The GMNs landed on the airstrip on top of the building despite the commotion. They needed to get her down to the medical team which they hoped were still available despite the commotion. 1 had teetered in and out of consciousness. It was painful to watch. She had been restless on the flight, muttering things to herself. At one point she had pushed everything close to her down struggling to escape something. GMN-3 wanted to give her the sedatives Doc had given them but he didn't want to make matters worse.
"We've got a bit of a situation down there" GMN-9 said before they landed. He had hooked up with the facility server having access to the cameras.
"Can you find the medical team?" GMN-7 asked
"they seem to be held hostage"GMN-9 said
"they are still here that's enough" GMN-4 said
"how do we do this because I don't think they'll let us waltz right in" GMN-9 said
GMN-4 took a deep breath and let it out in a rush.
"7, you'll carry 1. Drop her and…" GMN-4 began but was interrupted.
"I won't" GMN-7 replied before he finished his threat. 4 nodded and continued.
"I'll take the front, 9 you man the cameras and any other thing you can control" GMN-4 said and 9 nodded
"I and 6 will take the rear" GMN-3 said and they all nodded
"What about me?" GMN-5 asked
"we figured you'd like to hang out here alone you know until you get caught or killed" GMN-6 replied
"funny but I'm with him" GMN-5 said pointing behind her with her thumb to 4 who just ignored her.
"Okay let's go!" GMN-4 said
They made their way but the opposition were much and hostile and fresh from battle didn't give them much energy to spare but they were persistent. They avoided killing them since they were humans but soon they became impatient as they weren't being let through. Suddenly a man who seemed like their leader came through, ordering his men to cease fire.
"I was asked to let you through but you'd have to drop your weapons" the man said
"we need to get her medical help!" GMN-4 replied and the man nodded. He dropped his weapons and the others followed. 4 eyed the man waringly planning to rip his head off personally if he tried any funny business. The man saw the look in his eyes and took the hint. He clearly shouldn't underestimate them even without weapons. Whatever they needed to do was clearly important. The man nodded to the men who cleared a part for them. GMN-4 collected 1 from 7.
"Where is the medical team now?" GMN-4 asked 9 and he answered the man said something into his communication device and turned to them.
"they are on standby waiting for you in room…"the man began
"tell your men to clear the way fast!" GMN-4 said and was off before the man could blink the rest followed.
The medical team were already waiting for them and from the look on their face, they knew it was urgent.
"What happened?" the head of the medical team asked. He was the same person that talked to them about the clones.
"she got hit pretty badly" GMN-9 said as they propped 1 on the bed. The medical head instructed the nurses to get cleaning. They needed to know where the blood was coming from.
"I need a bit more detail than that" the head told them
"7, 5, stand guard outside. 9 find out what happened here." GMN-4 said while 3 explained to the medical head.
"Short story, she got into a fight and was beaten badly" GMN-3 said as he followed the man. The man seemed more knowledgeable about them than any other medical head they've had so far.
"I find that hard to believe. It's not like her to lose a fight" the medical head said
"she was injected with something, twice at least the ones I counted" GMN-3 replied
"Now we're talking" the medical head said to 3 then turned and shouted. "I need a blood analysis and full body scan" he turned back to 3 "continue"
"The first one made her irrational. It seem to be infused with some kind of poison"
"get her vitals online. She needs a steady supply of oxygen" the head continued marshaling out orders
"her wounds are not healing!"one of the other doctors said
"she has quite a number of punctures" a nurse called out
"she was stabbed multiple times with the second needle"GMN-3 said
"get me that analysis and a brain scan" the head said and turned to 3 "boy I need all the details I can get"
"When we found her, she was hooked up to some kind of machine" GMN-3 said following the head around. The head stopped.
"What kind of machine are we talking about?" the man asked
"I don't really know but it had tubes and a helmet and screens" GMN-3 tried his best to explain
"I could draw you a picture if that helps" GMN-7 called from outside
"it would, very much" the head replied
"I'll take over" GMN-2 said stepping out
"what else?" the head asked
"I got some things that appeared to have been used on her or may seem useful but I do not know what the are" GMN-3 said
"two of you take them to the lab and help them run analysis" the head said gesturing to 3 and his analyst. They both looked reluctant to leave. "The sooner we find out what they are, the better for her. We are just trying to keep her stable. Right now you are more needed in the lab than here. If we find out what it is we may need to come up with an antidote"
"9 will establish communication lines" GMN-4 said and 3 nodded and left. He needed all the head start he could get.
"4 you need to see this" GMN-9 said, pulling up a feed of Doc escaping with some men and the box. He also showed him a feed of Williams' emergency.
"Give me something on the identity of the men" GMN-4 said and turned to go. He met eyes with the head. The head saw the look in his eyes and said
"I'm not God"
"You better be" GMN-4 said and left. The head sighed this was going to be the test of his career and survival.
"you!" the head said pointing at GMN-6, who walked forward.
"tell me what happened when you saw her" the head requested
"I puked" GMN-6 replied before she could stop herself
"that bad?"
"yeah. She looked bad. She seemed to be in pain"
"pain?"
"yes"
"you do know why I may seem so surprised"
"well, her mom seemed very persuaded and motivated"
Everywhere in the room became quiet and GMN-6 stopped and looked around. After a while the head shouted
"Can you get back to work and save that girl's life and stop listening to gossip! Where is that blood analysis!?"
"Here sir!" one of the nurses showed him. He took it from her and looked it over. He froze. He had to make sure of what he was looking at.
This was very bad!
In all his years of research…This was crazy! He turned to his team. "I want every possible test conducted immediately!" He turned to 6 and saw the panicked look on her face that mirrored the one in his heart. He had forgotten that this one wasn't inclined to human medicine, so he didn't bother explaining. He called a nurse and gave her the report, pointing to some things, he asked her to give it to the people in the lab.
Just then the GMN-7 appeared with the picture of the machine. He looked confused when he didn't see 3 or 4. He handed the picture to the head. He looked it over. He paused again.
"She was hooked on this?" he said, turning the picture. He looked genuinely confused.
They heard GMN-2 talking to someone. He was telling the person to wait until everything was under control. It was when the person spoke that they knew who it was, Williams.
"I just need to make sure she's alright. I just want to see her. I know she has been avoiding me " Williams said
"I have honestly not seen anything as sophisticated as this. Where exactly did you see this?" the head was saying and stopped, that sounded off to him. He just couldn't wrap his head around things.
GMN-7 didn't know how exactly to answer that question. He was distracted by the hurried footsteps he heard from the hallway. It sounded like GMN 3 and 4. He saw them brush past those outside without a second glance. GMN-3 held the paper in his hands.
"We don't know what to do with this!" GMN-3 said waving the file at the head doctor. The head doctor just handed the picture that 7 had drawn and they equally looked more confused. It looked like the machine they saw but seeing all the details they had ignored in their urgency was startling.
"sir!!!" they heard a nurse. All the machines were beeping like crazy.
"what is going on!?" the head doctor asked
"We have no idea!" one of the doctors answered. He was already panicking.
GMN-1 was convulsing seriously, like she was fighting something. Her face contorted in pain or was it unease. They were having a hard time knowing what exactly was going on.
"what is going on?" GMN-2 asked from outside. He could see everyone in the room panicking. GMN-6 came closer to 2.
"We don't know. She just started shaking violently. We can't figure out what the hell is going on. The doctors don't even know"GMN-6 said.
Williams heard her. He knew the person talking, knew the person standing outside. There were only three females and he was seeing two already and she had been referring to a 'her', that would mean…
"No! Tell me she's not the one!" Williams said grabbing the closest person to him who happened to be 5. He grabbed her clothes tightly and she was about to knock him off when 2 stopped her, gently removing William's hand himself. He knew 5 wouldn't be mindful of the strength she would use and from the look of things, Williams was in a weaker state.
Williams grasped 2's hand tightly.
"Where is my sister!?" he asked. The panic was evident. The man behind Williams who had the same color of eyes and jawline with Williams looked more and more confused like he couldn't figure out what was going on.
The commotion inside was still raging. They could hear it like thunder. The tension, anxiety, confusion was seeping out of everyone. Williams started struggling to wheel himself inside but 2 and 5 prevented him.
"Calm down!"Andrew said. By now Williams was screaming on top of his voice.
"Let me in!!!" but as soon as he heard his father's voice he turned.
"save her! You're a doctor, save my sister!" he screamed on top of his voice. He could hear the machines inside having a riot.
"Is there another Doctor outside?" one of doctor asked
"Yes, there was a doctor who had come to rescue his son. He's a renowned doctor, maybe he could help" another doctor said.
The GMNs pieced things together. Apparently the man outside was William's father who also happened to be a doctor. Then things went out of control in the next few seconds.
"You are a doctor" GMN-2 said to confirm the man nodded and said.
"I am. I am Dr. Stone" Andrew said the same time the head doctor said
"Dr. Stone!Let him in!" The head doctor yelled, he had forgotten the man was here.
The GMNs froze. Dr. Stone? another one? They all turned aggressive in an instant. The others noticed the change immediately but couldn't understand why? Whatever the reason, they were desperate.
"Let him in, he just might be able to do something" the head doctor said but they were still frozen.
William turned to his father, pulling his sleeves and pleaded.
"Please save my Sister! Save Rosetta!"
There was a strange pause. These kids actually had names. Some started to wonder. Previously these kids were not treated as humans. They looked like humans but were extraordinary. If this girl was his sister that would mean…
"Wait, wasn't his missing daughter named Rosetta!" one of the doctors blurted out before she could help herself.
The entire room froze, even Williams stopped at the coldness inside. The only thing heard was the crazy machines.
The medical team were in shock. If the girl was Rosetta and that young man's sister that would mean she is Rosetta Stone! Dr. Andrew Stone's dead daughter!
If the GMNs were frozen before, they became lifeless. They hadn't pieced that part together. They had assumed that the man was another Stone. They didn't consider that the man could actually be her father. Her real name was Rosetta!
The most shocked person there was Andrew. He didn't believe this, couldn't believe this. His daughter!? Like in a trance, he pushed past the people that had been restricting them and they didn't put up resistance. They looked as shocked as he was. He walked towards the bed as the other just stared at him. He walked closer and looked at the figure fighting for her life. His heart clenched furiously and darkness welcomed.
Watching the renowned doctor drop to the ground in a faint at the sight of his own daughter knocked most people out of their haze.
"Dr. Stone! Dr. Stone!" echoed everywhere. He was their hope.
The head shook GMN-4 hard. 4 was in a trance. This was her father? There was no way he wouldn't know what his wife had been up to. Rage!
"do something!" the head shouted at him.
Like lightning, GMN-4 grabbed the unconscious man by his neck and pinned it to the floor wanting to snap his neck. This jolted every other GMN. They rushed him, trying to pull him off the man without causing any damage but 4 wasn't letting go. He seemed to be gradually strangling the man like he wanted to take his time killing the man, like he wanted to savor the killing.
"4! 4!" GMN-2 tried to pull him away from the man while 3 tried to extricate the man from his hands but they weren't making any headway.
"guys! His eyes!" GMN-5 called their attention. They looked up at his eyes.
"oh sh*t!" GMN-6 blurted out without thinking. His eyes were red. Like 'life blood' dark red. What shocked them more was that he appeared to be smiling. The smile was humorless, bone chilling deadly.
This was going to get irrevocable pretty soon. No time to waste.
"5, 6 try to get Stone out. 7 help 2 pull him off. I don't care if you fling him across the room" GMN-3 said, trying to extricate 4's fingers from the man's neck. It was a tough struggle but they succeeded. 3 got his fingers away from the man and pushed him. GMN-4 and those pulling him stumbled backwards. GMN-4 got up with incredible speed and charged for the man but the 3 and other male GMNs tackled him to the ground.
"9 get water!" GMN-6 hollered at GMN-9 who sat on his seat facing the commotion without even blinking. He had been like this since he heard the name of the man.
"9!!!" GMN-5 hollered getting his attention. He startled to reality and looked even more confused than he was before they startled him. "Get cold water!"
"We need to wake him up fast!" GMN-6 and 9 was out before she finished.
The medical team and Williams were staring mouth open. They had even forgotten what they were doing. The escalation of the machine noise brought them all back. This was going out of hand. She was getting worse.
"Give me a recent scan!" the head roared.
"4! Listen to me! We need to save her! You can't kill him! He may be the only one that can save her!" GMN-3 said but 4 was not paying attention. He just tossed them aside like yesterday's trash and walked with purpose towards the still unconscious man.
7 seemed to have dislocated his shoulder. Man! That guy was strong.
They needed to get through to him before he screwed himself and them all over by killing who might be their only chance to save her. Her, GMN-1.
"4! 1 is dying!" that got his attention. He stopped. GMN-3 continued. "She's dying 4! 1 is dying and she needs his help!"
GMN-4 turned. They could see his eyes flickering. They finally settled back to their original color. He looked towards where 1 was lying. It was then that they noticed the annoying beeps had stopped. GMN-3 headed over there while 4 looked around disoriented.
GMN-9 came back with a bucket of ice cold water and upturned it on the man. The temperature shock jolted the man awake. He spluttered trying to get rid of the unwanted water that got into his system. When he finally did, he began muttering to himself.
"it's not possible! It can't be!"
GMN-4 was already standing in front of him and grabbed the man up by his neck. He had the uncontrollabe urge to finish what he started by he needed the man to save 1.
"i don't care what you think! Save her so I can kill you!" the man looked at 4 then starred back in shock and fear. GMN-4 dropped the man back on his feet. Andrew looked around. He could feel anoher faint.
"Hey Mister, faint again without saving my girl and you'll wake up on the other side" GMN-6 said. She felt her hairs stand but ignored it.
"easy! He just found out that his daughter is alive!" Williams said wheeling himself
"don't care! Better get him to cooperate or I can't guarantee your own safety!" GMN-6 said handing him the papers 9 had retrieved. 9 was still quiet functioning like a robot. He didn't look so okay but then again neither of them did.
There was a deafening sound.
"she's gone!!??" they heard GMN-3 scream holding the head doctor by the collar of his lab coat.
"what!!!???" all the GMNs including Williams hollered.
The GMNs were already at the spot and starred down at the empty bed.
Where the hell was she!?