Chapter 58

This was very disturbing. They didn't know much about Rosetta and the GMN-1 they knew seemed to have vanished.

GMN-3 turned to 6.

"You checked her room, anything?" GMN-3 asked

"Nope. She lives like she's not living there. Nothing of sentimental value and certainly no clue" GMN-6 replied

"The last few days before that cursed mission, she hung out with you two a lot," GMN-4 said pointing at GMN 3 and 7. The accusation was Bryant in his voice.

"We were busy" GMN-3 replied

"I could tell," GMN-4 said sarcastically.

"Busy doing what exactly?" GMN-6 asked suspiciously

GMN-3 had to pause before answering.

"We noticed something unusual so she was helping me figure it out. Then..." GMN-3 stopped suddenly and starred. He took off before anyone could ask him any questions.

GMN-4 found it very suspicious and followed and so did the rest leaving the old man and Williams with the head doctor

The head doctor shook his head. It always came down to this, he thought, and called for help.

The other GMNs followed 3 and 4 and hoped that whatever it was, was relevant.

They found him searching for something. He was scanning through papers and flinging them away, frantically searching for something. When he didn't find it in that pile he went over to another.

Although curiosity was eating at their nerves, they quietly watched him search like a maniac. Finally, he found what he was looking for. He pulled out a paper from the file and scanned it. GMN-5 scooted closer to the peep. GMN-6 joined her, curiosity getting the best of her.

"This handwriting is terrible. GMN-1 needs to improve her penmanship" GMN-5 muttered

"Most doctors have terrible handwriting. It's like an unspoken rule" GMN-6 said sarcastically

"It's stereotype" GMN-2 countered

"Makes no difference," GMN-6 said drily

"It's mine," GMN-3 said offhandedly

"Still, makes no difference," GMN-6 replied drily. GMN-3 shook his head and proceeded to ignore them. He lay the file on the table and began to scan each paper. It was like he was looking for a particular paper. He then lifted a bunch.

"These!" He exclaimed

GMN-2 stepped forward and collected some from 3 and scanned through.

"What exactly is this?" He asked

"Some of her research" GMN-3 replied

"I figured from the gibberish. I'm asking for an explanation in plain English" GMN-2 said

"We figured something was up so in the process of finding out, we collected samples. While I focused on the problem at hand, she became extremely busy. She would stay up for days at a stretch. I suspected she was having insomnia, the mares were persistent but she kept on working on something. Sometimes I would glance at what she was doing but I was occupied with mine. She was occupied with hers and only offered pointers. Whatever she was working on was important and difficult from the way she frequently wanted to blow something up." GMN-3 stated

"What has it got to do with anything? Summary please" GMN-6 asked

"One time when she was so frustrated she blurted out "stupid genetic codes". I got curious, I mean is not every time you get a reaction from her. She tried to explain, she mentioned something about continuous evolution or something but I was so lost I decided to let her be hoping she would tell us when she was done. Seeing that is not the case, maybe we could make sense of what she left" GMN-3 concluded

"And you are sure this is going to be helpful?" GMN-5 asked

"When has she done anything that wasn't helpful?" GMN-6 corked an eyebrow and 5 shrugged.

"Problem is, these are some advanced stuff," GMN-3 said still bringing out some papers and looking them over. " I don't think she had the time to conclude but I might need help to understand where she got to. Sometimes I wonder how she understands these, this is so advanced and novel..."

"She's wicked smart, that's how" GMN-6 stated

"You don't need to tell me, and versatile too" GMN-9 added and they turned to look at him. "Have you seen her crack codes before?" He asked them at their silence he continued. "It was scary, she just dismantled the whole thing, her algorithms are so, so out of this world" he shuddered "dangerous! Sometimes I think she's better than me"

"What did you expect? Her parents are mad scientists" GMN-2 stated and GMN-5 laughed

"She has the mad locked down tight" GMN-5 said when they all looked at her she shrugged. "I couldn't resist. You know I used to envy her but after meeting her parents, nah! Not anymore"

"You sure? Cause envy is your first nature" like GMN-5, GMN-6 couldn't resist

"We are going off base here!" GMN-4 said

"You have the papers, we just need to recruit Dr. Stone and hopefully we'll make headway. We also need to make plans for alternative accommodation. A lot of things have happened here to draw attention. Even if they didn't, we won't be safe for long. We don't know what is going on." GMN-2 said

"Doc or Silver may have ratted the facility out. They won't care who they trample in their quest for power"GMN-5 stated.

GMN-4 massaged his temple with four fingertips and took a deep breath.

"Three urgent things. 1. Finding alternative accommodation. 2. Finding GMN-1..."GMN-4 began

"Rosetta" GMN-5 interrupted

"Whichever and 3. deciphering whatever that is." GMN-4 finished

"Why did you move finding her to number 2?" GMN-6 asked. GMN-4 moved his fingers to his forehead, and the stress was evident. The need to find her was in truth more urgent to him but he didn't want to be selfish. According to the files gotten from Doc's office, he was the eldest before things went South. Somehow he felt responsible for them at least until they got their memories and identities back. However absurd it was, he was technically responsible for six other people.

"Dead people don't find missing persons" was GMN-4's simple reply

"Works for me. So how do we find a new place, that's this big and safe?" GMN-5 asked

"We need lots of things and we don't have the physical means" GMN-9 stated

"Maybe we could ask the head doctor," GMN-6 said

"Yeah, he probably has a house this big lying around" GMN-5 replied sarcastically

The entire room was quiet. As it stood they could be in immediate danger and needed to move as soon as possible. With no ties to the outside world and no memories to draw upon, there were only three adults with means who knew about them and two of them were Stones. The head doctor may not be buoyant enough to offer help and they were not sure if they could trust any of them aside from these walls.

"The most viable option might be to ask the stones," GMN-2 said grimly

GMN-4 was glad that he wasn't the only one who thought so. It was obvious it wasn't the most preferred but they had to start somewhere.

"So it's come down to asking the very people that destroyed outlives for help, what a cruel twist," GMN-5 said

"I don't think the older Mr. Stone had anything to do with this" GMN-2 stated

"Don't we have any other alternative?" GMN-7 asked

"We might if you knew someone" GMN-2 replied

"Wait a minute. I do know someone or I did, depending on if he remembers" GMN-6 said

"Who?" GMN-3 asked, there was an edge to his voice. The rest looked between the both of them and finally gave 6 their attention. GMN-6 ignored 3 and his question. She turned to GMN-9.

"I need to communicate with someone..." She said with a sly smile

"Ok?" GMN-9 said unsure. He looked at the rest but they wore blank looks

"... through a very secure link, better if he could see me. Can you make that happen?" GMN-6 asked

"Why does he have to see you!?" GMN-3 asked

"Of course!" GMN-9 said

"You sure we can trust this 'he', whoever he is?" GMN-2 asked

"I'll let you be the judge. I hope he can help or we are stuck with the Stones" GMN-6 said

"Ok, let's do this now. 3 check on the older Stone. We might need him as backup" GMN-4 said

GMN-3 looked like he was about to say something but decided against it and left the room without the file. He would deal with that later. The others looked at his retreating back and then at GMN-6 who acted like she had no part in that. What exactly did she do?

"Ok!" GMN-6 said with a clap of her hand. "Let's do this"

GMN-9 led them to the common room, hooked up his devices, and set to work.

"I'm going to hook up to the laptop and we'll see him on the TV," GMN-9 said

"Just do your thing" GMN-6 replied

GMN-3 stepped in. There was no way he was missing this. The rest looked at him.

"He's still out cold but stable" was the only thing he said. They just nodded and turned to the task at hand.

"I have a secured connection so who are we communicating with?" GMN-9 asked

GMN-6 dipped her hand into the neckline of her clothes and pulled out a card. It looked high quality and important. She handed the card to 9.

"You do carry that around?" GMN-5 asked and 6 again, just shrugged.

9 got the details he wanted and handed the card to 4 who looked it over and passed it. When it got to 5, she looked it over.

"Wow! For once I'm impressed by you. Where did you catch him?" GMN-5 said the catch like the person was a rare animal.

"Solo mission" GMN-6 answered. GMN-5 frowned a little.

"Done. You could probably send him a text or something, you know, to prepare him" GMN-9 said. GMN-6 gave a sly smile and replied

"Sure"

She sent him a message