Chapter 6: The New Man

Roi's Pov:

Paying a debt was hard and right now I was paying a lot. Ever since I promised Liam that I'd do anything if he had helped me, I'd been getting weird tasks and assignments. But I just tell myself to get them over with. That way I can get home and make dinner and then go to bed. Honestly I was a bit exhausted and with all of the construction still going on I was ready to straight up fall out. But perhaps that's because I didn't really take time off to get some rest like Lyle and Anna.

I was getting dinner done when I heard the doorbell. I turned down the heat on the food and then grabbed Eloise. I placed her on my hip and I headed for the door.

"Who is it?!" I called. I knew Dean was supposed to come over to help fix the faucet but you never know with me being in the house alone. I was invited to Lyle's in fact it was planned but I changed my mind. The last time I wanted to move was when my house was finished. It wasn't fair to Benjamin or Eloise to keep packing and moving all over the place. When I didn't hear anything, I looked through the peephole then opened the door. As soon as I opened the door I closed the door. Why was he outside of my house? I erased my thoughts and opened the door again.

"Well I didn't know you hated seeing me that much."

"What do you want?"

"I just wanted to see where you were. I checked at the first address but you weren't there. Then I drove up to a big house and I got directions that you were here." Liam was dressed in an entirely black suit with a few buttons of his shirt loose.

"Where I live isn't none of your beeswax."

"Sure it's not. Let me in Roi." He sighed. I turned around and walked into my house. He closed the door behind him.

"Nice place you got here."

"Thanks." I sighed. I turned to face him. He looked me up and down and then his eyes settled on Eloise as she played with one of my curls.

"Who's this sweetheart?" He asked.

"This is my daughter Eloise."

"Mommy!" I heard through the baby monitor on the counter. I shook my head and walked to the monitor. Ben was a bit sick. I think he caught a cold which was a shock to me since he's been altered. But I suppose the kids were more human than any of us so it made sense.

"I'm sorry would you excuse me for a moment." I said.

"Yeah no prob." I went up the stairs and opened Ben's room.

"How are you feeling baby?"

"Mmaaaaaah!" He cried. I put Eloise down and consoled Ben.

"Come on. Mommy made you something good to eat." I said. "You hungry?" Ben nodded his head and got out of bed. I picked up Eloise and held Ben's hand as we walked back down the stairs.

"Now Ben, this is Mr. Liam. I know you don't feel well but say hi for me?" Ben said hi and then leaned forward and walked towards Liam. He leaned against Liam's leg and held his hands out.

"Oh no Ben-"

"It's okay. It's not like we get sick often." Liam said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. It's not a big problem. Relax Roi."

"So why are you really here sir?" I shook my head. I placed Eloise back in her high chair and then turned off the stove.

"I wanted to see where you were. But I was also here to say you are doing well on your missions. I'm very pleased with all that you have done for me."

"Thanks. You did save my family."

"So Roi. Tell me more about yourself?"

Liam's Pov:

Going to see her was a totally rash decision. I just knew that I needed a bit of escape and wondered what she was doing. I didn't expect that she would have kids. We usually don't have kids. We might have the functioning body parts but as far as to get someone pregnant, or for us to be pregnant it wasn't possible.

"Um…" Roi hummed. She looked uncomfortable. As she took out a few bowls.

"There's not much to tell."

"I'm sure there's plenty. Let's start with eggs. How do you like your eggs?"

"Sunny side up?"

"Do you cook often?"

"Yes. I don't believe in consistent take out."

"How many times do you train?"

"Everyday three hours before the kids have to get up and more like a work out session once they're put to bed."

"Can you reproduce?" She sighed.

"I'm not sure. They were unclear of my ability."

"Sorry to get personal but when you introduced me to the kids I thought-"

"They're adopted." She said quickly.

"Oh?" That shocked me. It was unlike her to do something like that. So emotional and moving.

"Do you like playing cards?" I asked.

"Poker." She said.

"Maybe one day you and me can play even though I prefer chess, I'm not bad at poker either."

"You? Play chess?" She asked back with a snort. "Like I believe that." She rolled her eyes and I found it sexy. Ben coughed and didn't make an effort to cover. The little boy glared up at me and you can see that he really wasn't feeling well but he also had those wheels turning in his mind.

"Ben, remember what mommy taught you?" He removed his glare and took his arm and slung it over his mouth. "That's right. Do the batman kid."

"Yes Mommy." He sniffled with a sickly weak chuckle. Roi smiled and went back to fixing the bowls of what she made. Then Ben went right back to glaring at me before looking away and settling on my lap. The kid had a good stink eye that's for sure. When dinner was served Roi fed Eloise and Ben ate on my lap.

"Ah!" Roi opened her mouth and Eloise then reciprocated allowing Roi to feed her the food. I find myself more interested in Roi the more the evening went on. She was a caring individual and she can cook her fat ass off. She liked to be comfortable, which I can see from her attire and she was a smart strategist.

"If you had one goal for people like us what would it be?" I asked and she got up and took a cake out of the fridge. She cut a slice and then looked at me.

"No thanks. I don't do sweets." But that could be why she's so thick. Just damn she was hot. It doesn't help that her mind is hot too. I always found smart girls more sexy but there was something about Roi that was just even more likeable. I wanted all of her. But I don't know if I should take the phrase 'anything' to that extent.

"Well to answer your question it would be to finally be happy. I think to do that we have to take care of the admin."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Get rid of admin. Destroy it. Then we use the research to further ourselves. We would be able to live in our own little community and feel more, sexually reproduce. I want us to be free people. Totally and utterly free." She said.

"I was hoping you'd say that."

"Why?" I ran a soothing hand over her shoulder and then let my hand fall on her soft neck.

"I'm defective. You know that right? I feel too many things that I shouldn't. But I've managed to save hundreds of us. There are things you don't know about the administration. Basically I want you to help me."

"That makes no sense."

"I want you to help me in getting rid of the administration. For the sake that I feel too much."

"I've always been working on getting rid of the administration but every time I get close enough there is something in the way."

"Check your troops." She said.

"I have. All clean."

"Trust me there is always a rat somewhere. Just have to force him out."

"Maybe." I said.

"So is there anything else you want to talk about?" She asked. Stretching and I wanted to run my hand over her breast. She wasn't wearing a bra and did she care about her nipples poking through her shirt? Nope.

"Well one more thing. Come over tomorrow. I'll cook. You can bring the kids and we can play a game or two of chess or poker."

"So you just want me to come over to play poker?"

"Either that or I can come over here. But you're cooking." I said.

"I can't." She shot me down in 2.5 seconds.

"I have a job tomorrow. Surely you understand?"

"I don't think you do. But for the sake of argument sure I get it."

"Alright. Well I have to put the kids to bed."

"I think I've stayed my welcome." I got up and looked at her. She finished her bite of cake and then got up to follow me out.

"Thanks for allowing me into your home tonight. I enjoyed getting to see you." I winked at her and she just blinked at me with a stoic expression. This really got me aroused. If I stayed any longer I would have jumped her bones.

"Night." Her sexy self stood at the door and she watched me get in my car and I took a moment to memorize her curves.

"Night, Roi." I said back and I backed out of her driveway and down the road. My phone rang while I was leaving her place and I answered.

"Yes?" I spoke smoothly.

"Hey are you at home?" Ned spoke.

"No. Why?"

"I have someone here asking for you. I think you're going to be on a ride with this one."

"Keep them occupied. I'll be there within the hour."

"Alright." He hung up and I smiled. I thought back to Roi and that turned into a smirk. What other problem has she caused now?

When I got home Ned met up with me as I walked through to my office. "Listen Liam, I don't know why they would be here but they seem to be adamant on finding Roi."

"Don't worry Ned. I'll handle it. I always do." I stepped into my office and smiled at the family of four. First I noticed Roi's original. She was heavily pregnant and looking a bit worried. Roi looked the most like her original. Usually we have slight differences. I will have to say we do have the better looks in my opinion. But these differences are so small. If we lived exactly how our originals do we would look exactly alike. But since we don't we were often easy to tell apart.

I looked at Roi's mother and I saw the resemblance easily. Her mother was just an older version of her. Now her father was a good looking man. He was tall, had a strong build and white. Very white. Like vampire white. I ignored the other man in the room. He wasn't here for Roi. He was here for Roi's sister so he didn't concern me.

"You must be Roi's family. My name is Liam Samuels. It's nice to meet you all. Sorry for the wait but I had something to do."

"I'm Jon Collis. This is my wife Yani, my daughter Ria, and her husband Tyrone." The silver fox said. I stretched my hand out and shook each of their hands.

"So you want to find Roi?" I said getting straight to business.

"It's important." Her sister urged.

"Ria-" I put my hand up interrupting him.

"Let her speak."

"Thank you. I made a mistake. I should have said something then and there and I didn't. Roi and I were close and I should have just granted her freedom. But I was confused and distraught. So when we got word that she was with you we didn't want to wait."

"Do you understand how reckless this is?" I pounced. Her sister irritated me already. She was so naive and she didn't think things through.

"How? Roi should be fine now. I did tell them to let her go. I don't know why she's hiding? Just tell me where she is." She pleaded.

"You don't know what you're dealing with. Roi is your decoy. The most advanced decoy the administration has ever created. If Roi was to go independent she would always be targeted by the administration. Your word meant nothing. In the end she was still tagged because of your silence and she would have been tagged anyways."

"What's being tagged?" I pulled out her tag from the drawer.

"That's a tag. They install this in the center of the chest and from then we only have a certain amount of time before we are terminated. As in this is what kills us. If our bodies aren't too damaged then we will be taken back as models and used for testing. If our bodies are damaged well then there is no guarantee of seeing another day."

"Oh! Is Roi at the administration? That's what happened?"

"No. Sweetheart, you should do your research before going into someone's territory. Why would Roi go to them? If she did you would never see her again anyways. So the fact that you're here with me should tell you a lot about your copy."

"She's not my copy. She's my sister and she really needs to be back at home with us."

"I understand your concern sweetheart. But being here only makes things worse for Roi. I bet you're being tracked right now." Her mother spoke.

"We've checked many times. I'm pretty sure we're not being tracked."

"Ned."

"Yes boss?"

"Have them thoroughly checked."

"Yes sir." Ned shook his head on his way out. How did Roi deal with this her whole entire life?

"There is no need to do that sir!" Mr. Collis stood up looking outraged. I narrowed my eyes at him. He raged on for far too long and even went as far as to berate his daughter which made her cry and her husband wasn't really stepping in and stopping the situation. I signaled for guards to come. I know rats when I see them. My men came in and I pointed to the two men.

"What? Where are you taking him?" Ria cried.

"I'm sorry Ria." Tyrone stated and they were taken from my sights.

"Bring them back! They didn't do anything."

"I know a rat when I see them." I spoke.

"But-"

"Be quiet and sit down." I ordered and Ria's eyes went wide before sitting down. Probably because mine were red.

"By coming here you put all of us in danger. Please know that I love my people and I protect my people."

"If you cared about Roi you would let her come home." The mother sniffled.

"If Roi wants to that's fine. But right now I think she is happy where she is with her brother and sister."

"What does he mean by his people?" Ria asked and even her mother face palmed with frustration.

"He's one of them. He's a copy. A clone." Her mother sighed.

"Oh…"

"You're lucky darling. Very lucky." Ria pulled herself together and when she did I continued. "See she knows many people that can help her. But you're lucky she fell into my hands. If I didn't rip this thing out of her the moment I did she would've died although I think something else would've happened."

"Like what?"

"I think she would've went berserk."

"As in-"

"Rogue. You could've said goodbye to the Roi you knew and hopefully even though I doubt it, loved? Roi would've been in kill mode. But we are trained to kill as much as we are trained to go. It's an instinct for us copies."

"Are you saying that Roi is dangerous?"

"We all are. We just know how to control it."

"Roi wouldn't hurt me. I'm sure of it." Ria said.

"No. She wouldn't." I confirmed.

"I'm going to call it a night." I said.

"That's it! We're supposed to leave!"

"No you will spend the night. Your phones will be collected and destroyed and you will see Roi when I feel she is ready to see you." Ned came back to the room.

"Get them situated in their rooms. I want them in the north sector away from here."

"Yes sir."

"Good."

"Try to get some rest ladies." I walked out of the room and then walked down to my personal dungeon. I walked to the cell where I could smell fresh fear. I entered and sat down.

"Either you guys are going to tell me your motives or there will be consequences." I said. The old man spat in my direction and Ria's husband looked like he was about to piss his pants.

"Roi ain't your concern."

"She is very much my concern. I get what I want and I want Roi. Besides, I run a very smooth operation here. I won't fuck it up." I got up and laughed. Tonight was about to be fun. I watched the old man flinch in fear. I was very livid. I wanted blood. I actually had a taste for it.