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Authors: Kate O'Hearn
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The riddle is this: is that the same woman appearing in all these different locations, or is there more than one?’
‘It is not just Diana,’ Paelen said as he pulled a paper from the scrapbook. ‘It appears I have been up to mischief as well.’ He held up an article with a mug shot of a teenager that looked just like him. The boy was holding up a sign with a series of numbers beneath it. Though the face was Paelen’s, the expression in the eyes was very different. The boy’s eyes were wild and terrified.
Paelen handed the article to Emily. ‘What does this say?’
Emily read the story. ‘It seems this boy was caught after breaking into a chocolate shop. They found him on the floor ravenously eating an entire tray of chocolates. The police caught him and took him to the station. It says the boy never spoke a single word and appeared petrified. After he was booked and photographed, he attacked the guards and managed to escape. One witness said he was super-strong and tossed everyone around like they weighed nothing. He then seemed to squeeze himself through an impossibly small window. They are still looking for him, but think he’s left the area.’
‘I thought that was you in that article,’ Earl said to Paelen. ‘But if it ain’t, then we’re all in a heap of trouble.’
‘I swear it is not I,’ Paelen insisted. ‘Though I must admit, I do like chocolate. But had it been me, I would not have been caught.’
‘Emily, where did that story happen?’ Joel asked.
Emily scanned the article. ‘Las Vegas.’ She looked back up to the wall and the article with the woman who looked like Diana. ‘Where was the jewellery store?’
‘Salt Lake City, Utah,’ Joel read. ‘And this one has Diana in Denver, Colorado. And here is a sighting in Virginia.’
‘We’ve found articles about them from all over,’ Earl said. ‘If they ain’t the real Diana and a Nirad, where are they coming from?’ He looked at Agent T. ‘What CRU facility could be creating clones?’
Agent T shrugged. ‘I don’t know. There are multiple facilities all over this country. We also have several others scattered around the world. Any one of them could be doing it.’
‘Just how big is the CRU?’ Joel asked.
‘It’s massive,’ Agent T answered. ‘It’s larger than the CIA, FBI and FSA, combined.’
Emily sucked in her breath. ‘How is that possible? I don’t understand how they could be so big and no one really knows about them!’
‘That is the way it was set up. I was recruited into the CRU straight from university. They have been around since the nineteen-thirties. They don’t answer to the President or Congress. They are completely self-governing and independent.’
Silence filled the room as everyone tried to digest the new information. Until now, no one had any idea just how large and dangerous the CRU really were. Finally Alexis approached Agent T. She raised herself up on her hind haunches and placed her paws on his shoulders. Her claws were out as she held her furious face centimetres from his. ‘Tell me now. How do we find out which facility is creating these Olympians?’
‘There is only one way I can think of,’ Agent T answered, again meeting the Sphinx’s challenge without fear. ‘We’ve got to find that racehorse. If he is a clone, we will find his owner and demand to know where he got him.’
‘Did you find Tornado Warning?’ Emily asked.
‘Yes and no,’ the ex-CRU agent answered. When the Sphinx released him, he reached for the pages he’d printed. ‘There are countless articles about him. After the win at the Triple Crown, his owner reported that he’s retiring him. Tornado Warning is at his home stables at the Double R Ranch in California. His owner is a man called Rip Russell. He says he’s putting the stallion out to stud.’
‘Stud?’ Emily cried. ‘If he is a clone of Pegasus and they start to breed him …’
‘There could be a lot of winged horses being born,’
‘It is not just Diana,’ Paelen said as he pulled a paper from the scrapbook. ‘It appears I have been up to mischief as well.’ He held up an article with a mug shot of a teenager that looked just like him. The boy was holding up a sign with a series of numbers beneath it. Though the face was Paelen’s, the expression in the eyes was very different. The boy’s eyes were wild and terrified.
Paelen handed the article to Emily. ‘What does this say?’
Emily read the story. ‘It seems this boy was caught after breaking into a chocolate shop. They found him on the floor ravenously eating an entire tray of chocolates. The police caught him and took him to the station. It says the boy never spoke a single word and appeared petrified. After he was booked and photographed, he attacked the guards and managed to escape. One witness said he was super-strong and tossed everyone around like they weighed nothing. He then seemed to squeeze himself through an impossibly small window. They are still looking for him, but think he’s left the area.’
‘I thought that was you in that article,’ Earl said to Paelen. ‘But if it ain’t, then we’re all in a heap of trouble.’
‘I swear it is not I,’ Paelen insisted. ‘Though I must admit, I do like chocolate. But had it been me, I would not have been caught.’
‘Emily, where did that story happen?’ Joel asked.
Emily scanned the article. ‘Las Vegas.’ She looked back up to the wall and the article with the woman who looked like Diana. ‘Where was the jewellery store?’
‘Salt Lake City, Utah,’ Joel read. ‘And this one has Diana in Denver, Colorado. And here is a sighting in Virginia.’
‘We’ve found articles about them from all over,’ Earl said. ‘If they ain’t the real Diana and a Nirad, where are they coming from?’ He looked at Agent T. ‘What CRU facility could be creating clones?’
Agent T shrugged. ‘I don’t know. There are multiple facilities all over this country. We also have several others scattered around the world. Any one of them could be doing it.’
‘Just how big is the CRU?’ Joel asked.
‘It’s massive,’ Agent T answered. ‘It’s larger than the CIA, FBI and FSA, combined.’
Emily sucked in her breath. ‘How is that possible? I don’t understand how they could be so big and no one really knows about them!’
‘That is the way it was set up. I was recruited into the CRU straight from university. They have been around since the nineteen-thirties. They don’t answer to the President or Congress. They are completely self-governing and independent.’
Silence filled the room as everyone tried to digest the new information. Until now, no one had any idea just how large and dangerous the CRU really were. Finally Alexis approached Agent T. She raised herself up on her hind haunches and placed her paws on his shoulders. Her claws were out as she held her furious face centimetres from his. ‘Tell me now. How do we find out which facility is creating these Olympians?’
‘There is only one way I can think of,’ Agent T answered, again meeting the Sphinx’s challenge without fear. ‘We’ve got to find that racehorse. If he is a clone, we will find his owner and demand to know where he got him.’
‘Did you find Tornado Warning?’ Emily asked.
‘Yes and no,’ the ex-CRU agent answered. When the Sphinx released him, he reached for the pages he’d printed. ‘There are countless articles about him. After the win at the Triple Crown, his owner reported that he’s retiring him. Tornado Warning is at his home stables at the Double R Ranch in California. His owner is a man called Rip Russell. He says he’s putting the stallion out to stud.’
‘Stud?’ Emily cried. ‘If he is a clone of Pegasus and they start to breed him …’
‘There could be a lot of winged horses being born,’
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