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Saturday 1 December 2007

My Trip.... To Nowhere - Chapter Seven

"Whats your name?" I asked the boy I was talking to.

He looked at me for a few seconds, then said, "Rio. Yours?"

"Tom."

"Nicky." The girl said.

The others in the cell looked up, and all said their names,

"Josh."

"Allison."

"Richard."

I nodded to all after they said their names. Then I asked the question that was bugging me.

"What are we being used for?"

Rio looked at me darkly. "It's best for you not to know."

I continued looking at him, until he sighed and glanced at the others. "Ever heard of clones?"

Then it hit me. The bright white light. The beeping noise. The other Tom. My so called 'Other-Half.' I started to back to the back of my cell.

"No... no way..." I kept saying. I reached the back of the wall, and leaned against it. "Oh my god..." I covered my face with my hands. I can't believe it. There are people... people cloning us. Cloning us? What for? This can't be happening. Why? Why are they doing this?

All this time Rio was looking at me, with an expression of sympathy.

"They cloned us. They made a better version of us. A more... helpful version... polite, extremely clever, and disciplined." Rio continued.

"But... why?" I asked, from the shadows at the back of my cell.

"The person who is behind this - no one has actually seen him or her - wants the world to be full of perfect people. Perfect... everything for a perfect world. Perfect for him."

"Thats a bit..." I struggled to find the right words. "...obssessive."

I saw Rio nod.

I didn't know what else to say. I slowly walked to my 'bed'. I sat down at the edge, and faced everyone else.

Nicky looked at me. I looked back at her. I was lost for words. She smiled at me slightly. So slight I barely noticed. But I did. I felt slightly comforted, but I looked away.

"Why am I in a different cell to all of you?" I asked.

"Probably because they were worried what will happen if you were with us." Rio shrugged. I felt his eyes looking at me, although I didn't look up to see."They might move you here sometime though."

I nodded. It was less of a shock now, that Rio told me they were cloning us, but it was still a shock nevertheless.

I made up my mind, we will escape... soon. I didn't know when, but I knew, somehow, that we all will escape. But it seemed... too soon, for Rio then said in a low voice,

"I have a plan."

I looked up at him. I thought I hadn't heard him properly. He was smiling at me. It was a slightly mysterious smile, and shrewd. His eyes were cunning.


TO BE CONTINUED....