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young adult with an attractive teenage girl for company. Bullets whizzed past them a few seconds after they had jumped. He looked very intensely at Stella. “Don’t get frisky. Her dad knows,” she said. Before the young man could say anything, they jumped onto the ground. More bullets followed them. But they all seemed to be a few seconds late as if she anticipated their moves.
    They walked briskly down the block moving in and out of shops until they reached a huge department store with a large display of mannequins advertising everything from clothes and accessories.
    He sensed what she was thinking.
    “That’s right we’re going to be mannequins. This place will be swarming very soon with those goons.” They walked casually in like a young loving couple towards the window display and very quickly she went through an opening on the side pulling him in not a moment too soon as the first backup team rushed in. They took beanies from the other mannequins. They were in a display of mountain climbing equipment. She stood deathly still in front while Ryan stood behind her almost as if he was an appendage to the star attraction! A bald man with jowls and heavyset eyes that were filled with lustful longing looked at her from outside. She tried to frighten him by gazing fiercely. That made him hornier. At one point she lifted one of her legs in the posture of one of the other mannequins and the man almost fainted. He looked transfixed as he hugged the glass display. It seemed like he was going to unhitch his pants and rub himself on the glass. From the corner of his eyes, Ryan nervously watched the BC security team scan the area and then move off in the opposite direction. Just as he was hyperventilating, Stella gave an almighty kick to the glass display. The bald man stumbled inwards in shock and landed amongst the other window displays. She walked out almost instantly like a rare bird being freed from its glass cage holding an incredulous Ryan by the hand and smiling benignly at passersby.
    A mini security drone went to check the broken glass and she held Ryan in a lovers embrace amongst the crowd. Their faces were partially obscured by the beanies. As it went overhead, she kissed him as they continued walking like frisky lovers in a hurry to find a room. The security detail surmised that the man had been infatuated with the mannequins and had broken the glass. Later there would be a routine check of the security cameras but by then they would have moved further away.
    Ryan looked smitten after the whirlwind kiss. “This has changed my whole outlook on clones.”
    “You’re not thinking of making me number 9, are you?” They both laughed.
    He suddenly realized what was happening. She knew what was going to happen before it happened.
    “Not quite true,” she corrected him as if reading his thoughts. “There are always two main options in any given event. We’re lucky that the options are currently in our favor.”
    She went from one block to another doubling back and then going forward in directions that seemed random. Ryan couldn’t help feeling impressed and just hoped there would be more intimate options.
    “We will run out of options at some point. That usually happens.”
    “The only option I’d really love is to follow you around,” he smiled.
    “Don’t wish for something you don’t know. It’s going to get nasty,” she said drily. “We have to go back to Mason. He will help us get back into the BC clone facility.” She explained Mason’s role.
    “But that’s going to be suicidal!”
    “With Sofia helping us we should get in.”

Chapter 8: Art entry
    Mason had finished work late one evening and as he walked through the immense foyer, the flashes of color bombarded him again.
    It was a moment of déjàvu. He saw himself walking on the street as Stella followed him. This time he was calm, a quiet rage sustaining him not to fall into the same trap he had committed before the accident where he had