chapter I "It all started on a monday morning. It was memorial day. We weren't supposed to work. I got a call form the head department saying that i had to rush to lab, that it was an emergency. When i arrived in the parking lot i couldn't see anything, everything was foggy. As i approached the door handle it got hotter and hotter, “watch out” my husband sayed, as i saw a big shadow pass by in front of me. I couldn't tell what it was. As i approached the heat i heard classical music playing, and in the back i heard a group of familiar voices arguing. “ hello!” i said, everything started getting clear and i saw a person standing in-front of me, she looked just like me. I dropped all my files and ran to my car as fast as I could, i got in the car and yelled " start the car I will explain on the way home" I didn't get to go that far in the laboratory to find out if everything was ok with my colleges. As we drove home to pick up my kids we approached the neighborhood, the farther we got the quitter it was, all you could hear was the car engine and the sound of the wind blowing on the yellow crusty leaves that had fallen from the old trees. A minute later something strange happened, someone ran across the street, she looked familiar, "TURN RIGHT" I yelled to my husband, he took the right turn and we parked as I explained everything to him, "I know her, she's the woman that looks just like me from the science lab, the one from earlier", while I was still explaining something jumped on top of our car... He tried to open the car and a sharp gold scissor went through the top of the car, he closed the door fast and started driving without a thought of where he was going. After 30 minutes drive we finally got home, I asked him to stay in the car as I was opening the car door gently, as soon as I got out of the car I ran to the house and started yelling my kids names, nobody answered, at that moment I felt guilt until I heard a quiet sneeze from the kitchen. I ran to the kitchen and found them standing behind the door and holding cooking pans in their hands, I approached them and comforted them, "I'm here" I told them, as they both cried on my shoulders. we got out as fast as we could and on the way to nowhere they told us that a woman that looks just like me broke into the house and stabbed the baby-sitter with scissors, it was the same woman. everything that was happening was very scaring, people were getting killed. After a while I told my husband I could help him out and be the one behind the wheel for a while, for him to be able to rest, as we were switch sits 4 people came out and attacked each of us, they gave us commands on what we should do , obviously we obeyed them. When we arrived at our destination they told us to turn around and sit, they looked just like all of us (my family), they told us their will and what they were coming for "us".
These people were our duplicates, wanted to take over our lives. There is about a million of them across the country that were produced in less that five hours, they said it will take them a few days for them to get rid of us. As they talked we all stood up and tried to get all of them, we got all of the expect for my duplicate. We ran out of the place, got into the car and drove, as we were driving we turned on the radio to get some updates on what was happening... it got scarier every time I would get updates, but this time it was a different feeling. The cause of this was the chemicals we used to clone people, " it seems like the fan in the lab was left open and all the chemicals flew into the food in the upstairs supermarket, which caused a creation of a new clone whenever someone eats the food" the radio man said. It's all my fault...