"*Cough...cough*...guys, what is this plant you brought in? Look what it's done to me!" Megan said as she pulled herself up on the desk next to her, clearing her throat. Jim motioned to the clone to hide in the closet, and the duplicate duly complied. Thankfully, the original didn't see or hear a naked double sprint across the room and slide into the wardrobe. As Megan turned to face Jim, the Melissa clone slipped behind "her" room-mate, brought out the chloroform from her pocket and soaked the cloth in her other hand.
"Where did you...?" Megan couldn't finish the sentence as the cloth covered her face, and soon the botanist lay, KO'd on the floor. Melissa picked up "her" uncounscious freind and lay her in the adjoining bathroom.
Ushering the other Megan out of the closet, Jim pointed towards the flowering plant and asked the nature enthusiast what this was, and what were the "possibilities"...being a pod person, surely Megan would know what this meant. Just after he asked this, the girl's eyes rolled back into her head, and as they did so, she spoke
"It's a breeding plant, Master, designed by my race to imitate the inhabitants of a planet, usually the highest-ranking officials in countries, as so not to raise alarm towards our species. Our race finds it a lot easier if the people of prospective planets are not intimidated by our appearance, so we choose to look like you. Well...not just look, but we nearly become the person we choose to copy. It makes it easier, rather than having to learn everything that is needed to be known. "
After speaking this, her eyes rolled back, and she blinked a few times.
"What just happened then, Jim? I must have lost a bit of time there...that's a nice plant, may i examine it?"
Jim grabbed the double's shoulder as she began to move towards it. He knew what would happen if she did, and there wasn't time for this again.
"I don't think it's best for you to look at it.."
"Megan" shrugged and sat down on the bed. She looked exhausted, but a rustling noise from the plant was enough to keep ehr awake. All people in the room watch the soil beneath the plant shudder and quake, before about three egg-shaped pods formd on the surface of the dirt.
Thu Dec 30 07:27:21 2004