Detective Katherine Krieg studied the body of John Doe. She ignored the
crime scene unit as they fluttered around her. The man appeared to be in
his early thirties with short red hair. Cause of death resulting from
the bullet wound on his left side.
There were faint bruise marks around his throat.

Peter came to stand next to her,"All of Daniels things are gone.
Landlady said he payed in advance."
Katherine shook her head as she folded her arms across her
chest,"Daniels didn't kill this guy."
"I agree its really stupid to kill a person in a room registered in your
name and not bother to clean up the mess,"Peter replied,"But we're
assuming Daniels's is playing with a full deck. His girlfriend's
missing, probably dead and he wants revenge."

"This whole mess doesn't add up."Krieg said as she grabbed one of the
techs by the elbow as he passed by,"I want blood tests done on John Doe,
STAT."
The tech nodded and quickly moved forward to get a blood sample.
Peter stared at her,"What good is a blood test......wait a minute you
think Doe here is one of those new species?"
Krieg nodded,"Its the only thing that makes sense,Peter. Parker's boss
was the one who discovered them and she's dead. Six months later Parker
mysteriously disappears. I want to know who this guy is and what his
connection is to Daniels."

"While you two were out playing cops and robbers,"Attwood began after Ed
had filled him in on recent events,"I've been calling in favors. have a
few leads on who might have Sloan. I'm just waiting for one more phone
call."
Ed's gaze drifted to the ocean,"Do you think there's any chance she's
still alive?"
Attwood sighed as he rested a hand on the steering wheel,"Yes I think
there's a very good chance. They want leverage over us and over Tom.
They'll keep her alive as long as she serves a purpose."
Whatever Ed's reply was going to be it was interupted by the ringing of
Attwood's cellular phone.

Tom paused on the first floor landing of the stairwell. He had to know
where Sloan was and there was only one easy way to do that.
Closing his eyes the FBI agent reached out and touched Sloan's mind.
He momentarily reeled from the pain she was in but quickly blocked it
out. He concentrated on her memories. When he found the information he
needed Tom started up the stairs.

Getting in to Sloan was one thing getting them both out safely was going
to be the tough part.

"Well?"Ed Tate demanded as soon as Attwood ended the conversation.
Attwood looked over at his two colleagues debating on how much of this
new information to tell them.
He was barely keeping a reign on Tate now if the young man knew who was
holding Sloan he'd be unstopable.
Not that Attwood blamed him. He was feeling the same anger and fear as
Tate was.
"Who has Sloan?"Ray prompted his concern growing at Attwood's silence.

"You recall how we thought the new species had cloning technology or
cloning aspects in their genes?"Walter asked quietly.
Ed felt icy fear begin to form a knot in his stomach,"Who?"
"Lewis."Attwood replied grimly,"My source didn't know the name but the
one who has Sloan is a clone of Lewis. Lewis's brother so to speak."