Hide and Seek

Coded Commands

"Are you done yet?" Jamie whined for the umpteenth time. She was watching Jeremy as he worked on the Tiffany clone and it was quite boring. He didn't respond, too hard at work to hear anything Jamie had said.

"Huh?" he asked looking up. He had found a way to pry open a compartment in Tiffany clone's back where he found dozens of wires and buttons. He had also spent the last what seemed to be hours examining them.

"I saaaaiiid, are you done yet?" she asked with a smirk. This conversation had been reiterated over and over again so she knew it was getting on his nerves. Normally Jeremy would've been annoyed, but once he saw the smirk on her face he knew she was being playful.

"How should I know? I've never looked at a clone before? I never even thought these things existed!" he said sounding kind of excited that he was next to a real life clone. Jamie shrugged not knowing how to answer these rhetorical questions.

"I thought you learned how to code and decode computers in school?" she finally responded. Jeremy was part of the Tech Team in school so he was very tech savy.

"Well yeah, but I've never seen anything so complex before," he shrugged while examining the clone once again.

"Oh," was all Jamie could say. She was starting to give up hope on finding Tiffany, if Jeremy couldn't decode this thing then there was no way to find out where it was built which could lead to where Tiffany was. Jamie started to find herself daydreaming again, but quickly stopped herself. She didn't want to become emotional again, not when she needed to be focused.

"WOW!" Jeremy exclaimed startling her. Jamie stood up and walked over to Tiffany clone to see what had happened.

"Did you find something?" Jamie asked hoping the answer would be yes.

"More than something, I think I've found out how to control this clone!" Jeremy said over-excitedly proud that he accomplished such a feat.

"Well show me what it is!" Jamie said becoming just as excited as he was. How exactly could they control the clone? They only knew how to activate it through voice commands, but knowing how to digitally control its every move, its every thought? That would be incredible.

Jamie shook these questions away and looked to where Jeremy was pointing at. He had given up on the hatch full of wires and buttons and had found another one on the clone's abdomen. This one seemed to be full of buttons as well, but when she peered closer Jamie found that it was set up exactly like a keyboard.

"I can type in any code I want to give instructions and find information," Jeremy said already typing away.

"So if you ask where it was manufactured then it will tell you?" Jamie asked still slightly puzzled.

"If I type in the right codes and the information is in there then I believe so!" Jamie watched as he typed in multiple letters and numbers before hitting enter.

It was like the last key was the start button for some sort of silent alarm because at the moment the door to the clone room opened. Jamie's breath hitched and she didn't move, she couldn't move. Even if she wanted to it wouldn't have helped since there was absolutely no place nor time to hide.

"Okay, I need to make a new rule that coffee is allowed in the warehouse, I'm exhausted," said a man with graying hair and a slight stubble.

"You're telling me, chasing kids around all day takes way too much time and effort," this man was younger with brown hair and an athletic figure.

Jamie listened to the two men talk who had entered the room. They were too into their conversation to realize that either Jamie or Jeremy were there. She wanted so badly to hide, but was afraid that one slight movement would cause them to be noticed. Apparently Jeremy had the same idea since he was stone still as well.