Forward & Prolouge of "Clone of Me":

"CLONE OF ME"
by Matt B.

Forward:
Hello Matt here, I'd like to take a quick moment and thank some very special people here: Anyone whose a Blog reader & likes to share their ideas & words freely, my whole family as well, especially Bo Bartlett & my granddaddy Ben Powers.... But most of all I want to thank God for giving us all the ability to be creative in ourselves....

Prologue:
It was very strange weather for the time of year, it was hailing but it had been hailing for several weeks at a time. The hail was it's normal golf ball size yet it's weight was as heavy as a gold bar. The news stations were sure that this weather was sure to pass on last night, they were wrong. People were stuck for weeks at home, work, or in places where they enjoyed themselves as well. No one knew if this was nature's doing or man made but still everyone was scared.
The hail had destroyed buildings & streets alike holes in the streets stopped traffic cold & buildings came apart like tissue paper, there surfaces of brick or stone crumbled because of the possible metal element that was with the ice itself. Most of the street lights had fallen into houses & it was apparent Armageddon was happening again. Dream or no dream he knew he was the cause of what was happening or at least in part he was.
A piece of hail that had broken into his & Evermore's apartment had landed on the floor. He had been watching a show of Evermore's favorite TV series, the show had main characters that started each episode with focus on a eye. He saw in his burled mind's eye he was looking down at his own bloody covered hands...
"NO, NO, NO"
He'd been having this dream for weeks now he had wanted Sasha to sleep out on the couch, but she was insistent on sharing the bed with him. For if he had the dream again she wanted to be there for him.
"Jon, Jon wake up hon your dreaming again your scaring me please wake up honey." Last night he'd knocked her off the bed of course it was an accident. Jon was still trying to sleep because he wanted to know why he had bloody hands on him in his REM sleep.
" Sash stop please I'm ... "
In Jon's REM sleep he sees himself looking from his bloody soaked hands to the floor, what he sees is still burled as always. "I'm, I can almost see..."
Sasha is trying to get Jon up by punching him, like always Jon finally wakes up & is perspiring like a white ghost just out of the fridge.
"Oh God not again!"
Sasha was holding Jon to reassure him it was again okay that the dream wasn't important at least for now. "No I do know it's important" Jon said "How or why?" Sasha asked as she tried to kiss him Mr. Ryder for the answer. She knew he'd never share about this nightmare, & really she didn't care about Jon's dreaming habits she just cared about his well being & his friendship with her. Jon himself kinda had a feeling as to what the nightmare was but knew it would upset Sasha no matter how he would tell it. He always woke like he did tonight, but tonight for the first time he saw an eye.
*****
Jon & Sasha had finally made their way to Raven Enterprises via their own bikes & the city's light rail system. They come to talk to Mr Raven himself to tell him Jon had had enough of the DLX-12 project no matter what.
"And your sure without a doubt your leaving no matter what my father has to offer you Mr & Mrs Ryder, nothing could change your mind at all?"
The young lady that had asked the question was about a month or two younger than Sasha herself. She was wearing a tan blouse with a leather white cowboy looking vest & a denim jean skirt.
"No!, No matter what you cold hearted little Bitch" Sasha pounded her fist on the young lady desk to make her point known. Then turned to put her tearful face into Jon's strong shoulder as she looked away from Krystal. Mr Raven's only child.
"We're not married, Krystal" Jon had told the brown haired lady that just stood up from her desk.
"Tell her Jon please just tell her what her father is or I will" Sasha said as she wiped her face again of tears as she reached into her shirt's pocket to hand him the zip lock baggie.
"what the Hell is your sassy friend Ms. come again what's her name saying Mr Ryder?"
Krystal asked.
Jon was very tempted to show Ms Raven what he & Sasha had found on the bedroom floor, from last night but then thought better of it, As he stood up for his friend as he knows she would for him if their roles were in reverse.
"Ms Evermore" Jon says & then continues on "your father's project of DLX-12 has finally worked as he projected and..."
"And do you have any proof of this Jon?"
Sasha felt Jon's hand relax a little on her back as he thought he & Mr. Raven's daughter were done completely.
"So what you want & are saying Mr Ryder is that you want out of the program part of the DLX-12 as well?," Ms Raven says to Jon Ryder.
"Yeah it's the only reason we're here Ms Raven & you know that yourself or I'd at least hope you would know your father more better than just as your boss?"
" I'd hope for your sake Jon you, you all of people wouldn't be the one to be a fool with what you truly know of our work here at Raven Enterprises..."
Sasha is almost in even bigger shock on hearing this as she looks more fearful than she did last night Jon notices.
Krystal reached out for a silver frame photo that was on the corner of the desk that just
moments ago she'd ran her pointer finger over, whoever was in the picture Jon and Sasha couldn't see. Krystal sat back down in her chair as she continued to listen to what Jon had to say.
"The weather part of DLX-12 is only part of your father's pet peeve project & you know it Krystal !"
"Why of course I know that as anyone who works with daddy sure, but are you admit it scared to deal with what that said project part of DLX-12 pertains too besides the weather part since you took part in the whole of the project yourself Mr Ryder don't be coy with me or Ms Evermore here."
Sasha now looked at Jon skeptically now realizing she doesn't know everything about his work here or did at Raven Enterprises entirely. "What's she talking about Jon?"
Krystal rose from her desk with a smile on her face that surprised even Jon himself.
"What I'm saying is Jon here has got to know that he has to stop himself as well as my dear old insane daddy isn't that right Jon Boy?"
Krystal Raven walked out of the room leaving Sasha more confused about Jon's whole involvement in all this Project DLX-12?.....