The Hidden Reality (Alex Pella, #2) by Stephen Martino

Author:Stephen Martino
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alex pella novel;science fiction;futuristic;dystopian;conservative fiction;medical thriller;political thriller;speculative fiction
Publisher: Light Messages
Published: 2015-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter_19

“Tell me he’s just a hologram!” Alex yelled.

Alex leaned closer to the sleeping soldier and stared intently at the man’s face. Still in disbelief, he fumbled in his pocket and grabbed the holograph detector he manufactured to specifically deal with The New Reality technology. Designed like a flashlight, wherever he directed the beam, any generated holographic image would disappear. Taking the apparatus, he pointed it around the tent. Though many items disappeared, the soldier remained. The man’s hair, eyes, nose, and mouth were exact replicas of his own. Even the tiny mole under the man’s chin was identical. There was no mistake about it; he was a clone.

Unable to look any further, he sat back on his heels and attempted to keep his composure. Though his body began to shake as the shock of the situation tore through him like jagged pieces of glass, he simply looked up at the top of the tent and did his best not to start weeping uncontrollably.

“Alex,” Jules asked, “would you’ve preferred never knowing?”

Alex shook his head. “Ignorance is bliss.”

“As Galileo once said, all truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. The point is to discover them.”

“Would someone tell me what the hell is going on around here,” William exclaimed, “and why this guy here on the floor looks just like Alex?”

Though reluctant to divulge the information to another person, Jules quickly briefed William on the situation. Jules also thought that if Alex heard the story a second time, he may begin to accept the information a little quicker.

“But why me?” Alex finally asked with a slight tremble to his voice.

He had difficulty keeping his composure. Usually as steadfast as the North Star, he did all he could to hold back the tears. It was as if all the emotions he had ever experienced in his life were coursing through him simultaneously, and he could do nothing to stop them.

“Why not you?” Jules responded as if giving magnificent news. “Alexander the Great was one of the greatest thinkers, leaders, and warriors ever to walk the earth. His legacy and name have survived the test of time. Why not his DNA?”

Still in a state of disbelief, Alex said, “Is this supposed to be some sort of a sick joke?”

Jules shook his head. “I’m afraid not. What you see here is by no means a joke. Mark Houston acquired your DNA after an expedition to the famed Egyptian city of Alexandria. There he met the keepers of the dilapidated Nabi Daniel mosque. It had almost burnt down after the great earthquake of 2019. After pledging total financial support for its reconstruction, the keepers of Nabi Daniel took Mark Houston into a catacomb underneath the mosque where the tomb of Alexander the Great had been sequestered for over 2,000 years, virtually lost to history.”

Alex finally understood why his mother used to tell him that he was genetically special.

Why did she never just tell me the truth? Alex wondered. Maybe she didn’t know either? “What about my parents?” he asked.

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