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Jelena had seemed to become completely oblivious to their talking of her as she sat right there, working on her OODDS. OF course that was usually the case when she got sucked into her work on some level. And her OODDS were quite the sophisticated piece of equipment that she was putting back together.

Not to mention she had to keep checking things over, making sure new components wouldn't short out the old ones, that it could still be wireless as well and plug in without the two different systems fighting with each other...and all contained in a pair of glasses. Figured she would invent the hard thing.

Though the alert noise from her computer caught her attention long enough to have her slide over and take a look. Oh, new email...from Joey? Something must be overly funny in the Earth papers or something. He usually dropped her a line for that.

Jelena...stared at the screen. Just stared. Honestly her toes had gone numb from sheer shock and she just couldn't move. Only star. The email from Joey was a typed up version of the printed article. No...no this had to be one of Joey's pranks...he knew better than to pull this...he was being overly harsh.

Yet as she continued to read she could only grow more anxious at it. Finally she seemed to snap out of it, or rather snap all together. The message was quickly deleted and she pushed away from her desk, standing up, leaving her precious OODDS still have in pieces. "...Excuse me a moment..." Rather unemotional voice there as she turned and walked out of her office. Of course the moment the door slid shut behind her she broke out into a run down the halls. God no, please let it be a joke.

She would hit a transport and dash through Radiance, only to have a equally frantic Joey meet her at his stand and pull her into the back, to show her the actual paper. "Oh God..." Holding that paper in her hands, she felt the rest of herself going numb as her breathing picked up slightly and she shook her head, trying to deny it. But it was all there in black and white, all the information, all acurate...color photos of her Echoes, of her with her Echoes, computer diagrams, procedures, camera shots of the back project zone...almost every intimate detail. "No..."

Joey gathered her up in his arms, her dead weight a little trouble to manipulate in a manageable hold before he got hold of her bride style. Before he had had a chance to react, she had passed out, falling and popping her head on the counter to boot. Just great. First the paper, now she probably had a concussion.

He kicked open the door and started off at a half run down to Radiance's medical bay, not minding the blood on him from her...now wasn't the time to be squeamish at all...Fleet had just stepped into some deep s**t...of course, running down halls with an unconscious scientist in your arms, gets quite the bit of notice and quickly enough had some whispers going. What was going on in Fleet?

He had been looking at the article now too, with a look of equal anger to James'. Erik took a personal communicator out of his pocket as it buzzed with an accompanying blinked blue light one it. Was much like the old day cell phones, but much better in vast vast ways. "Donner." And he listened to the voice on the other end, before terminating the transmission and putting it back in his pocket. "This is bad..." And he took to tearing out of the office as well.

His destination? Radiance medical bay, via call from Joey. Seemed Jelena had not taken it in the best manner after seeing the actual article. Why did he have the feeling of impending doom?

She said nothing, just let him yell. Years of confrontations in her household had taught her to be quiet until the one who was so angry ran out of steam. Then they were more likely to listen to reason.

She could have tried to convince him she hadn't done anything but it wouldn't have mattered. Although she winced when he mentioned his death and others lost jobs. How had this happened?

Was it true...was Jacob Daniels her DJ. The same man who had been with her, kissed her, held her. Had he sold her out? No, her heart denied it and she shook her head. James was scaring her now and the dent in the wall was warning enough. He had to calm down or she'd be battered beneath his fist.

"James...please..."

Nope, he wasn't calm yet. So she stood there, or more hung there since he had lifted her off the ground during his rant. She kept her head high and refused to show any emotion, not even fear though she was feeling it.

She was also holding onto some small that Jacob wasn't DJ. DJ wouldn't do this to her, he knew how much she cherished this job, how much she loved Echo. He'd never betray her like this, her heart told her.

But even as her heart voiced its objections her mind was already coming to the same conclusion. She had spoken to him about it, she was guilty. But it wasn't with the malicious intent James had in mind. And she still said nothing.

Lillia went down with a thump. She hit the floor and winced as her head smacked against the wall. She slowly stood up refusing to remain on the floor where he had thrown her and leaned against teh wall for support. Her knees were shaking and her stomach twisted as she thought about that article.

She looked back at James, unblinking and said softly, "There's nothing to explain. But if you're ready to listen, I'll tell you what I know."

She waited to see if he was finished being violent and was ready to listen to her or not. She was not going to begin even trying to explain until she was sure he was calm. After all the minute she claimed she was innocent and didn't believe it was DJ, he was just going to get angry again.