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be back in a few, after they checked the other hallway.
    Mikey knew they were looking for
something or someone, and he also knew that they were using some form of
camouflage that kept them from being seen by the guards and staff.
    Just like the aircraft I saw in the
sky in the forest , he thought. Do they know they infected me? Is
that how they found me? Mikey wondered, beginning to panic.
    He closed his eyes for a moment,
trying to calm himself and the fear skittering through him. If he were honest
with himself, he’d admit he was a little excited to. If they were aliens and
had come for him, he had so many questions.
    A slight tap on the plastic in
front of him made him jerk back a step when he saw two pairs of eyes staring at
him.
    “They are trying to speak in your
mind. It is how they communicate. You have to let me allow it,” the voice
whispered through his mind.
    Mikey stared at the dark eyes as he
whispered “OK” in his mind.
    Seconds later, he was flooded with
voices and questions, and he grabbed his head as he tried to stem the flow.
Then there was blissful silence before only one voice came through clearly.
    “I’m Lt. David Jacobs, former Navy
SEAL. Who are you? Are you the only one here?”
    Mikey looked at the man with silver
swirls in his blue eyes, somehow knowing that was who was speaking to him.
    “I’m Mik . . .” he started to say
before the two men motioned him to silence.
    It was then Mikey realized he’d
been speaking out loud, and he wondered if he was supposed to speak to them in
his mind as if he were talking to himself. Hoping that would work, he tried it.
    “I’m PFC Mikey Davis. I was taken
from the national forest in Colorado and brought here. They think I’m infected
with an alien virus. They’ve been torturing me for information about them,” he
said.
    His stomach flipped in excitement
and fear when he realized they understood him. Mikey looked between the two
men, positive that they were speaking to one another in their minds. He could
see that they were arguing with one another before the blond man turned back to
him.
    “You’re sure that you are the only
one here? The only one taken from the forest?” David asked the frightened
soldier.
    Mikey nodded his head.
    “I’m it,” Mikey said and seeing the
disappointment in the man’s eyes he continued. “I’m not who you’re looking for,
but please don’t leave me here. They’re going to kill me.”
    Mikey was unprepared for the
strong, deep voice that echoed through his mind.
    “We will not leave you to them,”
Grai said with determination.
    Mikey’s heart leapt with hope as
the two men continued a private conversation before the dark eyed man turned
back to him.
    “You must speak only through your
mind, and when the door opens you have to hold onto my belt. The ghosting only
works when we’re connected. Do you understand?” Grai asked, hoping the young
hybrid did.
    “Ghosting is what you call the way
you’re camouflaged?” Mikey asked, trying to make sure he knew what they meant.
    Grai nodded his head at Mikey.
    “Yes. When the door opens, rush to
grab onto me, and it’ll look like you just disappeared,” Grai explained as he
held up five fingers.
    Mikey watched the strange man use
the five fingers on one hand to count down, and when the last finger fell, the
door popped open with a hiss and Mikey rushed outside grabbing the belt of the
waiting stranger.
    Mikey watched in surprise as the
guard and the nurse rushed into the room. He would have stayed to watch if he
hadn’t been pulled forward by the man whose belt he was holding onto.
    “We have to go now!” Grai said into
Mikey’s mind. At Mikey’s nod, they took off back the way they had come.
    Mikey was full of questions and was
getting ready to ask when the deep voice echoed in his mind.
    “Your questions can wait, we must
leave now,” Grai said.
    “How did you know . . .” Mikey
started to ask out loud before he clamped a hand over his