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this was not the only situation to account for.  I probed his mind to see where he was, and found him to be in the tool shed by the house next door.  The door to the shed faced away from where I stood, but I would have seen an escape during most of my approach.  The last instance when I motioned around the left side of the shed to the door is the only instance he would have had to make it out, and he would have needed to have been a speedster to have gotten out and around the right side without my noticing.  This continued for quite some time.  I would look into his mind to see where he was, but he would escape without being seen before I could arrive there.  I lost a reading on him, most likely due to his moving out of range, and by the time I got a clear reading again, it was of him in the living room.  That was when I returned.”
    “You have training in how to catch a Hermes.”
    “Yes sir, the usual techniques did not work.  He is either very smart or very lucky.”
    Captain Williams thought about this for a moment.  He knew it was possible that this was being exaggerated or misinterpreted by a soldier who feared for his position.  He also realized the possibility that this boy was as quick a learner as his older brother, and sent misleading images.  It was clear that the boy had been brutally beaten recently, and if he had been a speedster, it would have made far more sense for him to have used it then to save himself.  Still, in the case that the boy was a speedster or a reader, it would be good to know this information sooner rather than later. 
    “Very well, soldier, we will keep an eye on the younger one.  His test is still years away however.  Right now we need to focus on the older boy.  In two days I will go pick him up; I will say he has been accepted, but that he needs to leave immediately in order to make the trip to the Academy.  This boy could be dangerous if he were left to his own devices with such ability.”
    “If his ability keeps growing like this, he could be dangerous at the Academy as well.”
    “Leave that to me, soldier.  I have plenty of experience keeping children distracted.”

CHAPTER 4
     
    JAY BOARDED A small plane with just Captain Williams and two pilots.  Having been accepted late, he missed the flight with the rest of the new recruits.  Jay smiled to think about this.  It was not that he was happy to have missed the flight, but he did enjoy watching Donny figure things out.  The night of Jay’s second testing, him and Donny made bets as to when they would come back to get him.  Jay thought they would return the next day, since everyone knew the flight to the Academy left 3 days after the tests go through the area, and they would need to get him in time to make that flight.  Donny thought otherwise. 
    “They’ll be back in two days ,” Jay remembers Donny saying.
    “Two days?  But that would be cutting it too close; they’d have to get me early in the morning in order for me to make the flight.”
    “No, I think they’re going to let the plane leave without you.”
    “Funny, Donny.  So now you don’t think I’m going at all?”  Jay had chided.
    “Of course you’re going.  They sent a Captain and two full-fledged readers to test you that second time, and from what I can tell you proved your worth.  I think that’s the problem though, you showed yourself to be too good.  I think they’re going to let you think you were not accepted by waiting until after the flight leaves.  Then they will come that evening, and pretend it was a tough decision, and that they just decided you could handle it.”
    “But how will I get to the Academy, if they accept me after the flight leaves?”
    “They’ll find a way.”
    Jay had known Donny would probably be correct, so the next morning they told their parents to expect Jay to be leaving the following night.  They were not happy with the boys’ expectations, but when the time did come as the boys said