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facing her. Brian began intermittently smoothing out the jagged spikes of her emotional energy. It was a painstaking process and he hoped Russell wouldn’t act out again.
    “You seem like a very patient person. You’re very methodical and meticulous,” Brian said casually.
    “Those are necessary traits in a scientist,” Samantha said.
    “Have you had anyone become a multipath before?” Brian asked.
    “There have been several occasions. It takes a special combination of key genomes and I’ve hopefully found the right one this time. We’re very close,” Samantha said.
    Brian continued to exert his influence to encourage conversation. He was making significant progress and had finally reached a tipping point in her emotional state. As long as nothing happened to cause her to clamp down, she should start chatting up a storm pretty soon.
    “How soon can we expect to gain new abilities?” Brian said calmly.
    “I was expecting it to happen today at the latest but it may not take until tomorrow or the next day. There should have been one new ability between the two of you,” Samantha said thoughtfully. “I wasn’t always a level ten telepath. I used to be only a level four with level seven aggregate intuition which greatly aided in my research. A little over a year ago, I had thought that we had cracked the code as one of the test subjects became a level ten telepath and the other a multipath. I had my team take the retrovirus but it didn’t work as I’d anticipated. Instead of becoming a multipath, I lost my secondary ability even though my telepathy strengthened exponentially.
    “The retrovirus doesn’t work the same way for everyone. For that one particular individual it worked but for me and Norman, we became level ten telepaths while losing our secondary abilities. Brandon and Ashley experienced no change whatsoever in their talents. Sometimes when you gamble, you can lose everything,” Samantha said. “Project Onyx was supposed to be a short term assignment. It was never anticipated to last more than a couple of years.”
    She opened her mouth to continue when the door burst open and a muscular man in his early thirties poked his head in. He had intense, blue eyes and black, close-cropped hair. He wore a green polo and jeans.
    “Samantha, we need your help in here immediately,” he said authoritatively.
    Samantha bristled and she rose from her chair with a stormy expression on her face. Brian picked up that she was in charge of the group and didn’t approve of the interruption. Unfortunately, he suspected that the man was going to warn her that she was saying too much.
    “That was really weird,” Russell said with trepidation.
    “Yes, it was,” Brian said.
    Samantha burst into the room with a brittle smile.
    “Brandon advised me that you’ve been influencing me, young man,” she said in a chilling tone. “I guess you were hoping I would feel sympathy towards you and Russell. You’re wasting your talent. As soon as I’ve finished testing you and Russell, you will be free to go. However, if you try to manipulate me again, you will be punished. Do I make myself clear?”
    “Yes,” Brian said.
    “Let’s continue with our testing then,” Samantha said crisply.
    Brian had once again sensed her lying when she’d told him that he’d be free to go. There was no mistaking her intention to kill them both once she’d finished evaluating their abilities.

 
     
    Chapter 5
    There were always excessively long lines at the movie theater after school and today was no exception. Amy, Derek, Dick, and Stephanie had already waited five minutes and there were over thirty people ahead of them. Amy really wasn’t in the mood to see a movie with her younger brother missing but Dick had insisted that they should do something to take their mind off his disappearance.
    “Mom was supposed to come home from her assignment this morning. She may be expecting us,” Amy said.
    “You worry too much,” Dick said