Chapter 2

I kissed dad as I walked out sensing the car in the driveway. Strange, I couldn’t see at all, though I could sense everything that was around me.

As I said, it was like a blue mist that almost spoke to me about what was there. It wasn’t actually seeing, but it was damn close.

At the airport, I thought that I hadn’t scrubbed a few minds when I had the father get on board. He actually walked past me and sat. I thought he would change the flight plan, but he was going where I was.

I released the breath I had been holding as the jet taxied, and we were airborne. I didn’t talk to the father, and he didn’t talk to me. I actually preferred it that way. Still, I was half expecting him to talk.

Even when we landed, I got nothing from him, good.

As I hoped, there was a car waiting for me. I quickly got set up in the hotel. I then reached out to find the one I was after.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t close enough, though I thought that this power had grown. Still, I got a general feeling of where and what she was doing.

I then frowned as I saw that the security was a bit tougher than before. This was going to take some definite more thoughtful planning.

I sat to begin planning, the more I saw, the more I could see that this wasn’t as easy. I almost felt as if she had been warned about me and was waiting.

I tried to enter her thoughts though, as I was afraid, I wasn’t getting further than surface thoughts. I had started to withdraw when I felt another presence.

It wasn’t that strong and really wasn’t intrusive, though it was a worry. Then it was like it suddenly ‘noticed’ me. At that moment, it turned aggressive, which caused me to panic.

When the other started to reach for me, I panicked even more. I started to push it away as it got even more aggressive. Now I was really panicked, I started to push.

Why I suddenly felt concern as it was pushed away, then it came at me, I guess, full force. Now I was getting even more concerned as I reached back to smack it away.

I swore that a great distance away I felt a scream, then nothing. I withdrew as fast as I could, thinking I might be in trouble.

More than a few hundred miles away, another female fell forward in the chair she was strapped to. A slight trickle of blood ran from her mouth. A tall thin man looked on concerned.

“What the hell happened?” he asked.

“It appears that she went against another that was just as strong, perhaps more. It also appears that her soft probe was rebuffed, so without orders she tried a hard probe. The other pushed back far harder, what you see is the result,” a tech with a lab coat said.

“Is she damaged?” the thin man said.

“At this point, I’m not sure. Her Beta and Deltas waves have flat-lined, so perhaps. Her Alpha waves are at a minimum. I’ll have to confirm. Might want to avoid this one for now,” the tech said.

“Avoid? If anything, we need to get her on the team. Find out what you can, especially a location,” the tall, thin man said.

“Uh, that’s the thing,” the tech said. “From what we got from them; they were all natural. I got no mechanical energy at all. If anything? They are almost completely hidden,” the tech said.

“Shit,” the tall man said low. “Are they a rogue from us or the other three countries?”

The tech looked over a couple of screens, then shook his head no. “I have a lock on all of them, it isn’t one of them.”

The tall man shook his head, “Double fuck, we have a free, unknown with natural power. Damnit, the committee is going to have a field day with our assess.” Picking up a receiver, the man punched a few numbers. “Sir, we have a natural. Yes sir, no mechanical at all. Not as of yet, though I expect they will soon. Yes sir, I’ll alert the elimination team now.”

“They want them dead, I take it?” the tech said.

The tall man nodded, then said, “As soon as possible, without exception. The sooner, the better, we also need to keep the council out of it.

A pair of eyes were wide for a moment when the owner of them heard this. The council had been right as the owner let to advise the council.

The tall man waited a few minutes before five soldiers showed up suddenly. “The amount of information is sketchy at best. We know where they are in general. They are a natural must definitely a rogue, so treat them as if they are.”

The obvious leader, a tall muscular male, nodded. “Extreme prejudice?” he said.

“Without question, we’ve got a cleaner standing by. I don’t have to warn you about a rogue. Also, the target took one of our best, good luck,” the tall man said.

The five turned and left as fast as they had appeared. The tall man smiled, they were the best, if they couldn’t do it, then they were all in trouble.

Not long after I had the run-in with the other, I guess, I decided to keep a low profile for a bit. I also decided that I needed to switch rooms as I wasn’t sure if they knew where I was.

For about an hour I watched my old room, expecting almost anything. I wasn’t disappointed when a large van pulled up with three getting out.

I wasn’t sure, but I swear they were all heavily armed, though it was hard to tell. I tried to lightly feel how many there were when I felt something like a probe.

Scared for a moment, I fired all the electronics that I felt, seeing smoke coming out of another van in the parking lot. I called and had another car come for me.

As I was leaving, I felt another light probe, though I didn’t touch this one. The first and subsequent frying of the first had been enough.

Even as we were leaving, I saw that one of the females had a mostly concealed device that had lights on it. I sighed. I was going to have to get another place to hide.

I kept watch as we got further and further away. I saw that they were going to my first room. Then they came flying out heading to my other room.

It was about that time that we were out of sight. I sighed as we sped further away, at least I was safer.

The team that had hit the hotel came up with nothing. The leader nodded his head as the motel owner couldn’t recall who had been in the rooms.

The leader pulled a phone, “yeah. The target knew we were here, much more sensitive than we thought. We’re going to need the sensor if she’s available. Alright we’ll sit.” He hung up and looked at the others. “We’re camping get two rooms.”

As they were setting up to stay, I was on the opposite side of the small city. I also noticed that I was a little stronger, though for me not enough.

I was shaking as I thought that they had come for me. I wasn’t as strong as I had thought I was. I then started to do weak things with my mind that built up resistance.

I also thought that I needed to be able to do things and not be detected as easily. So, for the next few days, I did all I could to grow stronger. I had only gotten about a third stronger when I felt what could only be a titanic power across the city.

I was shaking when, whatever it was, started to probe I can only imagine, for me. I put all I had to hide as well as I could, and for a while holding it seemed to work.

At near the end of the day that I felt an even harder and stronger push. I nearly passed out not knowing that, that had hidden me even better.

I then started to hear a voice in my head that I was sure it was, from who seemed to be after me.

I know that you can hear me. If you are still here, I will find you make no mistake about that.

That not only scared me a bit, but it also angered me. It was to the point that I lashed out, hitting the other I had heard, by surprise. I felt I was sure a female as she tried to stop me to no avail.

Then I felt her scream as she collapsed. I breathed a sigh of relief as I called another car. I knew that she knew where I was and would find me quick.

What I didn’t know was she had overextended herself, passing out. Still, I bugged out as soon as the car arrived.

I was beginning to think that I might have to put this one on hold. I was in another part of the city in less than thirty minutes.

I began to think that all this trouble was because of the leader of the five and her father. I looked into his mind though finding nothing.

Damnit, I thought had I really stumbled across something that not many knew of? Problem was,.

I only had me and a few minds that could help, though I knew that the father had lost some of his credibility.

I sat for a few more hours trying to figure a way out of this. For the moment, I didn’t think I could beat the female that I had felt.

Yeah, I wasn’t as afraid as I thought I would be, but I was afraid. I mean, I had felt that she definitely had power, enough that I was below her.

I managed to get the father to get back on the jet as we left the small city. As we were heading back, I swore that I felt another. I had the pilot circle and knew there was another.

The pilot landed, then I carefully searched the area. A smile came to me as yes, I felt the third one. I had to make sure that I wasn’t detected as easily this time.

This time I just toured around where I had felt where she was. I smiled when I saw that she was in a job not far from what the first had been doing.

I shook my head as I saw that she was set up doing practically nothing. I smiled an almost evil smile, yeah, I thought that wasn’t going to last long.

I got as close as I could making things start to go wrong. As close as I was, I wasn’t risking detection as easily. I had her pretty miserable when I felt her make a call.

“You said to call if a lot of shit started to go wrong. It, I think, is something or one that is screwing with reality. No, I’ve been watching, I haven’t seen anyone. If it’s the same as her, then I might have been targeted next. Yeah, I’m scared, get me the hell out of here,” the woman said on the cell phone.

I saw that she obviously wasn’t getting the answer that she wanted. I also thought I heard her thoughts as she only had another day. Damnit, I had to accelerate the plan.

Like the first one, after that call it was almost impossible for her to get home. I snickered when she almost couldn’t get into her room. Then I really went to work on her.