14: Googlepaloo!

I still couldn't get over the fact that Marian Jansen wasn't dead. Does anybody just die these days? Seems everybody I kill just comes back to life.

The other thing on my mind was Star. She had been caught by them. But where had she been taken? What were they going to do to her?

My next thought was, they're going to kill her, right? We just had to get her before they do that. And having her around wasn't all that bad. I had another girl my age to talk to. And Iggy was starting to bond with her. He liked nice girls.

We had decided to take a break and try to figure out where they might have taken her. Fang had his lap top and started Googeling stuff. He checked his blog before, but he didn't have a word from Star.

Before Star was caught, she had stared at that one man. She was surprised. She had called him Dad. Star said she didn't know she was adopted. To her friends and family, she was Sera Langston. Normal teenage girl.

She said her dad gave her a special laptop. That he had a doctorate and an expert in biotechnologies and genetic engineering. So he would be Dr. Langston then. I couldn't place what his first name was. Something with a "D."

"Derek. Derek Langston," Angel said.

"Okay, so we're searching Dr. Derek Langston biotechnology expert?" asked Fang.

"Yeah. Just put something like that, " I replied. He clicked the search button. A couple of the links were trash. Had nothing to do with us. Some weren't even in English. Finally I saw a link that said "Biogenetic professor suggest recumbent DNA brings extraordinary abilities."

"Click that one," I pointed. Fang clicked. There was an article about how DNA could be grafted in such a way that the products could have control over things ordinary humans can't. It mentioned telepathy, telekinesis, control over heat, light bending. And there were other ones too.

I saw too familiar names. Langston and ter Bortch. So they did know each other. They worked together. The article also mentioned they were working on an experiment currently that could very well possess these abilities. The article was labeled September 19th, 1991.

I'm sure that they were talking about Star. Maybe me also, but Jeb was the one who over saw my development. And fast flying wasn't much. Iggy and Fang didn't have any other powers to show for either. We just have natural enhanced human abilities. Nudge, Gazzy and Angel are the ones with the strange abilities.

We added the link to favorites, and saved it for reference. We went back to the search engine and looked some more. Another link mentioned a place called the Hospital. It was located in Philadelphia.

We clicked on the small picture so we could see it larger. I gasped. I've seen this before. Back when I used to get those really bad headaches, I'd see these images. Now I was starting to feel one coming. Go there, Max. The Voice cut in. I saw an image of a hospital bed, and Star was in it.

"Are you okay, Max" Gazzy asked concerned.

"Yes, I'm fine. Just another head ache," I reassured.

"I thought you didn't get those anymore," Nudge reminded.

"Well, I don't know." I looked down at the screen again.

"Maybe you're thirsty, drink some water," Total suggested, wagging his little tail.

"Yeah, it is hot today," Iggy said.

"I haven't noticed," crackled Fang. I couldn't get my eyes off that screen. We needed to go there. This isn't just some hunch. The message was clear. Go, Max. Go to Philly. You can still save her, the Voice chanted.

"Fang, guys. We're going to the Hospital. We're going to Philadelphia," I said in one slow breath. We had to hurry. She was our only hope. And if she's gone, we got nothing.