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To clarify, both the girl and Miss Parker are in comas and both in the Centre.  More will be revealed!

None of the characters or places belong to me, someone else owns them, I ain't making any money out of this!

In my Mind

By Happy Camper

Chapter Three

As Jarod drove from George White's apartment, he began to think about what George had said.  He had spoken about this thing as if it were a person…was he simply personifying his disorder…or was it a thing?  Some supernatural thing….  Jarod shook his head…it wasn't possible…was it?  This thing it only affected people with psychic abilities…George's son must have inherited some of his father's abilities.  The one question bothering Jarod was why George had survived, it just left him, alive, and went on to kill another two people, possibly another three if the little girl didn't wake up….

He would call Sydney again for news of Miss Parker…He had been calling every few hours since this had happened.  Jarod frowned to himself…he felt like he had all the information he was going to get, he just had to piece it all together.

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"This is Sydney"

"Hi Sydney…any news?" Jarod asked.

"Jarod…no, she's not awake yet, do you have any idea of what's wrong with her?  The Centre doctors won't let me see her medical files, I think they don't know what's wrong with her either."

"Sydney…."Jarod began, "What if I told you that this was something…supernatural."

"Jarod…what are you talking about?" asked Sydney in confusion.

"Whatever this thing is it only affects psychics.  I think it's living in them…feeding off their psychic energy."

"Like some sort of parasite?" suggested Sydney.

"Exactly.  It fights for control, but…um…it only succeeds when the person gives up control."  Like George did thought Jarod as he waited for Sydney's reaction to this.

"Jarod this is a little hard to handle…."

"Look, it's some sort of supernatural parasite, it lives in a persons mind, the more powerful the better, and the only reason it goes into a person with less psychic ability is if it kills its host."

"Jarod the brain tumours…listen, I have to tell you something, the girl…she didn't escape."

"What?"

"Look I'll send you the footage that Broots found…I don't know what it means yet but…you have to see this."

                Jarod hung up and sat staring out of the car's windshield for a good ten minutes, thinking about what they had uncovered."

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                Raines walked into the room housing the girl.  She sat there as she always did, staring at the opposite wall.  Today there was movement though, a look aof concentration on her face.  Raines stepped towards her and sat on the edge of the bed beside her.  He unhooked the IV from her arm, stood and helped her to her feet.  She was unsteady, her muscles atrophied from the lack of movement.  Raines slowly brought her to the door and out into the hallway.  Her eyes were staring, never blinking.  He locked the door behind them.

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                Sydney's phone rang not long after Jarod had called.  Part of him hoped it was Jarod; maybe he was going to explain what he had been talking about.  It was Broots.  Broots had been talking to him every five minutes it seemed. He really did care about Miss Parker.

                "Uh Sydney?"

                "Yes Broots?"

                "Um sorry to bother you but I um…got access to that little girl's medical records."

                "And?"

                "Sydney, I hope that whatever is wrong with her that the same thing didn't happen to Miss Parker."  This made Sydney sit up.

                "What is it? What's wrong with her Broots?"

                "She um…has a brain tumour…She's brain-dead Sydney.  God she's barely older than Debbie."

                "Yes…I…had a feeling this would happen.  Look…Miss Parker is going to be alright." And he hung up, praying that he had not just lied to Broots and to himself.

To be continued….

Sorry this chapter is so short (was kinda busy) Next chapter soon, I promise!