Okay I'm sorry I took so long with this chapter but I wanted it to be really good. I'm writing slowly too (don't want to write myself into a corner!)
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 Five"Do you think it will work?" asked Broots, nervously looking over his shoulder, as he and Sydney entered the infirmary. The receptionist stood up.
"Sir, I've already told you, Miss Parker is in isolation." Broots blushed as Sydney looked at him.
"No Miss," began Sydney, "We're here to see project uh…" Sydney glanced at the paper folder he was carrying, "77895a." The receptionist looked at them suspiciously and then checked something on the computer.
"Well the restriction has been lifted on her…they're going to turn off the life support as soon as Dr. Raines gives the go ahead…I suppose it would be alright…down the hall, fifth door on the right." Sydney nodded and dragged Broots down the hallway. Neither of them could believe how easy that had been.
Broots didn't like the infirmary; actually he didn't like hospitals very much. He'd been down here every day since the accident, even after they stopped letting them visit Miss Parker. Maybe it was the smell of disinfectant or the thought of all the diseases in the air (he'd seen a documentary on super bugs in hospitals and had vowed never to go to a hospital again unless it was absolutely necessary) but something about hospitals gave him the creeps.
Sydney stopped by a door and slowly turned the handle. They entered closing the door behind them.
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Jarod was pacing up and down his hotel room. This wasn't like him…putting a plan into action without working all the bugs out first. He had decided that they would have to do it in the Centre. The thought of what they were going to do to Miss Parker made him a bit ill. That strange feeling that came over him whenever he remembered what had happened that Halloween was back. He knew what it was like to die…he wouldn't wish that upon anyone else…unless they deserved it.
He hated not knowing his opponent, but then again, he still knew what would happen next…unless he intervened. If he was right about the girl…if he had assumed correctly…then maybe it would be possible.
*****
"She looks like she's just asleep…and she's going to wake up at any moment…."
"She's dead Broots…remember that and if we don't do something, Miss Parker will be too." Broots nodded as he looked at the little girl. There was a tube down her throat and machines in the room made strange noises. The machines just make her seem alive, thought Broots to himself, more trying to convince himself that this would all be okay than anything else.
Sydney had made a beeline for the low, two-drawer filing cabinet in the corner.
"They keep the medical files that the doctors need access to for each patient in the rooms." Whispered Sydney as he began searching for the information they needed. Broots didn't dare say a word. The sight of the little girl had upset him. What about her? Did she have a family out there? Maybe they were wondering where their daughter was right now. Sydney had found something that interested him and he carefully tucked it into the paper folder that they had entered with.
"They're pulling the plug tomorrow, we don't have much time."
"Sydney!" hissed Broots, "Not in front of her…. look, I know she's brain-dead but it just isn't right…she's just a little girl…someones little girl."
"I know Broots…I…I'm sorry." Sydney tucked the folder under his arm and led Broots from the infirmary. Something about this girl had struck a nerve with Broots and he thought he knew why. The girl reminded Broots of his own daughter. He just wants to protect her, he told himself and made a mental note to make sure that Broots wasn't present when they put that thing from Miss Parker back in her.
*****
Jarod packed his bag. He packed the things he would need into a plain black bag. They were going to do it tonight…they couldn't wait any longer for fear that Miss Parker might suffer serious injury. Jarod wondered if it would work…everything that they knew about this thing indicated that it would but he was still worried.
Sydney was going to find the printout of the CAT scan the Centre would have run on the girl. Jarod just needed to see the CAT scan to see if it would work. He would know if the damage that the tumour had caused was too severe or not. Jarod zipped the bag shut and hoisted it onto his shoulder. It was time to see Sydney….
*****
"See…this is the tumour." Said Jarod, indicating a dark shadow on the image of the girl's brain. "Look, it's not in the part usually associated with psychic ability…."
"So?" asked Sydney, looking back over his shoulder.
"She's still giving off psychic energy." Jarod said. They had met in a cheap restaurant and they sat in a dark booth at the back. Sydney kept glancing over his shoulder.
"Sydney," began Jarod, "I have to go back to do this."
"I know."
"You have to get things ready in the Centre okay…we'll need these drugs." Jarod handed Sydney a list of different drugs.
"What's this?" asked Sydney indicating a name he didn't recognise.
"It was Raines'…he was trying to develop a way of enhancing psychic ability through drugs but this is as near as he came. You should be able to find some of it in the Centre store rooms"
"Does it work?"
"Not in the way he wanted…it just amplifies the pschic energy already being produced but doesn't make them any more powerful."
"So it will make the girl more…inviting?"
"Yeah…look I have to go…will Broots come through with his job?" Jarod asked. Sydney nodded and Jarod got up to leave. In a few hours Miss Parker would either be alright or doomed.
To be continued….
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