Chapter 2/4

David allowed his extra sensory perception to flow as he concentrated on each spectator entering through the gates and metal detectors. This practice had become the norm, and he'd been able to pick out more than one gun-toting psycho on occasion. Something caused David to wince and break his concentration when a particular female casually strode by. She did not appear distressed or off-kilter in any way. Yet, something was odd. She was burying some kind of secret deep inside her. David knew one thing. This woman was not here to watch the Giants play.

As she passed by him, he held out his hand to touch the sleeve of her pink windbreaker. He immediately detected a vivid mental flash, which momentarily blinded him. It was the woman, sitting in a court room. She was well-dressed in a Valentino-type ladies' suit. Her soft blond hair was pulled tightly in a bun. The judge sat austerely upon the bench, explaining his ruling about custody and restraining orders.

"I'm sorry, Miss, but I have no choice but to grant a permanent restraining order against you and to award your estranged husband full custody of Mark. Given your history of prescription pill addiction, it seems best for the time being. You are further hereby remanded to attend a rehabilitation program."

The flash grew fainter until it totally escaped David's reach, when she was gone. He reared his head to catch a solid glimpse of her back as she entered the stadium. She was carrying something. She had something underneath that jacket, some kind of weapon. Why would a single woman attend a ballgame? There was only one explanationl, well, perhaps two. Perhaps she was meeting her drug dealer here, or, perhaps her husband and son were at this game and she wanted some sort of justice.

Feeling a sense of urgency about the situation, David immediately pulled out his walkie-talkie and requested a replacement at the gates, so he could pursue the blond woman. He had to intercede. It was, after all, in his nature. David waited impatiently for his back-up to arrive. He didn't want to allow an opportunity to save a life escape him. He would have failed his life's mission then.

Another security guard arrived onsite to relieve David. David nodded to the man and tore off like a bat out of hell into the bleachers, searching for the woman. He sensed that she had known just what seating area to approach. He stopped and shut his eyes for a moment, holding out his arms like divining rods. Which way had she gone?

Another image entered his mind. He was back in the court room as a spectator once again. "But Your Honor, this man has physically abused me and my son! This is a travesty of justice!" the woman cried out in tears as her husband's lawyer simply smirked smugly. David's urgent feelings increased tremendously at this point. The woman meant to kill her husband and take her son back. She had been concealing a gun underneath that coat!

David suddenly felt dizzy as more images and flashes plagued him. He saw glimpses of the woman again, this time in an orange suit, facing another judge. She was in handcuffs. Then, he was startled by how vivid the image of her being brutally sodomized in the women's penitentiary was, in his mind. Fearing for this woman's life, he grabbed hold of her location in the bleachers above, and began the rapid trek upward.