Chapter 3

Jim just looked around his 'prison'. He took off his coat and threw it to the floor. Jim leaned against the wall and slid down to the floor. He just looked around in wonder. Jess, Kristen, Shalimar and Brennan talked about the rest of the doctors that were in the project.

"It took 4 doctors to create project 9," said Kristen.

"They all went missing as of a few days ago," said Jesse.

"Are they dead?" asked Brennan.

"Hopefully they're in hiding," said Jesse. "Now, we know one of them is controlling him."

"Arnot is definitely dead and that leaves us with 3 possibilities," said Shalimar.

"Guys, I'm hoping like hell one of them can get this thing out of his neck. Ok, call me old fashion, we'll start with the lady," said Jesse, as he handed them a paper with her picture.

"Dr. Beatres Lang is the techie of the group who is responsible for engineering the implant itself," said Kristen.

"I guess we'll go make a house call," said Brennan, as they walked to the hanger. As Jesse and Kristen walked to the main floor, Jesse thought of going Jim. He told her that he was going to see him. He walked where Jim was being held. As he saw him sitting there, he felt his ears twitch.

"Can I get you anything?" asked Jesse. Jim looked at him.

"Yeah. What about out?" said Jim.

"We're working on that. Is it worth saying I'm sorry?" asked Jesse.

"There just words, Jess," said Jim, looking away. He looked at Jesse and got up. "You really want to help, Jess. Get this thing out of me!"

"They attached a sensor to your implant. Any attempt to remove it, it send an electrical serge into your brain. A total shock," said Jesse. "I wish there was another way."

"Find one. Cause you know what? I rader be dead than be someone's puppet," said Jim.

"Jim…" said Jesse.

"My life. My risk," said Jim.

"Yeah," said Jesse. Brennan and Shalimar to Dr. Lang's home. They knocked on her door.

"Hello?" said Brennan. "Dr. Lang?" They walked around, to see if she was home. But didn't find her. "Well, ain't' nobody home."

"She's home," said Shalimar, as she used her feral eyes.

"Dr. Lang?" said Brennan, as they walked around some more. Shalimar walked to a book case. "Did you bring your library card?" She moved both book cases out of the way. "A secret room?" Shalimar knocked on door lightly.

"A panic room," said Shalimar. They noticed a melted almost burned mark on the door's handle. "10 bucks of who was making her panic." They opened the door and they smelled a really bad odor.

"Oh, damn," said Brennan.

"We found her," said Shalimar.

"What did Jim do? Vaporize her?" asked Brennan. Shalimar walked towards a compartment. Dr. Lang's body fell out. Shalimar kneeled beside the body.

"She's a few days old. Jim must have killed her 1st," said Shalimar.

"Oh, yeah. Great. Then he comes back into Sanctuary and crawls back into bed. That's nice," said Brennan. "Lucky that he didn't kill us in his sleep." Shalimar picked up a paper. "1 doctor down 2 to go." She walked towards him.

"What about a dying declaration of independence?" asked Shalimar, as she gave him the paper. He looked at it.

"Dr. Gonzales?" said Brennan.