CHAPTER 4

It is later in the day and Rosen is in the office with Chloe sitting opposite him on his couch eating a bag of chips. She is hardly taking a breath as she makes her way through the large bag. She looks up at Rosen who is watching her closely.

"What?" Chloe asks. "I am hungry I have not eaten in for a long time!"

"I know, do you need anything else?" Rosen asks. Chloe shakes her head and looks out into the hall where she can see the plumber working on the tap she blew. The one called John standing over him.

"Sorry about that by the way." Chloe says wiping her hands on the sofa. Chloe looks around the rest of the office and notices the other standing in their conference room talking loudly to each other, all but Gary who is staring into space and flicking his hand around. He notices me staring at him and turns his chair around with a small smile.

"What is he doing?" Chloe asks still looking at Gary's back.

"He is working, where you or I would need a computer or a television to look through security videos or the internet Gary can use his ability. It really is very..."

"Interesting." Chloe says quietly but loud enough for Rosen to hear.

"I must let you know about Gary." Rosen says drawing Chloe's attention back into the room.

"What about him?" Chloe says scrunching the crisp bag up and throwing it into the bin.

"Gary an incredible young man but he suffers from autism; he is not the best communicator. He is much better than what he used to be. We barely could get a work out of him before, now it is sometimes hard to quite him down." Rosen says with an affectionate smile. "He always speaks his mind and does not like to be touched. He is not violent but he will let you know when he is not happy with you. Please just show him respect and treat him like anyone else he does not like being babied or spoken to like a child."

"Sure." Chloe says looking back at him. "How old is he?"

"He is twenty one. A few years younger than you, am I right?" He asks Chloe who nods. She watches as he get out of his seat and moves toward the computer pushing Bill out of the way to get to it. This makes Chloe smile, Gary stands up straight and points to the television screen and sits back down and looks at Chloe. He frowns and there is a beep from Chloe's side. Rosen laughs and Chloe turns to him.

"What's so funny?"

"Gary says it is rude to stare." Rosen says smiling Chloe smiles and looks back at Gary who sticks his tongue out making Chloe laugh.

"Sorry." She says although she knows he cannot hear her. There is another beep and Rosen laughs again.

"He says apology accepted." Chloe laughs again and looks back at Rosen who is writing in a file.

"He must have been useful in trying to find me?"

"He is always useful, but in your particular case yes he was invaluable. He was the one who found out who you were and everything about your past."

"What about my past? Why did you need to know about my past?" Chloe asks feeling nervous and slightly queasy.

"We needed to find out everything about you, we needed to know who we were dealing with. We knew some of what you could do but not everything. We are still unsure what else you can do. We needed to know your past as we needed to know how I could help you."

"Help me?" Chloe says frowning. "What do you mean, like a shrink? You want me to talk about my feelings how alone I feel? How terrified I am of what I can do?" Rosen looks at Chloe with sad eyes.

"I can try. I have helped the other understand and accept their abilities. I have even helped them learn how to control them. I have even helped my own daughter." He says.

"That's nice of you but I am not interested in the therapy sessions thanks, I have had enough of those to last me a lifetime." Chloe says drawing up her legs and crossing then on the sofa.

"Well you know where I am if you want to talk." Rosen says scribbling in a file. Chloe looks at him and frowns.

"Sure doc." She pauses for a moment, "There is something that I want to ask."

"Go on." Rosen says looking up from the file.

"Can I please not just go home? Please!" she says with genuine sadness, wrapping her arms around her stomach. Rosen sees this and gets out of his chair and squats next to her she looks down at him with sad eyes.

"I am sorry Chloe but that is just not possible."

"Why?"

"Well Chloe you have hurt a few people all of them being police officers and they will not let you vanish."

"I was defending myself."

"That's not how other people see it. As far as the Department of Defence are concerned you are highly dangerous."

"I am not dangerous!" Chloe says angrily, there is a rumble and she sees Bill and Cameron running towards the office. Chloe breathes heavily and calms herself down pinching her wrist. Rosen raises his hand up and Bill and Cameron stop outside the door and he watches as she steadies herself and lets out a little sigh of relief. "I can't help it sometimes. I don't do it on purpose I just get angry easily sometimes when I am stressed. I can stop it sometimes but other times it just takes hold of me. I can't help it." Chloe says quietly.

"I know that, that is why you are here."

"So you can help me?" Chloe asks Rosen nods and smiles.

"I had to pull a lot of strings to get you here, you wouldn't believe." Chloe nods she was very curious about Rosen why did he care so much? What was he getting from all of this? One question wouldn't stop nagging at her so she decided to ask that one.

"Where would I be if I wasn't here? I assume prison was a joke because I would not last long in a prison."

"No I imagine not. There is a special facility the DOD use called Binghamton it is like a special hospital for Alphas who are considered dangerous."

"So, that would be me right?" Chloe asks Rosen nods sadly.

"Sadly yes, I hate that there is even a reason for that place but some people are just too dangerous. With you being here we can help you with your abilities and modify the way you control yourself." He says his eyes falling to her wrist.

"What do you propose?"

"Well I would like to see what you are capable of, to the full extent. I would like to know everything you feel and do when you are using your abilities. Do you think you can do that for me?" Chloe nods and rubs her fingers together and they spark. Rosen grabs her hands. "Not here the poor office has been through so much today."

"Where then?" Chloe asks frowning. Rosen stands up his knees cracking as he does he holds out his hand and Chloe hesitantly takes it and he pulls her up.

"Can I trust you to behave?" He asks smiling at her Chloe nods.

"Yes." She says crossing her hear. "I promise."

"Ok then, shall we go on a road trip?" Chloe smiles at him the first genuine smile she has smiled for a long time.