feelings for you along the way. After all, you are a very attractive young woman. He’s not blind. He’s a normal teenage boy with hormones.”
“I thought...I thought you liked me. Why are you doing this?”
“It’s really nothing personal. Truth be told, I do like you. If things had been different, who knows? Maybe you and Jake would have made the perfect couple.”
“Please let us go,” Alyson begged.
“Please, Mr. Parker. We won’t tell anyone.”
“I know you won’t. You don’t want anyone knowing your dirty little secret. Okay, not so little,” Mr. Parker said, laughing, a wild look in his eyes. “You should be thankful it’s me performing the tests. I’m a professional. Other facilities...well, let’s just say they might be more intrusive in their quest to gain knowledge of what you are. I think you know what I mean. After all, your kind isn’t exactly legal yet.”
Feeling helpless, tears started streaming down Alyson and Cassie’s face. They knew he was right. If a government agency found out, they would be probed and prodded like cattle. Newspapers and magazines would haunt their every step. Their lives would never be their own again. They were in a no win situation.
Mr. Parker bent down and injected the syringe into Alyson’s arm. In seconds, her eyes closed and she was unconscious again. Then, he casually walked over to Cassie’s bed and reached for a second syringe from his pocket.
“What did you give her?” Cassie demanded.
Cassie tried thrashing about, but she was strapped down so tightly, she barely moved. An icy chill coursed through her body as the fluid entered and flowed quickly through her vein. Before she could say anything else, she was unconscious. After both girls were asleep, Leonard entered the room.
“Did they give you any trouble?” Leonard asked.
“It would have been easier if you were here, but I managed just fine. They won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.”
“Let them go, Howard. These girls don’t know anything. They only recently found out what they are. They can’t give you the information you’re looking for.”
“We don’t know that for sure. We can’t take any chances. All the answers lie within them. One way or another, I’ll get them out.”
“You’re not going to hurt them, are you?”
“Nothing is more important than science and the truth. Sometimes, casualties can’t be avoided, Leonard.”
“I won’t be a part of this, Howard.”
“You already are.”
“I didn’t...”
“Relax. We’re just going to run some tests on them.”
“That’s all?”
“Some might be more invasive than others. Whatever we need to do. You’re my partner. We’ve always worked together in the past. Don’t go getting a conscience on me now.”
“We never kidnapped anyone before.”
“Don’t think of it as kidnapping. They came here of their own free will.”
“Yes, but then you drugged them and kept them from leaving. That’s kidnapping!”
“Nobody is going to find out. Besides, you helped me. You’re in this just as deep as I am.”
“I didn’t...”
“Breathe, Leonard. You worry too much.”
“Only because you don’t. You can’t do this. We can’t do this.”
“Of course we can.”
“This isn’t right.”
“It’s all going to work out. Nobody is looking for them. Nobody will be looking for them. The one over there told me they had nowhere else to go. We’re safe.”
“I hope you’re right.”
“I always am. Let’s get started while they’re still asleep. We have much work ahead of us.”
The next few days, Howard and Leonard worked tirelessly looking for answers, breaking only occasionally for
“I thought...I thought you liked me. Why are you doing this?”
“It’s really nothing personal. Truth be told, I do like you. If things had been different, who knows? Maybe you and Jake would have made the perfect couple.”
“Please let us go,” Alyson begged.
“Please, Mr. Parker. We won’t tell anyone.”
“I know you won’t. You don’t want anyone knowing your dirty little secret. Okay, not so little,” Mr. Parker said, laughing, a wild look in his eyes. “You should be thankful it’s me performing the tests. I’m a professional. Other facilities...well, let’s just say they might be more intrusive in their quest to gain knowledge of what you are. I think you know what I mean. After all, your kind isn’t exactly legal yet.”
Feeling helpless, tears started streaming down Alyson and Cassie’s face. They knew he was right. If a government agency found out, they would be probed and prodded like cattle. Newspapers and magazines would haunt their every step. Their lives would never be their own again. They were in a no win situation.
Mr. Parker bent down and injected the syringe into Alyson’s arm. In seconds, her eyes closed and she was unconscious again. Then, he casually walked over to Cassie’s bed and reached for a second syringe from his pocket.
“What did you give her?” Cassie demanded.
Cassie tried thrashing about, but she was strapped down so tightly, she barely moved. An icy chill coursed through her body as the fluid entered and flowed quickly through her vein. Before she could say anything else, she was unconscious. After both girls were asleep, Leonard entered the room.
“Did they give you any trouble?” Leonard asked.
“It would have been easier if you were here, but I managed just fine. They won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.”
“Let them go, Howard. These girls don’t know anything. They only recently found out what they are. They can’t give you the information you’re looking for.”
“We don’t know that for sure. We can’t take any chances. All the answers lie within them. One way or another, I’ll get them out.”
“You’re not going to hurt them, are you?”
“Nothing is more important than science and the truth. Sometimes, casualties can’t be avoided, Leonard.”
“I won’t be a part of this, Howard.”
“You already are.”
“I didn’t...”
“Relax. We’re just going to run some tests on them.”
“That’s all?”
“Some might be more invasive than others. Whatever we need to do. You’re my partner. We’ve always worked together in the past. Don’t go getting a conscience on me now.”
“We never kidnapped anyone before.”
“Don’t think of it as kidnapping. They came here of their own free will.”
“Yes, but then you drugged them and kept them from leaving. That’s kidnapping!”
“Nobody is going to find out. Besides, you helped me. You’re in this just as deep as I am.”
“I didn’t...”
“Breathe, Leonard. You worry too much.”
“Only because you don’t. You can’t do this. We can’t do this.”
“Of course we can.”
“This isn’t right.”
“It’s all going to work out. Nobody is looking for them. Nobody will be looking for them. The one over there told me they had nowhere else to go. We’re safe.”
“I hope you’re right.”
“I always am. Let’s get started while they’re still asleep. We have much work ahead of us.”
The next few days, Howard and Leonard worked tirelessly looking for answers, breaking only occasionally for
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