happen. He had two more to study if that did not work out. While Arjun”—he pointed at one of the werewolves—“was on the conversion table, he made contact with me. I and the other adept, Vihaan, stayed in contact with Arjun during the whole transformation process. When he awoke, he remembered everything of his past life. The researcher had no idea that we were in contact with Arjun.”
“Oh my goodness!” said Mary.
“One by one he converted all the COBRA unit to werewolves, and we stayed in contact with each of them. Some went mad and destroyed everything within reach upon awaking. They were killed by the Supes immediately. The others of us were detained for further study.”
“How long have you been here? More than a year? Won’t they send up an alarm when they notice you missing?” asked Leona.
“The conversion indeed was a year ago, counting the days by light and dark ship waking and sleeping ‘days’ and ‘nights.’ None of the Mind-Breakers have studied us in the last six months. If we did not have auto-feeders giving us food and water, we probably would have starved.”
“Can you contact Will in the tube?” asked Mary.
“The conversion table?” asked Commander Gupta.
“Yes,” replied Leona.
“How long has he been in the conversion device?” asked Arjun, the RAW adept that Gupta had indicated.
“About two days now,” said Leona, “assuming that I have understood the passage of time as shown by the ship’s computer. It seems that the light and dark cycle is about an Earth day long.”
“Then it is still possible to save his memories and personality,” replied the commander.
Without another word being thought or spoken, Arjun, Vihaan, and Mary went to sit beside Will in the other chamber.
“So, Commander,” said Leona, beckoning the commando leader to the desk. “How is it that your research, uh, ‘wing’ could learn telepathy by using a drug, and Thor and I learned it over four years in parapsychology experiments at university?”
“Oh, our scientists had a theory about ESP. They likened it to a stool with three legs: brain energy, cognitive brain training, and frequency spectrum of the brain waves. The drug they used on us caused our brains to get a higher level of energy, and become attuned to a wider spectrum of brain waves. The more we used the drug, the more skilled our brains became at perceiving, sending, and receiving telepathic transmissions.”
“So, I’m guessing that with the drug you guys didn’t need four years,” said Leona.
“No, but the effect would have been the same, I believe. You two, and my RAW adepts and I, have brains that have been trained to do telepathy. And, pardon me, madam, but we do it much better than you do.”
“Well, I’ve had the assistance of the ship’s computer to amplify my telepathy. Ordinarily I would only be able to reach Thor.”
“All the werewolves have been rendered telepathic by the Supes,” thought the commander. “But werewolf brains emit signals at a different frequency than human brains. I fear that without the assistance of the ship’s system, you and I would not be able to communicate. And, certainly not at any distance. This is a vulnerability. If the Supes discover your computer use, they could cut off your access to it.”
“I wonder if there is any of your Indian drug, or something like it, available for me to use?”
Leona looked fixedly at the desk monitor. Commander Gupta watched her, with one ear turned her way and the other ear flicking back and forth toward the lab and the adjoining chamber.
Finally Leona straightened up. “The computer says there is a supply of a similar drug in a storage cabinet of the large chamber, near the conversion tables. And yes, there are a large number of tables for conversions, if I would call them forth. Oh! These contemptible aliens!”
Leona shook her head as she led Commander Gupta to a place on one wall of the bright chamber where her father was. She
“Oh my goodness!” said Mary.
“One by one he converted all the COBRA unit to werewolves, and we stayed in contact with each of them. Some went mad and destroyed everything within reach upon awaking. They were killed by the Supes immediately. The others of us were detained for further study.”
“How long have you been here? More than a year? Won’t they send up an alarm when they notice you missing?” asked Leona.
“The conversion indeed was a year ago, counting the days by light and dark ship waking and sleeping ‘days’ and ‘nights.’ None of the Mind-Breakers have studied us in the last six months. If we did not have auto-feeders giving us food and water, we probably would have starved.”
“Can you contact Will in the tube?” asked Mary.
“The conversion table?” asked Commander Gupta.
“Yes,” replied Leona.
“How long has he been in the conversion device?” asked Arjun, the RAW adept that Gupta had indicated.
“About two days now,” said Leona, “assuming that I have understood the passage of time as shown by the ship’s computer. It seems that the light and dark cycle is about an Earth day long.”
“Then it is still possible to save his memories and personality,” replied the commander.
Without another word being thought or spoken, Arjun, Vihaan, and Mary went to sit beside Will in the other chamber.
“So, Commander,” said Leona, beckoning the commando leader to the desk. “How is it that your research, uh, ‘wing’ could learn telepathy by using a drug, and Thor and I learned it over four years in parapsychology experiments at university?”
“Oh, our scientists had a theory about ESP. They likened it to a stool with three legs: brain energy, cognitive brain training, and frequency spectrum of the brain waves. The drug they used on us caused our brains to get a higher level of energy, and become attuned to a wider spectrum of brain waves. The more we used the drug, the more skilled our brains became at perceiving, sending, and receiving telepathic transmissions.”
“So, I’m guessing that with the drug you guys didn’t need four years,” said Leona.
“No, but the effect would have been the same, I believe. You two, and my RAW adepts and I, have brains that have been trained to do telepathy. And, pardon me, madam, but we do it much better than you do.”
“Well, I’ve had the assistance of the ship’s computer to amplify my telepathy. Ordinarily I would only be able to reach Thor.”
“All the werewolves have been rendered telepathic by the Supes,” thought the commander. “But werewolf brains emit signals at a different frequency than human brains. I fear that without the assistance of the ship’s system, you and I would not be able to communicate. And, certainly not at any distance. This is a vulnerability. If the Supes discover your computer use, they could cut off your access to it.”
“I wonder if there is any of your Indian drug, or something like it, available for me to use?”
Leona looked fixedly at the desk monitor. Commander Gupta watched her, with one ear turned her way and the other ear flicking back and forth toward the lab and the adjoining chamber.
Finally Leona straightened up. “The computer says there is a supply of a similar drug in a storage cabinet of the large chamber, near the conversion tables. And yes, there are a large number of tables for conversions, if I would call them forth. Oh! These contemptible aliens!”
Leona shook her head as she led Commander Gupta to a place on one wall of the bright chamber where her father was. She
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