Winters Family Psi Chronicles 1: Transformation by John O'Riley

your brother. It’s something that you’ve never seen done successfully and you won’t have a psychic network to help you link with him. Did you think there was much of a chance to save him?” Julie asked.
    “No, I didn’t but I wanted to be with him and to be free one final time before he passed away. I had to take the chance that I could save him even if there wasn’t really any chance my plan would work,” Emily said.
    Julie exchanged an uncomfortable look with her husband. Emily sensed that strong displays of emotions embarrassed her. Julie adopted a cool, professional expression on her face and continued questioning Emily. Finally, she snapped her journal shut with a sense of finality.
    “I’ve got a plan,” Julie said authoritatively.
    “You do?” Ryan and Emily said with surprise.
    “Emily, we are going to link telepathically. After that, we’re going to work on finding your brother and his friend, Skylar. You and I will strengthen our links for the next several days but if we find Skylar sooner, we’ll link with him as well. When all three of us have a strong link, we’ll work on saving your brother,” Julie said.
    Emily was stunned by this pronouncement and was at a complete loss of words. Julie made it sound so simple and straight-forward but her plan had little chance of success.
    “It will be difficult to link with Skylar,” Emily finally said.
    Julie opened her mouth to speak but at that moment, a remote-viewer’s presence approached. She mentally pushed the intruder away but it didn’t take all of her focus anymore. After practicing so many times while Emily was asleep, she’d quickly honed this skill until it was almost like walking.
    “Why will it be difficult to link with Skylar?” Julie asked.
    “He’s a level nine telepath – possibly stronger. He won’t be able to regain consciousness for more than an hour at a time. He won’t be able to reach any kind of meditative state.”
    “He can still concentrate on the linking process though. He’ll just have to skip the first step,” Julie said crisply.
    “The first step is critical,” Emily said.
    “We have to try anyway,” Julie said decisively. “That’s the plan.”
    Emily cocked a bemused eyebrow at her but decided it was best to just go along with her idea. Maybe it would work.
    “Okay,” Emily said.
    “As soon as this remote-viewer is gone, we can start meditating,” Julie said.
    “We’ll need to sit comfortably in a position that we can hold for several hours,” Emily instructed.
    Julie nodded and shifted her position on the couch. When the remote-viewer was gone, the two of them began the linking process.

 
     
    Chapter 5
    Emily’s frustration mounted as yet another remote-viewer interrupted the linking process. So far, Emily and Julie had diligently maintained a deep trance but the constant intrusions prevented them from establishing a link. Unfortunately, Emily’s ire was hindering her performance as it detracted from her meditative calm. She could sense a powerful distraction growing in Julie’s mind as well. Emily opened her eyes as she gave up on the linking process. Ryan was reading a magazine on the couch facing the two women. He looked up sharply when he noticed she’d halted the procedure.
    “We’re going to need to take a break,” she said.
    “Sorry about that,” Julie apologized. “I’m famished.”
    “That’s understandable. We haven’t eaten all day,” Emily said.
    Anxiety welled inside her as she worried about her brother and Skylar. While she’d been confined in her prison at the Psi-Tech research facility, she’d focused entirely on how she would escape. Now that she’d regained her freedom, worries and uncertainties churned through her mind.  Skylar would be extremely difficult to save and Jeremy most likely would be a lost cause.
    “I’ll fix some pasta for dinner real quick. You can both relax,” Ryan said.
    “Thank you, sweetie.” Julie gave him a quick kiss before