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.Zetes his most dazzling, disturbingsmile."I don't need a knife," he said.Mr.Zetes shook his head, gently and disparagingly."There's something I'mafraid you haven't realized.Joyce hasn't tested you since you formed this.unfortunate linkage, has she?""So what?""If she had, you would have discovered by now that it's quite difficult for atelepath who is already in a stable link to reach outside that link.Nearlyimpossible, I believe.In other words, young man, except for communicationswithin your group of five, you've lost your power."Kait could feel the disbelief surging in Gabriel.His walls were lowered now,his attention was focused elsewhere.Then she felt something like the drawingback of the ocean just before a tsunami-a sort of gathering in Gabriel's mind.She braced herself-and felt him unleash it.Or try to.The wave, instead of crashing down on Mr.Zetes, seemed to crasharound her and Gabriel instead.It was true.He couldn't link with anyone else.Not to communicate withthem-and not to harm them."And now, if you'll sit down in that chair," Mr.Zetes said.Kaitlyn's eyes shifted to the chair.She'd barely noticed it before.It stoodon the opposite side of the room from the door, and it looked frighteninglyhigh-tech.It was made of metal.With the gun in front of him and a dog on either side, Gabriel backed up tothe chair.He sat.Mr.Zetes went over and made some quick movements, stooping once.When hestood, Kaitlyn realized that Gabriel was now restrained in the chair by metalcuffs at his wrists and ankles.Page 113 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThen Mr.Zetes stepped behind the chair.Two winglike devices swung forward.In another instant, Gabriel's head was held motionless by a device that lookedas if it were meant for brain surgery."The crystal can do more than just amplify power," Mr.Zetes said."It cancause excruciating pain-even madness.Of course, that was what happened withthe pilot study." He stepped back."Are you quite comfortable?" he asked.Kaitlyn was remembering the pain that had resulted from being in contact witha tiny shard of the crystal, a piece the size of her fingernail.Mr.Zetes went over to the towering thing with the jagged growths in thecenter of the room.For the first time, Kaitlyn realized that the metal standthat supported it was mobile.The entire structure, though obviously heavy,could be moved.Very carefully and delicately, Mr.Zetes was bringing the crystal to Gabriel.Tipping it slightly.Adjusting it.Until one of the jagged terminals, one ofthe growths, was resting against Gabriel's forehead.In direct contact with the third eye."It will take a while for it to build.Now I'm going to leave the room," Mr.Zetes said."In an hour or so I'll come back-and by then I think you mighthave changed your mind."He walked out.The dogs went with him.Kaitlyn was alone with Gabriel-but there was absolutely nothing she could do.She looked wildly at the door of the metal cage, pulled at it with thestrength of desperation.She only succeeded in cutting her fingers.It tookher about two minutes to discover that there was no way she could affect it,with fists or feet or the weight of her body."Don't bother," Gabriel said.The strain in his voice frightened her intogoing over to look at him.He was completely immobile, his face white as paper.And now that Kaitlyn wasstill, she could feel his pain through the web.He was trying to hold it back, to close himself-and the pain-off from her.But even what little got through to her was terrible.The pressure behind the forehead-like what she had experienced with thecrystal Joyce had used, but indescribably worse.As if something alive wereswelling there, trying to get out.And the heat-like a blowtorch directedagainst that spot.And the sheer black agony-Kaitlyn's knees gave out.She found herself half lying on the floor of thecage.Then she pulled herself up to a sitting position.Oh, Gabriel.Leave me alone."I'm sorry," she whispered, saying it and sending it at once.I'm so sorry.Page 114 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlJust leave me alone! I don 'I need you.Kaitlyn couldn't leave him alone.She was locked into it with him, sharingthe waves of agony that kept building.She could feel them break over her,spread out infinitely around her.Spreading, swelling.to include all ofthem.All five who shared the web.Kaitlyn! a distant voice shouted.The connection was shaky, tenuous.But Kaitlyn recognized Rob.It wasn't just pain.It was power.The crystal was feeding Gabriel power.Rob-can you hear me? Lewis, Anna-can you hear me?Kaitlyn, what's happening? Where are you?It's them, Gabriel! We've got them! It's them! For a minute, despite thescreaming of her nerves, Kaitlyn was simply delirious with joy.We might lose them any second, Gabriel said.But Kaitlyn could feel what hefelt-there were no walls between them now.The crystal had annihilated those.And his relief and joy were as strong as hers.Rob, we're in Mr.Zetes's house.You've got to find out somehow where thatis-and fast.Kaitlyn told them about the study, and the panel.It might beclosed again, but Lewis can open it.But you have to hurry, Rob-come quick.If you want to find us alive, Gabriel added.Kaitlyn was amazed that he waseven speaking coherently.She knew that he was taking the worst of the painhimself.She felt a surge of admiration for him.Keep it to yourself, witch, he told her.It was an endearment, she realized.Witch.She supposed she'd better learn tolike it.You could have told Mr.Zetes you'd think about killing me.You could havebought yourself time, she said.I don't bargain with people like him.Kaitlyn, through the waves of pain that were starting to be tinged withcrimson and carmine, felt an intense pride and triumph.You see? she thoughtto Rob.Mr.Zetes was wrong about all of us.You see how wrong?But Rob wasn't there anymore.The connection had been too fragile-or now thepain was wiping everything out.She leaned against the metal cage, dimly feeling its coolness.Hang on, shethought.Hang on.Hang on.He's coming.She didn't know if she was saying it to Gabriel or to herself, but heanswered.You believe that?It roused her a little.Of course, she said.I know he is.And so do you.It's dangerous.He's risking his own neck by coming here, Gabriel said.Page 115 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlYou know he's coming, Kaitlyn said, able to say it with perfect assurancebecause she could feel it, directly [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Zetes his most dazzling, disturbingsmile."I don't need a knife," he said.Mr.Zetes shook his head, gently and disparagingly."There's something I'mafraid you haven't realized.Joyce hasn't tested you since you formed this.unfortunate linkage, has she?""So what?""If she had, you would have discovered by now that it's quite difficult for atelepath who is already in a stable link to reach outside that link.Nearlyimpossible, I believe.In other words, young man, except for communicationswithin your group of five, you've lost your power."Kait could feel the disbelief surging in Gabriel.His walls were lowered now,his attention was focused elsewhere.Then she felt something like the drawingback of the ocean just before a tsunami-a sort of gathering in Gabriel's mind.She braced herself-and felt him unleash it.Or try to.The wave, instead of crashing down on Mr.Zetes, seemed to crasharound her and Gabriel instead.It was true.He couldn't link with anyone else.Not to communicate withthem-and not to harm them."And now, if you'll sit down in that chair," Mr.Zetes said.Kaitlyn's eyes shifted to the chair.She'd barely noticed it before.It stoodon the opposite side of the room from the door, and it looked frighteninglyhigh-tech.It was made of metal.With the gun in front of him and a dog on either side, Gabriel backed up tothe chair.He sat.Mr.Zetes went over and made some quick movements, stooping once.When hestood, Kaitlyn realized that Gabriel was now restrained in the chair by metalcuffs at his wrists and ankles.Page 113 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThen Mr.Zetes stepped behind the chair.Two winglike devices swung forward.In another instant, Gabriel's head was held motionless by a device that lookedas if it were meant for brain surgery."The crystal can do more than just amplify power," Mr.Zetes said."It cancause excruciating pain-even madness.Of course, that was what happened withthe pilot study." He stepped back."Are you quite comfortable?" he asked.Kaitlyn was remembering the pain that had resulted from being in contact witha tiny shard of the crystal, a piece the size of her fingernail.Mr.Zetes went over to the towering thing with the jagged growths in thecenter of the room.For the first time, Kaitlyn realized that the metal standthat supported it was mobile.The entire structure, though obviously heavy,could be moved.Very carefully and delicately, Mr.Zetes was bringing the crystal to Gabriel.Tipping it slightly.Adjusting it.Until one of the jagged terminals, one ofthe growths, was resting against Gabriel's forehead.In direct contact with the third eye."It will take a while for it to build.Now I'm going to leave the room," Mr.Zetes said."In an hour or so I'll come back-and by then I think you mighthave changed your mind."He walked out.The dogs went with him.Kaitlyn was alone with Gabriel-but there was absolutely nothing she could do.She looked wildly at the door of the metal cage, pulled at it with thestrength of desperation.She only succeeded in cutting her fingers.It tookher about two minutes to discover that there was no way she could affect it,with fists or feet or the weight of her body."Don't bother," Gabriel said.The strain in his voice frightened her intogoing over to look at him.He was completely immobile, his face white as paper.And now that Kaitlyn wasstill, she could feel his pain through the web.He was trying to hold it back, to close himself-and the pain-off from her.But even what little got through to her was terrible.The pressure behind the forehead-like what she had experienced with thecrystal Joyce had used, but indescribably worse.As if something alive wereswelling there, trying to get out.And the heat-like a blowtorch directedagainst that spot.And the sheer black agony-Kaitlyn's knees gave out.She found herself half lying on the floor of thecage.Then she pulled herself up to a sitting position.Oh, Gabriel.Leave me alone."I'm sorry," she whispered, saying it and sending it at once.I'm so sorry.Page 114 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlJust leave me alone! I don 'I need you.Kaitlyn couldn't leave him alone.She was locked into it with him, sharingthe waves of agony that kept building.She could feel them break over her,spread out infinitely around her.Spreading, swelling.to include all ofthem.All five who shared the web.Kaitlyn! a distant voice shouted.The connection was shaky, tenuous.But Kaitlyn recognized Rob.It wasn't just pain.It was power.The crystal was feeding Gabriel power.Rob-can you hear me? Lewis, Anna-can you hear me?Kaitlyn, what's happening? Where are you?It's them, Gabriel! We've got them! It's them! For a minute, despite thescreaming of her nerves, Kaitlyn was simply delirious with joy.We might lose them any second, Gabriel said.But Kaitlyn could feel what hefelt-there were no walls between them now.The crystal had annihilated those.And his relief and joy were as strong as hers.Rob, we're in Mr.Zetes's house.You've got to find out somehow where thatis-and fast.Kaitlyn told them about the study, and the panel.It might beclosed again, but Lewis can open it.But you have to hurry, Rob-come quick.If you want to find us alive, Gabriel added.Kaitlyn was amazed that he waseven speaking coherently.She knew that he was taking the worst of the painhimself.She felt a surge of admiration for him.Keep it to yourself, witch, he told her.It was an endearment, she realized.Witch.She supposed she'd better learn tolike it.You could have told Mr.Zetes you'd think about killing me.You could havebought yourself time, she said.I don't bargain with people like him.Kaitlyn, through the waves of pain that were starting to be tinged withcrimson and carmine, felt an intense pride and triumph.You see? she thoughtto Rob.Mr.Zetes was wrong about all of us.You see how wrong?But Rob wasn't there anymore.The connection had been too fragile-or now thepain was wiping everything out.She leaned against the metal cage, dimly feeling its coolness.Hang on, shethought.Hang on.Hang on.He's coming.She didn't know if she was saying it to Gabriel or to herself, but heanswered.You believe that?It roused her a little.Of course, she said.I know he is.And so do you.It's dangerous.He's risking his own neck by coming here, Gabriel said.Page 115 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlYou know he's coming, Kaitlyn said, able to say it with perfect assurancebecause she could feel it, directly [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]