Gifted Connections 4

“It looks like some of the children we originally deemed too dangerous are among the enemies,” Jemmy said ominously.

“I guess it’s a good thing Alison and Dr. Frankenstein were moved,” Jaxson commented before he took a seat in one of the chairs.

We never found out who the man was that was helping Horatio. Alex couldn’t even get a name on him. All he could get was that the man could turn people into inanimate objects. He was transferred before I got my gifts back.

“How did he even get in here?” Troy asked his jaw clenching as if he already knew the answer.

“Your badge,” Will stated. “But it wasn’t your fault. The man looked exactly like you. They were able to temporarily blind the camera. They disabled the guards at that door, and then he brought in the rest of his friends. It looks like they got here seconds after we left.”

“Have we seen my brother?” Ford asked as he peered at the screens.

“He’s in the cafeteria,” Jemmy stated as she zoomed in on some of the people.

“What are they saying?” Ford asked as he pointed toward a man who was pacing and clearly yelling.

“There’s no way of telling unless someone can read lips.” Darren pulled up to one of the computers. “Our cameras aren’t equipped with mics.”

“Where did-? How did you-?” Jaxson asked, stunned at Darren suddenly appearing out of thin air.

Gavin smiled. “I mimicked Micah.”

“From the cafeteria?” Jace asked with an impressed tone.

Gavin nodded with a smile. Even I was impressed.

“But,” Jemmy stated with a smile, following up with our last conversation. “Cell phones are,” she said, countering Darren’s last statement. With a smile, she tapped a few keys on her computer and soon we could hear a male’s voice over her laptop.

“How did you-?” It was Darren’s turn to have his jaw drop.

“What, Mr. Amazing Hacker? You can’t do this?” Jemmy asked smugly.

“I’ve never tried,” Darren grumbled.

Jemmy let out a laugh as she turned up the volume on her computer.

“-I’m going to ask one more time! Who is gifted among you?” the man yelled.

“They want to put halos on us,” Yaris said grimly from behind me.

I turned and noticed Micah and Sierra had returned with four of the people that had been trapped in the laundry room. Yaris, Spencer, and two Nons I didn’t know by name were standing behind us.

“We don’t have enough halos for that,” Darren said smugly. “And half the ones we have on hand aren’t properly linked up yet.”

“If you don’t tell me who in here is gifted right now, I’m offing you one by one!” the man in the cafeteria yelled through Jemmy’s speaker.

“They are!” Adams yelled back as she pointed towards a small group that was huddled around one of the tables. She had black streaks running down her face from where her mascara had run. “We’re not dying so you can hide.”

“My dear old sister once again at her finest,” Darren muttered in anger.

“Your what?” Noah asked in shock.

“My sister,” Darren said matter of factly. He pushed his glasses up with his middle finger. “Well, technically my half-sister. You didn’t know that either? Man, Uncle Paul does like to keep his cards close to his chest. I guess you don’t know about PJ either, huh?”

“PJ is his twelve-year-old son that’s exhibiting signs of a gift,” Pops informed us. “And Adams has only remained this long due to her family ties, but after today she will no longer be part of our program.”

From his expression, I took it that he had known these facts for some time, and that displeased me slightly. We had the right to know especially after the stunts she had pulled with me.

“She should have been kicked out long ago,” Remy stated gruffly. “We need to get in there. We need to neutralize the threats.”