Empowered Academy 1985 by Dawn Jansen

Author:Dawn Jansen [Jansen, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Edgar

I had never expected to be called on a field mission after only two weeks of being at the Academy, but I guessed my results in each of my classes had been strong enough to make me a candidate after all. It also made sense that they put me with Emily since—as the teachers made sure to tell us every chance they got—the Academy formed squads based on interpersonal relationships, making teams out of the students that were emotionally closest to each other. That’s also why Lizzy’s presence came as no surprise, either; she was Emily’s best friend.

The only other person that did stand out was Ramsey, who some students called “the Hulk,” in part for his formidable physique and in part for the simplicity of his power, which basically made him an expert at bashing things up. I didn’t deny that it was a useful power, but it was relatively straightforward. While I knew Ramsey from around the Academy, I certainly didn’t know him well enough to be included in a squad with him. That meant either Lizzy or Emily had some kind of connection with him, and I hoped it was the former. Of course, Emily and I weren’t official, and I knew it was the norm for female EMPs to have several lovers, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to share Emily with somebody else. Still, I knew deep down inside that if push came to shove, I’d be able to accept any arrangement as long as it meant I got to stay with Emily. She had changed me too much, turned me into an entirely new person really, and I knew I had to have her in my life.

Ramsey and Emily were sitting across from me and Lizzy in the black van we were traveling in, and I didn’t know if it was just my overactive imagination, but I couldn’t help but feel that there really was something going on between them. I had to wipe those thoughts from my mind, though, because this was my first field mission, and it sounded pretty dangerous from the way Mr. Diaz was describing. He was sitting in the center seat closest to the front of the van looking at a clipboard which, I assumed, had notes about the mission on it.

“Old Field Psychiatric Center; that ring a bell for any of you?” Mr. Diaz asked, looking up from his clipboard at us. All of us either shrugged or shook our heads. “Guess none of you are local then. It’s a derelict insane asylum. Shut down in the 60s, but the building has been there ever since. Intelligence reports that a group of rogue empowered are there—”

“Rogue empowered?” Lizzy asked in shock, cutting Mr. Diaz off. “Those exist?”

“Yes, Ms. Price. Any empowered individuals that are not a part of the EMP program are designated as rogue EMPs. That’s not all, though; reports state that they are likely part of a Soviet cell. Our orders are to verify the intelligence claims and, if they’re true, capture or eliminate the rogue empowered.

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