The Hypnotists by Gordon Korman

Author:Gordon Korman [Korman, Gordon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens
ISBN: 9780545503228
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 2013-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

It was the video — the one that had hypnotized Ray during filming!

Someone, somewhere, was watching that recording and getting bent. And the blowback was coming to Jax, miles away.

I was right! If an accomplished mind-bender like Ray can be mesmerized through a viewfinder, the same thing could happen to anyone watching that clip!

It was a major discovery! He had to tell Dr. Mako!

“Mr. Opus.” The teacher’s sarcastic voice penetrated Jax’s swirling thoughts. “Are you having a seizure, or do you need to go to the bathroom?”

“Dude, you’re bouncing like a Ping-Pong ball,” Tommy hissed.

“I — I gotta go!” He was up and out of the lab like a shot. The PIP was still dead center in his field of vision, so it was a miracle he made it to the bathroom without falling flat on his face or running full tilt into a wall.

He locked himself in a stall and waited, hyperventilating, for the vision to clear. It did eventually, but that did nothing to restore his calm. Trembling, he fumbled for his cell phone and dialed Sentia.

“It’s Jackson Opus.” He gasped. “I need to talk to Dr. Mako right away!”

“Dr. Mako’s in a closed session,” the receptionist informed him.

“Oh, for sure I know that!” Jax exclaimed. He’s showing someone my video — and he doesn’t know the effect it’s having!

As usual, getting through to the director was like calling the Vatican and asking to speak to the Pope. Eventually, when Jax would not be denied, they bounced his call to Ms. Samuels.

“Jax — what’s so urgent that it can’t wait until this afternoon?”

Breathlessly, Jax panted out what had just happened to him and his theory as to why. “Don’t you see? It should be impossible for me to have that vision unless I’ve bent somebody. But I haven’t! It must be coming from the video.”

Ms. Samuels was her usual unflappable self. “I’ll try to get your message to Dr. Mako, but I can’t guarantee anything. He’s absolutely booked solid, and he’s asked not to be interrupted.”

“Yeah, because he’s showing people my recording! And it’s hypnotizing them!”

“Calm down,” she soothed. “I’ll see you in a few hours. There’s nothing we can do now.”

The rest of the day was a blur. Who could concentrate on Robert Frost or the Stamp Act when there was something going on that even Elias Mako didn’t understand? The director had said it outright: No one has ever been able to hypnotize remotely. Yet that was exactly what had just taken place!

By the time Ms. Samuels greeted Jax at Sentia after school, Dr. Mako was out of the office at “important meetings.”

“More important than this?” Jax demanded.

“I gave him your message, and he’s looking into it,” she told him. “He doesn’t want you jumping to any conclusions.”

Jax thought his head was going to explode. “What other conclusion could there possibly be?”

The supermodel features relaxed into a sympathetic smile. “Dr. Mako’s on it. That’s all we can ask for.”

School had been hard enough, but to sit

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