Controller: Controller Trilogy, Book 1 by Stephen W Bennett

Author:Stephen W Bennett [Bennett, Stephen W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stephen W Bennett
Published: 2017-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

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Grayson watched in awe as the car pulled to the side of the road and the two men got out and stood to the side. “Damn, Mike. I only half believed that story, that you not speaking someone’s language wasn’t important.” He sensed Mike’s commands that ordered the driver to stop for the two presumed plainclothes police officers, then telling them to step away from the car.

Grayson drove of course, as the Immune. As soon as he cleared the obscuring overpass the faint mental commands, which he’d sensed from the air returned. “I know which way to go, but I can’t drive cross country. There’s a GPS icon on the console display. See if you can get a map of the local roads while I drive.”

He followed the curving parkway as Gorka struggled to figure out how to change the display. It didn’t take long. “Ha! I got it. This a KIA and my mother has an Optima. I showed her how to use her GPS.”

Grayson glanced at the map, checking their position, and compared that mentally with the direction he sensed they should go. “This isn’t directly the way we want to drive, but the commands are growing stronger. I’ll turn right at the next large intersection. I don’t any see signs that the drivers passing near us are reacting to his weak control commands.” There was other traffic, moving in both directions.

“What’s he sending Dan?”

“It mostly has been specific commands, intended for what I assume are the police. The instructions seem to be directing them to make turns at intersections or to look away when told. I assume those are patrol cars that get close to the man. That’s what I faintly sensed when he brought down the two Apaches. He convinced those pilots they were in a nose up stall, and in a rapid spin to their left. The pilots compensated by tilting their noses down, and a hard right turn. They were already low and spun in with their noses down. I don’t know how far away he was from us then, but his control over the pilots must have been strong to overcome their self-preservation instincts.”

Mike nodded. “I don’t think I could Compel anyone to plunge to their death. Distract them perhaps, or confuse them, but not force them to dive to a certain death like that. He must have Stiles-like Control ability when he uses that transmitter, and with a much greater range. That transmitter makes him dangerous as Hell. Have you sensed any crowd control commands, to trigger a riot?”

“Just brief flashes, such as a group order to send people out onto the streets from businesses and apartment buildings. He’d be able to hide better in crowds, and if cornered, he has people to send against anyone wearing insulated foil lined suits.”

“If he’s ordering individual police units to turn away, then he must be out on the street. He could control the officers, but dash cams could see him, although I don’t know if the patrol cars here transmit images to a substation.

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