Endless Advance by Amy DuBoff & Michael Anderle & Craig Martelle

Author:Amy DuBoff & Michael Anderle & Craig Martelle [DuBoff, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-12-11T06:00:00+00:00

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Ava glared across the interview table at Jared. He was being entirely too calm for the situation. He should be afraid right now. What happened to the twitchy man from Coraxa?

Behind her, Widmore shifted as he leaned against the wall. “You may as well talk, Jared. You know what Ava can do to you.”

“Do your worst,” the scientist replied.

Ava could sense Luke’s concern from his place next to Widmore. Even though they’d grown up together, he had never witnessed the darker side of her abilities up close. Part of her didn’t want him to see that side of her, but if they had any chance at a future together, she needed to bare her full self—whatever that self was now.

Ignoring those around her, Ava spread her hands on the tabletop and stared into Jared’s eyes. “Tell me what you know about Coraxans’ telepathic abilities.”

“There’s not much to tell,” he replied.

“We saw an artificial neural bridge between the left inferior frontal gyrus and the supramarginal gyrus,” Luke interjected. “What do you know about the expression of telepathic abilities in that region?”

“We saw it in a number of Coraxan creatures, but never anywhere else,” Jared explained.

Ava glared at him. “Is that how the aliens were controlling Andrea?”

The scientist laughed. “Andrea? She was never under telepathic control.”

“So, she was a willing participant?” Ava prompted.

“Most of us were. It was important work. We were the ones willing to do what no one else would.”

Ava shook her head. “That kind of thinking has always led humans down a dark path.”

Widmore stepped forward. “Some collaborators were willing participants, but these aliens have taken over others against their will. Who are they? What are they after?”

Jared stiffened in his chair. “I only know about our work.”

“You’re not telling us everything.” Ava stared into his eyes.

“I’ve said all I care to share.”

“You know I don’t need your permission,” she cautioned.

He glared back at her. “I’ve said all I’m going to say.”

“Suit yourself.” Ava bored into his mind, peeling back the layers of his consciousness that so thinly veiled his inner mind.

The information she sought was there for the taking, if she could locate it. A lifetime of memories and knowledge spread out before her. Random connections led to tangents of the mind, with the timeline of experience having no bearing on how the history was organized. She would have to dig, and the more Jared resisted, the more it would hurt.

He cried out in pain as she began the process. She was vaguely aware of Widmore’s and Luke’s discomfort in the distance, but that was their issue to overcome. This was her job, and she was good at it.

Minutes passed as Ava dug through the disjointed archive of Jared’s experience, seeking the time when he was at NTech’s lab on Coraxa. He had to have seen something, talking about something with Andrea, which would offer insight into their present predicament.

In time, she found an impression of Coraxa and traced the thread back to a bundle of memories.

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