Mag Subject 6 (Mags & Nats Book 2) by Stephanie Fazio

Author:Stephanie Fazio [Fazio, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Syafant Press
Published: 2020-10-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 30

By the time we got back to Older Smith’s house, we were exhausted, dirty, and demoralized. We all showered and put our pajamas back on. We settled ourselves around the kitchen table and picked at our unfinished pasta. It was late morning, but with the hours we’d been keeping and the heavy drapes that kept out the sunlight, we had no idea which end was up.

We kept our voices low so we didn’t disturb Older Smith, who had fallen asleep sitting up in a rocking chair in the dark living room.

A.J. used his telekinesis to clean up the kitchen. Dirty dishes gathered into a stack that stayed perfectly balanced as it floated to the sink. Bubbles began to fill the air as the soap dispenser and sponge did a little dance. The dishes lined themselves up and politely waited their turn to be scrubbed down. The whole process was mesmerizing to watch.

Smith sat facing away from the rest of us. He had in a new set of earbuds—courtesy of Yutika—and his eyes were glued to his computer screen.

I was about out of my mind with impatience when Smith came out of his Techie trance. He closed the laptop carefully and set it on the floor. He removed his earbuds one at a time and twisted around in his chair to face us.

“Out with it, Smith,” I ordered.

Smith shook his head, like he was just realizing all of our attention was on him. Then, he cleared his throat.

“Mag Subject 6.”

“Beg pardon?” A.J. asked.

“That’s what Remwald called him,” Smith said. “The Memorizer didn’t give us the details of his file in the restaurant, because he never even knew Subject 6 existed.

“I think Remwald kept him isolated in some other part of MagLab where no one else went. That’s why only that Memory Reader kid knew about him.”

I was still trying to consider what it must have been like for one of the Super Mags to be isolated from everyone except Remwald, when Smith continued.

“The Memory Reader showed me enough that I was able to dig up more about Subject 6’s parents, since they were regular citizens.”

“Were regular citizens?” Gray asked.

Smith nodded. “They’ve both been dead for almost twenty years.”

Smith flicked his hand. Images and documents began appearing on the wall, bathing all of our faces in an eerie electronic glow.

I stared at the information projected on the wall.

Mag Subject 6 was the sole survivor of the first batch of Super Mags. His parents were a Nat and a Mag. They’d been discovered by the Alliance when his mother was three months pregnant.

I had to glance away from the summaries of the in vitro experiments that were done to Subject 6 before I lost my dinner.

“What good is it going to do us to know all of this stuff?” Yutika asked. “I mean, why do I need to know that his father was into pottery and fished? Or that Subject 6 likes to draw?”

“It’s good to have a complete picture,” Smith replied. “You never know what’ll be useful at some point.

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