The Call of Destiny by Robert C. James

Author:Robert C. James [James, Robert C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction
Publisher: Robert C. James
Published: 2019-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

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June 1, 2214

Edinburgh, Scotland

Present Day

Charles hadn’t attempted anything like this since the war. He remembered the horror inside his chamber after receiving a new batch of Centauri. Their screams still haunted him.

He’d developed his own method of stimulating a human’s nervous system at any point and at any threshold he saw fit. And while it’d taken time studying Kione’s unique anatomy, he now felt he had a good handle on how to use the same technique on him.

He frowned, watching his assistants strap the alien down through the observation screen on what’d become known as the ‘bed of hell.’ He didn’t want to subject Kione to it but he’d run out of options. Drug therapy and other less invasive methods hadn’t come close to bringing his mental abilities to the fore. He’d hoped with what was originally designed as torture would provide the result he needed.

Charles pushed in the intercom on the console before him. “Is he ready?”

His assistants nodded and walked out from the laboratory, joining him in the observation chamber. Kione stared up at the ceiling, waiting.

“Can you hear me?” Charles asked him.

Kione didn’t answer. The effects of what drugs he’d given him would’ve worn off by now, so he was obviously ignoring him.

“Okay, listen, Kione, in the hope I can stimulate your nervous system, I’m—”

“Just do what you have to do, Whitlowe,” Kione interrupted him, not breaking his gaze from the ceiling.

Charles nodded to Le Favre, and she wound the dial at the presets agreed to. “Level one.”

Kione’s body stiffened at the power running throughout.

Charles checked the readings. There was no change. “Go to level two.”

The hum of the machine got louder. Kione’s eyes closed, and his jaw clenched. It was the first sign of pain. But his brain functions didn’t alter.

On to level three they proceeded. Then four. And then five. Kione convulsed, pounding against his restraints.

Sweat dripped down Charles’s brow. He wiped it away and studied the data. The alien’s nervous system had been bombarded to within an inch of its life. On the monitor, it looked like a brightly lit-up Christmas tree.

He scowled. “Push it to level six.”

“But, Doctor, if we go any higher, it’ll kill him,” Le Favre warned.

“Just do it!”

She sighed and turned the controls. Kione finally gave in and shrieked out in agony.

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