The Mind's Eye by Christopher Nuttall

Author:Christopher Nuttall [Nuttall, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC040000 FICTION /Alternative History, FIC028010 FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure, FIC009050 FICTION / Fantasy / Paranormal, FL Science Fiction, FA Modern & Contemporary
ISBN: 9781908168573
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
Published: 2014-10-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

A statement released today by the Church of the Rapturous Awakening claimed that the Telepath Corps was the first step in establishing a Thought Police that would invade the mental privacy of every American and expose their secrets to the world. The Church’s leader warned that violence would be the inevitable result of invading American minds – a statement given ominous weight by the death of Officer Homchoudhury, a Telepath Corps operative who was shot down by a sniper in New York two days ago...

-AP News Report, 2015

“Well,” Art said, as the exercise came to an end. “That was an interesting disaster, wasn’t it?”

He gazed at the other eight telepaths, none of whom could meet his eye. Their emotions, leaking through their shields, were contrite; they all knew that they’d gone onto the field expecting victory and had been thoroughly screwed by the opposing force. Even telepathy couldn’t turn warriors into superhumans. Art’s team had been wiped out by the enemy.

The training ground belonged to the Marine Corps and Art had asked to borrow it for the day, once the Telepath Corps had finally been given the go-ahead to create a telepathic platoon of soldiers. Telepaths created whole new military issues and the United States intended to be ahead of the game. Art had picked eight telepaths with military training and experience, taken them onto the field and attempted to beat the opposition. The result had been a disaster.

He scowled. The telepaths might have been able to share thoughts and feelings, but none of them had worked together before, even in pre-telepathic training. It didn’t help that six of them came from units that had a tradition of rivalry and that the remaining two had spent most of their time behind various desks. None of them had been able to conceal their opinions of the others – if anyone had actually tried – and Art had had to defuse several confrontations before they turned into fist fights. The opposing force, on the other hand, was a Force Recon platoon that had worked and trained together for several years...and had refused to be bullied into making mistakes by fear of the telepaths. They’d kept their distance, fought using snipers and mortar fire, and unceremoniously wiped out the telepaths. Art allowed some of his own irritation to leak out into the mental field. The Telepath Corps needed to take the lead in developing military telepathy, if only to prevent another country from gaining a strategic telepathic superiority.

“It could have been worse, sir,” a former Delta soldier said, finally. Art managed to bite off a curse with an effort, but it was a waste of time. Everyone in the platoon would have sensed the mixture of shock and horror that had flashed through his mind. “At least we forced them to keep their distance.”

“Yes,” Art said. “And what are we going to do when the Chinese or the Russians start bombarding us with rockets or shellfire – weapons, I might add, that don’t have human minds for us to influence?”

“Die, sir,” the Delta Force soldier said.

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