Kinetics - By Andrew Peed Page 0,65

the AdvaGen satellite system is equipped with a kinetic brain wave detection component that can do what you ask. That is, if you have a profile of the user you wish to find.” He said, showing me an image of dozens of satellites orbiting the planet.

I bit my thumb nail and paced around the room. I didn’t have a profile for Ryder or Vanish. I tried to call any of the numbers in my phone to contact the Last Line, but all of the numbers were busy.

“What about an exact time and place that an occurrence happened on a pretty large scale.” I asked, turning back to look at the hologram that was doing nothing but watching me as I processed the information.

“As long as the usage was in the tier two range or higher and it was within the last ten days.”

I pulled out my phone and got the GPS location and the time that I called Sam to ask him to send Vanish. “At eight o’clock PM three days ago, near these coordinates,” I showed him the phone, “A teleporter used her abilities. She was injured and she had another injured person with her. They didn’t reappear where they were supposed to.

“I will get you the most recent location that this ability was used. It will take roughly two hours. You should go and get some rest.” He patted my head and I could almost feel his hand but it was only wishful thinking.

I left the office and as soon as the door shut my stomach growled like a lion. I followed the hallway to the kitchen. I started to go through the fridge.

“Would you like me to cook you something?” Alrick asked entering the room from the deck out behind the house.

“I don’t want you to go to any trouble.” I said, but my stomach interrupted me.

“Grace you must get something straight. I am here to take care of you and your family. I take great pride in caring for the bunch of you. It is a difficult task at times but things like cooking are never any trouble.” He pushed me out from the fridge.

“How can you have pride in things?” I asked.

“I am a caretaker not an engineer. You should direct questions such as those to Chuck; he would know the answers before I would. Go and wait on the deck, it is a beautiful day and you need to relax for a while.” He pointed to the deck.

I held up my hands in mock surrender. Then I turned and left the kitchen.

I went out onto the deck and sat down in one of the chairs. I had a great view of the lake and the woods. To my left I could see the mountain and a glint at the top, the observatory.

I laid my head back and closed my eyes for a moment.

~//~

“Grace, Grace.” Someone said softly shaking my shoulder. I jumped slightly and opened my eyes.

“What is it?” I asked slowly remembering where I was sitting.

“Your dinner is served.” Alrick said pointing to the two plates of food sitting on the table in front of me.

“How long did I sleep?” I asked picking up a fork. I took a bite of the food and tried to contain myself as I chewed. It was the best steak that I had ever eaten.

“You slept for about an hour. I take it that the food is good.” He smiled with pride.

“It’s so good.” I was all but shoveling the food into my mouth.

~//~

I returned to my father’s office when I was finished with my meal. The room was empty but shortly after the door shut, he rematerialized in the center of the room.

“I hope that you got some rest like I suggested.” The hologram said with a stern look.

“I got a few moments of shut-eye. Did you find anything?” I asked becoming impatient.

“Sorry, yes I did find something.” A map appeared in the air between us. “With the coordinates and the time that you gave me, I was able to generate a rough profile on the Kinetic in question. When you told me that the person was a teleporter, I assumed that there would be another identical spike at the same time, but it didn’t.” he showed me the spike when she disappeared.

“So they just disappeared?”

“For almost three hours they were not in this plain of existence. Take that at its face value, I have no clue where they were. When they did reappear it was