The Adventures of Stevie #153
These stories were told to me by friends and other people. Some of them
are true. Some of them are only partly true. Some of them should have
been true. LOL
My first post about Stevie ("Call me Stephen!") was when he was 12 and
in summer camp and was told by another camper. This was from a time
before computers would fit on a desk and when people communicated with
friends in other countries by actual letters sent through the postal
service. When children did this those friends were called "penpals".
Carlos is Stevie's penpal in Argentina and knows English. This is a
fictional contrivance to enable Stevie to tell us his stories because
he isn't here in person. I think.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Stevie's school is for gifted children who don't fit in regular schools.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stevie is 14 in this story, in year 4 of his special school. It's
Spring, just after his 13th birthday.
The Adventures of Stevie #153 "David and the Big Guy"
Dear Carlos,
Murphy contacted me and said, +Target was seen boarding a flight to
DC, yesterday. He is probably there already.+ I said +Prepare for
action!+ He said +Acknowledged. Any new instructions?+ I said +No.+ He
disconnected. I passed the word. Then I looked into the Chief of
Police's office and saw he was alone. I had already briefed him before.
I contacted him and said, +Target is probably in DC now. Can I have
Sgt. Chang at my school, for liaison?+ He said +I'll send him. Anything
else?+ I said +Not for now. That might change very soon. Discom.+ I
contacted the rest of my team, with similar messages. Things got
moving. One of those things was being made by Shan. He will keep making
fresh batches of medicine for me, until the battle is over. It's a lot
of work, but he will have all the help he can use, from the other
monks. I waited for David at school.
A guard escorted David to me. He wasn't in uniform. I asked why, and
he said with a grin, "Detective Chang reporting." I said "Really?
That's GREAT! I knew you would qualify." I rushed to hug him. That's
when I noticed a psychic trace attached to him. I got a bearing on
where it pointed to, and plotted it on my mental map. I combined that
with the line Shan got from the attack crystal, and noted the address
in DC where the lines crossed. I took David to my insulated room, which
interrupted the connection to him. I said "Please put this hat on. It
can protect you from the adept." He did. I said "Have you been feeling
more tired than usual lately?" He said, "Yes, now that you mention it.
Oh! The hat. It's insulated, isn't it?" I said "Yes, and so is this
room. You had an energy sucking attachment on you, which could have
killed you when it was activated. I sure didn't expect THAT on you!
When did this tired feeling start?" He said "Just this morning." I said
"Have you been in contact with anybody new, or you haven't seen in a
while?" He said "Not that I can recall, just my father, who is back
from a business trip. He travels a lot." I said "You know the procedure
for eliminating suspects. Do you have a picture of him?" He did, and
showed it to me.
I said "David, I'm going to ask you something important. Please keep
your seat." I asked him about the address those lines converged on. He
exclaimed, "That's where my mother and father live!" I said "That's
where the psychic connection pointed to, along with one from a crystal
which tried to kill me." Then I showed him our photo of the target, and
said, "This is the adept we are after. His real name is Blonchang" He
bowed his head, and said softly, "I should have suspected. It answers a
lot of questions." I said through my tears, "David, I'm SO sorry. I
didn't know till just now. I don't know what to say. I really wish this
didn't happen. Can I get you anything? Do anything for you?" He said
"No, I'm alright. A police officer knows he has to be prepared for the
possibility he might have a criminal for a relative. We aren't close.
He was never around much. What bothers me the most now, is the danger
to my mother. If he would suck energy from me, his son, he might do it
to her, too." I said "Just before the action starts, I will see she is
safe." He said "How?" I said "What happens when we leave this room, and
your hat comes off accidentally?" He said "Oh, I see what you mean. Got
you. Can't spill the beans I don't have."
I said "There is one more thing, David. Before you leave this room, I
need to examine your mind for tampering. It won't invade your privacy."
He said "Please do." I took off his hat, and pushed my mind into his
brain, and saw no evidence of tampering with who he was, but I did see
he had psychic potential. Then I contacted his mind VERY gently. I was
right. There was a trap set in it. A post hypnotic suggestion for him
to attack and kill anybody who attempted to read his mind, but the
adept. I removed it, and disconnected, and put his hat back on. I said
"You were booby trapped. Not that I'm calling you a booby." He smiled a
little at that. I said "You were set to kill any psychic snoopers. I
removed that compulsion." He said horrified, "I could have killed you!"
I said, with a smile, "Don't worry about that. You couldn't have, or
killed any of my school team. Not even with a gun." He said "Oh, yeah.
You train pretty hard."
I said "Now we have to make some decisions, but first, we need to
leave this room, so I can have contact with my team. Ready? Hat secure?
Sorry it doesn't match your suit." He said he was, and we left the
insulated room, and went to the big conference room. I said "This is
Detective David Chang, a good friend who has been on missions like this
before. He has helped us make a breakthrough in our investigation." I
briefed everybody on the new information. Chad signaled if it was
alright to hug David. I said it was, and he did. They whispered
together, and I tried not to listen. I passed around the picture of
David's mother, and said, "Possible hostage in danger. I'll have Tomba
take her just before I confront the abbot. I'll tell him now." I did,
and ported the picture to him. He will put her in the insulated room. I
asked Pete to guard there. Then we had to wait for Shan's medicine. 15
minutes after I drink it, we were to start the action. It felt like
eternity.
Your friend,
Stephen
--
Grant
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