Organization of Heroes: Mimic
By Angela J.
I.
"His name is Joe Clark," said the man in dark grey fancy suit.
The two men were in a large living room decorated with very expensive
looking furnishings and were watching a large video screen that
projected out from the ceiling in the middle of the room. One man was
sitting in a wheelchair while the other man in a grey suit sat next to
him in a couch. The man in the wheelchair looked like he was in his
thirties while the man in the grey suit, with grey hair looked like a
man in his sixties.
The large screen showed a tall skinny man jumping from one roof top to
another. As he began each jump, his legs contracted and then stretched
out almost like they were elastic. Another man was chasing him. That
other man was very large and muscular. He showed his super human
athleticism as he chased his prey.
"His ability doesn't seem that special. Why do you need my services
for someone like that?" asked the man in the wheelchair. "There
probably are dozens of subjects that have the same or similar ability.
If he doesn't want to join, just go to the next subject, like you
always do. I am sure the Eye can find many more like him."
"Have patience. The video will show you the full extent of the
subject's ability."
"He seems hesitant," pointed out the person in the wheel chair, "as if
he is afraid that he won't make it." "Did he just discover his
abilities?"
The man in grey the suit laughed. "Yes... he is a bit of a coward.
It's hard to even call him a hero really. But you can change that."
Each time the muscular man got close to the skinny man, he would stop
running and walked towards the skinny man. "Why doesn't the Hunter
just capture him and get it over with? It's like he is toying with
him."
"I instructed Hunter to help us demonstrate the subject's full
abilities."
The tall skinny man stood at the edge of a building, contemplating
another jump as the other man slowly walked towards him. The building
top that he was on and the next building were separated by a busy
street underneath. This jump would be much harder to make. Suddenly
the tall man turned towards the man chasing him and jumped. He was
attempting to jump over the muscular man. When the skinny man was
directly above the man chasing him, his legs almost five feet above the
other man's head, the big muscular man jumped straight up and grabbed
the tall man's legs and pulled him down. Before the skinny man hit the
ground the muscular man grabbed him and held him in a bear hug.
The skinny man then put both of his hands on the muscular man and began
to change."
"What's happening?" the man in the wheel chair watching the video
asked.
His tall skinny legs got shorter and more muscular as did the rest of
his body. In a matter of a few seconds, there were two men on the
rooftop that looked and dressed exactly alike. One of them held the
other in a bear hug.
"I've nicknamed him mimic," the man in a suit said, "he can duplicate
any one by just touching them with both hands."
"Incredible," said the man in the wheel chair. "He is even wearing the
same clothing."
"The mimic copies everything that his target has on him at the time of
the copy."
The muscular man being held in a bear hug stretched out his arms and
broke free of the hug.
"He now seems to possess super human strength," said the man in the
wheel chair.
"Of course," said the man in the grey suit, "he is the generic
equivalent of his target."
"You mean?" the man in the wheel chair said suddenly much more
interested.
"Yes," said the man in grey suit.
The muscular man that just broke free from the bear hug punched his
twin in the stomach.
"Shouldn't Hunter have back up?" the man in the wheel chair asked, "he
can actually lose.
"Impossible," said the man in the grey suit, "Mimic is genetic
equivalent to Hunter. But Hunter's abilities were enhanced with years
of training. Mimic doesn't have the benefit of that training. He is
just a raw specimen."
As the two identical looking men continued to fight in the roof top it
was now impossible to tell them apart. However one of them was clearly
winning. His kick caused his twin to fly across the roof top only to
stop when his body crashed into an air condition unit. This caused a
large dent in the air condition unit.
"So the Hunter is winning the fight?" asked the man in the wheel chair.
"Not yet," said the man in grey suit. "I've instructed Hunter to allow
Mimic to win for one minute because I wanted you to clearly see that
Mimic has the same raw abilities as his target. But that one minute is
about up."
The muscular man that just kicked his twin, started to run again, this
time towards the direction that he came from. He jumped to another
rooftop. The man that was kicked got up quickly and started to chase
his twin.
Before his twin could get away, the chasing twin produced an item from
his pocket that looked like a boomerang and threw it at his twin
hitting him in his left leg. The man hit by the booming fell to his
knees. His twin quickly jumped at him and kicked him on his back and
then grabbed him in another bear hug. The other man tried to break
free from the bear hug by stretching out his arms but it was apparent
that he could not. He went from being trapped in a bear hug to having
one of his arms being twisted back to having his hands handcuffed in a
matter of one minute.
"Imagine the possibilities, Mr. Jones" said the man in the grey suit,
"with proper training and education, he could replace anyone."
The man in the wheel chair identified as Mr. Jones was fully aware of
the "possibilities" that the man in the grey suit mentioned and was
scared of the implications. He didn't want to help achieve these
goals. In fact he never wanted to participate in this mad man's plans.
But he had no choice. So if I convert him, will you give me what I
want?" Mr. Jones asked.
"All in good time, Mr. Jones... all in good time."
"That's what you said last time," Mr. Jones said, "in fact that's what
you said the last three conversions and...I beginning to think you will
not keep your word."
"I always keep my promises," the man in grey suit said, "just do as you
are told and you will get what you want. You will convert him as you
converted Kinet."
"I don't know if I could do that again," Mr. Jones said, "it was wrong
to change Mark and it would be wrong to..."
"You were going to say that it's wrong to recreate someone's childhood
and upbringing, to manipulate the illusionary experiences to create a
new person that fit the organization's goals. It's too cruel to
destroy someone's identity," the Doctor said, "is that what you were
going to say. Well save it. I heard it before. As I told you, we are
in a war and sometimes we have to make sacrifices. He will become
whoever I want him to become and you will do your part to make sure it
happens."
II.
A young girl woke up. She seemed startled as she sat up in her bed in
a dark room. She quickly got up and turned on the lights to evaluate
her surroundings. She wasn't surprised to find herself in a different
body or even at being female. She was startled by the fact that she
had no memory of ever changing into this form.
This wasn't the first time she was in a body that was unfamiliar to
her. In fact she had changed so many times that she almost forgot what
she really looked like originally. She knew who she was. She was Joe
Clark but she had to concentrate to remember what she had looked like
when she had Joe Clark's original body. On rare occasions, for short
times, she had been female before so this was nothing new. But the
loss of memory that was new. She tried to remember what had happened
to her.
Her last memory was trying to escape from the big giant that was
chasing her. But back then, she wasn't a she. She was a man with the
ability to contort his legs and jump great distances. To take
advantage of his new powers, Joe climbed the stairs to a roof and was
jumping from one roof to next. Unfortunately, the giant of a man was
able to follow every jump. When the next jump seemed impossible, Joe
tried to jump over the giant and was caught. Not having any other
options, Joe had copied the giant's dna and tried to fight his way out.
But that didn't work either. Joe remembered being handcuffed and
dragged into a big van where the giant gave him a shot. The last thing
Joe remembered was slowly losing consciousness as he lay in the back of
the van as the giant drove the van to who knows where.
This wasn't the first time Joe was chased. Many beings with seemingly
impossible powers tried to capture him. Most of the time, Joe simply
disappeared into a crowd and changed several times to escape. But that
didn't work this time. He changed and changed again but somehow this
giant of a man kept following him. It was like he was tracking Joe.
Why don't these people stop bothering him? They all wanted the same
thing. "Join us," they would say. Some promised riches beyond
imagination others offered power. Some just simply offered protection.
Joe just wanted to be left alone to lead a normal life or as normal as
his abilities would allow. His ability to copy others allowed him to
get all the money he wanted. He didn't even have to steal. What ever
the original had on him, Joe would also get a copy. He just had to
pick someone that looked like had money and copy that person and
instantly Joe would also have money. He didn't even want power because
power brought about danger. He didn't need danger. No, all Joe wanted
was to be left alone.
When Joe turned a corner, he bumped into a very tall thin man. He
touched this thin man with both hands to change into him in order to
escape. As soon as Joe changed into the thin man, the other thin man
smiled. He didn't have an expression of shock at seeing his sudden
twin that most people have. He said, "you can jump now," and then as
if to show what he meant, he jumped very high and away. Joe realized
that he now possessed the same ability and that's when he decided to go
to the roof top to attempt escape from the giant. But that didn't
work.
Now he was handcuffed, drugged and being driven to an unknown location.
It appeared to Joe that he was once again going to be offered a "chance
of a lifetime to join some organization of super beings." He knew that
nothing serious would happen to him while there was a chance that he
may join. He may have to act like he was interested and to once again
find an opportunity to escape. That was the plan when he lost
consciousness and now he was a young girl. What had happened? Where
was he or more accurately she?
She looked in the mirror across the room. She saw a young pretty girl.
She had bandages in her head and could see long red hair flowing out
from the bandages. Her head hurt like hell.
"What the fuck?" the little girl said as she touched the bandages on
her head and felt a sharp pain.
III.
[flashback]
Dr. Jones sat in a moderately decorated dining room with a beautiful
red headed woman in her twenties, sitting across from him. He held her
left hand in his as he looked into her eyes.
"Darling," Dr. Jones spoke, "I've been thinking about our argument and
realized that I've been wrong. I am sorry for not spending time with
you. I foolishly put my work ahead of our relationship. That
foolishness stops now. You and our relationship is my top priority."
"I know how important your work is," responded the redhead, "Your
research can eventually cure many forms of psychosis. I was the one
that was wrong to complain... We can wait to start a family. We are
still young and have plenty of time..."
"No," Dr. Jones responded, "I was being a fool. You are my World and
my work can wait. Nothing else is as important as you are to me."
A tear dropped out of the woman's left eye and Dr. Jones used his
finger to gently stop it from going down her face.
"You would delay your research for me, to start a family with me. I
love you so much," said the redhead.
"I love you too, Jennifer" responded Dr. Jones.
The couple leaned into each other for a kiss. But before they could
kiss a voice that did not belong to either of the couple was heard.
"None of this is real," said a male voice from nowhere.
Suddenly the dining room changed to a hospital room. The redhead was
in a hospital bed with her eyes closed as if asleep. Dr. Jones was
sitting on a chair next to the bed holding her right hand.
An old man in a fancy black suit, was standing near the entrance to the
room.
"Who are you?" asked Dr. Jones.
"Just call me Doctor. I am the one person in this planet that can
help her," responded the man in the black suit.
"She already has doctors," Dr. Jones responded, "some of the best in
the world. I know you are not one of them because I met all her
doctors,"
"Yes," the Doctor responded, "but none of them are able to bring her
out of her comma... but I can."
"How?" Dr. Jones asked.
"Like you Mr. Jones, I am special, responded the man in the black suit
that identified himself as the Doctor.
"I don't know what you are talking about," Dr. Jones replied.
The Doctor smiled, "I know about your power to create illusions like
the one you created just now."
Dr. Jones cursed himself for using his power of illusion so recklessly
in a place where someone else could walk in and see. "What illusions?"
Dr. Jones said pretending that nothing unusual happened.
The Doctor laughed, "There is no need to deny, Mr. Jones. I know all
about your power to create illusions. I also have a power, the power
to heal."
Dr. Jones was not aware of anyone else possessing any powers. So he
was skeptical about this man's claim of power to heal. "If what you
say is true," the Dr. Jones replied, "then heal her.... I will give you
all my money and possessions."
"I am not interested in your measly possessions," the Doctor replied.
"I want you to perform some jobs for me."
"What type of jobs?" Dr. Jones asked not liking the conversation.
"Nothing too difficult," the Doctor replied, "I need you to help me
convince some others to join my organization and create in them a sense
of loyalty to me."
"Just heal her and I will do anything you want," Dr. Jones replied
still not believing the other man's claims. He wanted proof.
"Patience," the Doctor stated, "healing her will cost me dearly,
probably take away a few years from my life. Such high cost demands
that you give me a down payment in services."
Dr. Jones became very angry. This idiot was toying with his emotions
and wasting his time. "Do you think of me a fool?" he said, "I don't
believe anything you stated. Either show me your power or get the hell
out of this room while you still can."
"Mr. Jones, I know you are not a fool," the Doctor said, "But you are
acting very foolishly. I've been watching you and your lovely wife for
a long time and know more about you than you realize."
Dr. Jones angrily stated, "I am not a mister. I have a doctorate in
psychology. If you know about me as much as you claim to know then you
should call me by my proper title."
The doctor laughed at Dr. Jones. "In my presence, I am the only
Doctor. You may have a doctorate, but no one has my intellect and no
one deserves to be called a doctor in my presence but me."
Dr. Jones lost his composure and did something that he normally would
never do. He suddenly changed to a demon like creature standing ten
feet tall. He got up from his chair and moved aggressively towards the
man who claimed to be a doctor. "You don't know anything about me,"
said Dr. Jones, "either you show me your power or get out of here!"
"As you wish," the Doctor stated showing no trace of fear," he simply
touched the demon like creature's legs and the illusion disappeared.
Dr. Jones fell to the ground.
"I know that everything you do is just an illusion," the Doctor stated,
"but everything I do is real. Your legs have atrophied to the point
that you can no longer stand."
Dr. Jones looked at the Doctor with great fear. This can't be possible
he thought.
"I can use my powers to either take away or give health," the Doctor
stated, "What I did to you is just a small demonstration of my powers.
I can heal her but will only do so if you join my organization and show
your loyalty to me by performing some jobs for me and then and only
then will I heal her."
IV.
The doctor's instructions were very clear. Recreate Joe Clark's
childhood just like he did for Mark Peterson. That was the plan.
The lights came on in the room shown on the surveillance camera. So it
was time to begin. Dr. Jones was preparing to enter the room that he
created using his illusion power. Dr. Jones sat in his wheel chair at
the entrance of the girl's room, hesitating. The woman next said,
"It's time Mr. Jones." She had short spiky blue hair. She kept
touching the tips of her middle fingers to her thumbs and created
little bolts of electricity that flowed from her fingers to her thumbs.
"You have to control that Spark," Dr. Jones warned.
"Why?" she stated, "he won't be able to see it thanks to your
illusion."
"Yes but if you touch him," Dr. Jones said, "he will feel it."
"I will control it if I touch him," the woman said.
"No," Dr. Jones said, "it's too risky, while in that room you will not
use your power the entire time."
"You are no fun," she said as she touched Dr. Jones who instantly felt
a bolt of electricity flow through his body. It was minor shock that
didn't hurt him but none the less felt uncomfortable.
"Stop that," Dr. Jones said.
Spark just laughed.
Dr. Jones used crutches to stand up from his wheelchair. Suddenly, Dr.
Jones changed himself to a man in his mid thirties with red hair and
his crutches were not visible. The woman next to him changed into a
beautiful strawberry blond about the same age.
Dr. Jones and the woman next to him walked into a little girl's room
together and found a startled girl standing near the light switch. "We
saw your lights on?" Dr. Jones said in gentle voice.
"Are you alright honey," said the blond woman.
The girl just looked at the couple, startled. Joe had to think
quickly. These people didn't seem to know who he was. It wasn't the
first time that others have confused him for the person that he had
copied.
"You should be in bed," the blond woman said looking concerned. "The
doctor said that you have to rest. That was a nasty bump you took to
your head."
That explained the bandages and the pain. Joe touched the bandages on
his head. He again felt a sharp pain. He wondered if he took the bump
or if the girl he copied took the bump. Regardless whether he injured
himself after he copied her or if the girl had injured herself before
he copied her, he now had the injuries. He was concerned.
"You shouldn't do that, Jennifer" Dr. Jones said. "Listen to your
mother and go back to bed."
Joe decided to play along for now to find out where he was and what had
happened to him. With a suspicious eye towards the two adults standing
near him, Joe returned to bed.
"The doctor said that you may feel disoriented," Dr. Jones said, "he
said that you suffered some memory loss. When he was here, you told
him that you recognized us and knew who you were but didn't remember
much else. You know who we are don't you honey? You know who you are
right, Jennifer?"
Joe knew exactly who he was and that he was no Jennifer. What he
wasn't sure of is whether these two people knew who he was so he just
pretended. "I think so," he said, "but I really don't remember much."
"It's ok," said the blond beautiful woman, "you will remember
everything soon enough. The doctor said that your memory will return
slowly. Rest for now. If you need anything just call me or your
father." With that the couple turned off the light and exited. As
soon as the door closed, the blond woman changed to her true self, a
thin woman in mid twenties with spiky hair. Similarly, Dr. Jones
changed to himself a man standing using crutches.
"I think that went well," said the thin woman.
"Time will tell," Dr. Jones stated.
"It worked with Kinet," the thin woman said, "so I don't see why it
won't work with him."
"This one is more delicate," Dr. Jones said.
V.
[flashback]
"Mr. Jones," the Doctor said, "I've got another subject for you."
The Doctor and Dr. Jones entered a large living room with a big screen.
On that screen, Dr. Jones saw the Hunter holding down a small person.
"He is just a boy," said Dr. Jones, "I can't use my powers on him."
"He is actually eighteen," replied the Doctor, "he is small because his
physical growth is restricted."
"He is a midget?" asked Dr. Jones.
"He suffers from skeletal dysplasia or dwarfism," the Doctor responded,
"people with his condition like to be referred to as little people."
"Eighteen is still too young," Dr. Jones stated, "I won't manipulate
him."
"As I told you before," the Doctor stated, "I don't want your ethical
considerations to get in the way of the organization's goals. If you
want me to heal your wife, you will do as you are told without
question."
"Show me the Eye's images of his powers," Dr. Jones stated sounding
almost disinterested.
"No images this time," said the Doctor, "the subject never uses his
powers. His name is Mark Peterson and I nicknamed him Kinet. Kinet's
parents have convinced him to hide his powers and even feel shame of
it. Years of propaganda by his parents have made him almost useless to
me."
"It sounds hopeless," said Dr. Jones.
"Nothing is hopeless," replied the Doctor, "you should know that by
now."
"But what can I do to counter years of his parents' influences?" Dr.
Jones asked.
"You are a psychologist that worked in advance psychological
conditioning. I don't have to tell you that a person's identity is
made up of his genes and experiences and that experiences can mold a
person," The doctor stated, "Kinet already has the genes we need and
you will give him the necessary experience to make him useful to our
organization."
"How can I do that?" asked Dr. Jones "how can I counter the many years
of experiences that he has already had since childhood.
You will use your powers to give him a different childhood," said the
Doctor, "his diminutive size should help you perfect the illusion.
You will raise him again from adolescence to his present age. But this
time, he will get encouragement to use and develop his powers. Of
course as usual, you will also encourage a sense of loyalty to me."
"That's impossible," said Dr. Jones, "I can't recreate someone's
childhood."
"Of course you can," said the Doctor, "it will take time but you can
create illusions that will simulate his childhood."
"But..." Dr. Jones said.
"Kinet is very important to the organization," the Doctor stated, "he
can move objects with mere thoughts. You will do whatever it takes to
convince him that his real childhood is just a dream and convince him
that your illusions are real."
"It won't work," Dr. Jones stated.
"Yes it will," the doctor stated, "humans need encouragement. Kinet
didn't receive any. He craves it... is desperate to receive it. You
will provide it and Kinet, despite early reluctance, in the end will
willingly take it. He will believe it because he wants to believe. I
will provide all of the resources necessary to accomplish this."
VI.
"But why do you need me to act like a girl," asked Kinet, "why can't
Spark do it?"
Dr. Jones sighed. He was getting frustrated with the individuals that
were supposed to help him. They had so many idiotic questions. Why
couldn't they just follow simple instructions? He sometimes wanted to
just ignore them and do it all by himself. But knew that the situation
was delicate and he had to have a physical presence backing up his
illusions, just in case physical touch was made.
He signed again and remembered when he had to answer a similar question
when Mark was being converted. "Why do I have to bring in all these
furniture and other items?" asked the Hunter, "Can't you just use your
illusions?
His response back then to the Hunter was, "As I told you many times, my
powers only effect what people see and hear. I cannot change the
physical world. So I can make that bookshelf look like a bed and can
even make thin air look like a chair but someone can't lay on a
bookshelf or sit on thin air. Mimic would notice this unless we use
real furniture and real items in the room. I can modify the appearance
but not the physical shape.
When Kinet nodded his understanding, Dr. Jones imagined the young
person that he had changed. Dr. Jones looked at Mark and started to
feel sorry for what he had done to him in the past. This was probably
a little too familiar for Mark.
Speaking this time with as much kindness and understanding Dr. Jones
could muster, he said "Spark is too big to play the role of a little
girl. If Joe came in physical contact with her, it may lead to
questions. Mark, you are the perfect size to play the role of a little
girl"
This really was a subject that made Kinet feel uneasy. His size or
lack thereof, was something that was sensitive to him. It was bad
enough that they used his body to make Mimic the size of a little
child. He tried to convince Dr. Jones that using his body was
dangerous because Mimic would also have those powers. But Dr. Jones
stated that he would keep Mimic from discovering the powers that he
copied. It was even worse, when he found out that Mr. Jones was using
his power to make his twin's body look like a girl.
The fact that his small size was forcing Kinet to play the part of a
little girl himself made him angry.
In reality he just had to stand there and Mr. Jones would do the rest
with his illusions. But having to hear all those little girl things
and even play along a little by following the motions somewhat just in
case physical contact was established, made him sick to his stomach.
"But do we have to use real makeup?" Kinet asked, "and wear dresses? I
look like an idiot."
"You are going to play dress up with him," Dr. Jones replied, "which
means that both of you may put on the same makeup and wear dresses. If
they are not real, he will feel the difference.
"Can't you get someone else to do it?" Kinet asked, "I am sure there
are lots of females that are small enough to play the part of a little
girl."
"The situation is too delicate to bring in someone else," Dr. Jones
replied.
"The things I do for father, no son should be made to do," Kinet
stated, "This is so ridiculous."
Kinet finally took the makeup kit and the suitcase full of dresses and
made his way to Mimic's room. Spark was waiting for him outside.
"I hate this," Kinet said to Spark.
"This is no picnic for me either," Spark said, "I signed up to fight
super villains not act like mommy."
"At least you are a girl," Kinet replied.
"I am woman," corrected Spark, "you are a girl."
Just as Spark called Kinet a girl, the two transformed into the parts
that they would be playing.
Both entered the room and kept quite.
"Michelle is here," the blond woman said and she has a great surprise
for you.
"We are going to play dress up for the first time!" Michelle said
excitedly. "I even brought make up... it's real... like the lipstick
which will add real color to our lips and my mommy let me borrow many
of her old dresses."
Joe sat up from his bed. This was ridiculous. He's been waiting for a
week to find out more information but nothing. Like it or not, he was
now seriously considering just going away even without the information.
But he decided to find a better opportunity to escape this place. So
for now, he acted excited.
"Cool," Joe replied pretending to be excited.
Dr. Jones knew better than to believe what was going on in that room.
It was obvious to him that Joe was pretending. Joe probably thought he
was fooling the other little girl so that suspicion would not arise
about his true identity. If Joe only knew what was going on.
For now this was perfectly acceptable. Even play acting like girl
would be helpful to reinforce his self image as a girl. Over time,
with enough illusions, he could perhaps convince Joe to actually
believe that he is a girl. But even if that worked, it wasn't enough
for Dr. Jones to meet his secret goals. The harder task would be to
convince him that was a specific girl.
VII.
[flashback]
Dr. Jones sat in his bed crying in a large bed in his bedroom. The
crying woke up his red headed wife lying next to him. She sat up and
asked with a concerned look on her beautiful face, "what is wrong?"
"Jennifer, I am helping a terrible man," he said, "because of me he
will be able to do some terrible things. I feel so ashamed."
"Then stop helping this terrible man," she responded. It seemed so
simple to her. But she didn't understand and he couldn't really
explain.
"I have to help him," he said "I don't have a choice. The problem is
that my actions are turning me into a terrible person too."
"Robert Jones, I know you and I know that you are a good person," she
said, "if you are helping this terrible man, you must have a good
reason. But what ever the reason, you must stop."
"I can't," Dr. Jones said, "it's the only way we can be together again
and I miss you so much."
"We are together now," she said looking puzzled. "Is he threatening to
keep us apart in the future?" she asked looking sad.
"Yes," Dr. Jones said, "and he has the power to do it," he said.
"I don't believe that will be possible," she responded with a smile.
"I love you and we will always be together. Love conquers all, don't
you know."
"I love you too and I wish this was real. But it's just an illusion,"
Dr. Jones replied.
The beautiful redhead looked even more puzzled.
Dr. Jones looked at her with sadness. "I don't even know if he will
keep his word. In fact, I am fairly certain that he won't. But what
else could I do?"
"You are a smart," she smiled, "I am sure you will think of something.
You always come up with a solution that's outside of the box. If
there's any way you can keep us together without helping this terrible
man, you will find the answer."
Dr. Jones was in deep thought and the love of his life knew him well
enough to keep quite and let him think.
He seemed to come to a conclusion but he hesitated putting into words
his plan.
"I have a possible answer," he responded.
"You see," she smiled, "I knew my man would come up with a solution to
his problem."
"But it still won't be the same," he said, "it will be different but it
may be the only way for us to be together. At least it won't be just
an illusion. You will have independent thought and you will be a real
person. If it works you will be you."
Suddenly the room changed. The bedroom turned into a hospital room.
The large bed turned into a small hospital bed. The beautiful redhead
was lying on the hospital bed by herself.
Dr. Jones was sitting in his wheel chair next to that hospital bed.
He was holding her hand. He had tears running down his face. He
retrieved several pictures from his pocket. He looked at the pictures
and picked one and put the rest back in his pocket.
"But it still won't be the same," he said, "but it's the best I can
do."
The picture that was left in his hand was of red headed little girl
with what appeared to be her parents.
"I have to borrow your family pictures, Jennifer," he said. "I hope you
don't mind. I need it for something very important. It will help us
to be together again."
"I have to do what ever it takes for us to be together again," he said.
"Illusionary images are not enough anymore. They just sadden me even
more. I know that I am making you say what you say. I try to simulate
what you actually would've said but I know it's still me controlling
the whole thing. I need something that's more real. He used the
controls on his wheel chair hurried out of the hospital room with one
picture still in his hand.
VIII.
Dr. Jones held a picture of a couple and a little girl. The man in the
picture appeared to be in his thirties and had red hair and the woman
next to him had strawberry blond hair. The girl in the picture looked
just like the girl in the room shown in the screen. The room also
looked like the room in the picture. When he heard someone
approaching, he quickly hid the picture in his pocket.
"Why a little girl?" asked the Doctor as he entered the large living
room with the screen.
The little red headed girl was playing a game of mommy with another
little girl and several dolls. They seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"Its a little experiment," Dr. Jones stated, "with Joe's ability he
could turn himself into anyone. This adds an interesting tool for us.
In order to dissociate with his true self, it's best to recreate a
childhood that's as different as possible from his own. A life as a
little girl will accomplish this goal."
"Interesting," said the Doctor, "I see the value of such an experiment.
Besides, I've always wanted a daughter." He smiled.
"No not a daughter," Dr. Jones replied, "perhaps a girl friend but not
a daughter."
"Parent-child relationship worked well with Kinet," the Doctor
responded, "why not use the technique that worked."
"How would we explain her to Mark?" Dr. Jones stated, "he doesn't have
any memories of her. Besides in order for this to work I need Mark's
help and seeing manipulations that are similar to his may raise
questions in his mind about his reality."
"I see your point, carry on," The Doctor stated, "But before you decide
to implement any other variations, run it by me first. Is that
understood?"
"Yes, doctor," replied Dr. Jones.
After the doctor left the surveillance room, Dr. Jones again put his
full attention to what was going on in the illusion room. The little
girls were playing. They kept dressing the dolls with different outfit
and laughing at some combos that clearly did not work.
"A pink top with a black skirt makes her look like a pumpkin," the
redhead stated.
Both girls giggled. "Yeah, that white skirt will go allot better,"
said the other girl.
"But it's so short," the redhead replied, "there is no way my daughter
is going to go out wearing that outfit."
"Yeah, boys may want to kiss her," said the other girl.
"Yuck!" both girls said in unison and giggled.
After the dolls were all dressed, the two girls took turns talking
about their make believe daughters and what trouble they were. But in
the end they both agreed that their daughters were angels at heart.
They hugged the little dolls with content.
Dr. Jones again liked the image that he was controlling. Dr. Jones was
aware that Joe would try to copy him and attempt an escape. So Dr.
Jones had been careful to keep his distance when alone with him. But
the time was coming to allow Joe an attempt to escape. This was a
delicate matter that had to be controlled so that a doubt would be
created of his true self image.
IX.
Joe Clark was getting sick of pretending to be a little girl. It's been
about a month since he woke up in this form. By now he was convinced
that the people around him did not know anything about his true
identity. He still didn't know how he ended up in this house and this
form. He also didn't remember the injury to his head. That curiosity
led him to be patient and study his situation far longer than he would
have otherwise.
But now, he was getting quite sick of living the life of a little girl
and convinced that no matter how much more time he spent here, he would
not find out how he ended up in this place.
He was also getting tired of the constant pain in his head. A doctor
would come in periodically and check his wounds. While his parents
watched with concern, the doctor would remove Joe's bandages and check
his wounds with both hands. But each time the doctor came, he felt
worse not better. His head was hurting like crazy. He really wanted
to change forms in hopes of escaping his injury.
He was also tired of being confined to this girly room. His pretend
parents told him that it was for his own good. They told him that the
injury to his head was serious enough that caution should be used.
That's why he had to stay in his room. To help with boredom,
Jennifer's best friend, Michelle came over each day to play. Joe had
no interest in playing with her. He could have told his pretend
parents that he was too injured to play but decided against it in hopes
that Michelle could give him some clues as to where he was and how he
got there. So for now, he pretended to play to avoid any suspicion.
Luckily, Michelle led the play activity and it was easy for him to just
follow along and pretend to enjoy the little girl games.
He decided to be extra careful today to avoid any suspicion. He would
try to escape his place as soon as a good opportunity presented itself.
He had no desire of running away from this place as a little girl. So
he would have to copy the only male body that he had contact while
alone since he got there. At the first chance he got he would copy the
body of his pretend father. Joe hoped that the shock of seeing his
little girl turn into his twin would immobilize him enough that Joe
could escape without any confrontation.
His thoughts were interrupted by now a familiar blond woman and a young
girl entering his room.
"Jennifer, Michelle is here to play with you again," the blond woman
stated, "be good girls."
Michelle showed what she was carrying. It was a little tea set. "We
are going to have a tea party!" she said excitedly. "All our friends
are invited!"
"Great," Joe thought sarcastically. "How fun?" he said in the most
sincere voice he could muster.
The blond woman was about to leave the room to allow the little girls
play by themselves, when Michelle spoke up.
"You should invite your mommy to join us," said Michelle.
Not wanting to raise suspicion, Joe asked, "Mommy please have tea with
us," in a sweet voice.
Dr. Jones had to smile at the image in the screen. He knew that none
of them wanted to play tea party but knew that each would play their
part. He controlled the events perfectly to give Joe another feminine
experience. He sat in his wheelchair attentively watching the scene
unfold in the screen in front as he controlled the images and sounds
that came from that screen.
X
[flashback]
"I know that this is fucking fake," yelled Kinet, "I don't know how you
people are doing this. But I am not crazy and I know who I am and I am
not a little kid. You fuckers will regret messing with me. I will
make all of pay for this."
"Such foul language for a little boy," said Dr. Jones appearing as
younger version of the doctor. At this time, he was glad that Kinet
still refused to use his powers. Otherwise this situation could have
been dangerous.
"I am not a little boy," yelled Kinet.
"The doctor told me that you would be delusional," Dr. Jones said. "He
mentioned that you may have memory loss too. But I didn't think it
would be this bad."
"I don't fucking believe anything you are telling me," Kinet yelled and
attempted to hit Dr. Jones with his fist. Dr. Jones easily dodged his
advances and quickly subdued him.
Kinet could have used his powers to help himself but he didn't, even
when faced with this crazy situation.
"Please son," Dr. Jones stated, "you must calm yourself. You can get
hurt."
"I am not your son," Kinet yelled, "Unless you let me go, I will kill
you."
Not knowing what else to do, Dr. Jones left the room quickly and closed
door behind him.
It was obvious that this was not going to work. He would tell the
Doctor that it was hopeless. Dr. Jones was afraid that it would cause
the Doctor to not keep the Doctor's promise to heal his wife.
He paused and took a deep breath. "Perhaps it just needs more time. I
can try again tomorrow and if it doesn't work tomorrow I can try again
the next day and so on. Eventually, hopefully it will work." Dr.
Jones was still not convinced. He could still hear the boy yelling at
the top of his lungs. This was impossible. But what else could he do.
He needed the Doctor's help and he knew giving up so early was not an
option that he could take due to the risks associated with such course
of action.
So he decided to try again. He did so. For many months that followed,
progress was not made. The boy was still angry and would ignore all
the illusions. But after months slow progress could be seen. The boy
began to doubt his own reality and slowly began to accept the illusory
reality presented to him.
It took a year for Mark to accept the lie that the Doctor was his
father.
XI.
This was it. Joe Clark couldn't take it anymore. He never had to
endure being female for this long before. It was driving him crazy.
His headaches were still a concern but he hoped that once he changed
forms it would be solved.
His pretend father was in the room with Joe and no one else. This was
the opportunity that he had been waiting for.
"Daddy can you give me a hug?"
"Of course darling," the red headed man said and approached his
daughter for the hug.
Joe quickly placed his hands on the man that pretended to be his father
and nothing happened. Dr. Jones timed the illusion perfectly so that
Joe's clothing and items did not appear to change. Joe was shocked.
He touched the man again just in case and nothing happened. Dr. Jones
again timed it.
Unknown to Joe Clark, the man that entered the room with the
illusionary disguise of his pretend father was not Dr. Jones as usual
but Mark Peterson aka Kinet. Kinet was using his power to levitate on
a board giving the appearance of extra height. Dr. Jones perfected the
image by using his powers of illusion from another room.
"What the fuck?" Joe said looking puzzled.
"Excuse me," the redheaded man said, "where did you learn such foul
language young lady?"
"Nothing happened." Joe said in a girl's voice.
"What was supposed to happen?" the red headed man asked.
"You!" Joe said jumping off the bed and going away from the red headed
man. "You had something to do with this. What happened to my powers?"
"I don't know what you are talking about young lady!" the red headman
man said, "but you better explain yourself for using such foul
language."
"You did something to me," Joe said not understanding what happened,
"this can't be happening to me.
"I think your injury is worse that we thought," the red headed man
said, "I better call the doctor." He quickly left the room.
Joe tried to follow him out but found that the room was locked from the
outside. He was trapped. He began to panic and started to scream
obscenities.
Couple hours later the door to Joe's room finally opened and Dr. Jones
acting as the girl's father, Spark acting as the girl's mother, and the
doctor acting like a doctor entered the room. The couple held Joe down
and the doctor touched his head. Afterwards, he felt very light
headed. It felt like he was losing consciousness but he was still
aware of his surroundings. He could no longer move or speak but could
hear the others speaking.
"Her head trauma is more severe than I thought," the Doctor said,
"she's probably hallucinating or hallucinated and somehow believes that
her hallucinations are real. I will have to constantly monitor her
condition.
"It sounds very serious," said Dr. Jones.
"I think with proper care this condition will be temporary," the Doctor
said.
"Should we take her to a hospital?" said Spark.
"No," the Doctor responded, "There's nothing we can do at a hospital
that we can't do here. . I think it's best if we let her rest as much
as possible." I will give her a sedative to help her sleep and will
check up on her daily." The doctor produced a syringe and gave Joe a
shot.
Joe was scared to death about what these crazy people might be up to
but couldn't do anything about it. Slowly Joe lost consciousness.
XII.
[Flashback]
At first Dr. Jones didn't think it was possible. If he didn't see the
results himself he probably still would not believe it.
For about one year Mark refused to believe any of the illusions. Dr.
Jones carefully crafted images and sounds while Mark was awake to
reinforce the images. When Dr. Jones was not available, they induced
Mark to sleep with sedatives. Slowly he began to doubt his own
reality. Then it happened. He accepted that he was a younger version
of himself and the Doctor was his father. The fake head trauma was
stroke of genius. The Doctor used it for an explanation for giving
treatments to Mark. It took continuous repetitive reinforcements of
the false reality through illusions. The Doctor's statements that the
boy was suffering from hallucinations with periodic inducement of pain
and dizziness helped with the progress by creating doubt. Once doubt
of his true reality began to take shape, it was just a matter of
continuous filling in of the gaps in his memory created by the doubts
with the illusion and reinforcement. Once Mark accepted the lie that
the Doctor was his father, the Doctor began to spend more time with him
and encouraged him to use and develop his powers. At first Mark was
reluctant but after receiving repeated positive reinforcements from the
Doctor, Mark began to feel comfortable about using his powers and
started to feel comfortable about his relationship with the Doctor.
Even after Mark accepted the alternate reality, there were two major
steps that needed to be taken. The first obstacle was reentering life.
They had used the fake head trauma as an excuse to keep him locked in
his room and therefore isolated from others. But eventually, it was
necessary to reintroduce him to the world. This was a major step. The
Doctor through his powers, with the help of the organization's
resources, could have a created a fake environment to re-introduce Mark
to the real world. But that carried dangers. There weren't enough
people that the organization trusted to help with the illusion by
providing bodies. Unsupported images of people were just too dangerous
because, Mark could come to physical contact with them and find out
that they are not real. Therefore, they had to actually let him enter
the World. They carefully selected a private school for Mark to
attend. Dr. Jones accompanied the boy in secret by masking himself as
one of the students at the school and carefully crafted Mark's image so
that others would not suspect Mark's true age. It was a difficult
tedious process but it worked.
The second major step was making a jump in age when the time came to do
so. The organization could not wait for Mark to age in the fake
reality in real time. It would have taken too long. So naturally a
jump in age had to be made. It was delicate matter. Again using the
fake head injury as an excuse, they told him that he suffered from
partial amnesia. Mark's school records had to be falsified and he was
enrolled in another private school. Every detail of what had happened
during the period of fake amnesia had be made up and memorized, just in
case questions were asked. To Dr. Jones' relief, Mark just accepted
the answers that were provided to him.
XIII.
"I am not wearing a dress," Joe said emphatically.
"I don't understand darling," Spark with the image of a blond woman
said, "it's not like you've never wore a dress before."
"That's when I was playing along in this charade," Joe replied, "I
refuse to pretend that I am a little girl anymore."
"Not this again," said Dr. Jones in the image of a red headed man,
"your mother and I are trying to be as understanding as possible. We
know that your head trauma is causing you to believe that you are
someone else. But time has come for you to accept the truth. Or..."
"Or what?" Joe said, "you are going to spank me? You really think
threats are going to work against me? I had to fend for myself for
several years now and had to face attacks from super powered beings.
You don't scare me."
"Young lady," Dr. Jones said, "I am getting tired of your disobedience
and might just have to spank you!" But before Dr. Jones could spank
Joe, his pretend wife stopped him.
"Darling," Spark said, "this is for your own good. Until you accept
the truth, we have no option but keep you in here. I know how lonely
that must be. Your father and I keep you company but you need someone
of your own age to befriend. You scared off your best friend and now
she doesn't come around anymore. It's time, darling. Soon or later
you will have to accept reality."
Joe thought about what this woman was saying. Perhaps pretending
again that he accepted being a little girl would be advisable.
Perhaps, that could afford a chance for him to escape from this
feminine prison. Trying to change himself by copying others certainly
did not work. And his attempts to escape in this body were also
futile. He had to bide his time. Sudden transformation to a willing
girl would be suspicious. But he if he took his time and planned it
right, perhaps he could escape.
After the couple left the room, Spark's and Dr. Jones' image changed to
fit their real bodies.
"If I was allowed to speak my own thoughts," Spark said, "I would have
spanked that brat."
"I know," Dr. Jones said, "that's why I control what's heard and seen."
"You think that routine will work?" Spark asked.
"It has to," Dr. Jones said, "it's my last hope."
XIV.
[flashback]
Joe was shocked speechless. Everyone in the room was also shocked.
For the first time in his life, Joe had changed to someone else. He
somehow became a duplicate copy of his teacher. A few minutes before,
he played a prank that was noticed by his teacher and was about to get
punished. Instead of accepting the punishment, he decided to push the
teacher away. In that instance, he had copied the teacher's DNA. And
now standing at the head of the class, stood two identical slightly
balding men.
Everyone knew that there were those individuals that possessed certain
powers. But to actually see such power in action and to have such a
person in the class room was totally different from seeing it on the
news on the television. Everyone, including Joe just stood there
frozen in time, until another little boy spoke up.
"He is a freak!" yelled the boy. "Joe Clark is a freak!"
The class full of kids started to chant "freak," over and over again.
Joe Clark wanted to deny these allegations. But how could he? He also
witnessed the incredible transformation. Tears started to form in his
eyes. But he was a boy and was taught by his father that boys should
not cry, at least not in front of others.
Not knowing what else to do, he ran out of the class and out of that
school. Since then, he didn't stop running. Since then, he had been
alone. He never bothered going home because he knew how his parents
would react. He had heard his father talk about "those freaks" many
times. His father would want nothing to do with him. His father would
be embarrassed to have a son who is a freak and would hate him for it.
His mother would feel bad for him but in the end would side with his
father. Joe knew that he could not count on his parents.
Further he had no one else to turn to.
So there he was, a little boy, in his teacher's body, with no one to
help him. He didn't know where to go or what to do.
When he checked his pockets, he found little over fifty dollars in a
wallet with credit cards and a driver's license. That's when he
discovered that he would get a copy of anything that his targets had
with them when he copied them. Joe used the fifty dollars to get a
place to stay for the night and to get something to eat.
The next day after he ran out of money, he thought about using the
credit card but decided against it because he was worried that somehow
the police would be able to track him if he used a credit card.
Not having any skills or knowledge, Joe decided that he would use his
abilities to his advantage. From that day forward, he copied others
when ever he ran out of money. Joe didn't like the idea of stealing or
committing any criminal acts. But felt that if he is just copying
others and their money and not tacking away someone's money that that
was not stealing.
The difficult part was copying someone without creating allot of
unwanted attention. He tried different techniques. Sometimes he
copied someone within a large crowd and quickly moved away from his
target once the copy was completed. Other times, he picked an isolated
or private place and copied someone and used their momentary shock to
his advantage and quickly got away.
His efforts allowed him to survive. He did not like taking chances so
he only used his powers when he ran out of money.
But despite being careful, he started to attract unwanted attention.
Other beings with special powers started to bother him. The thought of
joining another family was attractive to Joe but he didn't like the
cost. Some of them wanted his help to commit crimes. He was
completely against this. Others wanted him to help stop others from
committing crimes. While this was a noble calling, Joe wanted nothing
to do with it. He didn't like danger and he didn't want to risk his
life doing something heroic. He just wanted to live his life.
XVI.
Several months of pretending to slowly accept this girlish reality, was
finally going to pay off. Joe's fake parents were going to finally let
him go out of his room and out of this house and into reality. This
truly was an exciting moment.
Even the dress that his fake parents were going to make him wear for
this special occasion did not deter his good mood. He was all smiles.
The school consisted of only a few students and two teachers. Just to
see what would happen, Joe tried to use his power again but as usual
Dr. Jones was there to keep up the illusion. Dr. Jones had disguised
himself as a teacher and would join Joe in every class and hopefully
gain his trust. The real teacher was paid well to keep this disguise.
The students at the school were real students whose parents or others
paid allot of money to this school to keep them away from public view
and contact. The students already learned long time ago not to ask
any questions. So they didn't inquire about the new teacher nor about
the new pretty girl that joined their class.
Even in this very controlled environment, Joe felt a sense of freedom
that had been deprived to him for so long. He had pretended to accept
being a girl just to have freedom from his room and his house was worth
it. Now that he had this freedom, he felt unsure of himself and
insecure regarding his surroundings.
He had pretended to be a delicate girl for so long, he felt like a
delicate girl. So he shied away from the other students and only spoke
when spoken to. Even then, he only answered direct questions to him in
a courteous but short manner.
It took a long time for Joe to become familiar with others even in a
superficial manner.
Soon after Joe began to feel comfortable with his environment and brave
enough to want and ask for more freedom, he started to feel pain again
in his head.
One night when he woke up from the pain, he found himself in another
body. It was a teenager's girl's body. He looked closely at her and
noticed allot of resemblance to his former body. She looked like she
could be his prior versions' older sister.
The odd thing was that he had no memory of ever changing into this body
nor of any memory regaining his powers. Stranger still, he was still
in the now familiar bedroom of the girl that he had occupied. But upon
closer examinations some things were different. The bedroom now had a
vanity and had a few posters of rock stars.
Joe didn't understand any of this. He started to panic and screamed.
Then suddenly the door to his familiar room opened and walked in his
fake parents. But they seemed older. Concerned look in their faces,
his fake father spoke, "you've been in a comma for two weeks... How do
you feel?"
"Comma, for two weeks?" Joe asked.
"Yes, we found you passed out in the living room and called the
doctor," they said, "the doctor told us that your symptoms from the
head injury were reoccurring."
Joe figured it out. He wasn't a duplicate of his prior body's older
sister, he was an older version of his prior self.
"I don't remember," Joe stated.
"The doctor told us that your amnesia could return," his fake mother
stated, "I will call him and let him know that you finally woke up from
your comma."
"Please darling, his fake father said, "you must rest. After you are
feeling better, I will answer any questions you have."
XVII.
[Flashback]
"I've been thinking," said Dr. Jones. He was sitting in his wheel
chair facing the Doctor who was sitting behind a large desk.
"That could be dangerous," said the Doctor with a smile.
"When we first met," Dr. Jones stated, "you told me that you watched me
and Jennifer for a long time."
"Yes," the Doctor replied, "what about it?"
"It was very fortunate for you that my wife got suddenly ill and
slipped into a comma," Dr. Jones said.
"Someone's illness is never a fortunate thing," the Doctor replied.
"Jennifer was perfectly healthy in that morning," Dr. Jones said. "I
go to work and find her passed out in the dining room of my apartment
that evening when I come back from work."
The Doctor got up from his chair and walked across the room to stare
out a window facing the city below.
Dr. Jones followed the doctor in his wheel chair and also looked out
the window.
"If you've been watching me for a long time," Dr. Jones continued,
"then you must have known that I would have never willingly joined your
organization. So it was fortunate for you that my wife became ill with
an incurable disease that forced her into a comma."
"How old do you think I am?" asked the Doctor changing the subject.
"I don't know," Dr. Jones said.
"Guess," said the Doctor.
"Sixty five," Dr. Jones guessed.
"You are probably close in terms of my body's age," the doctor said,
"but I was born thirty two years ago."
"How?" Dr. Jones asked shocked by that statement.
"Every time I heal someone, it deteriorates my body," the doctor said,
"the more serious the illness or injury, the more it ages my body to
heal it. Do you see what I see when I look out the window?"
"What do you see?" Dr. Jones asked.
"I see very powerful beings that could crush many innocent lives," the
Doctor said. "I used to be an idealist. But the war has cured me of
that. I healed many friends and but I also had to let many more die
because I couldn't save them all."
"So you are a hero? Dr. Jones asked, "is that what you are telling me."
"It's always easier to destroy then to build," the Doctor said, "it's
always easier to attack then to defend. Villains have a great
advantage.... they get to strike first. I and my kind are the last
stand against great evil. A sense of ethics cannot get in the way
because it will cause us to lose. All the people without power will
lose. All the people out there and all the countless people that we
can't even see, will lose their lives or worse. They cannot protect
themselves. People like you, with great power, that sits on the
sideline to lead a normal life is also the problem. We need you to
fight on our side, to protect the innocent. So I use what's available
to me to convince people like you to join the organization."
"So you hurt an innocent woman," Dr. Jones said.
"I have the power to make myself younger. But I don't use that power,
do you know why?"
"Why?" asked Dr. Jones.
"In order to heal myself or make myself younger, I have to greatly hurt
others," the Doctor said, "I don't even use that power against the
villains so in a sense I am hypocrite. I have ethics after all."
"So what you are saying is," Dr. Jones asked.
"I didn't cause your wife to slip into a comma," the doctor said.
"But you used your power to cripple me," Dr. Jones said.
"You were not an innocent bystander," the doctor said, "You were a
reluctant solider that I vitally needed. I did it to teach you a
lesson and once I feel that you've learned it, I will heal you. Now if
that's all, I have a lot of work to do. So goodnight."
"If I help you convert Mark, will you heal my wife," Dr. Jones asked.
"I will heal your wife when I am convinced that you will stay loyal to
me," the Doctor replied.
XVIII.
"What are you doing Mr. Jones?" asked the Doctor.
"Just following your instructions by converting Mimic?" answered Dr.
Jones.
Dr. Jones nodded to Hunter and Hunter quickly grabbed Dr. Jones and
held him tight in a bear hug.
"Do you think that I am fool?" the Doctor asked.
"No," Dr. Jones said, "Why would you ask that?"
"Mimic looks just like her," the Doctor said, "your wife."
Dr. Jones began to panic. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't break
the giant's hold on him. He thought about using his power of illusion.
Perhaps he could have tricked Hunter to attack the Doctor. But Dr.
Jones decided against it for now. Such display of his power would show
complete disloyalty. There would be no point of return should his
power move fail. He had to talk himself out of this problem.
"Kinet and Spark tell me that you even introduced yourself to him and
somehow started to date him," the Doctor said.
"I only did it to help make Mimic loyal to us," Dr. Jones said.
"You mean loyal to you," the Doctor said. The Doctor walked over to
Dr. Jones, who was still being firmly held by the Hunter. The Doctor
then touched Dr. Jones left arm and Dr. Jones felt great pain.
"Your arm is now broken in couple of places," the Doctor said. "You
will stop this foolishness at once." The Doctor looked at Mimic
through the video screen. "You will break up with her and condition
her to want to date me."
Dr. Jones did not respond.
The Doctor touched his right arm and instantly Dr. Jones felt great
pain in his right arm. "Ok," said Dr. Jones, "anything you want."
The Doctor looked at Dr. Jones. "I always wanted a beautiful wife.
Make her fall in love with me."
"I don't know if I could..." Dr. Jones was about to say. The Doctor
interrupted Dr. Jones by touching him in his left rib. The pain was
unbearable. Dr. Jones could barely breathe.
"You will maker Mimic fall in love with me," the doctor said, "I will
give you 100 days to accomplish this task. If you fail me or try
something foolish, your wife in the hospital will pay."
Not waiting for answer, the doctor slowly touched first Dr. Jones' left
arm, then right arm and finally his left rib. The pain went away.
After the Doctor left the room, Hunter let go of Dr. Jones and also
walked out of the room.
"I have to speed the process up," Dr. Jones said to himself, "and set a
trap."
XIX.
.
[flash back]
"I want to thank you Dr. Jones," Kinet said. That was the first time
and only time Kinet called Dr. Jones a doctor. He knew that his father
would not like him calling someone else a doctor.
"For what?" Dr. Jones asked.
"I figured it out," Kinet said.
"Figured what out, Mark?" Dr. Jones said panicking inside and trying to
hide his fear. He wished that someone else was in the room with him to
provide him protection. This boy was dangerous.
"I know that you used your illusions on me," Kinet said.
"I wouldn't do that," Dr. Jones said, "your father would not allow it."
"The doctor is not my father," Kinet said.
"Of course he is," Dr. Jones lied, "why would you say such a terrible
thing?"
"Don't worry," Kinet said, "this is just between us."
"I still don't know what you are talking about," Dr. Jones said.
Kinet smiled, "I understand," he said, "you are afraid that I may get
angry or tell someone. But you have no reason to feel afraid."
"Why would I be afraid?" Dr. Jones said.
"You are afraid of