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“I found these pictures, among several others, hidden deep in some government archives.” She looks around the room. “Don’t ask.”
“What are you saying?” Topher asks.
“I’m saying that there have been records of immortal children that are like Alex throughout time. Children that have special abilities.”
“Amelia and I had that discussion. We’re thinking the same.”
“I couldn’t read minds until…until she turned me.” Alex’s voice is full of sadness.
Fran shrugs. “Maybe it was something you always had, but when you turned, the ability was enhanced or brought to the surface.”
“My sisters?” His eyes are wide as he looks at me.
“Do your sisters have abilities?” Fran asks.
“Autumn does. She has telekinesis. We haven’t discovered what Everly can do, yet.”
“These are the girls yourmothertook with her?”
He nods. “The rest are gone.”
“Were they…special?” she asks.
“No,” he whispers. “They were nothing but killing machines. That’s what she called them.” Tears form in Alex’s eyes with his words.
Without a word, Fran walks to the immortal child and wraps her arms around his tiny body. “My goodness, you remind me so much of my Celeste. She was strong and wise beyond her physical age. She’s going to love you when she meets you.” Alex pulls back, wiping his cheeks.
“Thank you, Miss Fran.”
She huffs a laugh. “You’re already sounding like a Southerner.”
“She’s going to try to find more,” Alex adds. “More special children like me and my sisters.”
“We’re not going to let that happen,” Topher answers. “Fran, can you pull up those locations again?”
She types a few seconds on the keyboard, and the locations pop back to the monitors. “Alex is correct. This is the one I think has the highest probability of her being there.” She enlarges the screen, showing what looks like a warehouse.
“What do you think?” Thorne asks Alex as the boy stares at the building.
He shrugs. “I don’t know. Patrice picked the places we stayed at random. The one thing they had in common was they were all isolated.”
“This building certainly fits that criterion. It’s on the other side of the river and barely standing.” Fran huffs. “It’s where I’d hole up if I were trying to do the same.”
“What are we waiting for?” Alex asks the group.
“We can’t just go in there with guns blazing,” Fran answers. “If she is in that building, instinct tells me she’s not alone. She had help from someone.” My mind instantly flashes back to the sulfur smell in my room at the church. I haven’t shared that information with anyone. Other than hoping to hide it from my mind, I don’t have a good reason as to why.
“She’s going to hurt them.” Sadness sounds through Alex’s voice. “Without me to choose the next children, she’ll force Autumn and Everly to do it. If they choose wrong…” he doesn’t finish his sentence. He doesn’t have to.
“Did you choose Autumn and Everly?” Fran asks the immortal child.
“Yes.”
“Did you know they were special when you chose them?”
He shakes his head. “Maybe?”
“Can you explain that?” Fran persists.
