Page 50 of Scarred Sunrise

“Yes.”

“Well?” Smithy sat back, waiting to hear what he had to say.

“You’re the one who was different.”

Smithy shook his head impatiently. “Different how?”

“You only had the drug.”

“The mind control drug?”

“Yes.”

“What about the others? What did they have if not the drug?”

“They had the implant after the first soldiers began to die from too many side-effects.”

Smithy glanced towards Zin, who he knew was listening behind the smoked glass. “Tell me about the implant.”

“It releases a low but steady amount of the drug over a longer period, but you were given higher doses.”

“How did I fight it and they can’t?”

“Because the implant not only releases the drug, it’s controlled by a frequency.”

“Like a radio frequency?”

“More like a microwave frequency. Microwave devices use pulse regulated microwaves at an intensity of 450MHz that pass through the skull into the brain. In conjunction with the drug, it turns the person into a submissive zombie, controlling their behaviour. Microwave transmitters are the perfect tool for transmitting ELF signals to control the soldiers.”

“Are these the same implants that are in the UK military?”

The man hung his head in shame and Smithy almost felt sorry for him; he’d been duped like so many others. “Yes.”

“Why was I different?”

“She’d never tell us.”

“What do you know about her plans to release the annihilation drug?”

“She didn’t tell us the details of her plans, but you need to stop her. The drug sticks to the protein in the DNA of the person who inhales it. If they have the protein linked to their ability it’s harmless. But if that protein isn’t found, the drug destroys the immune system in an attempt to survive, much as a virus does.”

“Why are you telling me this? Why not tell one of the others?”

“The Divine One knows you’re coming. She knew you’d come to the island, that’s why she left.”

“How do you know that?”

“I heard her on the phone.”

“Who to?”

“I don’t know.”

“Did you ever see her husband?”

“No.”

“Can you tell me anything else about the plan at all?”