We sat in the police station for about four hours without anyone telling is what was going to happen now. Jack and Jill had gone to sleep before Captain Hill came over with a woman. "Anna, this is Lori and she'll be taking you, Jack, and Jill with her," he said introducing the woman.
"No one?" I asked pretty sure I already knew the answer.
"I'm sorry," Captain Hill said shaking his head.
I looked at Jack and Jill sleeping and wondered who would tell them. "I can see that you're worried about them," Lori said placing a hand on my shoulder. "They'll have all the help they need through this troubling time as you will have the help you need." I nodded and she continued, "Let's get you guys to your new home."
Jack and Jill didn't wake up when they were put in the minivan nor when they were taken out. Bill carried Jack to a room while Lori carried Jill to another room. There was a girl already asleep in one bed and two empty beds. Lori laid Jill on one of the beds and began to undress her down to her underwear. "There's some pajamas in the closet across the hall," she said nodding toward the door. "Could you please get a pair for you and Jill?" Once I had done that and had changed she said, "Since it's summer I don't expect you to be up before 10:30. I'll wake you up then if you're not already up though it will be different when school starts. Now goodnight and sweet dreams." She left closing the door and I quickly fell asleep.
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I was in some sort of marble building with statues of men and women in what looked like sheets. There was some sort of marble table at one end with a fire in the center of it. I wondered where I was when I heard my mom say, "Welcome Anna."
I spun around and saw my mom standing by one of the statues. "Is that you Mom?" I asked."
"It is me princess," my mom said with a smile.
"But you're..." I began.
"Dead," my mom finished when I couldn't. "I'm afraid that I am."
"Then how can you be here and where are we?"
"We're in a temple to the Greek gods that I built in my mind and is now in your mind. As to how I'm here I was able to come back to tell you that I love you and to give you a bit of instruction on your ability."
"So I won't be able to see you again before I die?" I asked tears welling up in my eyes.
"I don't know," my mom said shaking her head. "There's the possibility that I will be able to see you again before you die but for now we'll have to assume that this is the last time we'll see each other before that time. Now if you want to project yourself into someone's mind all you have to do is picture the person and a way into their mind. Most of us have found that it's easiest to picture a door with a picture of the person on it. This also helps when you get to the point of projecting into more than one person's mind. In that case it's a group picture on the door. Like I said before at first you'll have a little control over the mindscape unless you project into someone who's sleeping or who is weak-willed. Now to get here just have a picture of yourself on the door standing in this temple. Remember that at first you'll only be able to project in real time. Once you have more experience you can select the time compression. You can do this by visualizing a two part display next to the door. One part will be for real time and always display one year. The other will have some type of switch so you can choose between one year, one month, one week, one day, one hour, one minute, and one second. Until you get the experience though you won't be able to select the higher compression rates. Once you have the experience and you're in someone's mind you can bring someone else in with you. The method to do this is of course up to you. If you enter someone's mind while your eyes are closed and you're relaxed your body will be asleep. Do you understand princess?"
"Yes," I said nodding. Taking a breath I asked the question I wanted an answer to. "Why did this happen Mom?"
"Well I suppose I can tell you but don't tell Jack or Jill," my mom said with a deadly serious look on her face. "I worked at the CIA. Many of the times when I was away I was actually spying on other countries. Some people found out about me and came to eliminate my entire family. Fortunately they didn't succeed in that leaving you, Jack, and Jill. Though there may be others out there who know and will want to finish the job so there will be agents following you. Now that you know I need you to act normal but be aware of what's going on around you."
"I will Mom," I said hugging her. "I love you."
"I love you too princess," my mom said hugging me. As the scene started to dissolve she said, "One more thing. There are others who have the ability to project themselves into other people's minds and you can trap someone in their minds leaving them comatose so be careful."
"I will," I said as everything went dark.