Chapter 15: So Sapien
Deirdreâs Story
Itâs obvious that if someone is after our children, they are probably after the other children of the next generation as well. Andrew is quite prolific. Before he is through he may well have another place in the Book of World Records.
We want to notify the parents of these children. Andrew was reluctant to use email or telephones, since our calls and mail may be monitored. Thatâs when we learned of another of our childrenâs talents.
I was with Elle, reading her a story. Itâs an odd thing that even though our children can speak six languages and write computer programs, and freeze felons in their tracks, they remain children.
We have every expectation that they may not reach adulthood until their twenties. It is our theory âDonnieâs and mine, not Andrewâs. We expect an extended childhood for this new species of man that needs to learn so much.
Elle is the quiet one. When she does speak, itâs usually to point out something that Emmy has done wrong. I worry about the things that she doesnât point out.
Elle wanted to talk about the awful break-in that we endured recently. Although she is quiet and shy, her IQ is extraordinary.
Elle asked, âMomma Dee Dee, what about our other sisters?â
I was a bit surprised. âWhat do you mean, your other sisters?â
She said, âArenât they in trouble too? The bad man came to take one of us away. Maybe heâll want to take one of our other sisters away, too.â
I didnât even know they were aware of any other sisters. Perhaps they had overheard something we said, or perhaps they had just read our minds. Andrew keeps reminding me that they know everything.
âSweetie, weâre thinking of ways to tell their parents to take care of them, warn them of the danger. Weâre afraid to use the phone or email because they might be tapped.â There is no reason to hide things from these girls. Weâre convinced that they need all the information they can get. If they ask something, we tell them the truth as we know it. Goodness, I see I am thinking inside of an
h Sapiens
box. If they ask us something they will hear our version of the truth whether we verbalize it or not.
Elle said, âIf you want, I can tell them.â
I felt a little dizzy, and a little nauseated. What was she saying? âElle, what do you mean, you can tell them?â
âOh, we can talk to each other if we want to. You know, Momma, in our heads, the same way we talk to each other here.â
It occurred to me why Elle was so quiet. In her mind she might be as talkative as Andrew. Maybe she prefers not to verbalize unless it is necessary. What does that mean for the future of mankind? No more radio talk shows. No more Rush Limbaugh. This might be a major improvement.
âCan you talk to all of your sisters and brothers? All of the children of your father?â
She looked as bemused as it is possible for a five-year old to look. âI donât know, Momma. I can talk to lots of them. Iâve never counted. Do you want me to count? Lots of them are babies, you know. They canât even talk.â
One couldnât dispute that logic. I told her to talk to each one she could. They were to alert their parents about the possible danger. I emailed her a spreadsheet with the name of each of Andrewâs children and told her to check off each that she talked to. That should narrow down the list of who we had to contact directly.
How does she contact a particular one? Do they have
t
Mail addresses? Can she filter her thoughts by addressee? This is too confusing for a simple
h. Sapien.
Andrewâs Story
Somebody in the government is interested in us â interested enough to break the law to learn about us. This government loves secrecy about its operations, so I figured the first thing to do was to shed some light on things.
This guy Williams was due to have his hearing. At least the police thought he was Williams. The eGirls let me know that his real name was Morris. We planned to be at the hearing to insure that the truth came out.
We took the liberty of talking to some people we knew in the local news establishment, telling them that this hearing for the attempted kidnapper might be pretty interesting. It was a big time crime for this area anyway so it didnât take much encouragement to convince some radio and television people to show up, along with the newspaper guys.
Since Iâm friends with the judge, and the police, and everyone else in the local power establishment, I was able to bring Emmy into the courtroom with the excuse that she might be a witness. The real reason was I needed her to wring the truth out of our perpetrator. That poor fool wonât know what hit him.
I had clued Jake Randolph, the prosecutor, in advance that Williams might not be who he claimed to be. I told him that I was pretty sure his ID was falsified. We were tennis buddies. He comes over to our place and lets me beat the crap out of him several times a month. He knew I must have some idea about what was going down.
So when Williams took the stand, Jakeâs first question was, âPlease state your full name.â
Williams responded, âRalph William Morris.â Then he looked shocked and said âNo. Joseph Williams.â
The prosecutor looked surprised. âDidnât you tell the police your name is Joseph Williams? It is Joseph Williams, isnât it?â
The ugly S.O.B. replied âUh, yeah, Joe Williams. Uh, no, Ralph Morris.â He looked very uncomfortable.
My buddy Jake was confused. âWhich is it, Joe Williams or Ralph Morris?â
Mister ugly looked confused too. âRalph Morris.â It came out like it was hissing between clenched jaws. âJoe Williams is an alias.â That last barely had any power behind it at all. It was like someone had reached down his throat and dragged it out. I bet someone had.
The prosecutor said, âWell I guess youâre guilty of making a false statement to the police. I could have sworn they called you Joe Williams in their report. Who do you work for Mister, uh, Morris?â
Morris was red-faced and short of breath, like he was in the middle of running a marathon. He was fighting this, he just wasnât winning.
âIâŠworkâŠforâŠtheâŠAttorney...GeneralâŠ
ofâŠthe...United...States.â
Jakeâs mouth dropped open and there was a loud reaction from the peanut gallery. Suddenly all ears were on the ugly man on the stand.
Jake regained his composure. âWere you told to break in to the Adkins residence by your superiors?â
Morris looked like he was constipated. He was fighting something with all his might, but his might just wasnât enough. âYes. I was told to take a girl from the house.â
The courtroom erupted. Several local TV newshounds suddenly had visions of network access in their eyes. They were sure glad I talked them into coming.
Jake asked âWhy were you told to kidnap a girl?â
Morris fell back on the old Nazi response. âI was only following orders.â
He suddenly relaxed in the chair as if the bones had drained out of his body. I heard Emâs soft thought in my mind. â
Is that enough, Daddy? Heâs tired.
â
I squeezed her little hand had leaned over and gave her a peck on the check. âGood job, little one. You can lay off now.â
I had pretty much decided that as long as IAM remained a faceless and unknown entity to the general public, we were easy pickings to anyone who wanted to hurt us. It is time to bring IAM to public attention. Maybe it is time to bring the children of the next generation to public attention, too.
We wonât reveal the telepathy thing weâve got going. But the intelligence thing will be big news by itself. We are raising a group of super-geniuses here. All of my kids from every twin Iâve had the pleasure to, uh, well anyway, all of my kids are super-geniuses.
It might not be such a good idea to bring out the actual parentage of the IAM kids. On the other hand, if known I might be nominated for father of the year on the strength of sheer numbers.