19 February 2012
The fox known as lab specimen J-47 didn't know that he had been genetically engineered as a biological weapon, nor did he know that other animals in the Plum Island facility had also been so created, each with their own unique ability. Common to each animal, however, was intelligence elevated to human levels to render them capable of independent operation in their field of deployment. The animals also shared a capacity for telepathic communication with one another so as to be able to coordinate their efforts towards the accomplishment of a mission. That having been said, we return to part two of this serialized story...
The fox known as J-47 cautiously entered an adjoining room to the chamber where he had been developed and raised, and beheld a gray cat wandering about.
"Who are you?," thought the fox in his mind, a message which was telepathically communicated to the cat, and understood by him.
"Why, 'ello yourself!," responded the cat telepathically. "I must be M-12, since they call me that. And who might you be?"
"J-47," replied the fox. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. We seem to be able to communicate our thoughts to one another."
"Well, I shall have to be careful then what I think about, won't I?," thought the cat.
"Not to worry," reassured the fox. "But why are you wandering about freely? Did you escape from the men in white coats as I did?"
"No, but they couldn't very well keep me locked up," explained the cat. "Allow me to demonstrate," he offered. With that, the cat dematerialized before the fox's eyes and reappeared several feet away.
"I'm a teleport," explained the cat called M-12 with a grin to the incredulous fox.
(end of part II)
The Augments II • Opuss № I