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Kathleen Smith Jones

Short Stories
- Lamb's Teeth

Lamb's Teeth (3 ratings)
         by Kathleen Smith Jones
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Greetings to strangers and loved ones alike,

This is Adrianna. Reading this will explain why I am gone. Hopefully just away from Earth colongy Tara Gyia, but perhaps a more permanent absence. I am putting what happen into writing in several forms and sending it many places, to earth itself as well as its colonies and a few more personal addresses. So if you are from the Admonition squad and hold only this copy..... Perhaps you should be out job searching rather than sitting around reading other people’s mail. Here is what happened, for the earth readers I am going to need to back track a bit.

The original explorers from earth where a brave lot. By agreeing to be injected with a new medication, smartdrug 286-D, they made space travel infinately more feasible. This medication, you may remember was developed to make more of the brain assesable for use than ever before. The results where beyond the researchers wildest dreams. By placing the space travelers into near suspended animation, but connecting their brains to the ships computer, the resulting ability of the spaceship’s exceeded expectatoins. And by the time the colonization frigates made their destination planet’s the explorers themselves had evolved a bit. "Para normal" or "Psychic abilities" are now the norm amongst the population.

I realize those of you from earth are shocked by this information. The coordinator of the colonization process, based on the planet closest to earth (thats Tara Gyia) is Commander Andre Pascal. No one realized for years that the commander has intercepted all information being sent back to earth and replacing it with his own version of events. By removing all reference to the para normal abilities and reporting numerous fatalities from smartdrug 286-D, when there where none, he has effectively assured his plans as dictator. Its very simple really, isolate the colonies, control them by brute force and a hold on survival supplies. When all are submissive, return to earth and conquer it as well. Our technology in combination with the para-abilities would be unbeatable. We have evolved a bit with our machine’s and computers as well. Imagine some of the genius scientist that come on this trip, now think folks, these guys can now use more of the brain than ever before. Are you following me? Now you m ay ask, how do we know she is telling the truth. I am attatching copies of the original reports sent from each colony as well as his edited versions with each of these documents.

Now back to Commander Pascal. He is ruthless. Yet that word doesn’t convey the utter coldness of the man. Perhaps this will make you understand.

The first hint of resistance came when a group of people wished to return to earth for a short visit with family. The visitors where going to travel in one of the fastest ships made and be able to reach earth in a mind boggling short year. Rather than simply forbbiding the trip. The Commander ordered it destroyed after take off. Not only where there more than one hundred people aboard the ship. But his own family was amoungst them. His sister, wife, and two children where aboard her. An outbreak of a childhood disease actually prevented the children from boarding. But it was only discovered as they where about to ascend the stair to the Andromeda as the ship was called. So he thought the children where on the ship when he gave the order. This is the manner of monster we have been dealing with.

Now the para talent’s that have developed range an unbelievable spectrum, with varying strengths and endless combinations. We still look the same as you. We are the same in many ways. But don’t discount our differences. The best way to neutralize the para abilities is to put lithium into the food and drink supply. Lithium is a medication given to manic-depressive patients to balance the chemestry in the brain. People already taking this medicine didn’t develop paranormal abilities. People later placed upon it lost them while this drug was in their system. It isn’t used much anymore, not because of its side effects, those are really only known by the rebel faction. Most of our doctors of phsychiatry have the paratalent of being able to connect with the patient and gently manoeuvre the brainwaves and physical difficulties much more effectively than medication. By stimulating the brain to balance its own chemestry its much better for the lifestyle of the person. But sometimes it still has to be relied upon. (I am sorry if I tend to expound a bit too freely, had my life been different I would have been a researcher in Para-assisted medicine)

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