Excerpt from The Chronicles of Han Storm, Preserving Creata
A bit of murder on the sideline
"
Psychic weapons!
Small wonder the Government wanted to
control all of us.
I lay thinking about the man who had killed
Tucker. I had followed his life-memory before. I could find him if I
concentrated.
Relaxing, I slipped my spirit out of my body
onto the plane of active entities. This place presented itself to me as a dark
background with tiny pinpricks of light moving around within it. Every light
represented a living entity with a distinct aura around each one.
This was how I found 'missing' people. By
concentrating and matching their vibrations to their auras, I could pick them
out of the crowd.
I orientated myself by concentrating again
on the aura I had seen within the recordings. I knew the area where I should
start seeking and the intuitive response to the 'feel' of the energy always
helped me.
I soon came across the group of entities I
was looking for, the group where I would find Regent, my enemy.
Found him!
I forcefully bumped my enemy out of his
body. He knew immediately who I was and what was happening.
Untrained and with no natural psychic
abilities, it was like taking sweets from a baby.
I excused my stolen body from the card-game
and went to a public comm in the passage.
While dialling Morgan's private line, I
ignored my enemy's silent screams.
"Yes!" Morgan shouted.
I did not waste time. Speaking with my
enemy's voice, I gave Morgan the ultimatum.
"I have him with me. I'll bring him to your
yacht. One hour. Be there" I told Morgan, hanging up before he could say
anything.
Fear welled up in my enemy's body.
**Keys?** I requested.
**Right pocket** came the involuntary
response.
I went outside, ignoring questioning glances
from colleagues. They knew better than to ask uninvited questions.
**Vehicle?**
**Yellow Mont-Marie.**
This was probably too easy.
I squashed any doubt.
I found the topless sports-vehicle. It
turned out to be a real joy to drive. A feeling of pride from the owner came
through telepathically. It was followed with a feeling of regret.
We made good time to the pier where the
yachts were moored. We arrived early and I invaded my enemy's memories to
confirm that his boss' vehicle was not there.
Driving past the parking bays, I hid the
little yellow vehicle behind some containers at the water's edge.
Checking the firearm in the
shoulder-holster, I thought it would do perfectly for my purposes. Using my
enemy's memory, I found the right yacht.
I expanded my senses to check that no-one
was on board before hiding in the cabin.
I did not have long to wait as Morgan walked
into the cabin a few minutes later. He did not have his usual body-guard with
him.
It was a foolish thing to do. He had a habit
of coming alone onto his yacht, which I was counting on.
He was totally surprised to see Regent here.
Surprise turned to fear when I lifted the fire-arm.
It kicked into my palm, but the hand holding
it was strong and the body well trained. The sound was deafening in the small
area.
Morgan dropped to his knees, a red patch
forming over his heart.
I was trained as an accurate shot in the
Academy. My enemy never missed a target. We made a lethal combination.
Once more the trigger was pulled.
A second explosion and a second patch of
blood on Morgan's chest.
His body-guard should be on his way already.
A third explosion and Mr Custos Morgan's
body perished.
I left the body of my enemy. He was done for
anyway . . . "
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