Semua Bab 51: The Series: Bab 241 - Bab 250

Wren arrived at the base and found Izzy waiting for him when he opened the garage door and pulled into the parking area above the facility. They walked through what looked like a closet door and entered the area with the elevator to go down to where his office and the lab were. When the doors opened, they walked through the lab and down a hallway. “Izzy, do you know what you need?” Wren asked her. “Yes, sir, Agent Gold. It won’t take me long to get what I need,” she answered. “Good,” he said as he used his security card to open a door. “Help me grab a couple of things in here. Where are the things that you need to get?” “They are up in the lab. I want to make sure I have complete medical and collection kits. I hope I won’t need them, but it never hurts to be prepared,” Izzy told him as she took a black case he handed her. “OK, make sure you have everything that you could need for a worst-case scenario. We do not know what we are getting into on this one. You also need to make sur

Wren began handing out the pictures Dillon had sent them. He had enlarged and printed a copy of each one so they could see any details they might have missed when they had first looked at them. Cat, Izzy, and Max began to look at the pictures of the hoofprints and the door that had been found. “Those tracks are not from any known creature that I was able to find. Not only the creatures in the files but even known domestic or wild animals. They do look like they are from a large breed of horse, but the print pattern is not correct. I have little doubt that whatever left those was bipedal,” Izzy said as she handed the picture to Cat. “So, what are you saying? There is a centaur roaming around this county?” Max asked as he took the picture from Cat. “No, that is not what I am saying,” Izzy told him. She looked at Wren and asked, “Agent Gold, may I tell them what we have found?” Wren nodded, “Tell them everything you have found so far. They need to know before we do this.” Izzy took

They were careful to follow the directions that Dillon and Nim had given them when they arrived at the property. They pulled their cars into the field as far as possible to ensure they could not be seen from the road. They parked side by side, got out of the vehicles, and began preparing the equipment they had each brought. Wren opened the trunk of his car and pulled out a ballistic vest, handing it to Lindsay. “I’m not wearing this unless you brought enough for everyone,” Lindsay told him. “You sound like a teacher I had in high school who said there was no gum chewing unless you brought enough for everyone. I brought one for everyone. We don’t know what’s down there. There might be nothing, but I want everyone to be as safe as possible. Now put it on,” he told her. “Yes, sir, Agent Gold,” Lindsay answered with a smile as she put on the vest and adjusted it. “Here, Max, I made sure to get you a girl's vest this time,” Wren said with a straight face. “Haha, very funny. At least I

Lindsay woke up outside the creature’s room to find herself being held up by Max. Wren was in front of her with her face in his hands. Her ears were ringing. She could see Wren speaking to her, but she could not initially understand what he was saying. She pushed herself away from Max and stood on her own, shaking her head. Lindsay grasped Wren’s arms to make sure she could keep her balance. She could finally hear him asking if she was OK and what had happened. “I...I’m OK, I think,” she was able to say. “I’m not sure what happened.” “That thing touched you. You froze in place and were completely out of it for at least two minutes. Sorry about hugging you, but I was trying to keep you from hitting the floor when you unfroze,” Max told her. “ No, it’s fine, Max. There was a flash of light, and I got shocked or something. It was like I was hit with a stun gun,” Lindsay told them as she moved to the wall and slid down it, sitting just outside the creature’s room. “I thought you said t

“Are you feeling better, Blue?” Wren asked, holding his hand out to it again. The little creature repeated what it had done earlier, making a soft cooing sound. “We can’t leave him here.” “I won’t argue with that, but what do we do with him?” Lindsay asked. “I’ll carry him, and we can put him in my car, and I’ll take him back to the base,” Wren said. “Izzy, do you have a Mylar blanket in your bag?” “I do somewhere,” she answered as she began looking for it. “Here it is.” She handed the blanket to Wren. He pulled off the wrapper and unfolded it. He carefully wrapped the blanket around the little creature, covering the top of his head and body, and picked it up like a child. When Wren picked it up, it snuggled into his arms and put its head on his shoulder. Wren held him while Izzy quickly repacked her bag and stood. They walked back to the control room where they had left Cat. She was downloading information from the computer system onto external hard drives she had brought with