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Commander Beakerâs office is a fortress of files and screens, the air thick with the hum of a late May morning in 2025.
He leans forward, hands clasped, as Melanie Crenshaw sips coffee across from him. âWeâve got a lot to cover,â Beaker says.
âFirst, the Margaret Wilson situation is resolved.
Sheâs transferred to the Navy, on unpaid medical leave.
Weâre covering her meals, and she retains some insurance.â âOfficially,â he continues, âthe girlsâ claim of a rogue Air Force group is dismissed.
No such group exists, now or ever.
Their accusations are chalked up to movies or books.
The Air Force deemed them unsuitable for their program, giving us cover.â âUnofficially,â Melanie says, âtheyâre eyeing the girls for a Super Soldier training program.
Howâd that go in the debrief?â Melanie shakes her head.
âI floated the idea, and they laughed.
Ella said, âNo way.
Not even.
Not ever.â All five, including Margaret, agreed.â âThey donât want to be soldiers?â Beaker asks. âItâs deeper,â Melanie says.
âHelana accessed âthe recordâ and said the program isnât just advanced training.
It involves body modificationsâcyborg-likeâand chemical brain enhancements.
The chemicals boost violence while suppressing morality, creating, in her words, âmindless killing machines.ââ âWhatâs this record?â Beaker asks, frowning.
âA psychic internet? Is it reliable, or is she making it up?â âShe calls it the Akashic records,â Melanie says, âa chronicle of every event, thought, feeling, across all universes, stored in the mind of the One Infinite CreatorâGod, I assume.â Beaker groans.
âAnother mind-blowing concept I canât report.
My superiors would lock me up for accessing Godâs mind.â --- ### Thoughts That Kill âHowâd they react to testing mind control on animals?â Beaker asks. âRoxana nearly gagged at the idea,â Melanie says.
âHelana said our weaponizing their thought influence is misguided.
Their skill plants hypnotic suggestions in a targetâs consciousness, like making those officers believe they were frozen, not physically controlling muscles.â âWhat about Helana controlling Margaretâs body?â Beaker asks. âMargaret was catatonicâan empty vessel,â Melanie explains.
âEasy for Helana to jump in, or any entity with that skillâdemon, angel, ET.
If Margaret was awake, itâd be nearly impossible.â âStopping a heart?â Beaker asks.
âLike that goat movie?â âDonât trust Hollywood,â Melanie says.
âThe girls say cardiac systems are autonomous, with their own âmind.â That requires psychokinesis, which they havenât mastered.â âTrain them in it?â Beaker asks. âNot now,â Melanie says.
âThey sensed our intent to weaponize it and shut it down.
Like weapons training, though, psychokinesis might emerge naturally during exercises.â Beaker sighs.
âTheir moral compass is admirable but makes them damn hard to work with.
Howâs deprogramming? Are the girls as damaged as Margaret from the mind meld?â âSurprisingly well,â Melanie says, her voice softening.
âThe meld cost their sexual innocence, but sharing it across five diluted the trauma, easing treatment.
Without that, deprogramming Margaret wouldâve been impossible.
They saved her life, but I cry at night for what it cost them.â âArenât there treatments for early sexual trauma?â Beaker asks.
âSo they can have normal lives?â âYes,â Melanie says.
âThe shared experience helps.
Itâs not a lone assault in a dark alley but a collective memory, diluting fear and PTSD across five personalities with varied coping tools.â âOther meld effects?â Beaker asks. âMany,â Melanie says.
âMargaretâs rapidly gaining the girlsâ skills, learned over a year, in weeks.
Theyâre telepathing less, often knowing each otherâs thoughts without words.
They finish sentences, sometimes speak in unison.
Theyâre becoming a collective mind.â âUnprecedented,â Beaker says. âNot quite,â Melanie says.
âElderly couples do this after decades.
Some hypothesize humans once had collective minds, like dogs or horses.
But human sexualityâjealousyâdisrupts it.â âJealousy fuels assaults, murders, wars,â Beaker says. âExactly,â Melanie says.
âAs the girls mature, jealousy could be worse than Margaretâs trauma.
If one desires anotherâs lover, even fleetingly, the others will know instantly.
I donât know how theyâll handle it.
Their collective might also push them toward lesbian relationships, avoiding menâs complications.
But lesbian dynamics are prone to jealousy, sometimes violently.â âWeâll navigate carefully,â Beaker says.
âHowâd the parents take the exposure news?â âI couldnât reveal muchâtop secret,â Melanie says.
âWe said the girls bonded with Margaret, a recruiter, who shared graphic abuse details, overwhelming them.
Eileen initiated the meld to help, consistent with her past.
The parents bought it, accepting treatment for exposure to adult content.â âWho suggested the meld?â Beaker asks.
âElla, the leader?â âEileen,â Melanie says, âbut the others agreed.â âUsing it for intelligence?â Beaker asks.
âJumping into memories for intel?â âNo,â Melanie says firmly.
âHelana says blending is as intimate as sex.
Theyâd never allow it, nor would I.
Itâs off-limits.â âAnother tool we canât touch,â Beaker says, frustrated.
âProtecting them gets harder every day.â --- ### Itâs Only Fair The briefing room is stark, its table ringed by Ella, Helana, Eileen, Roxana, and Margaret, their unity palpable.
Commander Beaker stands, his smile strained but warm. âGood morning, girls,â he says.
âWelcome, Margaret.
Iâm thrilled youâve joined these extraordinary young women.â âI owe them my life,â Margaret says, her voice steady.
âThey freed my mind after a decade of programming.
I can think for myself.â âSheâs family,â Ella says.
âWe love her more than you know.â âMelanie reports youâre excelling,â Beaker says.
âWeapons, politics, religion, economics, scienceâyour marks surpass college students.
Youâre phenomenal.â âWe borrow thoughts,â Roxana says, beaming.
âHelana reads the record well, and weâre learning.
Itâs five brains in one.â âYouâre also controlling your skills,â Beaker says, âkeeping your âweaponâ on safety.â âWeâre learning mindfulness,â Eileen says.
âActing thoughtfully, not reacting stupidly.â âWe want to start workshops,â Beaker says.
âYouâd teach gifted students your skills, like you taught Margaret.
Weâd also include you in special operations, like Cincinnati.â âHmm, no,â Ella says.
âTrainingâs fineâweâre students.
But teaching? Maybe in a few years.
Special ops? We need to talk first.â âMargaret needs clothes,â Helana says. âItâs bigger,â Eileen adds. Margaret leans forward.
âThe girls visited me at the safe house.
I was sadâthey sensed it.
Iâm trapped in that room.
The Navy gives me a uniform, food, TV, musicâgreat, but Iâm 24.
I want to shop, buy clothes, get a driverâs license, a car, my own place.
I donât want intelligence to be my lifeâjust my job.
I need a paycheck.â âWhen youâre off medical leave, youâll get Navy pay,â Beaker says. âNot enough,â Ella says.
âYou said our skills are unmatched.
Margaret deserves top pay, like you, your agents, Melanie.â âNavy pay follows rank,â Beaker says.
âI canât change that.â âWe know things,â Roxana says.
âThe military spends beyond its budget, from off-the-books sources, some shady.
You can pay more.
Margaret deserves it, especially after her abuse.â âI agree,â Beaker says, âbut I donât touch off-the-books funds.
I use official channels.â âWeâll show you how,â Ella says. âThis scares me,â Beaker says.
âBillions move secretly, but Iâm not part of that.
Itâs risky.â âWe want pay too,â Eileen says.
âTrainingâs free as students.
But being assetsâworking for youâwithout pay? Unfair.
My dad, a lawyer, says so.â âAn allowance, maybe,â Beaker says.
âHow much?â âHow much do your agents make?â Ella asks. âFBI agents make about $50,000,â Beaker says. âWe know you know the answer when we ask,â Eileen says.
âYour agents are special ops, six figures.
Weâre as valuable, maybe more.
Six figures, mostly in trust, with an allowance.â âSix figures?â Beaker says, paling.
âI canât.
Itâs beyond my power.â âFine,â Ella says.
âFigure something out.
Until then, we quit.â The girls file out, leaving Beaker stunned, staring at the floor. --- ### In the Driverâs Seat Melanie sits across from Beaker, his office dim as evening settles over May 29, 2025, at 12:05 PM MST.
He rubs his temples, voice low. âMelanie, save me,â he says.
âMy careerâs circling the drain.
Top brass only cares about results for their projects.
If the girls quit, weâre doneâcanceled, out to pasture.â âDonât be dramatic,â Melanie says, laughing.
âYou sound like them.
Yes, we can compel citizens for public dutiesâjury duty, draftsâbut not these girls.
Their skills would foil anything short of abduction, which wouldnât work.
Theyâre in control.â âSelfish brats,â Beaker mutters, then winces.
âSorry, but it feels like extortionâhalf a million from teenagers.â âWhatâs your discretionary budget?â Melanie asks. â$50,000,â Beaker says.
âIâd need ten times that.
I could claim necessity, but half the brass would cancel the project.â âUse your assets,â Melanie says.
âElla offered to show you how.
Let them read the brassâdig up leverage to secure funding.â âBlackmail?â Beaker asks, shocked. âPrecisely,â Melanie says, smirking. --- Ellaâs bedroom glows softly, fairy lights twinkling against the dusk.
Her diary lies open, the weight of the day spilling onto its pages.
Dear Diary, Quit my âjobâ todayânot really a job, just unpaid intern work as students.
Interns learn by doing, but they want us to do work they canât and teach others.
Thatâs a job, and we deserve pay.
Eileenâs dad, my parents, agree. Beaker asked for help figuring it out.
Meeting him tomorrow.
Hopefully, weâll get paid and keep training. If we do, Iâll earn more than Mom and Dad combined, though most goes to a trust until Iâm 21.
Still, Iâll have enough to shop, and my girls and I will hit the mall every weekend. Weâll be smart with money.
Dad says we must, or no allowance.
I donât want to be those idiots who blow it all and end up homeless. Goodnight, Diary.
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