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- TNA Wrestling has uploaded a special edition of "TNA Today" with Gail Kim being presented an award by Pro Wrestling Illustrated for being chosen as the #1 Women's Wrestler of 2012 after having a 212 Day reign as TNA Women's Knockout Champion as gaining numerous wins over the toughest opponents. Kim, however, is rudely interrupted.
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- Madison Rayne participated in a Q&A session Friday on Twitter and when asked to remark on her dream opponent, she replied Lita. The four-time TNA Women's Knockout was also adamant that she will never go back to being blonde again.
Rayne competed at the evening's TNA live event in Johnson City, Tennessee, losing to Miss Tessmacher.
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Parents are usually the first to notice that their child is not developing their language skills at the same rate as similarly aged children and will describe their child as 'not talking,' 'a late talker,' or 'not speaking yet.'
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Most children with speech delays have a developmental language disorders (DLD), with an expressive delay, and will meet normal age appropriate visual language skills (recognizing parents, recognizing objects, responding to facial expressions, following commands that are accompanied with a gesture indicating what you want done, pointing to desired objects, etc.), and will seem to have normal comprehension or understanding of other's speech, meeting normal age appropriate auditory receptive skills (recognizing and turning toward sounds, following 1 or 2 step commands without a gesture, pointing to named body parts and objects), although some can also have a mild or variable receptive delay. With early intervention (speech therapy), most of these children will have improved speech by the time they begin school and their speech will ultimately become normal.
Some children with an expressive delay are just 'late talkers' and have a constitutional delay in their speech development. These children will develop normal speech and language skills as they get older without any treatment. Unfortunately, there is no way to differentiate children with a constitutional delay, who will have improvement of their speech without intervention from those children who will require treatment. You can only tell in hindsight and it is not advisable to just 'wait and see' if your child's speech will improve.
Another important cause of speech delay are hearing problems, and so all children suspected of having a speech or language delays should have their hearing formally tested. It is not enough that they think that he hears because he responds to a loud clap or bell in the doctor's office or because he comes when you call him from another room.
Other causes of speech delays include mental deficiency or mental retardation and pervasive developmental disorders, including autism. In addition to expressive and receptive delays, children with these conditions will also commonly have a delay in their visual language skills (recognizing objects, responding to facial expressions, following commands that are accompanied with a gesture indicating what you want done, pointing to desired objects, etc.).
Things that don't cause speech delays are a child being 'tongue-tied,' being 'lazy,' having a lot of siblings that 'talk for him,' or living in a bilingual family.
The early speech and language milestones which are listed below include the upper limit of when 75% of infants meet this milestone, so your child may still be developing normally if he has not mastered a milestone by the age indicated. These milestones should be used as a general guideline to help identify infants that are at risk for having speech and language problems so that their development can be watched closely. You should discuss it with your Pediatrician if your infant is not meeting these milestones on time, or if he has a regression or loss of language skills that he has already learned, so that he or she can review his overall development (language, social, fine motor and gross motor skills) and determine what, if any, interventions need to be made. Among the screening tests available that your Pediatrician may perform are the Early Language Milestone (ELM) Scale-2 and the Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CLAMS).
Language delays, especially if secondary to a hearing loss, should be identified as early as possible.
Children can usually be screened for hearing loss in your Pediatricians office with a simple test (audiometry) after they are cooperative enough (usually after four years of age). Younger children (from birth to age 4) usually need to see an audiologist for more detailed testing, such as an ABR or auditory brainstem response test, or OAEs (otoacoustic emissions).
If you think that your child is not meeting his normal speech or language developmental milestones, if he is at high risk of developing a hearing problem, or has school performance problems, then it is very important that his hearing be formally tested by a professional. Again, it is not enough that they think that your child hears because he responds to a loud clap or bell in the doctor's office or because he comes when you call him from another room.
Parents are usually the first ones to think that there is a problem with their child's speech development and/or hearing, and this parental concern should be enough to initiate furthur evaluation. In addition to a formal hearing test and developmental assessment by their Pediatrician, children with speech and langauage delays should be referred to an early childhood intervention program (for children under 3) or the local school district (for children over 3), so that an evaluation and treatments can be initiated by a psychologist (if indicated) and/or a speech therapist/pathologist.
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Highland Rugby's players finished off the script mapped out by everyone. Larry Gelwix, honored with a dinner Friday night in recognition of this being his last game as coach after 36 years, saw Highland rugby claim their 20th national championship, and Gelwix's 410th victory against ten (that's 10) losses. Early on Highland looked anything but a championship team, as they dropped balls, missed tackles, and made poor decisions as Untied tested them with probing kicks and some smart running. United got on the board first, punishing some Highland errors and pressing their advantage. Flanker Thayne Soloai went over to give his team a 7-0 lead. In the second half, Highland punished a silly United error to get a turnover and center Antonio Lavemai went in under the posts. Jakobi Harris's second conversion put his side up 19-7. So it looked as if Highland would roll. Faagalu was catching passes now, and the massive, fleet-footed center was a handful as a result. But United struck right back. Russ Parai hit a penalty, and then exciting local product Kisi Unufe jumping in front of a pass and taking it all the way in for a huge try. Parai hit the conversion and it was 19-17. United continued to try to control the game by kicking and forcing Highland to run a long way to score. For the most part it worked, but all that chasing wore down the United team. Gaps started to show, and to maintain their defensive line United stopped defending rucks. Highland saw that and simply ran their forwards up the middle, making big gains, and setting up a try for No. 8 Doug Ferris from an eightman pick. Up 24-17 Highland began to relax, and it was United that felt the tension. Faagalu lumbered in for a try that again appeared to put the match away, 31-17. But United struck once more, with the exciting Unufe slicing through the Highland D as if they were nothing. 31-24. Finally Lavemai put the game away to stay. |


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Moorhead, MN (WDAY TV) - A 5th grade teacher in Moorhead is being forced to resign after stating her stance on gay marriage.By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY
A 5th grade teacher in Moorhead is being forced to resign after stating her stance on gay marriage. Families and staff from St. Joseph's Catholic School were notified through a letter that Trish Cameron would not return in the fall.
Cameron answered a self-evaluation that she doesn't agree with all church teachings, but doesn't let her personal view come into religion class. She later clarified in a discussion with school administration that she was talking about gay marriage.
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[JURIST] French National Assembly representative Andre Gerin [official websites, in French] said Friday that the country will formally oppose the wearing of burqas [JURIST news archive], but is unlikely to pursue legislation [press release, in French] to ban the garment. Gerin is the head of a special commission [materials, in French] created by the French government to evaluate a ban on wearing burqas and other full-face veils in public. He said that even though he strongly opposes burqas, experts that testified before the panel had argued that a ban on the burqa would be hard to enforce and would antagonize Muslims in the country. He also said that while the wearing of burqas poses security and rights concerns, a law banning them would also threaten certain rights. Gerin's remarks came one day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST news archive] reiterated his opposition [AP report] to the use of burqas. It is not clear what steps, short of a ban, the government will take to discourage use of the veils.The commission began its hearings in July after being established [JURIST report] a month earlier to address the issue. In December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] unanimously ruled [JURIST report] that there was no human rights violation when a French school expelled two students for refusing to remove their headscarves. Last July, a Muslim woman's citizenship application was denied [JURIST report] because she failed to assimilate to French culture, and she practiced a type of Islam found incompatible with French values. In 2004, France passed a law [JURIST report] banning students from conspicuous religious items, including Muslim headscarves, in schools.
[JURIST] Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction [official website] director Terry Collins announced [press release] Friday that the state would adopt a single-drug lethal injection protocol, replacing its current three-drug method. The state undertook a review of its lethal injection practices in September after the planed execution of inmate Romell Broom failed [JURIST reports] when a suitable vein for the drugs' administration could not be found. The new protocol will consist of the intravenous injection of a single anesthetic, and will provide for the intramuscular injection of two other drugs if an appropriate vein cannot be found. Commentators on the change have said that the new protocol may be more humane [Columbus Dispatch report], but that it has not yet been used on humans. Ohio is the first state to adopt such a method.Earlier this month, the Ohio Supreme Court [official website] set dates [announcement, PDF; JURIST report] for the lethal injection executions of two other inmates. The state's current protocol had been used since June when the state added a requirement [JURIST report] that officials shake and call out to the prisoner after the administration of the first of the three drugs. A de facto national moratorium [JURIST report] on the death penalty ended last year when the US Supreme Court ruled in Baze v. Rees [JURIST report] that the three-drug lethal injection sequence [DPIC backgrounder] used in most states does not violate the Constitution.
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The Queen of the Night at Opera Carolina: Maria Aleida
Posted: Monday, January 14th
Press Contact: Brandon Stanley
As part of our coverage for Mozart's The Magic Flute, opening on 1/19/2013 at Opera Carolina (sung in English), we have interviewed the young Cuban coloratura soprano Maria Aleida, who will be singing the role of the Queen of the Night...
Opera Lively Let me start by asking about your background. You were born in Cuba, right?
Maria Aleida Yes, I was born in Cuba, but I left my country in 1997. I lived in Venezuela for ten years then I came to the United States in 2007 to study.
OL Were you already in contact with classical music and opera in Cuba, or did it happen in Venezuela?
MA When I was little in Cuba I used to go see zarzuelas, which is the Spanish version of opera. But I didnt train in Cuba. When I went to Venezuela I was 14 years old, and when I was 18 I started the [Vicente Emilio Sojo] Conservatory, but not in the voice program. I used to sing arias on my own. I only started formal vocal studies when I came to the United States.
OL Was your family in Cuba connected to music?
MA I do have an uncle who is a musician but he never did it professionally. My father also; they used to play the guitar and drums when they were university students, but they didnt dedicate their lives to music, they started different careers. Im the only one. [laughs]
OL How did you get interested in voice and opera?
MA The teacher from the voice major at the conservatory in Venezuela recommended it to me. She said I should study voice. I wanted to be a pop singer. Then, she gave me a CD of Maria Callas and another one of a bel canto singer, Eva Mei, and also a book, and she told me to learn the arias. I just learned by myself and started liking it.
OL Getting out of Cuba, was it difficult?
MA No, it was not difficult, because my father left Cuba in a very legal situation. We went to Venezuela on grounds of family reunion because I had an uncle who lived there. We didnt have trouble to leave the country, but we did have to wait for the papers for more than a year. But it wasnt traumatic or anything.
OL And what made you decide to come to the United States?
MA I had a masterclass in Venezuela with Mirella Freni and after that I realized that I needed to train my voice properly. I decided to leave in April 2007. I came to Miami to study with a Cuban voice teacher who helped me a lot.
OL Wow, Mirella Freni! Do you have memories about her to share with us?
MA I worked with her for a month, but Im actually more thankful to my Cuban teacher, Manny Perez. I think he helped me more, and was more instrumental in building my voice, when I came to Florida to study with him.
OL And you also had contact with Montserrat Caballé, right?
MA I went to her voice competition in 2008. I made it to the finals and got the audience award. I sang for her for one day, in a masterclass. She was very nice and very positive, but I cant say I studied with her like I did with MIrella Freni for a month. With Caballé, it was more like singing for her.
OL How was it for you, when you won that audience award in Montserrats competition in Zaragoza?
MA It was very nice. It was actually my first competition ever. It was amazing for me to get the audience award. I have the citizenship from my father, Im also Spaniard. Im half Cuban, half Spaniard. There were so many other Spanish singers there, and I could really feel that the audience really liked me. Thats the most important thing for an artist, thats who you sing for. You just sing for the public.
OL So, later, you participated in other competitions, right?
MA Yes, I made it to the District Finals of the Met National Council Auditions in Boston, and also in New Orleans. This past year I made it to the finals in Plácido Domingos Operalia in Beijing. That was a very important experience.
OL Your international career has been developing mostly in Italy. You sang at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro.
MA Yes. In 2011 I made my Italian debut at the Martina Franca Festival [Valle dItria] where I sang another queen, Zenobia in Rossinis Aureliano in Palmira. It was a very beautiful opera. Im really happy about that experience, which was my first in Italy. After that I went to the Rossini Festival where I did Il Viaggio a Reims. Then this past year, last summer, I went back to Pesaro and did Il Signor Bruschino, then I Puritani at the Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi. Italy is a great country; I really love performing there.
OL And then you trained at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
MA Yes, I graduated from the Academy in March of last year. The AVA is a great experience for singers who want to go face the real world. When you go out and sing, coming from there, you are really well prepared. I miss school, from time to time. I live there in Philly still, but I havent been able to really be there because Ive been really busy, but its the place where Im still based. But I do go back to the school from time to time to meet some people - friends and teachers. I made good relationships with them. I had a great teacher there, Bill Schuman.
OL Lets talk about the Queen of the Night. Is this the first time you sing her?
MA It is my first time.
OL How did you prepare for the role?
MA [laughs] Well, Ive been preparing for a while for this role which is not very easy to sing. I must say that now, at this point, I feel very good about it and I think that hopefully it will be very nice. Its a great production and I feel very confident right now.
OL You have probably trained for the role in German and now youre singing it in English. Does this make a difference?
MA Since its my first time doing the role, I learned it like this. I mean, I did know the arias in German before, but I never did the role in German before, so this helped me a little, the fact that I didnt do it in another language. After this production in Charlotte Ill be doing the Queen of the Night again in Italy, in December of this year. I still dont know for sure, but Im assuming it will be in German.
OL Well, its not a very long role, but it has two arias that are wickedly difficult.
MA Yes, Its like those roles in Der Rosenkavalier with just one appearance that is more than enough. The Queen of the Night is pretty much the same thing. The role has two arias, but in those two arias you have everything. Its a very demanding role. Her character is very strong and aggressive, evil, and at the same time seductive. Its a very rich personality that you have to show.
OL Which of the two arias you find more difficult?
MA Hm
Although the second one is the most popular, I think the first one is harder.
OL What are the difficulties? Is it a question of agility of the coloratura, or the range, or is it the breathing?
MA Its a combination of things, because its not just a question of the notes. For some people the high notes will be more difficult, for others it will be the low notes. This role is written for a dramatic voice that also must have agility. Its a character that demands a lot of range and to put it all together can be difficult. But if you work enough on it, you can do it.
OL And her angry spoken dialogue requires good acting.
MA Yes, there is this one spoken dialogue where you have to scream without damaging your voice, to express all the emotions of the character.
OL And then right after that you need to jump into high coloratura.
MA Right, because the last word she says in the dialogue is very strong, and then she starts singing right away. It doesnt give you time for anything.
OL The interesting thing about this role is that sopranos are often the good girls, and the mezzos are the evil ones.
MA Yes, true.
OL So maybe its a welcome change for your acting range.
MA Yes, actually I am enjoying it very much, to be in that evil role, its the first one that I do. [laughs] I hope to do it well because it doesnt have anything to do with me, with my personality in real life. [laughs] Because I must say, she is not shy at all, you know? She goes for what she wants. Yes, its a bit of a stretch for me, but it is good; thats when you prove, exactly, that you are a good actor; you are able to play characters that are different from what you are.
OL Right. What do you think of this production?
MA Oh, this production is really wonderful, very colorful. It has one hundred projections behind you, while you are singing. It is really amazing; I think the public will go crazy about it. Its funny and its fresh.
OL Good. And how about Opera Carolina, what do you think of the company?
MA They are very wonderful. Its my first time with Opera Carolina and Im very grateful to be here. Im surrounded by really great and talented artists. Im very challenged by it.
OL Anything else you would like to tell us?
MA Well, I would like to invite everybody to come see The Magic Flute and have fun with Mozart. I think it will be a very nice show for people of all ages.
OL I wish you good luck. It sounds like it will be a fabulous experience.
MA Thank you very much.
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You have raised your hand in solemn covenant that you will do all that lies in your power to accomplish this object, and we now leave you, with the hllest expectation that you will bend your united and untiring efforts to this purpose with the fullest assurance that but a few weeks shall roll around before the cheering intelligence will salute our ears, 'send your orders, we are prepared to fill them. The iron is piled up in our houses and in our streets, send your teams and carry it away.' You brethren have been selected for this purpose and set apart to this mission. Let no influence swerve you from this duty. Let no selfish interest intervene betwixt you and the accomplishment of your duties, but let a devoted magnanimity for the public interest, blended with a oneness of untiring efforts, characterize all your exertions in whatsoever you shall put yourselves to do, do it in a spirit of oneness and of faith believing, and the happiest results will be most likely to follow, so shall you accomplish the object of your mission and subserve the public good. How reasonable to suppose that not only our knowledge but our talents, our capacity, be they great or small, should be devoted to the cause of God in whatever calling we may be engaged that is conducive to its interest . . . the work in which you are engaged in the manufacture of iron at this juncture is one branch of the Kingdom of our God and should be pursued with al the vigor and energy that has hitherto l characterized your exertions in these valleys--should be pursued as regardless of the consequence pertaining to pecuniary considerations as preaching the gospel. It is as sacred as any other mission, and when was the time and where the place that a faithful elder who trusted in God did not h d food and clothing sufficient to supply his necessities? We do not recommend that you neglect to enclose your field, water your grain,
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Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
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Date Original | 1996 |
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Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
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Language | eng |
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House Girl V
Science-Fiction, Male / Female Teens, Mind Control, Virginity, Young
Author's infos
Gender: Male Age: Secret Location: N/A
Posted: 2012-04-05
It won't make as much sense if you haven't read the previous chapters.
As the naked teen waif Theresa approached the bed, wearing only the diamond earrings and family crest pendant I gave her just days before, I instructed the nanobots in my body to manufacture more seminal fluid. I'd already cum three times today and at my age, I need a little help for a four timer. Theresa was the image of her sister, with slightly smaller breasts and slightly thinner hips. I withdrew from the lovely Angela and rolled onto my back to accommodate the new guest to my bedroom.
"There's a pile of dirty laundry in the hallway," Theresa said, while licking her own sexual moisture from her damp fingers. "Angela was gone so long, I decided to investigate. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what was keeping her." She looked over at her sister who glowed with sexual satisfaction and shared perspiration. Angela's legs were still wide and she was lazily fingered herself, pulling her fingers to her mouth to savor the taste of our mutual orgasm. "I stood there long enough to see the whole thing. It's not fair. Why does Angela get to live her fantasy and not me?"
"Well, there's the fact you are only thirteen….." I teased.
"Angela's only FIFTEEN!" she took the bait and started to pout, crossing her arms across those lovely breasts. She stood there defiant and so enticing. "And I know you want to have sex with me! You told me so!"
"Of course I do. But only when you are ready. Your sister was ready. Maybe in a year or so….." again I laid the bait in front of her.
"I'm ready NOW!" she demanded. "So you'd better get ready!" She pounced on me, legs wide and arms reaching for my neck. She started kissing my face, rough and fast, like a woodpecker after a grub.
"Whoa! Slow down. That's no way to treat the man who's going to take your virginity. Let's do this right…." I pulled her close and slowly started kissing her face and neck. She melted in my embrace. I could feel those wonderful young breasts pressing into my hair covered chest. Her shapely thighs were directly on mine and her toes only reached the tops of my ankles. I could feel her feet twitching. I entered her mind and started reading her thoughts and emotions.
"I can feel his cock against my pussy, it feels so amazing. Will it really fit in me? Will I like it? Will David like it? Oh God! Maybe I shouldn't do it. His kisses feel so nice. My pussy is tingling. This is so scary. I am going to be a woman! I wish he'd hurry up!" I chuckled at the train of thought, speeding by so fast. I ran my hands down her back and cupped her ass, kneading and spreading her cheeks as she relaxed. My cock was rapidly filling with blood and pressing upward between us. Those nanobots were doing what they were created to do.
I licked and nibbled her neck and shoulders. I let my fingers play up and down on her back and sides, down past her ass and then back up. Her arousal was getting more intense. Suddenly I was aware of Angela in our shared tryst. I hadn't invited her, but she was in my head as well as Theresa's. It sent up a warning flare, but I was in the grip of lust for this young creature. I connected to the house and then to my internet. I sent out a series of commands to start hypothesizing about the possible solutions to this new interesting problem. Why could Theresa command my DNA-controlled nanobots and access their special features? I knew she had the potential to be a hundred times more intelligent than I am, but there's no way a near stranger could do what I could do without some special training.
That's when it hit me. Laying there on my bed in my specially designed home nee fortress, with sisters so beautiful that I was willing to ignore my own rules and silence my own alarms, it hit me.
"Mrs. Honeycutt….." I chirped across the neural network. "We have a problem."
"On it, Professor," came the terse reply. I had used the 'in mortal danger' code. The house responded to the same code and all internal and external doors went into DNA-only access.
"Fuck me……" a voice whispered into my ear and my body responded. If I was going to die, I was going to die satisfied. I rolled Theresa over next to her sister and felt her legs wrap around my waist, giving me complete access to her virginity. I adjusted my position until my erection lined up with her fresh cunt. Without fanfare, I pressed in, feeling the hot, moist grip of an un-fucked pussy opening to my intrusion. I barely slowed for her maidenhead. I kept pushing, despite the panic in her voice and eyes until I was buried to the hilt, my cockhead shoved through her tiny cervix. I took my weight on my elbows and looked into her eyes.
"How long have you been planning this?" I asked across the neural network, connecting directly with her mind and beginning my thrusts.
"My…. entire life…. I…. was…. Created…. Just…. For…. You…. Just…. For…. This…. Moment….." at least that was no deception. Neither was her physical response. She was genuinely aroused. I felt a hand on my ass. Angela was stroking my ass and thighs from her position on her side next to us. She started running her fingers up and down my crack, lightly scratching the back of my balls pressing a finger into the crevice. I kept up my thrusting, I couldn't help it. Even though I was in the presence of two young women who no doubt were sent to do me some kind of harm or misdeed, I couldn't help it. Whoever designed them knew exactly what I wanted and how I wanted it. I was a victim of my own humanity and frailty.
Angela's slender finger found the entrance to my ass and pressed. I responded by relaxing my ass, begging her intrusion. She pressed in until I could feel her bumping against my prostate. This accelerated my orgasm and I pumped harder and faster, pounding this young virgin. Theresa bucked and writhed with lusty appreciation. Her orgasm started first. She dug her heels into the backs of my legs and her fingernails threatened to break the skin on my back. I tensed as well, clamping my anal ring around the intruding finger and burying my cock deep into Theresa's womb. I blasted away, spewing hot cum all over the inside of this girl. When my orgasm was complete, and my breath slowed to merely ragged, I withdrew. Rolling off of one girl, pulling the finger of the other from my ass, I lolled to the only open real estate on the bed.
The bedroom door flew open. Still in her white sheath dress, Mrs. Honeycutt had DNA that would allow her access to anywhere I was. She had her gun in her hand and had drawn a deathly bead on my two housemates. The gun fired and I felt a hot sting in my neck. "She shot me!" was my last thought before I slipped into oblivion.
So this is what death is like. No lights. No music. Nothing. I've been wired to so many networks for so long, the absence of their constant feeds of information created a feeling of disconnected nothingness. I floated free and painless in a vapor of white light interrupted occasionally by passing shapes and shadows. Death was kind of like a long dream. I think I am going to enjoy this.
"We have to work quickly. I don't know how long he will be out." Mrs. Honeycutt's voice was in my head. What was her voice doing in my head? Damn. I guess I am not dead. Only betrayed. I knew it was too good to be true. "We have to get him underground before he can reconnect to the neural network. I've only bought us two hours at most. Get dressed Angela. Get dressed Theresa. You two were perfect. He never saw it coming."
I kept my thoughts to myself. I couldn't divine the full extent of young Theresa's control over my nanobots. But I was about to find out. I changed the code of a few million nanobots in my bloodstream. They were no longer benign creatures. I set them to SEEK AND DESTROY. If I could somehow infect one of my three female captors, they would do the rest, spreading like a virus. These nanobots also had kill switches. If they did not get a signal from me every twenty-four hours, they would kill their host and make it look like natural causes. The next two days would be incredibly difficult for me, especially if the nanobots somehow spread to innocent people in the general population. Tens of thousands of people may die. It was a risk I felt I had to take.
The women wrapped me in the sheets from my bed and started dragging me through the house. Of course Mrs. Honeycutt's DNA would open every door. I could feel the house asking if I were all right. I felt bad that I couldn't respond and the girls wouldn't. We went down into the garage and that's when I got my first break. The sheet caught on a small screw protruding from the lintel of the door and the sheet tore and so did the right cheek of my ass. Blood collected on the head of the screw and fate caused Theresa to step on that screw, scratching her foot and getting my new nanobot DNA destroyers introduced directly into her bloodstream. Before they drug me to the Mercedes, Theresa was no longer in complete control.
Outwardly she showed no signs of any change. Internally, the attack nanobots assimilated the host nanobots and within a minute, her entire network had been replaced. There was a real danger that whatever she had done to her first infection, she could do to her second. I was banking on the thought she wouldn't even feel the need until it was too late. This wasn't much of a plan, but it was the best I could do under the circumstances.
They hoisted me into the back seat of the luxury car. Now was the time to test my control over Theresa.
"David needs clothes." The simple command would seem like a suggestion from her own consciousness.
"David needs clothes," said Theresa aloud.
"I'll get them," volunteered Angela. She turned and disappeared into the house.
"Doesn't Mrs. Honeycutt look sexy? I wonder what she would taste like if I kissed her….." I thought to Theresa, again trying to make it seem like her own idea. She responded by walking over to Mrs. Honeycutt, looking up into her icy blue eyes with her own deep brown ones, putting her hand on Mrs. Honeycutt's firm breast and giving it a loving caress. Mrs. Honeycutt gazed down, suddenly aware of how hungry and sexy little Theresa was. She leaned forward and the two women kissed. I encouraged them to keep kissing, keep sharing body fluids, strengthening my infection and replacement of their old nanobots with new ones.
I slipped into both of their minds at the same time and waited to see if I was detected. Nothing. No alarms, no changes in biorhythms, no response at all. So far so good. They were still kissing erotically when Angela returned with my clothes.
"Include her," I commanded softly. They turned as one and pulled Angela into them, covering her eager face with kisses. Infection complete.
I relaxed and went to sleep. I was confident that no matter where they took me, I was going to be safe. I needed to see this kidnapping through and find out who was really behind this abduction. The three women with me were only soldiers. There had to be a mastermind.
They wouldn't see me coming.
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2013-09-17 02:49:22
Outstanding! Great twist... never saw it cumming!
anonymous reader
2012-10-04 20:01:07
OK my comment is that the plot twist is so unexpected that you wouldn't see it coming from a millimeter away. You would think the girls were just sex hungry teenagers with no place to go but, suprisingly not.
anonymous reader
2012-04-07 16:02:33
Great plot twist. Loved it. Looking forward to more
anonymous reader
2012-04-06 19:04:20
so when can we the readers expect of this story....hmmm?
anonymous reader
2012-04-06 15:05:49
Awesome Story... waiting for more!
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