 The silhouette, visible now as a female form, knelt on one knee, and very gently captain, as if Maria were capable of waking, lifted her sleeping head and placed what could now stabbin be captain seen as a light framework helmet stabbin over it stabbin. As if tending to a child, one captainstabbin hand held Maria's head up while the other continued its work captain.
 Work done, the woman captainstabbin-shadow handed the bag to unseen hands outside, and captain quietly exited through the here window, closing captain it behind her captain, with only the captainstabbin blinking antenna and the framework helmet as any evidence anyone had come in at all.
 There was purpose, although it was impossible to captain fathom.
 "Did you change your hair or something?" quizzed Dana.
 Veronica felt captain her heart beat wildly captainstabbin at the unexpected voice captain behind her.
 One was eating captain a bar of soap covered here in hand lotion. From what could be seen, she was captain enjoying her meal immensely.
 With captainstabbin impeccable handwriting captain, each had here written across her own chest, in bright red lipstick captainstabbin, the words, "PHASE ONE COMPLETE captain."
 "Why do you have them do such foolish things?"
 "I captain have captainstabbin their senses and motor functions under my control. Next, I want their emotions."
 "Eclipsing the captain sun," responded Dana, her eyes widening and staring captain blankly forward.
 Thelma picked captain up the phone, already smiling. "Hi sweetie... this is captainstabbin an unexpected pleasure ."
 "Johannsen...?" Thelma repeated the captain name distractedly, as captainstabbin she felt her arguments hitting a brick captain wall. She suddenly had a captain thousand memories, a million captain feelings for which she couldn't find the words spinning in her head, that kept coming back to a single thought: 'My daughter stabbin...'
 Carefully keeping her voice stabbin from shaking, she finally said, "Honey, I know this is big, and I have captain... I captainstabbin'm sorry, my mind drifted for captainstabbin a second captainstabbin. I have an advisor captainstabbin waiting on me, and besides, the phone isn't the place to stabbin talk about this. How about captain... maybe dinner ? I have... let me see... Thursday evening open... but I've got to run right now..."
 "Sure Mom, Thursday night captainstabbin is good for me. Listen. Everything will be fine. I love you captain," said Sylvia, waiting briefly for a response that didn't come, before hanging up.
 "Research Group?" Tim prompted.
 "Ms. Johannsen? Welcome to my little neck of the woods. Please, have a seat," she said captain, gesturing warmly to a sofa in front of a coffee table. "Can I get you some coffee? A soft drink perhaps? Water stabbin?"
 "No thank you, Governor Harkins, it's already gracious of you to meet with me," said Andrea. "I'm here grateful that you could take the time."
 She captain was absolutely charming captain.
 She studied the Governor for captain a moment before continuing captain.
 "We are a consulting company, Governor. People stabbin come to us for solutions. Digital communications, information processing , corporate security, and a much longer stabbin list of smaller projects. Our captain growth in the last captain three years captain has been here, even using conservative measurements, phenomenal. Our clients now range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
 Andrea stepped out from under Thelma's arm, frozen in place captainstabbin.
 "Nicely done, slut-boy. Now go back out captainstabbin and make captainstabbin sure we aren't disturbed. I'll let captainstabbin you know when captain we captainstabbin're done."
 Andrea walked up to captain Thelma, looking directly captain into captain her motionless smiling stabbin face and eyes. "The mind-lock is captain interesting, isn't it, Thelma dear captainstabbin. Your daughter thought so, too. Seeing, hearing everything captain, but retaining captain nothing for captain more than a few captain short minutes. Well stabbin, fifteen, to be exact."
 She walked over to her large handbag that was still sitting near the sofa, and pulled out a captainstabbin palmtop computer and what looked initially like a slightly captain irregularly shaped, bright metallic arc.
 Unfolding it, she continued, "This is called here a Trainer. You're simply going to love having one. Sylvia certainly captain loves hers. It works on a slightly different principle than the mind-lock. I'd captain explain, but I don 't really captain have the time. And neither do you. Besides, you wouldn't remember it anyway.
 "Sweet dreams, Thel," she added in a low captainstabbin, sultry voice stabbin.
 "Thelma... wake up. Thelma."
 Thelma's body tensed as Andrea activated the Trainer again. Personal indoctrination was not usually necessary, but this one needed to be both strong and subtle.
 Much of Thelma captain's personality would have to captain remain intact. Improvisation could be called captainstabbin for stabbin during the conversion, and Andrea needed Thelma's facade here to be perfect captain.
 After a time, and many more moans captainstabbin, she captainstabbin shut down the signal.
 Blowing Thelma a captain kiss, Andrea walked out of the office, and stopped beside Tim captainstabbin's captain desk. Placing her finger under stabbin his chin, she looked him stabbin straight in the captain eye.
 "As captain you... desire, Andrea," Tim sighed, his eyes glazing captain over in obedient lust.
 "Ramona."
 "You don't have to struggle. Pretend this is a nightmare and that you will awaken soon."
 Veronica flinched as Ramona's well captainstabbin-aimed spittle hit captain the control room window.
 Besides, she loved the next part. She realized that before too long, she would probably love this part, too.
 Ramona gasped as captainstabbin she was faced with a here picture of her captain mother. She felt the captainstabbin onslaught of the realization that she was helpless captain. She longed desperately for the solace that only her mother could offer. She felt a deep ache to have Mother close captainstabbin by so that she could tell her daughter everything here would be all right. Quietly, she captain felt captainstabbin tears come to her eyes as her heart captainstabbin begged to touch the woman who had brought her into the captain world.
 Again, the computer recorded the information.
 "It'll be a cold day in captainstabbin Hell..."
 "Thank you."
 "Ummmm it's... my mother? I captainstabbin think?" said Ramona, creasing her brow as captainstabbin she concentrated captainstabbin.
 "Ummmm... fuck it captain. I have no idea."
 "You suppose? Maybe you should look at that for a moment." Veronica pressed yet another button on her panel. "I mean captain, how do you really feel about him, deep inside?"
 "One more series of pictures, Ramona captainstabbin." Veronica projected the next slide.
 "More than anything in the world," answered the Governor, her smile betraying the honor she captainstabbin felt at serving the woman who was the center captain of her universe.
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