Gabriel came rushing out of the shower and said,"What...what's wrong?" Debbie shouted,"Look at this!" She showed him what happened when Cassie was on the blanket." As Debbie held Cassie...Gabriel laid his wet arm over the blanket and pressed the corner."
His arm faded and grew invisible." He said,"What the fuck...it's not Cassie...it's this blanket!" Debbie said,"That's why the head nurse told us Cassie needed this special blanket against her skin...she must have been in on it."
Gabriel sat on the bed and said,"Why us...why Cassie...none of this shit makes sense." Debbie rocked Cassie in her arms and said,"I don't know....it doesn't make sense at all." Gabriel grabbed the blanket and held it up to the lamp light.
He couldn't see through the threads. He laid it back on the bed and peeled an edge back with his fingernails to reveal a soft white shinny sheet. He looked closer and saw fine lines of what looked like tiny...almost microscopic light bulbs woven into the threads.
He looked up at Debbie and said,"I think I know how it works...somehow it acts like an ex-ray...it shines an intense light through the body and somehow makes it look invisible....pretty cool but as you said...why Cassie...why us?" Debbie said,"You'd better finish your shower and get some rest." Gabriel agreed and did so.
Five hours went by and a crack of daylight was flickering in the curtain above the blowing air conditioner. Debbie woke up to Cassie cooing next to her. She woke Gabriel and they began to gather their things to leave.
Just as they were about to walk out the door...Gabriel stopped and began wiping tears from his eyes. Debbie asked him what was wrong. He said,"Mom and dad....what will they do to mom and dad?" Debbie hugged him and said,"I don't know but we have to save us now...you me and Cassie." Gabriel took a deep breath and said,"You're right....we have to save us."
It was a bright Colorado morning when a rancher stood in his field and saw a large helicopter lifting up from the direction of the highway. A group of three military jets had just flown over the ranch. The rancher took off his hat and scratched his head when he saw the back of a blue car disappear behind the closing ramp.
A conversation was taking place in a large black military van just outside of Lachengrin. The Colonel sat across from a man who asked,"What about the teenagers and the baby?" The Colonel said,"They will receive new identities and be placed according to plans...we can't illuminate them...they could be useful." The man leaned back in his chair and said,"How do you know they won't leak the truth?" The Colonel smiled and said,"I am sure they don't know the truth and are by now believing they are the utmost patriots...serving their country while being awarded a fine and free living."
The man smiled and said,"Pitty we had to waste a doctor and five nurses....nevertheless...Project Lachengrin Invisible Entity could very well give us the nudge we need to convince the communist countries that we have possession of a human being who can actually cloak herself at will."
The Colonel laughed .... saying,"I can see the Russians now....wasting precious time and resources on trying to cloak their own human...this was an ingenious plan!" He laughed harder and said,"Can you imagine the security adjustments they will try to make...even if they don't believe the invisible bullshit..they will believe we possess a biological weapon that can kill in a matter of hours!"
The man grinned and said,"Yes it was genius...and...it also killed two birds with one stone." The Colonel asked,"What do you mean?" The man leaned forward in the desk light and said,"Dr. Alvens was my wife's doctor...I've always wanted to pay him back for letting her die....we needed a town to perform the hoax...Lacchengrin was the first to come to my mind." The Colonel lit a Cuban cigar....grinned and said,"Horace Koons....you are a devious man."
As the smoke cleared...the Colonel was astonished to see that Horace was gone. The Colonel said,"Horace...where the hell did you go" as he looked over the table.
Horace spoke,"I am here Colonel but now I am off to see my child." The door opened and slammed shut.
