Chapter 11
Telepathic?
It was late at night before William and Gregory got back to TTHQ, almost midnight, for they had had no transportation. But once they’d gotten there they wasted no time in getting their information to White Wolf and Robin.
"These guys did a great job," White Wolf told Robin after looking at the contents of the jump drive. "Not only did they find the location of the Neutrium, but they also were able to find out why the Legion was hacking into our computer system. They were looking for the codes for the C.F.M.C. and its location."
"If they’re so desperate to find the codes that they’ll hack into our computer, even knowing about our firewall that they most assuredly can’t get past, then they’re probably torturing Julia for the codes right now, since Leo knows that she’s Wolf Woman. So we need to get her out, soon!" Gregory said.
"At least she doesn’t have very much to give them," White Wolf added, "She knows the location, but only two of the codes. But still you’re right, we need to get her out of there."
"Plus if they get what she does know through the Telepath they probably won’t believe that she doesn’t know all of the codes." William pointed out, "If they think that, they might keep torturing her for something that she doesn’t know."
Robin’s eyes flamed with anger as he remembered what Leo had done to her before. He grabbed his radio, "Batgirl, you have a mission, meet me in the briefing room and bring Tigerlady, Beastboy, and Dark Warrior with you."
"Sure thing, Robin," she replied.
Robin switched off his radio and turned to the others, "I’ve recently learned from Raven, Troia, and other telepathic members of the Super Friends that with close range telepaths are very powerful; so I don’t think that Julia will be able to protect what she knows. So we need a team of Super Friends to go to where we keep the C.F.M.C. and guard it. White Wolf, I’ll need you on that team along with Grey Wolf, Atomic Teen, Starfire, Supergirl, Rottweiler, Golden Retriever, Cyborg, Gadget Guy, Superstar, various Justice Leaguers, and myself. I’ll call Superman and tell him of the situation and have him send some of the Justice League to help. The remaining Titans and Leaguers will watch over both Headquarters’ until we call them in."
"All right, Robin." White Wolf said.
"But wait." William said, "What about the Neutrium?"
"I need to talk to Superman about that," Robin said, "But believe me, we’ll do something about it!"
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Sat, Nov 18th, 2056
"Good morning, Miss Wolfe."
Julia sat up straight and looked around for the source of that voice. It was the Telepath.
"Did you have a good sleep?" She heard him ask. But his mouth was not moving.
"Get out of my mind!" she said threateningly.
"As you can see I’ve sent everyone else out of here," he said, this time his mouth was moving, "There are a few things that I want to discuss with you. Like what I found out about you yesterday." he said, "Unfortunately, you fell unconscious before I could find everything I was supposed to look for."
Thank-you, God, she prayed silently.
"I sent them out because it’s against the rules of a telepath to talk about personal stuff that you learn about someone without that person’s permission. Don’t give me that look, even if I’m on the ‘evil’ side I have to keep the rules of a telepath."
"So you can’t tell them about the C.F.M.C. unless I say that you can?" she asked hopefully.
"No, that’s not personal per say." he said, "Now about what I learned. Number one is who you really are, Miss Wolfe. You’re Wolf Woman. I also learned of your old relationship with Leo the Lion before you were enemies.
"Now I have a question for you:" he continued, "Have you ever thought that you heard someone say something, like yelling or screaming, and then find out that they didn’t say anything at all?"
Julia’s mind raced back to after her first mission with Ivy and El Coyote. She had heard Grey Wolf yell, but he said he hadn’t yelled at all.
"Yes," Telepath said grinning, "It has happened to you once this past month, hasn’t it?"
She glared at him, "Stop that."
"The reason that I asked that was because of something else that I learned while searching your mind: you are telepathic."
"WHAT?"
"Yes, it’s surprising that you didn’t find out until now; most gain their powers around the age of thirteen. It’s too bad you aren’t trained; one out of a hundred million humans are telepaths and only one out of a hundred of those telepaths are trained. Oh sure those who aren’t trained can hear the very loud thoughts of others, but those who are trained can do so much more."
"How do I know that you’re telling the truth about this?" she asked.
"Why would I lie about it?"
There was no reason that she could think of, but maybe he did have a reason that she didn’t know about, how could she know? So many things raced through her mind at once. If this were true what would she do about it? Would she try to find someone who could train her to use her telepathic powers; or would she leave it alone? But she kept coming back to the same question: was Telepath telling the truth?
"You don’t think that you want to be trained and yet at the same time you do. And, you don‘t know if you can trust me." Telepath said.
"Stop reading my thoughts!" she snarled.
"You know, I’ve become pretty powerful in that area," he said, ignoring her, "I could teach you if you want, with a few conditions."
"Supposing I was interested, and I’m not, what would those conditions be?" Julia asked.
"Simply to switch sides," he said as if it wouldn’t be a big decision, "We could use more telepaths on this side."
"Never."
"You know, it’s really easy to read people’s casual thoughts when you are as good a telepath as I am." he said, changing the subject, "So when you are around me be careful not to think of anything important that you don’t want me to know. Like the pass codes for the C.F.M.C."
Instantly she thought of what she knew, not on purpose, but by reflex. She quickly tried to cover her thoughts by singing something in her head.
But it was too late, "Gotcha. That‘s two more codes we know!" Telepath grinned, "Thank-you for your cooperation, Miss Wolfe; deep scanning another telepath, trained or not, is much harder work than deep scanning a normal person, so you just saved me some work." And with that he started to walk away, but he turned back, "By the way, nice tune."
~Wolf Woman
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