Hidden Agendas

The next day started out normal enough.  The whole family was together for breakfast.  Each went their separate way after that, but they did keep an eye on her.  Paul saw that she was headed for the library.  He knew she couldn't get into any trouble in there.  He went to work on some papers in the den.  Peter and Michael left the grounds.  David went for a morning run. She was in the library when Martin came in unannounced.  He caught her completely by surprise.  He said:  "I need to talk to you (but she knew better.)"  The closer he got the farther away she went, then his hand turned BLUE!  It made her head feel like it was exploding inside.  In order to get away, she had climbed up the bookshelf ladder.  She thought by climbing up that she could lessen the affect from his BLUE hand.  None of her family was near.  She didn't have a clear way out to the door.  (What she didn't remember was that the security camera was getting all of this.  It was well that she didn't because Martin would have destroyed the camera and the tape.) Martin climbed up after her.  Finally his hand touched her on the forehead.  She fell from the ladder screaming Paul's name.  (By the time Paul arrived it looked as if Martin had found Helen unconscious.)  She was aware of what was going on but the outward appearance looked as if she was not.  Her eyes were still open and she was still breathing, but she couldn't move nor speak.  Paul called Gerry and then the ambulance.  The ambulance arrived fifteen minutes later.  They took her vital signs (pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.)  They kept in touch with the hospital and were told to set up an IV solution.  She was also placed on a backboard with a neck brace.  They took her out to the ambulance and asked him to follow them to Framingham Union Hospital.  Gerry was already there.  A private room was waiting, once she got out of the emergency room.  The emergency medical technicians (EMTs) moved her to another gurney, then left.  The staff was concerned because she had not regained consciousness.  They started a neurological work-up per Gerry's orders.  X-rays were also taken.  They then moved her to a private room.  When she finally was able to move normally, Gerry, Paul, and Martin were in the room.  She didn't want Martin coming near her.  She was afraid that he might do something again.  Her eyes got larger.  She started telling them what had actually happened.  The three of them went in a corner of the room, started talking so she couldn't hear them.  After they were finished, Gerry told her:  "You've got to calm down.  We think the fall affected your memory."  She knew that it didn't but they wouldn't listen to her.  Why was this happening?  They left then.  She was left alone except for the nurse at the opposite end of the room.  Since all the tests had come back normal, she was allowed a normal diet. They had removed the EEG, IV, and restraints.  She was allowed to use the shower and the facilities.  Each night she was given a sedative.  They were pretty strong.  Gerry wanted her to sleep well.  The nurse noticed the first two nights that she tossed about and the side rails had to be put up.  The mornings were hard because it took her some time to wake up.  The dosage left her groggy.  The next day Martin came in, by himself.  The nurse was out. She was too groggy to get up.  She tried to scream.  He aimed his finger toward her throat and no sound came out.  He wanted to find out where she had hidden the pictures.  She even refused to think of the place.  He said:  "I have ways of getting the information I want.  You're coming with me to our ship and maybe our planet, to prevent you from telling the others about us."