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is really nervous. Wonder what she's seen? He thought.
    “ What
will we be doing Friday?” Asked Jack.
    “ Well,
my idea is this: Map out every place we know these redshifters hang
out.” All three filed out of the bookstore, planning the next
meeting in hushed tones.
    .
. .

    Andrew
closed the door, locked it and flapped the sign around to indicate
the store was closed. He turned down the lights.
    “ You
think this will work, Trillion? We're up against something we don't
fully understand yet.”
    “ We
don't have time to wait anymore. We've waited too long already. We do
understand enough to realize that the others are a threat to human
existence, that they have failed in the past and have learned from
their mistakes. They won't make the same mistakes again.”
    “ I
wish there were more people in the world like them.”
    “ There
are. My job is to find them, turn them into fighting machines or
spies. Whatever it takes to win the looming battle.”
    “ Let's
hope that doesn't take too long. The world is getting darker all the
time and most people are oblivious to what is going on. We may
already be too late.”
    ” I
know,” said Trillion, buttoning up his long overcoat and
getting ready to head out into the pouring rain. “I know.”

Episode 7 – Dark
Horses

    The
map was criss-crossed with myriads of lines and decorated in
strategic places with a few red pins or arrows. Dan paced back and
forth with his arms folded.
    “ Think
again guys. All of the places you encountered that odd feeling or
even saw something or someone that didn't look right to you. Any
place!”
    “ Even
our own pl. . places?” Stammered Mary. Dan and Jack looked at
her.
    “ Yes,
Mary,” said Dan. “Especially your own place. What did you
encounter there?”
    “ Well.
. . about a year ago I was having a lot of trouble in my life and
things got so bad that I was desperate to make them better. A friend
at work, or I thought she was a friend anyway, she told me about this
man who fixes things. Mr. Make-Right, they call him,” she
rolled her eyes. “Anyway, to make a long story short, there's a
box that he gives you. It's. . .well, it's red.”
    “ Creepy,”
muttered Jack.
    “ It
gets creepier. Before I took the box home – he said not to open
it until you are sure you know you can handle the aftermath of
whatever is fixed in your life – well, his words gave me second
thoughts on the box. You know, I've had problems before that were
pretty rough and I got through them without some magic box. I also
got the feeling after a few days of owning the box that I was being
followed and watched. Everywhere I went I got this bad feeling. I'd
noticed a car following me home from work. At times, it seemed black
and other times, dark red. Several times I thought I caught it
trailing me.” Jack sat up straight and his eyes widened. Dan
glanced at him but motioned for her to continue.
    “ And
then, whenever I looked in the mirror my own image talks to me.”
    “ What?”
They both exclaimed.
    “ Yes!
It's no lie. She has tried to convince me to open the box and use it.
Threatens me. Sometimes I can't go home unless I turn the mirrors
over or break them.”
    “ I
need to see this. . .box,” said Dan.
    “ No!”
Mary shook her head frantically.
    “ Mary,
Mary. Calm down. Right now we will continue using the map to find the
enemy but we need to discuss the box. You said that your image
harasses you about it while at home?” He asked. Mary nodded.
    “ Does
this happen to you when you stay somewhere else?”
    “ I
haven't noticed it, no. Only at home.”
    “ I've
never heard of this,” said Jack.
    “ Me
neither.” Seeing Mary's distress, Dan turned back to the map.
“I met the group of punks on the waterfront, right here.”
He marked the location where he was thrown over the waterfront with a
red pin. His eye twitched involuntarily to even mention it.
    “ Ok,
so we have nine places so far throughout the city where we