[continued] the chief engineer looked up to greet us Chief Engineer:well well if it isn't the new arrivals . ME: how do you do sir would you be so kind as to tell us where we are? CE: you are on {here he said the name of the ship} headed north ME: i gathered that, but can you tell us our destination.? CE: no i cannot do that,not because i don't want to but because i myself do not know it. you will have to see the captain about that.ME: well,i could not help noticing this is a very unusual ship CE: that it is, as one of the engineers who helped design it i can confirm that ME: i happened to glance out the window and saw the golden gate bridge in San Francisco CE: now tell me what you see. at this, he pressed a button and a panel opened vertically,revealing the skyline. i went to the window and looked out . if i had been surprised before i was astonished now . i saw a bridge i recognized-the Burrard street bridge in Vancouver, Canada! CE: we are right now headed north at speed impossible for even a supersonic jet plane ME: this is incredible CE: yes, and you will see a lot more that is incredible before this journey ends ME: it seemed as though we were being transported under prison conditions CE: you were being transported to one their facilities, where you would have been subjected to all sorts of experiments , including having an implant inserted into your brain to control not only your movements, but sensory perceptions as well. J. HICKORY: darn. CE: yes, amazing isn't it. soon they would have been able to control and direct your thoughts not just read them. ME: that is terrifying.we had a very narrow escape CE: you certainly did ME: is the captain busy right now? i would like to know something about our destination? [continued]
