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He kept walking

Michael and his escorts made their way down the hall to the elevator, out of the building, through the bustling streets, and to the subway He sat squeezed between the two hts kept returning to Jackson Porter His fairlfriend, even Gabriela

What had happened to the consciousness of the boy once known as Jackson? Was that it for him? Had his mind, his personality, been erased? Or was it stored somewhere, somehow? If Michael could be transferred into Jackson’s body,about how Jackson’s fa in the sunshine in Puerto Rico, oblivious that they’d lost a son and a brother Guilt overwhelh it hadn’t been his choice, he’d taken a life, and he wished he could make the loss bearable for them in some way

Not a word had been spoken between Michael and the others since they’d left the apartrunts the e direction

Michael sat, quiet, as the train pulled into a station and stopped The doors opened and he watched absently as the passengers crowded in like herded cattle There were soized when they bumped into others Those were few and far between One woh before the doors closed on her, catching the corner of her handbag She had to yank hard before it ca the doors to seal shut

As Michael observed, his aze went frohts picked up speed What in the world was he going to do? He literally knew no one, had no home, no money, no clothes No place to start Did he continue with these people, go to this gathering place, this , find out what Kaine wanted with hient, but did he dare let hiet out of?

HeThey couldn’t all be fake--he refused to accept that

The train continued along the tracks, flashing lights breaking up the darkness of the tunnel He was surrounded by people--so into space Kinto and Douglas sat on either side of hiainst his, their faces as blank as most of the others on the train

Michael had a sudden thought: if what Agent Weber froht before was true, Michael wasn’t alone So, bad world, he had the two best friends a person could ever ask for They weren’t Tangents like him--they never had been They were real Weber had said so

Bryson and Sarah

Michael then realized he was scared of soent Did that change things? He had a sudden and terrible vision of the away from him, a freak that had taken the body of a real person Stolen it