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Well, here I am, a member of an elite organization that polices the world against bad guys and I am even the chick that I want to be thanks to the Center and it's help. My name was Shaun Alexander Day Junior, now I am Sunny Day, a perky girl who can enhance others. But I digress. THAT doesn't happen until AFTER I transform.
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Daddy and I have been living in an apartment over the cafe that he owns ever since Mom died giving birth to me. They were both Marine Reservist, having finished their tour of duty over in Germany. They'd married after their tour and took over Delta's Diner so that she could retire to Florida. They used their Veteran's Benefits to modernize the diner and studio apartment, leaving plenty of room for expansion as the family grew, but Mom died soon after I was born, leaving Daddy devastated.

If not for Miss Delta staying to help, I doubt that Daddy and I would've survived, but she called upon her old customers to help and she stayed up in the apartment, babysitting me along with the children of the staff. After a year, Daddy was ready to take over, so he and the staff had a farewell party for Miss Delta who finally went to Florida to be with her children, leaving me and the other children to be raised by Momma Gail.

Momma Gail was a retired school teacher who loved children and taught us The Three 'R's' and then some by the time that I was twelve, I had graduated from high school and was attending college via the Internet. I still attended the local school with the other kids, but it was really for the extracurricular activities such as sports and plays. Me, I was into sports and was on every team sport we had, but all of that changed for me during my freshman year in high school.
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It was lunch time, I was tending to the cash register, spelling Dad so that he could eat lunch early. Most of the staff had retired, leaving their children to take their place, Dad didn't mind as he could always call on them if need be. I was wearing the red denim jeans and white dress shirt while Shelly wore the cute red waitress uniforms like Mary Jane did in the Spiderman movie. I really liked her and even thought about dating her, but she'd married Frank and had a baby girl named Summer.

Shelly had graduated from the high school that I was attending and was our Head Waitress, until she earned her degree and became an attorney like Frank. But before they'd married, Shelly and I had sex before she'd met him.
So Shelly and I remained best friends after she married.
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It was getting near to closing time, our regulars had all paid and left when a black S.U.V. pulls up outside and an array of chicks get out and come in, much to my pleasure. Coming in was a group of four chicks in revealing outfits that had me drooling.

They were wearing what looked to be form-fitting unitards with ballet slippers and some were carrying a satchel with SANDY'S DANCE STUDIO stenciled on it. Shelly as Head Waitress this shift wore tan hose instead of white and wore a skort version so as not to flash her red bloomers if she ever bent over, "Greetings. Welcome to Shaun's Diner. Does everybody want booths, tables or both?"

"One booth in the back as we need privacy," said the raven haired chick with cute chick by her side.

"Sure, May I get you your drinks? We have both Coke and Pepsi products as well as a selection of coffees and teas."

As a group, they ordered diet cola and the 'surf and turf' special, which meant that as cashier, it was my duty to help her by pouring the sodas as she brought out the salads.

"I'm taking a break. Can you take over?"

I knew that Shelly needed to talk to Frank since we would be closing later than expected, "Go ahead. I can handle things."

When I brought over the drinks, the raven haired beauty startled me, "You have a nice place here. Your mother must be proud to see you working with your dad."

"What do you mean? Mom died when I was a baby!"

She sighed, "I grew up without a mom, too."

A petite chick sitting next to her piped up, "That's OK. You have me, Mom," she sighed as she hugged her 'mom'.

"Liz, I know I do. But you've just let him in on our secret."

"SECRET! WHAT SECRET?" asked Shelly from behind the counter.

Raven Hair sighed, "My name is Kris, the one who spoke up is Liz. And Danni is the other member of our group."

"Just what is your group and why are you here?"

"We are from the Center, an agency dedicated to the preservation of Life."

"Okay, tell me about this center."

"The Center is an agency made up of people with special gifts. We are sanctioned by Homeland Security to ensure the preservation of the nation."

"Okay, why are you here, then"

Kris sighed, then explained, "Years ago, there was an internal terrorist attack at a genetics lab near a bottled water facility. The attack contaminated the local water supply from which the bottled water plant got its water, but the plant was ignorant of the contaminants. Those bottles got shipped around the U.S. and any women who were pregnant at the time wound up contaminating themselves."

"You mean to say that my mom died from some juiced up water?"

"Yes, because the water affected you, just has it did us."

"Explain."

"All women pregnant who drank the water died soon after giving birth, and the children affected by the water manifest a psychic power just before they change."

"Change?"

"Yes, all of the children are intersexed, and change their gender and possibly their race as well, depending on their heritage."

"You mean to tell me that I'm about to become a girl?"

"Yes."

Could this be true? As much as I love Shelly, I still want to be a girl, have ever since I was a baby. Did they know my secret shame?"

Danni smiled at me, "It is no shame that you are a girl in a boy's body. Soon, your dream will be reality."

"HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

"I am an empath."

"An empath, like Gem from that Star Trek episode The Empath, or Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation?"

She smiled, "Yes, like Troi, not Gem. Liz is more like her."

"Oh?"

"I am a healer."

"What about Kris?"

"I am am an electrokinetic."

"Meaning?"

Remember Electro from Marvel comics and Static Shock from D.C. comics?"

"Yes. Why?"

"So, I'm like them, but a woman."

"Really?"

She snapped her fingers and an arc of electricity leapt from one hand to the other, "Really," she giggled.

Then I looked at the clock, "What about my dad? He's either up in the apartment or back in the kitchen getting ready to shut down for the night."

"He and your waitress are both safe in the apartment watching a movie as you clean up."

"Okay, What's to happen to me?"

"They will believe that you cleaned up, then went for your regular jog around East Lake Park only to be accosted by criminals who kill you.."

"Why must they think that I'm dead?"

"Ii is for their protection against the Syndicate and its machinations."

"Syndicate?"

"Yes, we've had run ins with them before. And they even attempted to overthrow the Government. It is only recently that we've known the name of our adversary."

"And they are like you guys, children of wacky water?"

Kris nodded, "We believe so. We do know that they have soldiers with powers like ours, but without the moral compass that we have."

"From what you are saying, they don't give you a choice in whether or not you join."

"Correct. They use any means necessary to get you to join including hypnosis and abuse," Kris said in disgust.

"Sounds as if they've hurt one of you," I said as I placed my hand on hers as I sat down.

"Kerry had been abused by males on the Syndicate team she was a part of. It was due to Luce sending her into one of our security cells that she is free from their control," announced Dani as tears flowed from her eyes.

"MY god! What is her power and why couldn't she free herself?"

"She is a hydrokinetic with the ability to control water. And they had a sadistic bastard who warped her mind so that he and others could..."

I wiped away her tears, "No need to say anything else. I get the picture. Were they punished?"

"They were both killed by Kerry in a battle after Luce freed her and a zap from me released her from their control."

"If y'all hadn't of, I know that I would if I ever find them!"

"Calm yourself. Any stress can cause you to change."

"So, you can link with my minds and zap us if I don't cooperate?" .

The raven haired beauty answered, "We are not like that. we will not as you say 'zap' you. what we will do is adjust your memories after we leave if you choose not to go with us."

"What about our customers?"

"We have other agents around who have created an illusion that your diner is closed due to a plumbing problem that will be corrected when we leave and you will be reimbursed for any lost revenue."

Dad came through the kitchen carrying a double barreled shotgun, "From what I'm hearing, my child is in danger from some sort of Mafia. How will you protect us?"

"Dad, where's Shelly?"

"She's home with her husband Frank."

A dark haired girl whose hair seemed to dance around came out from the diner's kitchen, "Sorry, Kris. But he is too strong willed to hypnotize without causing permanent harm>"

Kris sighed, "That's alright, Lucy. You did what you could."

"Dad, please sit down and take it easy and let me handle things since it centers on me."

"OK, Shaun. But I'm keeping BETTY loaded and ready for action," he agreed as he sat down.

"Betsy?" giggled Liz.

"Yes, Betsy. My father's shotgun that he used to defend his farm until the damned Feds took the land to make a stupid dam." he hufffed.

"So, what is your power, Ma'am?"

"Luce is a probability generator with prehensile hair," offered Dani.

"Like the Scarlet Witch and Medusa from Marvel comics?"

Luce smiled, "Exactly like that. But my hair isn't quite as active as Medusa's."

"Are you People a bunch of superheroes?" asked Dad as he scratched his head.

"No, not superheroes. Rather we are a part of Homeland Security and members of the U.S. Army." offered Kris.

Dad saluted her, "Ma'am. I am an Marine Reservist. How may I serve?"

Kris returned the salute, "Sir, Your being here has compromised the situation."

"In what way?"

"You were to have gone off with Shelly. But you resisted the psychic compulsion. You must have been given special training to resist that we are not privy to."

Dad tapped his skull, and a metallic knock resounded, "Purple Heart from having my skull fractured during a Black Ops mission."

Liz looks relieved, "No wonder I can't get a reading on you and Dani can't sense your emotions. You have the perfect defense against mental attacks."

"Is what I am hearing correct about Shaun?"

"What all did you here?"

"About this Syndicate, the Center and the jazzed up water. Will Shaun become a girl?"

"Yes, by this time tomorrow, Shaun will be a girl."

Daddy hugged me, "Shaun, this is an answer to your prayer to become a girl. You've already blessed me with a son through Shelly."

"SAY WHAT?"

"Yes, you're Rachel's father."

"Why?"

"Danny is impotent. So Shelly chose you to father a child for them.

"Why wasn't I told before now?"

"We knew that you'd want to do the honorable thing. But Danny loves Shelly and Rachel and it'd devastate him if he knew the truth."

I yelled, "WAIT A MINUTE! YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT I'M A FATHER?"

"Yes," said Dad as he held me as I trembled with rage, then I suddenly relaxed.

He started to ball up his fists, and then relaxed.

"Is somebody doing something to me?"

I heard a voice as another girl came into the diner, "Yes, I am. But only to keep you from getting upset so that you won't manifest early," she sighed.

"And if not?"

"I might have to erase a few memories and adjust others."

"Erase?"

"Yes, it is possible to implant false memories as well as take away a memory. But to do that to you could warp your mind beyond repair since your dad will know the truth and is psy-null to mental powers."

"So, what are you doing now?" I asked, seeing that she was looking blank at the moment.

"I am reading your friend Shelly to see if the Syndicate is after her and Frank."

"They'd go after them?"

"Yes, there are those who want to capture them for their purposes."

"And what about YOU?"

"WE of the Center are here to help you, not hurt you or your family and friends."

"Okay, then, tell me who you are and your power."

"I am Lili, and I am a telepath."

"Can you tell me what my power might be and what I'll look like?"

"Unfortunately, you have yet to manifest your power, and what you look like depends upon your family history."

"That means that I could come out looking like just about any girl," I sighed.

"Do you have a preference?"

"Well, I'd love to take after my mom. She was a Native American, but with Dad's flaming red hair and green eyes."

"It is possible that you can actually have the body that you want."

"How?"

"Basically, picture it in your mind. But do yourself a favor and don't concentrate on any one body part, or you just might overdo it," she giggled.

"Oh?"

"Yes, one of our recent new members wanted big breasts, now she must wear a special bra and bodysuit to carry around the extra weight."

"Why not give her breast reduction surgery?"

"Her body would then do what it could to replace the missing tissue."

"What if a healer was to tell her body to make the adjustments?"

She sighed, "That would take a level of linking that would endanger both parties and quite possibly leave both as freaks with burnt out minds."

Somehow, I knew that I was on the right track. The healer just needed extra oomph to accomplish the task, but how to achieve that still eluded me until the visitors went into action as a flaming red fire truck crashed into the diner.

"GET THE CIVILLIANS TO SAFETY!" yelled Kris.

Then I got mad and held up both hands, "GET OUT AND STAY OUT!"

I saw lightning flow from Kris as it arced up into the lights to gain more power until it had built up enough to slam the intruders with enough of a physical blow that they went into shock as the power field shoved them out and melted enough masonry to seal the breech.

"WHAT HAPPENED?"

"You just manifested your power, Kid," announced Kris.

The room began to spin, "Daddy! HELP!" I yelled as I passed out.
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End Of Center: Meet The Enhancer-1
To Be Continued In Center: Meet The Enhancer-2

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I awaken to find myself in a lush, private bed in what looks to be a room right out of Space:1999 with all of the monitors displaying vital statistics on what I determine is me from the bags of saline entering into my body and the name on the bag, matching that on the monitors.

I start to move my head when I hear the most blessed voice, "Welcome back, Pumpkin. You look marvelous," chuckled Dad.

I started to giggle Giggle? Am I a girl, now? I started to giggle at his very bad imitation of Billy Crystal from his SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE stent.

"Thanks, Daddy, but why are you here?"

"They had to evacuate everybody. Luckily, we had no customers, except for them.

"Shelly OK?"

"Yes, she's is now home where she and Frank are packing up so that they can move to New York where he is now a district manager and Shelly enjoys being a corporate wife."

"What about the diner?"

"Oh, I've sold the old place and found an even better diner her in the Center," he smirked.

"So I get to see you, everyday. Right?"

Daddy sobered up, "Yes and no."

"Explain."

"Yes, you can see me everyday, but not as my daughter."

"WHY?"

I saw Kris come in wearing her U.S. Army Dress uniform. She looked stunning in the above the knee shirt, taupe hose and flat heels. Dad gave a wolf whistle which made her blush.

"Uh, Dad. I think that she out ranks you."

"Greetings, Miss and Mister Day. I am Kristyn Keys, I am the Team Leader for all missions outside of the Center. So I do out rank you. Only Colonel Harris out ranks me."

"Sorry Ma'am. But you sure are pretty."

"Thank you, Mister Day. You have been allowed to stay at the Center with Sunny Day. But you will need to change your name."

"Why?"

"Sunny Day is already registered here. She can have no family here as that would not be fair to the other students."

"Then what of those of the Team that know the truth?"

"Those of us that know have had our memories altered. Only I and a select few know the truth."

"Then why not let me go outside?"

"Because when the Syndicate was to discover your unique immunity, they'd grab you so that they could dissect you to learn how to reproduce that ability for their troops."

"You mean that it's possible to make others immune to telepathic attacks by copying my skulls unique properties?"

"That and generate a shield to deflect energy based attacks."

I saw my dad contemplating what Kris had said, which brought up a question about the Center.

"Is the Center about to dissect my dad?"

"No, we will monitor him to see how his mental shielding works. But we will not hurt him in any way."

Then Dad came out of his funk as he accepted her promise, "OK. I know that I can't be related to Sunny, but may I keep my last name and adopt Renee as my first? It was my wife's name."

Kris touched her ear where I saw a small earphone, "That'll be OK. But you two are to NEVER acknowledge that you are family, except for in the privacy of your quarters."

"Are we bunking together?"

"No, Renee is bunked with the faculty staff and you are bunked by yourself for safety purposes."

Why?"

"While we were evacuating the diner, you caused all of the hydrants near the diner to pop open and douse the diner's fire."

"I was out cold. How did I do anything?"

"You weren't completely out. You heard the fire engines and reacted to save the diner."

"But how?"

"You tapped into Samantha's telekinetic ability and popped open the water mains and flooded the fire out. Then you finally passed out from exhaustion."

"And because my mind was awake, there was no way to stop me?"

"Correct, your active mind is psi null to any mental based attacks. That's why the Team couldn't stop you."

"You mean that Kris can't zap me?"

"Not directly when you're awake, but she can control electrical and electronic devices that can affect you. Same with the others."

"Okay. What about my daughter?"

"Yeah! I still haven't seen the new me."

"Did you think about what you wanted to look like?"

"Yeah! Like my mother! I've always thought that she was the most beautiful woman in the world, but with Dad's red hair and green eyes."

Daddy began to laugh, "Shaun, you did it, perfectly!"

"You mean"

Kris pressed a switch and a panel retracted overhead to reveal a mirror. I saw a petite young red headed Asian girl with olive skin and Green eyes wearing a skin tone leotard.

"You're beautiful, Sunny," sighed Dad.

I felt my face as I tried to assimilate the fact that I was now not only a girl, but the girl that I wanted to be. It became too much for me, so I fainted as my mind accepted the reality of my change.
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When I awoke, I saw a new girl sitting in the chair by my bed, "Good Morning. Feeling better today, Sunny?

"Yes. Who are you? And where's my dad?"

My name is Lili, I am a telepath. And your dad is currently busy taking over our mess hall."

"After he gets through, you'd best call it a diner," I laughed.

"No doubt. Are you ready to start?"

"Are you here to read my mind?"

"No, I'm here to keep you from having a mental breakdown from your transition."

"Oh? I've always wanted to be a girl. It's just that seeing the new me was a bit of a shock."

"So great a shock that your mind almost shut down. If not for Dani linking with you to keep you anchored to reality, you might very well have been lost in your own inner world."

I shuddered as her words brought back the all too enticing vision that had lured me away. But now I saw that was a trap of my own making.

"Will I ever retreat back into that inner realm?"

"Yes, but with training, instead of a trap, an inner sanctum where you can recover from and shield yourself from a mental attack."

"Am I like my dad, and have an invulnerability against mental attacks?"

"No, you are an enhancer."

"Enhancer? How do I do that?"

"You tap into whatever is available to do what you wish, or with training, amplify another's abilities."

"Is there any limit to my ability?"

"We don't know yet. All that we do know is that you have the potential to cause great harm or great help, depending on how you use your power."

"You make me sound almost God-like with my ability," I shuddered with fear.

She smiled at me, "Not quite that bad. More like Jade from D.C. Comics or Doctor Fate."

"So, basically, my only limit to my enhancing others or even events is my imagination?"

"Yes. That is why we have placed mental blocks in your mind to keep you from accessing your ability while sleeping and dreaming since under such circumstances, you can tap into a primal force that can be most difficult to control."

Like giving a nightmare substance so that it becomes reality?"

"Exactly."

"Okay, When do I start learning about my ability?"

"Now, as soon as you get dressed and follow me to the diner," she said as she passed me a bundle of clothing.

It was a skin tone sports bra and matching panty with a matching unitard and ballet slippers. AS I looked at the clothes, I found that I knew how to put everything on as well as how to take care of my new body's hygienic needs. AS I donned everything, I frowned at her because I knew that my mind had been violated.

"No, Sunny, Your mind has not been violated. While you were withdrawn, you were shown tapes on hygiene and on being a girl."

"How can I be sure?"

"Ask your father when we go to lunch."

"That made me feel better. Dad was immune to psionic attacks.
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I saw an older man with a scar on his face that almost took out his eye wearing an Army uniform come into the room, "Greetings, Miss Day. I am Colonel Harris, in charge of the Center. I bid you welcome."

"Are you like Colonel Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

He grinned and pointed to his scar, "I am the equivalent of him, but I am not missing an eye like he is."

I saw Kris approach us and salute the Colonel, "Sir, I did not know that you were eating lunch."

He returned the salute, "Far be it for me to quell any rumors, but I do eat. I am here to meet the Center's new chef."

I got a bit bold when I saw that this soldier loved the student's but hid it under a gruff facade that everybody saw through.

"Sir, why meet the new chef?"

"We take care of our own and their families."

"How do you take care of the families?"

"We look after our own, Miss Day. You father's safety is my concern as he is the first civilian to have been recruited when his child joined."

I blushed, "Sorry to have caused such a bureaucratic nightmare for you."

He placed his hand on Dad's shoulder, "Sir, you don't know all of the rules and regulations that it takes to run this place. I do, unfortunately. I am bogged down in red tape. That is why I am letting my staff handle most things, believing that since they were not a part of the problem, that they will streamline the system."

"And giving me gray hairs in the process," sighed Kris.

"Yes, you and your support staff both here and at Beta and Gama sites. I know that you can streamline the system, eliminate the red tape that is keeping the Center from being as effective as it can be."

Dad smiled and handed Colonel Harris a card, "Sir, what you need is somebody who has done it before. I offer you my services."

"What do you know about corporate business or the military?"

"When Global Tronics filed for Chapter Eleven, I cut out all of the unneeded positions that was bogging down the finances. Once my system was put into place, the company started making a profit."

"If you can find positions for the unneeded personel, I will be surprised."

Dad chuckled, "A challenge? I love a challenge."
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End Of Center: Meet The Enhancer-2
To Be Continued In Center: Meet The Enhancer-3

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Daddy in record time had taken the list of Center Personnel and had divided them up into three distinct groups that answer the needs of any one Center with extra help when needed without calling upon outside help which he could tell from the demeanor of Colonel Harris was what he wanted, but couldn't see a way to accomplish. But that was in the future.

After I are lunch, I followed Dani into what looked like a gunnery range.

"Sunny, this is where you will discover your gifts limitations. Can you sense anybody other than me?"

"No, but I can sense the electrical power in the lights and monitors."

"Then try to hit the target."

I saw a bulls eye on a stand. I aimed my hand at it as if it was a gun and said, BANG!"

The target was hurdled off of the stand.

"Rest while we check on the target."

I took a sip of water as they retrieved the target.

"According to our scans, the target was hit with an electro-kinetic punch that magnetized the metal in it. Can you try a different attack, next time?"

"Sure."

For the rest of that day, we established that I could tap into most energy source and convert that energy into any form of energy that I chose and that even when I was in a cell that blocked any energy transmission, I could still tap into the Earth's gravity.
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I was eating dinner after I had taken a long, soaking bubble bath to unkink my body. I could have let Dani do it with her healing ability, but I wanted to experience what I felt was the right of any woman who'd just been through the grinder.

As I was donning the gray spandex unitard in anticipation of the next day's events, Kris knocked on the door.

"Come in, Kris."

She entered with a surprised look on her face, "How did you know that it was me?"

I pointed to the monitor screen, "I saw you knocking Guess you didn't know about that."

She looked over at the screen and smiled, Glad to see that they have started to install the upgraded security protocols that I ordered," then she scowled. "But to NOT tell me about starting today will not please the Colonel."

"I take it that Colonel Harris doesn't take prisoners."

She sat next to me and touched her right ear, "Correct. He will see any breach of protocol as a serious offence."

"But how is this serious?"

"By not listing this on my computer, someone could very easily use it as their own spy system. We have a mole here who is sending out vital information to the syndicate"

"You may have a mole, but no information has been sent ever since Daddy has been helping with the personnel problem."

"What did he do?"

"He rerouted all transmissions through the master buffer after he found that there were other transmission feeds via unknown cell phones and landlines. He told Colonel Harris who implemented the actions less than an hour ago."

"DAMN! Somebody kept me from being notified!"

Then Kris saw Colonel Harris on the screen, "Kris, did you know that your cell phone is burnt out?"

Kris blushed, "I had a nightmare last night. I’m just now remembering it."

"Get to the Infirmary at once and let Dani check you out. Our mole may have left a few surprises."

"What about my testing?"

"Go with Kris. She and a few others are to help to see if you can enhance others instead of controlling their powers."
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We rushed to the Infirmary, only to find it in chaos from what looked to be a retrieval team with casualties.

Dani approached us, "Don't worry, this is a combat drill for the Infirmary WE can't really plan them as any emergency is truly random."

Kris smiled at her, "Except that your drill was scheduled by me. Cancel the drill because we have a real emergency."

Dani paled, "What's the emergency?"

"I need for you, Tina, Liz, Lilli, Lara, and Rita to do an in depth scan of me and Sunny to see if there has been any tampering, then do a scan of all base personnel to see where the mole is."

"Follow me."

As we followed Dani, the chaos of the Infirmary became the organized chaos of the Infirmary operating under BATTLE ALERT conditions as the Infirmary was brought up to ALERT status. Each of the individual cells had a force field door and a laser emitter aimed at the door with additional lasers throughout the Infirmary as well as nozzles for emitting gases and chemicals if needed.

"Quite the set up, looks like a scene from Star Trek," I quipped.

Daddy comes from behind what looks to be an isolation ward made of some sort of polarized plastic, "Pretty much, Sunny. This equipment has been certified by the Government and was just recently sent here after Colonel Harris authorized the expansion of the Center into Beta and Gamma sites."

Colonel Harris appeared next to him, "If not for this gentleman and his extensive knowledge, the Center would still be lagging behind without this new equipment that is being installed throughout the Center. He uncovered an order and shipment of new equipment that was about to be shipped away without me knowing about it."

"Colonel, have we discovered who the mole is?" asked Kris.

"No, that is why we have set up this Infirmary outside of the Center's mainframe and limited access through the main portal. Any spy devices will be scrambled and only those who have been cleared are here."

"But Kris and I have yet to be cleared."

The Colonel smirked, "You two have been monitored ever since this infirmary has been set up, and Dani has cleared both of you. But there is still a deep scan needed to make certain that the mole hasn't implanted anything in your minds."
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It didn't take long for Kris and I to be certified as clean of any outside influences, then we were both given a pasty on the base of the neck that was a microdot that would prevent us from being influenced without our permission.

The microdots were designed to amplify a person's natural mental shield by causing the skull to become impervious to mental and sensory attacks. The only drawback was that it only worked within the Center, so a more powerful version was incorporated into the field uniform.

Kris yelped as the pasty was applied to her, "HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Dani smiled at her and dabbed the back of her neck, "We tried to place one of the new security microdots on you, but your electrical field shorted it out."

"So, that means that I'm still susceptible to mental probing?"

"Not quite, there is the security pasty imbedded in the ring," Dani offered as she passed over a class ring with a sapphire in it.

Kris accepted the ring which fit her ring finger, "Glad that you got my birthstone correct."

"What about those with telepathic, part of precognitive, healing, or empathic abilities?"

"Like you, they also need a ring to boost their mental disciplines against attacks. The rings also act as a silent radio and will become a part of the Away Team's uniforms." answered the Colonel.

"Then why subject Kris to a useless and painful procedure?"

The Colonel visibly blushed, "The microdot was the only way to certify that she was free from any influence by interacting with her natural electrical power to send an EMP through her body to burn out any dots from the Syndicate, Sunny."

"Okay, What about me?"

Dani strode forward, "According to our scans, any dots were burnt out during your target practice."

Rita McFadden stepped up to the Colonel, "Sir, Security Officer Fine reports that the Base is secured against mental assault. All personnel have been scanned and none have been compromised."

"Thank you, Rita. You may return to your duties."

"Sir, are there any bodies in the morgue at this time?"

"Yes, Brian Rivera's. Why?"

"What was his ability?"

Kris spoke up with tears in her eyes, "Brian could take over your body while you were awake and use your power, he did that to me to make me electrocute him,"

She slumped to the ground and Dani rushed to her and held her while she broke down and cried.

"Sir, if he had that ability, could a microdot not bring him back to life as a zombie?>"

EMERGENCY ALERT! EMERGENCY ALERT! THE MORGUE HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE BODIES ARE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE!

The Colonel toggled a button on his lapel, "THIS IS COLONEL HARRIS. ALL NONCOMBATANTS GO TO YOUR ROOMS. ALL COMBAT TEAMS TO THE ARMORY. THREAT LEVEL OMEGA."

"Omega?"

"Sunny, we will be fighting against automatons that will be using deadly force. We can't afford to take any chances," said a pale Kris.

I could tell that she hated having to destroy the bodies of the rogues and would have nightmares later from the battle. I couldn't let her or the others suffer such a fate.

"Kris, what about me? May I help?"

"Suit up in one of our generic battle suits."

I followed Kris to the Armory where I found me a suit of combat armor and donned it while Kris was adding gloves, a belt and a head set to hers," Ready?"

"Ready. I can sense those wearing the armor."

"That means that you have a telepathic component to your enhancing ability. If you had a mean streak, you could be a Dominator."

"Not my way of thinking. I'm too much like Dani for that."

"Well Lilli thinks that your power is the flip side of Domination. Both involve taking over others or events, but you don't invade the mind."

"What other powers could be the mirror image of another?"

"A pyrokinetic with cyrokinetic abilities. Such a person could affect the temperature, throw fire or ice," she said as she finished lacing up my boots. We strode out and met her Alpha Team: Heather, Lilli, Van Lai, Samantha, Max, and Luce.

"Bad news, Kris, they got Heather with a fire extinguisher," announced a scared Luce.

"Luce, as much as I know that you want to just make them vanish, we need to be able to examine the bodies once we defeat them."

Luce nodded, "Okay, let's go."
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End Of Center: Meet The Enhancer-3
To Be Continued In Center: Meet The Enhancer-4

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Kris looked at me, "We'll need your talent to take them out without destroying the bodies we need for evidence. Think you're Game?"

"As long as I have access to a printout of their physiology to look for a weakness, yes."

I felt a strange gestalt with the others in the battle suits. Looking along the lines of communication, I saw that Dani and Tina were the bases of the gestalt and that I was the focal point. As I scanned the Team, I saw connections between them and their unique talents as well as their hang ups that were limiting their power.

I relaxed their inhibitions and activated their aura's protective shield that would enhance their sense as well as give each of them a thin shell that would deflect solid objects and hamper energy attacks.

"I have just enhanced everybody. You will find that you can do more if you relax."

"Will you still be ready to boost us if needed?" asked Kris as a powerful glow emanated from her hand.

"Yes, just call out and I will be there."

As a group, we headed towards where the zombies were, we soon found that they were ready as we were as a pyro launched flames at us which Max's hydro power doused as he sent a wall of water down the hallway, "That thing's flame is almost greater than my hydro."

I felt his mind relax and tap into the full fury of his power. He had erected a mental barrier to govern his power because he was afraid that he could flood and drown anybody if he let go. Which is why he had so much trouble controlling his power on the small scale.

He sent a fist of water that punched the zombie out, leaving it a sodden mess of charred remains that were absorbing the water and reversing the charring.

"Eric's pyro was linked to hydro absorption. He is reversing the effects of his death," announced Luce.

"Max, erect a hydro shield," ordered Kris, seeing that the floor was flooded.

"Coming up," he replied as the water became a curtain to warn of any attack.

Kris, the zombies have gone above and below. Prepare for ambush. came Lara's voice over the intercom.

"Max, can you erect an ice barrier around us?"

The surrounding water formed into a steel hard ice barrier on the ceiling and floor, "Done, but I'm pooped"

Kris turned to me, "Until he has had time to harness this part of his ability, it'll drain him to form ice." I said.

Above and below, we heard curses as the zombies hit the ice.

"Lili, Van Lai, target anybody from above. Luce, Adrian. Target anybody from below."

All bets were off as the zombies broke through and started targeting everybody. Try as they might, the teams were unable to stop the zombies advance as they launched overwhelming attack after attack that took out everybody but me.

Kris launched a lightning bolt at a zombie only to be hit by a flood of water that shorted her out. She was surrounded with a halo of energy that vaporized the flood, and then she dropped to the ice.

"KRIS!" shouted Luce.

"She's OK, just knocked out by the water. She needs to be dry to recover," I said.

"I can handle that," said Luce as she sent Kris to the infirmary.

Lili was fighting against two telekinetics, holding her own until she was hit by two psychic blasts that dropped her.

"Status on Lili?"

"She's OK, but is going to have a headache from that attack," I offered.

"Time to get rough, then," said Luce as she literally ripped the zombie nanites out of them and the frost zombie and sent them to an open canister in a secured bunker before she staggered.

"Luce?"

"That fine of a control tired me out. Need to rest, Sam."

PACKAGE RECEIVED came over the intercom.

"Rest, Luce. And let me recharge you as you eat a ration bar."

She smiled as she are the bar and downed the drink that under my influence was metabolized so quickly that she belched out and knocked over an electric zombie that was coming forward.

"LUCE?" I asked in amused wonder.

"Always wanted to do that after watching Loony Toons."

While this was happening, Van Lai setup a firewall that torched a zombie, but was hit by the ice that Max had formed as it pelted her in an avalanche of snow. She finally cooked it enough that it fell down and began to absorb the water to heal the body of it's burns.

"Scan her!" ordered Luce.

"Luce, too cold. Need heat," she said as she passed out.

"You'll be alright," promised Luce as she sent her to the infirmary.

"Luce, can you fight?"

"Barely, Sunny. I should have more power, but I feel weak."

I scanned the zombies, "A telepath is linked to Brian and attempting to possess you. Only your power is preventing him from possessing you which is why your hair is limp."

That angered her enough that her hair choked those two zombies until they went limp. Then she gathered up the nanites of the fallen zombies and sent the nanites to where she sent the others.

ANY MORE? asked the intercom.

"WE"RE STILL UNDER BATTLE ALERT." I announced.

Samantha launched her attack upon the zombies, creating a light construct that bowled then over and began to burn the downed zombies as Luce sent them to the security bunker.

THANKS! NOW WE CAN PUT THESE INTO SEALED COFFINS FOR RESEARCH

"Just bury them before they revive and want to eat our brains."

Sam giggled, "You've seen those movies, too?"

"Yep! Daddy has ALL of the monster and horror movies on tape. And we copy all of those nifty movies from the SCIFY channel."

"Will y'all..URK"

She got hit by a sonic scream that knocked her out.

Luce sent her to the Infirmary, "Best not to have her here where she can become a liability," she said as tried to grab the remaining zombies, but failed when the sonic scream knocked her back.

"Luce, need my help?"

"Call the Infirmary and make sure that they're OK," she ordered as her hair lifted her up to the ceiling where she lobbed grenades in front of the zombies before they hit her with a combination fireball, ice storm and lightning ball that stunned her.

That left me to face them alone. Scanning them, I found that Luce couldn't touch them because they did not register on her probability matrix, meaning that they were out of phase with reality. But I did see their electrical aura, which meant that Kris could hit them.

I opened myself to the bases power supply and encased Luce in a shield while I targeted the zombies minds to short them out. But being dead, it took more power than even Kris could muster.

Using my gestalt link to my friends, I tapped into the Base’s power supply and copied all of their powers to launch a combined attack that sent the zombies to the floor as ice and snow froze them before intense heat burned them followed by an electrical arc that caught them in a hellfire of power.

I faltered as the sheer onslaught of power coursed through my body, causing me to slump to the floor. I saw the now freed zombies coming at me with murder in their eyes.

So I touched the metal floor to connect to the generator and caught each one in an electrical circuit that fried the nanites. When the final zombie fell, I called out "ZOMBIES NUETRALIZED!" before I passed out.
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I awoke, feeling numb. Where am I

Not seeing anybody and still groggy, I closed my eyes as I heard a voice, "Welcome back to the land of the Living," said Dani with a smile.

"Where am I?"

She wiped my face with a damp rag that cleared my head, "You're in the infirmary along with the Team."

"How are they?"

"Don't worry, they're resting comfortably and will be awake in the morning, although they'll need about a week of light duty until their back to normal."

"DAMN! I did my best and they still got hurt," I pouted.

"Sunny, if not for you, the zombies would have destroyed the Center. Colonel Harris is getting you a medal for what did."

I sigh, "I'm not in this for any sort of glory, I just want to help."

"Do you think that Kris and Luce want their jobs as leaders?"

"I don't know."

"They don't. But they're the best at what they do and know that if they didn't lead, then they'd be shirking their Duty. Do you see them doing that?"

"Honestly, no. But after what just happened, I don't know if I'm cut out to fight like they do," I sighed.

"Sunny, you were thrown into that battle without proper training, and that has affected your power."

"Oh? How so?"

"Not only can you enhance another's powers, you can also use their power as your own and act as a power conduit and telepathic link."

"Then why can't I sense anybody?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's as if my power is gone!"
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End Of Center: Meet The Enhancer-4
To Be Continued In Center: Meet The Enhancer-5

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I woke up in a strange bed with an I.V. drip going into my right arm with a strange looking crystal rod aimed at me from behind my head attached to a monitor screen displaying my current vital statics with its twin at the foot of my bed.

On the right hand bedside ottoman was an open laptop on a swing arm and on the left hand ottoman was a meal tray with several chilled bottles of my favorite soda, diet root beer as well as what I could tell from the label, chilled butter pecan coffee with French vanilla creamer and sweetener.

"You back with us?" asked a relieved Dani.

"Yes. What is this place? It looks like I'm on board the Enterprise in the sick bay."

Dani smiled as she passed me a soda, "You're not far from the truth."

"Oh?"

"The Center's gadgeteers have been working upon this new medi center and have been readying each module for permanent replacement of the original. You are the first patient."

"You mean to tell me that the mattress is inlaid with sensors and that that gizmo under the monitor actually works?"

"Yes. The wall behind the monitor contains the diagnostics computer as well as a selection of on call equipment in case of emergencies."

"That's cool. What about the ottomans?"

"The one under the laptop contains your reading material while the other one is a minibar filled with sodas and snacks."

"Good! I'm still thirsty!" I said as I finished my soda with a belch.

"Well, at least you sound healthy," she giggled has she exchanged my empty for a fresh brew.

"Sorry about that, but a good root beer will have a good head of foam that'll give you a good belch. NOT to drink just before exercising or in a battle," I admitted with a smile.

"True, anything else you want to know about the room?"

"Yeah, does the color of the readout vary?"

"Good observation, they are color coded with green meaning healthy, yellow meaning caution and red meaning danger."

"Cool, are there any warning alerts?"

"You bet. When the monitor shows yellow, a yellow light turns on, bathing the room in a yellow hue and a bell sounds off along with a warning alerting you and the attending staff to your condition, Same with RED alert, except that there is a clarion bell that sounds until the crash team arrives."

"Okay. But what about the zombie bodies?"

"They are being held in a secure vault down in security where it is on a sealed environmental system. You have to go through an airlock and decontamination in order to enter or leave."

"But what about the Center? Those zombies must have contaminated everything."

"Nothing that bleach and a force field can't fix. As for any infection, it can't stand up to a healthy immune system."

"So, only a weak mind and/or body is at risk."

"Yes, unless you get bit. THEN you need antibiotics FAST or risk becoming a zombie like them, calling out for brains."

"You gotta be kidding! That only happens in bad movies good only for FRIGHT NIGHT THEATER.

"Got'chsa," she giggled.

I got my pillow, "Why!" and threw it at her, "You!"

She ducked, "Me what?"

I felt refreshed as the culmination of pent up stress finally found release. I could once again sense Dani's aura as well as the electromagnetic spectrum.

I found that I could filter out all but the visible spectrum and sense everything with a radar-sonar echo-location sense that pinged off of every mind in the Center, giving me the unique ability to see everybody, again.

"Danni, I need to get serious, now. I think that we need to test me to see just what I can do."

She held my hand,, "I can sense that you can link to others, especially those who've you've linked with before and in your presence, their abilities automatically achieve the boost that you gave them, but that is all that I can see. I can call Lili in so she can do a deep probe."

"Please do."
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I went to the lavatory to refresh myself and take care of my morning ablutions. I still marveled at my new body and wanted to take care of it, so I used a sponge to clean my more delicate parts and stepped over to the closet to pull out today's outfit.

It was the school uniform along with nude pantyhose since it was known that I liked wearing hose. Once I was dressed, I came out to find that Lili was in the room with Danni.

"Danni says that you need confirmation of your capabilities. Is that correct?"

"Yes, but I am afraid that I may hinder your probing without meaning too," I confessed.

She placed her hand on my shoulder, "I am not probing your memories, except for those of you using your gift and scanning your mind to see what you see and feel. Can you open your mind to let me see, or enhance me so that I can?"

"Is there some sort of equipment that can be used?"

"Lili, there are the VIRTUAL REALITY HELMETS used by the gamers in the arcade. They are set up so that two players are linked into the same game. We can ask Colonel Harris if there are any that we can use," offered Danni.

"I'd prefer not to bother him with this since he is busy with setting up other Centers. Kristyn will have the same information, call her."

Danni nodded and went over to the panel by the door and pressed a gold button with K K on it, "Kris?"

"Yes, Danni?"

"Are there any of the VIRTUAL REALITY HELMETS not in use in the arcade?"

"Why do you need them?"

"Lili needs a set in order to more effectively probe Sunny in order to evaluate her abilities."

"Let me check. There four sets refitted for use as teaching aides and dampening rogues and one set up for interrogation. You want that one?

"Kris, this is Lili. That would be perfect. When can we use it?"

"Come to my office. I need to make sure that the Colonel isn't using it "
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As we headed out, I asked Lili, "Why would he be using the headsets?"

Lili smirked, "Colonel Harris does not want for the Center to know thathe indulge in a frivolous past time. He is a bit vain in that regard."

"Couldn't they also be used for communication with someone?"

"Yes, with anybody wearing a helmet or a com-link. And it can be used to control him by a telepath."

"Well, we're about to find out," observed Danni as we entered the office of Kris.

She had a set with her behind her desk and Colonel Harris sitting in the chair across from her, wearing another helmet. As we sat down on the padded bench, he removed his helmet, "I've just been in conference with Homeland Security via the helmet. There is a mounting crisis where we will need you, Sunny. Are you ready?"

"Sir, I need to know what my capabilities are before I can safely answer that question. Last time that I was in a battle, I just about burned out."

He nodded, "Fair enough. Kris has a set ready for that purpose."

Kris placed the set on her desk, "These have been readied for your use. Because of the possible exploitation, only telepaths and Command Personnel know of its existence, but not of its location. And I need the Colonel's authorization to unlock it from my safe."

"But you can easily get it out anytime," I observed.

"True Sunny, but it takes a drop of my saliva to activate them," answered Harris.

"Follow me to my private office," ordered Kris as she carried the tray through a hidden door.

She placed the set on small table between two recliners in the corner with a love seat against one wall and another set up next to a a computer terminal next to a twin bed with a door by the bed giving access to her bathroom.

"Lili, Sunny, sit in the recliners. I will monitor from my terminal."

We sat down with Danni on the love seat by Lili, Harris in the love seat by me.

Kris set a helmet on Lili and me, then sat down at her computer, "Lili, go ahead, the system is ready."

I felt a gentle breeze flow through my mind, then found Lili lifting off the helmet, "That didn't take long at all."

"No it didn't. In fact, it felt like a gentle breeze."

"What is your assessment?"

"Sunny can automatically enhance anyone that she has linked to without any strain to her or the target. But still causes a drain upon herself if she links to anybody new, and is immune to anybody's gift that she has ever linked with, Colonel."

"What of her senses?"

"She can see the entire electromagnetic spectrum and has the hearing, sense of smell of dog with the added ability to block any sensory overload as well as the ability to sense the mental aura of anybody within the Center."

"Is she ready for the mission? We need her help."

"That's up to her, Sir," answered Lili.

"Colonel, what is the crisis?"

"Terrorist have taken over a private school where there are at least twelve pre-emergents. WE have been asked to assist since it concerns us."

"I'm game."
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End Of Center: Meet The Enhancer-8
To Be Continued In Center: Meet The Enhancer-9

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"Kris, take her to wardrobe to outfit her for combat," ordered the Colonel.

"Follow me,, Sunny."

"Am I getting combat fatigues like the Army wears?"

"No, we have a different combat uniform now, thanks to you. The rest of the Center has theirs, time to kit you out."

"How did I help?"

"Before, we wore fatigues like the Marines and Army wear. Now we wear an upgraded formfitting coverall that incorporates kevlar in the suit and re-breather filter system with com gear in the helmet."

As we entered the warehouse known as Women's Wardrobe, I saw an endless array of racks of clothing.

"You guys have the Mall Of America beat clothing wise."

"Actually, we have a few seamstresses who make the majority of the clothing,, but shoes, lingerie and special clothing are purchased in bulk from the manufacturer. Come, we need to get your fatigues."

We went to a circular brightly lit alcove with a bench and shelves, "Step into the alcove and it will measure you for your fatigues."

I stepped in an soon found a slot opening up with a black package, batman style cowl minus the ears and trim no-heel boots, "Strip completely, then put on the helmet, then fatigues, then boots."

Ding as she ordered, I soon found myself looking like one of Saban's Power Rangers except that the helmet was a baseball cap with flip-down hyper-polarized lenses and a leather neck guard and flip-down earplugs.

Staring at myself in the door's mirror, I thought that I looked like a Ninja minus the paraphernalia associated with them.

I stepped out, "I look like a Ninja. Does somebody have a sense of humor?"

Kris stepped over to me wearing her Ninja outfit, but hers sported her rank insignia on her upper arms and on her shoulder pips, "You can thank Colonel Harris for the NinjaSUV's of every make and model as well as black HUMMER ambulances. The rest of the team had assembled, waiting for us when an older woman wearing a black business suit stepped up to Kris.

"You will need to take the team on board the Globemaster to get to the site. The jet is loaded and ready for liftoff."

"Thank you Miss Price."

Miss Price headed past us.

"Okay everybody on board. Luce, Brian and I are team leaders and Liz is in charge of the Medi-vac Hummer. Sunny, stay with me."

We trooped out to the awaiting Globemaster and I was amazed at its size. I thought that a 747 was big,, cut this monster far surpassed it. We went up the ramp bypassing the Hummer as Kris led me up to the third where she got in the driver's seat and I rode shotgun with Max and James in the back seat.

We heard a voice come over the SUV radio, "PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF. FASTEN SEATBELTS."

We took off and shortly landed and disembarked in the SUV's and Hummer with Kris leading the way. The computer map displayed the route to our target, Mac Noland Private School.

The school was a red brick building with accompanying gymnasium and football and two baseball fields built after World War 2 in a cul-de-sac fenced in from the surrounding farmlands with mansions on either side of the four-lane ending at the school's gate.

"We're lucky. the terrorist have sequestered the hostages in the gymnasium and only have one spotter on the roof. Heather, can you hide us?"

"Will do, Ma'am."

Next thing I knew, all color left,, leaving us in shades of gray.

Kris led the convoy to the front entrance awning where we disembarked. There were no guards in the lobby.

"Heather, drop the field."

Color returned as we entered the gymnasium where the hostages were huddled in mid court, then the entire team except for me dropped as if pole-axed.

"So, you are the Enhancer.

"What did you do to them?!"

"Their sleep centers were hit with a command. They will awaken once we have them in our custody. laughed the voice.

"You've made a grave mistake in not being able to do that to me."

"I am toying with you.

"Wrong! I know that you are the mole responsible for releasing the zombies.
You have used a Trojan to infiltrate the Center's computers to cause a design flaw that let you attack the team, but couldn't do so to me because of my links to them."

"Be that as it may, I am toying with you until I grow tired of the game.

"You mean until you have your team steal our convoy. Too bad for you that their anti-theft systems are controlled by those in the Hummer."

The sound of people crying out as they were gassed came from behind me.

"Sir, the extraction team has been killed by some sort of gas that's causing viral rotting!"

"WHAT?

"Just a taste of the Center's arsenal," I laughed.

"TEAM 2! TAKE HER OUT!

"They will find the doors sealed and those in the Hummer more than ready."

THEN FEEL MY POWER! YOU BITCH!

I felt a dark presence try to enter my mind, but was kept fluttering like a moth against a light.

"You can keep knocking,, but you can't come in."

THEN FEEL THE POWER OF MY TEAM! YOU BITCH!

I was hit by four more dominators, a pyrokinetic, and a hydrokinetic whose combined blast created a spectacular explosion between us as it bounced off of me, sending me flying into the team who began to stir from my contact.

They ran for me, believing that I was out cold, and I should have been, but for landing on the team. I jumped up, angry as I'd never been before, eyes blazing with a red fire.

"Let's try that again! This time, I attack!"

I unleashed an electrical arc that killed the terrorists except for the voice who simply smiled as his team died in agony.

THANK YOU! NOW I CAN FEEL THE POWER OF MY TEAM!

"For your information, I channeled one of my teams ability."

I KNOW! NOW FEEL THE POWER OF MY TEAM AS I TAKE YOU OUT! MYSELF!

I felt a combination of extreme heat and cold augmented by a telepathic and telekinetic tidal wave of power that evaporated the gymnasium,,, leaving only us and my team.

"Can't get rid of me,, can you?"

I SHALL REND YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!

"WRONG! YOU HAVE THREATENED MY FRIENDS AND CAUSED THE DEATHS OF YOUR OWN TEAM! YOU HAVE SOWN THE WIND! NOW REAP THE WHIRLWIND."

I unleashed a blast of fire and water augmented by an electrical arc that cooked him from the inside out the backlash sent me back into the team. Then I heard Danni scream, "SUNNY!"

Next thing I knew, she was silently crying as she cradled my head in her lap, "Is it over?" I slurred.

"Yes,, it's over and the team is safe, thanks to you."

I smiled, "Good, because I am so tired," I replied as I slipped into the Land Of Nod.
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I woke up in the Medical Center feeling tired, but refreshed. As I stretched, I felt a kiss on my cheek from a hairy lip, "Princess, don't you ever scare me like this again!" cried Daddy.

I returned his kiss, "Daddy, did I nearly die?"

"No," he sighed, "But you've been asleep for a month."

"DAMN! That battle took more out of me than I thought, but this time, I don't feel empty like I did when I overloaded like I did the last time."

"Okay, Pumpkin, just rest. I'll let them know that you're back with us."

"Thanks, Daddy," then I went back to sleep.
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I woke up, feeling ravenous, so I devoured the five trays of food left for me, then went to the toilet to relieve myself and shower. Then I found a pink track suit and sneakers on the bed and Danni smiling at me, "Still hungry?"

"Not unless there's a root beer float made with butter pecan ice cream."

"I'll let Colonel Harris know since he wants to meet you."

"Lead on, MacDuff," I giggled.
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Soon we were in his office and I was chowing down on my float with Colonel Harris smiling at me, "Sunny, Thanks to you, only the Syndicate suffered casualties and we now have three new recruits, triplets."

"Syndicate?"

"A rival organization that uses people like you and the team to kidnap recruits."

"Like an anti- Center."

"Exactly. You've proven yourself under pressure, unfortunately, you have a tendency to overload in battle and that could cause complications."

"Sir, this time, I feel fine. Want to test me?"

"How?"

"Kris is about to call you about the triplets: April, May, and June."

A light on his desk glowed green, "Yes, Kris?"

Colonel, the triplets want for the Center to organize a field trip to see Sarah Carerra in concert."

"We can't afford to do that, at this time, but when the Syndicate is destroyed, we can think about it."

"That's what I told them, but did secure the Pay Per View of her concert."

"Good thinking, anything else?"

"No Sir, Bye."

Then I saw the light go dark.

"Well, Sunny. How do you like the Center?"

"I love it. I have made many friends here."

"Then the Center welcomes you aboard."
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End Of Center: Meet The Enhancer-9
Finis