AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 14: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

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     "What are you going to do?"       
     "Don't worry. We'll just move you 
closer to the top. Maybe next in line, 
or something like that. No big deal,   
right Hacker?"                         
     "No problem, Big Guy," my Arch    
said from the floor while whispering   
something to the Cat.                  
     "I don't know what to say, except,
thank you Miss AmyStrange, and you too 
Ron, and Crim..." he said, and then    
turned the mirror to look at me.       
     “I’m glad to admit, Crim, that I  
was wrong this time. Talking Cats are  
obviously not impossible.”             
     Pee Wee started the car, and off  
we went, back to our house, the house  
of Mr. and Mrs. Criminal. That just    
sounded wrong, and weird too.          
     As we took off, I glanced at      
Mouse, and she still looked stunned.   
You could see that she was trying to   
make logical sense of all this, “How?” 
was all she said after saving Rhonda,  
then went into a stunned silence again.
     After deep, deep analysis, and    
after Darryl wiggled his ears, she     
laughed and asked the most logical     
question of them all, “How can you     
talk?”                                 
     AmyStrange turned to look at her, 
“I'm not sure, Mouse. All I know is    
that it has something to do with       
genetics. Bart, my creator, modified   
some of my genes, expecting something  
else to happen, I guess. I don't know  
what exactly, but this happened        
instead.”                              
     “Gene modification,” Mouse nodded,
“that's an idea I can wrap my mind     
around.”                               
     “I have to agree with Pee Wee on  
this one, Crim,” Darryl said, looking  
at me, “You were right, and I was      
wrong,” then down at the Cat who was   
whispering something to Rhonda.        
     In his line of work, he had to be 
able to adapt to any situation instan- 
taneously and naturally. He was really 
good at it, so it wasn't any surprise  
to see him take this, in such a matter 
of fact way. When the Cat first started
to talk, I didn’t even see him flinch. 
     “Seeing it right in front of me...
I still can’t believe it. I mean, what 
are the odds?” Darryl said to no one in
particular.                            
     “What are the odds, Miss          
AmyStrange?” he asked again, this time 
looking right at the Cat, “That this   
Bart character modified just the right 
combination of genes, so that you can  
not only talk, but also think and      
conceptualize thoughts, form ideas and 
then express them in speech. What are  
the odds?”                             



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