All this time Kristen was just standing and staring blankly into space, but there were growing storm clouds welling in her eyes. It caused Ally to wonder what was really going on with her. Had this troubled girl been made permanently childlike, or was there a split personality at work? Did she have a new mind now, or a parallel mind?
"We're still trying to stabilize her condition," Van de Vliet said in a soothing tone. "We just need a little more time."
That was when Kristen wrenched free of her mother's grasp. Her eyes had just gone critical, traveling into pure madness. She strode over and seized a glass jar containing a clear solvent.
"I want them all to die," she said in a little girl's voice. "They're going to kill me if I don't kill them first."
Now Katherine Starr had turned and was staring at her. "Kristy, honey, put the bottle down. I'm going to take you home. I don't know what he's done to you, but I'm not going to let you stay here anymore. You're coming with me."
This is not going to end well, Ally thought. She began struggling to her feet, trying to clear her mind enough for an exit strategy.
Nina was upstairs, or at least that was where she had been. Okay, the first order of business is to get her out. Stone could probably manage on his own . . .
Now Kristen was walking over to an electric heater positioned on a lab workbench. She switched it on and the tungsten elements immediately began to glow. Then, still holding the bottle, she turned back to Van de Vliet.
"I see things that I never saw before. My mind has powers it never had till now."
He nodded knowingly. "I always suspected that—"