Elkins' voice was just like Ihad imagined it, a lilting mezzo soprano. "Good to see you again." Likewise," Kate replied. "You have no idea how glad we...both are to seeyou." I won't make any promises," she said, "but I'll try my very best, ofcourse." May I introduce you to your patient?" Kate continued, gesturing at me.Elkins turned to look at me and then approached me. Not overly eager tohug her right there and then, I extended my arm to shake hands with herinstead. She took my hand and greeted. She will be very easy to control. She has created another like her, but her powers are even weaker. Our puppet has had to move her base of operations to the town called Bodega Bay. It seems a worker from one of the pharmaceutical companies was trying to steal the serum. Sammie killed him when he tried to mate with her. We will help her get more subjects for the testing. I would advise we take full control of her instead of just manipulating her mind into thinking she is creating the drug." No,. Now I really only had one option: move into Gertie's path and spray her face down good with a can of bear repellant, aka pepper spray with a few extra added goodies guaranteed to get a bear's full and undivided attention. I never leave my cabin without it.It worked. Gertie didn't like the spray one little bit and she swung a paw at me that would have knocked my head right off if I had still been standing, but I was already lying face down on the ground laying dead. That's really the only other. Our arrangement kept a smile on my face throughout my stay at home, to the extent that people noticed and asked me what I was up to. I shrugged noncommittally and left it to their imagination.Soon the day came and I was on that coach the second it arrived. I wasn’t entirely convinced that Brenda would show up, because after all, if I was slightly apprehensive about our arrangement, how must she be feeling?But as I swept into the arrivals, there she was. Same fur coat, same shiny hair and same.