"After a while the guy starts banging his head against the wall, so we go take him to the padded room and that's where we called you. After Dr. Thomas...didn't respond, you were next on the list."All they wanted was the go ahead to further sedate the guy, obviously so that it would be day shift's problem. Katherine was inclined to go ahead with that, but after making the trip to come in, she felt she might as well make a small effort to see what the real problem was.Katherine glanced at the. I'll be back in a moment." I took my cup and went to wake my daughters and their children. I told them that Anna was making breakfast and it smelled really good. Everyone came piling in within ten minutes. I set the table again. I was getting good at this.We ate a good breakfast including homemade biscuits and an omelet. The kids had never been picky eaters and they went after the food with a will. After breakfast and cleanup, we loaded into Joan's SUV and headed out. Our trip was uneventful.. Resha’s strange and ever-changing hours kept Reggie confused, but finally he followed her to her house. He was trying to force his way in, making noise, which drew the Scorpions. With 4 to 1 odds they showed up looking for a good time beat down. Reggie volunteered by being on their block. He tried to talk his way out and was shown the AK-47, up close and personal in his teeth. That shut him up. The Scorpions said they did not need any competition around. He tried to talk his way out of it again. Still trying to project his thoughts, he only found terror, within their minds. It was difficult to even read their thoughts, never mind transmitting thoughts, to them.Tom now tried again to speak the local dialect, and still the people were almost petrified. After ten minutes he said, "Jim, they are too frightened for me to get through to them. Do you want to give them a light stun, to get them to sit down, or do you want to give it a try?" The stun idea is best, I think."Jim's gun came up,.