Wilson frowned, still processing the phantom pain which seared his head. It had happened precisely when he came within arm's reach of Pat. Ordinarily he'd write it off as a coincidence, but he knew what the serum was capable of. Still, it didn't seem like Pat had any reason to want to harm anyone. Could it be an involuntary effect? Was it even necessarily something he had done? All these questions had to be forced into the back of his mind in order for him to answer the one question which presently mattered most; how to aid the man. "Pat, you're disoriented." He examined Pat's eyes, which appeared to be quite dilated. That, accompanied by his speech patterns and loss of equilibrium, led him to the unofficial diagnosis of a migraine. It wasn't certain, he had to admit, but it made the most sense given the circumstances. "Stay here. I'm going to get some medication for your head." A quick shuffle through his bag produced an anti-inflammatory drug which he hoped would reduce the effects of the maybe-migraine. That was the trouble with being a doctor and treating Supers; one never knew if their symptoms were a sign of a genuine disorder or simply a byproduct of the serum. In fact, he was taking a tremendous risk by dosing a patient without first testing the potential reactivity of his medications with the serum itself. [i]But that would be sort of difficult, wouldn't it?[/i] he admitted. [i]Just my luck. Years of research, months of planning, and all it takes is a bad driver to ruin everything.[/i] Without any guarantee that the drug would work at all, Wilson tried to help Pat to his feet. "Pat, listen to me. You're going to need to rest for a while. I need you to have a seat." If his luck held out, he'd have the chance to find out what was causing the pounding in his own head. That thought brought back all those questions from moments earlier. [i]Pat, you and I need to have a talk.[/i] --- [i]2:38pm Sam's Quarters[/i] Wilson sighed, scanning the printout spread between his hands. To his left, Sam lay on her bed, several electrodes attached to her head. Beside her bed, on a small cart, an odd little machine spewed paper containing the same spiky lines as what he held in his hands. He discarded the early copy and retrieved something a bit more recent from the electroencephalograph. "That's damned strange," he said again. "These brain waves are indicative of telepathic transmission, and yet..." The limited medical equipment Wilson had to work with in the Reformer base all told him the same thing: Sam was and was not telepathic. Some devices confirmed that a distinctly different and unique brain wave signature was present in her mind that did not conform to any known autonomic or conscious function of the human brain, while others designed to test for telepathy, empathy, telekinesis and other telepathic abilities measured nothing at all. "[i]She's emitting [/i]something," he mused. Just then, the EEG fluctuated. Wilson split his attention between the paper in his hands and the readout on the screen. Something was terribly, terribly wrong. "What?" He slapped the monitor half-heartedly, both out of confusion and frustration. Now here was something which made no sense. EEG could fluctuate, yes, but not this much and not in this way. Sam was dreaming, yet the changes in data flow were indicative of conscious thought. There was also that damnable rogue activity he could not identify. A hunch caused him to compare the rogue wave with the fluctuations in data flow. They were a match. [i]"That can't be right,"[/i] Wilson told himself. [i]"That would mean..."[/i] He stole a glance at the unconscious girl, who made a face at precisely the same moment that a new spike in activity occurred. [i]"[/i]She's[i] doing this."[/i] --- [hider=Attention DPickle]Had to take some liberties with Pat, in order to make a sensible post for Wilson. This post is by no means permanent and can be edited. If you would like to make any changes, please contact me and we can throw it up into the TitanPad. As for everyone else, if changes do need to be made, and you've referenced this post, please bear with me while we sort out any inconsistencies. Thank you.[/hider] --- [center][img=http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii81/BlessedWrath/SamColesBanner_zpsc6ec858a.png][/center]