Excerpt: Alien Invasion

Jennifer lay quietly in bed unconscious. The only sound in the room was the dripping from the iv line running into her veins. Her breathing was too shallow to hear. The room was empty, with the door locked. There was a guard outside of course. He had no idea who was in the room, or why she needed to be guarded.
There was, however, another person in the next room that watched Jennifer through the two way mirror with a perplexed look on his face. The doctor held is white coat to one side so he could put his hands in his pocket. It was habit he did when he was deep in thought.
The sound of the door opening behind him startled him. It was Major Cork. He was assigned as a liaison officer between the medical staff on base and the Pentagon. There was a time when a visit from a Major was a big deal, but there has been a study stream of generals and high ranking civilians from the pentagon in and out of this place every since the “subjects of interest” (as the Pentagon folks called them) were brought in.
Still, he was thankful. The last few days have been very interesting from a medical perspective. The politics and “national security” was someone else’s concern.
“I understand you finally got the results back from your medical tests. Have you learned anything?” asked the Major.
“Why don’t you just ask me if they are still human?” The doctor replied.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ve heard the rumors. You want to know if they are who they say they are, and not spies or something.” The doctor said.
“Well?”
“Well…Yes and No. Their DNA has been altered yes, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call them completely different people. The change has some surprising results though.” The doctor said.
“What kind of results? Have they developed any…well abilities of any kind?” The Major asked.
“What kind of abilities did you have in mind?”
“I don’t know. Anything out of the ordinary: super strength, mind reading ability, anything,” the Major said.
The doctor looked at him in puzzlement. “This is…what? This is real life, not a science fiction movie.”
“How was I suppose to know that?”
“By possessing a high school understanding of basic physics?” came the doctor’s sarcastic reply.
“What exactly are the effects of the changes,” the Major said in a stern voice.
“It is impossible to know the full extent of the effects without more observation. So far it looks like they have all had an increased metabolism, which has increased their strength slightly and upped their bodies ability to heal itself somewhat. It has also made them generally healthier. We have also seen an increase in brain activity, which seems to indicate an increase in intelligence. We want to give them all IQ tests tomorrow.”
“I should be clear these are only slight increases, not beyond other people out there. They are not super men. However, the changes appear to be deliberate. It is like someone molded their physical body to match their natural abilities. For example, the increase in strength is most apparent in Michael, who, as a soldier, would benefit him the most.”
“What about the others. What area have the others benefited the most from?”
“John seems to have a larger increase in brain activity. We can’t tell the effect of the changes in Jennifer, “ replied the doctor.
“What about Secretary Stone’s daughter? What abilities did she gain?”
“She is still puzzling me. She definitely has the largest increase in brain activity, but not in the same areas as the others. Her brain scans show an increase in activity in the areas responsible for memory and emotions. Whoever did this might have botched the procedure with her. If not that, then I don’t know what effect they were going for.”
“Thank you Doctor. I should report this to my superiors immediately,” The major said and turned to leave.
“About that. I’m sure it can wait until the morning. I was just about to leave. I’ll be here first thing in the morning to answer any more questions your superiors might have. I’m sure they would rather not be disturbed this late at night anyways, “ replied the doctor.
“Sorry Doctor. I’m afraid we will need you to work some overtime tonight, “ the Major said as he walked out the door.
“But its nearly 1 am. I didn’t take a government job for the pay you know, “ mumbled the doctor to the closed door.