Firestarter 2: Rekindled Page #2

The university's reaction?

An absolute disgrace.

Mrs Wanless, people forget

it was a different situation.

Exactly. The Soviet Union had already

made tremendous advances in this area.

The Lot 6 programme was

an opportunity to narrow the gap.

- What sort of drug was it?

- Dilysergic triune acid.

One of several new psychotropics tested.

I don't recall the others.

But Joseph thought Lot 6

was a real breakthrough.

He felt terrible for those people, of course,

but you have to make

sacrifices for knowledge.

Did Dr Wanless keep any

personal records of his research?

Of course. Come with me. This way.

I kept all of it just as when he was alive.

Do you know if he did any follow-up

on the Lot 6 programme?

Lot 6, that's here.

This is what you want, right here.

- May I?

- Oh, yes, certainly.

"Surveillance was maintained

on the four subjects who demonstrated

no overt adverse effects."

"Mary Conant, Andrew McGee,

James Richardson and Vicky Tomlinson."

"Unexpectedly, McGee and Tomlinson

were married that year

and produced one child in 1980,

Charlene McGee."

Charlene McGee

wasn't part of the original study?

No, she was a mistake.

"Charlene McGee, aka Charlie McGee,

aka The Firestarter."

"In 1989 it was determined that

the child had unprecedented..."

What's pyrokinesis?

She lights fires, with her mind.

"She was remanded

to the custody of the state."

"Her dad refused to cooperate, resulting

in the incident at Manders Farm."

Is there any more on Charlene McGee?

Yes, there's a film... somewhere.

Joseph saved everything. He has more

pictures of that girl than our own boy.

(doorbell)

I'll just be a moment.

Could you hit the lights, please?

(Andy) They've found us.

- Hi, Charlie.

- Go away.

- Go away and leave us alone.

- Can't do that.

- And you're fresh out of places to hide.

- You can't have her.

It's not up to you. We all want

what's best for Charlie. Don't we?

- Come here, honey.

- You're not taking my daughter!

Charlie, stop it!

Charlie, listen to me. Stop it!

- Charlie!

- I can't.

Charlie, you have to stop it.

I don't want to.

- What's wrong?

- Nothing.

- Well, sit down.

- No, I'm OK.

I'm OK.

You sure?

Yeah, it was just the... the lights.

They made me dizzy, is all.

Have we met before?

No.

- You sure? You look very familiar.

- I don't think so.

I'm Vincent. Sforza.

Tommy Andrews.

Miss Andrews is doing her thesis on my

husband's research on psychic potential.

- Out... outside the library.

- What?

That's where we met. I bumped into you.

Oh, yeah. I work at the library.

- There you have it.

- So what is your interest in Dr Wanless?

- I'm doing a follow-up study.

- What are you following up?

- An earlier study.

- Mr Sforza is looking into the role

Joseph's research played

in winning the Cold War.

You know,

maybe I can save you some work.

Cos there's no reason why we should

both have to dig through all this raw data.

I can send you

a summary when I'm finished.

Well, that's sweet, but I'm looking

for very specific information.

Really, you're both perfectly welcome

to examine my husband's files

for as long as you need.

(mobile rings)

It's me. Would you excuse me?

- If I could take these and make copies...

- Oh, now, you know I won't allow that.

I've found some of the stuff

we didn't have access to.

Some of the original files from the study.

It's pretty disturbing. Some of the things

they did to these people...

And this relates to

finding Richardson - how?

Because I'd hate to think

you're wasting my time.

There's addresses in those files. I could

find Richardson through his relatives.

Who knows? I may even find

Charlene McGee for you.

That would work for me.

We still have concerns

about Radiant Thunder.

Staging the test

in an uncontrolled environment.

Is it too late to move the operation

to a government facility?

It was designed to fight

the undeclared wars of the 21st century.

That means hitting targets in the midst

of a civilian population with total surprise

and complete deniability.

Testing it on a government facility

defeats the purpose of the test.

- But the target: A bank?

- That's correct.

You're using these children, the most

advanced weapons ever, to rob a bank?

It's not about the bank.

Think about what robbing a bank entails.

Crowd control, penetrating a hardened

structure, targeting a specific objective.

We understand all that. It just seems so...

- Mundane?

- Mundane, yes. And totally deniable.

Nonetheless,

we may have to postpone this.

According to your reports, there are

participants that must be accounted for.

- They're considered security risks.

- And they will be accounted for.

Gentlemen, thank you for your time.

I have to get back to work now.

Excuse me a minute, gentlemen.

Well, John, they didn't do me

any favours in there.

So... where are we in tracking down

the previous test subjects?

We've found virtually all of them.

"Virtually" means the opposite

of what it sounds.

We will locate all the surviving

test subjects before Radiant Thunder.

- Even Charlene McGee?

- With all due respect, McGee is dead.

With respect, Joel,

you don't know anything.

Even if she were alive, what makes you

think she's a threat to Radiant Thunder?

When she was ten,

she could produce 20,000 degrees

of spot heat in less than three seconds.

Enough heat

for concrete blocks to explode.

I'd say that makes her a threat,

wouldn't you?

Aren't you letting your imagination

run away with you?

Joel, my job requires

an absolute lack of imagination.

- John's here.

- (boy) Hi, John.

Oh! Oh, there's my boy.

There he is. Whoa!

- Look what I did. I took out his brains.

- Oh, yes, you did.

Here's the cerebellum.

Then, here's the cerebrum.

And then here's the medulla.

- Can I have a puppy next?

- Oh, well... if you're a good boy.

Oh! You're a heavy lump.

There, down you get.

Now, let's see how Cody's doing.

How's my boy today?

- Can I get you anything?

- (boy) Why does he get all the attention?

We can all do stuff.

He doesn't do anything.

Yeah, I mean, what is so special

about him anyway?

Soon.

Soon.

Why don't you tell us

a story about Charlie?

- Those stories are so stupid.

- Oh, be nice, Paul. Be nice.

- I like it when she burns stuff.

- The farm's the best: She burns people.

All right, then. Come on,

gather round, gather round.

Now, does anyone know

what happened to Charlie

after she burnt up the people at the farm?

She burnt up more people.

No. No, not quite.

Well, do you give up?

Do you want me to tell you?

No.

Hey, stop it, you two. Just stop it.

Well...

Charlie and her daddy ran away.

They went someplace

where nobody knew them.

Charlie was very lonely.

Then a big bird saw her

from way, way up in the sky.

And it swooped down

and grabbed her with its golden claws.

It took her to a... magic castle.

And in the castle

there were toys and games and friends.

But Charlie didn't want to play.

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