Infiltrator

By Quentin Eddington

The ETB has created a process of solving people's problems by going inside their patients minds. They have evolved therapy to be the greatest it has ever been. Jacob Blair, a new recruit to the ETB, discovers a dark secret that could shake the world to its core . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Quentin Eddington
• Release date: Nov 4, 2015

Quentin Eddington

Quentin Eddington is a fantasy realism and sci-fi author.Though only started self-publishing, Quentin has been writing fiction since he was in middle school, and it wasn't in English class. He loves books, movies, and occasionally shenanigans.

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Infiltrator

Quentin Eddington

Copyright ｩ 2015 by Quentin Eddington

All rights reserved. Published by Quentin Eddington

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The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Cover illustration by Quentin Eddington

To everyone who supports me.

1

Thinking has become a chore. I tapped my foot on the ground, making to make as little sound as possible.

This job interview was much more than an interview. It was a training simulation, and failure would mean I'd be unemployed. I wished I could un-quit my old job. It would have been a decent cushion.

Jacob Blair, The speakers called.

I got up, with my legs shaking under the pressure. Hopefully, nobody would notice.

I walked into a small room, with a table covered in paper and posters of the human brain on the white walls. It reminded me of a doctor's office.

Hello, A woman wearing a lab coat gave me a warm smile, Don't worry, everything's going to be fine.

Oh, okay I forced a smile, and tried to look more confident.

Listen, you're applying to be an infiltrator, right? The doctor said.

Yeah,

The tests aren't dangerous. The job can be at times, but not the tests. That was probably where the doctor was giving me a way out. I couldn't really take it.

So what's first? I asked.

We're going to do a simulation. The woman said, Take a seat and we'll begin.

I complied as the doctor got a few things ready,

Okay, don't be shy. The doctor moved a needle over my head. A tingling came from my forehead. After a few more needles, she seemed satisfied with her work.

What do those needles do? I asked.

They are wirelessly connected to a computer that will connect you to a program that simulates an infiltration. That was a mouthful for her.

Okay, whenever you're ready. I said.

The room seemed to be saturated with a rainbow. I blinked at a snail's pace, and when I opened my eyes, the colors had just gotten more intense.

I was about to say something when something yanked me by my head. The place shifted until I was standing in a deserted road.

I stayed calm, and didn't move a centimeter.

This is the first simulation. A blond woman appeared in