(eng) Lindsay Buroker - Fallen Empire 05 by Cleon Moon

Author:Cleon Moon [Moon, Cleon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Alisa sat in NavCom, watching numbly as Mica poked at the ship’s computer console, grumbling about the slow speed of the sys-net interface and wondering if the city deliberately made it slow so they could charge more for their pay-by-the-hour access. The view screen looked out in the opposite direction of the docks, toward a street of warehouses and the domed wall that marked the boundary of the city. The light outside was growing dimmer, the suns setting on this side of the moon.

Back in sickbay, Leonidas remained unconscious. Alisa felt like she should be at his side or at least sitting in the room with him, but it had been several hours, and Beck had not responded to his comm. She had to assume he was in trouble. She couldn’t give up on the rest of her crew to hunker down beside Leonidas. He wouldn’t want that. Besides, there was nothing she could do for him. Alejandro was looking up medical facilities on Cleon Moon to see if any might be good enough to help. If there were any good enough anywhere. Could even a master brain surgeon with all the most advanced equipment combat what some twisted Starseer had done?

“Got his helmet comm pinpointed,” Mica said, leaning back in the co-pilot’s seat. “He’s in a warehouse a few miles from here.”

“The chef’s warehouse?” Alisa wasn’t sure whether to find that reassuring or not. It was good that he hadn’t been waylaid by a pack of mafia men in an alley somewhere, but why would he have run into trouble going to what had essentially been a job interview?

“It’s not the address listed on that original flyer, but…” The display changed as Mica researched something else. “According to the public records, that warehouse is owned by the Satin Scourge—I get the feeling everything here is—and is rented to a Chef Leblanc.”

“That’s the fellow whose burgers Beck was drooling over. He might have been drooling slightly over the chef too.” Alisa rubbed her chin. “We met one of the leaders of the Satin Scourge. Solstice.”

“How alliterative.”

“She said her husband leads the mafia family, but that she presides over the city.”

“Could you ask her to check and see if anything strange happened at her warehouse?”

Alisa grimaced. “I don’t think she’d give me any information. Or answer if I commed. She might tell Leonidas.”

“I don’t think he’s in a position to chat with people right now.”

“No. We’ll check for ourselves. I’ll see if Abelardus wants to go for a visit.” Alisa had never thought she would depend on Abelardus to act as her security backup, but she didn’t have much choice. She doubted it would be wise to visit that warehouse by herself. “Do you and Yumi want to come?”

The ship shouldn’t be in much danger now, but Alisa worried about leaving them behind since any Starseer who wandered past could apparently thwart the Nomad’s locks. Of course, Alejandro might not appreciate being left alone again.

“Yumi’s going?” Mica sounded surprised.

“I don’t know.

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