1989 Svaha by Charles de Lint

Author:Charles de Lint [Lint, Charles de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SF/Fantasy
Publisher: Charles de Lint
Published: 1989-10-14T23:00:00+00:00

6

The klaxon whine of his com-link’s alarm circuits brought Yip out of bed and scrambling for his clothes before he was even fully awake. He killed the alarm on his com-link and listened gravely to the orders he was given, sleep dropping away as the import of what he was being told sank in.

“Phillip, what is it?” Miko asked from the bed. Her eyes still appeared half-asleep, her dark hair mussed.

“A riot in the squats—yaks attacking a club.”

“Yaks?” Miko sat up, suddenly awake now herself. “That’s impossible.”

Yip shrugged and began to put on his clothes. “I only know what I’ve been told.”

Miko reached over to a side table and used the remote control unit there to turn on her vid. She switched stations until she was tuned in to the Fax Vid report. Their cameramen were already on the scene of what looked like a full-blown war from an action vid. Chinas and tongs warred with yaks. She and Yip had tuned in just in time to see the arrival of the first Ho Anzen security officers who indiscriminately sprayed laser fire at either side.

“Chiksho,” she murmured and turned to Yip. “Why is Ho Anzen getting involved? The squats aren’t included in their franchise.”

Yip was wondering that himself. “Apparently Goro hasn’t got friends at the very top of the company yet,” he said. “Takahata must be using this as an excuse to hunt down a few yaks. Dealing with them in a situation such as this allows for a far cheaper and more conclusive solution to them than one can gain in the courts, neh? To attack Goro’s men in the city like this, couldn’t be justified, but in the squats… Who cares what happens in the squats?”

He started for the door.

“Phillip—be careful. Come back to me.”

Yip paused, hand on the door. “Hai,” he said. Then he left to join the madness in the squats.

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