Apparition (The Glitch Book 3) by Phil Maxey

Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2020-03-07T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

A knock came on Mike’s room’s door. He opened his eyes to darkness, then scrambled to find the switch to the small lamp, which he successfully did. “Yes!” he shouted.

“Debriefing is in ten minutes, sir,” said a soldier on the other side of his door.

“Yeah, yeah I’ll be there.”

The events of just five hours before flooded back into his brain.

Alexis.

He threw the sheet off and sat up, then quickly dressed and left the room, running along the corridor until he found the elevator. He had no idea where she was, but he knew Denise or one of the generals would, so they were his destination. He quickly moved inside the metal cage, which rattled after he pressed the floor for the research and development level. The door slid back and he ran out, brushing past a soldier and along a corridor until reaching the end and the two guards stationed there. “I need to see doctor Reed.”

“She’s gone to the debriefing on floor—”

He had already spun around and was running to the elevator before the soldier finished what he was saying. Less than a minute later Mike had emerged into the large CIC room, then ran along one of the aisles making his way best he could remember back to Corolla’s office.

“Hey Mike!”

He turned around to Cary walking towards him. “Congratulations on agent Adam’s return. You heading to the debriefing?”

“Err… yeah, but I—”

“Great, me too.” They both started walking to the back of the room. “I heard that there were thousands of AI’s in the city?”

“Yeah…”

Cary shook his head. “And this thing, expects us to just go along with that for the sake of a truce.”

They climbed some steps until they were outside Corolla’s office.

“You got any reports from other nearby cities?” said Mike. “Are they the same?”

Cary hesitated for a second, then pulled the handle down and pushed the door open. “Most of the towns within a two hundred—” He walked inside with Mike following, who then stopped just inside the doorway. Denise was busily chatting to Alexis who was seated next to her. “— mile radius have been in communication blackout with the rest of country for days. So who knows.” Alexis looked up and smiled at Mike who did the same in return.

“Good. You’re a minute early,” said Corolla at the head of the table. He nodded towards a pot and some mugs. “There’s coffee.”

Mike sat next to Cary and opposite Alexis. He was surprised but glad for how relaxed she looked.

“Agent Adams has been filling us in on the last few days. If I hadn’t heard it from her I might not have believed it. It appears that the AI really does want to settle this without anymore violence. Which is a win for us.”

“What about all the people in Tucson? And other cities?” said Mike.

A look of unease passed around Corolla and the other generals and admiral. Corolla looked at Denise who then realized he expected her to take Mike’s question.

“Oh, well the AI

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