Area 51 - 06 - Excalibur - Robert Doherty by Robert Doherty

Author:Robert Doherty
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2009-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

NEVADA DESERT

Mike Turcotte climbed up the side of the bouncer and slid inside. Quinn, Mualama, Kincaid, and Yakov watched him enter. Turcotte could smell the fear coming off them, no matter how much they tried to control it. They all knew they had been targeted for death and just barely escaped. He'd learned early in his military career that fear was a part of combat and could not be dismissed.

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"What happened to Che Lu?" he asked, noting the blood splattered on Quinn's uniform.

"She was killed." Quinn's hollow voice indicated his shock.

"I know that," Turcotte said. "I just buried her. How did she die?"

"Ricochet off the bouncer. Killed her instantly." Turcotte sat down on the floor of the bouncer feeling the little energy he'd gained drain from him. His earlier suspicious thoughts about the old Chinese professor and her timing of the opening of Qian-Ling had faded away as he dug into the sand with his bare hands. He remembered her concern for him when he had searched for the Mission.

He looked at each of the four closely. Quinn was in the pilot's seat, a laptop extended across him, screen glowing, but his eyes were dull. Yakov, the large Russian, was standing, his presence filling the interior, the top of the bouncer just inches above his head. Kincaid had his own laptop clutched in his hands. And Mualama—Turcotte frowned as he looked at the African archaeologist. His initial impression of fear and anxiety from those inside didn't extend to Mualama, who appeared quite unconcerned about recent events. A metal briefcase was at his feet and Turcotte assumed that it held Burton's manuscript.

"What have I missed?" Turcotte asked. "Major?" he said in a sharper voice, getting Quinn's attention.

Quinn answered. "I've got no contact with anything at Area 51 and—"

"The equipment was destroyed and everyone left there arrested," Turcotte said succinctly. "Area 51 is shut down. Who did it?"

"Uh—" Quinn was flustered. "I don't know."

"They were Americans," Turcotte said. "Were they under the influence of Guides?"

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