Blood Royal by Will McDermott & Gordon Rennie

Author:Will McDermott & Gordon Rennie [McDermott, Will]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: BL Publishing
Published: 2005-07-03T07:00:00+00:00

ВOBO SNUCK UP behind Dutt, who was crouched behind a rubbish pile in an alley across from the armourer’s place. He’d thought it over and over, and had decided that something wasn’t quite right. There was more to this mission than a simple R&R, and he hated working in the dark. It was time to compare notes.

He was amazed at how close Dutt had let him get. He could have killed him ten minutes ago if he’d wanted, but that was why Bobo worked for the Spire and Dutt worked for Nemo. The next part would be tricky, though. Dutt still had his pict-camera trained on the shop. If he turned and caught Bobo in the recorder’s field of vision, Nemo would have a record of this meeting.

He took another step forward, ready to drop to the ground and roll if Dutt should turn around. Before

Bobo could take a second step, Dutt lifted a needier and pointed it right between Bobo’s eyes without even turning his head.

‘Impressive,’ said Bobo. He slid to the side a few steps, and Dutt tracked him with the needier. Nemo’s spy still hadn’t turned. Very impressive. I’m not here to take you out. If I was, you would already be dead!’

Dutt turned, leaving the pict recorder on the pile, pointing at the shop. He spread his arms, palms up, although Bobo noticed that the barrel of the weapon never wavered. He wasn’t sure what the shrug was supposed to suggest, so he just continued. ‘I’m here to talk. There’s something not right about this mission. So I thought - it sounds crazy now that I’m saying it, but it’s been a crazy few days, huh? - I thought we should talk. You know, compare notes. Okay, if you don’t say something soon, I’m just going to shoot you for spite!’

Bobo watched in fascination as Dutt raised his empty hand to his mouth. He opened up and reached inside with two fingers and his thumb. The fingers twisted slightly, and Bobo could swear he heard something click. When he brought his fingers back out, he was holding a tooth. Dutt reached down and jammed his hand into the rubbish heap up to the elbow, then brought his muck-encrusted arm back out, and spread his hand to show that it was empty.

‘Now I can talk.’ Dutt said. ‘Nemo’s subvocal implant. It transmits everything I say right back to Nemo. I had it modified, so I could remove it whenever I want!’

‘Interesting boss you have there!’

‘It’s a living.’ replied Dutt. ‘I saw you at Noritake’s!’

‘Only because I wanted you to see me,’ said Bobo. ‘I saw you first!’

‘Whatever.’ Dutt glanced over his shoulder to make sure that Jerico was still in the shop. ‘Say what you have to say. They’ll be coming out soon.’

‘How do you know?’

‘Nemo’s had the armourer bugged for ages,’ said Dutt. ‘It’s one of Jerico’s favourite haunts. Spill it. Why are you here?’

‘I just got a bad feeling about this one. Too many big things happening all at once.

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