Chaos (Cy Reed Adventure) by Meyer David

Author:Meyer, David [Meyer, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Guerrilla Explorer Publishing
Published: 2011-10-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

The truth crashed into my mind, sending it spinning in a dozen different directions. “You’re lying.”

“Why would I lie?”

I suddenly felt very tired. I’d lost a lot of blood during the last hour. I just hoped I had enough left in me to keep from passing out. “But how…?”

“The Bell originated from the Uranverein. It…”

“The Uranverein?”

“The Nazi nuclear energy project.” He took a step toward me. “When it became clear that Germany was doomed, the SS dismantled the Bell and murdered all of the scientists and technicians associated with it. But they spared Hartek, seeing him as a valuable asset for the inevitable rise of the Fourth Reich. Later, they entrusted him with Nazi spoils via ODESSA.”

I stepped back. “Come to think of it, I’ve heard of Red Mercury. Back in the 1990s, there were all sorts of reports about it. But it was developed by the Soviet Union, not the Nazis.”

“The reports started much earlier than that – 1976 to be exact.” He frowned. “After Rictor vanished, I suspected a double-cross. I did everything I could to find him. When that failed, I leaked the existence of Red Mercury to the media, hoping to smoke him out. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.”

“How do you know Red Mercury even exists? What if Rictor made the whole thing up just to get a payout?”

“Do you really think I’m stupid enough to buy something without proof?”

A wave of dizziness hit me and I grabbed the desk to steady myself.

“Frankly, yes.”

He sneered. “Rictor gave me a sample of Red Mercury during our first meeting. Tests confirmed that it generated sufficient amounts of energy to explode a hydrogen bomb. After it decayed, my best scientists spent years trying to recreate it. But without the Bell, nuclear weapons are beyond my capabilities.”

“Along with any hope for sanity.”

Chase ignored me. “Theoretically, it’s not difficult to build a nuclear weapon. The U.S. Army proved that in 1964. They secretly hired two physics professors to design an atomic bomb using only public information. In just two years, those professors had developed the blueprints for a Hiroshima-sized weapon that could be built in a normal machine shop.”

His eyes tensed. Then, his hand reached to his collar and scratched his neck. I caught a glimpse of a large ugly welt underneath his shirt’s fine fabric.

“Just blueprints?” I asked.

“Even with a working design, an atomic bomb was out of their reach. They lacked the appropriate fissionable materials. Specifically, Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239. That’s the secret of non-proliferation efforts. While the knowledge to build a bomb is available, the materials are nearly impossible to procure. Red Mercury will change that.”

“And in the process, put nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists.” I shook my head. “Are you crazy?”

“I’m not crazy. I’m a businessman who sees an opportunity. For over sixty years, a small club of elite states has held a monopoly on nuclear arms. They’ve fought hard to maintain that monopoly, even going to war in some cases. And yet, they refuse to give up their own weapons.

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