Closer (Tunnels) by Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams

Author:Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams [Gordon, Roderick & Williams, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781906427351
Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
Published: 2010-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

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As Colonel Bismarck and the New Germanian soldier held back, the Limiter General brought the twins up to speed.

"You need to see this," he said, speaking quietly so he wouldn't be overheard by Will or Dr. Burrows. He produced a pouch and emptied its contents into his gloved hand. There were pieces of both a vial and another bottle of brown glass, along with some desiccated blades of grass.

"White stopper," Rebecca Two noted, exchanging glances with her sister. "But what's this?" She carefully picked out a label still stuck to a fragment of the brown glass and held it up.

"It's in Russian, so it must be from the medicine bay of the submarine you found," the Limiter General replied. "I'd hazard a guess that both the vials were being kept in the bottle, with a wad of grass around them for protection."

Rebecca One considered this. "So if that's all that's left of the vial with the white top, we're down one vaccine. And there's no sign at all of our virus?"

The Limiter General continued with his report. "No. Our stalkers made short work of ferreting out where this had been buried in the ground. Someone's been there very recently -- in the last hour or two, we estimate. The earth's been freshly dug, and the turf was laid back over it in an effort to hide it from us."

"So we can assume that Elliott tried to retrieve both vials and, in the process, the idiot broke one. Either accidentally or on purpose. And she probably has the Dominion with her right now," Rebecca One concluded. She contemplated the white stopper in the Limiter General's palm. "Pity about that, but it doesn't really matter -- we can always manufacture more vaccine after we've got the virus back." The she glanced over to where the New Germanian soldier was attaching a large khaki-colored speaker to the top of a tripod, and one of his comrades was connecting up a box with dials on it to a large battery. "Is the PA system ready?" she asked, directing the question at Colonel Bismarck."

"Almost," he confirmed. "We're just bringing up the rest of the speakers now."

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