Death Drones by Christopher Fox

Author:Christopher Fox [Fox, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780995008939
Google: Ulk3tAEACAAJ
Amazon: B079KK8R57
Barnesnoble: B079KK8R57
Publisher: Christopher Fox
Published: 2018-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

They asked Richard to prepare the water board, which they had constructed of ½" plywood and cut to 80" by 36" and mounted on a single fixed trestle, in the centre, with a piano hinge that would allow it to tilt in both directions. There were two other trestles used to support each end during prep. They had cut slots along each side, through which they threaded the restraint straps. They used truck tie-down straps for the restraints, as that was the best they could get at the Sinsa hardware store in Managua. Richard set it up in the garage as they preferred not to do it in the cell. Bob, Daniel, Miguel, and Roberto entered the garage, and Daniel asked Richard to get Mohammad.

Mohammad looked at the plywood mounted on the trestles and stopped short.

“I told you everything I know. What is this for?”

“Forgive our scepticism,” said Daniel, “but we believe you know something about the planned attack using Sarin.”

“But I don’t,” he pleaded.

Richard eased him onto the water board, overcoming Mohammad’s objections and his struggling. Daniel and Miguel assisted Richard in getting him onto the board and tightening up the restraints. Richard kicked out the two end-supporting trestles while Miguel and Roberto inclined the board so that Mohammad’s head was lower than the rest of his body. Bob placed a towel over Mohammad’s face while Daniel poured water over the towel from a large juice container. Mohammad spluttered as he tried not to breathe, but the water seeps into the nasal cavity, triggering the body’s automatic functions. He tried to expel the water, but gravity and the towel held it in place. He could expel a little water through the mouth, but much of it went down his windpipe, causing an involuntary coughing. Bob held the cloth and Richard counted out the seconds. When Bob raised the cloth, Daniel was to stop the pour immediately. The legal guidance was to pour for twenty to forty seconds, allow the person to breathe unimpeded for three or four breaths, then pour water for another twenty to forty seconds. But, in Bob’s experience, twenty seconds was too long, so he only did it for ten seconds. The procedure normally lasted for twenty minutes. However, after only a few minutes, Mohammad convulsed, so Miguel and Roberto heaved the board up so he was in a vertical position, whereby Mohammad sprouted water out of his nose and mouth, then vomited. Miguel and Roberto had to move quickly to one side to evade the torrents of undigested food emanating from his mouth.

Mohammad looked sad with vomit over his chest and around his mouth. He was breathing heavily, and there were bubbles of puke around his mouth. After a few minutes, Bob nodded to Miguel and Roberto to return the board to the 45º downward angle to resume the water-boarding. The main reason for continuing was to show that a dramatic display would not stop the procedures.

“No, no,” Mohammad said feebly. “No,” he said as they placed the towel over his head again and Daniel started the pour.

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