Deep Waters (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 3) by Kevin McLaughlin

Author:Kevin McLaughlin [McLaughlin, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Role of the Hero Publishing
Published: 2016-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

11

Charline recognized Cory at once. He stood in the doorway to the lab, still dressed in the black suit he’d been wearing when she saw him earlier. He looked a bit more rumpled now, but still wore a wicked grin. That grin vanished instantly when she raised her pistols and aimed at him. He raised his hands.

“Whoa,” he said. “I’m on your side.”

“That’s what we thought about your boss, too. Until he busted into the lab,” Charline snapped.

“I gave you that gun, remember?” Cory replied.

She did. “Why?”

“Because I could tell something was up. I didn’t know what, though. Not until it was too late,” Cory said. “Those guys I was with - I’d never seen them before today. I was a few minutes late showing up for the detail. I had to rush over, it was a last minute call from John, he said he wanted extra manpower on site,” Cory said. “When I got there, those goons were waiting on the tarmac for you. I’d never seen them before, which raised some suspicions. But I don’t know everyone John hires for security.”

Charline took all this in quietly. He could be telling the truth. There was really only one way to find out. She needed to ask John.

“Beth, can you set up a call to John? I think we’re going to need some help on this anyway. And he can verify Cory’s story,” she said.

“Smart,” Cory said. He was still keeping his hands where she could see them, which she personally thought was also smart.

“What changed?” she asked.

“Nothing. They were playing everything right. I just still had misgivings. And John said you could handle yourself, so I figured having a firearm might help you out if things went sideways,” Cory said. He glanced around the room. “Looks like I was right.”

“You were,” Charline said. She lowered the pistol. It was still in her hand, but aiming a gun at the guy seemed a little over the top if he was telling the truth. If he were one of the bad guys, why would he still be here? They’d even pulled their wounded men out, under the cover of the automatic gunfire. They’d been careful to leave very little behind.

“They tried to shoot me as soon as you left the roof,” he said. “I had another pistol, but they pinned me down until it was too late for me to get in here and help you. I’m sorry.”

Charline was beginning to feel a little warmer to him, despite her reservations. “At least you tried.”

“Listen,” Cory said. “This is a military lab. The fire drill kept people out for a few minutes, but this place is going to be crawling with security in no time. We need to get you out of here.”

“How?” Charline asked.

“I’ve got a flyer on the way. You want to find those guys, right?”

Charline thought fast. He wasn’t wrong. She was surprised that security hadn’t already busted in here. Once they arrived, they’d detain everyone present. There would be questions, lots of them.

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