Detective Wilcox (Agents of the Planetary Republic Book 1) by Jaxon Reed

Author:Jaxon Reed [Reed, Jaxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-20T22:00:00+00:00

Wilcox returned her attention to the controls for a while. Collier and Boggs continued conversing in the back seat. They discussed life onboard troop transports, and shared experiences in the Academy.

Wilcox felt fairly certain that Boggs was smitten with Collier. He certainly transmitted all the right signals during their conversation.

For her part, Collier remained polite and professional. If she was attracted to Boggs, she did not make any outward displays or cast any hints.

That was smart, Wilcox thought. It was smart on multiple levels.

She took a look at the map displayed on her windshield.

“We’re getting close. I’m going to look for a place to park.”

Down below, the scenery changed. Buildings now looked gray and dingy. Debris choked the alleys and litter fluttered through the streets.

People moved slower on the sidewalks, too. Some pushed carts full of trash, intent on selling scrap for credits. Others sat with backs propped up against the walls with a hat nearby collecting tokens.

“One of the bad parts of town,” Boggs said, looking down from the window.

“I take it OPD doesn’t spend much time here?” Wilcox said.

Boggs glanced at Collier and said, “You’re an Octavian native. What do you know about Eastside?”

Collier shrugged and said, “There are slums in every city. This is one of ours.”

“Slums tend to get bought out and redeveloped, eventually,” Wilcox said. “PLAIR, run a report on real estate sales in Eastside going back the last five years. Let me know who’s been buying property and what they’ve done with it, if anything.”

“Will do, Detective Wilcox.”

Collier said, “Why is she calling you ‘Detective?’ Aren’t you the Assistant Director now?”

Gina shrugged and said, “Maybe she hasn’t updated the title in her database yet. It doesn’t matter so long as she does what I ask.”

She glanced back down at the dull scenery below.

“Uh oh.”

“What is it, Sarge?”

“What we’re looking at right now is an electronic reflection field.”

Both agents in the back seat stared down. The scene remained the same, with dingy streets and littered alleyways.

“How can you tell?” Collier said. “I don’t see any difference.”

Gina said, “That’s the point. It looks the same, but it’s not.”

She thought fast. How could she explain her powers without giving everything away?

She said, “I, uh, received some special training when I was on special assignment toward the end of the war. You’re just going to have to trust me on this. All these blocks below us that we’re looking at are under an electronic field disguising the true view from above. We are not seeing what is actually going on below. Somebody spent a lot of money on this to protect the view from satellites and police flyovers.”

She turned the car around and flew back out of the field’s area of effect.

“I’m going to set down on the street over here so we can get out and walk in under it.”

Little terrestrial traffic flowed in the street, so Gina landed next to a sidewalk in front of an abandoned car.

She popped the top and everybody got out, pulling egg grenades and other bags with the long guns out.

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