Frequency by C. Scott Frank

Author:C. Scott Frank [Frank, C. Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Press
Published: 2018-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

Day 363 - 09:14

“Waking sequence initiated,” Keri announced. “Start the clock.”

“That’s fine. Emily, make sure we’re recording everything here. The more data we have, the better.” Lincoln eased himself into a chair. The team stood in the lab where they normally conducted tests. Lincoln had rarely found himself on this side of the glass—he much preferred a bird’s eye view.

“Can do.” Emily pulled up her datapad. “While we wait, I’d like to see if I can match any of our data to Dr. Fuller’s hypothesis. I’m very interested to see if the linguistic studies I’ve done might help clarify some things for us.”

“Perfect.”

The trio settled in around the lab, waiting for the clone to wake up. The observation deck above the lab remained empty for this procedure; Lincoln wanted the civilians on the team tucked safely away in the mess in case anything went awry. It should prove to be uneventful for the most part, but it paid to be cautious.

The only reason he’d asked Emily to stay was her knowledge of the medical equipment. Damien knew more, sure, but he was far more valuable. As much as Lincoln hated to admit it: Emily was the more expendable. He hoped it wouldn’t come to that. He hated himself for even thinking it.

The only sound in the lab as the team settled in was the low hum of monitoring equipment and the station’s air handlers. After a few silent moments, Edward Amin came into the lab with a frazzled look on his face. “Unbelievable,” he said and crashed into a chair near the entrance.

“What’s going on, Ed? You’re not supposed to be in here.” Lincoln spared a glance at the unconscious clone. “We don’t know if it’s safe, yet.”

“Gibbs and the good doctor.” Edward shook his head and hissed. “Those two can’t even be in a room together. Gibbs is particularly violent this morning, I thought for sure he was going to attack Damien.”

“Violent?” Lincoln had known Gibbs to be hot-headed, but violent? “Where is he now?”

“His quarters, his lab, the gym—well maybe not there. But who knows?” Edward sighed and leaned back in his chair.

Lincoln hadn’t exercised his authority much during the team’s tenure on the station. Maybe that hadn’t been wise. If they couldn’t follow one order… he looked again to the clone. He hoped nothing would happen when the man woke up. If his team was scattered all over the station, they would be that much harder to keep safe. He debated checking his firearm again, but he didn’t want to raise undo concern.

“What should we do?” Keri asked.

“We can’t exactly leave him.” Lincoln nodded toward the clone. “But we can’t have the team wandering all over the station either. Ed, can we pull up the locations for Damien and Gibbs?”

“Yes, it will just take a second.”

“You know…” Keri trailed off and turned to her datapad. Lincoln was about to ask her if she planned to finish that sentence when she turned the datapad around to face him, showing Gibbs’ profile.

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