Lost Galaxy: The Complete Series (Books 1-6) (Complete Series Box Sets) by Daniel Young

Author:Daniel Young [Young, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-20T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

TWO

Brigadier Falkner strolled into the lab and grinned at Bowman. Falkner set ZAK’s two severed arms on the worktable. “That was great! That exercise was a big success. The Guard brass is going to be delighted with the results.”

“How can they be delighted about ZAK firing on human beings? You said you were going to reprogram her to target Pterans.”

“We did reprogram her to target Pterans.” Falkner bent over his computer to avoid eye contact with Bowman. “You saw the programming yourself, Jack. We couldn’t exactly reprogram her without you translating the language for us. You practically programmed her yourself.”

“Don’t pin this on me. I saw you program her to target Pterans, so why did she target humans on the training range? Her reactions make no sense at all. She completely ignored the Pteran decoys and went straight for the Guard.”

“That’s nothing we can’t work out. We’ll just go back into the targeting system and…”

“She also targeted me, Duke. Did you see that? She was shooting at the Guard, and when I showed up, she stopped what she was doing to come after me specifically. How do you explain that?”

“Lieutenant…” ZAK began.

He held up his hand to silence her. “That could only happen if one of your technicians pulled up the programming and altered her targeting system when I wasn’t around. Olsen was working with me to reprogram ZAK. If you didn’t do it, she must have.”

Falkner rolled his eyes to Heaven. “Please, Jack. Olsen has been exposed to the Pteran language for a matter of weeks. Are you telling me she learned it well enough just from watching you to be able to reprogram ZAK without your help? That’s impossible. You know it is.”

Bowman narrowed his eyes at his brother. “Why are you running me in circles? Why won’t you give me a straight answer?’

“I am giving you a straight answer, Jack. I’m telling you there was a glitch in the programming, which is understandable considering that none of us has any experience with Pteran technology. We’re reinventing the wheel here. We’ve had this conversation a thousand times. Do we really have to have it again?”

Bowman measured Falkner up and down. He didn’t really need to have this conversation again. He knew what he saw and heard. His gut told him something was off-kilter here. This shit had been going on way too long.

Why did he even bother to question his instincts? They told him he couldn’t trust Falkner on this project. Bowman just hated to start doubting the one person he most trusted in the world.

He was so happy when Falkner took over this project. Bowman thought he could count on Falkner to help him figure out who and what was messing with his life. Now he found out his own brother was twisting the situation to make it worse instead of better.

Bowman pointed to ZAK’s forearms. “Reattach those…without the gauntlets. Do you think you can do that without screwing that up, too?”

He stormed out of the lab. Falkner called after him.

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