Lunar Interlude: A Dystopian Sci-Fi Adventure (Cyber Dreams Book 5) by Plum Parrot

Author:Plum Parrot [Parrot, Plum]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

26

Another Sister

To Juliet’s surprise, Frida answered the call immediately, already dressed and alert, sitting at a table with the burgeoning Luna dome “sunrise” providing a stunning backdrop in the window behind her. “Pretty early for a call,” she said, sipping from a coffee cup. “Is something the matter?”

“Uh, yeah, kind of. Dang, you’re up bright and early, huh?”

Frida smiled, her green eyes twinkling. “The boss’s day starts at four, so yeah, I have to be ready early.”

“On Saturday?” The corner of Juliet’s mouth twisted into a lopsided grin.

“Well, he’ll probably leave me alone today, but you never know. Anyway, when you wake up at four every day, it makes sleeping in kind of difficult. So? What’s the issue?”

“I want you to run something by your boss.” Juliet swerved to get around a slow-moving cargo van, softly groaning as she saw the cars backing up near the port exit. She wanted to make a quick ten-minute pit stop to pick up the Cybergen PAI for Aya, but looking at her traffic map, it looked like it was going to take more like an hour. “I picked up a job a while back, and it’s starting to get complicated. Do you think he’d let me hire your crew for a few days, maybe a week or two?”

“Are you kidding? He’d probably insist we help you for free.”

“We?”

Frida snorted. “Who do you think organizes logistics and coordinates those meatheads?”

“Yeah, that makes sense. So, will you ask him?”

Frida sipped her coffee. Juliet had a feeling she was using the sizable ceramic mug as cover, hiding her expression while she thought about how to answer. As she lowered the drink and swallowed, she said, “Of course I want to help you, but can you give me an idea what’s going on? It’ll make things a lot easier with …”

“Oh, yeah, sure. I got hired by a Luna Security Corp officer to investigate corruption in the department. It started out with some robberies in the industrial dome where some friends and I are rebuilding an old ship, but it turns out the corruption is a lot worse than I thought. Now I’m dealing with a pharmaceutical company and a bunch of corpo-sec bad apples. We’re talking murder, organ harvesting, and probably a lot more.”

“Holy cow, Lucky! Are you sure you couldn’t have involved a few other major corps? Maybe you can get some politicians into the mix! Jeez! Seriously, you know we don’t normally operate on Luna; it’s kinda a big ask to take on the freakin’ city corpo-sec!”

Juliet scowled. “I’m not looking for charity; I said I’d hire you guys.”

Frida’s eyebrows narrowed, matching Juliet’s scowl, and she spoke quickly and sharply. “Yeah, but you know how Tanaka is! He’s desperate to please you for some damn reason. You know he’s not going to say no. Do you think it’s right to get us all involved in something like that because my boss has a few loose screws where you’re concerned? You don’t think we should

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