Promises Kept (The Kurtherian Endgame Book 9) by Michael Anderle
Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-09-10T16:00:00+00:00
Spires Shipyard, QDS Baba Yaga, Top Deck, Primary Bridge
Izanamiâs hard light avatar appeared beside the transfer area on the mezzanine level when Bethany Anne and Michael exited the Etheric there. âYouâre back. Akio urgently requests you contact him.â
âPut me through to him,â Bethany Anne instructed as she and Michael descended the staircase to the lower level. They waited for the call to connect after taking their seats. However, the viewscreen remained blank.
âWhereâs the problem?â Bethany Anne asked Izanami. âOur end or Akioâs?â
âAkioâs.â Izanami tilted her head. âIâm having some difficulty establishing a connection to Ranger Base One.â
âMore than usual?â Michael inquired.
Akio appeared on the viewscreen before Izanami had a chance to reply. âBethany Anne. Michael. I apologize for the difficulty you had getting through. Our comms have been down for the last few hours. Our technicians are still reestablishing the grid.â
Bethany Anne leaned forward in her chair. âWhat happened?â
âPart of the satellite network we set up in preparation for your arrival was vandalized by two cultists posing as technicians,â Akio explained, his anger made clear by his clipped tone. âThe cultists destroyed several relays before CEREBRO were able to raise the alarm.â
âThey knew what they were doing, then,â Bethany Anne ground out.
Akio nodded in affirmation. âThey had high-yield explosives planted all around the planetary satellites. We were lucky not to lose any of the CEREBRO EIs. As you are aware, while we were equipped to get the communications aspect of the blanket up and running, CEREBRO has limited offensive capability until the tour reaches us. The EIs did what they could to defend themselves from the attack until Sabine and I got out there, by which time the perpetrators had fled down to the planet. They were headed there to destroy Ranger Base Two when the Collective discerned their intent and apprehended their Pod.â
âWere any of the Collective injured?â Bethany Anne asked with concern.
Akio shook his head. âNo. The cultists chose to surrender themselves.â
âWhen a two-ton cephalopod tells you to stop, you donât argue,â Izanami commented before deactivating her avatar in a shower of golden sparkles.
Bethany Anne kept her attention on Akio. âWhere are the cultists now?â
âIn the brig here at Ranger Base One, waiting to be interrogated,â Akio informed her, his concern evident. âThey are not from Dr. Jeddahâs former cell. I was able to discern that much from their thoughts without setting off the safeguards that have been placed upon their minds.â
âSafeguards?â Michael echoed, his interest piqued.
âIâve never seen anything like it,â Akio admitted. âI had them confined and reached out to you immediately, assuming there might be a Kurtherian connection.â
Bethany Anne exchanged glances with Michael. âSounds to me like Isaiah wasnât the only victim of Gödelâs agent.â
Akioâs face fell when Michael nodded his agreement. âThen it is as I feared.â
Michael held onto his growing anger at the situation for the moment. âDo not begin the interrogation just yet,â he told Akio. âI need to be there. Can you keep the prisoners separated until we arrive?â
Akio nodded. âHai. They are in separate cells and can remain there indefinitely.
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