Reboot by David Clark

Author:David Clark [Clark, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

8

Doug and Robert talked for hours. After a few more drinks shared by each, Doug helped the wobbly-legged Robert back to the apartment he and Amy shared. The exhaustion of the last few days had taken finally caught up with him. After Doug helped him to the bed, Robert was out before Doug even hit the door.

When Robert woke up, it was late the next morning. Amy was just coming out of the shower, looking physically refreshed, but her mind was still worn. Robert gave her a quick hug to help make things all right. It had little effect on either of them. These were wounds that only time could heal.

After a hot shower himself, he joined Jill and Amy downstairs in the cafeteria for some breakfast. Doug had already left his apartment when they passed by. The three of them blended in wearing the gray sweat suits and t-shirt. The only difference between them and the others was the lack of a crew cut, and the sweat from several hours in the gym. they sat at a table, keeping to themselves in the large open dining room. White round tables, surrounded by chrome-tube framed chairs with red fabric seats and backs, dotted the same brown floor tile that was throughout the building. A long buffet-style station was against the front wall. The setup was similar to what Robert remembered from school. You picked up a tray, slid it down the metal counter, stopping at various stations to be served. Still, like when they walked through, no one paid any attention to them. When they went through the line, those serving them were polite and made eye contact, but did not try to talk to them. A contrast to the multitude of conversations going on around them with the others in the line. It was like the employees were used to a transient population. People arrived, performed an assignment that no one was to know about, and left.

Robert still found it difficult to eat with so much on his mind. All he managed was to take several sips of the coffee and poke at the mixed fruit, occasionally skewering a piece and blindly plunging it into his mouth as he watched the people move about around them. His attention was so divided, he never noticed Doug placing a hand on the back of his chair as he leaned in to talk to the table.

“Morning, guys. I hope a good night’s sleep helped you. I have some good news. The flight we talked about will be here tonight at 2:15 am, local time. Don’t get too excited. It is a military cargo aircraft coming into Kadena Air Base, in Okinawa. We need to take a quick flight in the Embassy Gulfstream jet from here to there. We leave at 11:00 tonight.”

Jill asked, “I thought it was too dangerous for us to go to the airport?”

“It is a regional airport and our plane is technically diplomatic property, so they won’t mess with us.

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