Resurrection by Jeffrey Burger

Author:Jeffrey Burger [Burger, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998340814
Publisher: Jeffrey J. Burger
Published: 2019-11-04T22:00:00+00:00

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Byas Kuyol’s night was warm and damp. Tropical. Strange noises, twitters, filtered by the leaves of the trees were punctuated by shadows that flittered through the night sky.

Jaxon eyed his empty ring finger, rubbing it with his thumb while Rikit secured the clinic’s front entrance. The image in his mind of a ring, struck a familiar chord, but it wasn’t clearly defined in his mind yet, or what it’s significance might be. “So, you’re telling me you just left me here in that tube for a week? Alone?”

“A little over a week actually.”

“No wonder I’m hungry,” he grumped, looking back up when Rikit stepped away from the keypad on the wall.

“You had nutrients in the transmission fluid - it’s absorbed through the skin. It also deals with bodily waste…”

“Aw geeeez…” grimaced Jaxon, “I didn’t want to know that! That’s disgusting.”

“What...? It’s thoroughly filtered…”

“Oh, God, please stop talking...” He looked around the darkened parking lot, “Where’s your car?”

“Car?”

“Conveyance? Personal form of transportation?”

Rikit, without his medical smock, dressed in street clothes and an unremarkable jacket, shrugged. “I walk.”

Jaxon raised an eyebrow, his hands on his hips, “You’re not really a doctor, are you…” It was more a deduction than a question.

“What? What makes you say that? Because I walk?”

Jaxon waved toward him, taking him in from head to toe, “No offense, but your clothes… are, well…”

“Plain?”

Jaxon nodded, “Partly that. And I’ve never heard of a doctor without a Mercedes…” He watched Rikit’s face register silent confusion. “A luxury form of personal transportation,” he clarified. “So where do we eat - I’m starving.”

Rikit pointed up the street, “That way.”

Jaxon scanned the shadows as they walked, “Y’know, this doesn’t look like the best of neighborhoods.”

“It’s not the neighborhood,” commented Rikit, “the whole city looks pretty much like this.”

Jaxon’s eyes widened with surprise, “Really? Swell. What a dump,” he muttered. “No offense,” he apologized quickly, remembering this was the other man’s home.

“No, it’s a dump, as you put it,” agreed Rikit. “That’s why I want to get out of here so bad.”

“And what is it you do, then? You really didn’t say…”

Rikit’s face tightened as he chewed on the inside of his cheek, diverting his eyes, “I’m the custodian at the clinic. I clean and maintain the clinic and its equipment. Sometimes I fix things.”

“And sometimes you save people,” added Jaxon, with an appreciative smile. “Look, it’s honest work, nothing to be ashamed of.”

“Thanks.”

They walked for a couple blocks in silence, a few scattered lights from buildings casting odd, irregular shadows. No sidewalks and little illumination in the way of street lighting made for a precarious stroll. Blocks ahead, the lighting seemed more abundant. “How far is this place?”

“Another few blocks.”

Jaxon’s stomach grumbled, “Is the food any good?”

“It’s alright I suppose. It won’t kill you, if that’s what you’re asking.”

“That’s not exactly the shining endorsement you might think it is,” remarked Jaxon, dryly. “By the way, I hope you’re buying - I seem to have misplaced my wallet. Must have left it in

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