Romeo Delta 2 by Taylor Rikkinen

Author:Taylor Rikkinen [Rikkinen, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16 - Volatile Salvage

After arrangements were made and a disguise was applied, Eddie Knox hitched a ride on a mining truck out to the Sky Base 10 crash site with Romney’s head tucked away in the bottom of his travel bag. Upon arrival, Eddie let out a whistle as he stared up at the dirty white biodome and marveled at the size of the thing. He knew that Sky Base 10 had essentially been a floating city, but it was hard to appreciate that fact when viewing it from afar. It was nothing short of luck that he had been dropped off relatively close to the entrance, because there was no discernible road that led to the wreckage and walking along the outskirts towards the only entrance would have been a nightmare.

As he approached the gate, he was met with Romney’s contact, who was looking shifty at best, and Eddie introduced himself under his fake name and told the guy to be cool and relax.

“Easy for you to say,” the nervous contact said. “I could lose my job over this. Just be sure not to attract any attention while you’re in there and don’t pester the diggers.”

“I wouldn’t dream of it,” Eddie lied with a casual grace.

“Good. Now listen, I’ve got you an old security pass that should fool anyone unless they look closely at it, so don’t engage with security in there,” Romney’s contact warned. “I don’t know what you’re going to do in there and I don’t want to know. If you get caught, I’m gonna say that I never saw you, which means they’ll assume that you cut the dome to get in, which is a class 5 felony. Do you understand?”

“Yeah, yeah,” Eddie said dismissively. “Just let me inside and I promise to be good.”

Romney’s contact gave Eddie a displeased look, but let it go. “Fine. I hope you don’t have any allergies because people have been complaining about the smell of mold lately.”

“I’m sure I’ll be fine. I brought a mask just in case,” Eddie said dully. “Any idea what’s causing it?”

“Not really, but I would guess it’s the corpses,” the contact said grimly. “Those bodies have been in the rubble for a while now, so it wouldn’t surprise me that they’re the ones stinking the place up. There’s been a lot of body bags coming out lately and just between you and me, it’s been giving me the creeps.”

“I don’t blame you,” Eddie said with a little bit of sympathy.

Romney’s contact took a moment to run inside and switch off the security camera and let Eddie walk through the gate without a word. As soon as he was inside, Eddie gagged and swiftly dug through his bag for the breathing mask. The thing covered his mouth and nose and as he tightened the strap, he was relieved to be rid of the smell of burning rubber and things decaying in the rubble. He had seen a lot of terrible things over the years

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