Second Guess (The Girl in the Box Book 39) by Robert J. Crane

Author:Robert J. Crane
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Ostiagard Press
Published: 2020-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE

“We don't have any camera footage to go on,” Gabriel said, pacing in front of the screens of the Texas DPS HQ. The video was tuned to footage of the Vaquero disaster, and Augustus, Jamal, and I were all scattered around the table; the two of them were seated in chairs, I was sitting on the table itself. I kept getting stray looks from Augustus, who would then quickly look away, and it took me a few minutes to realize it was because there were holes in the cloth in the back of my pants. So three or four quarter-sized portions of my ass cheeks were resting directly on the table.

He didn't say anything, I didn't say anything. Maybe it went back to me being a prude and everyone knowing it and being too polite to say, but I quickly borrowed a Texas DPS jacket and tied it around my waist.

“I might be able to scrounge you up something,” Jamal said, working his laptop furiously. “It'll be low resolution, probably, and at a distance, but there had to be a camera somewhere that caught them.”

“Vaquero's security monitors were offline,” Gabriel said. He was cradling his cowboy hat in front of his chest like a shield, or a baby. “Might have been something to do with the electrical surge in the control room later, or it could just be damage from the attack in general. Techs are working on trying to access backups, but so far, they say it doesn't look good. Unless you consider fried 'good.'”

“If it's chicken, yes,” I said, arms folded across my chest. “If it's computer systems...not so much.”

“This kinda leaves us at zero for finding these folks, though,” Augustus said, tapping a finger slowly on the table.

“It was a decisive battle, at least,” I said. “We have the corpse of the guy you sliced in half to work with.” I looked to Gabriel. “Any luck with that?”

“We're running prints. Should be back shortly, if he's got priors or is in the system. DNA and dental records are going in, too, but they'll take longer.”

“If we can ID him, maybe we can track him back to his friends,” I said. “Besides...in the war of attrition, you clobbered the crap out of one of them, killed another, and I claimed a leg. Next time I see Punk Rock Chick, she better be hobbling on a wooden peg or I'm going to feel like I failed in my competition with you. You really outdid yourself.”

“About that.” Augustus pursed his lips. “I'm pretty positive that succubus absorbed the plasma dude before he died.”

I stared at him. “How positive?”

“She blew up that last tank with plasma powers shot from her own hand,” Augustus said. “And had lined up to kill me and Scotty with them before I punted her ass.”

“Ugh.” I cringed. “An unleashed succubus. Is there anything worse?”

“An unleashed succubus with an attitude?” Jamal said, hand against the side of his computer with electricity flashing between them. He wasn't even bothering to type.

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