Shadowrun - 43 - Fallen Angels by Kenson Stephen

Author:Kenson, Stephen [Kenson, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Someone is planning to betray Kellan?" Lothan asked. "I think I can guess who."

"I’m afraid I won’t be able to confirm your suspicions at this time," Akimura replied softly.

"You don’t offer much information, Akimura-san."

"I cannot. Not until I can better comprehend where things stand."

"Why are you so concerned with Kellan’s welfare? She doesn’t even know you."

"That is true, but I nonetheless owe her a debt," the fixer said, "and I always make good on my debts."

"You knew Kellan’s mother," Lothan said. It wasn’t a question.

Akimura paused for only a moment. "Yes, I did," he said, his expression unreadable.

"Well?"

"Very well."

"You’re not Kellan’s—" Lothan began, but the other man shook his head.

"No, I’m not, but I owe it to Kellan’s mother to look out for her daughter. I owe her my life, many times over. We worked together once, quite closely."

"Then you know what happened to her."

For the first time since he’d sat down, Lothan saw the faintest crack in Akimura’s emotional mask. A flicker of pain crossed the dark eyes, a grimace tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"She’s dead, and I feel confident that her killer is after Kellan now. So once again: I need to know if you can get a message to her. We need to talk."

"Why haven’t you contacted Kellan before now? If you had this information about her mother, and felt you owed her a debt ..."

"I couldn’t," Akimura replied. "I was . . . indisposed. If I could have gotten in touch with Kellan sooner I would have."

"The clinic," Lothan mused out loud. "You were at Nightengale’s."

Akimura didn’t flinch. "You have done your research, I see."

Lothan shook his head. "Not me, Kellan. She was hired to erase your records at the clinic—she assumed by you. That’s why she thinks you’re out to get her now."

"Was she working alone?"

"No, she was working with someone—someone else who says she knew Kellan’s mother."

"Lothan, where is Kellan now?"

* * *

"As you can see," Midnight said, leaning over the diagram on the display of Kellan’s deck, "the Telestrian Habitat isn’t quite as big as the old Renraku Arcology, but it’s still a huge area to safeguard. Even the best security measures cannot fully accommodate the sheer number of people who move in and out of the facility on a daily basis, and that’s how we’re going to get in."

"Huh?" Kellan asked.

"Blend in with the on-site personnel," Midnight prompted, "disappear into the crowd and let the daily routine get us closer to the goal."

"Won’t it be that much harder carrying out the run with the place full of people?" Orion asked, emphasizing his question with a wave of his chopsticks.

"Not if we do it right," said Midnight. "If we try to get inside the habitat after hours, we’ll need to get past the sorts of security measures intended to keep people out. If we go in as part of the regular traffic, . security will be lighter because it has to be, and we’ve got a better chance of passing unnoticed, as long as we plan carefully and don’t make any mistakes.

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