Spectra_A Cynical Superhero by Amy Sumida

Author:Amy Sumida [Sumida, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

On the way home, I noticed that—among the droves of messages from Landry and Davorin—I had six text messages from the President. I texted him back; concisely explaining what had happened. It was all of three minutes before my phone was ringing.

“You were abducted?” President Colton asked in a horrified tone. “I'm assuming that it occurred when you tried to trap the Bleiten.”

“I never made it to the park,” I said. “I was drugged on the way; in the back of a cab. I woke up in a cell just as a series of explosions began.”

“You got blown up?!”

“Obviously not,” I said calmly. “I was able to make it out with eight other women. But the important thing is what I snagged on my way out the door, Mr. President.”

“A Bleiten's head on a platter?” He asked dryly.

“Who do you think I am; Salome?” I huffed. “No; I found the notes to make a Bleiten bioweapon; as in a weapon to kill them.”

He went silent.

“Mr. President?”

“Hold onto those notes, Amara, and don't share them with anyone,” he said grimly. “The Triari are being stubborn about leaving. They see it as a cowardly act.”

“But you don't want the notes, Mr. President?”

“Not yet,” he said. “Frankly, I'm loathed to sink to such levels, and if I hand them over to the DOD, we will become a part of this feud between the Bleiten and the Triari, and we will do it in the most despicable way.”

“After all the horrible things they've done, you won't use this to even the score?” I asked in surprise. “They employed the same type of weapon against the Triari. They intend to use it again in this war.”

“And that makes it okay for us to employ evil tactics?”

“No,” I whispered. “It's not okay. The question is; do you think it's a necessary evil?”

“So far, Amara, the Bleiten have only attacked the Triari,” he pointed out. “They haven't hurt any of our people.”

“They just abducted me,” I pointed out. “And we have confirmation that they're coming here to have their war on our planet.”

“But did they hurt you?” He countered. “And is an overheard conversation really confirmation, or is it simply intel that we must analyze cautiously?”

“Gee, thanks,” I huffed. “My hero.”

The H word made me think of Davorin immediately. He wouldn't hesitate to make a weapon and use it to kill those Bleiten bastards who had abducted me and all those other women. But, did I want him to? Did I really think that we should use such a horrible weapon? Or did I agree with Colton and think that resorting to such measures was evil; a slippery slope that I wanted to avoid?

“You know that I would go to bat for you, Amara,” Colton chided me. “I already have. I threatened war for you. But I wouldn't threaten nuclear war, and this bioweapon is a step away from that. If we use it against the Bleiten, what will stop them from creating one to use

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