Task Force Iota 2 - Turning Tricks by Anne Tenino

Author:Anne Tenino
Language: eng
Format: epub

—DJINN—

THE beauty of Djinn’s plan for escape lay in how little work he actually had to do to make it happen. Although, it could be argued that planning an elaborate escape would have alleviated some of this crushing boredom.

(Perhaps not as well as a penis might have. And hands, of course. Really, it would be tragic to have the penis and not the hands.)

Yet, there was a certain karmic elegance to the fact that That Woman was essentially handing herself over to the authorities—while actually being one of said authorities, no less—that Djinn could not help but savor. Especially as the plan began to pick up speed. From inside Damn Box, during their daily “advising” sessions, Djinn watched with glee, cackling and rubbing his imaginary hands.

(He’d started to dream in hands, strangely.)

While spectating That Woman’s snowballing self-destruction, Djinn acted the part of the concerned co-conspirator the entire time, of course. Take now for example. She was telling him “bad news.” News so bad—for her—that she’d left work early to deliver it. Midafternoon, and he’d reduced her to a quivering mass of nerves during their little chat. He couldn’t see it, but he could hear it in her voice.

(Thank Creator she’d finally hooked up a speaker and microphone, although it must be said that using a keyboard and screen for so long had given him a deep appreciation of italics and exclamation points!)

“What do you mean, ‘They’ve activated Task Force Iota’?” Djinn asked in faux horror. He of course knew precisely what she meant, he just delighted in hearing her excuses, although who knew why, since they would be weak and pallid and full of… excuses.

“I don’t know what exactly, Master Djinn—” Was it only his imagination that her use of “Master” seemed less respectful than previously? “—but they’ve found something. I believe it’s the parasite.”

“Well that’s not exactly a surprise, Woman. They’ve had Ayala almost a month. I’m surprised it took this long.” Djinn tried to sniff in disdain. Humans were just pitiably slow, weren’t they? Even their exalted hands couldn’t help their brains move any faster.

(Djinn indulged in a moment of virulent pity for all mankind. And womankind. He believed firmly in gender equity.)

“Yes. However, it means they’ve activated the Iota order and taken the investigation away from the Special Inquiry.”

“What? What are you doing here, Woman? You need to call out your minions and move on the remaining Converged Beings. Gather them up. Prepare our safe house. Creator! Are you truly this inept?” Djinn had to stomp on some circuits to hold back gleeful laughter at his superb acting skills.

It entertained him greatly, watching That Woman go down in flames. And all he had to do was wait and savor! It was like his very own vid program.

(Although not like the ones he had found stored on Damn Box, which were rather interesting, albeit archaic. Really, that Star Wars—fascinating how those people saw the future of space travel! Hopelessly wrong, of cou—)

“Minions? I haven’t shared this project with anyone, Master.

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