The Cygnus Fold by Nick Adams

Author:Nick Adams [Adams, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781916396234
Publisher: Elliptical Publishing

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Underground loading dock, Planet Garag, Dubl’ouin System

‘I strongly suggest everyone remains very still,’ snarled the left-hand Mogul.

Ed and Andy exchanged a knowing glance and got busy with their DOVIs. It took less than twenty seconds to deactivate the four rifles pointed at them and one pistol in a holster of the Mogul who’d spoken.

‘A BDF safe house, eh?’ he smirked. ‘Doesn’t seem very safe to me.’

‘You betrayed us,’ spat Abubaker, glaring venomously at Ed.

‘Actually, no,’ said Ed, turning back to the raised front seat and reaching inside. ‘If you’ve been betrayed, then it was by one of your own.’

‘I said remain still,’ shouted the same Mogul, swinging his weapon at Ed, before glancing down at it curiously. Dropping it, he drew his pistol and pointed that instead.

In the couple of seconds this was happening, Ed had retrieved one of their rifles, turned and proceeded to fire four times. He received almost four identical shocked expressions as the line of Moguls dropped, the clatter of their weapons on the hard ground echoing around the dock.

‘Oh fuck!’ exclaimed Haitham, looking between the prone Moguls and Ed. ‘What have you done?’

‘I was accused of betraying you a moment ago,’ he replied, giving Abubaker a hard stare.

Abubaker was standing stock still staring at the Moguls, his mouth opening and closing again, but no sound emanating.

‘They don’t seem quite as nasty as the ones we’re used to, do they?’ said Andy, casually kicking one as he stooped to pick up their rifles. ‘Give us a hand, chaps,’ he said. ‘We need to secure and interrogate them.’

‘You mean they’re not dead?’ said Abubaker, finally getting his vocal cords to work.

‘No,’ said Ed. ‘We don’t kill unless we absolutely have to.’

‘His weapon would have been set to kill when he pulled the trigger,’ said Haitham. ‘Which is another thing – why didn’t any of their weapons function? I’ve never seen anything like it.’

‘Tricks of the trade,’ said Andy. ‘Now, has anyone got any sticky tape or anything similar?’

Inside the building they found two dead Callametans.

‘You see what we mean?’ said Abubaker. ‘These two had been sentenced to death for stealing food for their spawn group.’

‘What were they doing here?’ asked Tocc, looking sadly at the corpses.

‘Hiding out until we could get them new identities,’ said Haitham.

‘For some reason the Blends have difficulty telling the Quads apart,’ said Abubaker. ‘They all look the same to them. Makes it easier to change their identification documents.’

‘We need to move quickly,’ said Haitham. ‘This location is blown and if those soldier Blends don’t report in, the streets will be flooded with security.’

They found some rope and returned downstairs to the underground loading bay.

‘Did you move them?’ asked Pol, the first to enter the dock.

‘Oh crap,’ said Andy, ‘they’ve gone.’

‘Their van’s gone too,’ said Haitham. ‘And ours has been vandalised.’

‘Oh crap,’ said Ed, looking back to Abubaker, whose face had gone white.

‘Grab everything and come this way quickly,’ said Haitham, opening a cupboard door in the wall.

‘Does this one have a bolt hole?’ asked Abubaker, looking at Haitham.

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