The Lethal Agent (The Extraction Files Book 2) by RS McCoy

Author:RS McCoy [McCoy, RS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

THEO

LRF-RB-102

SEPTEMBER 12, 2232

The indigo body suit was suffocating. It was stiff and dug into his skin in more than one spot. On his second full day in the uniform, the fabric began to rub and chafe. Theo did his best to adjust the material, discreetly pulling at the elbows and shoulders as he walked to his first day at his new job.

It was nothing like he expected.

He’d dropped Mable off at Planetary Systems, with his sister no less. He’d known she was here, that they would probably see each other at some point, but he hadn’t thought it would be so soon. Or that she’d react so strongly.

Theo had never seen her that way.

He remembered her the day of her Selection ceremony, so proudly Scholar, wearing her blue cords over the black robes. She wore them like they’d always been hers, as if she’d lost them and the dean had merely returned them.

Now, here she was, in the most prestigious research facility in the world—or off it, rather—and she looked miserable, yet looked ecstatic to see him, like she’d been struggling. What could she struggle with? She was the ideal Scholar.

Theo wondered if maybe they had more in common than he had realized.

He lifted his palm to the scanner at the door to the Robotics wing and waited to be granted access. He flipped a hand through his hair as he waited, wishing it was longer.

The circular door spun open. A tall man with a square jaw and sky-blue eyes started, “Dr. Kaufman?”

“That’s me,” he replied, already regretting it. What a particularly non-Scholar thing to say. Thankfully, the man failed to notice.

“I’m Dr. Lehmon, Lead Robotics Engineer. Your office is RB-104. I’ve already sent the files to your tablet. Let me know if you have any questions.” He spun on his heel and returned down the corridor.

Theo stood in place for a moment, wondering if that was really all there was. When the man disappeared down the hall, Theo entered the wing and found 104 on the left.

His new office was identical to Calvin’s, as they probably all were. A black metal chair before a black metal desk. Black metal shelves on the wall behind and next to his desk. Nothing more.

Theo sighed and took his seat. He placed his tablet on the desk and pulled up the files that had appeared in his ecomms log. When he clicked the first, the model of an astronomical probe spun on the left. Its spherical body had ten long metal instrument appendages on the back so that it looked like a freeze frame of a comet passing by. Nova 8, it was called. Theo tapped the current position and illuminated a large cosmic map, the nearby stars of Draconis, Aleramin, and Agemim highlighted with tags.

Theo minimized the probe data and moved on to the next. By the fifth, he had a disturbing feeling that his job in Robotics would have little to do with actual mechanics. The files were updates and coordinates for the current fleet of research probes.

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