The Six Series, Book 1 by Mark Alpert

Author:Mark Alpert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2015-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

SIGMA MEMORY FILE 9685664301

DATE: 04/04/18

This is a transcript of a telephone conversation between the Sigma speech-synthesis program (S) and American ex-convict Richard Ramsey (R). The communications were transmitted via radio from Tatishchevo Missile Base to the Globus-1 satellite, then to the Verizon cell-phone network in Westchester County, New York.

S: Good afternoon. How’s the weather in Westchester?

R: Well, well. It’s my rich uncle again. How you doin’, Unc? I got that money order you sent me.

(Voice analysis confirms that the speaker is Richard Ramsey.)

S: Please tell me what you’ve learned since our last conversation. I’ve encrypted this call, so you can speak freely.

R: I’ve been busy, Unc, real busy. First off, I found Ryan Boyd, the football player. I grabbed him last night while he was hanging out with his buddies. He’s in my basement now, handcuffed to the pipes.

S: Has he been cooperative?

R: Oh yeah. He’s so scared, he can’t stop talking. We had a nice chat about Adam Armstrong.

S: What did Ryan tell you?

R: He saw Adam just a few days ago. They had a conversation in the high-school parking lot. It was a sad little scene, Unc. Adam’s dying, you know.

S: Yes, I’m aware of that.

R: But he told Ryan something interesting. Adam said he was going to a new school out west. And he said he was going to make lots of new friends there.

(Conclusion: This is a possible reference to the Pioneer Project.)

S: He said, “Out west”?

R: I know. It’s a little vague. I grilled Ryan for a couple of hours, trying to get more out of him, but his story didn’t change. Adam just said “out west.” Nothing else.

S: In this context, would you assume that “out west” means the western half of the continental United States?

R: Hey, I’m no expert on geography. I get lost just driving through Yonkers. (Laughter.) But yeah, I’d say that’s right. West of the Mississippi.

(Conclusion: The search for the Pioneer Project should be focused on the western United States. The orbits of my surveillance satellites will be adjusted accordingly.)

S: Do you have anything else to report?

R: As a matter of fact, I do. That girl you told me about, Brittany Taylor? The cheerleader who ran off to New York City? I found out that Adam’s obsessed with her. He asked Ryan if he knew where she was.

S: Did Ryan know?

R: He said he didn’t but he guessed she might be in Harlem. So early this morning I left him in my basement and drove into the city. I used to do business with the gangs in Harlem, you know.

S: Business?

R: Yeah, they used to call me the aspirin. If some guy was giving the gangs a headache, I made the guy go away. (Laughter.) Anyway, I found some old friends and showed them Brittany’s picture, and one of them recognized her. He’d seen her on West 134th Street, outside an abandoned building that’s full of runaways.

S: Did you visit the building?

R: Hey, that’s what you’re paying me for, right? I spent two hours watching the place from across the street.

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