The Blue-Haired Bombshell by John Zakour

Author:John Zakour [Zakour, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Private Investigators, Mystery & Detective, Hazardous wastes, General, Fiction, Science Fiction, Moon
ISBN: 9780756404550
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2007-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

‘‘Is everybody okay?’’ Sputnik asked as the gorillas secured the room.

‘‘Fine now,’’ I said.

Melda and Lea surveyed the damage. Melda walked up to me. ‘‘Sorry, about our gorillas there, Mr. Johnson,’’ she said. ‘‘They were younger ones and they tend to get carried away in trying to impress their superiors.’’

‘‘You’ve lost me,’’ I said.

Sputnik smirked. ‘‘The gorillas on the Moon have a hierarchal system. You have to do something impressive to move up it. When security learned that you would be here, the less senior members thought this could be how they make their name, beating up Zach Johnson. Apparently, security personnel all over the known worlds know of you.’’

‘‘Nice to know my reputation preceds me,’’ I said.

‘‘Yeah, I bet there are security people on Mars already taking odds on who takes you out,’’ HARV said.

Two ape security men dragged the unconscious ape out of the bathroom while four others cleaned up the two in the bedroom. Lea looked on with a sense of awe.

‘‘Amazing, it is true,’’ she said. ‘‘You do have an incredible knack for survival.’’

‘‘I do, but Elena helped . . .’’

‘‘Elena!’’ Lea and Melda both said.

‘‘Yeah, she was here too. She actually took out two of the apes.’’

‘‘What did she want with you?’’ Melda questioned.

‘‘Near as I can tell, to kill me,’’ I said. It wasn’t the complete truth, but it would have to do for now. ‘‘She blames me for saving you,’’ I said to Sputnik.

Lea sniffed the air. ‘‘Yes, I do pick up my cousin’s scent here. I should have noticed sooner.’’

Melda touched her daughter on the shoulder. ‘‘Elena is a tricky one. Don’t blame yourself, my daughter.’’

Lea wasn’t paying attention. She was locked in on me. ‘‘You battled my cousin and lived to tell about it,’’ Lea said, now even more amazed.

‘‘Carol and HARV helped,’’ I said.

‘‘He’d have been dead years ago without us,’’ HARV said.

‘‘Ditto,’’ Carol, now conscious again, added.

Despite HARV’s and Carol’s comments, Lea was impressed. She looked at me as if I was some sort of rock star or still a media darling. I looked at Sputnik looking at his daughter looking at me. His face was still smiling but his eyes weren’t. He was trying not to show his displeasure but his pupils constricted to pin size, disappearing into the gray of his iris, giving away his true feelings. He was used to being the only human alpha male around.

Lea took my hand. ‘‘You have to tell me how you stood up to my cousin,’’ she nearly begged. ‘‘I’m one of the most powerful psis on the Moon and therefore one of the most powerful in existence, yet when Elena is angry she scares the moon dust out of me.’’ She squeezed my hand. ‘‘She’s dangerous, Zach.’’

I looked past Lea to Sputnik, ‘‘So I repeat my question from earlier: why did you let her roam free?’’

Sputnik shrugged, his pupils returning to normal size, ‘‘Until today she had committed no crimes. You may imprison innocent people on Earth, but we don’t work that way on the Moon.

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