Tunnels 05 - Spiral by Roderick Gordon

Author:Roderick Gordon [Gordon, Roderick & Williams, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Drake was laying out a variety of items on the desks as everyone converged on the Hub.

Will and Chester arrived first and were watching as Mrs. Burrows, Mr. and Mrs. Rawls, Colonel Bismarck, then Elliott and Stephanie turned up. The two girls were chatting enthusiastically to each other as though they were long-lost friends.

“Here they are,” Chester muttered to Will as he twisted away from Elliott and Stephanie. “Looks like they’re getting really matey.”

“And Danforth’s keeping well out of the way,” Will observed, watching the Professor, who had his eyes glued on the screen of one of his laptops. “I’m telling you, I really wouldn’t be surprised if Elliott has a pop at him when she gets the chance.” Will switched his attention to Parry and Sergeant Finch, who were both busy talking on satphones.

“Form a line, please,” Drake said. “The quicker we’re done here, the quicker we can move out.”

“Where are we going?” Chester asked, as he and Will found themselves at the front of the queue.

“London,” Drake answered, preoccupied with inserting a small glass cylinder into a stainless steel device, then rolling up his sleeve. “Just in case anyone has misgivings about the shot I’m giving all of you, I’ll go first.” Cocking the mechanism, he placed it against his upper arm, and when he pulled the trigger, it made a small click. “Didn’t feel a thing.” He smiled.

“But we’ve all had the vaccine for Dominion,” Chester pointed out. “So what’s this for?”

Drake cleaned the end of the device with an alcohol wipe, then cocked it again. “We haven’t seen any deployment of the Dominion virus yet, but the Styx have some other nasties they might unleash on the population,” he replied.

“How do you know?” Will said.

“Because I snitched a load of specimens before Chester and I totaled the Laboratories in the Colony. Some were locked away in a special vault, so naturally I had to have them. And I asked a contact to analyze the different pathogens I came back with. On the basis of his findings, he manufactured a vaccine cocktail against all of them.”

Will unbuttoned his cuff and pulled up his sleeve. “Come on, then. Better safe than sorry,” he said.

Drake hadn’t been lying — the shot wasn’t painful. After he’d administered it, he led Will to the next desk. “Special Forces radio with a throat mike,” he told the boy, handing him one of the units. “Chester’s used a similar model before, so he can show you how it works.” Drake then dipped his hand into a plastic container and fished out what appeared to be a pair of small earplugs, which he passed to Will.

Will examined them, then looked at Drake questioningly.

“Belt and suspenders,” Drake said. “Celia and I were KO’d by a Styx subaural bomb on Highfield Common. I lost Leatherman and too many men that day. I’m not going to let it happen again.” Drake looked down for a moment. “There’ve been a couple of reports that the Styx are using similar devices in London.

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