Two Suns at Sunset by Gene Doucette

Author:Gene Doucette [Doucette, Gene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gene Doucette

The House sent three Sentries—two men and a woman. They were dressed in matching black uniforms, with those interesting-looking wrap-around visors built into their hoods. Unlike the Sentry at the entrance to the High Hat’s office, none of these three looked like they were armed.

That didn’t mean they weren’t; Makk couldn’t recall if the laws governing concealed weapons applied to the House, but had a feeling even if they did, the Septals would find a way to contravene it.

The head of the team introduced himself as Brother Corland, skipped the part where the other two had names, and then they were all heading for the garage.

“Will there be additional officers joining us?” Corland asked.

“I’m not going to make this a show,” Makk said. “We’re not hunting down a fugitive and we’re not arresting them. We just need some questions answered.”

Corland stepped in front of Makk, which was the only way to get Makk’s attention, as he was actively interested in pretending the House Sentries weren’t even there.

“You mean to do this quietly, you’re saying,” Corland said.

“That is what I mean, yes. I don’t want some wandering UnVeeser to hit the Stream with the story of Dorn Jimbal’s arrest, and that’s what happens if we show up on campus with ten cop cars blazing. Detective Daska and I will go to their residence in her unmarked and politely ask them to accompany us downtown, and that’s all that will be happening. Do you think your team can handle that degree of subtlety?”

Corland looked at the other two. It felt like the three of them were conducting a conversation nobody else could hear.

“We’re very good at subtle, detective,” the unnamed Sister Septal said.

“If you want to draw as little attention as possible, we can help,” Corland agreed. “Your arrival on campus will draw attention, no matter how unobtrusive the vehicle. Whereas we will blend in.”

“You’re going to sneak us onto the grounds, is that what you’re offering?”

“I think it addresses your concerns. And we’re driving an aero; I’m sure time is a factor?”

Makk so disliked this idea, he was ready to go back to the part about sending in ten police cruisers with the lights up and making a scene. It offended his sense of how this power dynamic was supposed to go—where he was an officer of the law dealing with a security guard with a better-than-average clothing budget—but he also thought if they picked up Jimbal too loudly, Jimbal would clam up and the people above Llotho would press for formal charges.

It was a little easier to take if he thought of Corland as regular police, just from a different section of town, but he was having a lot of trouble making that leap. There was also the little voice in the back of his head (it sounded like Leemie) with warnings about Septal hit squads, and how if he got into the back of a House Sentry car, it would be the last time anyone saw him. This was silly and paranoid, but also very hard to ignore.

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