USS Adams: No Escape (USS Hamilton Book 6) by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Author:Mark Wayne McGinnis [McGinnis, Mark Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avenstar Productions
Published: 2022-08-04T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 28
Genoma, Stratham Hold
Lost Tombstone Star System
Captain Gail Pristy
Dr. Kline had stepped away, needed back in Medical. Pristy had been made aware of the fact that the death count had grown on Genoma to forty-three. Forty-five if you counted the two dead Yuppa discovered just outside Stratham Holdâs wall. And, apparently, nine Grish prisoners up on Sanctuary had come down with the virus, three of which had died. How long before her own crew on Hercules would succumb to that same fate?
âStrangeâ¦â she said aloud. âStratham Hold has been in quarantine lockdown. How the hell did the virus spread to space?â
Resnick was across the room, talking to Derrota. He turned and said, âThis virus is airborne transmissible but can also be contracted via tactile contact. I would bet someone here has quansported something, equipment, medical supplies maybe, up to Sanctuary.â
He was right, of course. She immediately hailed Dr. Kline.
âKline,â the doctor replied, sounding harried.
âWe need to stop quansporting anything up toââ
âAlready figured that out, Gail. Tactile transmissionâ¦Got to go.â
Pristy looked at Derrota and then back at Resnick. âIt seems your prediction about our fate is coming true.â
âIt wasnât a prediction; it was what we call a forward glimpse. So, be assured, it will happen. And the two of you will, Iâm sorry to say, die within days.â
âAnd youâre here to give us a way outâ¦if we do as you want. Which sounds a lot like blackmail,â she added.
âMore like coercion,â Resnick said with a half smile.
âAnd your Grand Consortium directiveâs scruples?â Derrota queried.
âDesperate times call for desperate measures. You help me, Iâll help you. Itâs as simple as that.â
âConsidering that my fate, or all our fates, is in your hands? Fine. But you stop this virus first. Stop the dying. Only then will I agree.â
The general shook his head. âThere will be no turning back from this, Captain Pristy. You, and certain others here, will be inducted into myâ¦services. Know this. Itâs a one-way ticket, Iâm sorry to say. Youâll be time travelers. Others here in your group will be employed in the support of our mission.â He looked at Derrota. âThat means you, Dr. Kline and Superintendent LaSalle, and maybe those military men and women currently stationed here within this compound.â
Looking irritated but also resigned, Pristy said, âAlready somewhat used to that, Generalâ¦having been, at least to some degree, forcibly inducted into Quintosâs crazy pirate schemes. I donât see we have any choice now with this eitherâ¦whatever this is. So Iâm in.â She looked to Derrota. âStephan?â
âIâm most definitely in. But I believe the general is not asking for volunteers here. Heâs asking you, Gail, if youâre willing to have personnel, all of us here within this compound, be unceremoniously drafted.â
She looked at Resnick. âYou need an army; I get that. But you were willing to sacrifice dozens of humans, not to mention the Yuppa and Grish. I donât like your methods.â
He smiled.
âYou find that funny?â
âYou forget what I do for a living. Iâm a time traveler. No one has to die.
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