Voices by Babylon 5

Author:Babylon 5
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: SciFi
ISBN: 9780440220572
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2012-02-29T00:36:34+00:00

CHAPTER 12

"SIR," said Garibaldi desperately, "let me go after her."

Captain Sheridan and the security chief regarded each other with a mixture of confidence and uncertainty. They hadn't worked together very long, but they had been forced into a level of faith reserved for old comrades. Despite the way things had gone so far, thought Garibaldi, there had to be a way to pull this out of the fire. The captain had to trust him.

"How do you know she's left the station?" asked the captain.

"We're looking for her," explained Garibaldi. "My people are all over the docks, but we've been so backed up with the conference – and the mass exodus after the bombing – that we've got transports taking off every five minutes! We're eyeballing everything that goes out, but we could be missing something. In fact, we may already be too late."

Garibaldi rubbed his jaw. "To escape like this, she must've had help. I have a hunch about who helped her, and I have a hunch about where she went. There's a lead that only she and I know about – she might try to follow it up."

From his hospital bed, Bester was leaning forward with interest. "I'm a great believer in hunches, Mr. Garibaldi. Tell me, where is she going?" He cocked his head, as if listening, then he smiled. "You don't have to tell me. It's Earth."

The chief looked at the Psi Cop with disgust. "Your people are the ones who spooked her. They're the ones who made her run."

"I don't agree with that," said Bester. "I think fear made her run. But I agree that she had help. She's had help from the beginning, and just like you, I want to find out who's bankrolling this. So let's make a deal."

Bester grimaced as he shifted around to get a bit more height in his bed. "I will hold back my Psi Cops for a few days. Instead, let's send Mr. Garibaldi and Mr. Gray to Earth to find her. And her accomplices."

Garibaldi turned his attention to the pasty-faced Gray. "I don't want him coming with me."

"Okay, Mr. Gray," said Bester. "Let's alert my people on Earth – they can bring her down as soon as she steps off the transport."

"Wait," said Sheridan, holding up a weathered hand. "Mr. Bester is right about one thing – as soon as he calls the Psi Cops on her, it becomes an assassination. The local police will be after her, too. If we're going to find out anything, we want her investigated. We want all the leads followed up. Garibaldi, if you think you know where she's going, go there. And take Mr. Gray with you."

Garibaldi shook his head, as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "I work better alone."

Bester smiled. "I think you will find Mr. Gray is very little trouble. And he's not a Psi Cop – he's not authorized to take her out. He's just an investigator, like yourself."

Garibaldi looked at Mr. Gray, who gave him an encouraging but nervous smile.

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