Alien--Alien by Alex White
Author:Alex White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Titan
PART III
REVENANT
FIVE MONTHS AGO:
TOP SECRET//NOFORN//ORCON â ROSE EAGLE
TRANSMISSION INTERCEPT 01 March 2184
(TS//OC-RE)
THIEN: The files you stole with the Blackstar are missing an entry.
MARSALIS: You have my attention.
THIEN: Iâve placed the information in your old drop. I hope itâs what youâre looking for.
MARSALIS: Explain why I would trust you.
[CONNECTION TERMINATED]
20
EXFILTRATION
The light from Shyâs remaining eye is gone with the flash of the muzzle. Her head snaps backward and bounces once against the ground. She twitches, but Becker knows itâs meaningless.
Duncan wipes a split lip on the back of her hand and checks it like sheâs never seen her own blood. Sheâs not even breathing hard.
Sheâs about to turn around.
âIââ Becker chokes on his own dry throat and curses himself. âShe came at you.â
Her gaze locks onto him like a raptor spotting prey.
âYou have the tasking order,â he continues. âThat means she attacked you in the course of a combat mission. You had to defend yourself.â Heâs a coward for excusing it, but he needs time to think. No part of him was prepared for this moment.
Itâd sounded like a reasonable requestâhelp the Americas gain a foothold. He hadnât understood what he was agreeing to do.
Get ahold of yourself, or sheâll seeâ Duncan draws closer to him, and he stiffens. If he looks frightened, she might assume him to be a squealer. Standing nearby, Matsushita keeps studying his notes, and hasnât even looked at the corpse. Thatâs unnatural, but it might fit his profile. Anyone who likes to play with the x-rays must be a little damaged.
Duncan remains silent. Sheâs probably waiting to let him hang himself with his own rope. If she senses even the tiniest iota of disloyalty, heâs sure she will end him. So Becker gestures to Shy, but doesnât let his eyes travel to her body.
âShe was helping them develop weapons, a civilian at an illegal facility.â
There are people alive downstairs.
As he speaks, his mind continues racing. He scans the room. Itâs just the science geek and the captain. If he put a round into her, thereâs no way Matsushita could stop him from getting to the console andâ
A glimmer of recognition tints her eyes.
âAw, Jesus, Captain.â Itâs Leeâs voice at the doorway. He and Wallace mustâve come running when they heard the shots.
Duncan groans. âYou knew she wasnât walking out of here, Sergeant,â she growls. âDonât even give me that shit.â
So sheâs got Wallace and Lee.
Duncanâs tension appears to drain out, and she looks at Becker. âCorporal Shit-wit, it doesnât matter what story youâve got, because we were never here. I appreciate the enthusiasm, but itâs a waste of energy. Weâre next door to the galaxyâs largest toilet. No one is ever, ever going to find this body.â
Becker thinks of Shyâs lifeless form spiraling into the abyss, dashed against the rocks. Have other secrets been flushed down there? How many bones will she be joining?
Got to save anyone I can.
He canât lock the data storehouse doors. Even if Duncan, Lee, Wallace, and Matsushita werenât there, he doesnât know how to operate the terminal.
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