Canni by Daniel O'Connor

Author:Daniel O'Connor [O'Connor, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: epub, QuarkXPress, ebook
Publisher: Blood Bound Books
Published: 2019-07-03T22:00:00+00:00

VIRGINIA

In the first minutes of her first day back at work deep beneath Dr. Robert’s Virginia barn, Dr. Anderson stood in the research center’s kitchen, pouring coffee with her good arm. To the side of the room by the snack and soda machines stood a helmeted guard.

The doctor tried to inhale the scent of her brew, but she got perfume instead.

The lovely Dr. Martinez had come up behind her.

“How you feeling, V?”

“Oh, pretty beat up, inside and out, but aren’t we all?” she smiled.

The smile was genuine, but mostly because she was thinking of what her brother might have said about their attractive co-worker, and her aroma.

“Well, I am glad to see you back,” said Martinez. “We need you.”

Pouring some sweetener, V responded, “Any significant changes?”

“Oh, yeah. Number twelve has died of an apparent stroke . . . ”

“Twelve? Wasn’t he only in his twenties? Relatively healthy?”

“That’s him. A bit of a papi too. Buff.”

“Wow.”

“That’s not the worst of it.”

Dr. Anderson’s coffee stopped just short of her lips.

“Nine and sixteen,” said Martinez, “have gone canni, and have not switched back.”

“For how long?”

“At least thirty-six hours by now.”

“Crap,” said V as she put down the Styrofoam cup. “And we now call them Canni in here?”

“Not officially. Not on paper.”

Anderson ignored her coffee and headed toward the doors that led to the work area. She stopped to study the guard standing by the vending machines. Glancing down at his wrist she said, “Still rocking the wireless, eh?”

He gave a shrug and a slight tilt of the head.

Just as she stepped away, she noticed the soda machine. The Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, and Aquafina pushbuttons all shone green.

The button beside the Diet Mountain Dew selector flashed red.

EMPTY.

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