Cosmic Boom: Project Enterprise 9 by Pauline Baird Jones

Author:Pauline Baird Jones [Jones, Pauline Baird]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pauline Baird Jones

“Why do you call them zombies,” Boom asked, as they headed back to the bridge.

“There’s a show on Earth called The Walking Dead,” Tiger said. “And a bunch of other shows and movies about zombies, actually. I can shoot you a copy to watch, if you want, but they are basically about dead bodies walking and—” Tiger half stopped— “I don’t know where the name zombies came from.”

Boom knew the movies were not real, that they were people playing the parts. What they’d seen, that had been real.

“The dead,” he said slowly, “walking?”

“That would explain why there are no life signs,” Hedy began when Roy interrupted her just as the hatch to the bridge opened in front of them.

“I found two life signs,” it said. “Near a crash site.” It paused. “There is a distress beacon too. I believe it is the signal we’ve been tracking.”

“What? Why are we just seeing life signs right now?” Hedy asked, striding up to the screen instead of sitting down. Dillon started to rise, but she waved him back down.

“The distress signal is weak,” Roy said. “And the life signs, they are weak as well.”

“Crap,” Hedy said.

“Can’t argue with that, ma’am,” Tiger said.

“I am detecting another contact attempt,” Roy said, his tone almost like someone sitting up abruptly. “This contact attempt is coming from the zombie city.”

“Roy,” Hedy’s voice was almost too calm. “Cut off our contact with the probe.”

“Deploy firewalls,” Boom added.

“Captain?” Roy sounded puzzled.

“Until we can be sure there are no viral intrusions from the contact,” Hedy explained.

“Oh. Contact severed and quarantined.”

Then, inside Boom’s mind, Roy spoke. “Firewalls are the bomb.”

Boom blinked.

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