Coup d'etat by C R Daems

Author:C R Daems [Daems, C R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998325156
Publisher: Talon Novels
Published: 2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

UnCab: Kill Paulus at All Costs

She had heard them arguing as she reached for the door. And as she entered, they stopped and turned to stare at her. Harold sat on one couch and Ryan and Steve on the other. All three men had drinks in their hands, the glasses less than half full.

“I repeat, she’s clever,” Maria said as she walked over to the bar and poured a glass of carbonated water. “Her secretary had reservations at the upcountry resort, Clarmont Cliffs, her security was told to expect to stay a week…and she flew out on the UAS cruiser Typhon to Black Water.”

“You said you had a mole!” Ryan shouted.

“I do and it’s obvious she knows we do. Although I don’t think she knows who.” Maria paused for a sip of her drink and sat next to Harold. “When I found out, I decided to try using the kill-squad. I obtained credentials for one of the female members to impersonate a lieutenant commander and be on the space station when Paulus arrived. She thought she could kill Paulus and escape undetected.”

“How?” Steve asked. “The only way off is by shuttle. If she killed Paulus, they would lock down that level and investigate everyone there.”

“That was the beauty of her plan. She had me obtain a hypodermic syringe with a slow-acting poison. She planned to inject the krait sometime before or during the shuttle ride to the planet.” Maria took another sip while the men absorbed the scenario. “If all went well the snake wouldn’t die until well after Paulus was home or at work.”

“Couldn’t Paulus get another krait?” Harold asked.

“Maybe. But it would be easy to hit the research labs and kill off the existing ones in captivity. Those labs aren’t that well-guarded and there aren’t that many labs or red-headed kraits.”

“What happened?” Steve asked, frowning. Being military, he knew the security on the military levels and doubted the agent could get away even if she succeeded.

“Don’t know,” Maria admitted. The story the newsies reported isn’t consistent with what was planned. They claimed a woman dressed as a navy commander gained access to the military level, and when she was confronted drew a gun and fired several shots, wounding a bystander before being killed by security.”

“Well, that’s certainly possible,” Steve said.

“No, it’s not. That wasn't the plan and her credentials were excellent forgeries that would have taken days to discover they weren’t genuine,” Maria said. “We will have to wait and see. She may have succeeded in injecting the krait and been caught. If not, I may have to use our mole.”

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