Dome Six: A Dystopian Adventure (The Cytocorp Saga Book 1) by C.P. James

Author:C.P. James [James, C.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-23T22:00:00+00:00

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The moment she dismissed class for the day, Tosh worried that her way out of the school would be blocked by a retinue of Authority guards with their weapons drawn. At a minimum, she expected Randy to be standing there with a grim look on his face, ready to introduce her replacement or a new classroom monitor, but there was nothing of the sort. Perhaps her little philosophy exercise didn’t raise any flags with IDA.

She raced down Rad 6, caught the train to the Agora, and made her way to Dek’s place on the other side of town. To her great relief, he answered the door. She threw her arms around him like he was a life preserver.

“Dek, thank god! Are you okay?”

“I’m okay.”

“How bad was it?”

“Bad. Close the door.”

She pushed the door closed behind her. Dek’s place looked and smelled the same as it ever had, but there was something new. Fear.

“What happened?” she asked. “I came as soon as I could.”

“Downing was waiting for me at the Authority.”

“What did he do to you?” Tosh asked.

“Gave me just enough antidote to show he had power over me. He wanted me to confess to the Exchangers.”

“And did you?” Tosh asked. Given Dek’s history, it wasn’t exactly crazy talk.

“Did I do it or did I confess?”

“Well, either.”

“Neither,” Dek said, a bit hurt. “Actually, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. But not here. Let’s take a walk.”

They left and walked all the way down Rad 41 out to the perimeter Arc, where Art had shared his big secret. There just wasn’t a safer place.

Dek leaned in close as they strolled. Passers-by eyed them suspiciously even though they were probably there for the same reason.

“Don’t keep me in suspense,” Tosh said.

“You know the strange Macros I told you about?”

“From the woman in the FPC? The ones with the antennas?” He nodded. “What about them?”

“I’m close to isolating the signal.”

“How close?” she asked.

“All I can do is run through frequencies until it seems to respond.”

“Then what?” Tosh asked.

“Then we figure out what the hell they do.”

“You think we all have these things inside us?”

“I’m working under that assumption,” he replied.

Tosh didn’t like Macros one bit. She’d only taken one in her life for a nasty case of pinkeye. That was enough. The thought that her body might be riddled with them turned her stomach.

“There’s something else,” Dek said, interrupting the thought. He leaned in so close that his cracked lips tickled her ear. “Downing came down to the Stores.”

“During the shutdown?” she whispered, incredulous.

“I think he turned the Exchangers back on from the emergency command center. That can only mean he shut them off, too.”

“Why would he do that?” Tosh asked.

“So he could frame me, obviously.”

“Dek, no offense, but that sounds insane.”

She said that louder than she meant to. A passing couple glanced their way.

“Everything okay here?” the man said directly to Tosh.

“All good,” Tosh said, flashing her most reassuring smile. The couple continued on.

“Think about it,” Dek said. “Who better

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