(eng) Niall Teasdale - Ultrahumans 02 by Shadows

Author:Shadows [Shadows]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Part Four: The Joke’s On You

New Millennium City, MD, 10th May 2014.

‘I know it’s supposed to be the national sport,’ Penny said, and then she frowned. ‘Or is that baseball?’

‘What are we talking about?’ June asked.

‘Football, you know, when grown men strap on medieval armour and then try to break each other in half?’

‘Oh, I believe it’s a matter of opinion. Technically it’s supposed to be baseball. Personally I think it’s shooting people.’

‘Huh, well, anyway, I don’t get the appeal.’

‘You’re hardly a big sports fan, hun.’

‘Girl’s got a point,’ Andrea agreed. ‘You’re not a big sports fan. What’s brought this on?’

‘News helicopters buzzing around the stadium, and there isn’t even a game on.’ Penny’s statement brought everyone’s attention to the screen. Sure enough, the George Bernard Young Stadium and the NFL building beside it were visible, though not for any immediate reason. All the lights were on even though the season was over and there were no other events planned. ‘It’s ten-fifteen, it’s not a rock concert, what are they so excited about?’

‘And why are there police helicopters stopping the camera crews getting closer?’ Andrea added.

Penny sagged. ‘I need to get my prescription checked. Time to suit up?’

The phone started ringing and everyone looked at it. ‘I’m thinking that’s a yes,’ Andrea said as Penny reached for the handset.

~~~

The fact that Jacob and Heather were outside the stadium with a UID operations van, and they seemed to be more or less in charge of the police running around like ants at a picnic, was not a generally good sign.

Twilight stepped out of the shadows in the car park and walked over, seeing the look on Jacob’s face when he saw her coming. He did not look pleased. There was resignation, fear, and a little anger, and none of that seemed right. He glanced up as she closed the distance and she knew that Cygnus was swooping in behind her even before the tall blonde dropped to the ground beside her.

‘I’m glad you’re here,’ Heather said, ‘and also not.’

‘Uh… okay,’ Cygnus replied, frowning. ‘What’s going on?’

‘Slapstick,’ Jacob told them. ‘You’d better come in the van.’

The van was quite something, large and armoured, and with a lot of electronics being monitored by half a dozen UID agents. All of them looked around as the two newcomers walked in; none of them looked especially pleased to see them.

‘We’ve got visual oversight,’ Heather said, indicating a row of monitors along one wall. They all showed something in the middle of the field, well lit and obviously not hiding, but only one showed it in much detail. Someone, Slapstick, had driven a flatbed truck onto the grass. There was a large, cylindrical object in the middle of the truck bed, and a man sitting on top of that.

‘What’s he sitting on?’ Twilight asked, peering at the monitor.

‘That’s an old Soviet ICBM warhead,’ one of the agents replied. ‘We think it may be from an SS-four. It’s possible that thing dates back to Cuba.’

‘Anyone contacted Svetilo?’ Cygnus asked.

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