Executed by RR Haywood

Author:RR Haywood
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781611099324
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2017-06-05T23:00:00+00:00

Miri sits at her desk, staring at the hologram image, with the smartphone on the desk and the wire stretching up to her ear. Ben is good. He’s smart. Miri likes that.

She ponders as the doctor wanders in, says goodnight and retires to wage war on the whale. The others stay outside. Chatting. Laughing. Genial voices. The seeds she planted have formed roots. The roots are strengthening, but are they strong enough yet? It took ages to loosen the rivet enough for it to appear to be a natural breakage.

‘Night, ma’am,’ Harry says, passing by when they start filing back in.

‘Night, Miri,’ Ben says, lifting a hand as he passes.

‘Still up?’ Safa asks.

‘Safa, word please. Tango Two, you also,’ Miri says.

‘What’s up?’ Safa asks, walking into the office with Emily behind her. ‘And her name is Emily . . .’

Are the roots strong enough yet? Miri pauses, listening for the door in the corridor to close, which signals Ben and Harry have both moved on. ‘I have a mission.’

‘Okay,’ Safa says slowly with a glance at Emily.

‘There is a woman,’ Miri says, watching them both closely. ‘She is very attractive. Flirtatious. I need information from her. Do you think Ben will be suitable to extract what . . .’

‘Over my fucking dead body,’ Safa blurts. ‘Ben’s not going anywhere near some rancid, diseased whore.’

Emily stares at her in surprise at the vehemence in her voice. Miri stays expressionless, but calculating every reaction.

‘Fuck off,’ Safa tells them both. ‘Not a chance he’s doing anything like that. He’s a decent man. Who is she? I’ll get the information.’

‘My concern is that the information will be within a device she has . . .’

‘No worries,’ Safa says. ‘I’ll get it from her. Where is she? What do you need Emily for?’

‘If you let me speak, Miss Patel . . .’

‘Okay,’ Safa says, either ignoring or ignorant of the rebuke.

‘I do not know if it is appropriate to take the phone from her, or if it should be examined in situ. The technology is from Tango Two’s era . . .’

‘You want Emily to go on a mission?’

‘Me?’ Emily asks.

‘Not with Ben though. I’ll do it,’ Safa says. ‘You up for it?’ she asks Emily.

‘Are you serious?’ Emily asks, turning from Safa to Miri.

‘Do you now know why we are here?’ Miri asks her.

‘The footage,’ Emily says. ‘Ben just said . . .’

‘What year is she in?’ Safa asks. ‘This attractive woman that isn’t going anywhere near Ben, I mean.’

‘2061.’

‘That’s . . .’ Emily says.

‘Your time,’ Miri says, finishing her sentence when Emily trails off.

‘Let me get this right,’ Emily says. ‘You are suggesting taking me outside of this place to my own time? I am an agent. It was my side trying to stop you . . . You do not know me well enough to . . .’

‘Your side,’ Safa scoffs. ‘What, the same people that tried to kill you, yeah? And you walked right past the portal the other night and went outside with Harry instead .

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