Farima: An Afrofuturist Sci-Fi Adventure (The Homo Maximus Saga Book 1) by Brian Lewis

Author:Brian Lewis [Lewis, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-23T22:00:00+00:00

An Hour Later…

“There’s no possible way Dr. Oba worked alone. No way!” Khalil paces around the floor of the conference room in a fiery rage. The mood in the room is much different now than it had been a week ago when Khalil revealed the Farima to Natia’s team.

Acacia stands in the shadows of the room with her arms crossed and her face is expressionless. Natia sits in a chair at the opposite end of the table. She rubs her eyes as a headache comes on. Everything that can go wrong is going wrong. The image of Oba’s dead body will forever be in her mind, and she knows it. He was a friend and she just can’t believe he’d commit such an act so close to the ‘birth’ of Subject Alpha. It makes little sense to her. That doesn’t stop Khalil from formulating wild conspiracies in his “augged out” head.

“I wish he’d shut the hell up!” Natia tries to keep her thoughts to herself.

Khalil continues his rant. “No, no… he had help. I want to know which one of you put Oba up to this. I want to know what you have planned… now!” He screams to the top of his voice and no one is prepared to take that kind of accusation.

“I told you, I was in my room, Khalil.” Michael Beverly says.

“So was I… we all were.” Alicia backs up Michael and the rest of the team.

“No, no, no. I’m not buying the lies from this team anymore. I know one of you put Oba up to this to make him look bad because I turned him against you and exposed your agenda against me and against New Manden.” Khalil says. His voice becomes high-pitched and shrill, which is unusual for a man with as deep a voice as his.

The team remains silent with their heads held low. They’re fatigued, distraught and confused.

“So no one is going to say anything?” Khalil asks.

Still, silence remains.

Acacia steps forward out of the shadows. “You all better speak up if you know what’s good for you.”

Vocal protests erupt. The loudest of all from Natia.

“If you were smart, you’d shut your mouth right now, or I’ll shut it for you.” Natia springs up and storms around the edge of the table and approaches Acacia close enough to smell her breath. “You were the one who found him right! You tell us what’s going on, you conniving devil!”

One of the C.O.M.M. soldiers knocks on the door and Khalil opens it. He hands Khalil a small data cube and exits, before inexplicably nodding to Acacia of all people.

Khalil speaks aloud. “It seems the soldiers could recover some security camera data we thought was lost. When Oba lowered the shields, he also uploaded a virus onto the island’s servers and attempted to delete the camera footage. He was able to knock out our comms though. We’re working on getting that back online.”

“Good. This should set the record straight.” Natia says before stepping away from Acacia. What was that nod about, I wonder? Natia thinks it strange that Acacia and the C.

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