Hurt World One and the Zombie Rats by Stuart Parker

Author:Stuart Parker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: future adventure, grime crime, adveneture mystery, thriller

12 Organisations

In the Ministry of Culture there was a door marked Office for Wine and Whisky. Phillipe Dumont was the officer on duty and he was not sure what to make of Kaptu Z. He scrutinized his ID carefully. ‘You belong to the Hurt World Agency of the United Nations and you want more whisky?’

‘Three bottles.’

‘And yesterday you took one?’ Dumont was inquisitively flicking through files on his desk screen.

‘I’m on an undercover assignment,’ said Kaptu. ‘One bottle has got me in. Three more bottles will keep me there.’

‘Any more details than that?’

‘Confidentiality is important.’

‘I am the French Government.’

‘I know, and the best part.’

Dumont delved through files some more.

Kaptu’s attention strayed to the vintage whisky and wine advertising posters decorating the walls. There were happy faces and sparkling glasses of alcoholic drinks in a time that had long since passed - although, perhaps not for Dumont and his department. His bloodshot eyes and bulging waistline hinted that perhaps not all of the Paris stockpiles were being accurately accounted for. Finally, he looked up from his screen, his voice measured. ‘Your name comes up in an incident in Switzerland. Apparently, they are still repairing the damage. And you have your HQ confused. They think you are in Portugal.’

‘They don’t think anything. I’d say they are trying to set up another trap for Mas. It will have to be convincing if they want to get close to her again.’

Dumont felt his neatly bearded chin. ‘We are in charge of the biggest cellars in France and our usual requests for liquor are for state banquets or state funerals. To my knowledge the only requests from police agencies have been for senior retirements, not operational matters. I am going to grant your request nonetheless. Hurt World has an A1 Integrity Rating, which of course is the highest possible. I warn you, taking wine for corrupt purposes will see that fall.’

‘It is whisky I want.’

Dumont wrote a rapid message on the screen and signed it Officer for Wine and Whisky. ‘There will be a case waiting for you at the reception,’ he said. ‘A thirty day Explain Clause is attached. It means you have thirty days to provide an official explanation to the French Government as to how the grant has been used. To put into context how we value our old liquor, if you had requested a sub-nuclear missile, you would have had fifty days to explain why.’

‘Thirty days will be plenty of time,’ said Kaptu.

Dumont slid his ID back across the table. ‘I look forward to hearing more about how our whisky has helped heel the world.’

‘Sure,’ said Kaptu, getting up from his creaky wooden chair. ‘I have to go.’

He left the office and took the elevator to the ground floor. He leaned with his elbows on the reception counter like it was a bar and smiled at the receptionist. After a few minutes, the bottles of whisky came in a non-descript black briefcase. Kaptu left the building and took a taxi to Port De Bercy where Natalie from the Spanish Club was waiting.

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