Logan's Search by William F. Nolan

Author:William F. Nolan
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-06T07:00:00+00:00

Logan and Jess followed.

At the platform, Kirov settled into the rear of a local mazecar. As the car moved out along the tunnel, Kirov was startled to feel a hand at his shoulder.

"Kirov 2?"

He blinked. "I am that person."

"I'm Logan 3. I've come to you for help."

He started to protest that he had never heard the name, and could not be of help to strangers, when something deep in his mind responded. Kirov nodded. "We will talk in my unit," he said quietly. And they rode in silence to Leninskiye.

Kirov's lifeunit was as colorless and pale as the little man himself. The interior was painted a drab gray; there were no decorations of any kind to brighten the walls; heavy drapes obscured the view, and the furniture was starkly functional. The unit was, however, scrubbed and spotless. Not a mote of dust was allowed to settle there, since Kirov was an obsessively clean man.

Inside, before speaking, he prepared a pot of rather bitter yellow tea for his guests, bade them sit down, and then asked, sipping his sugarless brew, how he might help.

"We need to establish new identities," Logan told him. "As Logan 3 and Jessica 6, we're fugitives. If we're taken by the Federal Police we'll be executed. We need new IDs."

Kirov spoke in a flat monotone: "I don't know why you came to me, or who sent you, and I certainly don't know why I am willing to help you—but I am willing to do so." He stroked his thinly bearded chin. "I seem to be impelled to help you, which I find most strange. Normally, I would turn both of you over to the authorities."

Logan realized that the aliens had mentally prepared Kirov on a subliminal basis and that the little man knew nothing of his having been influenced by them. Which was all right with Logan, if that's how they wanted it. All that mattered was the help he needed.

"Exactly what do you wish me to do?" Kirov asked.

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