Nightstalkers #04 - Time Patrol by Bob Mayer

Author:Bob Mayer
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781477821879
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2015-02-23T11:00:00+00:00

Seven-Plus Hours

“We tracked Coyne,” Golden said, reading off one of the papers in her folder. “As part of the research for the Sanction. And then we backtracked along his trail.”

“But nothing on New York City and the TDSW,” Neeley said.

“Of course not,” Hannah said. “This HUB is—” She faltered for words. “I’ve never heard of it or the Time Patrol before.”

Neeley had never seen her old friend so disturbed since they first joined forces a long time ago. It had been a desperate race for survival that had turned out to be Nero’s way of testing them and finding his own replacement—Hannah. They’d succeeded in the test, and in the process learned some bitter realities about the way of the world, especially covert environments.

Golden nodded. “We knew we couldn’t account for six weeks in the trail prior to his leaving active duty. Unusual, but not unheard of for a Sanction target. There are quite a few compartmentalized agencies and operations that even we can’t get a light into, including this Foreman’s. There’s not even a name for it as far as we can tell. As if he himself is the agency.”

“But even if we can’t get details, I’ve heard of all of them,” Hannah said. “Foreman was just a rumor.”

Hannah’s job as head of the Cellar was based on knowledge. If there was a hole in that knowledge, she could not adequately analyze the situation. And when the Cellar wasn’t on top of a situation, bad things tended to happen.

“Let’s think this through,” Neeley said. “We do know now where he was in those missing six weeks. Working security for this HUB. And we assume he gave up the location later on. But he probably gave up the site after he left the security detail and after he left active duty. So let’s start from his time after the tour.”

Doctor Golden opened the file. “He went right back to SEAL Team Six. That’s when he put in his paperwork to leave the military since his end of enlistment was coming up and he declined to enlist despite the offer of a rather generous bonus. While the request was being processed, he was deployed to Africa.”

“They were going to wring him dry of every op they could run him on before his ETS,” Neeley said. “He must have been a little pissed.”

That earned her a sharp glance from Hannah.

Doctor Golden pushed on. “He did some ops in the Horn of Africa, pirate interdiction, but was never alone. Always with his team and always on board ship. His paperwork went through and he was discharged. He returned to the States and out-processed.” Golden nodded. “He signed out of Little Creek, Virginia.

“Then he went directly to the Far East where he engaged in the activities for which the Sanction was ostensibly for,” Golden concluded. “Particularly in Cambodia. He went from Cambodia to the Caymans. The assumption was to deposit money in an account there.”

“Perhaps the assumption is wrong,” Neeley said.

“Perhaps,” Hannah agreed. “We don’t have much in the file on the days he spent in the islands.

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