Plague Ship (with Jack DuBrul) by Clive Cussler
Author:Clive Cussler [Cussler, Clive]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9780399154973
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Penguin Group
Published: 2008-01-01T16:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 20
âHOLD ON ONE SECOND,â CABRILLO SAID, GETTING his mind around the situation.
He was alone in his cabin. His desk was strewn with paperwork that had gone ignored too long. He hit the intercom button for the communications station in the Op Center.
âYes, Chairman,â the night-duty supervisor answered at once.
âWhatâs the status of Max Hanleyâs radio ID chip?â
Each member of the Corporation had a locator microchip surgically embedded in the leg that beamed a faint signal to the constellation of communications satellites circling the globe. Powered by the nervous system, with an occasional transdermal boost of electricity like with a pacemaker, the devices allowed Juan to know where any member of his team was at all times.
âIâm not getting a signal. Hold on. Here we go. The computer says his transponder stopped working eleven minutes ago, about two miles from the hotel where he was staying with his son. Eddieâs is working fine. I show him in central Rome, about a quarter mile from the Colosseum.â
âThank you.â Juan released the intercom and spoke into his desk telephone, a modern instrument disguised to look like a Bakelite phone from the 1930s. âMaxâs transponderâs out.â
âI already figured it would be,â Eddie replied.
âThatâs how they tracked you to Rome, isnât it? Kyle Hanley was chipped when he was in Greece. And they took the precaution of sweeping Max in case we did the same thing.â
âThey probably carved it out of his thigh, in whatever vehicle they used to make their getaway.â
âBut even the best chips can only give you a rough approximation, they arenât as powerful as GPS,â Juan said.
âThatâs why I think Kyle helped them. When they ambushed us in the hotelâs elevator they brought Max and me back to the suite. Kyle didnât look all that drugged to me. I think he came to during our flight from Crete and was faking it for the last part of our trip. He was left alone for a few minutes in one of the bedrooms while we spoke with Dr. Jenner. Supposedly, he was unconscious, but if he was awake he could have called Kovac, or someone else in the movement, and given them the name of the hotel and the room number.â
âSo Kovac tracked him to Rome using a radio tag and Kyle guided him to the exact location.â
âThatâs the only way it makes any sense.â
âJust spitballing here, but what about Jenner? He could have blown our location to the Responsivists.â
âHe could have,â Eddie agreed, âbut I could tell he hates them the way a drug counselor hates crack. Also, you didnât see the way Kovac pistol-whipped him. No, Jennerâs definitely on our side on this.â
âLike I said, just throwing it out there.â
âYou know, Juan, they took a hell of a risk to get the kid back. Doesnât make any sense if Kyleâs just some low-level believer.â
âThen heâs somehow involved in whatever theyâre planning.â
âOr at least exposed to the information at the retreat,â Eddie said.
âThey snatched him back to keep operational security absolutely airtight.
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