Ryder Hook 02 - The Boosted Man by Tully Zetford

Author:Tully Zetford [Zetford, Tully]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Trust the Boosted Men to pick on a dancing girl of the Shashmeeri!

Hook caught his involuntary hesitation and walked on.

'Sure,' said Hallipen, the Fortan, waving one of his atrophied hands holding a slipstick. 'I fancy her, too; but that's out. Best forget all about that.'

Hook kept his smile going.

'I'm working for the econorg, Hallipen,' he said. 'I know which plug to pull.'

Hook walked on down the line of boxes. Each contained a perfect girl encased within the translucent walls.

Most were Earth girls. But, among the hundred, there were representatives of ten of the alien races reputed to produce the most beautiful females of a terrestial pattern. Mind you, Hook always preferred a real Earth girl. The Shashmeeri were all breast and hip and impossibly so; discretion in amounts of beauty appealed to Hook far more than this carnal obsession with lush profusion. Shape and soft firmness and delicacy, they were the prime-requisites in a woman's breasts; not size.

He picked up the routine of what was going on here. Science could work what appeared to be miracles and if this was bioengineering on a macro rather than a micro scale, it was none the less for that of intense interest.

What was being done to these perfect examples of female beauty was very similar to what had been done to Hook himself.

They were undergoing treatment that had been pioneered by RCI in their Powerman Project.

The outcome of the final stages of that project, stages from which Hook had been excluded, was the production of Boosted Men.

These girls in their translucent boxes with the transparent lids were being transformed into Boosted Women.

Well, Hook considered, that would be nice for the Novamen.

Without genetic engineering they couldn't hope to breed Boosted boys and girls from these women; but no doubt that would follow all in good time.

Now he could understand the secrecy surrounding Locus. Hallipen fussed.

'We're almost finished up with this batch, Alf. So you'd best carry out the final check with the neuro-suppressors. I see the work sheet says you were involved in their production.' The Fortan glanced up and — almost but only almost on this happy planet of Locus — a frown appeared on his face. 'It's most unusual for personnel engaged on production of components and bio-tooling to be switched to the end product. Most odd.'

'They must have thought you needed help. '

'Help? Why, we can turn out these young ladies now like peas from a pod! Still, I'll admit I do work hard at it. I can do with some help, at that.'

'There you are, then.'

The information Ryder Hook needed was almost all within his grasp. A few more facts; the last and, given what he already knew, the most vital factor, and then he could see about changing the situation.

Atavistic and vicious though it might be, the idea of doing that gave him some anticipatory pleasure.

The Fortan had to sit down for a spell. He looked ill. Hook said: 'How long have you been here, Hallipen?'

'How long? Oh — now that's odd.

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