Star Trek - NF - 005 - Martyr by Peter David

Author:Peter David [Peter David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-07T14:57:38.779000+00:00

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\ \ "However minute it might be, yes," Selar said. "But in this instance, I find nothing. Not so much as a stray bit of spittle on the pillow."

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\ \ Shelby wasted no time, turning immediately back to Killick and saying, "You're lying to me, Killick."

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\ \ "I am not! As the Savior is my witness" He stopped, realizing the inappropriateness of the statement. It was a reflexive comment, one that he had made any number of times throughout the years before there was an actual, flesh-and-blood Savior to which the invocation could be attached. "I swear to you," he amended. "It is as I described it. His body was right there. He was not, to the best of my ability to ascertain, alive."

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\ \ As he had been speaking, Selar had had her tri-corder focused on him. "Commander," she said, "I believe he is telling the truth."

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\ \ "Are you sure?" asked Shelby.

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\ \ "To a ninety-eight percent probability," Selar told her, showing her the tricorder readings. Shelby, of course, did not quite understand what she was looking at, but was loath to admit it, so she feigned thoughtful expertise as she regarded the readings.

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\ \ "Making allowances for the stress of the moment, his pulse and respiration remained relatively close to the Zondarian norm when he was making the statements. Either it is the truth, or at the very least he believes it to be the truth."

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\ \ "What is going on in here?" came the startled voice of Si Cwan. He was standing in the doorway, having thrown a robe on, looking around in confusion at the assemblage before him. He took it all in in a glance, and then his face darkened as he said, "What happened to the captain?"

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\ \ Kebron, ever suspicious, said, "How do you know that something happened to the captain?"

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\ \ "In the name of the gods, Kebron, I'm not completely dim," retorted Si Cwan. "Everyone is standing here looking disconcerted, there's no sign of Calhoun, and Shelby, Selar, and two security goons have shown up. One does not have to be a detective to figure this out."

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\ \ At that moment, one of the servants to Killick came running in, looking extremely concerned. He motioned for Killick to come over to him, and Killick did so. What followed was a rapid exchange of words, with Killick looking increasingly disturbed, shaking his head in what was clear disbelief. Shelby tried to listen in on what they were saying, but it was hard to hear anythingeven her own thoughtsover the wailing and moaning that was coming from just outside. As this happened, Kebron quickly outlined the situation for Si Cwan. The red face of the Thallonian noble became darker and darker by the moment.

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\ \ Finally, looking for all the world as if he'd rather be anywhere else, Killick turned back to them and cleared his throat apprehensively. "The Savior's body is, uhm . . ."

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\ \ "If you say 'cremated,' you're next," Shelby told him in no uncertain terms.

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