Stolen by Alison Golden

Author:Alison Golden [Golden, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ALISON GOLDEN
Published: 2016-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

Diana took the elevator down one floor and made her way along the corridors to Tina’s lab. The door was open, but she still knocked. The scientist was bent over a microscope, looking at something intently.

Tina jumped. “Oh, hi Diana,” she said enthusiastically.

“Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you.”

“It’s okay. It always happens. I get very involved in my work,” she laughed. “Anyway, I’m glad you’re here. You actually understand what I go on about. You have no idea how rare that is,” she said with a chuckle.

Diana laughed. “Trust me, I do. So, I was wondering if you have anything on the scopolamine. I’m curious about how they managed to aerosolize it.”

“It is interesting. The first thing I noticed was that the canister isn’t a regular canister. It’s actually a custom made aerosol can.”

Diana’s eyes widened. “Are you kidding me? They made an oversized deodorant dispenser?”

Tina laughed. “Precisely. It uses the same principles, with liquefied gas as a propellant. They made a concentrated scopolamine solution using alcohol, put it in the canister, and then sealed it.”

Diana responded, “Then all they have to do is activate the pumping mechanism remotely and the liquefied gas is forced out, dispersing the scopolamine solution as a very fine mist.”

“Precisely. What I found interesting is that they added another compound. At first, I thought I’d made a mistake, but I triple-tested it. It’s liquid air freshener. Why do you think they’d add that?”

Diana had to give it to the mastermind behind this operation. The guy was good. He obviously thought of everything. “I’m guessing the air freshener was designed to mask any strange odor the scopolamine might have given off. Since it’s a mist, someone might have noticed something, but with the addition of the air freshener, no one would think anything of it.”

“Oooh, that’s a good idea.” Tina’s eyes sparkled. Like Diana, she was obviously fascinated with the mechanics and the thought process that had gone into creating the delivery mechanism for the drug.

Diana continued, “You know, to create something like this aerosol can, they’d need special equipment. Maybe we can track them through their purchases. Do you think you can get me a list of the items necessary for something like this?”

“Give me ten minutes, and I’ll email it to you.”

“What about the scopolamine itself?” Diana asked.

“As far as I can tell, it’s pretty pure. It hasn’t been cut with anything, which means there’s a good chance that it’s being obtained straight from the source.”

“Maybe a pharmaceutical company?”

Tina shook her head. “No, this is much more potent than the grade of product used in pharmaceuticals.”

“So, he’s importing it directly, then?” Diana posited.

“I think so. But here’s the catch. If they’re not careful with the dosage, they could end up with people going around for a few days without realizing what they’re doing.”

“So, how do they determine the right dosage?” Diana was curious.

“The only way I can see is through trial and error. Maybe he tried it on his own people first. It’s not like they’d know,” said Tina.

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