The Cygnus Agenda by Richard Martin

Author:Richard Martin [Martin, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838596224
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Getting the hell out of Honduras and never coming back was all Arnie could think about. What he had been through was not only eating at his confidence, it was making him angry. But under protection of the military base he had a chance to wind down, and today he wanted to offer his thanks to someone he had originally thought to be suspect. It was a meeting Jackson Shawcross felt no need to attend, as it would involve questions about the investigation.

“That`s the second time you`ve stuck your neck out for me, Major,” Arnie said. “And I know how risky that is for you. I also know you don`t want my gratitude, so I`ll keep it to a brief thank you and leave it at that.”

“Just doing my job,” said the Major. “The military exists for the protection of American citizens, so that`s what I did. It`s your taxes that pay our wages and seems to me it all worked out just like it`s supposed to.”

“But we both know that shooting up Hondurans in their own country will have our lily-livered politicians wanting to chew somebody`s ass, and that ass will be yours.”

“No doubt about it but let me worry about that. Those self-serving sons of bitches will sure as hell create some kind of shit storm, but in the end my top brass will tell them to shove it, diplomatically of course.”

“At least you`ll have Senator Carlucci at your back and he`s not short of the right connections.”

“Never met the man and so far there are no red flags, but I`d be careful with him if I were you.”

“Really? That sounds like a warning.”

“You shouldn`t need one, Arnie. You know it`s a shark tank you`re swimming in, just a matter of time before you feel the first bite.”

“You got something I should be worried about?”

“Whole boatload of stuff, starting with Carlucci, but that`s all I`m going to say. I know you and Jessica had me down as the bad guy but I ain`t, so don`t waste your time on that.”

“Ruled you out a while back, Major, but seems to me Carlucci genuinely wants answers on this one. He appears to care about what happened to your Marines. That`s Jessica`s read anyway and she`s a shrewd judge of character.”

“They all start out genuine, but as soon as self interest pushes in, those values start a pretty rapid slide. Don`t figure Carlucci`s any different.”

“Jessica would call that cynicism.”

“Yeah, well in my world we call it realism. Just saying, watch him.”

“If we`re talking realism then I don`t have to tell you that the media back home is still fingering this base as some kind of secret experimentation deal, using some of your men to test things. They think you`re into a program that`s messing with their minds, looking to create some kind of super-soldier. Got to say, that research lab your men are protecting is soon going to be put in the mix and then the speculation could get out of control.

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