The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

Author:Max Nowaz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2023-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Brown woke up slightly later than usual. It had been an extremely exhausting night, even if a highly sensuous one as well. The bouts of lovemaking had carried on, even after they had changed back to their normal selves. It occurred to Brown that maybe both of them were going the extra mile with some hidden agenda in mind.

Brown knew he certainly was. He wanted to get into Leela’s good books, to get her on his side if he could. He needed to be shielded from the onslaught that he expected from Vincent Junkers for the destruction of another advanced mandroid.

She had warned him the night before that whatever he did, he was not to admit to destroying the first two mandroids, even if he had actually done so. It was a game they were playing. They both knew that she knew he had killed the two mandroids on Outer Reach, but without any outright accusation or admission. So, what was on Leela’s agenda?

Leela had already left his bed, so Brown got up and got ready for some light breakfast before her father turned up. Normally he liked a heavy breakfast, but it was quite late, and they would be having lunch soon.

However, as he neared the breakfast room, he could hear voices. Vincent Junkers was already there along with two other men and Leela. One of them he recognised as the head of security, Smith, from the night before.

It was, in fact, later than Brown had realised. They asked him to sit down with them, and he was brought coffee and a snack.

Brown had been expecting something like this meeting but in more formal surroundings. The third man at the table was introduced as Colonel Jeff Malkovich, a counter-intelligence officer with Global Security, combating Alien Subversion on Earth. Malkovich was a tall, well-built man with a serious face.

Brown began to wonder where this was all leading to as he sipped his coffee and attended to his snack. He was fairly sure that he was in for a rough ride.

“It seems you killed a man last night,” Junkers accused him.

“I’m sure it wasn’t a man,” said Brown.

“How do you mean?” asked the intelligence officer.

“It was a mandroid, an advanced one, from what I can tell,” said Brown.

“We’ve examined the body, and it was a man,” said Smith, the head of security.

“You’re joking!” retorted Brown. “I shot it with a full charge, and it didn’t go down. It turned around and was getting ready to shoot me when I had to shoot it again.”

“Right through the eye. Why did you have to do that?” asked Junkers.

“It was just a lucky shot,” said Brown. “I had to be quick before it recovered.”

“How do you mean recover?” asked Smith. “You had already disabled him.”

“But it hadn’t dropped its weapon and seemed to be recovering. It had an evil smile on its face, instead of the look of a shot man.”

“So you thought you would take matters into your own hands and kill the man.

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