Vatican Assassin by Mike Luoma

Author:Mike Luoma [Luoma, Mike]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science fiction, General, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, Adventure, FIC028000
ISBN: 9781411665316
Publisher: lulu.com
Published: 2007-07-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

BC is blinded by the light as the door to his closet opens. He’s been awake, sitting cross-legged in the dark, serving his “penance”, thinking of different ways of killing The Light. He squints, trying to see who it is.

It’s too short to be The Light.

“I don’t believe you. I don’t believe your confession.”

Ah, Mr. Kim. Welcome...

“Why not, Father Kim? I’ve seen the error of my ways. I’ve spent this last month actually reading this damn thing,” BC nods at the Bible, thinks again, “poor choice of words, sorry. But I did read it. The New Testament especially, just as He asked. We here really are closer to the ideals of the community as Jesus proposed it, as you read about it in Acts and in The Letters. I was wrong.”

“You were full of shit, still are. I see right through you.”

“You know, Mr. Kim...” BC gets up and stands looking down on Kim.

“Father. Please.”

“Father Kim, sorry. You don’t strike me as being too much like the rest here, either. You’re full of a fair amount of shit yourself, aren’t you? Aren’t you!”

Kim has something in his right hand. BC sees him roll a finger over it and the door closes behind him. Kim holds up his hand to show BC a small black plastic cube.

“Room controls. Lights, speakers, mics, cameras, lock, all controlled by this nifty little device. One cube for each room in this section, the old sultan’s little prison. Or maybe his bordello, hard to tell. At any rate, this is the one for this room. The sultan designed these controls to be both portable and personal, so he could carry them and use them as favors. If he gave you the cube he was giving you back your privacy. This cube controls everything in this room, and can shut off the mics, the cameras, the whole surveillance system. But just for this room.

“With the door closed and with this in my hand, we are alone. No one can listen in on us. And so I say again... I see right through you, Campion, even if He doesn’t. I still see the murder in your eyes. You aren’t hiding anything. You don’t even know what day it is, do you?”

BC knows he doesn’t.

Nope.

“You’re nearly broken, Campion.”

“Bullshit. And why should I believe you about that thing,” BC says, pointing at the small black plastic room control cube. “You’re just trying to set me up, trying to make it look like I don’t regret my past offenses. You’re trying to show them I really haven’t confessed in my heart, so they’ll kill me. Well it won’t work!”

“Jesus, Campion, will you quit playing for the cameras? They’re off! You can quit your act for the time being. This controls any access to this room, and it’s all off. See?”

Kim tosses the cube at BC.

The writing is small, but legible. Controls for the camera, the mics, the light, the lock... just as Kim said. And all turned off.

“Here,” Kim says, grabbing it back quickly.

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