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home, but was thrust aside and held by Sajjid Eleniak while two of his thugs
went through the hut.
The LabCor men came out a moment later, looking sick but shaking their heads.
They must have seen
Bobby. Their expressions enraged the settlers, who resented anyone taking an
attitude like that to one of their own. They advanced in a mob on the
uniformed men. Eleniak's guards drew their needleguns and stood ready, eyes
darting back and forth, choosing targets. Gasps rose from the crowd. Missa
thought
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start shooting. The settlers, wisely, retreated to their original distance,
their protests quieter than before. Governor Home pushed through the crowd,
and caught Missa's arm.
"Okay, Volk, you've had your little adventure," he said. "Call them off."
"I can't," Missa said, favoring him with as blank an expression as she had in
her repertoire. "I work for
Mr. Eleniak."
"You admit you're responsible for them being here."
"I& don't admit anything, Governor. I've been sending in my reports to my
employers, as usual. They just arrived."
Home leveled a finger at her nose. "You knew and you didn't tell me. We're
going to talk about this later." He addressed the leaders of both groups,
Eleniak and Fromart, who had con-verged on the last house in the irregular
ring.
"Look here, neither of you informed me you were landing, so legally, neither
one of you is welcome on this planet. If you think you can somehow justify
your presence here, talk!" Home bellowed.
The narrow-faced man in GBI uniform turned sharply from supervising his people
to face Home.
"We need to remove Taylor to headquarters for interrogation about crimes
committed against humanity on no fewer than four colony planets."
"Well, that's very interesting," Eleniak said, spinning on his heel and taking
a step closer so that he was chest to chest with his opposition, "but my
colleagues require interviews with Dr.
Taylor for the data she has on this project before you, uh, lock her up. Once
you have her, we'll never get her back."
The narrow-faced man looked amused. "That's true. And vice versa, as well.
Government interests must be served first, Mr& " He raised the small device
from his belt.
The LabCor man pushed closer until he was actually pressing the other man
backward. "Eleniak. Spell it right."
"Now, now, Shona's not guilty of any crimes on any planets," Home interrupted.
"And she's no danger to
LabCor either. Get the hell off my planet." The two teams, having searched the
last house, started purposefully for the garden path toward the ottle
center-place. "Do you hear me?"
The narrow-faced man nodded to the woman behind him, who detached herself from
the group. She glided to the last house remaining open, and stepped inside.
Its owner, a plump-faced man, followed her
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Jody Lynn Nye - Medicine Show in, yelling. There were sounds of a scuffle. She
emerged carrying a communications console, which she dumped on the ground and
lased into four pieces with the pistol from her holster. The plump man
staggered out behind her, clutching his jaw. Volk didn't know who these others
were, but she was certain of two things: they were not GBI, and they were
very, very dangerous.
"Dr. Volk," bellowed Home, closing in on her like a thundercloud. "I want to
talk to you!"
Wla ran back to join Chirwl and the others under the heart-tree, just as two
sets of angry humans, one group in gray uniforms, the other in scarlet,
entered the glade. She reported in a swift whistle to her clan and the
Clan-One-Tree-Nearer-the-River.
"Friend Shona and offspring Alex-ss are under the bank. They must move soon.
It is cold there, and no food."
"She has not eaten all day," Chirwl added, concerned.
"We will attend to it," Varral promised her. "My offspring and hir co-mates
are gathering supplies for them."
"We will bring it to them," said one of Shnomri's cousins, a thick-pelted
father of the cell.
"Attention, please." A tall male human with a dead-looking, long, thin face
looked from one to another of the clustered ottles, then grabbed up the
nearest, Tsanan, with a lightning-fast thrust of his hand.
Chirwl wanted to race at the human and dig into him with his claws until he
dropped the nurturer, but evidently he didn't mean Tsanan any immediate harm.
"I want to find Shona Taylor. Where is she?"
The ottles regarded the gray-clad stranger blankly. Though obviously enraged,
the man responded by tucking his emotions still further inside himself. He
held Tsanan face to face with him until her whiskers were almost touching his
skin. "Where is she? She's dangerous. We need to take her away."
"Which is the she you seek?" asked Chlari in the Standard tongue, staying
close to help his co-mate. The man turned to glare at him, and one of the
other flat-faced ones in gray uniforms stepped forward and put a hand on the
weapon at his side. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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home, but was thrust aside and held by Sajjid Eleniak while two of his thugs
went through the hut.
The LabCor men came out a moment later, looking sick but shaking their heads.
They must have seen
Bobby. Their expressions enraged the settlers, who resented anyone taking an
attitude like that to one of their own. They advanced in a mob on the
uniformed men. Eleniak's guards drew their needleguns and stood ready, eyes
darting back and forth, choosing targets. Gasps rose from the crowd. Missa
thought
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Jody Lynn Nye - Medicine Show with horror for a moment that the men might
start shooting. The settlers, wisely, retreated to their original distance,
their protests quieter than before. Governor Home pushed through the crowd,
and caught Missa's arm.
"Okay, Volk, you've had your little adventure," he said. "Call them off."
"I can't," Missa said, favoring him with as blank an expression as she had in
her repertoire. "I work for
Mr. Eleniak."
"You admit you're responsible for them being here."
"I& don't admit anything, Governor. I've been sending in my reports to my
employers, as usual. They just arrived."
Home leveled a finger at her nose. "You knew and you didn't tell me. We're
going to talk about this later." He addressed the leaders of both groups,
Eleniak and Fromart, who had con-verged on the last house in the irregular
ring.
"Look here, neither of you informed me you were landing, so legally, neither
one of you is welcome on this planet. If you think you can somehow justify
your presence here, talk!" Home bellowed.
The narrow-faced man in GBI uniform turned sharply from supervising his people
to face Home.
"We need to remove Taylor to headquarters for interrogation about crimes
committed against humanity on no fewer than four colony planets."
"Well, that's very interesting," Eleniak said, spinning on his heel and taking
a step closer so that he was chest to chest with his opposition, "but my
colleagues require interviews with Dr.
Taylor for the data she has on this project before you, uh, lock her up. Once
you have her, we'll never get her back."
The narrow-faced man looked amused. "That's true. And vice versa, as well.
Government interests must be served first, Mr& " He raised the small device
from his belt.
The LabCor man pushed closer until he was actually pressing the other man
backward. "Eleniak. Spell it right."
"Now, now, Shona's not guilty of any crimes on any planets," Home interrupted.
"And she's no danger to
LabCor either. Get the hell off my planet." The two teams, having searched the
last house, started purposefully for the garden path toward the ottle
center-place. "Do you hear me?"
The narrow-faced man nodded to the woman behind him, who detached herself from
the group. She glided to the last house remaining open, and stepped inside.
Its owner, a plump-faced man, followed her
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Jody Lynn Nye - Medicine Show in, yelling. There were sounds of a scuffle. She
emerged carrying a communications console, which she dumped on the ground and
lased into four pieces with the pistol from her holster. The plump man
staggered out behind her, clutching his jaw. Volk didn't know who these others
were, but she was certain of two things: they were not GBI, and they were
very, very dangerous.
"Dr. Volk," bellowed Home, closing in on her like a thundercloud. "I want to
talk to you!"
Wla ran back to join Chirwl and the others under the heart-tree, just as two
sets of angry humans, one group in gray uniforms, the other in scarlet,
entered the glade. She reported in a swift whistle to her clan and the
Clan-One-Tree-Nearer-the-River.
"Friend Shona and offspring Alex-ss are under the bank. They must move soon.
It is cold there, and no food."
"She has not eaten all day," Chirwl added, concerned.
"We will attend to it," Varral promised her. "My offspring and hir co-mates
are gathering supplies for them."
"We will bring it to them," said one of Shnomri's cousins, a thick-pelted
father of the cell.
"Attention, please." A tall male human with a dead-looking, long, thin face
looked from one to another of the clustered ottles, then grabbed up the
nearest, Tsanan, with a lightning-fast thrust of his hand.
Chirwl wanted to race at the human and dig into him with his claws until he
dropped the nurturer, but evidently he didn't mean Tsanan any immediate harm.
"I want to find Shona Taylor. Where is she?"
The ottles regarded the gray-clad stranger blankly. Though obviously enraged,
the man responded by tucking his emotions still further inside himself. He
held Tsanan face to face with him until her whiskers were almost touching his
skin. "Where is she? She's dangerous. We need to take her away."
"Which is the she you seek?" asked Chlari in the Standard tongue, staying
close to help his co-mate. The man turned to glare at him, and one of the
other flat-faced ones in gray uniforms stepped forward and put a hand on the
weapon at his side. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]