Proxima Centauri - Hunt for the Lost AIs

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by M. D. Cooper


  She thought wistfully of Tobi. She’d asked Jason if Tobi could stay with her for a while, thinking part of the problem might simply be the stress of leaving so suddenly, and being apart from Ben. Having the cat around, she’d reasoned, might be soothing. But Tobi had taken an inexplicable dislike to her and had even hissed and swiped at her the last time Judith had attempted to pet her.

  She sighed and rubbed her head once again as she turned tentatively toward her door. Maybe Marta can scan me again, see if she can figure out—

  She blinked in confusion, and her hand lowered, its move toward the door’s panel aborted as something seemed to take over her body’s motor controls. She opened her mouth to protest, but her thoughts abruptly became clouded. Slowly she turned, her body moving toward her bed as if under someone else’s power. She found herself turning and lowering herself back down to the bed, her eyes fluttering closed. As she did so, she could have sworn she heard Ethan’s voice….

 

  She struggled to make sense of the warning her brain was shouting at her, as intense pain gripped her, and she heard Ethan’s voice laugh softly in the back of her brain as her body arched in an attempt to evade the agony now sheeting its way through her.

  She cried out as the pain reached impossible new heights, her vision tunneling as she slipped into blessed unconsciousness.

  INSIDIOUS

  STELLAR DATE: 08.27.3191 (Adjusted Gregorian)

  LOCATION: Enfield Holdings

  REGION: El Dorado Ring, Alpha Centauri System

 

  Aaron’s voice pulled Daniel away from the holo tank at Enfield Holdings, where he was reading the SIS’s most recent reports on their progress on locating Prime. He and Aaron had made their way to the task force’s headquarters after checking in with his security team at Enfield Aerospace earlier in the day.

  Aaron’s avatar appeared worried. Daniel’s brow rose, his curiosity piqued. Aaron never appeared worried, and he wondered briefly what new thing was about to be sprung on them.

  he asked his partner over their private connection.

  Aaron shrank the feed from SIS—essentially a series of reports stating that the analysts had no new leads—and projected something new onto the holo.

 

  Daniel nodded.

 

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