Destination Mars - Part 1
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John lunged and caught her before she hit her head on the tile floor. He put his arms around her and half dragged, half carried her to the kitchen. He laid her down next to the sink and pulled out a big metal box. When the lid of the box was closed, it was EM shielded, so radio signals could not get in or out.
John went through her pockets and removed a dozen gadgets that he could not identify. He tossed them all into the box and closed the lid.
He put her money card in his own pocket; he'd be using that later. He loosened her clothing and examined her body closely. He didn't see any pockets on the inside of her clothing, or any secret compartments built into her skin.
He wasn't sure how much paranoia was appropriate, but better safe than sorry. On a whim he inserted one finger into her vagina, and touched something hard and metallic. "I'm not crazy after all." he said aloud as he spread her legs apart. He removed the object and stared at it for a moment, then tossed it into the box.
He checked the other opening, then washed his hands.
Fourteen minutes had passed, and the drug was only good for a half hour. He had to move fast.
The outer door rattled, and John jumped three feet into the air. "Housekeeping." announced a voice from the other side of the door. She rattled it again.
"Be right there." called John as he ran out of the kitchen and across the conference room. He opened the door and saw a young woman with a cleaning cart. "I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting you."
"I'm suppose to clean this room; it's on the schedule."
Time was running out; John had to get rid of her, and fast! "We have a meeting scheduled for this room, can you come back another time?"
"A meeting? Here? In this old trailer?"
"I know. But that's what I get for putting a meeting together at the last minute. This was all I could get. It's either this or the hallway. Please, can you come back?"
"My boss will have my head if I don't clean up in here. It's on the schedule."
"Well you know, it looks pretty clean to me." He wasn't inviting her in, especially with a naked woman lying unconscious in the kitchen, but she almost pushed him aside as she stepped into the room. She looked about, and except for the scattered papers on the table, and the two coffee cups, the room was spotless.
"Yeah, it looks pretty clean."
"Tell you what, I'll make sure we pick up after ourselves. I'll make sure the room is spotless. As far as your boss is concerned, you did your job. Now why don't you step out and have a nice long lunch; you deserve it."
"I think you're right." She turned away, and John was about ready to slam the door when she turned back rather suddenly. "If you're expecting people, why was the door locked?"
What a tangled web. "Was it locked?" John stammered. "I guess it did that by itself. I'll be more careful."
Once again she turned away and started down the hall with her cart.
He almost expected her to turn back and ask why there were two cups on the table, but she didn't.
He closed and locked the door and sprinted back to the kitchen. Three minutes wasted; thirteen minutes left.
"Get going John, get going."
He dressed her as best he could. She looked a bit rumpled, but it would have to do. Using handcuffs that he had purchased months ago, he anchored her feet to the legs of the sink, and then cuffed her hands in front of her. There at least she was secure.
John pulled a hypo-gun from the cupboard and held it against the side of her neck. He squeezed the trigger and drove a pellet, smaller than a grain of rice, under her skin. A drop of blood marked the injection site.
He cleaned the wound and applied a transparent film to help it heal. The film included an analgesic, and if everything worked according to plan, she wouldn't notice the foreign implant, at least not right away.
"Dammit" he cursed, "I almost forgot to check the mouth."
Twenty one minutes and counting.
He opened her mouth and looked under her tongue and along the gums. Everything seemed normal, until a gold crown caught his eye. It seemed solid enough.
"She would press on it with her tongue, wouldn't she?" He pushed on it from the side, as Squanto would do with the tip of her tongue, and it popped open. A pill slipped out and rolled down towards the back of her throat.
"Fu*k!" shouted John as he dove for the pill. He trapped it between the tip of his finger and the side of her throat. Slowly, very slowly, he slid it up and out of her mouth. It was already starting to break apart. He held it under his nose, and then tossed it into the box.
"Cyanide," he declared, "and quick dissolving too."
Twenty four minutes.
He opened a drawer and took out a wand that looked like a bar code reader. It was amazing what you could hide in a pair of shoes. He scanned every inch of the leather shoes, inside and out, but found nothing. No metal, no electronics, no integrated circuits, no explosives. Just shoes!
He checked her zipper and her snaps and her buttons, and what was that? The unit beeped as it passed the third button on her shirt. There was no time to investigate. He gently cut the threads and tossed the button into the metal box.
She was going to look a bit odd, with one button missing from the middle of her shirt, but there was no time to sew a new one in its place. In fact, she was starting to wake up. He ran his hands through her hair and found nothing.
Thirty minutes; times up.
She sat up and looked over at John, who kept his distance. She felt for the third button on her shirt and found it missing. Then she moved her mouth about, as if it were full.
"I'm sorry," began John, "but I had to remove your pill. Now pay attention. I don't want to hurt you, I just want your money, and I mean all of it. I've got your money card here, and if you cooperate, you can be on your way in short order, and our paths will never cross again. If you don't cooperate, well, I have a few tools at my disposal."
He opened the cupboard and pulled out a sturdy metal C-clamp.
"I don't have all those fancy electro-shock torture sticks that you guys use, but I don't think those are really necessary. This is strong enough to crack knuckles, and if that doesn't work, there's a soldering iron in the back. But I really don't want to go down that road, and I don't think you do either, so let's take care of business. What is your personal access code?"
"I can't believe I let this happen." thought Squanto to herself. "I just don't believe it. But don't panic. He's smart, but he's not with the underground, or the government. He's an amateur. A stupid greedy amateur. He just wants money. Don't make a scene. Give him what he wants, and we'll catch up with him later. We'll take the money back, and kill him and his family, rather horribly. Just go with the flow."
To be continued…
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