The Chimera Project (Chimera Protocol Book 1) Read Online Free Page B
Author: Jolie Mason
saw in Manning's at times.
Another dossier slid before him. "Olivia Trainer, Korsky's assistant is listed as missing. That suggests she did not disappear to this lab on grant money. These two women may help us."
"All right," he said. "We'll preserve these targets and determine their willingness to cooperate."
She dangled her fingers nervously over the last dossier. "There's more. You haven't looked these over." Again, she wasn't asking. He shook his head to confirm. "You need to."
He picked it up: Subject 375, no image on file. It was a page one, mostly redacted medical file. This person was being experimented on, and central had issued a kill order on them. He seethed.
"This could be one of us," he said. She nodded slowly.
He breathed in deeply. "Okay, we have three captures, three kills."
The doctor caught his glance at her. "I am allowed to kill the other three?"
She shrugged. "By my assessment, they appear to be enthusiastic participants. Fire away." He stared at her in amazement.
"That's a little more blood thirsty than I had expected."
"I have no sympathy with cold blooded killers, but these three could be assets to your group. We won't know till we talk to them."
Star rolled her eyes. "Would you like us to get you anything else while we're out?"
"As a matter of fact, one of the targets is an expert on cyber enhancement. I need all his equipment, files, computers and any potential nanite tech you find."
Samuel covered his mouth to hide his smile at the look of shock on Star's face. She'd been sarcastic from the day she'd been born, she'd said more than once, and here was this brilliant doctor who seemed mostly immune.
"We'll get you everything we can, Doctor."
He finished the briefing with one eye on Dr. Manning who drank in details like a fish drank water. She missed nothing, and she hid nothing. He was now thoroughly convinced the woman knew nothing of these experiments. He was also feeling guilty for ordering Thompson to hurt her. It wasn't the first order he'd ever regretted, and he imagined it wouldn't be the last.
*
Eisley stood behind the unit's comm officer as they approached the targeted facility. She wore a headset and had a monitor plugged into a cam on Chief Mosebey, so she could inspect his finds and say yes or no.
The transport pulled over the roof of a building much like the one she stood in, and, one by one, the four man team rappelled to the hard surface, guns up, and she watched Samuel move in behind Thompson. They wore all black, generic uniforms with no identifying insignia and face masks.
She heard Samuel whisper "clear," and then they attached a small, controlled explosive to the door near the handle and moved back. At the loud pop, she flinched, and then the men rushed into the facility. There were two guards prior to making it to the lab which made up most of the occupied base. She looked away as Samuel quietly twisted a man's neck, then said a soft, "Sorry, Doc."
She felt a little faint, but she choked out, "It's all right. Go on." He couldn't see her, thankfully, or he'd have seen she was lying. Even if these people were some of the most hardened of criminals, she reacted to witnessing their deaths. She took a deep breath.
"That's the lab ahead. Has to be." she said to Samuel as they rounded the corner and approached, two by two, the wide double door. Busting in, the men encountered Olivia first. Tanner ordered her on her knees. The young woman was terrified. Samuel continued to sweep the lab. A slight scream sounded from his right, and he scanned that way just long enough to see Thompson subdue Korsky.
She stood to attention, and leaned into the monitor. "Samuel, turn right. You'll see a console on the counter before you. Get closer. Is that security sign in Korsky's?"
"It is. This the one?"
"Yes, insert the program there." She waited as he did it. It took several minutes for the program to do its work, and the comms officer spoke up to say, "Upload in process."
That
Another dossier slid before him. "Olivia Trainer, Korsky's assistant is listed as missing. That suggests she did not disappear to this lab on grant money. These two women may help us."
"All right," he said. "We'll preserve these targets and determine their willingness to cooperate."
She dangled her fingers nervously over the last dossier. "There's more. You haven't looked these over." Again, she wasn't asking. He shook his head to confirm. "You need to."
He picked it up: Subject 375, no image on file. It was a page one, mostly redacted medical file. This person was being experimented on, and central had issued a kill order on them. He seethed.
"This could be one of us," he said. She nodded slowly.
He breathed in deeply. "Okay, we have three captures, three kills."
The doctor caught his glance at her. "I am allowed to kill the other three?"
She shrugged. "By my assessment, they appear to be enthusiastic participants. Fire away." He stared at her in amazement.
"That's a little more blood thirsty than I had expected."
"I have no sympathy with cold blooded killers, but these three could be assets to your group. We won't know till we talk to them."
Star rolled her eyes. "Would you like us to get you anything else while we're out?"
"As a matter of fact, one of the targets is an expert on cyber enhancement. I need all his equipment, files, computers and any potential nanite tech you find."
Samuel covered his mouth to hide his smile at the look of shock on Star's face. She'd been sarcastic from the day she'd been born, she'd said more than once, and here was this brilliant doctor who seemed mostly immune.
"We'll get you everything we can, Doctor."
He finished the briefing with one eye on Dr. Manning who drank in details like a fish drank water. She missed nothing, and she hid nothing. He was now thoroughly convinced the woman knew nothing of these experiments. He was also feeling guilty for ordering Thompson to hurt her. It wasn't the first order he'd ever regretted, and he imagined it wouldn't be the last.
*
Eisley stood behind the unit's comm officer as they approached the targeted facility. She wore a headset and had a monitor plugged into a cam on Chief Mosebey, so she could inspect his finds and say yes or no.
The transport pulled over the roof of a building much like the one she stood in, and, one by one, the four man team rappelled to the hard surface, guns up, and she watched Samuel move in behind Thompson. They wore all black, generic uniforms with no identifying insignia and face masks.
She heard Samuel whisper "clear," and then they attached a small, controlled explosive to the door near the handle and moved back. At the loud pop, she flinched, and then the men rushed into the facility. There were two guards prior to making it to the lab which made up most of the occupied base. She looked away as Samuel quietly twisted a man's neck, then said a soft, "Sorry, Doc."
She felt a little faint, but she choked out, "It's all right. Go on." He couldn't see her, thankfully, or he'd have seen she was lying. Even if these people were some of the most hardened of criminals, she reacted to witnessing their deaths. She took a deep breath.
"That's the lab ahead. Has to be." she said to Samuel as they rounded the corner and approached, two by two, the wide double door. Busting in, the men encountered Olivia first. Tanner ordered her on her knees. The young woman was terrified. Samuel continued to sweep the lab. A slight scream sounded from his right, and he scanned that way just long enough to see Thompson subdue Korsky.
She stood to attention, and leaned into the monitor. "Samuel, turn right. You'll see a console on the counter before you. Get closer. Is that security sign in Korsky's?"
"It is. This the one?"
"Yes, insert the program there." She waited as he did it. It took several minutes for the program to do its work, and the comms officer spoke up to say, "Upload in process."
That
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