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planetary communications and power networks seemed under attack, he doubted
that the Ministry of Domestic Security would be deploying large numbers to
cover the parks.
"Flitter over the Parkland! Flitter over the Parkland! Reverse heading.
Reverse heading."
Gerswin debated whether to answer, finally touching the comrn stud.
"Gnasher four, returning DomSec. I say again, Gnasher four, returning DomSec."
"That's negative, four. That is negative. Divert or return homestash. Divert
or return homestash."
"Understand and will comply. Diverting. Diverting."
Before he moved the stick, Gerswin touched the release button for the first
missile. Next, he triggered the combat harness, simultaneously rolling in
toward the oncoming patrol and pushing the thrusters around the forward detent
into full combat thrust.
The dark dot swelled into a lightly armed police flitter.
"Gnasher four . . . change course . . . FIRE ON THE SUMBITCH! ! ! "
Gerswin dropped the nose, then eased the stick left, then back into his lap,
coming up over the police flitter. At the last instant he cut power, dropped
his own nose, and triggered the heavy stunner at point blank range into the
police flitter's canopy.
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Thrrrummmmm!
He did not watch the DomSec flitter spin downward, pilots and electronics
hopelessly dead.
"Unidentified combat flitter, bearing two seven zero. Fireflit two, he's
yours. Fireflit two, I repeat. Fireflit two, range and destroy. Range and
destroy."
Gerswin smiled grimly. The Ministry of Domestic Security certainly wasn't
prepared for any real resistance. Not that he had expected it would be.
Unfortunately for the people.
Scanning the farscreens quickly, he recentered the flitter for the last few
moments to provide the steady launch platform he needed. Then he touched the
second release stud.
With the faint lurch of the departing missile, he banked hard left and jammed
the thrusters to full power as he turned tail eastward back across the Great
Parkland, the whine of the thrusters screaming full pitch.
He checked the distance readout and the time. Roughly another two minutes
before the first missile reached target. By then his separation would be more
than thirty kays. Not wonderful, but enough that the flitter would be beyond
the worst of the shock wave.
He dropped the flitter until it skimmed scarcely meters above the trees, then
scanned the clock again.
Less than a minute.
"Two incoming released . . . interrogative defenses. INTERROGATIVE DEFENSES!"
"Lasers not up. DomSec Control . . . be roughly ten more . . ."
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Ssssssssssssssssssss!
The screaming hiss blocked all transmissions.
Gerswin flinched in spite of his training and experience as a second sun
flared behind him. He did not dare look back, trying to coax more power from
the thrusters for the CE, Limited, headquarters.
Sssssssssssssssssssss!
Before the first blast had faded, the second flared, though it had been the
first launched.
Gerswin kept his eyes on the controls, mechanically checking the indicators as
the armed flitter screeched toward his base, listening to what scattered
transmissions he could pick up.
"Gnasher two . . . tachead . . . repeat tachead . . . DomSec HQ . . . other
capitol target
. . ."
"CLEAR THIS FREQUENCY! CLEAR THIS FREQUENCY FOR EMERGENCY USE!"
. . . terrorist attack on Lidora . . . nuclear weapons . . ."
"Lucifer . . . fallen . . ."
The flitter bucked as the attenuated shock wave struck.
Gerswin eased the nose back up as the flitter almost dipped into the trees,
let the craft climb a few meters higher to keep from hitting the trees with
the next wave.
"Can you read . . . Gnasher one? Can you read. . ."
"CLEAR THIS FREQUENCY! CLEAR THIS FREQUENCY!!"
". . . casualties . . . thousands . . . small nuclear device . . . air
launched . . . near surface impact . . ."
". . . the evil . . . upon is . . . upon our souls . . . repent . . . repent .
. ."
Crmppppp!
The nose flipped up thirty degrees with the second shock wave. Gerswin let the
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flitter ride and eased it down, checking the heading, and beginning a gentle
bank toward the north.
". . . read this . . . homestash . . ."
". . . repent you of your sins . . . Lucifer . . ."
"CLEAR THIS FREQUENCY!! CLEAR THIS FREQUENCY!!!"
Gerswin adjusted his course as he brought the flitter level, tapping out the
access codes on the transponder to open the hangar bunker.
"Another flitter from the east approaching." The cool tones of the AI chimed
in on the private override.
"Interrogative ETA."
"Three plus after your arrival."
"Stet."
Instead of powering down for a conventional approach, Gerswin left full power
on.
At two kays out, he dropped the thrusters to nearly idle, raised the nose, and
bled the
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flitter started to fall like a headsman's ax, he added full power, nose up,
and dropped though a left-hand turn, mushing to a complete stop in the hidden
bay.
He snapped off the power, opened the canopy, and unstrapped himself in a
single motion. As soon as the canopy was retracted enough, he vaulted clear
and sprinted toward the Caroljoy.
He made it inside, instants to spare, as Hamline Rodire's now battered flitter
wobbled inside and mushed into the armed flitter.
"Screens!"
"Screens on."
"Begin departure power up."
"Beginning departure power up."
Gerswin watched the silver-haired attorney struggle out of the safety webbing
that had triggered on his landing/impact. Rodire fought his way free and
stumbled toward the Caroljoy. In his right hand was a pistol-shaped object.
Gerswin pulled a long-barreled stunner from beside the console.
"Drop screens."
"Dropping screens."
Gerswin dashed for the lock and the ramp.
"You were looking for me, Hamline?"
"I . . . am . . . looking . . . for . . . you . . . you . . . killer . . .
Corso . . . ,"
panted the advocate, starting to bring up the weapon.
Thrummm!
The stunner bolt sizzled past the older looking man's shoulder.
"Drop it, Hamline. Now!" . . . never listen. . ."
Thrummm!
Clank!
Rodire clutched his numb right arm with his left, then let go and knelt to
scoop up the fallen laser with his left hand.
Thrumm!
Gerswin watched him drop before he moved toward the halfconscious man.
An image crossed his mind, of another man, retching out his guts at the
results of a hellburner blast. Of a man going into single combat to avoid
unnecessary casualties to a potential enemy.
Gerswin swallowed, once, twice, as he pushed the mental images away and moved
toward the fallen attorney.
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RODIRE BLINKED, SQUINTING, although the light around him was dim.
"You awake?"
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The voice was familiar. Then he remembered. Corso! The demon he had thought
was merely a man! The man who had launched nuclear weapons into the capitol!
When Lisa had been downtown . . .
He tried to lurch toward Corso but could not lift himself off the bunk.
"I see you are."
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