Running With Argentine (43 page)
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Authors: William Lee Gordon
Message
Earth
2351 A.D.
"Admiral Sanchez?"
"Come in, Major."
Major Jacoby took a seat in front of the admiral's desk…
"We found another message."
"From Captain Ramires?"
"I… I think you need to read it, Sir."
The admiral frowned…
"Was it at Cydonia?"
"Yes. We totally missed it the last couple of times we
surveyed the area. The pyramid it was hidden in, and the chamber itself, were
of totally natural materials. There was nothing at all to suggest it was
man-made…"
"Which is probably why it survived."
The major nodded his head in agreement, and then handed a
report to the Admiral…
"It's the same laser engraving on that advanced form of
diamond crystal. Here's the transcript."
The admiral opened it and began reading…
Directed To: Admiral Federico
Sanchez, Terran League Space Navy (or his predecessors or successors)
I don't know whether to admire
you or curse you, Admiral. It's really easy, and a lot more fun, to pretend
that you're the cause of this entire mess.
In fairness though, I know
you're just trying to do something about it. I just wish you could've found
some other poor sonuvabitch to do the job.
On the other side of this
crystal you will find engraved the details about this contagion that our new
scientists have been able to piece together…
It's not much.
Basically it seems to be some
type of intelligent viral matter annihilator. It can't be seen, but its effects
are devastating.
One other thing you need to know
is that it spreads quickly and seems to come from up spiral.
We ran from it, and that's the
only reason we’re still alive.
And this gets back to me cursing
you…
We jumped to an era that is
pre-Paladin III. We don’t even know what to call it yet.
The new crew of the Roosevelt
doesn't seem to want to let me retire.
It looks like I am condemned,
once again, to having to set aside my mountain cabin so that I can run off and
serve someone else's priorities… Or at least that's the way I'm looking at it
at the moment…
My scientists want us to head up
spiral, so I don't know how or if we’ll be able to get any other messages to
you. Which I guess means it’s up to us to kill this thing…
And since that's the only way
I'm ever going to get a quiet night’s sleep, that's what we’ll do.
Damn you,
Argentine
The admiral stared at the report in front of him…
Who the hell was Argentine?
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are a large number of people that I would like to thank for their inspiration,
encouragement, and support. It would be impossible to list them all here.
However,
two people deserve special mention…
A
long-time friend, Darrell Smith, has donated an inordinate amount of his time
for brainstorming, critiques, idea sharing, and pep talks. A better friend
would be hard to imagine.
My
wife has always believed in me. In 19 years we have shared good times and bad,
harvests and drought, joy and sorrow. Through it all she has never asked me to
stop pursuing my passion. You are the love of my life, Consuelo.
William Lee
Gordon is the pen name of the last baby born in the city of Wichita, KS in the
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