Axon Clips Chapter 9

Herzog
carmi

(chatter on) Herzog: Rani, it's Herzog. Rani: (on chatter) What do you want? Herzog: I spoke to your tech a couple of weeks ago. Rani: My tech? Herzog: Tech Specialist Carmi. You wonder why she wasn't in her office? Rani: Ya, she's on maternity leave. Herzog: She's never going to be a mother, Rani, but before she disappeared, I got to talk to her. Rani: Disappeared? Herzog: You were right about the artifact, it's counting down. Rani: What happened to her? Herzog: It doesn't matter, what matters is the artifact. Rani: Look, I-I can't... Standish is watching me. Herzog: Rani, you have to. What's going to happen when the device goes off? Rani: Nobody knows.

breathing_room

Herzog: When it was activated, it sent a huge ripple through the slipstream. When it goes off, at the very least it's probably going to cause a disruption that the Covenant will notice. Rani: I can't! You have to get someone else to do it. Do it yourself.<BR> Herzog: I'm sorry, I can't. Standish thinks I'm dead right now. I should be dead right now.<BR> Rani: What?<BR> Herzog: Standish arranged an accident. It's just luck that the car hit the water and skipped the way it did, allowing the safety system to do it's job.<BR> Rani: No...!<BR> Herzog: I'm ok. Compression fracture, and a couple of vertebra, broken ribs, a broken arm, but all things that will heal. And it's lucky that wh--<BR> Rani: --Lucky?<BR> Herzog: As long as Standish thinks I'm dead, I've got a little breathing room. But Rani, you're all I've got.<BR> Rani: *sigh*<BR> (chatter off)<BR>