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. Ito stood up and started toward the office containing the main computer.
Xris was just sliding out from under the table when suddenly his ears buzzed with static.
He stood up, tapped his comm. Ito was apparently experiencing the same thing, for he turned around, looked at Xris with a puzzled expression on his face.
The static dissipated; the channel went clear. A feardistorted voice shouted, "All Deltas/Joker's wild/For Gods sake, get out of there/Joker's wild/Joker's wild/"
'q'he abort code!" Xris yelled at Ito, who had heard the same and was already moving. "Get the hell out of here!"
But it was too late.
Behind them, in the chemical storage room, a small detonator attached to a storage container filled with refined high explosives triggered its charge.
The explosion hurled Xris backward. He landed under a large table with a laser drill press on it, just as the blast wave struck. The heavy table and machinery crashed down on top of him.
Ito was caught out in the open. The blast ripped him apart. He died instantly, never knowing what hit him. Xris wasn't so lucky.
He writhed in agony. Blinding white agony ...
Betrayed.
Fade to gray ...
Rowan.
Black ...
CHAPTER 5
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal.
Tennessee Williams, Camino Real
"So that's my story," Xris concluded, shifting his good leg into a more comfortable position
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