Ghosts of Mars Page #3

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rec center, no one alive anywhere.

- Commander.

- What?

- I can't reach the train.

- Well, keep trying.

How are we doing?

I don't know. This thing

was built to stay locked.

And Williams

is still locked up?

What do you mean?

Williams was arrested

on the suspicion of murdering...

six rail workers and a payroll courier

up at Klik 305 Hub Station.

The bodies were hung and decapitated,

just like the bodies in the rec-fac.

So how'd they pin that

on Desolation?

He showed up here

with the courier's payroll.

The cashier realized

it was a stolen scrip.

They made the arrest.

There's got to be a day log

here somewhere.

Sergeant's desk.

Here.

Last night the mine called in

a work stoppage.

Reported winds

gusting up to 60 knots.

- Sixty?

- That's what it says.

Anything else?

Arrest for theft, then nothing.

Got it.

What's going on around here?

We haven't had a meal

or a piss break in six hours.

Descanso, open the door.

All right, everybody, answer "here"

when I call your name.

- Akooshay.

- What?

Just answer "here."

- Yeah.

- Zimmerman.

I'm right in front of you.

Benchley.

- Who's that?

- She showed up last night.

Checked herself in. Insisted on

being locked up here with us.

Well, wake her up, sunshine.

Let's see what she has to say.

Somebody wants to talk to you.

- Who are you?

- Whitlock.

What are you doing

in the holding tank, Whitlock?

It's the only safe place

at the moment, okay?

- Can I go back to sleep now?

- No, you can't!

I need answers.

What's going on out there?

What's your I.D.?

Dr. Arlene Whitlock.

I'm the Spec Six science officer...

in charge of the mining operation

at Drucker's Ridge.

I left Drucker's about a week ago

with a weather balloon I'd modified.

There was a disturbance in town.

It seemed prudent to get out.

They said there was a riot

and the place was destroyed.

Yeah, something like that.

I was adrift for several days,

you know.

Ran out of food.

I followed the railroad tracks

until I got here.

Oh, sh*t.

Then the storm forced me too low.

I hit a windmill and crashed.

And they were kind enough

to take me in here.

Well, wasn't that nice of them.

Mel, Jericho,

go check out Williams.

See if he knows anything

about this.

Williams, do you know

what's going on outside?

Are you aware of

what's going on outside?

Let's go. This a**hole

doesn't know anything either.

You got some balls, calling him

an a**hole to his face.

That's Desolation Williams.

I heard he took out at least six when

they cornered him at Deimos Station.

And this is eight inches.

You men love to exaggerate.

Just goes with the territory.

Yeah, well, in my case,

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