Short Trips 10 - 2040 by John Binns

Author:John Binns [Binns, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ibm
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

'I trust they won't boil over.'

Reid gazed at him levelly. 'A range of interests that includes even yourself, Doc tor. '

'Yes, she knows all about you,' spat Guzman

The Doctor frowned. 'What do you mean?'

Reid scratched her head. 'We know why you came here. What you want.' She paused. 'And we know about the DEEP.'

'Then why haven't you stopped me?'

'Why should we? You've just the kind of experience we need here, to integrate humanity and the Ethereal. You've got

the single-mindedness the '

Ethereal needs.' She stood up and strolled round to the other side of the desk, leaning against it and folding her arms. 'In turn,

we might be able to provide t you with a way to get off this planet. Perhaps even your own route.'

'He's one of you?' Guzman asked.

'No, I'm not,' the Doctor said. Hesitantly, he addressed Reid. 'You could * help me recover the TARDIS?'

'Is that what you call it?' Reid asked. 'Well, yes. Yes, we could. You'd have to kelp us first, of course.'

The Doctor tapped a forefinger against his chin. 'And if I refuse even then?' Reid waved a hand. 'We do have ways. But I'd

prefer not to go into those. A little vulgar, if you ask me.'

1 The Doctor considered. 'I can't say I'm not tempted. But you seem to know enough already.'

. Reid returned to her seat and toyed with her keypad. 'Well, that is a shame.' She pressed a switch, and the Doctor cried out,

clutching his side. 'A chip in every PAN, Doctor, and this one just caught fire.'

1 . 'What have you done to him?' Guzman cried.

'Data about. . about certain individuals is quite extensive,' Reid offered. She watched the Doctor writhe on the floor. 'In the

case of the Doctor, here, Perseus acquired some useful information about his physiology that has been stored on the Perseus

chip in his PAN.'

`So much for data 126

protection,' the Doctor spat.

`You should be taking it easy,' Reid insisted. Her attention returned to Guzman 'Information on certain physical

weak spots, actually, which it is then very easy to pinpoint with an energy discharge from the PAN itself. Here.' She

beckoned to Dr Guzman, and he moved hesitantly around the table towards her. 'Whenever the Doctor looks too at

ease, press this.' Guzman looked at her dumbfoundedly. 'I'd like to give him the chance to reconsider some of his

contract options, while I verify some of your results.' She took Alberto's implant from the table in front of her, and

walked from the room.

After a moment, she popped her head round the door again. Her glasses slid down her nose, and she pushed them

back up again with her forefinger. `Think of it as motivational management, Doctor. Doctors.' Then she left.

The Doctor made a lunge for the desk, and Guzman's hand twitched over the

keys instinctively. The Doctor yelled in pain, a hand's distance from the desk.

Ìs that how you treated Alberto?' he gasped. 'A flick of the switch?'

Ì didn't mean to do it,' Guzman said.

The Doctor snorted. 'To him? Or me? Neither smacks of much scientific rigour.

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