Chapter Thirty-five
R.G. And The Delivery Man
3:27 P.M...
Hellenistic Sector, Residential Vicinage...
Nexus Apartments...
Apartment G...
A delivery boy rang the door bell; the lanky teen held a bag of Chinese take-out.
Zax answered the door. "Good, you're here." He took the bag and handed the teen a white plastic card with no markings. "Put five credits on there for yourself."
The teen nodded, removed a H.H.C. with the restaurant logo on it, and swiped the card. "All done. Here's your receipt."
"Thanks." Zax took it and the card and started for the kitchen. "Door lock." The door whooshed shut, then he placed the bag on the black marble counter, removed a box of tomato-beef, a box of rice, and a fork. Zax went to the wall between his apartment and H, sat at a table he'd placed there, and watched the Second Station's monitors; the First Station was set up in the master bedroom. He put a mouthful of rice and beef in his mouth and chewed. Ten minutes went by, and Zax was bored out of his mind because no one was home. Three of the monitors showed a view of the apartment: they were of the living room, kitchen, and the small round table. The other two monitors showed the outside hallway from two different angles. Someone walked down the hall, stopped at Apartment H, and rang the doorbell.
Zax had seen this person before, so he grabbed a red binder from the table and flipped through it till he came across the page he was looking for. Here she was, and her name was Cerberus. Zax set his food down, grabbed his cell, and dialed a number. "Delivery Man here, let me speak with R.G." There was a long pause.
"Yes," R.G. replied in a distorted voice. "What do you have to report?"
"One of the people in the red binder has showed up at Kimberly's apartment."
"So soon? Which one?" R.G. asked.
"Cerberus."
"This is not good. Cerberus has arrived much too early. I can't believe the Council activated Cerberus." R.G. sighed. "Can't change the past, so... I want you to get as much footage on Cerberus as you can."
"Right, I will." He activated the recording machine. "What else do you want me to do?"
"Nothing. For now, record what you see. Let's hope Kimberly and Katharine can deal with her. She will be another test they must over come."
"Test?" Zax questioned.
"Yes, they'll have many; it's their destiny." R.G. paused and added, "Be careful Delivery Man, and don't let the two know you are watching them. They're very important to the future of the world."
Zax wished R.G. would tell him about the future world that the two were supposed to help forge. R.G. continued to keep him in the dark, so he asked, "Are you ever going to tell me what you know of their destiny?"
"In time, Delivery Man... in time, I will. First, we must make sure they are the ones. It could be that only one of them is meant for this destiny, so we must make sure." R.G. paused. "Thank you for the update. I want you to continue your surveillance of Kimberly and Katharine. Good bye."
Zax set down his cell, turned his attention back to the monitors, and saw Cerberus ring the bell a second time. She waited a bit and then left. Maybe Cerberus was another Council experiment. Zax picked up the fork and food as his thoughts went back to the conversation he had with R.G.
Zax's view...
Is it a trust thing? Is that why R.G. didn't tell me everything there is to know or is it something else?
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