Page 64 - The Chronicles Ser2 (6-10)

the vial into the bottle and swirled the bottle to mix in the toxin. She returned the bottle
and went over to Mortimer’s desk. Picked up his favourite pen and replaced it with what
looked like a perfect copy. She put the original pen in the plant pot where she’d left the
folded sheet. She left making the comments she had to Gaston.

Mortimer retrieved the folded sheet and pen, and examined the replacement pen. It
was an excellent copy, but had been modified to inject a tracker Nano device. He then went
through the out tray and retrieved the modified sheet. He dismissed Herne and sat down to
study the two sheets. Morgana had pulled out an invoice sheet for Feebler Demolition. The
original had been for thirty tons of Vulvanite explosives and the requisite remote
detonators. The modified sheet was ostensibly another order for 4 Kilos of Trinite and delay
fuses with timers, made out to look as though the order was an addition to the original. The
delivery address was to a construction site in Hedebar. Feebler were doing work on that
site, one of the group’s recent land grabs had acquired the property. He went to the filing
cabinet and back to the folder. There had been several deliveries to the site in the last two
months all materials that would not be out of place, but the Trinite was another matter it
was not used in the demolition industry, as it was too unstable. Four kilos could demolish a
military grade blockhouse leaving nothing but a cloud of dust. What did Morgana have
herself into, and with whom? Her clumsy attempt to poison him was some sort of cry for
help, obviously.

Duty, Diligence and Service

There had been one piece of good news back at Force HQ; the
Chief’s son Frankie had made it through surgery safely, and was
conscious. Krank had rushed the Chief and his wife down to Mercy
Creek when the news arrived. Lomax, Hurden and Dreck were going
through the footage that Cindy had supplied. She’d been taken to her
Father’s summer residence, and was in the company of Danny. He was
found unconscious in an alleyway near the Casino. He had been struck
by flying debris and it had made him lose control of his Hover-scoot.
Cordeaux had refused to see him so he’d been on his way to Force HQ
with the Vid footage when the first blast went off; debris from the second had knocked him
out. He only had concussion injuries and a cut where the object had hit him, so the Force
Medical Officer had given him some painkillers and let him go with Cindy and told him to
rest for a couple of days before making his statement.

Lomax and Lucy had been able to identify Cordeaux’s “friends”, but the real juicy
find was the presence of Harry Hasperand, that linked the Blue Sedan from the weather
drone footage and the Carnegie Syndicate to the bombing. The crew Harry used to pull the
Tambala scam must have been the passengers in the Sedan.

“Harry left without his briefcase, so that must have been where the bomb was, but I didn’t
see where he put it. Mark get onto Forensics to see if they found any remains of a man’s
briefcase. I want to know how the bomb was detonated,” Lomax asked

“Are you thinking it could have been remotely detonated? If so; that’s put a twist on the
why of this” Hurden commented “it means the whole Casino visit was stage managed,” she
added