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Alien Diplomacy

Alien Diplomacy

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Autoren: Gini Koch
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patted the beast next to her. “They’re truly amazing.”
    “I can believe that,” I said quickly. “But seriously, Cantu and Armstrong aren’t in on this? I really thought they’d been helping Cooper a few months ago.”
    “Yes, and you see how well that turned out.”
    I laughed. “Yeah, good point.”
    Cartwright nodded. “They underestimated you, completely. I warned them that they were, but, you know, you’re a woman, and a young one, so how could you possibly outthink brilliant men such as they?” Her sarcasm knob was definitely turned to eleven.
    “You’ve had to put up with that kind of crap thinking for a long time, haven’t you?”
    “Yes. I’d tell you that you get used to it, but I frankly see no reason to lie to you at this point. It never stops. Your mother deals with it, too.”
    “Yeah. I suppose. Mom seems to ignore the barriers like they’re not really there.”
    “Just as you and I do. We all play the game. All smart, capable women learn how, sooner or later.”
    “True enough. So, Paraguay and France, supersoldier headquarters?”
    “In a way.”
    She didn’t seem to want to elaborate, and I wanted to keep her talking. “I’m curious. How are you going to ensure all the people on the congressional fact-finding teams who are close to exposing this project are silenced?”
    “What’s your guess?” Cartwright sounded genuinely interested.
    “You have the Dingo and his partner, possibly more assassins, upstairs, waiting for the right cue. Probably when the President takes the stage. They’ll shoot not only Senator McMillan and his congressional team, but also the heads of the Alphabet Agencies. It’s blamed as a terrorist attack—you’ll probably lay it on the AlDejahl terrorist group since they’re supposed to be wiped out and you have that connection with Yates.”
    She nodded. “Go on.”
    “Then, in the midst of the chaos, Spiky here and its buddies will show up, to save the day. They may accidentally step on a couple of folks the snipers missed, but the people who are most likely to point that out will be dead. Titan shows that it’s better than the police, who, if they manage to arrive, will be killed or useless, and Titan takes over all police duties here…and then expands to cover the rest of the U.S, and then the world.”
    “Well done.”
    “Question, though. How will you explain all the Titan goons who basically did nothing?”
    She shrugged. “They’ll take their share of damage. They need to be better than the police, but still, not better than these.” She patted the supersoldier again.
    What was it with the evil geniuses and killing their own guys? Goons clearly needed a union or something. I decided not to ask about this, though. “I think the plan to get rid of all the heads of the various agencies is kind of genius. It’ll definitely throw everyone off the real scent. Your plan?”
    This earned me a rather fond smile. “Yes, it is.”
    “How many assassins do you have? I mean, I realize the Dingo’s good, but that good?”
    “You need far fewer snipers in this situation than you’d think. Three or four is more than enough.”
    “Who are the third and fourth?”
    “People much more reliable than the idiots I have to work with on a regular basis.” She checked her watch and shook her head. “Time’s up. We need to get into position so things go according to schedule.”
    “One last question? Please?” Keep ’em monologing, stay alive, that was my Motto of Mottos.
    She sighed. “Fine. One.”
    “Why are you doing this, all of this? What’s in it for you? Money? Power? Or something else?”
    “That was more than one question.”
    I managed a smile. “Sorry. But they’re all related to the main question. Why are you, you specifically, doing this?”
    Cartwright stared at me for a few moments. “Why do you do all that you do?”
    “Protecting people seems like the right thing to do.”
    “Really? The people who lie, cheat, steal, do worse? You like protecting them?”
    “I guess I don’t think about it, when I do it. I’m usually protecting people I care about.”
    “Really? Who at this gala event, aside from your friends and family who accompanied you here, do you actually care about?”
    “The President.”
    “Why?”
    “Um, because he’s the President, and he’s a good man.”
    “Really? You know him personally?”
    “No. My mom does. She likes him.”
    “He’s her boss. Of course she’ll say she likes

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