![]() Anyhow, I had this hunch someone like you might show up. After Miranda's directive shutting down human experimentation, Los Alamos had ceased the harvesting of cities, which were probably finished anyway.īetter me than most, said the Captain. If the deck sweeps had not been called off, they could have been transferred by helicopter to some distant place, but now that wasn't an option either. It was a pit of despair and deprivations down along the river. Sending them down to the pilgrim camp would be like throwing them into quicksand. They couldn't be freed anywhere close to the city, or they might try to return and prey upon it. The clones were too wild, and at the same time too tame. For the next several hours, they might as well have been discussing the release of zoo animals into the wilderness. He devised the clones' escape.Īs it developed, the Captain had put a great deal of thought to it already. He did the next best thing to making his own escape. The Captain took the job of programming the cell doors to automatically open an hour after the city emptied.Īnd so, for now, Nathan Lee resigned himself. In crossing America, he had heard stories of prisons and zoos filled with the carcasses of captives who had starved to death. Nathan Lee worried that if and when that day ever arrived, there would be so much chaos the guards might forget to open the cells. Their release, in short, would have to wait until E-Day, their fabled evacuation date. You've got your work cut out, said the Captain. ![]() When the time comes, he can lead the rest. Then you're not opposed to them going free?Ībout time someone brought that up, the Captain replied. Well, all right then, Nathan Lee said, trying to believe his luck. Men followed behind, the earnest ones matching his pace, the slower ones yakking away. Big, loping strides carried him around the yard. She acted as if she'd been born here.Īt the moment, Ben was walking the wall circuit. Her devotion to the city-her utter faith in it-baffled and frustrated him. Even if he could escape Los Alamos, Miranda would never agree to leave with him. He was more of a prisoner than the prisoners in Miranda's basement. Nathan Lee took it for granted that Paul Abbot had his every move under the tightest surveillance. It would mean betraying her father, to whom he'd promised to deliver Miranda, or trying to betray him. He could flee with Miranda, hole up, outwait the fanatics streaming toward Los Alamos, and then run loose through the world with what was left of their time. With the Captain's help, he'd plotted them on a map. There were hundreds of Anasazi cave dwellings in the Four Corners region. Now they could be used one final time, as his surrogate for breaking free. They and their sacrificed brothers had been used a thousand different ways by Los Alamos, from serving as lab subjects to titillating the city's mystical itch. Please remember to log off of Online Banking and Mobile Banking before going to any external website.The notion gratified him. ![]() ![]() Click “Cancel” to return to HSFCU’s website. Alternative services and products may be obtained from other providers of your choice.Ĭlick “ACCEPT” to enter an external website. Services and products from third parties are not obligations of, nor endorsed or guaranteed by, Hawaii State FCU nor the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Using the links may identify you as a Hawaii State FCU member to the external website operator. External websites are not under our control and may have different security, privacy and other. We do not make any express or implied representation or warranty to you concerning the quality, safety or suitability of external websites, or their services, products, or contents. Please review the terms and conditions of use carefully. We may provide links to external websites that refer to third party services and products available to Hawaii State FCU members, for enrollment in Hawaii State FCU financial education webinars, or other purposes. ![]()
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