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uniform complete to the gloves. Seven more appeared, from various doorways
Garibaldi hadn't noticed or which hadn't been there. They were all armed with
PPGs.

"Don't blame Mr. Vacit," the fellow went on, a bland smile on his roundish
face. "He really couldn't help himself. My name is Mr. Diamond and I want
both of you to keep very still. Mr. Garibaldi, I would not count on your
troops for help. They have all been subdued. Ms. Alexander, the same goes for
your blips."

"What's going on, Vacit?" Garibaldi snapped.

The old man inclined his head. "There was another landing craft. It's hidden
below this installation, near the reactor, where they knew you would have
trouble detecting it. I'm sorry for the deception, but they were monitoring
my thoughts, of course. Lyta, I'm truly sorry. I owe your family better than
this, but I've grown weak."

"Baloney," Garibaldi said. "You've cut a deal with the corps. They're your
babies, after all."

"That's enough from you, Garibaldi," Diamond said. "I'll need you to send
some messages to your ship, and --" he suddenly turned fired his PPG. The
blast grazed Lyta's shoulder. She gasped in pain and fell back, half stunned.
Garibaldi swore and moved to help her, but a warning shot hissed into the
floor at his feet.

"Stop there and live, Mr. Garibaldi," Diamond snapped. "Ms. Alexander, do
{/not/} try that again. I may not be as strong as you, but I am a P10, and
full trained. I've read your file -- you can probably stop me from firing
this weapon again. You can probably stop two or three of my people as well.
You {/cannot/} stop all of us."

"I can," Vacit said, quietly. "Mr. Garibaldi, you should take their guns,
quickly."

Garibaldi blinked. "What?" But then he saw Diamond was sort of frozen, like
a statue, and Vacit was trembling, his face gone white.

"Hurry!" Vacit said. "I can't--"

Then Diamond moved again, firing his PPG. The blast struck the old man in
the chest. The Psi Cop changed his aim to Garibaldi. Garibaldi shot him in
the heart. Another cop fired at him, missed by a mile as Garibaldi ducked
behind the couch. Garibaldi popped up, missed his first shot, then nailed the
telepath on the second.

The rest of the cops were down, blood leaking form their eyes. Lyta swayed
weakly to her feet.