"W. Michael Gear - Forbidden Borders 2 - Relic of Empire" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gear W Michael)

тАЬYou may shut down.тАЭ

тАЬThank you.тАЭ The status lights went dark and the monitor screen flashed off.
 Anatolia continued to stare thoughtfully at the machine before she stood and dropped the dustcover over
the sensitive instruments.

She stepped out of the laboratory and flipped her collar-length blonde hair free as she put on her coat.
The perplexed look still lined her face as her acute mind knotted around the problem. How could that
sequence of mixed genes have occurred? Rot it all, it made no sense! Anatolia knew the major patterns
of genetic inheritance within the empire. Normally, a quick glance at the gene sequence on a strand of
DNA acted like a fingerprint for a given ethnic group. Anatolia could study a specimen and place it in
context of racial type-and nine times out of ten, name the individualтАЩs planet of origin.

Specimen 7355 defied every known pattern, not only in the Regan Empire, but in the Sassan as well.
Something smacked of Ashtan, but the pattern appeared fragmented like shards of a broken pot stuck
around a bottle.

She locked the security door behind her as she stepped out into the long corridor. The sign overhead
read: CRIMINAL ANATOMICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.

Preoccupied, she barely noted the security guard where he sat at the foyer station.

тАЬGoing home, Anatolia?тАЭ Vet Hamlin called. He barely raised his round face from the monitor he
studied. Thick nervous fingers tapped against the console. тАЬUh-huh. See you later.тАЭ

тАЬI wouldnтАЩt leave the building just yet.тАЭ

Anatolia hesitated, hand over the patch that would activate the thirty-fifth floor lift. She forced her mind
back to the here and now. тАЬWhat?тАЭ

Vet gave her a faltering smile. Most of the security guards in the building were also students. Like her,
they all had their pet projects. тАЬI said, you might not want to leave. TheyтАЩre rioting in the streets.,,

Anatolia stepped over to the desk, bending down to stare at the monitor Vet indicated. She could make
out the main thoroughfare before the building. A mob thronged the boulevard like a horde of angry
insects. Some carried signs, others brandished clubs and knives. Here and there a fight broke out, and
Anatolia winced as a man or woman went down.

тАЬWhat is this?тАЭ

тАЬA real live riot,тАЭ Vet told her grimly. тАЬSecurity has the entire building locked up. They beat on the doors
for a while until they decided they couldnтАЩt get in. Then they kind of went berserk.тАЭ

She gave him a nervous sideways glance. тАЬThey tried to get in here?тАЭ

Vet nodded. тАЬYeah, but we were notified. The Revenue Building two blocks down wasnтАЩt so lucky. I
guess the place has been gutted.тАЭ

тАЬBut why?