"Victor Koman - Death's Dimensions" - читать интересную книгу автора (Koman Victor)

Green eyes watched the exchange with uncomprehending panic.
Bandaged ears strained but heard only the rush of blood.
Death Angel and Marsface leave me without devouring my soul. No
death today, but beware of tricks. IтАЩll have to meet the man in the
nightsheet on my own terms. Cleanse myself with fire. If only I could
touch my pain. Crush my brain. Aladdin sane.
Virgil closed his eyes.


VirgilтАЩs eyes opened in a different room. His body trembled and sweated
within its constraints.
IтАЩve made it! It worked and I didnтАЩt even have to think about it! Free!
Almost. Why did I bring the sheets with me? StupidтАФ they were too close
to you. IтАЩll get out, though. Did Master Snoop follow me? CanтАЩt tell. Too
noisy. Is this the Control room? Did I escape right into their clutches?
 тАЬHeтАЩs awake, Dee.тАЭ The graying Pharmaceutic sat near a bank of
indicators flashing red, turquoise, yellow, and orange.
Delia Trine needed no brain wave analyzers to see Kinney open his eyes.
He lay at the center of the lab on a wide table with raised edges, white and
mummylike against soft black sudahyde. Wires from the electrodes on his
head emerged like vines from under his wrappings to drape over the couch
and flow into the equipment surrounding him. The few sections of wall
that lacked machinery displayed soothing mahogany-toned fauxwood
paneling.
Virgil shuddered, his gaze darting about to see the others.
Lights. Sounds. Operators. I escaped, all right. Right up into the
ceiling with Master Snoop. Death Angel, too. They wouldnтАЩt let Marsface
in here, thoughтАФheтАЩs just a tool. Damn.
The woman whispered toward the Pharmaceutic. тАЬLock the eyetrace on
his gaze, Steve. I donтАЩt think heтАЩs a paraschiz as DuoLab thought.тАЭ
Ignoring what Bearclaw had told her, she deliberately pinioned KinneyтАЩs
abstracted stare with a stern glare of her own. тАЬVirgil Grissom Kinney,тАЭ
she said in a level tone. She waited for the eyes to focus on her before she
continued. тАЬGood. Virgil, IтАЩm going to give you something you were never
given at DuoLab. IтАЩm going to give you a choice. Do you remember what a
choice is?тАЭ
The pupils of KinneyтАЩs green eyes constricted slightly. Death Angel
hovers over me as I lay in my coffin. Soft, stupid coffin with no lid. Red
lips move cunningly. I can almost break her code. She wants something.
IтАЩll agree, go along with it for now. The roar hasnтАЩt been broken yet.
Break the roar and I can crack her code. Easy, easy. Take it easy.
He nodded slowly. His gaze narrowed into something less fearful,
something more focused.
The woman watched his reactions the way a cat observes the motions of
stalked prey. тАЬGood,тАЭ she said, straightening up. тАЬVirgil, they tell me you
like to kill yourself.тАЭ
She knows about them! She mustтАФsheтАЩs one of them. Remember that.
He twitched in amazement. The roar is quieter now. Words pass through
Master SnoopтАЩs jamming with greater frequency.
тАЬIтАЩm going to offer you a choice,тАЭ Trine continued. тАЬI have two IVs here.тАЭ