"Steve Perry - Aliens 03 - The Female War" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Steven)

Wilks hit a button. A Dr. Torchin was talking to a female Lieutenant Adcox.

"... and you feel like she's calling you to come be with her in these dreams," Torchin said.
"Interesting."

Wilks handled the keyboard swiftly.

"... it's a recurring dreamтАФ"

"... she loves me, wants meтАФ"

"... you say the creature is asking you to find itтАФ"

"It wants me to find herтАФ"

"... she's calling meтАФ"

Wilks hit the stop button and turned to look at the two women.

"How many?" said Billie, her mouth dry.

"Not sure," said Wilks. "But Les accessed a week of psych visits and she came up with
thirty-seven."

"And there are a lot of people who don't go to psych," said Ripley. She looked thoughtful. "Good
job, Wilks."

"Where the fuck is this headed, Ripley?" he said, leaning back in his chair. "Does this mean
something?"

"That queen mother wants her children," said Ripley. "I don't know why she wants them, but she
does. The signal is for them. The drones aren't smart enough to load themselves onto star-ships and fly
home. But if we could find her, get her to EarthтАФ"

"They would go to her," said Billie.

"Lemme get this straight: This queen of queens is in another stellar system? Christ, you're talking
faster-than-light transmission of this fucking call. Voodoo stuff."

"But what if it's true?" Billie said. "What if somehow the superqueen can make that long-distance
call? Think how it would work if she were here."

'They would head for her like lemmings," Ripley said. "Gather themselves in a big bunch all
together, every one of them."

Wilks wasn't the brightest guy who ever lived, but he saw the possibilities of this scenario pretty
damned fast. When he spoke, his voice was soft,

but interested: "We could wait until they all got collected into a big bunch and then nuke 'em all to
hell."