Part 18 - Murga

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Licia, Miguel and I left Denny and Dr Zhang in the office and we were almost at the loading dock doors when Sam caught up with us. 

 'Hello, whatch'yer doing at school during the holidays?'

'Hi Sam,' Licia said.

'We were just talking to Dr Zhang and Denny,' Miguel explained. What are you up to?'

'Denny's teaching me 'ow to program d' new lathe so we cun make parabolic mirrors.'

I was about to ask him what that meant, when Triple Oh's wire armband started vibrating. I looked around in alarm.

'What's wrong?' Licia asked.'

I don't know,' I told her. 'Maybe it's an alarm signal.'

It was. The loading dock doors open with a crash and the huge shape of Murga hurtled through the door directly at me. He was wearing a heavy parka with the hood draped over his massive head and he was wearing the narrow, creepy lenses that hid his eyes. I stood there frozen with shock as he lunged at me with what looked like a stiletto but I guessed it was a hypodermic needle. He wanted me alive.

Miguel and Sam responded much more quickly. They both charged into Murga and managed to push him sideways so that the needle missed. Murga staggered and retaliated angrily with a vicious back hand punch that knocked Miguel down. Meanwhile Sam had ducked under Murga's hand and dived for his leg obviously trying to throw Murga off balance but Murga chopped his hand into Sam's back so viciously that Sam slammed into the concrete floor. 

 Licia was already dialling 911 on her cell phone calling the police as Murga kicked Sam.  I suddenly woke up and ran to help Sam but Murga saw me and he still had the hypodermic needle in his hand. 

 I stopped as the electric bookcase suddenly lit up behind him. He hesitated and turned quickly to attack whoever came through the electric bookcase but nothing happened. I felt the tingle in the front of my brain that meant I was suddenly weightless but more massive. 

 Murga would have trouble moving me, even if he knocked me out. I drifted up toward the ceiling of the barn-like loading dock area as Murga jumped up and tried to grab my parka, but I was already out of reach.

He looked around, grabbed a step ladder from its hook on the wall, and was jogging back to me when the nexus field vibrated and Triple Oh burst through. 

 Murga reacted with phenomenal speed, pirouetting like a dancer and slamming the step ladder into Triple Oh knocking him down. He dropped the ladder, pulled something from his pocket and charged into the electric bookcase with a shout of rage that was abruptly cut off as he vanished.

The electric bookcase shut down abruptly and I drifted slowly back to the ground as the field subsided. 

 Sam and Miguel were back on their feet rubbing bruises. Miguel had blood on his lip. 

 'Miguel, are you okay?' Licia and I asked at the same time.

He nodded. 'I guess so.'

Sam was staring at me goggle eyed. 'What'd bloody 'ell was dat?'


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