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stasia: “Slow larval period.”
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“So what is it that we're looking at?” the Federal Security Service officer asked. Well, he knew what he was looking at, the body of a man who's stomach had burst messily from the inside out it seemed.
“Erick Gardner,” the analyst said. “A German web designer. He died last week.”
“At it concerns the Russian government why?”
“Twenty-five men, mostly Russian, died in the past week, all from exploding stomachs.”
“What's the connection?”
“They all were guests at a holiday camp on the coast of the Aral Sea, visiting in the same week long period eight months ago. The ones we got medical reports on had reported suffering from stomach tumors.”
“My God,” the officer said. “The camp is shut down, yes?”
“It's burned down>” The analyst shrugged. “Didn't pay its tithe to the Mafiya is the popular guess.”
“The owners?”
“Missing, presumed hiding, since their bodies weren't found in the rubble.”
“And this investigation?”
“Sir, as a personal request, I think it would be best if it was kept off the record.”
He nodded in agreement. Sometimes justice was best done without interference from High Command.
* * *
“So what is it that we're looking at?” the Federal Security Service officer asked. Well, he knew what he was looking at, the body of a man who's stomach had burst messily from the inside out it seemed.
“Erick Gardner,” the analyst said. “A German web designer. He died last week.”
“At it concerns the Russian government why?”
“Twenty-five men, mostly Russian, died in the past week, all from exploding stomachs.”
“What's the connection?”
“They all were guests at a holiday camp on the coast of the Aral Sea, visiting in the same week long period eight months ago. The ones we got medical reports on had reported suffering from stomach tumors.”
“My God,” the officer said. “The camp is shut down, yes?”
“It's burned down>” The analyst shrugged. “Didn't pay its tithe to the Mafiya is the popular guess.”
“The owners?”
“Missing, presumed hiding, since their bodies weren't found in the rubble.”
“And this investigation?”
“Sir, as a personal request, I think it would be best if it was kept off the record.”
He nodded in agreement. Sometimes justice was best done without interference from High Command.
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Date: 2013-06-27 03:14 am (UTC)