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[UPDATE] The Path of Least Time - 20 Jan 2007 - A Break
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 		[UPDATE] The Path of Least Time - 20 Jan 2007 - A Break
Kurt asks Helena for help
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"I was wondering when you were going to call."

Helena Frye is a very smart, reasonably successful police detective. By all rights, she should've made Captain by now. My feeling is that her impatience is what's stopping her. I'd planned to launch into a detailed explanation of why she had to help us find Scarlett, but her first remark on answering the call threw me. I should've remember she's not one for pleasantries.

"Why's that?"

"You've been suspended from your job at the Academy. Word is that you only just missed out on being fired. Either way, you've got a lot of free time at the moment. Ever thought about joining my team?"

I almost laughed. "What, join the police?"

"Technically, yes. But we both know that I'm not part of the normal police force. You've got some impressive crypto and network skills, you could make a real difference."

"Thanks for the offer, but I'm not sure a uniform would look good on me," I replied.

"Anyway, think about it. I'm told that girls like a guy in uniform." True enough, I admitted inwardly. "So why did you call? Getting into trouble again?" asked Helena.

"The Third Power thinks Scarlett Kiteway stole the Cube, and they've kidnapped her to find its location."

Helena went quiet for a few seconds. "Did she steal the Cube?"

"What do you think? Of course not!" I exclaimed.

"Hmm..." she said. I could visualise Helena's thought processes, trying to decide whether it was plausible that Sente Kiteway's younger daughter was capable of stealing the city's most valuable object.

"Look, whether or not she did is besides the point. We need to get Scarlett back, and you want to find the Third Power. I have a solid lead, but we need to move fast."

"What's your lead, then?"

"You know the Babel site?" I asked.

"Yes, the one you were suspended for," she said helpfully.

"The Third Power have been using it to communicate with their agents on Earth. My own contacts on Earth intercepted two messages that indicates they were behind the break-in at Sente's house. They found an object from Earth there - a real object, from the time of the original theft of the Cube - and for some reason, they decided Scarlett was the thief and kidnapped her. "

"Why didn't I hear about these intercepted messages?"

"Maybe it's because I actually have a good relationship with the people on Earth, unlike the Council. I'll forward them to you, you can check them out yourself."

"Okay... Kurt, you have to understand that this is hard to take. An Earth object in Sente's house? I don't know..."

"You have to believe me! I'm not going to pretend I have all the answers, but Scarlett has gone missing. Her key's gone off the grid, and the messages from the Third Power point to her. If I'm right and you let this one go, they'll kill Scarlett and they'll have the Cube."

Helena snorted. "You might be smart, Kurt, and I know you're honest, but you're naive. The Third Power are experts at disinformation and confusion. Chances are, this is yet another decoy. Still," she continued, "I don't have anything better to go on. Send over everything you have. I'll see what I can do about tracking those transmissions at the CRR."

"Thanks, Helena," I said. "And please try and keep this quiet."

"You don't need to tell me that. I'll be back in touch soon."


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 		season 2 : reunite the CRT! Kurt's a cop! Scarlett's still missing! Sente gets life! *RSM eats Darkhuman's brains*
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 		Couldn't Sente have gotten Earth artifacts some other way?

Or is he CT after all?

But they kidnapped Scarlett? This is terrible. Can we do anything to help her?

Btw: has someone found the Cube?
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 		I'd like to know what we have (had?) that someone in 3P would be so interested in. I was under the impression that PXC tech was ahead of ours, and I don't see what they would care about anything we would consider artifacts (museum pieces, etc.).

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cmlobue wrote:
I'd like to know what we have (had?) that someone in 3P would be so interested in. I was under the impression that PXC tech was ahead of ours, and I don't see what they would care about anything we would consider artifacts (museum pieces, etc.).


Because that'd mean he's had a way to get things *back* from Earth. So far, travel seems to have been one-way only, from PXC to Earth, not the other way around. Perhaps they'd think it'd have a clue to how he did it.

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