The Lightyears Series - Episode 13 - Hidden Places

Spacetastic Mysteries

“We are on someone’s radar,” I told Jake. To Zebby, I said with grave deliberation, “We are in the SpaceCraft we brought here. Outside of me running a high fever, we are fine. The question is who knows we are here.” To Jake, I requested, “Please contact the Lightyears. Tell them we are alive…and that we will be back as soon as we can. Then could you call Zariah and Graham and tell them we are fine?”

“I am so glad that you are okay. You are my best friend.”

“I know. You are mine too. I am sorry they scared you, but we are fine for now. We removed the tracking devices under the tattoos they gave us while in captivity.”

“We need to wrap this up quickly because these people are set on killing you.”

I shook my head. “It is going to take as long as it takes. You know that. We are not going to back down. The fact they are trying to convince people we are dead is a telltale sign they are up to something…and do not want people coming to find us.”

“Let me talk to the rest of the group and see what we can do to speed this along.” Once she disconnected the call, Jake walked over to me.

“Everything is alright. Graham said that they have people investigating the scene right now and that they have had people from Kilo-Ait try to interfere with the investigation.”

“That is because the people on Kilo-Ait know we are not in that SpaceCraft…and that if the Freedom Alliance investigates, they will discover that our DNA is not present in the vehicle.” I stood and paced in front of the bed. “I have no idea who knows we are here, but someone knows. We have to be careful, but the fact that they are trying to convince people we are dead indicates that they do not want people to come look for us…or maybe they do not want people to find out what they are hiding. I don't know why but I feel like I have to find the lab I used to work out of.”

“You think whatever they are hiding might be in there.”

“That or maybe the truth of how this disease started is in that lab. The lab was extremely guarded…and they had to know who was coming in and out at all times. I feel like whatever we need to solve that case is in that lab. It’s like there is a memory in my mind that I cannot bring into focus.”

He nodded his head and decided, “Okay.”

I pulled up the center of the East Hemisphere of Kilo-Ait on my QuanPad. I showed it to Jake. “So, if I remember correctly, and it has been awhile, but I believe the laboratory is in the University building over here. It is a hidden laboratory…like the one I had built into the Lightyears.”

“You had a hidden laboratory built into the Lightyears? Where and for what reason?”

“It is in my office…and so that I could work on IIB cases. I specialize in medical cases like this one…so it stands to reason I would need a lab. I put it in my office, so I could work on my cases, but still could hear if people were in my office or the waiting area.”

“I can see that. Do you remember where the hidden laboratory is at the University?”

“Yeah, I believe it is top floor, in the back, through the storage rooms.”

“Then let’s go.”