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The World Trafe Center

tenements housing workers in the black economy. Genetic analysis
revealed the DNA of this strain to be very close to that of 1918. It
would be a race to get enough people inoculated before a pandemic
influenza erupted. But the source had to be shut down. I hoped I had
the smoking gun in my pocket. Now I had to get the samples tested
quickly.
“Thank you, Ayla.” We were back at the loading dock. “You have
done a great service to humanity.”
I turned, heading for the fence we had easily scaled on our way in.
“No problem. But I’ve got to leave a calling card.”
Suddenly she had an oblong object in her hand. Before I realized
what was happening, she had given one end of it a twist and thrown
the thing at a window next to the door we had used. It cracked the
glass and exploded. Instantly alarm bells rang and the area was
flooded with light.
“Run for it, Jack!” she screamed, and took off like a sprinter. My
jacket was weighed down with samples.

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