My mind races, then lands on a mission from a week of total hell the giant shows in. “The fireball distraction that got us out?”
The giant VP nods. “Yeah. Nova is President at Guardian. He told me you do a vet group in zoom like our virtual.”
“I do. They’re injured vets from all over. We got close at the hospital and it stuck. Everyone knows or meets more vets so we grew.”
The Stella woman pulls me around. I didn’t see her come in and step to the side before I tip off balance, putting me closer to her than I need to be.
“If they need anything we do, or something we don’t that needs to be made better, get that to me.”
Who the hell is she? I look at Silva but see the giant VP bend.
She kisses him. “I’m at the bar with Sophie. Jordan is on his way.” So, she’s his woman.
“Peggy is at the wall.” VP points a woman out. Stella is another tiny woman, well, tiny compared to me and definitely the giant VP. He’s almost Cort’s size and that Brother is huge.
The woman looks at me. “You’ll tell me if your vets need something?”
I just nod. She’s a doctor? I saw her with a computer coming out of the meeting with Alder for the robot meet.
She stares at me then walks away.
“She builds everything better. She’s like Alder and Mitch Baxter rolled into one. She even works for Alder keeping his ABSZ Lab and manufacturing running smooth.” Silva knows I’m clueless and fills in the blanks.
“Thanks. I was wondering. She does prosthetics?”
It’s the VP that answers. “Yeah. Programming and coding for everything else too. She did your swim foot when Alder asked.”
This is good. “I got a friend that needs an arm he can put on himself. They gave him a hook as a temp.” It’s like the C-spring for a fuckin’ arm.
Silva shakes his head but VP asks, “Can you get him here?”
I don’t know about that. I shrug. “I’ll ask. He doesn’t travel much because he doesn’t have help.”
“Where is he?”
“Wyoming.” I throw back quick. It’s a ways from here so I’m not much of a help for him.
Silva laughs. “Jinx or the new Night Stalkers would get him here.”
“SOAR? Mario said something about SOAR but military aren't flying him anywhere.” They just cut funding for his follow up visits.
VP smiles. “Get him on your phone. I need his address. We’ll get him here to be measured and get him back home thesame day. He can stay over if he wants to wait it out here.”
This is unbelievable, but they got me a better foot in days. I walk out and get Mario’s address. He’s jacked about the possibility of a useable arm. I’ve got no timeline but tell him they had me measured and days later I had a trunk of prosthetics for everything. I smile walking back in. Mario will be able to ride again. He had a pieced together bike on base.
“You got it?” VP asks.
I nod and hand him my phone. “Send it to Brinks Solaita.”
What? “Jinx?” I saw his name at a Club in Nebraska.
“Jinx is my twin. I’m Brinks. Jinx is a cyborg.” His smirk doesn’t tell me if he’s for real here.
They laugh but I don’t get it.
“You’ll see. They’re identical but the eyes and Jinx’s skeleton. Stella made him the skeleton.” Silva helps me out again.
I nod and wonder about the skeleton for Norman. He needs legs. I’ll look it up first, then ask with some answers to give him if he’s interested.
