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But Bobby's work had always had a certain fractured warmth to it。 No matter how sordid and vile his characters were´the junkies and glib beatniks and talking saxophones who got laid more often than their human counterparts´you always felt they were pawns in an indifferent universe察butts of an existential joke with no punch line。 Trevor's work was harsher察icier。 His universe was not indifferent but cruel。 He knew his punch line此the crumpled察bleeding woman in the doorway察the broken bodies of the musicians察the burning cops。
And others察as Zach paged back through the book。 So many others。 So many beautifully drawn dead bodies。
He checked out the master bedroom and its walk´in closet察saw little of interest´the parents hadn't brought much of their own stuff察probably察after fitting Bobby's art supplies and the kids' things in the car there wouldn't have been much space left。
He crossed the hall to Didi's room察stopped dead on the threshold and stared at the huge dark mass boiling through the window察then realized it was kudzu。 Zach wondered how long it would be before the vines filled the room from floor to ceiling。 He took in the bloodstain on the mattress察the spatters high on the wall。 Trevor said the hammer had appeared in the opposite corner察next to the small closet。 Zach looked at the area察even prodded the kudzu with the toe of his sneaker察but found nothing unusual。
He had heard of objects instantaneously being transported from one place to another察they were called ;apports; and were supposed to be warm to the touch察as Trevor said the hammer had been。 Zach wasn't sure he believed in apports察but he couldn't think of another way it might have gotten there。 If it was the same hammer。
But if it wasn't察where had the dried blood and tissue e from拭Zach didn't even want to wonder。 It had to be the same one察that made more sense than thinking Trevor had bought another one and smeared it with sheep brains or something。 Zach was not an implicit believer in the supernatural察but he didn't believe in scaring up improbable natural explanations just to rule it out察either。 Nature was a plex system察there had to be more to it than anyone could understand from looking at the surface。
The kitchen was large and old´fashioned察with a free´standing sink and a gas range。 A real farmhouse kitchen察or so Zach imagined。 He opened the refrigerator and was surprised to see the light e on。 He hadn't tested the electricity察he realized察he had forgotten about it until now。
In the fridge was a juice bottle with a half inch of black sludge at the bottom察some kind of vegetable matter mummified beyond recognition察and a Tupperware container whose contents he dared not contemplate此he'd heard Tupperware coffins could preserve human remains for twenty years or more察so who knew what they could do to leftovers拭Zach retrieved the Cokes and bottled water from the living room and arranged them on the shelf next to the juice。
He checked Trevor again察found him still sleeping。 Zach began to get bored。 He picked his way across the living room察went out to his car察and got the bag that held his laptop puter and cellular phone。 He thought he might be staying here for a few days察and he wanted to give Eddy a more specific message than the one he had left last night。 If he dialed in now察he thought he could just make the deadline。
Zach accessed the Times´Picayune's puter察typed rapidly for several minutes察then pressed the keys to send his article。 After he had done that察he was still restless。 He found a square of yellow Post´it notes in his bag察scribbled down a few phone codes察and stuck them on the edge of the table。 They were numbers he might need in a hurry察and he didn't think Trevor would mind。
Then察just for the hell of it察he dialed into Mutanet。 He didn't log in with his own password察of course察since They might be monitoring the board。 But Zach had long since acquired full systems´operator privileges on Mutanet察though he had discreetly neglected to mention this fact to the sysop。 The sysop fancied himself a Discordian察or worshiper of the chaotic goddess Eris察and his password was POEE5。
First Zach read the messages on the main board察scanning them for his handle。
MESSAGE此65
FROM此K0DEz KID
TO此ALL MUTANTS
;Lucio; got busted today。
Hahahahahahaa 。 。 。 。
MESSAGE此73
FROM此ZOMBI
TO此K0DEz KID
If you had a googolth of Lucio's hacking
skill you would not take such sick joy in
his misfortune´You're wrong察KiddO´somebody warned him Sat。 nite and he's long gone
MESSAGE此76
FROM此AKKER
TO此MUTOIDS
Zombi's right I察Akker the H´akker
founder of the Data Acquisition and Retrieval Team DART察cracked the Secret
Service's system and found the warrant to
search Lucio's house。 It was I who warned
him in time 。 Power to DART 。 。 。此
MESSAGE此80
FROM此ST。 GULIK察YR。 HUMBLE SYSOP
TO此ANYONE READING THIS
Lucio can't get on this board anymore。 I
disabled his account。 If he tries to con´tact you察don't talk to him。 For all we know he could have gotten busted and turned informant。 Anyone known to still have contact with him will be kicked off Mutanet A paranoid hacker is a free hacker
That caught Zach's interest察so he checked the sysop's personal mail。 There was only one message。
FROM此ZOMBI
TO此ST。 BOGUS
FUCK YOUR FASCIST BOARD´察D00D YOU'D BE THE FIRST TO TURN RAT IF A KKKOMPUTER KKKOPNAILED YOUR WHITE ASS。。 YOUR ADDRESS IS 622 FRAZIER ST。 IN METAIRIE AND IF YOU KEEP TELLING kidZ WHO NOT TO TALK TO察I WILL FIRST POST IT ON BOARDS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY察THEN E OVER THERE AND PERSONALLY INTRODUCE YOUR TEETH TO SOME OF THAT CHAOS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP BUT DON'T SEEMTO AND BY THE WAY撮察AKKER DIDN'T WARN LUCIO
。。。 I DID。 。
Zach nearly fell off his chair察laughing。 He'd known he could count on Zombi。 He left two messages察the first on the main board where everyone could read it察the second personal。
FROM此LUCIO
TO此ST。 PARANOID
Pleez don't kick me off the board´察Br'er
Sysop Pleez Pleez。 Pleeeeeez 。 。
FROM此LUCIO
TO此ZOMBI
A googol times´察thanks。
Then Zach logged off Mutanet察maybe for the last time。
After turning the puter off察he felt disoriented。 He was used to spending hours each day in front of the screen。 Those few minutes had only whetted his appetite察had made his fingers tingle but hadn't given them the supersensitized buzz he got from a marathon session of pounding the keys。 But he didn't need money yet察and he wanted to lie low for a few days。
He noticed Trevor's backpack sitting on the kitchen counter。 The zipper was half open察and Zach could see the corner of a ic book poking out。 He glanced toward the door察then went over to the bag察cautiously tugged the zipper all the way down察and began to nose through the contents。
To Zach this was no different from examining Trevor's credit rating or police record察either of which he would have done guiltlessly and without hesitation if he had reason to。 But he didn't care about those things。 He wanted to know what Trevor carried around with him察what he kept close to him。
Here were all three issues of Birdland察battered copies in plastic bags。 No surprises there。 A Walkman and some tapes 。 。 。 Charlie Parker察Charlie Parker察and察just for good measure察Charlie Parker 。。。 a black T´shirt察a pair of underwear察a toothbrush and other assorted toiletries。 Pretty boring。 Zach dug deeper察and his fingers touched worn paper。 An envelope。
He pulled it out察unfolded the contents carefully。 The three sheets of paper were taped and retaped at every crease察wrinkled to the texture of fine silk。 Much of the text was indecipherable察but from what Zach could make out察he suspected Trevor had it memorized。
Multiple defensive wounds 。 。 。 A blow to the chest penetrated the breastbone and ruptured the heart察and could in and of itself have been fatal 。 。 。
Due to gross trauma察victim's brain could not be removed in one piece 。 。 。
Robert F。 McGee 。 。 。 Occupation此Artist 。 。 。
Each report was signed by the county coroner and dated June 16察1972。 Yesterday had been the twentieth anniversary of the McGees' deaths察tomorrow would be the twentieth anniversary of their autopsies。
Zach imagined the three naked bodies lined up on steel tables whose blood gutters were black with clotted gore。 He could picture them much more clearly than he wanted to察their skin shockingly livid察their wounds black and purple察their torsos crisscrossed with Y´shaped autopsy scars that bisected each pectoral muscle and went all the way down to the pubic bone。 The woman's breasts hanging slack and darkly veined like fruit gone rotten on the tree察her long hair stiff with blood。 The little boy's head tilted at an awkward angle because the back of his skull was gone察his soft pink lips sealed with a crust of dried blood察his fingers permanently curled like a doll's。 The man with his eyes squeezed halfway out of their sockets by the pressure of the rope察giving him a goggle´eyed stare that