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We parked behind a defunct resturant. I gave L another flash, just in case the first one was wearin' off. Then I got down to questionin'.
"L, where are you keepin' the guy you took who didn't react to the neuralizer?"
A drugged "I don't know."
"Ok, why don't you know?"
" I figured you might come back, and I couldn't take the chance you might find out where he was, so I had my assistant hide somewhere where I would't know. Security."
Typical MIB. If you couldn't erase the memory, hide the evidence, and hope for the best.
"Ok, were you going to report back to your assistant on a schedule?"
"Yes."
"Could you tell me what the schedule was."
"Every six hours until we had you in custody. You cause too much trouble."
"It's nice to be loved. When was the next call scheduled?"
"At six PM."
"Any password or recognition codes?"
"Steak meant things were Ok, Fish meant I was under survellance."
"Did you expect to ever release the guy you were holding?"
"Once we figured out why he had been immune to the neuralizer."
"Had you had him tested recently for immunity?"
"Yes."
"And what was the result?"
"He was no longer immune to the neuralizer."
Anal sphincter. He could have let Desertgrandpa go already and we could have avoided all this hoorah.
"Did you send in the Zany Carter Deluxe for testing?"
"Yes."
"Have you gotten any response about the testing yet?"
"Not yet."
"When do you expect to get a response?"
"At the six PM call."
"What was the number you were to call?"
"No number, button three on the cellphone."
A direct line, encrypted.
"If the Zany Carter Deluxe proves to be the cause of the immunity, will you let the guy go after the six PM call?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Not until we've cleared your memory and his wife's memory.SOP."
"Were you going to let me go, with just the current situation erased?"
"No."
"What were you going to do?"
"Erase 90 percent of your memory and leave you in a homeless shelter."
Yep, still sore over that leg. I'd have to get a command level override to fix this one. Which meant I need to talk to the commander.
"What's your emergeny contact to Zed?"
"Star three times."
I was goin' to have to mull this one over. When the caps started poppin', it was goin' move real fast. Anything else I needed to ask L?
Well, Heinlein always said "never ignore the trival root of an equation." The MIB were in charge of keepin' track of all the aliens on Earth.
"Have you ever heard of a pair of talkin' socks?"
"Yes."
After I got over my shock, I asked, "Are their names Hugo and Lefty."
"Yes."
"Are they aliens?"
"We don't know. That's why we keep track of them."
"Do you know where they are now?"
"They're in an abandoned mine shaft near here. They just arrived yesterday."
"Why a mine shaft?"
"They're using it as a warehouse."
"What is the name of the mine?"
"The Lazy Lizard."
DG waved at me and nodded. Good, she knew where it was.
"Do they have other people with them?"
"Usually two."
Enough facts for now. I was gettin a plan together in my mind.
"Now L, you will go to sleep now. You will only wake up when somebody says, "Wake up, L"
L started snoring softly...
I turned to DesertGrandma, "Ok, where's the Lazy Lizard Mine?"
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