Legacy of a Mad Scientist (59 page)

The patrols overhead ignored her, distracted by the
news from the research station. By the time the generals realized a
possible witness was at large, Tasha had long since vanished.

Reading about the political fallout, Ashley had
recognized her photo. She remembered the chaos that followed her
Father's delivery of the tanks. The war in San Diego was over, but
the method used to accomplish the victory had left the Republic
sick to its stomach.

Much of the blame had fallen on Fox's shoulders for
designing the tanks. He was called a Monster and a War Criminal. He
was accused of being some hideous mixture of Hitler, Stalin,
Genghis Khan and John Robert Oppenheimer.

The in-house security video of the control room
shoot-out was somehow leaked to the press, and the truth of the
soldiers’ actions, as well as the loss of Andrew’s brother
Geoffrey, silenced the interest in seeing Fox take the fall for the
debacle.

Ashley read, a short time later, a new task was
presented to Dr. Fox… Project Epsilon.