Sharon Is To Infiltrate

Unending BE - episode 27374

"Stalin? But he's been dead for almost fifty years. And infiltration job? Are you telling me you're not going to turn me back?" Sharon asked incredulously. "Well, not immediately, assuming you'll agree to do this. But as I said, Jim will explain it all." The machine continued along the highway, as Sharon lapsed into stunned silence. Fortunately at 3am there was no-one about to see it. After fifteen minutes or so, it turned off the road, up a drive and came to a building that was featureless on the outside except for the large double doors that opened to let them in. Sharon assumed that the "node", whatever that might be, must be here somewhere. The room that they were in seemed bare of any furnishing. It had a polished floor, and several doors in the walls.

The nerd used the mechanical man's arms to put Sharon down on the floor, and then climbed down himself. "This way," he said, then caught himself and said "Ah!", as he realised that for Sharon this was easier said than done. "I guess it will be simpler if I get Jim to join us," he said. He walked over to an intercom on the wall, flipped a switch and spoke: "I've got her Jim. Could you join us?" Sharon heard Jim's voice, albeit a bit distorted over the intercom. "Sure, I'll be right there."

A minute or so later, one of the doors opened and Jim entered. After he and Sharon had hugged, he explained about the alternate reality where they wanted to send Sharon. It appeared that this alt was in great trouble. Russian scientists had discovered a life-prolonging drug back in the 1940s, with the result that Stalin was still alive and still the ruler of Russia. America had retreated into isolationism in recent decades. War had recently broken out between the European Union and Russia as a result of Russian aggression. Russia had the upper hand thanks to their nuclear submarine. (This alt was comparatively backward as far as the understanding of nuclear physics was concerned, so that Russia only had the one nuclear submarine and the EU had no nuclear weapons at all.)

  1. *Jim explains what they would like Sharon to do.
  2. They are interrupted by an alarm going off.
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Sat Jun 12 13:12:38 1999