Omi as always
Mel for agreeing to be a beta and becoming so much more
Ecri for sharing her amazing talents with me as a beta reader
All the BTN Open Beta participants who helped me out so unselfishly
Disclaimers:
"A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend" - Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I do not own the characters Don, Charlie or Kim nor do I have any
rights to anything related to the TV show Numb3rs. I plead fair use
and claim only my own writing and characters.
Book excerpts are from "Pages from a Journal with Other Papers"
by Mark Rutherford aka William Hale White and are public domain.
Prologue:
"Eppes!"
Don answered his cell phone a little reluctantly. It was almost time to go home and after the week he'd had, he was looking forward to some peace and quiet.
He wasn't going to get it.
"If you're anywhere near a TV turn on Channel 4, now!" The woman on the other end of the line barked out the sentence as if it was an order.
"Who is this?" Don demanded, while he rushed over to the workroom television. Instinctively, he popped a fresh tape into the VCR and hit the record button even before the screen fully warmed up.
The female caller made an exasperated sound. "Don, have you asked so many women to marry you that you can't keep track of their voices?"
"Kim?" Don exclaimed in disbelief. "Why are you..."
Before he could finish his question, he saw what was playing on the TV and knew why she had called.
Not bothering to cover the phone, Don simply pulled it away and yelled for his partner.
"Terry! Call a code black! Repeat, we are code black!"