Kharon Chapter 43
Emma and Jacob are sneaking past drones and robots as they make their way through a huge warehouse filled with computer servers. They eventually stop a few feet from a robot standing at a computer terminal. “Damn I need to get to a terminal but they all have bots at them”, says Jacob.
Emma unslings her crossbow and fires it at the robot destroying it. “Why didn’t you say so.”
Jacob runs over to the terminal and starts using its holographic interface. “Don’t blow shit up like that! Now I gotta turn off the alert that just got sent out on the network.”
Emma shrugs. “When something’s in my way I just get rid of it.”
“I’ve noticed. That’s what I like about you.”
“Awww….I didn’t know you cared.”
“Calm down. I’m just observant. That’s how I stay alive.” Jacob's hands fly through the holographic interface as he says, “I think I deactivated the alarm and accessed the personal records so it should just be a matter of running a search on Simone if I can remember her full name.” Jacob concentrates on the interface for a few moments. “Bingo! I know where she is.”
“Can you deactivate her pod?”
“That’s a negative. The only way to do it is by physically cutting the power source”. Suddenly they hear a whirring sound that is quickly growing louder. “Look out!” Jacob grabs Emma and pulls her into a gap in the server shelves. The drones fly by them without taking notice. Jacob and Emma stare at each other as they are smushed in-between the servers with their faces inches apart.
“We should probably….”
“Right let’s hurry.”
Kharon Chapter 44
Emma and Jacob run through the aisles of people in pods until they get to Simone’s. Jacob points at two large fortified boxes. One on top of the pod and one to the side of it. “Ok these boxes contain the power source and back up generator. You’re going to need to hit them both in quick succession and multiple times each because they are protected by a thick alloy.”
Emma takes aim with her cross bow. “Here goes nothing.” She starts firing her arrows rapidly. She has only been blasting for a few moments when robots and drones begin descending on them.
“Fuck! Keep going!”, says Jacob as he tries using his wind gun to fight them off. It keeps them at bay for a small time frame but more and more keep pouring in.
“Almost got it!” A robot takes aim at Emma from a distance as she is concentrating on destroying the power boxes. Jacob sees this and dives to push her out of the way in the nick of time just as a laser hits where she once stood.
“Thanks! Did I do it?”
“You only knocked out the primary not the back-up”, says Jacob as he and Emma try to fight off all the robots and drones. It does not take long for the two to be overwhelmed and captured. Several of the robots drag Emma and Jacob down the rows of pods immune to their struggling while the remainder stay behind to repair the damage done to Simone's pod.
“Where are they taking us?”
“To pods.”
“They’re putting us in The Colony?”
“The robots are just running response programs. Our fates will be decided in the VR world.”
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