Chapter 3 Shut Down
Heading of the CH News Paper
Article 1: Later yesterday, the leader of the MCA Jack O'Connel was reported missing, after a talk about an investigation with the MCA, it was believed that the CHI refused to investigate thehe disappearance of the lead council member. Shortly after the debate, the CHI was then shut down using force. Further information will be known as it becomes available.
Article 2: Last night, Mr. Steve was rushed to the emergency room after surviving and explosion. The source of the explosion is said to be Mr. Steve's house. We visited his room in the emergency room yesterday, he was still unconscious and was suffering from major trauma and some minor cuts on his arm.
"Mr. Steve, are you awake? We have some questions regarding the tragedy that occurred a couple of days ago." A voice said, this voice awoke Steve. "Wh-Wh-What are you doing here?" Steve asked with a weak voice. Then the doctors stormed in the lead doctor told the journalists to get the hell out. Steve was still a little unconscious. The news reporters where thrust out by all of the assistant doctors and nurses.. Steve was awake by this point. Steve was unaware of why he was in the hospital. "What's going on, why am I here?" Steve asked the doctor. "You are suffering minor injures and severe trauma, we have kept you in the hospital to keep an eye on you." The doctor replied. "When you are ready, you can check out." After those words where said, Steve began to slowly realize why he was in the hospital in the first place. His house had been exploded, and he could have been killed. It was perfect timing of course, given the CHI the only professional investigative team was shut down just that day. "I'm ready" Steve said. Steve knew that he would have to investigate this matter on his own. With the crisis going on, there is no way he would be able to rebuild his house just yet.
Steve then signed his release papers, and began searching. After finding the highest class hotel in Craft Haven; the "Diamond Inn" (the name diamond serves quite a purpose too.) he decided he would have to rent out a room. Renting a room for even a single night would cost one diamond per night. Steve had the money to stay for quite a while, Steve was a very wealthy man. "I would like to rent a room." Steve said to the man behind the counter in the lobby of the Diamond Inn. "For how long, Mr. Steve" the man replied. "A month." Steve said. The mans face widened. "That will be 30 diamonds sir." he said. Steve handed the man the diamonds. "You will be in room 200 on the top floor, its the classiest room in the hotel." The man said, Steve who had no belongings went to the elevator, and pressed the 4 button. The elevator shot up and was moving at incredible speed until finally, it reached the top floor. The fourth floor was very nice and was where all of the high quality rooms resided.
Steve opened the door and took a look, and it was quite mesmerizing. There was an in-door pool and Jacuzzi. There was an enormous bed, and a R-Vision that took up an entire wall. There was a computer with access to the Red Net there was a fridge full of food (all of the food came at a price, naturally) and an amazing window view. Steve decided to get onto the Red Net, and do some research on diamonds. The Red Net is a series of complicated Red Stone circuits. The circuits lead to a large building that in turn re-route the circuit to content from various other places. Naturally the Red Net is a very small place, most businesses can't even begin to afford advertising over the Red Net. The Red Net was actually an experiment that was approved by the MCA. The Red Net is actually quite difficult to connect to. As of now, the only way to get access to the Red Net is for employees to build a circuit into the network.
The Red Net is underground, and is limited to very few users. Even the most wealthy people can barely afford access to the Red Net. One day, however, the Red Net will be widely available. Red Vision works similarly, it sends a circuit to the CHTN or the Craft Haven TV Network, and displays whatever is sent back. Steve was disappointed when the Red Net connection the Hotel advertised was dead. Wait a minute.. Steve thought. How could the Red Net be down.. It works via Red Stone.. and under ground. There is no possible way it could be down.. Unless... Steve ran down the stairs. "Excuse me.. do you have a red phone at this hotel?" Steve asked the man behind the counter. "Yes, here it is" The man replied as he gave Steve the phone.. Steve attempted to call Owen.. but after entering the information into the Red-Phone and attempting a connection with the other user.. there was no output or even a sign of attempting a connection. This is odd.. why can't I use neither the Red Net, nor any Red Phone Service.. hmm.. I wonder if R-Vision is online and working. I dropped the Red Phone and ran back to my room, I turned on the R-Vision.. and nothing.. there was no image at all.. First the Red Net, then the Red-Phone and now the R-Vision.. all of the major content systems are down. What the hell is going on here.. its as if all of the red-stone powered technologies have been deactivat- OH NO! Steve burst out of his room and ran. First down the four flights of steps down to the lobby. Then, he ran for quite a while until he reached the gate of the city. The gate was deactivated as well as the rest of anything powered by red-stone. Oh no.. this is very very bad.. nothing involving red-stone is fucking working.. this city is at major risk. First no communication, now no entertainment which really isn't a big deal.. but now there is no safety for the city at all. "Damn It!" Steve exclaimed.. then he began to run in the direction of Owens house he was gathering the council members for an emergency meeting. It took him a total of thirty-minutes to run and get the council members (Shanen and Owen) and run to the MCA tower.
"Ok, everything from the Red Net, to the Safety Systems in this city are offline." Steve said. "Could it just be an error with the Redstone.. could there be a weather based flaw in the Red-Stone or something?" Owen suggested. "That's highly unlikely, Owen; Some of the minor red-stone based systems are working, such as the emergency lights in the city in case the red-stone lamps cease to work.. the lamps themselves are also working. Even the elevators are working.. so this must be an intentional attack on these specific systems." Steve explained. The members of the council sat there thinking over that statement, and came to the conclusion that Steve had to be right. All of the lighting is working and any other Red-Stone contraption was working fine. "Could this be a terrorist attack?" Shanen asked. "Possibly, given that only the security, information and communication red-stone systems where the only ones attacked.. I would say that's most likely what we are dealing with here. Now that I think about it, this could also explain why the CHI was acting weird, and why my house exploded." Steve replied. The council members had decided that this was a terrorist level attack. Which made sense of course, look at all of the things that have happened. With everything in a state of panic, this could just be a diversion.. this city has no organization anymore without the Red-Phone at least. Damn it. We need CA guards posted at the gates! "Owen, run down to the CA building, tell them to post guards at the gates.. monsters could get in and attack. The last thing we need at a time like this is civilian casualties." Steve instructed and then he took off. "Shanen, I want you to go down to the Red Net and the Red Phone and the R-Vision stations and see if there is any evidence or anything left behind from the perpetrator." Steve commanded and then she too was gone.
Something isn't right here, could Jack really be a part of this.. I mean he disappeared right before the CHI acted up, and now the attack on my house, and then the whole Red-Stone shut down.. there is something not right here. With the guards posted only at the gates, there is no way anyone on the inside of the city can be safe except from anything on the outside. Soon Owen and Shanen had come back and had reported that everything had been done, Shanen wasn't able to find anything at any of the attacked sites. Damn it.. what the hell is going on!
Steve sat at the conference table and thought for a moment. "Go to the portal, check in the Nether for any escaped prisoners or anything out of the ordinary." It could be possible that Neafis is behind all of this in which case.. Steve was worried as Owen and Shanen left for the portal. Neafis was an old friend of Steve's. Steve had met Neafis in a small village that wasn't too far from his small little home. This was before Craft Haven had even been thought of. Neafis and Steve had been the best of friends, but when Craft Haven was concerned, Neafis hated Steve. Neafis had helped in creating Craft Haven but was never invited to be on the council. Neafis then tried to destroy the MCA tower, but failed. After such an attack, he was sent to the Nether. Steve had sentenced him to exile. However, Neafis was never seen again, no body was ever recovered. He was assumed dead. If it is Neafis, there is no way he will ever be seen I know him all too well. That would explain why I was attacked personally whereas none of the other council members where directly attacked..
It was a few hours before Owen and Shanen returned. Their faces where grim.. something had happened. "What is it?" Steve asked. "He is missing." Owen replied. Steve fell to the ground and lost consciousness.