Chapter 14
Rick ran to the Power Room & stopped just outside the door, taking a deep breath, he entered the room & swiftly made his way through, not wanting to risk re-starting any of the room's defences. He entered the room to his left, annoyed with himself for having not checked the rooms with the others, he wanted to be quick so that he could return to the storeroom & collect the proto-type. After looking through the entire length of the room, he discovered that he had entered the wrong one, he jogged back to the door & entered the other room, a large generator stood in front of him & there was a wall to his left, turning to his right, he was annoyed to find that the triggering system was right in front of him. He walked forward & activated the system, hoping that the password was what he thought it was. The screen lit up & asked for the system to be initiated manually, or via the computer, Rick hit the switch for the computer, the screen then changed to password input. Name of the research is the password, it has to mean the name of the virus, what else could it be? The document said those things were made with the M-Virus, that has to be the answer. Rick typed M-Virus & hit enter, the screen showed the message, password accepted, self-destruct activated. Rick sighed in relief & quickly made his way out of the room.
Carlos followed Jill down the corridor, trying his best to concentrate on the task & not her body. Why the hell does she have to be so good-looking, it's so distracting, Jill is just, perfect. Maybe I'll ask he on a date when we make it out, I think I might have a shot. No harm in trying at least & if she says no, I never have to see her again anyway, or I could say I was playing around so I could see her…Get a grip Carlos. He shook his head, smirking, when he looked up, he realised that they had made it to the other room, Gamma Lab. He entered the room before Jill, gun raised, though he was relieved to find that the room was creature less & completely sterile. Looking around the room, he could see a development area, which seemed to be for mechanical devises, rather than creatures or viruses, desks with computers, presumably for storing whatever information they gained & an area which was divided from the rest of the room by a mesh fence. Carlos headed towards the fenced off area & looked inside, it was a storage area, with various bits of metal, batteries & cables, some of it looked like gun parts, so Carlos assumed that this was where the gun in the storeroom was made.
"Nothing here senorita, just a lot of junk." Carlos stated, turning to face Jill with a half-smile.
"Then I guess we go to the main hall & wait for Chris." Jill replied, returning the smile. Carlos nodded in response & followed her back to the elevator. When they arrived at the lift, Jill decided to check if Rick had managed to get the self-destruct online, so they stopped on B1 & headed back towards the power room, they arrived just as Rick was leaving. Rick looked up at them with a startled expression.
"Chris & the others headed for the secret room, while we checked the other lab, so I thought we'd check if you got the self-destruct on." Jill said, a little faster than she normally spoke.
"Oh, I see. Yeah, its on." Rick replied & Carlos couldn't help but pick up a hint of disappointment.
"We should go, unless there was something else you wanted to do?" Carlos added the last part as a question but it was more an insinuation, he could tell Rick wanted to do something but didn't want to make it too obvious.
"Err, no, there isn't anything else." Rick replied, obviously nervous.
"Lets go then." Jill suggested, before walking back to the elevator.
"I know there's something else compadre, so what is it?" Carlos asked in a low tone, then added, "Don't bother trying to lie to me."
"Promise not to tell?" Rick whispered back. Carlos simply nodded, encouraging Rick's response.
"I was going to get the gun, I found the key in the main hall, the Office was locked too but I opened it before anyone noticed." Rick looked embarrassed because of his deception but Carlos just smirked in response.
"Not bad. We won't need the gun, so we'd better leave it, no point in making trouble for yourself." Rick nodded, both in agreement & as a thank you, for Carlos keeping his mouth shut. They both joined Jill in the elevator & headed back to the main hall to wait for Chris & the others.
Claire walked ahead of Chris & Barry, eager to leave as soon as possible, she had a bad feeling but didn't want to worry anyone, or get ridiculed by Chris. She arrived to where the door was meant to be & found an elaborate mahogany door trimmed with gold, she opened the door carefully & entered. This place is amazing, it must have cost a fortune. The paintings & statues I presume are top quality, they certainly look it & I know those flowers are, the document in the paper said one flower was worth $10,000 & they have three whole plants. What a waste of perfectly good things, they're all just going to be blown-up. Claire sighed & continued to look around the room, her eyes fell on an envelope on the desk & she walked to it & opened it. Upon removing the contents, she found a VHS tape, a virus sample, a couple of hand-written documents & an audiocassette.
"Chris…" Claire said, barely able to contain her excitement.
"What is it?" Chris asked, walking to her.
"This is it, the proof, we have it." She replied, almost jumping around in her excitement.
"Are you sure Claire?" Chris asked, also sounding somewhat more enthusiastic.
"Positive, look." She moved aside for Chris to see.
"I think you're right. Okay, put it back in the package & lets join the others. This calls for a major celebration." Chris replied.
Once the contents were safely returned to the envelope, they returned to the main hall as quickly as they could, eager to tell the others of their findings.
Rick ran to the Power Room & stopped just outside the door, taking a deep breath, he entered the room & swiftly made his way through, not wanting to risk re-starting any of the room's defences. He entered the room to his left, annoyed with himself for having not checked the rooms with the others, he wanted to be quick so that he could return to the storeroom & collect the proto-type. After looking through the entire length of the room, he discovered that he had entered the wrong one, he jogged back to the door & entered the other room, a large generator stood in front of him & there was a wall to his left, turning to his right, he was annoyed to find that the triggering system was right in front of him. He walked forward & activated the system, hoping that the password was what he thought it was. The screen lit up & asked for the system to be initiated manually, or via the computer, Rick hit the switch for the computer, the screen then changed to password input. Name of the research is the password, it has to mean the name of the virus, what else could it be? The document said those things were made with the M-Virus, that has to be the answer. Rick typed M-Virus & hit enter, the screen showed the message, password accepted, self-destruct activated. Rick sighed in relief & quickly made his way out of the room.
Carlos followed Jill down the corridor, trying his best to concentrate on the task & not her body. Why the hell does she have to be so good-looking, it's so distracting, Jill is just, perfect. Maybe I'll ask he on a date when we make it out, I think I might have a shot. No harm in trying at least & if she says no, I never have to see her again anyway, or I could say I was playing around so I could see her…Get a grip Carlos. He shook his head, smirking, when he looked up, he realised that they had made it to the other room, Gamma Lab. He entered the room before Jill, gun raised, though he was relieved to find that the room was creature less & completely sterile. Looking around the room, he could see a development area, which seemed to be for mechanical devises, rather than creatures or viruses, desks with computers, presumably for storing whatever information they gained & an area which was divided from the rest of the room by a mesh fence. Carlos headed towards the fenced off area & looked inside, it was a storage area, with various bits of metal, batteries & cables, some of it looked like gun parts, so Carlos assumed that this was where the gun in the storeroom was made.
"Nothing here senorita, just a lot of junk." Carlos stated, turning to face Jill with a half-smile.
"Then I guess we go to the main hall & wait for Chris." Jill replied, returning the smile. Carlos nodded in response & followed her back to the elevator. When they arrived at the lift, Jill decided to check if Rick had managed to get the self-destruct online, so they stopped on B1 & headed back towards the power room, they arrived just as Rick was leaving. Rick looked up at them with a startled expression.
"Chris & the others headed for the secret room, while we checked the other lab, so I thought we'd check if you got the self-destruct on." Jill said, a little faster than she normally spoke.
"Oh, I see. Yeah, its on." Rick replied & Carlos couldn't help but pick up a hint of disappointment.
"We should go, unless there was something else you wanted to do?" Carlos added the last part as a question but it was more an insinuation, he could tell Rick wanted to do something but didn't want to make it too obvious.
"Err, no, there isn't anything else." Rick replied, obviously nervous.
"Lets go then." Jill suggested, before walking back to the elevator.
"I know there's something else compadre, so what is it?" Carlos asked in a low tone, then added, "Don't bother trying to lie to me."
"Promise not to tell?" Rick whispered back. Carlos simply nodded, encouraging Rick's response.
"I was going to get the gun, I found the key in the main hall, the Office was locked too but I opened it before anyone noticed." Rick looked embarrassed because of his deception but Carlos just smirked in response.
"Not bad. We won't need the gun, so we'd better leave it, no point in making trouble for yourself." Rick nodded, both in agreement & as a thank you, for Carlos keeping his mouth shut. They both joined Jill in the elevator & headed back to the main hall to wait for Chris & the others.
Claire walked ahead of Chris & Barry, eager to leave as soon as possible, she had a bad feeling but didn't want to worry anyone, or get ridiculed by Chris. She arrived to where the door was meant to be & found an elaborate mahogany door trimmed with gold, she opened the door carefully & entered. This place is amazing, it must have cost a fortune. The paintings & statues I presume are top quality, they certainly look it & I know those flowers are, the document in the paper said one flower was worth $10,000 & they have three whole plants. What a waste of perfectly good things, they're all just going to be blown-up. Claire sighed & continued to look around the room, her eyes fell on an envelope on the desk & she walked to it & opened it. Upon removing the contents, she found a VHS tape, a virus sample, a couple of hand-written documents & an audiocassette.
"Chris…" Claire said, barely able to contain her excitement.
"What is it?" Chris asked, walking to her.
"This is it, the proof, we have it." She replied, almost jumping around in her excitement.
"Are you sure Claire?" Chris asked, also sounding somewhat more enthusiastic.
"Positive, look." She moved aside for Chris to see.
"I think you're right. Okay, put it back in the package & lets join the others. This calls for a major celebration." Chris replied.
Once the contents were safely returned to the envelope, they returned to the main hall as quickly as they could, eager to tell the others of their findings.