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AN: This Chapter is short but in order to from something it needs to be said.
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*Chapter 7: The Call*


The unfriendly shadow of a familiar cruel man paced back and forth against the
plain walls. His face was red and soaked in sweat and he talked loud on a cell phone.

"Kalvin, tell the truth, have you heard absolutely any news about the rogue
X5 unit?"

"No sir. Since the electromagnetic pulse this morning not even the basic computers
can find a drop of information about them, Lydecker sir." A nervous man informed
on the other line.

"Well search harder! Go out on location and look! Get on you hands and knees and
search the dirty ground for a speck of blood! A strand of hair! Anything!"

"Yes sir!"

"I can't believe that 599 got away with the rest of them!" Lydecker's voice turned
confused but he still growled loudly.

"It's a mystery, sir." Kalvin said quietly in a puny voice.

"How though? Me and my men severely punished him accordingly and left him outside to
suffer. Next thing I know, Linda calls me on line 12 and tells me he has escaped
the grounds!" Deck boomed.

"Yes sir. certainly an 8th wonder of the world."

"An X5 in such condition wouldn't be able to survive and walk away without assistance.
One of the other soldiers must have helped him. But who?" How'd they know
we'd throw him out?"

"No idea. Maybe the SIC of the unit stood behind or something."

"But that doesn't help that they knew we were going to do."

"Sir, maybe it was a coincidence. Perhaps the X5 who stayed behind to help 599 was stuck
somewhere, injured or hiding for a better chance to escape."

"But we searched everywhere, Kalvin! We checked high and low!" Lydecker
yelled.

"Did you check lower than low though? There might be under ground animal dens or lakes
they
could hide in or fall in."

"I'll check again. What are you doing right now?"

"Right now, sir? I'm checking Police records in Ohio, Montana and Nevada for any
juvenile arrests that might be in some way related. I'm planning to put a man out there
to check the cases anyway for any chance that it could be one of them though."

"Good, sir. We need to go at every and all ends to find those kids. I also
need 452 to be under our roofs ASAP if not the others." Deck barked.

"Yes sir. We are looking for her and all the others with our best people and when
computers are on again we'll be using our best machines."

"Report to me if you find anything. Nail clipping, speck of DNA, anything.
Report to me before anyone else and then send your collecting to Edith, She is our
best. Any questions?"

"No sir."

"Then get to work." Lydecker stated then shoved his cell phone on to his desk.
He walked slowly to a window behind his office chair and stared at the snowy ground.
























































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FN: Its really short, I know. Please and review!