Chapter 28
Harper ran all the way over to machine shop 3. When he entered, Tyr had left, and Rommie was lying on the main workbench, her eyes open, but unseeing. He first went to a cupboard and got out some tools, then he hurried over to her. Running an initial scan, he could see that Gerentex had applied a strong electric shock to her main neural pathway. This should have completely disabled all of her systems, but, strangely, this had only disabled her movement and speech. Quite a lot, but still much less than it should have been. Puzzled, Harper did the scan again. Still the same. It was an easy fix, luckily. He could do it, and Dylan wouldn't even notice the few minutes it took him to fix her. Decided, he began his work. After only three minutes, Rommie woke up. She could move! Ah, bliss.
"Rom-doll! You're back!" Harper was ecstatic, not that he had ever doubted his abilities to repair her.
"Yes Harper, I'm back," it was a joy to be able to speak again! She kept her tone level as she continued, "Gerentex and Dylan are both heading to Command. It might be up to you to see who gets there first,"
"I gotcha! Fix the defense systems, right?" he began towards the door, then turned and said, "I missed you, Rommie," then turned again and trotted out.
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Harper ran all the way over to machine shop 3. When he entered, Tyr had left, and Rommie was lying on the main workbench, her eyes open, but unseeing. He first went to a cupboard and got out some tools, then he hurried over to her. Running an initial scan, he could see that Gerentex had applied a strong electric shock to her main neural pathway. This should have completely disabled all of her systems, but, strangely, this had only disabled her movement and speech. Quite a lot, but still much less than it should have been. Puzzled, Harper did the scan again. Still the same. It was an easy fix, luckily. He could do it, and Dylan wouldn't even notice the few minutes it took him to fix her. Decided, he began his work. After only three minutes, Rommie woke up. She could move! Ah, bliss.
"Rom-doll! You're back!" Harper was ecstatic, not that he had ever doubted his abilities to repair her.
"Yes Harper, I'm back," it was a joy to be able to speak again! She kept her tone level as she continued, "Gerentex and Dylan are both heading to Command. It might be up to you to see who gets there first,"
"I gotcha! Fix the defense systems, right?" he began towards the door, then turned and said, "I missed you, Rommie," then turned again and trotted out.
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