Chapter 5 Override
Max sighed and looked out the window at the clouds.
"This is taking too long." he complained.
Jake rolled his eyes slightly. It just so happen that it was the tenth time he had said that in the last fifteen minutes.
"We'll be there soon enough." Jake replied in a less than enthusiastic voice.
Max turned around and looked at Jake.
"What's wrong with you?" This time Jake looked out the window and sighed.
"Nothing, Kid." Max grumbled inwardly that Jake still referred to him as "Kid."
"You know it would have been a whole lot faster if you had gotten your contact to meet us halfway." Max pointed out.
"Trust me, it wouldn't have worked." "Why not?" Jake was silent for a minute.
"Hey, hasn't Martinez been gone kind of long?" he asked to change the subject.
Seeing as Nez was right Max decided to go along with the subject change. For now at least.
"Yeah, he has." "Where do you think he is?"
Max shrugged.
"The little hombre's room?" "For forty-five minutes?" "I don't know. He did eat from the cafeteria."
"True." "……………." "Why don't you just call him on his radio?" Max turned back around and pushed a button.
"Berto come in."
Nothing but static came over the radio.
"Berto come in. I repeat. Berto can you hear me?" Static.
Max turned back around and looked at Jake.
Jake shrugged.
"I don't like this Nez," Max said. "It's not like Berto to just up and disappear. I'm going to call Smith.
"BEEP! BEEP BEEP!" Max swerved around.
"Uh oh."
"Uh oh? Max what does uh oh mean?!" Just then the plane began to dive towards earth.
"Max! What the heck is going on?!" "I…I don't know. Hawk isn't responding!" "What do you mean it's not responding?!"
"I mean the controls ARE NOT RESPONDING!" "Why not?!" "I don't know! It's like someone is controlling it!"
Location: N-Tek
Rachel smirked at Max's comment.
"Going down?" She pushed a second button.
The small jet went into a spin.
Her eyes glittered with amusement as she observed Max and Jake panicking.
Max was pushing every button he could in an effort to regain control over the plane, without much success.
Jake was…advising.
Location: Hawk
"Kid whatever you are going to do you'd better do it fast or we are going to be pancakes!" "I'm not a kid and I am doing the best I freakin' can! I don't see you doing anything!" "Look this is no time to argue!" "Then shut up!"
Location: N-Tek
"Such teamwork," she muttered. "Enjoying yourself," asked a voice over Rachel's comm. link.
Rachel jumped slightly.
"John. I was simply…"
"Never mind what you were simply doing. I have entrusted you with a job and I expect you to finish it.
The woman bit her tongue so as not to say anything she shouldn't.
"Of course John, as you wish." She sighed and pushed another button.
"Override disabled," informed the computer.
"Next time Steel," promised the woman.
She then turned and exited the room.
Location: Hawk
"Well kid I guess this is goodbye. It was nice knowing you," said Jake as the neared the ground and certain death.
Max sighed loudly.
"For the last time! (no pun intended ;-)) I am not a …." "Beep!"
Max jumped.
"Yes! The controls are working again. Hold on!" He grabbed the control stick and pulled up.
Hawk instantly reacted and pulled up just barely missing the ground.
"Wooohhhoooo!" shouted Max as the plane shot up into the open sky. "What a rush!"
Jake rolled his eyes and checked to make sure he hadn't wet himself.
"So where are we headed? Back to N-Tek?" asked Jake.
"No way! We have to get to your contact." Jake took a deep breath.
"Max, I know you want to get this antidote. I do too! But we have no contact with N-Tek and Hawk is unreliable right now." "Hawk's fine. I have it under-control now!" "We don't even know what went wrong in the first place. So how can we be sure it won't happen again?"
Max sighed irritably. "And what about Berto? We don't know where he is or if he's ok! We…" "Look! My wife is back at N-Tek dying! My baby girl could be motherless in a matter of hours. My whole…my whole world could be gone just like that. We are not going back!" Jake was silent for a few minutes.
Finally he nodded his head.
"You're right Max. I apologize. We can figure out a way to contact N-Tek when we get to Dallas." Max nodded his head in agreement.
"Thanks…partner."
Jake smiled slightly.
"You're welcome…Kid."
"Ah!"
Location: N-Tek
"Download complete," informed a computerized voice.
Rachel smiled and took a small disk out of the computer.
"This should make Dread real happy." She turned and looked at the body of a N-Tek scientist that was propped up next to the consol.
She bowed slightly to him.
"Thanks for the help buddy. I really appreciate it." She lightly tapped her comm. link.
"Mission accomplished," she confirmed. "I'm coming back to HQ."
It took me awhile but I finally finished this chapter! I literally would get on and write like one line each time. Writer's block! Lol. Yes I am still alive HoneyB! Although it may not seem like it for a little while. The Sims 2 is coming out next Friday so it might be awhile to the next chapter. Read and Review!
(Update) I re-read the chapter and fixed any grammar errors I could find. I know there are more, however I am terrible at language/grammar!
