Chapter 5. The search for a lost heart.
Although they had the help of Donna's website, locating the young woman didn't go as easy as they had hoped.
They had spend a lot of time Googling and surfing the Internet. Sam went as far as to hack into some governmental databases, without any serious result. Finally they decided to try their luck at the public library. Unfortunately they didn't find any useful information there either.
They eventually found their way to the Groove's Smoothie King. Chilling with their favourite drinks, they examined their poor results.
"It used to be easier when we had our X-powders to do these kind of investigations." Sam complained. "Or use the Woohp library and it's searching facilities. They have incredibly extended databases with personal information. I'm sure they're violating privacy legislation with them."
"But I can do a search through those databases Sam," Alex replied, "After all I'm Woohp's official F1 driver. Woohp uses the F1 circus as an excellent way to test new technology because the security is tight."
They decided to call in for some help after they had finished their drinks.
At the entrance of the Woohp underground parking the automated iris scan allowed Alex and Sam in. They knew they would be closely monitored by security as Sam was no longer in active service. Alex parked in her spot and they took the elevator to the library Reading Room. The search engines provided to them there, would make a great difference in finding a long lost love. Unluckily, the moment they entered the Reading Room, a hole opened in front of them and they were woohped away to Terry Quant, Alex's new boss.
After they had neatly landed on ergonomic and comfortable office chairs, Terry welcomed them cordially. "Hello Alexandra, welcome Samantha, long time no see. As you experienced we've seriously invested in our Woohp technology. I hope you can appreciate it."
"It's a big improvement Terry," Sam commented happily, "at last we land in a non compromising position."
"Yeah, it's great, but why did you send for us boss?" Alex inquired.
"It's more a question towards you ladies!" Terry answered, "Why did you want to search Woohp databases? You know a lot of this information is restricted and although you still work for us Alexandra, your work situation doesn't allow you to search all of our intell!"
Alex turned crimson, she never realised that changing from a spy to a test driver involved the loss of database access. Did she want Terry to know her secret? But before she could decide one way or the other, Sam had already started to relate the love story, without omitting any detail. This made Alex alternately smile, cry, blush and feel really angry. When Sam finally told Terry, that they wanted to locate Donna as fast as possible, Alex had become a complete emotional wreck. She sat silently crying and trying to get her wits together again.