(eng) M. R. Forbes - Forgotten 01 by Forgotten

Author:Forgotten [Forgotten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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It took them nearly an hour to find the mainframe. They explored more of the below deck complex than Hayden had ever intended, and he had nearly given up on the idea that the repository of data accessible through the PASS terminals could be found in this part of the ship. The other areas they found on the way had left him angrier and angrier at the Governor, and at Metro’s prior Governors. It was obvious Malcolm wasn’t the first to learn about this place, nor the first to use it. Each successive head of Metro must have known this area of the ship existed. At least some of the Sheriffs and Deputies must have known, too. Who? How many?

His father?

It wasn’t only the military machines, uniforms, and firepower. It was worse than that. They passed an area with a handful of massive storage cylinders, each marked as containing water. They passed a room filled with medicines and medical supplies to handle all kinds of illness and injury. They passed thousands and thousands of small, perma-wrapped packages of food. It was enough resources to put Metro on a more secure footing, and maybe it would have been used for that if things got bad enough? But Hayden didn’t think so.

It was enough resources to fuel an army.

What he didn’t understand was why it was all sitting dormant, waiting for a day that might never come. They had enough guns and ammunition to go to war with the demons that had gained control of the Pilgrim. Why weren’t they using them? They had enough food and water and sundries to venture out into the rest of the ship, to regain control and maybe put themselves back on the right course. Why didn’t they?

There had to be a reason.

They had also passed another hatch, a secured access hatch to an area beyond Metro’s perimeter, marked with the same pattern as the hatch in Section C. It didn’t have a control panel on their side. It was sealed as tightly as the rest.

“This has to be it,” Jonas said, smiling when they entered the room.

To Hayden, it was the least identifiable of any of the rooms they had explored. A series of black cubes rested across a floor of metal grating, wires visible beneath, stretching from one cube to another. Each one had a single blue light that flickered and faded at variable speed.

A single terminal sat at the front of the columns of cubes. Like the other equipment, it bore the eagle logo of the USSF.

Jonas approached the terminal, standing in front of it. He put his satchel on the ground beside it and started typing on the projected keyboard. Hayden stood behind him, looking over his shoulder.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

“Getting access,” Jonas replied.

Hayden watched the display. It bore the eagle logo, with the words “USSF. Pilgrim Assistance Service System” below it, along with an area to enter data. Jonas was filling that area now, not with standard text, but with some gibberish Hayden didn’t recognize.

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