Broken Mirror: Apophis 2029 by Michel Savage

Author:Michel Savage [Savage, Michel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Grey Forest
Published: 2016-09-16T06:00:00+00:00

Daylight

There was only one way to purge the lockdown protocol Kane had initiated by dead booting the power through the emergency terminal. It was something Beatrice knew how to do, but had never tried before. Arguably, it was a dangerous move, as the system would release all hatchways on the lift upon shutdown; which would free the weepers trapped within. The only smart move I could think of was to board the elevator.

"Ya'll crazy; there ain't no way we can go in there, woman!" Haiti argued while giving me a piece of his mind.

"Not 'into' the elevator, but on top of it," I offered in defense of my plan as I pointed up to its flat ceiling, "we can use a maintenance ladder to mount the roof of the elevator chamber and ride it to the surface when the system reboots."

"And be well out of reach of the infected, it’s not a bad idea," Thorn answered back, attracted to the idea I had come up with.

"Can you reboot the power connection?" I asked while looking over to Beatrice; she nodded, followed by a smug glance towards Kane who sat on the floor drenched in his own blood.

"Yes, I think I can. Though I'm not sure how long it will take since we've never actually done it before," she agreed, though there was a taint of worry in her tone. I could see the sorrow in her eyes as she glanced through the glass into the interior of the lift; silently grieving all the poor souls within which had been baited by Kane's treachery.

I gripped the Centurion rifle, not quite sure how much juice this thing held or how long it would last. Bullets you could count for peace of mind, but this damn thing could entirely drain in the next shot, or the next hundred; I had no clue as to what its energy capacity was. We found a rolling work ladder that would suffice, and rigged it up with a rope to loop around a nearby support so we could pull it far enough away to clear the gears after we mounted the elevator. Beatrice crouched down and worked under the control panel, until she seemed to have finally found what she was looking for and promptly yanked apart a coupling, then quickly plugged it back into its mated socket. The moment she had done that the lights flickered and the female voice of the systems computer came on over the PA system, giving us a countdown of five minutes until a full-scale power reboot. Haiti hopped over and assisted the old woman up the ladder. Once we were all on top of the lift, we struggled to draw the rope pulley in effort to remove the ladder from the rooftop where we stood; awaiting what was about to ensue as the countdown progressed.

Having thrown down the rope over the side which had been tied to the rear of the wheeled ladder, our eyes widened in despair as Haiti

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