Code Breakers: Delta by Barnes Colin F

Author:Barnes, Colin F. [Barnes, Colin F.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Anachron Press
Published: 2014-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Jess closed her eyes and listened to Cemprom’s newly installed servers. Although the AIs weren’t as advanced as Hajime and Sakura, they seemed happy with their tasks.

She had worked with Enna’s new team of programmers to get Cemprom back up and running again, but not for evil and nasty reasons like the Family and Fuentes. This new system was to help the businesses become functional so the citizens could work their jobs and the city could get back to normal.

Jess was especially happy with the fun programs Enna had let her make. There was the new citywide intranet that allowed people to connect with their AIAs and access cool sites for games and communication. And then there was the virtual vacation program.

That was her favourite. She used some of the books that her parents had given her as a child as the source for those. There was one based on a tropical island where Libertas citizens could build sandcastles with talking dolphins and monkeys.

The space vacation was fun too.

You would be able to pilot a spaceship and explore new planets. She based that one on a game she had found running on a server. A young boy had run it before he died at the hands of Elliot Robertson. She felt it important to honour him by keeping it running and open to everyone to play.

Jess propelled herself on her newly designed wheeled board through the tall racks of servers. She hummed along with the frequency of the fans, making her own music in her head. Her parents never thought she’d create art with the upgrades they had put inside her, but over time she had come to learn that every computer was like its own musical instrument with its own unique sounds and tones.

These new Cemprom servers were like an old-fashioned concerto with a mix of percussion and strings.

When she reached the end of the racks in the server room, she reached out with her mind and connected with the video server. She opened her eyes and pulled down a keyboard to her lap. She tapped in her login credentials and carried out Franklin’s request.

Apparently the city had a new quest.

A ghost they had said.

Jess didn’t believe in ghosts, but she did believe in computer spirits. She heard and saw them in computers and networks. Little glitched pieces of software and code that hadn’t been deleted properly. They floated about like lost children unable to find their way home.

This thing that Petal and Holly said they saw could just be a network artifact like that, seeing as both women were on the new network.

While Jess was typing out instructions to set the parameters for the video search, she heard the door open. Franklin entered. “Hey, Frank,” Jess said. “I’m just doing as you asked.”

“Thanks, Jess, I appreciate it. I know they keep you busy down here, so I thought you might like a break from all that tedious work.”

She smiled at him as he gave her a wink. She liked Frank, he was one of the nicest people in security she’d met.

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