Dystopia by Janet McNulty

Author:Janet McNulty [McNulty, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dystopian fiction, dystopian romance, dystopian fiction young adult, dystopian fiction adult, dystopian novels, dystopian novel
Publisher: MMP Publishing
Published: 2013-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“Sanders,” said Dana approaching her friend, “may I have a word?”

“Yeah,” replied Sanders, readjusting his glasses.

Dana pulled him to the side, away from prying eyes and overcurious ears. “I need a favor.”

“What do you need?”

Dana covered the camera on her shirt with her hand, hoping that it would muffle what was said, if not eliminate it all together. “Do you know how the computers at the media center work?”

“Dana, where is this going?”

“Please, Sanders,” pleaded Dana. “I need to know.”

Sanders pulled her even further away from anyone who might be listening. “I get the feeling you are planning to do something stupid, if not dangerous.”

“I have to. My par...” Dana stopped herself before she revealed anything more. “Lives depend on this. The media center.”

Sanders leaned close. “The computers at the media center are locked with some sort of algorithm. They have firewall after firewall to keep anyone from hacking into the system. But it’s not impenetrable.”

Dana squeezed the button-sized camera even tighter, ignoring the discomfort of it digging into her skin.

“I can develop a program that will hack their system and put it on a disk for you.”

“Will you?” Dana’s relief came through in her voice.

“Dana, what is going on?” pushed Sanders.

“I can’t tell you,” the trepidation in her voice betrayed her.

“Dana.” Sanders grabbed her arm, forcing her hand away from the concealed camera.

Instantly, Dana clasped her other hand around the camera, hoping that whoever watched didn’t see Sanders’ face or hear their conversation. She did not want to get him arrested.

“Please. Sanders, don’t ask any questions. You can’t help me.”

“What do you mean?” asked Sanders.

“Just get me the decryption program by Wednesday. And don’t ask why. It’s better if you don’t know.”

Dana started to walk away. Sanders caught her arm. “I’ll do it because you asked me to, but I can’t help feeling that you’re about to do something incredibly stupid.”

“I don’t have much choice.”

Dana ran off before her emotions and guilt betrayed her. She raced to the locker room and locked herself inside. Her chest rose and fell rapidly as she breathed. Why, she asked herself, why must I be in this position?

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