The Eden Project (Zombie Apocalypse Series Book 6) by Jeff DeGordick

Author:Jeff DeGordick [DeGordick, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-21T06:00:00+00:00

11

Round Up

In the evening, Sarah headed through the tunnel to the lab, splashing through water in the rubber boots that she kept near the entrance, hidden behind a rock. She took some time before she got there to wash the horrible stench of garbage off of her in a creek, but she still felt filthy. When she reached the room just before the passageway, she felt around on the wall, trying to find the right brick, but not quite being able to remember which one it was. Maybe it was because she was too excited, having found the information on the laptop that they needed. She knew Ron would be proud of her, and they would all be one step closer to finishing the project. In fact, if her count was right, all they would need was one final item.

After more failed attempts at trying to discover the secret switch, the door opened on its own. She walked through the passageway and the next door opened in front of her.

"Thanks," she said to Ron as she passed into the lab.

"You'll get the hang of it sooner or later," he said. He looked at her carefully, this time being the one to try to read the emotion on her face, to tell whether she got the job done or not.

But she couldn't keep the façade up and a smile cracked across her stoic face, stretching from ear to ear. She pulled the flash drive out of her pocket and held it up in the air in front of him.

"You got it?" he asked. "Excellent!" He grabbed the drive from her and hurried over to a computer sitting on a desk against the wall. As he sat down and plugged the flash drive into the computer tower, the other scientists who were still feverishly working stopped what they were doing and gathered around.

Sarah got a front row spot just behind Ron's shoulder as her eyes narrowed and she carefully looked at the computer screen.

He opened up the drive when he was prompted and took a peek through its contents. There seemed to be lots of files, and he took quite a long time to search the various subfolders and make sure that everything was there.

"This is it," he said at last.

"Is that everything?" Sarah asked, worried.

"Oh yes, everything's here. Your second mission was a success." He swiveled around in his chair with a weak smile on his face. Sarah looked around and noticed that all the other scientists weren't smiling at all, and her face contorted in confusion. She'd been grinning enough for all of them, and she couldn't understand why they weren't ecstatic.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

All the other scientists, catching on, pulled themselves out of their unexcited trance and they all faked smiles as best as they could. Then they quickly went back to their work.

"Seriously, did I do something wrong?" Sarah asked Ron.

He smiled again, faking it a little better than the rest. "No, everything is quite all right, I assure you.

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