Trouble in the CTC! by T.D. Patrick

Author:T.D. Patrick [Patrick, T.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Action & Adventure, Artificial Intelligence, Boys, Family, Friendship, Science Fiction, Space-Travel, Young Adult
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2021-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

As he locked the helmet over his head and onto the suit, Sally’s voice sounded clearly inside his helmet.

“Can you hear me, Zack?”

“Loud and clear, Sally.”

“Excellent. This is the best advice I can give you, with so little time for data analysis: carry two holo-shields, one on each forearm. Strap two more around your knees. Carry a glue stick in each hand, as well as multiple spares around a utility belt at your waist. As you make your way through the CTC, plug as many holes as you can. That is the only method of attack the gym has. Meeb?”

The blob, which had jumped back onto Zack’s shoulder, turned his head toward Zack’s helmet and his eyes bugged out. This was the first time Sally had addressed him directly by name.

“This is no training session. You have permission to protect Zack to the fullest of your abilities.”

Meeb’s eyes narrowed, understanding the seriousness of what they were about to face, and he nodded his blob head up and down, his eyes jiggling as he did.

“Buddy,” Zack said, “this is gonna take all of our skills together.”

Meeb clutched at Zack’s shoulder more tightly, indicating that he understood.

How the creature understood them at all was a mystery, but he seemed to be highly intelligent, understanding more and more of what Zack and Sally talked about with each passing day on the ship together.

“Zack, you must also bring with you a tube of sealant for the tear in the ship’s hull. This tube is larger than your glue stick, but performs a similar duty. It is a liquid that will quickly expand once released and become rock-hard, but this time permanently, unlike the glue in your defensive stick.”

Zack catalogued everything Sally was saying as she continued:

“I am unsure how to advise you for the battle ahead. One suggestion is to fight the computer until it is out of lethal projectiles. It only has one hundred. Plus one hundred paint pellets, which can be similarly painful and damaging to your body at the highest speed settings. That’s two hundred rounds of ammunition that the CTC has at its disposal.

Another method would be to attempt to override the computer with the emergency cutoff. It is a red button located in the furthest corner of the room from the holo-door entrance. The problem with this method is that we don’t know if the cutoff will even work, now that the CTC computer is damaged.

Finally, you could attempt to fight and fix. This is my least recommended idea, as it would be very difficult to seal a breach in the ship’s hull while attempting to fight the CTC computer.”

Zack drew in a deep breath.

“Three not-so-great options, eh, Sally? I guess I’ll just have to wing it.”

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