tags: novel


11.4 - The Chip

I AM GLAD YOU ARE AWAKE, LITTLE KATHY.

'Uni?'

DO NOT BE CONCERNED, I AM COMMUNICATING WITH YOU DIRECTLY.

'But how?'

THE PROFESSOR HAS IMPLANTED A NEUROLOGICAL MICRO MODULE INTO YOUR CEREBELLUM. NATURALLY IT WORKS THROUGH ME.





11.3 - The Library

It seemed that Dudgeon had given her everything. While she was not even close to understanding why, and still feeling a little like a prisoner in her own home, Natalie did her best to accept the situation. After all, she was Dudgeon's right hand woman, and she deserved to know - no, she had a right to know - what she had not known in the careful years she had devoted to her career.

And she could not believe what she was reading.  ...read more »





11.1 - The Basements

++ timestamp: 1273677236 [10:13:56 - 12/05/2010]
++ set encryption, complexity 2^39
++ encryption level set!

 
I will rise above it all and ignore the rudeness of the bizarre and slightly alarming darkly-attired gentleman for the moment, although this part man / part-machine identity intrigues me greatly.

 
I must also set aside the horror of what little Kathy has just been through, in the short hours following his mysteriously speedy departure.

 
For they can only be considered irritating appendices to a much greater and altogether more alarming concern...





Chapter 11

Conspiracy. Unwanted Surgery. A forgotten tryst.






10.8 - The Call

The phone rang.

Will was dragged sharply away from the comfort of his mother’s front room, the cold of the bunker harsh against the memory of the nice warm fire. He shivered and blinked at the bright lights, nursing his aching knuckles and ignoring the knowing glances the others exchanged.

The phone rang again. Will stared at it, confused despite himself. It never rang.