open.
“Easy pickings,” Jake smiled.
Q wondered if the door to a stronghold like this could be hacked so easily. To him it seemed like an efficiency problem.
They stepped inside the building. It was pitch dark. Q wondered if there were any nuclear devices under research over here. The last thing you’d want is to have a nuke in the room and not be able to see it. That would be a disaster waiting to happen.
“Anyone there?” he called out.
Taylor and Jake turned back to shush him. Q looked confused. What did he do wrong?
“There might be some intruder in here. Don’t alert him. We have to catch him,” Jake whispered to him.
“I’m pretty sure your breaking the door down would’ve given him enough warning,” Q told Jake.
“Guys, stop. Focus,” Taylor told them. They both listened obediently.
Jake seemed to know the place by heart.
“Q, you go upstairs and look around. The main circuit board is up there. Try to turn it on. We have no idea what’s going on here,” he said.
Q nodded. He waved his hands around, feeling his way towards the stairs. He climbed up slowly, making sure he didn’t create any noise. His heart beat faster and faster, sweat perspired on the palm of his hands.
True, he was really scared, but he was excited as well. This was exactly like one of the shooter games that he loved playing.
He could almost feel himself become one of the modern combat characters.
He reached the top floor of the lab. He knelt down and put his ear to the metal floor. He could hear the soft thud of footsteps but they weren’t his!
He immediately started running forward. Instantly something pulled him back and pinned him to the wall. He tried getting up but couldn’t. He was stuck. He felt around the wall. His hands gripped around something. His heart immediately stopped.
A knife had pierced his shirt and dug into the wall all the way up to the hilt. Q felt a bit tensed now.
“Definitely not one of my games,” Q reminded himself. Plus he remembered that this game didn't have a ‘start over’ button.
How strong was his opponent if he could push Q back with nothing but a knife throw? Forget that, who can pierce solid metal with just a knife!?
Q’s mind was racing. His legs tried to race too but they were frozen still. He didn’t know what his plan of action should be. He clearly couldn’t take this guy one on one. Maybe he should go back down to get help.
Taylor was walking right beside Jake. She had a long knife in her hand. Jake had a revolver with him and no, it didn’t shoot bullets. Taylor recognized that it shot lasers. The retro design was just to make it cool.
“What’s taking Q so long?” Jake was irritated. “We really need those lights back on.”
Taylor was looking worried. She was having second thoughts about sending Q alone. What if something had happened to him?
“Maybe we should check on him,” she suggested.
No answer.
“Jake? Jake?!” She called out. She heard someone running on the top floor.
“Oh, my God. Q!”
She charged up the stairs, her heart in her mouth. Why had she let Q go alone? She wouldn’t forgive herself if anything happened to him.
As she was going up the stairs, Taylor could sense her surroundings becoming colder and colder. It became so cold she could see her own breath. Her movements slowed down. She could feel her body temperature going down. The cold was getting to her.
“Welcome, young one,” a mysterious voice said.
Intruder
Q managed to pull the knife out of his shirt. He held it firmly in one hand. He inched his way forward trying to be as silent as possible. He had to turn on the light somehow.
“Hello Q...,” a voice said.
The lights got turned on. When Q’s eyes adjusted to the light, he saw a figure in a black body suit standing near the power supply controls. That was when Q realized something. The intruder wasn’t a guy, it was a girl!
“This is yours,” he said, throwing the knife at her.
Though he hoped
“Easy pickings,” Jake smiled.
Q wondered if the door to a stronghold like this could be hacked so easily. To him it seemed like an efficiency problem.
They stepped inside the building. It was pitch dark. Q wondered if there were any nuclear devices under research over here. The last thing you’d want is to have a nuke in the room and not be able to see it. That would be a disaster waiting to happen.
“Anyone there?” he called out.
Taylor and Jake turned back to shush him. Q looked confused. What did he do wrong?
“There might be some intruder in here. Don’t alert him. We have to catch him,” Jake whispered to him.
“I’m pretty sure your breaking the door down would’ve given him enough warning,” Q told Jake.
“Guys, stop. Focus,” Taylor told them. They both listened obediently.
Jake seemed to know the place by heart.
“Q, you go upstairs and look around. The main circuit board is up there. Try to turn it on. We have no idea what’s going on here,” he said.
Q nodded. He waved his hands around, feeling his way towards the stairs. He climbed up slowly, making sure he didn’t create any noise. His heart beat faster and faster, sweat perspired on the palm of his hands.
True, he was really scared, but he was excited as well. This was exactly like one of the shooter games that he loved playing.
He could almost feel himself become one of the modern combat characters.
He reached the top floor of the lab. He knelt down and put his ear to the metal floor. He could hear the soft thud of footsteps but they weren’t his!
He immediately started running forward. Instantly something pulled him back and pinned him to the wall. He tried getting up but couldn’t. He was stuck. He felt around the wall. His hands gripped around something. His heart immediately stopped.
A knife had pierced his shirt and dug into the wall all the way up to the hilt. Q felt a bit tensed now.
“Definitely not one of my games,” Q reminded himself. Plus he remembered that this game didn't have a ‘start over’ button.
How strong was his opponent if he could push Q back with nothing but a knife throw? Forget that, who can pierce solid metal with just a knife!?
Q’s mind was racing. His legs tried to race too but they were frozen still. He didn’t know what his plan of action should be. He clearly couldn’t take this guy one on one. Maybe he should go back down to get help.
Taylor was walking right beside Jake. She had a long knife in her hand. Jake had a revolver with him and no, it didn’t shoot bullets. Taylor recognized that it shot lasers. The retro design was just to make it cool.
“What’s taking Q so long?” Jake was irritated. “We really need those lights back on.”
Taylor was looking worried. She was having second thoughts about sending Q alone. What if something had happened to him?
“Maybe we should check on him,” she suggested.
No answer.
“Jake? Jake?!” She called out. She heard someone running on the top floor.
“Oh, my God. Q!”
She charged up the stairs, her heart in her mouth. Why had she let Q go alone? She wouldn’t forgive herself if anything happened to him.
As she was going up the stairs, Taylor could sense her surroundings becoming colder and colder. It became so cold she could see her own breath. Her movements slowed down. She could feel her body temperature going down. The cold was getting to her.
“Welcome, young one,” a mysterious voice said.
Intruder
Q managed to pull the knife out of his shirt. He held it firmly in one hand. He inched his way forward trying to be as silent as possible. He had to turn on the light somehow.
“Hello Q...,” a voice said.
The lights got turned on. When Q’s eyes adjusted to the light, he saw a figure in a black body suit standing near the power supply controls. That was when Q realized something. The intruder wasn’t a guy, it was a girl!
“This is yours,” he said, throwing the knife at her.
Though he hoped
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