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“Sure seeers across the buttons in a futile effort to get a response fro “But nohat? Shouldn’t it have read the commands and disabled itself?”

“Just wait,” Dr Evans patted Rick on the shoulder, “its first priority is infection Once it’s secure in the syste all the data After that it’ll sabotage the system in a way that makes the most sense based on its instruction sets before it tries to use the syste that it has full control over everything bef—ha! See!”

Dr Evans jabbed his finger at the screen as it flickered again, then turned off It snapped back to life a second later, white text scrolling fast across a black background The text was gibberish to the huly randoood thing?”

“It’s perfor a deep scan of the system All it has to do is hit the thumb drive and it’ll disable itself”

“The operating systes at most Shouldn’t take Daht?”

“I wouldn’t think so,” Dr Evans nodded

Rick sat, staring at the screen for over a full ain “You sure those coht?”

Oles and Dr Evans exchanged another glance “They were precise; we’re sure of it” Oles replied

“Indeed”

“So why’s it not working?”

The trio stared at the screen, the ju across, each of them consumed with their own private doubts and worries Oles, over whether he had sos up Dr Evans, over whether every single line was given and typed in correctly Rick, over his fa to co else in the world, was to be there holding tight to them until the fire and flames ripped them apart

Beep

The sound was soft, created by the tiniest of integrated speakers inside the trans on repairs and to give audio feedback on buttons being pressed Rick opened his eyes and stared at the screen, bright and regular again, no longer the wave of sy a line of text that was the sweetest and

Broadcast in progress Please stand by

Chapter 16