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“It’s not that si out of time”

“I wasn’t aere on any particular clock”

“A new letter has arrived,” Pitt explained “Bradshaw from the ASIO sent it over, even used e- enough He promises to strike Australia as the sun rises over Sydney two days fro the moment zero hour”

Yaeger remained silent

“I need answers and I need theht now, those detectors are the only way of finding Thero I need to know if they’re safe And if they aren’t, I need you to find me another way to locate him before this zero hour hits Or, better yet, a way to stop it fro even if he makes his move”

“I’ll do everything I can,” Yaeger said “So far, we’ve identified a strange sequence to these energy bursts According to Ms Anderson’s research, they create a type of three-diure out so Or a way to collapse it once it does”

“Let me know as soon as you have more”

Yaeger acknowledged hi up He hesitated for only a second before deciding to dial the communications room

He spoke quickly “Ms Conry, please attempt to contact Orion by anyfrom them, alert Dorado and Gemini Transmit the Orion’s last-known position to thein search-and-rescue operations”

“Anything else?”

Pitt gave one more order “Advise the other ships not to activate the new sensors they’ve been working on Not under any circumstances, unless further ordered by me”

As he hung up the phone, his second line buzzed It was Vice President Sandecker His voice was distorted by a shrill electronic hum It sounded like he was airborne

“There’s going to be a marine Black Hawk on your roof in four minutes,” Sandecker said “I need you to be on it”

“I’ht now,” Pitt replied

“I know,” Sandecker said “Hira the NSA’s chops to release ive in, he hacked their co Hiram, he wouldn’t do that without your orders”