A Hero's Journey -- Part 41-

Technicians were scrambling all over the room, muttering and cursing as they frantically working on different machines. Another alarm clamored, signaling a new system failure. However, the face of the man known as Calvin Hobbes remained emotionless as chaos continued to erupt around him

Several of the repaired circuits had fried within minutes of each other, filling the room with a burning plastic smell. Those circuits supplied some key operations, shutting those systems down instantly. The few spare, low quality circuits left would not be enough to replace the currently damaged ones.

But that wasn’t the technicians’ only problem. More systems were being shut down one by one, and the fried circuits were not the source of these failures. The virus he had planted earlier in the system had been activated.

‘Which means someone has been checking the computer files,’ he realized. He had hoped to place a few more tracers on some stock in the warehouse. But that would be too risky now. He had to leave the base and do it soon.

“Hobbes, run a diagnostic,” the supervisor ordered. “See what systems we do have left.”

“Yes, sir.”

He immediately started the new programs. The hospital wing was still operational as well as the air circulation systems. But the armory units were all down. So were half of the bases’ power generators.

He reported the findings as he mentally planned his departure.


Part XLI Technicians were scrambling all over the room, muttering and cursing as they frantically working on different machines. Another alarm clamored, signaling a new system failure. However, the face of the man known as Calvin Hobbes remained emotionless as chaos continued to erupt around him Several of the repaired circuits had fried within minutes of each other, filling the room with a burning plastic smell. Those circuits supplied some key operations, shutting those systems down instantly. The few spare, low quality circuits left would not be enough to replace the currently damaged ones. But that wasn’t the technicians’ only problem. More systems were being shut down one by one, and the fried circuits were not the source of these failures. The virus he had planted earlier in the system had been activated. ‘Which means someone has been checking the computer files,’ he realized. He had hoped to place a few more tracers on some stock in the warehouse. But that would be too risky now. He had to leave the base and do it soon. “Hobbes, run a diagnostic,” the supervisor ordered. “See what systems we do have left.” “Yes, sir.” He immediately started the new programs. The hospital wing was still operational as well as the air circulation systems. But the armory units were all down. So were half of the bases’ power generators. He reported the findings as he mentally planned his departure.


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