"Chapter3" - читать интересную книгу автора (Carpenter Matthew)

scheduled to begin in two weeks."

That hit a soft spot in Nemesis' pissed off mood. 'Two weeks. Holy
shit. I didn't think they were going to be ready for at least a few more
months.' His mood switched from anger to passive worry, convincing
him that sitting down was a good idea after all. 'How the fuck did they
get that far ahead without our knowledge?'

Nebulus went back to watching ESPN's coverage of body building
which quickly grasped part of his companion's attention as well. Within
fifteen minutes, the program was nearing it's end when a message from
the front panel sounded "There is a visitor at the front door." Nebulus
got up and turned on the video monitor which vividly showed Slash and
Jack.

"Who is it?" he asked anyways monotonely.

"Open up, Nebulus." came back Slash's cool voice.

"Lookin' good Slash." He verified their presence with another
window on the wall panel, displaying the thermal image of two people
standing in the hallway outside his apartment door, taken from a sensor
array strategically placed outside his room. The door opened, and the two
entered the room.

"Don't you wish." said Slash as she walked past Nebulus in her
civilian attire: short heels, stockings that almost showed under a short
summer skirt, and a tight sleeveless top. Jack followed her in, looking
very concerned with the present state of affairs. Being an employee of a
company that his 'computer group' was about to attack and disable, put
him in a very bad, not to mention stressful position. The door slid shut
behind him and locked with an advanced security lock that also included
locking out telecom messages.

Jack put himself in his normal office chair that sat at the near
side of the couch, placed there just for him. Normally it was used as a
foot rest or end table, but Jack always sat in office chairs, no matter
where he was. Slash made her way to the cushy chair on the far side of
the room that was within arms reach of Nemesis' side of the sofa.

"I'm really sorry about Zlik, Nemesis. I want you to know that."
said Slash in a very sincere tone of voice.

Nemesis gave her his thank you look and quickly moved to face
Nebulus who was sitting back down on the sofa to address the group in
one of their most important meetings of the year.

"Thank you all for coming on such short notice. I hope this
hasn't complicated your jobs, but like I said, this is very important.
Yesterday, Jack came to me with a very important message a friend at