"Peter W. Prellwitz - Book 02 - Shards" - читать интересную книгу автора (Prellwitz Peter W)

The pilot, Gibbons, slapped me on the back, grinning widely, and I had to admit to a certain sense of
accomplishment.

"Well, so far, so good. How's the conference going, Mike?"

"Not bad. I've got 'em blaming each other for stuff that didn't even happen. The captain's already busted
one of the lieutenants to sergeant. And I've shunted all emergency calls and alarms to that hot subroutine
we wrote. They still don't know the generator's been hit. The way it's ... uh-oh!"

"What? What!"

"I just lost contact, Abby! I think they're on to us!"

"Okay. Wait a minute.тАЭ I thought furiously. They probably knew they'd been duped, and would
immediately suspect the riping area as the target. There wasn't any other explanation, unless ... unless ...
I had it.

"Mike! Slip into their financial records and scrounge up some dirt, especially on one of those three.
We'll make 'em think that's what we were after."

"Abby! I can get it, but I'm not going to be able to get a patch into any kind-"



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"I know!тАЭ I slipped into my seat. тАЬI'll be right there. Just get me something to work with. And let them
trace this call. Corporal!тАЭ This to Gibbons. тАЬI think this place might be getting scanned or searched
pretty quick. They caught on a little faster than I expected. I've got a couple more decoys, but I don't
know how well they'll work."

"Very well, Abigail. What makes you think they'll search here?"

"Because I may have to make us one of those decoys if they find out the generator is hit. Stay clear of
this terminal.тАЭ My puterverse access was such that anyone coming into the field risked severe injury,
possibly death. тАЬAccess,тАЭ I said. All terminals gave me immediate puterverse entrance on request.

The hover disappeared, and a vast plane spread out before me. A boy with a metallic green shimmer and
hazy features ran up to me. It was Mike. His hard breathing told me he finally had to work hard. He
probably enjoyed the challenge.

"Abby!тАЭ he gasped, bent over and whooping for air. тАЬI got it! Looks like both the lieutenants have been
shaking down the employees for credits.тАЭ He stopped to catch his breath.

"That's nothing new. They all do that. I'm surprised the Captain isn't doing it, too."

"He is. But he's also swiping credit from his two lieutenants, a definite no-no, even for NATech. He's
using an alias and has the file locked. Here's the key.тАЭ He held out his bare hand. A flash of rainbow