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own laptop computer terminal. "I've got a
elevator. It was called the Cube by those who worked it blank on the
road."
it-the only ones who actually knew of its existence other "I don't know
about the road," the operator reported.
than the members of Majic-12, the oversight committee for But there they
are," he added, pointing at his screen.
the whole project at Dreamland. Cube was easier on the They might
have walked in, skirting the sensors."
tongue than the room's formal designation, Command anc The glowing
outlines of two men could clearly be seen.
Control Central, or even the official shortened form: C3, or The thermal
scope mounted on top of a mountain six miles
C cubed. to the east
of White Sides Mountain was feeding a perfect
"We've got two hot ones in sector alpha four," one of image to this
room, two hundred feet underneath Groom


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Mountain, twelve miles to the west of where the two men Force Academy
thirty years ago. His broad shoulders filled
were. Thermal was extremely efficient in this terrain at out his blue uniform
and his stomach was as flat as when he
spotting people at night. The sudden drop from daylight had played linebacker
for the Academy team. The only
temperature made the heat difference between living crea- obvious differences
the years had made were the lines in
tures and the surrounding terrain a large one. his black face
and the totally smooth-shaven skull--a final
Quinn took a deep breath. This was not good. It meant assault on the
hair that had started to turn gray a decade
the men were past the outer security, known to locals as ago.
the "camo dudes," but known in here as Air Force security It was as if
he could sniff trouble, Quinn thought. "We
police, with low-level clearances, who could turn them have two intruders,
sir," he reported, pointing at the
away or could bring in the sheriff to run them off. Since the screen. Then he
added the bad news. "They're already in
Air Force security police didn't know what was really going sector alpha four."
on at Area 51, their use was restricted to the outer perime- The general
didn't ask about the road sensors. That ex-
ter. Quinn did not want to alert the inner security person- planation would
have to come later and wouldn't change
nel yet because that would require informing the general of the present situation
in the slightest. The general had
the penetration. Also, he was getting more and more con- earned a reputation