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Chapter Six298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvM5cXni23
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaBQ6aAipx
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT11JoUMIg
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3P4jx9NKA
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBILU3pv8L
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWo9RCskQ7
chance regardless, if so willing...298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjKRZkcV9Y
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeI8n9slIX8
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG25j2DZS8v
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YMNpvEXQk
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYz0WWlK0C
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfITwqNaMTQ
will easily use them up.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYguCaFM6Pg
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4TD3x4Dl7
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPHpHdz8bF
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXtkWvgVFB
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfHxIohRWu
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6eNzjPZrX
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3K9YF6E30h
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7eNSzgdIX
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj96c4ccQKC
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx6yZTvGxB
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1nmLp6kQU
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZab4OqrVQ
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaqPTkYeoM
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnirCntauL
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sYpDjffdG
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdzU7lwQsU
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTl17TI5T7
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAP1cB49t0
metal wheels alone.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyEqj4p43J
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWx988GuCrY
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFPBOKyTia
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuWg3wF3wx
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq33tpPfDjK
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi8S6ePHI3
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySik0WcTIe
than twenty minutes at best.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEH7CvHNSq
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluybwgBZ8i
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡka8Ci6mQgy
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh6EDghqyu
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatM5PCB8xw
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BMB1bABpM
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1ugCvkoaJ
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DNa0VmAHR
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffr7pwojn7
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjYC52BeKf
be placed in a better perspective.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeMZNoooW3
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ4wk292eL
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
