Shelton finally decided to risk just walking in and hoping none of them recognized him as the guy who busted one of their top prisoners out. He quickly strode into the room. "Famine has ordered an evacuation of this floor. Everybody out."
The scientists started grumbling. "Why does he think he can just boss us around?" one of them grumbled.
"Because he can kill people with his mind," Shelton replied. He wasn't actually sure if Famine could do that, but it seemed appropriate.
"How does he expect us to run the base?" another exclaimed incredulously.
"Take it up with him," Shelton retorted.
As the last scientist left the room, Shelton asked him, "What were you guys even doing in here? This control room is auxiliary."
"DeSancho kicked us out of the primary control room so he could fix the security system," the assistant explained. "Completely change everything, in light of the break-in."
After he was gone, Shelton checked the security system. It was indeed offline for repairs.
Shelton's heart skipped a beat. This was very important. James needed to know this as soon as possible, and Shelton's hacking would be much easier.
He got to work.
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Masters and Mongoose evaded a patrol team and headed back inthe direction of the place Masters had last seen Shelton and Gustave.
"Hold it!" Mongoose hissed once. "Look!"
They spotted Kiara in a laboratory window.
"Why'd she run off?" Mongoose asked.
"Don't know, but let's grab her," Masters said; leading the way towards her.
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Sharon crossed to a fire axe locked in a glass box. A little mallet was attached to a string to help break the glass. She knew breaking the glass would cause an alarm to go off, so she merely bit the string off and brandished the mallet instead. "Don't try anything," she snarled at the liaison, taking up a position on the side of the hallway Alfred wasn't already protecting, "or I'll smash that plastic surgery-sculpted face of yours."