57 Chapter 57 Parts Warehouse Storage Room (2/2)
Opening the door, he was met with the sight of an entire warehouse worth of shelves.Boxes and containers lined the shelves from the floor to the ceiling.This place was huge.He stepped inside, and shut the door as the AI entered as well.
With a grin, he stepped up to a computer terminal just inside the door and started typing away one handed, as he held Olivia with the other one.If a Josagn showed up, or some other kind of alien, he wanted to be able to leave quickly without having to stop to pick her up.
There was so much here, but no weapons that he could see. This place would have been a dream come true at any point in his life, but now he didn't have the time to play.Typing in the specifics of what he was looking for, he narrowed down where he needed to go.With the shelves stretching so high, he was glad he had his flight ability here.
(I AM RECEIVING SIGNALS ATTEMPTING TO SHUT ME DOWN.SHOULD I IGNORE THEM?)
”Of course!Can you block the signals from being able to detect you?”
(I DO NOT BELIEVE WHO EVER IS SENDING THE SIGNAL KNOWS WHERE I AM, I BELIEVE THE SIGNAL IS BEING SPAMMED THROUGHOUT THE STATION)
”Then they know we're here. I'll need to be quick!”
The parts he needed ended up being on the top shelf, near the ceiling.He settled Olivia down on an open section, and began making repairs.The AI robot joined him by using the rope line to pull itself up shelf by shelf, then settled down to wait.
Noises drew his attention, and he saw that a team of Josagn had entered the storage room.He used his camouflage and hunkered down as much as possible, only moving his hands, which should have been out of sight of them on the floor.
”They might have come this way looking for PED parts.If we don't find them, team A will remain here to guard the place.We can't have them roaming free.Does everyone understand?”
”Yes, Sir!”
He could see them just below, as they spread out, checking each shelf as they went.His camouflage seemed to work, as they went right by them, without any problems.
”The area seems clear, Team A, you will be notified when you can leave, or you will be relieved in two hours.Is that clear?”
”Yes, sir!”
Dustin finished making his repairs, as quietly as possible, keeping an eye on the two Josagn that were stationed at the door.They were wearing armor that he didn't recognize, and had guns similar to the one Olivia had used, a genetic destabilizer? Or something like that.The armor was pretty, in blues and blacks, but it didn't go below the waist.It was like they only cared about the upper torso.
Shaking his head, he looked down at Olivia.Her PED was fixed, at least the best he could do without a computer to hook it up to.The damage had messed up some of his programs and he needed a monitor and keypad in order to fix the coding errors.
Picking up Olivia in one arm, and the robot AI in the other, he floated near the ceiling until he was almost on top of them.His only options to successfully avoid them setting off an alarm, or hitting him with those nasty guns, was to get in the first hit on both of them at the same time.Setting Olivia and the AI down on the top shelf closest to them, he waited until their pacing back and forth had both of them facing away from each other before he landed directly behind them.
When they turned around to pace back towards each other, they reacted before they thought, shooting towards him.He jumped up and grinned as they fell for the classic, have the enemy shoot each other tactic.Their guns fell to the floor as wisps of dust? Or would that be steam? Rose up from where they had been standing.He retrieved Olivia and the AI from the top shelf, and prepared to head to his next destination.