
Chapter Six287Please respect copyright.PENANAI6gFic6cM9
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,287Please respect copyright.PENANAs6FGmcknA8
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each287Please respect copyright.PENANA5hFc511UYj
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among287Please respect copyright.PENANAvOtFeMcJwb
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took287Please respect copyright.PENANAcVfDi1Jx0t
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their287Please respect copyright.PENANAOJoPVW2KGi
chance regardless, if so willing...287Please respect copyright.PENANAQaVTw9rYOv
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks287Please respect copyright.PENANAGmU5jIKdNB
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems287Please respect copyright.PENANAu1HdU6eZPE
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we287Please respect copyright.PENANArdOZZzN7XZ
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,287Please respect copyright.PENANAPcNggWWPEy
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top287Please respect copyright.PENANA17dExB8egV
will easily use them up.”287Please respect copyright.PENANAku7oXUKlm6
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time287Please respect copyright.PENANANtHQTIZ6q0
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”287Please respect copyright.PENANAWmoUGFHTb8
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up287Please respect copyright.PENANAI9YhW88vuv
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take287Please respect copyright.PENANAbPYzHpILYM
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train287Please respect copyright.PENANAaxCixLTKZA
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,287Please respect copyright.PENANANPXK84LS9E
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”287Please respect copyright.PENANA6Qe0JXOheE
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream287Please respect copyright.PENANAGnR5fUaajT
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so287Please respect copyright.PENANAuFVwqURTgI
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old287Please respect copyright.PENANApOPfq9F5mi
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics287Please respect copyright.PENANAF9WJUIcBn6
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but287Please respect copyright.PENANA3JeybJwv71
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good287Please respect copyright.PENANAAVgV44UQfY
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”287Please respect copyright.PENANAqZMKXKjM6f
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any287Please respect copyright.PENANA19k5bD832l
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its287Please respect copyright.PENANA8H2HXaQiMW
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on287Please respect copyright.PENANA7KFZ1eshlP
metal wheels alone.”287Please respect copyright.PENANAShWKNA5r1E
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,287Please respect copyright.PENANAi1fQvP9Daj
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with287Please respect copyright.PENANADXY6I4wOxy
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.287Please respect copyright.PENANAUwqCq9LCMG
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but287Please respect copyright.PENANAL3kZM8Nzbc
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast287Please respect copyright.PENANArCmq8vuL3g
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more287Please respect copyright.PENANACZxHju9xjT
than twenty minutes at best.”287Please respect copyright.PENANAjhq9lKuA6V
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”287Please respect copyright.PENANAyt1f2bu7er
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her287Please respect copyright.PENANA5tNGflbqan
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse287Please respect copyright.PENANAw5x1FgORhg
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop287Please respect copyright.PENANAPnW9z71yu5
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored287Please respect copyright.PENANA4W9nPJ6sZE
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will287Please respect copyright.PENANAnhQuepmOeP
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;287Please respect copyright.PENANAamdlu6qCPE
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of287Please respect copyright.PENANAkHjjtqGffW
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely287Please respect copyright.PENANAxebnvqKiaG
be placed in a better perspective.”287Please respect copyright.PENANA0PDdG2AvDo
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”287Please respect copyright.PENANA8oiYI4DIYS
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”