Chapter Six468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG6CKojRgX
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39m5sgYh5w
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO0hgJKK45
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjE6qQS9y98
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UzE0LXJlR
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeOx4Zk5qj
chance regardless, if so willing...468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqg2bA8px3
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRnhVc83RI
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75l6YKtpzp
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A8wXQtfDS
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubcHmFqNXr
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NJR3hErEp
will easily use them up.”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjZklzNWvu
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVs8Ahyn1N
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtwu59lp3G
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVINF1URI6F
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE78MXi9vXW
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSeriG0tXT
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbo7tJzWRQ
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm3Ivvu2U7
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAyU42moFQ
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYrzbezCri
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0Rg8gQqSt
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKssh4lynkQ
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cqYSSAGgd
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5JOiVzuOs
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry4d8uwXxE
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH4FJNt09N
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdgvD1zHjW
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvz4fSvfIm
metal wheels alone.”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrahQSeouPl
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqJKL33IJ2
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUzlK21AvJ
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYFNOQvkn7
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEfO13oMok
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡID5bk2DUaf
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrLoiHhdNk
than twenty minutes at best.”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfpubxMNr8
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8bA09tU5X
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRxtXCKktK
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEKaUJKN4Q
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfqQ5eBmFT
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVyfKf7bkQ
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx17os8gut
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIx0MsudZy
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gaLICqJ5J
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAJvyhRN2c
be placed in a better perspective.”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuvS8KzdAc
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”468Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovxHuoHttb
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
