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Sarah what Malcolm had told us before he died. All about the hidden structure buried on Mars, as well as his theory that the Earthbinders are probably just a small cog in a much larger wheel.
I was amazed that even Hutchie was silenced, although to be fair, it is a lot to take in. I would hardly believe it myself if so many people hadn’t died.
Sarah began to walk under her own strength when she asked the question that I dreaded somebody was going to ask. What are we going to do on the Clarke?
Luckily Lloyd had an adequate answer. He suggested we find out if the laser is a real threat and deactivate it. Hutchie then added the word ‘permanently’ to Lloyd’s sentence. It's probably the first time they've agreed on something.
We came to a huge set of double doors. Lloyd suggested that this is possibly where something vital relating to the laser was. He was right. He pushed the doors open to find ourselves in a huge dome-like chamber with various other corridors leading off from it. Beside one of the other doors, was a container that looked very familiar. It was the container that held the weapon part. It was empty.
At the centre of the room, hoisted up well above our heads, was the missing weapon part. It was connected to several other large tubes that lead up to the ceiling. We were so taken in by the machine that we never heard somebody had come into the chamber behind us. It wasn't until a shot was fired and Lloyd fell to the ground that we realised what had happened. Sarah ran to check on Lloyd while I turned round to see Frank standing there holding a gun. A man in a white coat stood behind him with his hands casually in his pockets.
Hutchie made a move towards the two but Frank raised the gun towards him. Hutchie stopped and stared at Frank with disgust. Frank just looked back at him with a smile. All I could do was look at Frank and ask him why?
The man in the white coat stepped forward and introduced himself as Dr Martin Callaghan. He dryly thanked us for bringing the final part of the weapon and hoped we would stay for its demonstration in a few minutes. I looked down to see how Sarah was doing with Lloyd, but Frank had moved forward, grabbed Sarah by the arm and pushed her towards me. He motioned the three of us to step away from Lloyd. I looked at this Callaghan and wondered if he was any relation to Malcolm. He saw me staring at him and he walked right up to me. I asked him what he planned to do with the laser now he's assembled it. He turned around and with his back arrogantly to me, asked what I thought he was going to do with it.
I asked if he no longer wanted to use it to uncover huge metal spaceships buried under Mars. That got him. He turned around and looked slightly impressed. He laughed and said I was correct. He cryptically said that people in a higher and more enlightened position than him, decided that mankind was not ready to involve themselves in such matters.
I then asked why did they move the station away from Mars.
He replied 'to get a better shot.'
Sarah asked a shot at where. We dreaded the answer. The Aldrin. At the new position the Clarke is in, the Aldrin station would be completely destroyed before they knew it. Callaghan continued to tell us that the original plan was once the laser part was loaded on from our ship, the bomb would have been detonated, killing the crew and preventing them from warning the Aldrin about the Clarke's new position. Of course, Lloyd had to snoop around and find the bomb thus making life more difficult for them. Hence why Frank crudely destroyed the communication device.
It was Hutchie who asked why he killed his own brother. Frank said it was nothing personal, but he just had to make sure he was the only person navigating the ship. If Aaron had been at the controls and realised much earlier on that the Clarke was no longer in its normal orbit, there was a chance he would have told the rest of the crew, who would in turn have told the Aldrin. He
I was amazed that even Hutchie was silenced, although to be fair, it is a lot to take in. I would hardly believe it myself if so many people hadn’t died.
Sarah began to walk under her own strength when she asked the question that I dreaded somebody was going to ask. What are we going to do on the Clarke?
Luckily Lloyd had an adequate answer. He suggested we find out if the laser is a real threat and deactivate it. Hutchie then added the word ‘permanently’ to Lloyd’s sentence. It's probably the first time they've agreed on something.
We came to a huge set of double doors. Lloyd suggested that this is possibly where something vital relating to the laser was. He was right. He pushed the doors open to find ourselves in a huge dome-like chamber with various other corridors leading off from it. Beside one of the other doors, was a container that looked very familiar. It was the container that held the weapon part. It was empty.
At the centre of the room, hoisted up well above our heads, was the missing weapon part. It was connected to several other large tubes that lead up to the ceiling. We were so taken in by the machine that we never heard somebody had come into the chamber behind us. It wasn't until a shot was fired and Lloyd fell to the ground that we realised what had happened. Sarah ran to check on Lloyd while I turned round to see Frank standing there holding a gun. A man in a white coat stood behind him with his hands casually in his pockets.
Hutchie made a move towards the two but Frank raised the gun towards him. Hutchie stopped and stared at Frank with disgust. Frank just looked back at him with a smile. All I could do was look at Frank and ask him why?
The man in the white coat stepped forward and introduced himself as Dr Martin Callaghan. He dryly thanked us for bringing the final part of the weapon and hoped we would stay for its demonstration in a few minutes. I looked down to see how Sarah was doing with Lloyd, but Frank had moved forward, grabbed Sarah by the arm and pushed her towards me. He motioned the three of us to step away from Lloyd. I looked at this Callaghan and wondered if he was any relation to Malcolm. He saw me staring at him and he walked right up to me. I asked him what he planned to do with the laser now he's assembled it. He turned around and with his back arrogantly to me, asked what I thought he was going to do with it.
I asked if he no longer wanted to use it to uncover huge metal spaceships buried under Mars. That got him. He turned around and looked slightly impressed. He laughed and said I was correct. He cryptically said that people in a higher and more enlightened position than him, decided that mankind was not ready to involve themselves in such matters.
I then asked why did they move the station away from Mars.
He replied 'to get a better shot.'
Sarah asked a shot at where. We dreaded the answer. The Aldrin. At the new position the Clarke is in, the Aldrin station would be completely destroyed before they knew it. Callaghan continued to tell us that the original plan was once the laser part was loaded on from our ship, the bomb would have been detonated, killing the crew and preventing them from warning the Aldrin about the Clarke's new position. Of course, Lloyd had to snoop around and find the bomb thus making life more difficult for them. Hence why Frank crudely destroyed the communication device.
It was Hutchie who asked why he killed his own brother. Frank said it was nothing personal, but he just had to make sure he was the only person navigating the ship. If Aaron had been at the controls and realised much earlier on that the Clarke was no longer in its normal orbit, there was a chance he would have told the rest of the crew, who would in turn have told the Aldrin. He
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