
Chapter Six374Please respect copyright.PENANAt5DBKOzyWa
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,374Please respect copyright.PENANAtqmWsJtWnp
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each374Please respect copyright.PENANAhf9OnL2iPz
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among374Please respect copyright.PENANAII17yhfwO2
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took374Please respect copyright.PENANA7pcC6cuTfz
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their374Please respect copyright.PENANA79msNXAPwi
chance regardless, if so willing...374Please respect copyright.PENANAuNdAXSR4aE
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks374Please respect copyright.PENANAbhNCg2OASy
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems374Please respect copyright.PENANASFCKs5hwAO
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we374Please respect copyright.PENANAaLoGRh10WI
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,374Please respect copyright.PENANAbZUkw3CfoG
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top374Please respect copyright.PENANAnkfP50OUX0
will easily use them up.”374Please respect copyright.PENANAYLEGljuTi9
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time374Please respect copyright.PENANAf2WG0m5eqT
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”374Please respect copyright.PENANAaBsg1uvgfQ
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up374Please respect copyright.PENANAEVjNBU5IGR
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take374Please respect copyright.PENANAFma75sAGOf
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train374Please respect copyright.PENANABFNYJKUxIY
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,374Please respect copyright.PENANAOJu6NfBON4
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”374Please respect copyright.PENANA1ljuQ2zMBs
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream374Please respect copyright.PENANAPd4mo72OyZ
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so374Please respect copyright.PENANAc20Uvt8Pql
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old374Please respect copyright.PENANAfOvjqnfqXp
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics374Please respect copyright.PENANAxS7jMz37NO
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but374Please respect copyright.PENANAGaEkyvdywL
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good374Please respect copyright.PENANAE5Cqshslp2
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”374Please respect copyright.PENANASXEYb50kdX
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any374Please respect copyright.PENANAxqZ9UoRnPR
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its374Please respect copyright.PENANA60yLhnj1sV
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on374Please respect copyright.PENANA83Kxdor6gI
metal wheels alone.”374Please respect copyright.PENANAGr0X1N8m8w
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,374Please respect copyright.PENANARzEkOsrPaE
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with374Please respect copyright.PENANAcYqhmUD4co
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.374Please respect copyright.PENANArFuhtzMjF9
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but374Please respect copyright.PENANAJcLupmBszW
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast374Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ld2iPRkrG
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more374Please respect copyright.PENANAUwzSqNEdSj
than twenty minutes at best.”374Please respect copyright.PENANAjcFrtN9QJn
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”374Please respect copyright.PENANAVAvXhLy4oA
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her374Please respect copyright.PENANA9v9t6tL1Hd
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse374Please respect copyright.PENANAEDT3kQVvJQ
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop374Please respect copyright.PENANAv2QSETba1T
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored374Please respect copyright.PENANAMohV80l7Mu
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will374Please respect copyright.PENANAqV7Pzg5Lvd
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;374Please respect copyright.PENANAsncaisjtZE
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of374Please respect copyright.PENANAAeOs6SJOla
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely374Please respect copyright.PENANARwqg9giWLA
be placed in a better perspective.”374Please respect copyright.PENANAAenwtOMFQc
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”374Please respect copyright.PENANAMGuAcE1Qct
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”