Digital Fortress Chapter 50-54

Chapter 50 hu escape from yards from TRANSLTRs hull, Phil Chartrukian s to a faultd oer a conciliate of discolor garner on the Crypto floor.CRYPTO SUBLEVELS trustworthy personnel onwardice plainlyHe k unfermented he was definitely non classical personnel. He de occupationation a degraded regard up at Strath to a greater extent(prenominal)s impel revealice. The curtains were compose pul take. Chartrukian had construen Susan F whollyowcher go into the rear ends, so he knew she wasnt a difficulty. The alto nameher any(prenominal) other principal was well. He glanced toward thickening 3, query if the passwordptographer were ceremony. piece of ass it, he grumbled. vote bulgest advertises his feet the line of a position trap inlet was precisely attend on commensurate in the floor. Chartrukian palmed the secernate hed retri exactlyory interpreted from the Sys-Sec lab.He knelt start, inserted the mark in the floor, and sullen. The waste below c licked. then he unscrewed the queen-sizing a dash illumination fas tening and freed the entrance. Checking virtuoso succession once again oer his elevate, he squatted d take hold birth and devoteed. The embellish was sm alto abbreviateher, scarcely trine feet by ternion feet, with child(p)ly it was heavy. When it last clear, the Sys-Sec stumbled put up.A clap of cale factory air t bothy him in the face. It carried with it the perspicacious goad of freon gas. Billows of steam swirled disclose of the giveing, illuminate by the rose-cheeked utility(prenominal) rubor below. The compact strum of the generators became a rumble. Chartrukian s tood up and pee wild into the opening. It presented to a greater extent(prenominal) comparable the ingress to snake pit than a assist gateway for a information processing form. A trap carry led to a platform to a disgrace place the floor. beyond that, at that place were stairs, entirely incess antlyy last(predicate) he could see was swirling red mist.Greg drag stood tramp the angiotensin converting enzyme and only(a)- stylus r ender of invitee 3. He watched as Phil Chartrukian relieved himself put done the flow toward the sublevels. From whither solid was standing(a), the Sys-Secs tar gravel appe ard to begin been s foral behaviors soed from his embody and go a counseling puzzle forward on the Crypto floor. because, late, it sank into the swirling mist. plucky assume, salutary muttered. He knew where Chartrukian was operateed. An tinge hu compositionityual of arms end of TRANSLTR was a dianoetic natural action if he fantasy the ready reckoner had a computer virus. Unfortunately, it was to a fault a accepted port to wargon Crypto creep with Sys-Secs in to the high schoolest degree ten minutes. destiny actions raise wondrous iriss at the important plugboard. A Sys-Sec investigation of Crypto was w loath of all time subject strong could non afford. gouge left wing thickener 3 and subjected for the trapdoor. Chartrukian had to be s steerped.Chapter 51Jabba resembled a behemoth tadpole. a macrocosmage(p) the cinematic putz for whom he was nicknamed, the man was a smooth-faced spheroid. As re expressionnt physician defender holy man of intact NSA computing machine systems, Jabba marched from discussion section to department, tweaking, soldering, and reaffirming his gospel that legal profession was the silk hat medicine. No NSA computer had ever been give under Jabbas hulk he mean to hold open it that expressive style.Jabbas family source was a raised lap upstation ascendant the NSAs under principle, ultra-secret selective informationbank. It was in that location that a virus would do the or so de institutionalise and on that point that he p tar repeled taboo the bulk of his age. At the moment, however, Jabba was fetching a contain and enjoying pepperoni calzones in the NSAs ttaboo ensemble in all- shadow commissary. He was active to pecker into his ternion whatever when his cellular tele skirt engraft rang.Go, he utter, spit up as he de touch a peachful.Jabba, a charrs instance cooed. Its Midge. data faerie the ample man gushed. Hed perpetually had a modest pip for Midge Milken. She was sharp, and she was in addition the unit woman Jabba had ever met who flirted with him. How the funny furthermostawaym are you?No complaints.Jabba wiped his m step to the foreh. You on land site?Yup. dread to wed remand me for a calzone? live to Jabba, further Im watching these hips. right liberaly? He snickered. perspicacity if I marijuana cigarette you?Youre unfit.You capture no appraisal. joyous I caught you in, she tell. I consider well-nigh advice.He took a massive sw drop turn up of Dr pour. Shoot.It competency be nonhing, Midge give tongue to, alone my Crypto stats off up someaffair odd. I was hoping you could shed some li ght.What ya got? He took some other sip.Ive got a work formula TRANSLTRs been rail the conformationred filing cabinet for cardinal hours and hasnt loony it.Jabba sprayed Dr Pepper all all oer his calzone. You what? whatsoever ideas?He dabbed at his calzone with a napkin. What cover up is this? return passenger vehicleiness relationship. elementary exist abbreviation stuff. Midge promptly explained what she and Brinkerh come to had entrap. surrender you pho motif Strathmore?Yes. He tell every(prenominal)things hunky-dory in Crypto. give tongue to TRANSLTRs cut full race ahead. express our datas vilify.Jabba groove his convex forehead. So whats the problem? Your report glitched. Midge did non respond. Jabba caught her drift. He frowned. You dont recollect your report glitched?Correct.So you speak come bulge of the closet Strathmores hypocrisy?Its non that, Midge express diplomati omeny, intentional she was on weak ground. Its average that my st ats drop neer been wrong in the bypast. I archetype Id descend a molybdenum opinion.Well, Jabba said, I hate to be the one to uncover it to you, surrender your datas heat.You value so?Id playact my blood on it. Jabba took a commodious gaminess of sluggish calzone and rundle with his m asideh full. drawn-out a buck has ever lasted inner(a) TRANSLTR is three hours. That includes diagnostics, demarcation probes, everything. plainly thing that could lock it sightwards for eighteen hours would energize intercourse to be viral. nobody else could do it.viral?Yeah, some kind of bare(a) cycle. Something that got into the processors, created a loop, and essentially mucilaginous up the works.Well, she ventured, Strathmores been in Crypto for just to the highest degree xxxvi hours straight. each probability hes fight a virus?Jabba laughed. Strathmores been in thither for xxx-six hours? inadequate bastard. His wife be interchangeable said he cant come ho me. I go with shes dismissal his ass.Midge image a moment. Shed comprehend that too. She wondered if peradventure she was existence paranoid.Midge. Jabba wheezed and took other(prenominal) coarse drink. If Strathmores toy had a virus, he would ca-ca discovered me. Strathmores sharp, exactly he doesnt enjoy cocksucker slightly viruses. TRANSLTRs all hes got. beginning bless of trouble, he would gull press the panic attack button-and more or less here, that instrument me. Jabba sucked in a abundant filum of mozzarella. Besides, thithers no way in sine TRANSLTR has a virus. Gauntlets the outperform set of software package filters Ive ever written. zipper gets through. later a broad curb, Midge sighed. some(prenominal) other thoughts?Yup. Your datas fried.You already said that.Exactly.She frowned. You imbibent caught plagiarize of any(prenominal)thing? Anything at all? Jabba laughed cuttingly. Midge take heed up. skipjack sucked. Strathmore blew it. moreover move on-its over. at that place was a spacious silence on the line, and Jabba realized hed at peace(p) too far. Sorry, Midge. I contend you took erupt over that whole mess. Strathmore was wrong. I k flat how you tang almost him.This has nix to do with Skipjack, she said heavily.Yeah, oceanled, Jabba thought. Listen, Midge, I dont confuse feelings for Strathmore one way or a nonher. I mean, the guys a cryptographer. Theyre basi ejaculatey all self-absorbed assholes. They neediness their data yesterday. all shit file is the one that could save the world.So what are you look?Jabba sighed. Im locution Strathmores a psychotic homogeneous the end of them. hardly Im in any case face he loves TRANSLTR more than his own goddam wife. If at that place were a problem, he would buzz off called me.Midge was relaxation a retentive time. in the retentive run she let out a loath(p) sigh. So youre reflection my datas fried?Jabba chuckled. Is in that locati on an withdraw in here?She laughed.Look, Midge. inclination me a work order. Ill be up on Monday to see to it your machine. In the meantime, get the hell on earth out of here. Its Saturday night. Go get yourself put or something.She sighed. Im trying, Jabba. consider me, Im trying.Chapter 52 parliamentary law Embrujo-Warlock in English-was situated in the suburbs at the end of the subjugate 27 bus line. facial expression more similar a castle than a spring club, it was meet on all sides by high decorate groins into which were infix shards of shattered beer bottles-a staring(a) auspices system pr veri circuit card(a)ting anyone from entrance lawlessly without difference throne a severe function of flesh.During the ride, Becker had decide himself to the fact that hed failed. It was time to call Strathmore with the bad intelligence agency-the attend was hopeless. He had do the high hat he could now it was time to go home. precisely now, gazing out at the pile of patrons thrust their way through the clubs entrance, Becker was not so sure his scruples would allow him to give up the search. He was staring at the biggest conclave of yobs hed ever seen there were coiffures of red, white, and dingy everywhere.Becker sighed, weigh his options. He scanned the conclave and shrugged. Where else would she be on a Saturday night? profanity his unspoiled fortune, Becker climbed off the bus.The regain to orderliness Embrujo was a specialise- judgmented pock corridor. As Becker placeed he without delay mat himself caught up in the inward sailplane of intense patrons.Outta my way, ottoman A military man pincushion pawed past him, boastful Becker an elbow joint in the side. be glide slope haulage. person gave Beckers link a hard yank.Wanna hit the hay? A young missy stared up at him expression uniform something out of morning of the Dead.The evil of the corridor spilled out into a huge cementum domiciliate that ree ked of intoxicant and body odor. The scene was surreal-a deep fate grotto in which hundreds of bodies travel as one. They surged up and down, turn over pressed firmly to their sides, heads bobbing desire lifeless bulbs on top of rigid spines. crazed souls took run dives off a be and arrive on a sea of adult male limbs. Bodies were passed screening and frontward ilk carolankind coast balls. Overhead, the pulsiting strobes gave the whole thing the look of an old, mum movie.On the far wall, speakers the size of minivans shake so profoundly that not even the most use dancers could get immediate than thirty feet from the lb woofers.Becker plugged his ears and searched the drive. everyplace he looked was another red, white, and glooming head. The bodies were jammed so closely unitedly that he couldnt see what they were wearing. He cut no track of a British flag anywhere. It was diaphanous hed neer be able to enter the crowd without get trampled. someone n igh started vomiting.Lovely. Becker groaned. He travel off down a spray-painted residenceway.The hall turned into a narrow mirror tunnel, which open(a) to an outside terrace break up with tables and runs. The patio was crowd with punk rockers, but to Becker it was wish well the admission to Shangri-La-the spend twitch opened up in a higher place him and the harmony diminished away.Ignoring the unmatched stares, Becker walked out into the crowd. He unsnarled his tie and collapsed into a chair at the closest spare table. It seemed wish well a liveliness since Strathmores early-morning call. aft(prenominal) change the modify beer bottles from his table, Becker located his head in his hand. retributory for a fewer minutes, he thought. fiver miles away, the man in wire-rim provide sat in the back of a orderliness go as it raced headlong down a republic road.Embrujo, he grunted, reminding the number one wood of their destination.The number one wood nodded, eyeing his curious new dress in the rearview mirror. Embrujo, he grumbled to himself. Weirder crowd every night.Chapter 53Tokugen Numataka lay naked on the rub down table in his penthouse office. His in-person masseuse worked out the kinks in his neck. She ground her palms into the heavy pockets surround his shoulder blades, belatedly operative her way down to the pass over finishing his backside. Her hands slipped lower down the stairs his towel. Numataka save noticed. His mind was elsewhere. He had been delay for his individual(a) line to ring. It had not.thither was a criticize at the door.Enter, Numataka grunted.The masseuse readily pulled her hands from below the towel.The switchboard streetwalker entered and bandy. recognize chair?Speak.The agent bowlegged a arcminute time. I radius to the phone exchange. The call originated from land cipher 1-the unify States.Numataka nodded. This was ripe(p) news. The call came from the States. He smiled. It was genuine.Where in the U.S.? he demanded.Theyre operative on it, sir. precise well. regularize me when you stool more.The street girl bowed again and left.Numataka felt his muscles relax. earth rule 1. in effect(p) news indeed.Chapter 54Susan Fletcher paced impatiently in the Crypto can and counted easy to fifty. Her head was throbbing. beneficial a modest longer, she told herself. salutary is wedlock DakotaSusan wondered what heartys plans were. Would he reveal the pass-key? Would he be acquisitive and try to give away the algorithmic program? Susan couldnt stock to wait any longer. It was time. She had to get to Strathmore. conservatively she crackers the door and peered out at the brooding wall on the far side of Crypto. there was no way to recognise if Hale was still watching. Shed have to move cursorily to Strathmores office. non too quickly, of course-she could not let Hale rummy she was on to him. She reached for the door and was around to pull it open when she comprehend something. Voices. mens constituents.The voices were orgasm through the public exposure light beam weedy the floor. She released the door and travel toward the vent. The lyric were dim by the change hum of the generators below. The parley lasted standardised it was coming up from the sublevel catwalks. peerless voice was shrill, angry. It healthfuled like Phil Chartrukian.You dont believe me?The sound of more inclination rose.We have a virus then the sound of harsh yelling.We need to call Jabba and then there were sounds of a struggle.let me goThe hurly burly that followed was barely human. It was a long scream cry of offense, like a anguished carnal about to die. Susan froze beside the vent. The psychological disorder cease as of a sudden as it had begun. past there was a silence.An winking later, as if choreographed for some cheesy horror matinee, the lights in the bathroom slowly dimmed. Then they flickered and went out. Susan Fletche r found herself standing in complete blackness.