Infiltration

Hello again, this is Hana. I thought I should update you on how things have gone at this end, because I think however short the time is for Tempest between his posts, things won't move forward for him until I've logged our progress here, because he needs what we've done to have happened first.

After a stealthy journey, helped along by Jump, and a man and a woman who the blog had given access to and knew what we were trying to do, we made it to the base. Jump was with us, and got us as close as possible, but couldn't teleport us inside, the building seemed to resist, or at least that's how she put it, so she left to try and find any of the people Tempest has met in the future that might be able to help us now. Glutton had his guard uniform on, and I managed to patch him into the security system, so that he would be granted access as an actual guard. He asked why we had to get closer if i was able to hack from where we were, so I explained about the system's being separate, and the one we needed to get to was closed off, and only accessible from the central chamber, in close proximity to the main console. For most of the way, we were accepted as part of the team and allowed through the electronic doors. We avoided real guards whenever we could, as they wouldn't recognize Glutton, and might get suspicious. Glutton noticed me wincing and asked what was wrong. 'The generator back at VHS just failed. There's no power there anymore. The place is dead.'
'You can sense that?'
'I stayed connected as long as I could, it made it easier.'
'Made what easier?'
'Keeping the connection open. It was that set of computers that Tempest's phone was connected to when we were taken, so they were supporting the connection at this end.'
'But, if the power's failed, doesn't that mean...Oh crap, has the connection closed?!'
'Not quite. I'm holding it open myself.'
'....you're what?!'
'The other end..it's in my head. I'm using this handheld to help support it, but that's draining the battery, and holding it with two small devices isn't as stable. We need a larger computer at this end, and fast.'
'Come on then!'
He ran. I noticed a CCTV camera, and knew we'd look suspicious, but Glutton didn't care. I'll always remember how determined he was to get me where I needed to be. He was one of the bravest people I've ever met. We were coming up to the door that, many years from now, Tempest and his friends were waiting at right now.
'Glutton, there's....no electronic lock, I....can't help you!'
A door just behind us slammed open, and there were yells. I heard guns clicking.
'I don't think we'd have time Hana. How close do you need to be?'
'...as close...as we can get..'Acid shot from his mouth, and the door melted, fizzing, sending smoke into the air. I saw him turn to spray acid behind us, then we were nearly at the threshold of the central chamber. I heard guards scream from acid burns.
'Ok. It's been fun, tell the others I said Hi.'
'Wha-'
And then I was flying. Behind me, there were a series of bangs, and I heard Glutton yell. I couldn't look behind me, but I knew what had happened. He knew we wouldn't make it to the computer, so the second we got through the doorway, he threw me. It was the last thing he ever did.
I heard his body hit the floor.
A bullet grazed my side, spinning me. I got a last glance at Glutton, splayed on the floor, riddled with bullets, and guards flooding in through the door. Then I was facing the computer again, it's huge screen getting closer, closer, then-
SMASH!
I was deeply embedded in the screen. The guards had nearly arrived at the console, I had seconds. I transferred everything I could onto the outer layer of the system, I could worry about infiltrating properly later. I just had to make sure everything was off the device before they pulled it out of the screen.
I'm in. I just hope I can do everything I need to before the next virus scan. I need to take control, pin down the connection, and then use it. Wish me luck.


Glutton, last free member of SOLAR, I hope to avenge your sacrifice. I swear to you, it will NOT be in vain. Thank you, for everything. Thank you.

Now hold on Tempest, I'm coming!