Chapter 8 : Personal Video Record
‘How did they get those on board?’ said Geremi, mystified.
‘Blasters can be assembled from small parts,’ said Zak. ‘The men booked in separately.’
‘This is very serious,’ said Geremi gravely.
‘The reason I entered the maintenance zone was because I wanted to spy on them,’ said Zak. ‘I wasn’t intending to do anything other than that. But one thing led to another. That kid is an expert at getting into trouble.’
Geremi placed Rocky down and stood up. He paced around the room, apparently in deep thought. Zak waited to see what he was going to do. Eventually, he stopped.
‘I trust you Zak,’ he said.
Zak was surprised by this comment. He wondered what he had done to deserve it.
‘Why?’
‘I have a feeling that you are a good person. I’m not sure why. But I am generally a good judge of people.’
‘Thanks,’ said Zak.
‘I’m going to give you a key. By that I mean a name and passcode for the ship’s computer.’
Zak’s eyes widened.
‘It will give you Observational Security Clearance. You will be able to observe other passengers, even in their cabins.’
Zak’s eyes almost popped out of his head.
‘I want you to promise me that you will only use it to spy on this group of people, and not on any other passengers.’
‘I promise,’ he replied, before he had even thought about it.
Geremi closed his eyes, presumably to obtain the key.
‘It’s in your mail,’ he said. ‘You only need to enter it once. After that, you will be automatically logged in with that clearance.’
‘Got it,’ said Zak.
‘I haven’t got time to investigate,’ said Geremi. ‘but you are obviously desperate to uncover what these people are plotting. You can now spend your time doing so. And of course, not making any more dangerous forays into the maintenance zone.’
‘That’s just what I wanted,’ said Zak.
