12 noon SST Monday 14 January 2085
‘You. Come to the door,’ shouted Krushkov.
Geremi questioned by pointing to himself.
‘Yes you. Come on.’
Geremi anxiously got up from his seat and did as he was told. Brigard opened the door. Krushkov pulled Geremi out and shoved him towards the opposite wall, then activated a screen above the table. He grabbed one of the chairs and placed it out in front, motioning Geremi to sit down.
‘Two of my men have gone missing. Find them!’ he shouted.
Geremi logged in and displayed the PSI map. Zak could tell from the colours on the map that Geremi was only using Maximum Security Clearance, and wouldn’t see the men. Geremi zoomed in, displayed the names associated with each dot, and cycled through different parts of the ship.
‘There’s nobody outside of here and the restaurant,’ he protested.
‘What happened to them? When did they go missing?’ said Krushkov angrily.
‘What are their names?’ asked Geremi, calmly.
Krushkov gave him the names, which Geremi used to search the system for a record of their position. A map of the Tech Room appeared, timed at approximately ten minutes in the past. It showed the dots representing Zahedi and Saltzmann move ever so slightly, then disappear.
‘They just vanished. No-one else was there,’ said Geremi, acting puzzled.
Krushkov was pacing around, growing impatient.
‘You must be able find out what happened. You’ve got other systems. What about the CCTV?’ he said.
Zak suddenly realised that his actions had left a trail all over the CCTV record. Before he could think of what to do, Geremi responded.
