“The saboteur… my God, I’m so stupid. It was… I was… oh -”
Security Chief Furlough grabbed me firmly by the shoulders and shook me.
“Snap out of it, carto. Where is he?”
“Must’ve hopped aboard, just before the YvsDel jump.”
“Your record breaker? Why?”
“It was a tight jump, the arrays were at full and the security was down. He must have latched on physically. I was the most immersed in the system, so…”
The Chief shook me again.
“Tell me, now!”
“I… the saboteur is me. He’s in my implants.”
As soon as I said it, I knew I’d hit the nail on the head because I felt a twinge at the back of my mind and before I knew it, Furlough’s gun appeared in my hand. My eyes widened in shock but I was unable to drop the gun.
“Carto, kid, drop the gun. Somebody is going to get hurt.”
I shook my head fearfully, trying to get him to understand that I wasn’t in control. My finger started tensing and I shouted against the force.
“Stop me!”
Furlough got the message and smashed me to the floor, darkness swallowing me whole.