“I mean, it’s not much, but at this point in time, it’s the best lead we have.”
Shaun couldn’t help but stare at her computer screen and the faint, pulsing dot hovering over the small town of Lienz, right over the Austrian border. It was only about eight and a half hours away, less with the way Rebecca drove; they could get there tonight.
“How sure are you with this?” Lucy asked quietly. She wasn’t looking at the screen anymore, but rather at Rebecca. Shaun knew she was being realistic; they couldn’t afford to be wrong. Not anymore, not when it had been almost ten days. It could already be too late.
Eyes bright with exhaustion, Rebecca scrubbed at her face. “Honestly? I’d say about seventy percent sure. I mean, it’s not enough of a power fluctuation for the original Animus, but it’s about on par with Baby. And it just popped up nine days ago. The timing’s right. But other than that…”
“If it popped up nine days ago, why the bloody hell didn’t you spot it sooner?”
Clearly, exhaustion wasn’t enough to keep Rebecca from glaring at him. “Because fluctuations appear on the power grid all the time. They could be anything. But this one… This one appeared at the right time and hasn’t disappeared. Normally these things come and go, no big deal. I just happened to notice this one while looking up another possible lead. It’s… not normal. I just… I don’t know for sure it’s Desmond.”
It only took a moment of silence to decide. It was the only real lead they had and they were desperate. “Break down everything we absolutely need. Leave the rest.”
You’d better come after me.
We’re on our way, Shaun told the echo as he started gathering up their weapons, automatically making sure the hidden blade was the first thing he grabbed. So you’d better still be alive.
Come After Me [Part 5/X]
Shaun couldn’t help but stare at her computer screen and the faint, pulsing dot hovering over the small town of Lienz, right over the Austrian border. It was only about eight and a half hours away, less with the way Rebecca drove; they could get there tonight.
“How sure are you with this?” Lucy asked quietly. She wasn’t looking at the screen anymore, but rather at Rebecca. Shaun knew she was being realistic; they couldn’t afford to be wrong. Not anymore, not when it had been almost ten days. It could already be too late.
Eyes bright with exhaustion, Rebecca scrubbed at her face. “Honestly? I’d say about seventy percent sure. I mean, it’s not enough of a power fluctuation for the original Animus, but it’s about on par with Baby. And it just popped up nine days ago. The timing’s right. But other than that…”
“If it popped up nine days ago, why the bloody hell didn’t you spot it sooner?”
Clearly, exhaustion wasn’t enough to keep Rebecca from glaring at him. “Because fluctuations appear on the power grid all the time. They could be anything. But this one… This one appeared at the right time and hasn’t disappeared. Normally these things come and go, no big deal. I just happened to notice this one while looking up another possible lead. It’s… not normal. I just… I don’t know for sure it’s Desmond.”
It only took a moment of silence to decide. It was the only real lead they had and they were desperate. “Break down everything we absolutely need. Leave the rest.”
You’d better come after me.
We’re on our way, Shaun told the echo as he started gathering up their weapons, automatically making sure the hidden blade was the first thing he grabbed. So you’d better still be alive.
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