Phoenix

41.

Jin and Arya were slowly getting impatient. Twenty minutes have passed after arriving at Sea-Squirrel.
Tina was still not done. 

Uno-virus will hit the network at two. Now it was 1:21 in the morning. Only forty-nine minutes were left before the apocalypse. 

If Tina can't finish the work in the next nine minutes, even Venus will not be able to distribute the anti-virus throughout the whole world.

"How much longer, Tina?"  Jin asked.

The young woman did not turn her eyes away from the strange signs on the screen. She just said, "a little more, oppa."

"But time is running out."

"I am trying to finish the job quickly. Be patient."

"Why are you taking so much time?" Arya said in a restless voice, "shouldn't you just delete the backdoor section from the source- code?"

"No," Tina nodded, "Uno-code is like a poem. It works according to the rhythm. If you suddenly remove a small part from the middle, the rhythm is lost and it can't work anymore. So I have to reconstruct that part from the very beginning. It will take some time."

Nothing more to say after that. Arya continued to stir restlessly.

Seeing her condition, Jin said, "come on, let's get some air."

Arya agreed to the proposal with a shrug, "okay, let's go."

Arya and Jin came out of the computer section and walked along the corridor to come out of the back of the ship. They have only taken a few steps outside, at that time a shrill sound was heard. Arya and Jin instantly looked up. A sharp figure was seen in the sky with a fire trailing behind it.

It's a rocket!

That hit their landed helicopter in front of the wide eye of two NIS agents.
The chopper exploded instantly.

The flames flared up, engulfing in an orange fireball. In the blink of an eye, the aircraft was shattered with a loud noise. Jin and Arya fell on the deck due to the impact of the shockwave.

There was a ringing sound in the ears, but still Jin heard the sound of a latest attack helicopter. 
It raised from one side of the ship. It looked like a ghostly shadow in the background of the sky.

The chopper stopped just above the ship, dropping three ropes below. Alpha-Team was trying to come down by rappelling.

Jin jumped up and pulled Arya too, "inside the ship, quickly!" He said in a commanding tone.

The two rushed into the superstructure and shut the entrance door. A commotion was heard behind, two crewmen were running with Captain Dylan.

He approached and yelled, "oh Jesus, what happened?"

"An assault team has attacked us," Arya gasped, "they blew up the helicopter."

"What!"

"Sorry, we brought this to you!"

"What...what! Why?"

"What-why-how... I'll tell you later," said Arya, "but we need to protect ourselves first. What kind of weapons do you have?"

"It's a research ship, Ms. Akaishi, how will we have weapons?"

Jin bit his lips in frustration. His hands were empty, there was no time for improvising anything this time.

Looking at Arya, he said, "Tina should be moved from the computer section."

"But her work is not finished!"