fire watch - episode 003 - The Delilah fire mystery

part 25 The fence

They went through a forest.
Delilah asked "err, dad what's this?" he turned "well, err... that's bad that's what that is" before them was an enormous 9-foot tall chain fence covered in signs warning them to stay out. Tom turned the radio back on "hey, Oswin we can't actually go in the place you want" she paused then radioed back "really? Why not?" "Well there's this fence in the way, unless we're in the wrong place" "huge fence? You're just outside Riverside aren't you? Leading up to Pinewood hill?" Delilah nodded "yeah 100 percent, but there's a fence and no way around it" Oswin sounded confused "a fence? What fence?" Delilah frowned "the enormous fence in front of us" they heard Oswin looking through pages "there is no fence on my maps. Maybe it's just researches getting a piece of land for research purposes, like a few feet of ground for trees or some shit, they usually tell us though" Delilah shook her head "yeah, this ain't that. This is like a big chain fence, like huge and there are signs all over it saying trespassers will be jailed for 5 years, extremely dangerous you know stuff like that" Oswin sounded more confused "a big chain fence? How big is it?" Delilah and Tom looked left the right seeing the fence seemed to go on forever turning slightly like it was in a large circle covering miles of ground. Delilah radioed "well how do I put this? It's fucking enormous! It seems to go on forever" Oswin radioed "alright, I'm coming over I was planning on going on a hike anyway I shouldn't be too long, I know where you are now, just stay put I shouldn't be too long" "good you need to see this thing"
About half an hour later.
Oswin arrived "wow, you really weren't kidding about this fence I had to walk some of the way around it to get here, Jesus it really is huge!" She had followed it around seeing it was indeed an enormous circle. Tom shook his head "research? Yeah, no fucking way in hell, this is bigger than research something big is behind this fence, but what? And why?" Oswin nodded "yeah, what a mystery, what is going on? Usually the forest service tell me, so people don't get close and disturb the land. When they put up a fence they would definitely tell me this, and they've never set up one this big" Delilah nodded "no idea, but it fits into the investigation" Oswin and Tom frowned "what do you mean?" asked Oswin "well this whole bear death, the tower wreck, the phones being cut, I feel like this has something to do with it, just another piece of the puzzle. Behind this fence might be the answer" Tom nodded "yeah, maybe" Oswin looked down the fence saying "well, if I know fences which I don't, there's always some way in and out which means there's a gate somewhere" they began walking around the fence. Oswin was in shock at how big it was "Jesus, I came to this area 2 weeks ago and the fence wasn't here, I think this has literally been set up overnight, but surely I would have noticed" it took them about 30 minutes to get around the entire thing eventually finding the gate. They expected a gate for a car but, no, it was just a person sized gate which of course was locked. They tried to bash it open but nothing worked it seemed to be re-enforced steel, Oswin shook her head "we need an axe for this" Tom looked at her "and where do we get an axe?" she thought for a moment "well... they used to have one in every tower, but they stopped a few years ago, so I don't know, but we'll find one, trust me, I'll find an axe then we can find what's in this site, there could be anything" Delilah smiled "I'm always a sucker for a good mystery" Oswin nodded "same but only when they're in books not when I have to solve them especially in the middle of an enormous forest" Delilah nodded "yeah, that's a good point, but I'm sure we can do it" they all turned walking back to their towers.
When it was day 107.
Oswin radioed Tom "hey, I'm on a hike at the moment and was thinking I could pop by your tower for a visit, if that's alright" Tom grabbed the radio "yeah of course it's alright, Delilah is out hiking at the moment, so it will be just you and me" "oh, okay then that's good" she came up sitting down on the bed. They sat speaking for about an hour. Suddenly something unbelievable happened, the radioed in the corner turned on like someone was radioing them, however Tom's radio was in the stand and Oswin's was on the desk and wasn't on, and they were the only 2 radios that connected to the main system. They looked at it then each other confused, suddenly a loud crash came through the radio like someone had just dropped something on the ground, then they heard deep loud coughing coming through, it then turned itself off. They looked at each other in horror and confusion because what just happened was completely impossible "what the fuck! Is that even possible?!" asked Tom as Oswin rushed to her feet jumping to the radio "no it is not, this radio is only connected to mine which is currently turned off, it's not possible for someone else to have connected" Tom went to it "is this radio connected to other towers? Or to high rangers? Or to anyone at all apart from you" "No, I swear to God it's only connected to my radio. Someone is listening to us over the radio" Tom sat down "wait a minute, in the army, I learned how to trace radio signals from this kind of radio. I could trace this back to where it came from" he connected it to his GPS and scanned where it was coming from. While he did that Oswin looked worried looking at her radio trying to work out in her mind how it was possible someone could be listening and what they had been listening to.
While he was doing this.
Delilah camo back in. Oswin explained to her what happened, and she was creeped out by all of it "what the fuck?! Can people really be listening to us at all times?!" "Depends" "On what?" "Well from my radio station I could hear you guys all the time which was why I was able to interject things, I never listened if it was private however if this man has the same system we have he could listen all the time if he doesn't he could only listen if the radios were pressed down" Tom said from the corner "well they'd need a huge radio tower or a modified radio to listen to us, it will most likely be a modified radio because I don't know where they could hide a radio tower big enough" Delilah frowned "I know where" they both turned to her "the site, there could be a radio tower in the site that we can't see because of the fence and the trees getting in the way" Oswin looked scared "maybe... this freaks me out because they could have been listening to us right from the start, we need t do something about this!" "Couldn't we go to the forest service about this?" "No they won't care, if we tell them someone is listening to us, they'll just tell us to ignore it and move on" "that's so fucked" "I know"
About 15 minutes later.
Tom suddenly said “its coming from a radio signal down near the river” Oswin said “alright, come on, let's go” they began walking to the river. When they arrived they walked around looking for anything that would make their experience make any kind of sense. Whoever was listening to them, had to be around there somewhere, Delilah eventually yelled from next to the river “guys, look, guy come here!” they went to her to find she was holding a clipboard. Tom took it from her “what the fuck is this?” Oswin leaned over a little to see “I'm dyslexic, can literally anyone else read it other than me?” Tom smiled “so am I, but I can read it” Oswin smiled “oh I can read it, I just can't be bothered to, it's the ultimate excuse” Delilah laughed “fair enough” when Tom began to read it aloud no one would be laughing “subject 1-CD O.S 60, Oswin song, no parents, no children, no loved ones. A 6 on the system scale. Showing signs of anger and emotional weakness. Tower 06, not recommended for further testing and research, ending observation at this time" he turned the page. “Subject 2-CC, T.C, Tom Carter, 60, no parents, wife deceased, one child slash daughter, showing signs of being in the war, a 7 on the system scale. Showing signs of mourning and past of PTSD weaker mind, further testing could be a success, but it would be dangerous to continue, more research will commence” he turned to another page “subject 8-CD, D.C, Delilah Carter, 21, 1 father, no mother deceased, no boyfriend but from watching her showing signs of having multiple boyfriends, and a wide sex life… What the fuck. Delilah is extremely emotionally weak and very physically weak won't be able to put up a fight. Is a 10 on the system scale, most likely to be testable, testing has commenced” Tom looked up. Delilah looked take aback “I haven't seen that many boys, and I'm literally still a virgin and proud to be I'm not ready yet. What kind of signs are they talking about?” Oswin asked “how many boyfriends have you had?” “5” Tom nodded “well that's fine, no problems with that but this is fucked up” “what's the system scale, and why is Delilah so high?” asked Oswin “I just want to know what the letters' mean, I mean look I'm CC but you and Delilah are CD, that part doesn't really make sense”