Steps

Step 12: Resting Point

Ok, I'm here. How do I get in?

Use the front door. My code is 341961.

Which one is the front? From where I'm standing I can see 5 doors, or what appear to be doors....

Are you in the parking lot?

Yes.

The front one?

I assume?

Head towards the main sign.

There are 2 signs....

Just use the visor. Something came up. Make sure they get that package.

Leah threw her head back and let out a loud groan. Great. Now how was she going to get into the building? She'd already hopped the fence to get into the complex, and now she was going to have to find her way around this maze? Just great. She tucked the box under her arm and rubbed her hands together. Why was Central City so freaking cold all the time? Man, today sucked.

She gently tapped the small device on her ear, and a holographic display slowly flickered on in front of her eyes. In many ways, the visor reminded her of some sort of Scouter hybrid thing; a mix of Tron and Dragonball, with maybe a bit of Star Trek thrown in for fun. It was nice; very sleek with a killer UI. And because Ray had designed this particular prototype model to look like a Bluetooth headset, she could get away with wearing it pretty much whenever. Which was very useful, considering that she was supposed to be replicating this stupid interface. She still didn't understand why he needed it reworked though. This UI was so much better than anything she could come up with, ever.

A cold breeze blew through the empty parking lot, snatching her away from her thoughts. Inside, she had to get inside. She hugged her coat tighter and headed for the building.

It had taken her a good 20 minutes to find a door that actually had a keypad, but she finally got into S.T.A.R. Labs. Leah didn't know much about the research facility. She'd heard about the Particle Accelerator, and she'd seen the black hole last May, but that's where her knowledge stopped. She really should have known more though, considering how much time she spent around Cisco. He almost seemed to live in the huge building, but he never really brought up what he did. Cisco was actually really good at keeping his mouth shut when it came to his work, which was actually pretty surprising, considering how he never seemed to shut up about anything else. But in the past few days, she hadn't heard from him much at all. Which was the whole reason why she was breaking and entering into S.T.A.R. Labs in the first place. For 3 days, the package from Ray had been on her desk, and no one had been by to get it. No word from Cisco at all. So here she was, standing in a pitch black, creepy shell of a research center, trying to navigate through the maze of halls and stairs. Who knew one building could have so many sets of stairs. The halls never seemed to end either.

The light from the visor burned brightly into her eyes. If anyone had approached her, she probably would have looked exactly like someone straight out of a sci-fi movie, which was both awesome and weird at the same time. At least the map function was working inside the building. Follow this hall, then turn here, then there. She still had no clue where she was going, but there was a big room near the back of the complex that seemed to be a kind of hub, so that's where she was headed.

After a while, she finally made it to the big room and quickly shut off the visor as she entered in case anyone was around. No need for her to get caught with super-advanced A.T.O.M. Tech stuff that would only prove that she secretly worked with a superhero. God, what even was her life anymore? It was like she lived in some sort of crazy TV show or something. Things in her life just kept getting weirder and weirder. A rat suddenly scurried across her foot, and she nearly screamed. Rats...great.