The Icelands

Chapter 3: More

     So here I am. I have no knowledge of my life before a day ago. I'm hiding in the vents of some scientific facility that has been, at least I assume, imprisoning me. I have a small pistol with about 18 rounds of ammunition. I'm fucked.
   
     In the file that I read it mentioned something called E.13. I never got a chance to read what it does or what it even is. It also mentioned that I may be able to wield E.13.B. I can also only assume that E.13.B is some variation of E.13. By the sounds of it, it may be a weapon. Perhaps if I find it I could use it to escape.
   
     I kept crawling through the vents very slowly as to not be heard. I could hear distant talking from down the vents. I made a series of turns to follow the talking. I eventually came across an office of sorts. By the looks of it there was a woman and a man talking to each other. The woman was behind the desk and the man was standing.

"How could he just escape?"

"We don't know ma'am, but we are trying to find him"

"Well find him faster!"

"He hacked into a terminal and may know about what is going in here. He may even remember himself or what we have done to him"

"Yes I know, I authorized the remote shutdown of the terminal"

"He is also most likely armed"

"Then unarm him you idiot!"

"Yes, of course"

     The man left the room and the woman pulled out a pack of cigarettes and stated smoking one. She then picked up a phone and typed in a few numbers and held it up to her ear.

"I need you to prime E.13 for a transmission to earth."

     What did she just say? A transmission to Earth? Am I not even on my own planet? I'm seriously freaking out now. And what the fuck is E.13? Just as I thought that, the woman got up and left the room. Maybe I could climb down and look for clues.

     Of course I waited about 5 minutes to make sure she was gone. I then opened the vent and hopped down into the room. I ran  over to a desk and saw that it also had a terminal.

root@ice_plane2: / # ls
Subjects
Locations
Staff
Weapons
Experiments
Server_logs
root@ice_plane2: / # cd Experiments
root@ice_plane2: / # ls
E.1  E.9
E.2  E.10
E.3  E.11
E.4  E.12
E.5  E.13
E.6  E.14
E.7  E.15
E.8  E.16
root@ice_plane2: / # nano E.13

Experiment ID: E.13
Name: Light Rift
Date of discovery: 080312020:1654
E.13.A Description:
A complex contraption created with instructions transcribed on a pyramid tomb wall. When the lenses made of <redacted> are adjusted certain ways, it allows light to be focused to create either a rift or a solid object while the beam is active. In low intensity the beam will produce an object. The more intense the light, the more the object becomes unstable. Once it reaches instability, it will create what we assume is a dimensional rift which can transmit radio waves to the other end.

E.13.B Description:
WARNING: HIGHLY EXPIRIMENTAL
E.13.B is a piece of wristware capable of creating small objects. However it cannot hold a power supply large enough to drive that intense of a beam of light. This is solved by using E.13.A to channel energy through a rift to the device. Both must be within at least 1000 miles of each other. However, it is extremely unstable and therefore is contained in a special testing room in which no living things may operate it.

END OF DOCUMENT

root@ice_plane2: / # clear

     Holy shit. I don't even know where to start to begin to comprehend what I just read. Is that device real? Can it really create a dementional rift out of focused light? What even is a dimentional rift? They mentioned that I may be able to wield E.13.B. What if I find it and take it? Perhaps I can use it to escape and make it back home. Where even is home? Nevermind that, I need to focus on escaping.

     I climbed back into the vents and continued on. I am looking for two different things. One is some sort of gargantuan machine with a bunch of lenses of sorts. And one is a small piece of wristware. Both seem to be incredibly powerful and could also be very unstable. Perhaps it is in a hall of the lab that is fortified with bulkheads. This seems to be the most logical place to store highly unstable and dangerous technology.

     I exited the vent into a bathroom and waited in one of the stalls. I panned in waiting until someone came in. I could knock them out and take their clothing. Then I could blend in and find E.13.

     I waited what seemed like hours, but my better judgment told me that it was only 15 minutes. Someone had walked into the bathroom just then. They got into the stall next to me and locked the door. I just needed to wait and take the guard outfit. I got out of my stall and opened and closed the door to make it seem like I left. I then stood around the corner with my gun out to hit him over the head with.

     I only had to wait about 2 or 3 minutes before he began to leave. He opened the stall, washed his hands, and rounded the corner. I bashed him over the skull with the butt of my gun, it mad a crisp crunching sound and he was instantaneously knocked out. He began to fall so I caught him to make as little noise as possible.

     I striped him of his guard uniform and put it on. He had a taser and what looked like a higher access keycard. This should make things much easier for me. Time to find E.13 and get the hell out of here...