Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 55

AN: Thank you to all my readers, who continue to read my work. I am grateful for all of you, and this chapter came after a good bit of prayer, and I am more than pleased with the results. Thank you all for your dedication, and thanks be to God for his help with the chapter. I will see you all next time.

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Maria arrived at the designated location. To her surprise, the building was amazingly standard, even more than usual. It was a beautiful three-floor affair that, at one time, had been a factory of some kind. As she approached the door after parking, she saw the scanner near the door. Scanning first her hand and then having a ray scan her tongue, there was a beep, and the door silently slid open.

Entering the establishment, Maria found the walls were bare. The white floor scrubbed so thoroughly and finished off with a form of a polish that the floor had an unnatural glossy finish, but when testing the floor with her shoe, Maria found the floor to literally be squeaky clean.

"Wow," Maria thought, "here I thought the others were joking when they said that they entered pure sterility. There's not even a smell of cleaner, nothing."

Maria tapped into her implant. "Sylvie, what is this place exactly?"

"This is a tactical implementation center—one of our most secure establishments. Your job will be working in signals on the third floor on the east side, in Room S-1. You'll have the privilege of working with our very finest communication relay system. Your dossier with your instructions will be on your desk. When needed, I will assign you help if the traffic picks up as I anticipate."

"You said I'd be helping Londie. But with what?"

"In signals, you will find, especially at this station, that through analysis that Decay has all manner of tools as well as human resources. You will be able to hear transmissions of new data and what we can glean from the Abernathy Foundation while the board meetings press on. How you will be helping our good doctor is by writing down the essential component recipes of various chemical compounds to and to our list of ability for physical refinement. You will also be exposed to coded locations of various blueprints of weapons and the like. Just as Decay uses the power of information to enslave the common man, we use the same information to level the playing field.

Now, your hours are from eight to twelve, at which time you will have an hour lunch break. Give your order for food to The Porter. He will report to every room an hour and a half before collecting your request for food. You will resume work at one sharp and leave at three. The rest of the day, unless notified otherwise, is yours to do with as you wish within operational safety parameters.

As part of this facility, you have given a very low-profile alias, so nothing will show up, and you won't be compromised. Your housing unit is located on the east side of the factory grounds in what used to be an old pumping station. They are particularly reasonable living accommodations that are derived from our base in Havana. Everyone loved the old Havana place, so I took some inspiration and decorated it accordingly with a few luxuries from there.

Lights out will be prompt at ten in the evening as I need you well-rested for your work. Unless I reassign you to the nightshift, this schedule will remain day in and out until you are moved in time to reinforce operations in San-Francisco.

If you have any questions, contact me, or consult your dossier. Everything I have said is also laid out in the file and a few other details."