Great Leaps Westward: A Short Story

“Yeah man, so it was true after all?” an Underground sentry speculated to another that he was patrolling with. “It would have to be so,” the other answered the moment they reached the fourth floor. “You know how the RGA can be at times, right?” The two sentries, once they were in the same hallway that Virgil was inside continued their conversation, unaware and oblivious to the fact that they had just walked past a potential spy and saboteur. “Full of secrets, even for their own good?” the first one pondered to the second. “Of course, ever since the pulled off that outrageous stunt they did almost a year ago,” the second replied, referring to the RGA’s role in the Great Leaps Westward, near the end of the 2014-2015 school year. Realizing …show more content…
To get past it, while not alerting the distracted sentries, one would have to stick to obstacles or shadows and time one’s movement’s accordingly. With this advice in mind, the Silent Orphan made his move. Sneaking his way behind a pillar, he waited for the camera turn away until its lens was pointing on the right side of the room, where the five sentries were. From there, he sneaked until he reached the pillar on the other side, which was when the camera was facing a doorway in the northern side of this area. As the opportunity was still his, Virgil continued his way out of that room in …show more content…
Curious as to what might be found inside the laptop; Virgil went to the laptop and removed the data stick he found. By uploading it, he discovered yet another message. Entitled ‘Opened Hatches’, it read: “Wyatt, I know that you’re seriously into that video game you bought the other day, but is it really necessary to bring your laptop at a time like this? We’re supposed to be using the breakroom to have short respites while on patrol, not playing games behind Carter’s back. Anyway, I know that you and Tristan have been asking me about why there are some of hatches around here appear exposed. After our nightly patrols are over, when the morning comes, a technician is going to be spending some time around to make repairs on the ventilation, so it’s very important that we keep these places secured. Only problem I have is that the nincompoop forgot to close the hatches before he left for the night. The reason why this got me concerned is because some of the air vents, back when this place was once a school, were designed in such a manner that it connects to various places throughout the building. When we took this place over, several weeks ago, we obviously made the decision to combine the infrastructure downstairs with that of this ventilation system. If