The Third Gate
“She wore no respirator on this descent, just an N-95 mask, and the air both smelled and tasted faintly of vegetative rot. As she descended, it grew cooler, until by the time she had reached the air lock platform there were goose pimples on her arms.A guard on the platform greeted them with a nod. Since Logan’s discovery of the unauthorized transmissions, Stone—obsessive about secrecy at the best of times—had doubled the usual security. In addition to a twenty-four-hour guard stationed at the Ma...w, there was also the guard here on the platform. In addition, video cameras had been installed, monitored by Corey Landau and the other tech weenies in the Operations Center.Tina smiled a little grimly to herself. Despite Stone’s imprecations, threats, and demands for absolute silence, word of the saboteur—or corporate spy—had leaked out to the Station at large. It was a little ironic: while there was of course consternation, there was also a guarded sense of relief. She herself had wondered: If there was a saboteur in their midst, might that not account for the inexplicable happenings?There was a clatter overhead, and then Fenwick March joined them on the platform.MoreLess
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