“First thing we do is make it watertight!” “Impressive,” Miranda said as she closelyexamined Steel Horn. “Is this a robot or a suit?” “A drone,” Moonshine explained. “Controlledremotely.” Miranda shook her head. “Where’s the fun inthat? And what happens if someone jams the control signal.” That earned a round of laughter fromeveryone. “That’s exactly what happened,” Mishaexplained. “We jammed the signal and took it over.” “I need to do a complete examination,”Miranda commented as she walked around the minotaur. “In my workshop.” “That can be arraigned,” Misha responded. “We also need to find who built him, Silvermaneadded. “He’s sure to build another.” “Agreed,” Orca added. “And he’s sure to havemade improvements to it.” “We’ve decided to give you a little gift,” Silvermanesaid and led them inside. Upstairs they made their way back to the maproom. Gone was the large, wooden table coveredwith paper maps. In it’s place was an equally large table of faux wood alongthe side and legs. The top was covered by a large, horizontal monitor. “A digital map table.” Silvermane saidproudly. He tapped the screen and an active map of all of Penobscot bayappeared. Little symbols moved about. “It’s linked to the coast Guard databaseand the Police as well.” “We’ve also given you access to the lowerlevels of the SOCOM network,” Misha said. “Including the database of all knownenemies and threats.” He leaned closer. “That works both ways. SOCOM is reallyinterested in all you know about Maelstrom.” ********************** “I just had a really bad thought,” Misha said.“Remember Dr Fossil.” Strela nodded her head. “Hard to forget aperson who’s half fossil.” “What if she is trying to wake up a dinosaurspirit like Geimhreadh?” “That makes sense,” Stealth commented. “Andsounds like a very bad idea.” “I’ll call Midnighter FitzWilliams,” Mishasaid. A call was quickly placed and MidnighterLoremaster Jonathon Hendrick FitzWilliams III answered. Misha quickly explained what had happened tothe mage. “So. What do you think?” He asked. “Before the Ice Age Spirit had woken up,”The Midnighter mage said. “I would have said it was not possible. But now it isa possibility we must consider. Such spirits are known but rarely dealt with.Mainly because they are tricky. You were able to negotiate with Geimhreadh but that is unique. Most such spirits arenot so friendly.” “He wasn’t particularly friendly when wefirst encountered him,” Misha commented. “We almost didn’t survive.” “Still,” the mage insisted. “That was a mostremarkable occurrence.” “Thank you,” Misha responded. “What would she need to wake up a dinosaurspirit?” “I am not sure just yet,” came the answer.“I need to do more research. I’ll have a team investigate this. They willcoordinate with you of course.” Strela shook herhead slowly. "Somethingwrong?" Misha asked. "When aMidnighter doesn't know something, I kind of worry.” The End
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