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Sam gave Luke an evil stare.
“Vague? Instantly gone? Do you have any fucking idea what the side effects of this bracelet are?”
She shook her wrist and a H.U.D. Filled her vision. she blinked.
POTENTIAL BRACELET SIDE EFFECTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NAUSEA, VOMITING, DISORIENTATION, HEADACHES, VIOLENT SPASM''S OF PAIN DOWN LEFT ARM, SLEEPLESSNESS, TEMPORARY BLINDNESS, TEMPORARY LOSS OF COLOUR IN VISION, TEMPORARY LOSS OF TASTE, TEMPORARY LOSS OF FEELING TO EXTREMITIES, IRRITATING RASH UNDER BRACELET.
Sam looked through the list and blinked furiously as she tried to see Luke through the H.U.D.
“OK how the fuck do I turn this off?”
Luke look confused, “Er.. turn what off?”
“The H.U.D. Dammit Luke stop pissing around I can''t see properly.
He looked agog and then burst into manic laughter.
“It works! Yes. I knew it would. Wow! Right off the bat that''s awesome.”
“You wont think it''s so fucking awesome when you''re sitting on your ass with a black eye. Now tell me how to switch this thing off.
Incidentally that list of side effects? Yeah I wouldn''t go putting that up in everyone''s face. Some of those things are not so good.”
Luke looked back at Sam as he was bringing his screen back up.
“Er..., you could access that?”
Sam nodded. “Still can buddy, it''s just floating in front of my face!”
Luke nodded and pointed to his screen. “This should be a similar setup to what you''re seeing right now, if you check out the top right, of your vision, you should see a small “x” look directly at that and focus on it whilst willing the H.U.D. To close.”
Sam saw the “x” focused on it for a second and the screen disappeared. She sighed and without looking punched Luke in the arm.
“Ouch! What the? Oh right. OK yeah I probably deserved that.
But to be honest, that hasn''t happened to anyone yet. It''s like brand new and in theory we thought it would take weeks for the hardware to assimilate with the wetware.”
Sam punched him again and growled.
“I''m not wetware.”
“Aargh! Yes quite right. My mistake, but this is fabulous. I should do more tests, See how it configured so quickly.”
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“Yeah I''m not liking the sound of that. When I entered the academy nobody told me I would become a lab rat.”
Responded Sam.
“Oh no! Absolutely not. No. Anyhow there''s no need I can monitor your feed from anywhere on the ship.”
Luke suddenly found himself nose to nose with a rage filled 16 year old girl as she growled.
“You cannot, will not access my data without my permission understand me Luke?”
He nodded fervently. But then saw a smile on her face.
ACCESS TO SAMANTHA HOLDEN''S FILES AND DATA ARE STRICTLY OFF LIMITS. PRIOR AUTHORITY NEEDED BEFORE ACCESS CAN BE GRANTED.
“Huh.” Sam blinked and smiled at Luke then patted his shoulder. “Well that''s OK then, thanks Luke.”
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Luke looked a little bemused but smiled back, grateful the fiery tempered young girl was no longer looking to beat him to a pulp.
Then he tapped at his screen and his face went pale. He looked back at Sam.
“Miss Holden, er...i appear to be locked out of your data stream?” Sam looked at Luke.
“Who''s authority do you need to access my data?”
Luke looked at Sam and then back at his screen.
“Er, mine? I mean it''s my system, I developed it! well me and my team. But basically if not me...” He tapped the screen and closed his eyes. Sam heard him groan softly
“So... That would be me then?”
Sam asked.
“You accidentally gave me authority over who sees my data?”
Luke shook his head. “No it''s way worse than that.”
“Worse? That''s great! Er.. how could it be worse?”
“Easily, you took it. I didn''t give it to you, nobody did. You took it. Fuck! That''s just not possible.
Sam, Miss Holden, I need to see that data. It''s imperative. If there''s a back door I missed with the gene coding that allows anyone to gain access to high level data we are screwed! Please. It''s very, very important.”
Sam gave Luke the squint eye.
“You won''t look at me when I''m going for a shower or looking in the mirror when I''m naked or just in my underwear?”
“What!? Why would I even?...” Luke''s face looked mortified.
“No Miss Holden I and my entire team will be too busy trying to find out how you brute forced your way through our security walls with a blink of an eye to be gaping at your tits!”
Sam''s rage festered in the back ground. She growled under her breath. “Fucking little toad, I should let him sweat..”
“OK keep your hair on.”
She blinked, nothing happened. She grimaced and thought “H.U.D!”
The H.U.D. blinked on in front of her.
“H.U.D. give Luke Carmichael and his team access to my data files minus the visual and audio files until further notice.”
Sam blinked again as the H.U.D. updated her order.
LIMITED ACCESS TO MISS SAMANTHA HOLDEN''S DATA FILES MINUS THE VISUAL AND AUDIO FILES HAS BEEN GRANTED TO LUKE CARMICHAEL AND TEAM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Luke tapped his screen and sagged in relief.
“Thanks, man I am in so much shit right now.”
He looked up at Sam with a worried expression.
“Er.. could you not try to access what might appear really important stuff you might find? You know like data files on the council of Magi? And the members of the Magi that are in governments across the globe? Er.. or nuclear bomb codes!? You know little stuff like that? please?”
Sam smiled and nodded. “As long as you don''t go perving on Rae or any of the other females. I know you nerds, you''re all into that shit.”
Luke gave a pained expression.
“Do you have a really low opinion of just me? Or is it men in general?”
“Not just you Luke, humanity. We''re all a bunch of twisted fuck ups.”
Luke shook his head. “Anyhow be careful what you do, one wrong eye blink could cause havoc.”
Sam grimaced. “You could just remove it.” She wiggled her wrist, Luke shook his head.
“No we are in uncharted territory. It could cause untold harm, unless I''m ordered too, I''m not willing to risk it.” He looked at Sam. “Even more reason for caution.”
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