"Something got lucky and squeezed through during an ultra-low
dip," London said, taking up the explanation from him. "The energy
signature matches whatever was bouncing off the shield on the Neighborlee side
for more than two hours." She winced a little. "During a matching ultra-low
dip in the modulation."
"We've altered the program so it doesn't go that low again,"
Sherwood hurried to add.
"So it couldn't get out -- that's what it was doing the whole
time we were chasing it?" Kurt said. "Bouncing off the inside of the shield,
trying to find a weak spot or low point?"
"And something else, either a partner or another entity like the
doppelganger, was waiting and trying to penetrate the shield, and latched onto
your phones when you flew out," she said.
"Why not another enemy altogether?" Maurice shrugged.
"Sorry to be the downer in this war council, but you gotta consider the
possibility."
"He's right," Angela said, "but that leach signal that
latched onto Lanie's phone also caught onto Kurt and Jane's, correct?"
That was true, and we tried to see it as a positive -- we only had one
enemy to deal with. Of course, we weren't sure how large the team was now
attacking us, but that had to be better than facing enemies on two fronts,
right?
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