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cloudmonet In reply to Kun-bow [2006-09-07 17:09:34 +0000 UTC]

You're not the first to ask about this. Perhaps I didn't quote enough of the story to make the situation clear:
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The elevator lurched, then accelerated, and gradually slowed down, as “1” lit up red, then “2,” then the door opened to a hallway with a large window at each end, with four doors along one side.

Kim stepped silently to each door and pressed her ear to it, listening for sounds inside. “I hear something buzzing,” she whispered, and stuck her comb in the lock. In half a minute the door slid open, revealing a big generator guarded by two lasers aimed toward the door.

“Silly me, I thought this was a bedroom.” She stood back, fired her grappling hook at the wire plugged into the generator, tugged at it, and the room momentarily went dark, then the lights came on again.

She rewound the grappling hook, stepped to the next door, picked the electronic lock with her comb, and fired the hook to unplug the second wire. Kim was just pulling the third plug out of the third generator when Señor Senior Senior came up the stairs at the far end of the hallway.

Kim made a tumbling kick to knock the laser gun out of his hand and down the stairs. Senior was stronger than she expected, but so far unable to escape her grip or gain advantage.

Ron pulled the comb from the third door and stuck it in the fourth, which opened quickly. Rufus ran around the room to the fourth generator, avoiding all the sensor beams, and tugged on the plug. After a tense moment, it came out and all the lights went out. Ron ran over to Kim and Senior.

“Tough old guy, aint’cha?” Ron asked, twisting one arm behind his back while Kim stood up and twisted the other.

“Don’t make us hurt you,” said Kim. “Where’s the art?”

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