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58 lines
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<h1> Overdue Maintenance </h1>
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<p>
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Jack parks the truck just before the exit of a tunnel and they get out.
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Roaring water echoes from somewhere deep below. Annie grabs her bag and
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goes ahead. The tunnel wall to the right features doors, large gates,
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and windows that allow a peek into abandoned offices and control rooms.
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The end of the tunnel connects to a balcony extending into a narrow
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ravine with walkways going from either side. She steps onto it, making
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sure to keep her distance to the railing, and looks around. The walkway
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to the right connects to the top of a dam blocking the ravine. Large
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flowers, a couple bushes, and a small tree grow on top of it and the wall
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is partially green from the moss growing on it. Water flows over the
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spillway, falling into the depths where it joins a torrent of water
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coming from two big pipes at the bottom of the dam.
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</p>
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<p>
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She turns around to see the others unloading the truck. Jack is getting a
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large toolbox from the truck. James and Michelle are standing next to one
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of the doors, holding a box full of random spare parts that Jack had
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found in the bunker. She hurries over to them and opens the door pulling
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a loop of wire through the latching mechanism to bypass the lock.
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</p>
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<p>
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Inside is the main control room. The walls are lines with metal cabinets
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that have levers, buttons, dials, and large gauges on them. The wall to
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the left features a front of windows allowing a view of the spillway and
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the top of the dam. Some of the windows have cracks but, by some miracle,
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none are broken. In front of them is a ransom collection of furniture,
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primarily desks and chairs. The center of the room is taken up by a large
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console with more buttons, switches, and gauges, facing the windows and
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an opening in the floor covered by a thick glass pane.
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</p>
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They set down their things and roam around the room. Out of nowhere,
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Michelle asks:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Jack, what's the status on that dome city
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you're building? You guys only have two years to finish that
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project.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Oh no, I guess we're gonna have to slack
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less while waiting for bureaucracy to take its course. I sure hope we
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get these plans approved by the end of the month.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Look, the power lines are gonna get hooked up
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to the battery bank in a couple days. Aren't you excited for
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that?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Not my department but I sure hope we're
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no longer gonna habe to rely on batteries down there. Having a working
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power grid is gonna be so nice.</span><br />
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They are looking at a calendar on the wall and laughing. It shows October
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1991 with a bunch of crossed-out days and a few entries over the rest of
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the month.
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie steps onto the glass pane in front of the center console and looks
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down.
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<p>
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</p>
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