Chapter 2

Baseline was the newest creation Gina had created. It was many times faster then her old server Corday. She smiled as it flickered to life. She wanted to jump and scream for joy. It had worked. With a sigh of relief she closed her eyes thinking it would be the first good night's sleep she had since the grand server of Althea had gone down.

The next day was not much better with the masters of the arts on her back trying to get the server back online. Today she could connect Corday to the Althea server to repair it. Corday was now expendable and was going to be no more by the end of the day. She only had to figure out a way to convince them to let her connect it. It was a gamble, although she could undo anything her server would do.

The music started playing as Corday connected to the grand server, as if by its own will. It was a joy to hear the repair mechanism music. Very quickly the auto repair function started as it recognised her virus infecting it.

Grand Master of Writing entered the room to find the server starting the repair sequence.

"Ahh, I see you have found a server to use as a platform to do repairs with. May I ask where you found it?"

"It's my old server, Corday. The irony is it infected the server with the virus to begin with."

"I thought you said it would fill the server up, and besides what do you mean old server?"

"Corday will be filled up in the process, but it makes my job a lot faster and easier. Corday has it all Written into it, and can perform the function faster then the share cube and me. Corday is also old, and last night I finished making Baseline. It is much faster, and I modified the virus to be less destructive, while keeping the same function of the old viral program. The new virus leaves a tracer but not a path of destruction."

"You made a better server, and are not going to use it to solve our problems?" Master Frem butted in.

"Why should she after how we have treated her? Think about it Frem, she is giving up her time and resources to help us. What does she get in return? Accommodation in the guest house and meals. Even I have an allowance."

"Yes, but she does not work for us. Gina has been given a lot considering what little she is doing for us. All she has done is put the Althea server in limbo and is bringing it back. She has not helped with the other virus."

"I have so, I have been working on a program to scrub the virus from the server at my own expense. You just don't pay any attention to my work, because you think it is bad. You judge my work before you see it. How would you know what I can do?"

"You only have an associate degree in Writing, you are not even a scholar!"

"Yet I can Write better then you!" With this Master Frem hit Gina. "That's it I quit. Solve your own damn problems." With this Gina disconnected Corday and put away her things. She started towards the door.

"Don't go Gina. You know we need your help." Grand Master said. This just fell on deaf ears as Gina left.

It did not take her long to reach the residences and pack her things. Just as she picked up her things, and was about to walk out the door, she was stopped. Not by guards, or anything blocking her path, but by the figure that sat in the entertainment room.

"I'm sorry, I had no right to hit you." Master Frem moaned.

"It's too late." With that Gina slammed the door and caught the next carriage to Nutfall.