Free Solaria - S1 by Fran Heckrotte

she's a friend of yours, she's family. Later, Carley... and be safe."
     
    Unconsciously, Carley nodded her head and ended the conference. Next she accessed her finances and began moving most of her assets to an offshore account. Even Future Dynamicon hadn't been able to intimidate the financial institutions in a few of the island countries. It insured the stability and security of the governments and the banks. There were plenty of rich and powerful people who could create problems for Stalling if he interfered in their business. Once she finished, she ended the connection.
     
    Sighing, Carley leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes. The last thing she needed to do was destroy her hard drive, literally. Years of data pertaining to her artificial intelligence research was stored on the drive. Once it was gone, it couldn't be duplicated, not even by her. Still, it was the final link between everything she had accomplished and Solaria. It was going to be a long and sleepless night.
     
    Like clockwork the doorbell to Carley's condo rang at 5AM. When she opened the door she noticed a small box sitting on the welcome mat but no one was in the hallway. Picking it up she opened the container and pulled out a federal I.D. card, driver's license, international passport and a note instructing her on how to have Solaria imprint her own biodata on each document. All government identifications required retinal and fingerprint information which was immediately transmitted to the proper bureau for verification if the scans didn't match the individual's cards or passport. Knowing Dana, he probably hacked into the Homeland Security records and planted files to insure there were no glitches if someone suspected the I.D.s were fakes. Her longtime friend was extremely good at what he did... and what he did was to be as big a thorn in corporate and government sides as possible; anonymously, of course.
     

 
     
     
CHAPTER 8

 
    W HEN CARLEY WALKED into the lab, she noticed Solaria lying on the couch in her office. Putting down her purse, she hurried over to her to see if something was wrong. It was the first time she had ever seen her resting even though she had instructed her to keep doing it.
     
    "Are you okay?"
     
    Opening her eyes, Solaria stared at Carley, blinked twice. Her lips curved into a slight smile.
     
    "I was just practicing relaxing. You're right. It's quite refreshing after long hours of working. It replenishes much of the energies I expended."
     
    "I wondered about that. I know you need to eat to keep your body functioning at optimum level, but wasn't sure if just food was sufficient."
     
    "It provides enough nourishment. It takes a lot to deplete my reserves, but I've found that if I shut down for an hour or two, the cells return to peak performance levels. It's like recharging a battery."
     
    "I know what you mean, but it takes at least six hours for me to do that. Did you get the information we needed?"
     
    "Yes, and more."
     
    Solaria told Carley about hacking into personnel records and then locating Stalling's personal files. They were well encrypted and had taken her several minutes to access. To Solaria, minutes often seemed forever. His notes revealed a great deal about the man and his ambitions. It also included details about the Company's financial records. The most interesting part, though, was a reference to a beta program. One sentence in particular caught her interest. " The next beta will be fully functional in less than two months."   The entry was dated two weeks ago.
     
    "It's worse than I thought. There's at least one other Hubot out there. We have to get you out of here," Carley said, and then had an afterthought. "Listen, you said you have access to the Company's financial records?"
     
    "Yes."
     
    "Great! I want you to transfer some of their funds to several account numbers I'm going to give you."
     
    "That would be stealing."
     
    "Let's just call it compensation for all the trouble