Free Infinity Reborn (The Infinity Trilogy Book 3) by S. Harrison

level-twelve-security-access door with a DNA-coded lock. The only one here who can open it is Dr. Pierce, so he’s going with her.”
    “And so am I,” Brody says, beaming at Bit. She returns his smile, and her cheeks flush a telling shade of pink.
    Brent and Margaux both turn to Brody and glower at him. “You’re part of this plan and you didn’t tell us?” growls Brent.
    “Bit told me about it, and I wasn’t going to let her do it without me,” he says defiantly. “And how was I supposed to tell you guys anything when you’ve been shut in the bunk room sleeping the whole time we’ve been down here?”
    “We weren’t exactly sleeping,” murmurs Brent.
    Margaux frowns and backhands him on the arm. “Shut up,” she seethes at him.
    “Ugh. Gross,” whispers Bit.
    Jonah ignores them all as he studies the holographic map. “Bettina makes the plan sound simple, and it would be if it weren’t for three tall green problems.”
    “You mean the Remote Articulated Mechanoids, don’t you?” Jennifer murmurs with a quiver in her voice.
    “The R.A.M.s,” Brent whispers ominously.
    “Yes,” says Jonah. “Dr. Pierce, Brody, and Bettina can’t exit the hatch without setting off the facility’s motion sensors. As soon as that happens the mechanoids will come running. So, first we need a diversion to draw those robots away from the hatch.”
    “How?” asks Margaux.
    “By giving them another target,” Jonah replies. “The Professor, Percy, and I will exit through a second hatch farther along Sector B. It’s the hatch that I initially came through to get down here.”
    Bit taps the slate again, and a second green circle appears much farther along the map. Little red dashes blink on one after another, forming a line connecting the first hatch with the second.
    “As soon as we exit that hatch, our mere presence will trip the motion sensors and send the mechanoids toward us and away from Dome Two,” says Jonah.
    “That’s suicide,” blurts Brent. “They’ll hunt you down and turn you into mincemeat.”
    Jonah smiles. “Of course it’s going to be very dangerous, but believe me, I certainly don’t have a death wish. There’s an administration building a short distance from the second hatch,” he says, pointing at a rectangular block on the hologram. “We’re going to position ourselves on the roof. It should hold up against the R.A.M.s’ weapons long enough for Bit to get the slate, access the neural core, reset the computer, and shut the R.A.M.s down.”
    “Why do all three of you have to go?” I ask. “Surely you only need one person to trip the motion sensors to bring the R.A.M.s running?”
    “Yeah,” agrees Brent. “Just stand by the hatch and wave your arms around. As soon as you see them jump back in!”
    “I wish it were that easy,” says Jonah. “Even after we distract the R.A.M.s, there’s a chance they may decide to turn back toward Brody, Bettina, and Dr. Pierce once they exit their hatch. If that happens I need to present a much bigger threat to the facility in order to keep the R.A.M.s heading toward us, away from Dome Two. That’s where these come in,” Jonah says as he puts a hand on top of one of the three gas tanks he dragged over from the corner.
    “I’ve drilled the valves and rigged them with ignition caps from emergency flares. It’s an old trick I learned from my days in the military. Drop one of these from the roof in the right way, and it’ll go off like a bomb. The computer will surely prioritize the explosions as a more serious danger and choose to focus the R.A.M.s’ attention on us, giving Dr. Pierce, Brody, and Bettina time to complete their part of the plan in safety.”
    “Ohhh-kaaay,” Jennifer replies unsurely. “But, how will Bettina and Brody know when the R.A.M.s are a safe distance away? It must be at least a mile between the hatches. And there’s all those buildings in the way,” she says, pointing up at the hologram.
    “We’ll