MORTAL KOMBAT SPECIAL FORCES

SEKTOR SEVEN: CYBER KOMBAT

CHAPTER 2: THE BRIEFING

Location: Special Forces HQ main gate.

The van pulled up to the main gate and the new space pirate guards said ID sir. Crimson D. displayed his S7 ID badge and they opened the forcefield gate and shut off the laser grid. After going through 2 more gates they reached the main complex.

"Pretty impressive security measures you got here" one of the men said to Crimson D.. "When did all this new stuff get installed?" he asked Crimson D.. "2 years ago when Sektor seven and the space pirates set up shop here we added two more security perimeters. We also upgraded the current security systems so you will find some new doors and things too." Crimson D. replied.

Location: Sektor Seven Cyber Security Division.

After taking the elevator to sektor seven HQ, then via the skyway transit system that connects the major parts of the massive underground facility they arrived at the cyber division.

Crimson D. leads the men in black to a stairwell and down 30 stories to a large security door. A lit up sign that shows the S7 emblem with the words SECURITY ACCESS LEVEL 4 at the bottom is next to the door. A hole inside the wall has a large touch screen console with the emblem displayed on it.

Crimson D. swiped his badge through the slot causing the console to beep. The on screen emblem slides down revealing a complex mutating crypto code lock with a keypad on the other side. Crimson D. inputs a 8 digit code and the console confirms it with a rapid beeping noise. It then makes a werring noise as the emblem slides up again.

The 12 large bolts in the door slide away from the door with a quiet pneumatic hiss and the large door slid open with an mechanical werring noise. The door slid shut as soon as they all entered the room and the bolts slid back into place.

The sounds of computers working and the chatter of technicians filled the room. The place is a massive control center with the large main screen completely covering the wall of this colossal chamber. Multiple desks with fancy computers dotted the room. A office overlooking the control center contains the head technician known as jabba because he never gets up from his chair and snacks a lot. The large wall screen shows numerous windows and programs opening, closing, moving, and running.

The men in black brought Crimson D. to Jax who was talking with some technicians. While others were trying unsuccessfully to access the system. The screens flashing "ACCESS DENIED!" showed their futile attempts. "He is here." one said. "Thank you" said Jax. "So what's this all about? Why did you have to send an escort?" Crimson D. asked. "I was afraid that someone would try to kill you. This is a very sensitive situation and we suspect that someone in our ranks is responsible." Jax replied.

"I read the file. Who caused this attack on our systems? No hacker I know could have caused this much damage in this much time." said Crimson D.. "I am afraid things are a little more complicated that. Are you aware of a daemon Crimson D.?" asked Jax. "Yes what about it?" he replied.

"Our systems were invaded by a daemon. An AI computer virus. It invaded the whole system and crashed the entire network." said Jax as he showed him the network map in a window on the main screen and ran a program. "This is a security log of the infection. I am replaying it for you to see how fast this bug is."

During the first 10 min. of the log half of the network was already red. "What it managed to infect half the network in 10 min.!?!." said a shocked Crimson D.. "Yes and this is 15 min. prior to the infection." said Jax. The whole network turned red. Crimson D.s jaw dropped all the way to the floor.

"I have never seen anything like this. The only way to stop it is to go to each network hub and erase the virus manually. That would take months to do." exclaimed Crimson D.. Suddenly a green hole appeared on the floor with a "bzzzorp" and Cyrax popped out of it along with a few 1s and 0s. "Hey guys." he said "I was exploring cyberspace and found Onaga controlling the data flow to this hub.".

"That's impossible. There is no way Onaga can control net traffic in cyberspace itself let alone figure out how to get into cyberspace." exclaimed Crimson D.. "It's not just Onaga, Shao Kahn has the space pirates hub, Blaze the sektor seven hub, Shang Tsung the takunin, and the list goes on." said Cyrax.

To be continued...