{"id":1275,"date":"2020-11-05T12:09:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2021-08-31T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T09:31:14","slug":"nadia-chapter-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/?p=1275","title":{"rendered":"Nadia \u2014 Chapter V"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow the story of Nadia, a quantum security expert in 2050 London<\/em><\/h2>\n

Nadia, a story by Miquel Morales<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Jumping in now? Catch up with previous chapters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Chapter <\/em>V<\/h2>\n
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\u201cYou know, it\u2019s not the first time I deal with the likes of you. Nor it will be the last, for that matter.\u201d <\/p>\n

There is something unsettling about empty
\nhouses. Especially when they aren’t yours. Everything in the living room looked
\ntidy and ready to be used, with only a thin layer of dust betraying how
\nabandoned the place was. <\/p>\n

As Tom had suggested, Nadia had made it out of
\nthe city under the cover of darkness. The paycard he had left her at the
\napartment had been useful. Tom had left her a burner phone as well. Seriously, though. What on Earth is going
\non? <\/em>She had been played by this EVE. But
\nhow?<\/em><\/p>\n

Nadia had gotten herself a headscarf and a cheap regular-speed train ticket to Coventry, hoping her friend would be there and willing to let her lay low for a while. Tina was her name. Her family had a big country house surrounded by fields of barley, which they mainly used in the Summer months. Nadia had been invited for a barbecue a few times with other people from college. She had met Tina in a physics class.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Well, it wasn\u2019t Summer, and there was no one
\nin sight. But it was too late to go back to London, and she couldn\u2019t risk
\nstaying at a hotel or something like that. RayStar had a big reach, and every
\nmodern establishment had AI-enabled security cameras these days. There was
\nprobably already an arrest order out there. She couldn\u2019t risk any of her
\nbiometrics being picked up by the system. <\/p>\n

Thankfully, Nadia was able to find a half-open
\nwindow in the back of the house. Well, more like she had half-opened the
\nwindow. Ooops. Anyway, she doubted they would mind at all. They had too much
\nmoney in any case. <\/p>\n

After hunting for snacks in the kitchen —
\ncashews would do — Nadia did a full tour around the house and decided to
\nsettle down in the downstairs living room. It was nice and cosy, and the big
\nwindows would allow the upcoming morning light to wake her up early. She needed
\nto devise a plan and get going. Staying for more than a day in that house would
\nbe too dangerous. But first, some rest. <\/p>\n

She threw herself on a comfy couch and hugged
\na hand-knitted pillow with a big smile. Two seconds later she was falling into
\na deep slumber, her dreaming brain conjuring up old memories.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Nadia woke up in a fright, her face covered in cold sweat from one of those nightmares only the subconscious remembers. IT was still dark. A hellish sound was coming out of her backpack. The phone<\/em>. She picked it up. Unknown number. <\/p>\n

\u201cHello?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHey. It\u2019s me.\u201d Her
\nsister.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the\u2026 Where
\nare you, what\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c246 Reinford Lane.
\nMeet me there at noon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

Nadia threw the
\nphone across the room in anger. The call had dropped.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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To be continued…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the next chapter: Nadia \u2014 Final Chapter<\/a><\/p>\n

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