Book 4: Chapter 29: Panic Time
Bob
July 2334
Three Lagoons
This was simply not possible. Even if some theoretical adversary managed to take out all three of my friends at the same time, it would only take out the mannies, not the actual people. By now, Bill, Garfield, and Bridget should have reported in and warned me of whatever.
Unless …
Unless it, whatever it was, had actually taken out Bill, Garfield, and Bridget. But they were physically separated by light-years, not only from me but from each other. That made no sense.
I sent a quick text to Bill. Well, tried to. I got a comm error for my trouble. That meant severed communications.
My next step should be to narrow down the possibilities. “Guppy, check integrity of communications with the rest of BobNet.”
[No connection.]