Alcantaran 1: Alien Abduction by Terry Compton Read Free Book Online

everyone was through, the crippled Bug took them to the repair room.   The routine was the same that day as it had been yesterday but the Bug didn't seem to hover over her as much.   When it wasn't at her station, she tested the interface of the computers.   By the end of the day, she understood how it worked and she had developed a plan for programming.   In the dining hall she tried to communicate with those around her but there was no response.   She saw the Trader again; but there was no way to get close to him or to get his attention without attracting attention to herself, so she just observed.   When the door swung shut again, Tik tried it again with no luck.   She hurried to her bunk and took out her mini-computer.   She started writing the code she needed.   She arranged it so that she could take small pieces to put in every computer that she worked on.   The mini-computer would track where she was at in the code to help her keep things straight.   Tik made good progress that night and she knew that she would have the code finished in two more nights.   Tik went to sleep very excited about the prospects of getting revenge.
    The next morning Tik was so excited that she had trouble wolfing her food down and she thought it tasted terrible.   She tried to communicate with those around her with no luck.   Tik was ready when she got to her work station.   She started implementing her plan with the first computer she repaired.   The Bugs seemed happy with her work and now left her alone unless she had a question.   It took a month to get all of the code programmed into the mother ship computer.   Tik activated the Trojan horse that day.
    She could hardly eat that evening.   She wanted to get back to her cell to try her new program.   Tik skipped her usual task of checking the door and went straight to her bunk instead.   She took out her mini-computer and tried her program.   She was in!   She tried some different things and found out she was blocked from a lot of the mother ship computer.   She didn't care.   She was in and now could hack into whatever she wanted.
    Tik spent another month getting into all levels of the mother ship computer.   She started to notice that she didn't have much energy.   She was forcing herself to eat everything the Bugs gave her but she still felt listless.   She tried each meal to communicate with someone but nothing happened.   Once she was into all levels of the mother ship computer, Tik learned the lay out of the mother ship and where the bugs stayed.   She found out where her cell and the repair room were located in the mother ship.   She found the hangar for the incoming and outgoing planetary ships.   She had a lot of information and could wreak havoc on the Bugs but it didn't help her get off the space ship and back to her planet.   Tik got into the navigation part of the mother ship computer and found out where they were at.   It was a long way from her home planet and she didn't see any way that she could get back there.   She continued to work on the mother ship computer and started setting all the equipment and robots on the mother ship to listen to her voice commands and do as she said.
    One day she realized that she was getting sicker and weaker.   She programmed the mother ship computer to have a robot take her and her tool bag to the dispensary for creatures such as herself.   The crippled Bug evidently got his orders from the mother ship computer also because he didn't say a thing as the robot took her away.
    At the dispensary, there was a Bug with a healer unit.   The Bug checked her out and then gave her an intravenous fluid.   The fluid made her feel a lot better in just a short while.   The Bug with the healer unit left her alone and she quickly got out her mini-computer to search the mother ship computer for her diagnosis.   The diagnosis said she was malnourished and low on certain essential vitamins.   The intravenous fluid