Title/Link: Out of the Darkness
Author:Me!
Pairing: (if any): Chloe/Chlark, Lex, Lexod, Lana, Lois and Martha. Plus new character.(don't worry only the chlark is romantic.)
Rating:Pg
Short summary:Ok this is my sequel to "Into the Night" and "Stumbling Through the Shadows."(so read first before..you can find on ffnet and Ksite..but in case you don't..this part picks up after the cliffy of "Vessel"...my 2 previous stories were my take on the events of Oracle thru Vessel..so this technically would be the events of Zod and so on...but whatever...)I am posting it here since ffnet hates me apparently. Boo! I will be posting chap after chapter like before...Keep in mind the first chapter is me pulling assorted stuff outta my bum...you will see why when you read it. Lol..

NORAD Command and Control Center

Cheyenne Mountain Air Station

Colorado

"Sir this is an emergency. The system has been compromised and has begun launch countdown. The coordinates are going haywire and I cannot stabilize."

A young man in fatigues was seated in front of a large console; looking back and forth from a computer screen full of data to a radar screen in front of him.

As his eyes scanned the information the monitor was overcome by glowing green symbols. The tiny blips on the radar screens were replaced by erratically moving symbols as well.

"What the hell?"

Others seated nearby at similar consoles, their fingers flying hard against their keyboards, stopped to stare up at their screens in confusion.

The young man was visibly panicked as he spoke into his headset.

"Yes it's all over our screens here as well. A virus perhaps, I don't know.Yes Sir, immediately."

"I've been ordered to call codered, and to beginemergency protocol. Everyone initiate de-activation sequence." He yelled over his shoulder as his fingers flew overhis keyboard.

"Sir we are trying to de-activate but the systems….. Nothing is working! The computer system is not working!" A woman across the room yelled.

"We need to get General McHenry on the phone asap!" He barked to a woman seated across from him.

"Yes Commander." She said and reached for the phone.

She started to dial; abruptly she stopped.

"Commander, it's dead."

"What?"

"Commander the phone is dead --"

"Well try another one!" He screamed in frustration.

The woman pushed off on her rolling desk chair and glided over to a neighboring console. She picked up another phone and immediately slammed it down on the cradle.

"Dead Sir."

Fellow controllers around the room began to pick up their phones; each shaking their heads in dismay.

"Damnit!" The Commander yelled; his face turning purple with anger.

He spoke once again into his headset.

"Sir I am unable to contact the General and am unable to de-activate. Please advise." The Commander pleaded into the headset, beads of sweat now dripping down his face.

"The circuits are overloading!" Shouted a man behind him, who was flipping multiple switches on a circuit board. There was a fizzing sound followed by a snap, and smoke began to waft up through the air.

"Sir we have reached breaking point. I need orders now!"

He couldn't hear anything from the other end.

"Sir? Sir? Are you there?"

Once again he heard no response.

He took off his headset and whipped it across the room.

The symbols began to flash faster and he stared at the screen with terror.

The lights began to blink on and off.

There was a loud crack and all of the lights shattered ,surrounding them in darkness. The computer screens each began to burst; several people jumped to avoid the flying shards. An acrid smell of burnt wires filled the room.

Awoman came up from behind him and placed a supportive hand on his shoulder.

"It's too late. There's nothing I can do. It cannot be stopped." The Commander said solemnly.

"But we never fixed the coordinates?" The woman said tentatively. "Where? --"

She could not bring herself to finish the question.

The room fell silent as everyone paused to listen.

"I don't know cadet. God help us all."

There ya go..chapter one...and as how I've never worked with missiles before I have no clue what a real emergency plan would be like...thus the pulling from my bum. Lol...I hope it was good nontheless. Chapter two will be up soon...