Dhaab Part 3

Exchausted, cold and numb. I was miserable when i got up. At first silence but slowly the howling of the blizzard was everywhere in the base. Everyone made an effort to sleep. But i don't know for sure if everyone was able to rest. First i looked outside. The visibility was somehow better. But the blizzard did not slow down. Khaydr, Moses were already up. But then Shamus. Those nannites did hurt him. He started rambling like a 5 year old toddler. Had no mind of his own. Thankfully Coffee worked and Shamus regained some focus
I talked to Khadyr and we decided to ask Timon on the Device. At first the device and Timon could not answer our questions. His software was damaged. After a quick check i could see some "," which were replaced. Nothing i could not fix. Then Timon could check Shamus and told us what is happening to Shamus. Apparently Shamus was being repaired by the nannites. But the procedure could result in gibberish behaviour by the host. The danger was when there was nothing to repair. But that was not the main concern now. The sequence started by Timon would result in the death of all life on the base in 24 hours. And we already lost 12 hours. We had to move quickly. Timon asked us to leave him in Dhaab-2 to make sure the research could not be stolen. In exchange for our help to stop Jusuf he told us where to find three nannite grenades. This would kill all nannites in the vicinity.... and the host. So we have to be carefull.
 
We would go through the servicetunnels this time. Because every minute counted. The four of us started going through the tunnel to Dhaab 1. After an hour Moses told us about a service-tunnel. This could a way to sneak into Dhaab-1. We chose against this. Shamus was still not okay, but was showing signs of strange behaviour. The service-tunnel was very narrow and could lead to a panic attack. The walk down the tunnel was hard. Still the blizzard howled around us. It was very difficult to hear someone talking. Also the cold was becoming unbearable. It's better to stay walking.
The next hour we were close to the main entrance of Dhaab-1. Close to the entrance we encountered three members of the Red Hyenas. Moses asked them what happened and told them about the situation. Thank to Khadyr they were easily persuaded to help us. Coming to the door i discovered Jussuf changed the entry codes. Nothing worked. We were stuck.
 
Luckily Moses told us about entry hatched which could be opened manually. The only problem was that we had to lift Shamus through the hatch. Together with Khadyr and Moses i succeeded to lift Shamus without our backs being broken. Finally we were close to our objective. But our troubles were just starting. When we stepped out into the room there was already someone. CAPTAIN WADA! She was screaming into the communicator. Trying to reach the ship, Aya, Anyone. But got no reply. She looked surprised at us when suddenly the communicator cracked and we hear Jussuf's voice. "TRAITOR!" he screamed before a loud gunshot and then rapid machinegun fire. It was a full on battle furtherup in the base. The Zeluba brigade decided to clean house. But why ? Still looking at captain Wada we noticed a soldier stepping into the room. He looked at us. Before he could act we shouted at him. What was going on, Who was betrayed, we are going to be dead in less than 10 hours... This last one was not true. The soldier told us the reactor in DHAAB-2 had been overloaded and we had 30 minutes to escape. To be continued !