Utterly Mad

"Can you get it on? I know that it is receiving power. Ah, here we are. What an obsolete system. Not really surprising for a government installation." George said. Catnip had checked all over the front of the console looking for a switch. Were it her laptop back at home, she would have just pressed the little silver button above the top right side of the keyboard. Up around the back of the monitor though she found it. While running her fingers around the slim screen, her hand encountered something that felt like a button that clicked in when she pushed it. The monitor made a slight hum that subsided after a moment, and the screen lit up with bright blue light.

"Oh! So, what now?" She asked. Catnip wanted to use it, wanted to see how it worked. Back home she hadn't been much into computers for more than just communication when she was too busy to leave the barn and she didn't want to bother Kathrine. Dee had set it up for her. He'd set one up for everybody. Even the 'network' was his doing. It then occured to Catnip that maybe she could send a message through this computer. It was possible, probably. Dee set up the network after all. If this computer was able to get onto the network, she could send a message.

"What are you doing Catnip?" L asked, peeking over her shoulder. George wanted to know the same thing but for the time being, she ignored both of them. Her fingers carefully ticked over the keys she didn't understand and moved the little arrows clumsily around the screen.

"I'm sending a message. This computer can probably get onto Dee's-" She didn't get a chance to finish. The console flicked off, and the red lights overhead began to flash.

"What did you do Catnip!?"

"Nothing! I didn't even get to-"

"EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN! UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IN SECTION C, MAINFLOOR SECTOR A! REPORT TO YOUR STATIONS IMMEDIATELY! SECURITY PERSONNEL TO STATIONS AT ONCE! PLEASE REMAIN BEHIND WHITE LINES WHILE AUTONOMOUS SECURITY IS ACTIVE! REPEAT, REMAIN BEHIND WHITE LINE WHILE AUTONOMOUS SECURITY IS ACTIVE!"

Somewhere outside, Catnip thought she could hear the distinctive sounds of mass panic and the beep of something robotic coming to life.