C4

AKG49 headed back to the capsule at the top of the High Roller. He kept thinking about the shadow he saw in Venetian. Who was it? Or, what was it? He had been alone for the last year. He had been up and down the strip many times. It was his first time to see some movement. Even from the top of the High Roller. He did not see any sign of movement, day or night. Unless, there was an underground world that he did not know.

That idea excited him. He thought of the pendant that Dr. Chang gave him. Maybe there was a clue somewhere in that pendant.

The pendant was the size of a quarter. There was a one centimeter rim of silver around it. In the middle, a light green jade. He raised the pendant and tried to see it through the ceiling light. Nothing. He looked closer. Maybe there was a tiny button that he could press. Nothing. He even rolled it like a top. Nothing.

He decided to leave it on the counter. The blinking light from the power source caught his attention again.

27.

He had twenty-seven days to find another power source, otherwise it would be game over. His body would stop functioning.