Chapter 29

Shoving to his feet, Eoin took a couple of long strides and landed beside where she crouched, peering beneath the bottom shelf in the cupboard.

'Look!'

Bending down, head sideways and pressed against the cold smooth floor, he saw switches. A lit display proclaimed REBOOT SYSTEM.

'Yes! Yes, Ally! Clever girl.' Reaching in, he flicked the main switch off, throwing them into darkness again. Counting to three, following the instructions he'd swiftly scanned in the manual that had been beneath their bed, he flipped the switch back on. A tinkering sound rang out as far more than just the emergency lights flicked back on, the lab flooded with light again. Pulling back out of the compact space, Eoin flicked back to the page he'd sought and re-reading he reached in, flipping several other switches.

'What's working?' Ally demanded as he pulled back out.