Chapter 174

Everyone on the team was visibly exhausted. Mental gymnastics were often more tiring than physical labor. Ric had put Reed's diagrams and codes up on all the screens so they could each study them. Even to Regan they were so much gibberish, but somewhere in there was the key to why Reed and Lisa had been at Wolf Mountain on that particular day, and they were determined to find it.

But despite using every program Ric had, they still couldn't figure it out.

"Bedtime," he finally told everyone. "We need fresh eyes on this. Tomorrow I'm going to write a couple of new programs and we'll see if that helps."

"I feel as if it's right there in front of us," Mark said, "and we're just missing it."

"That's why we need to look at it after a good night's sleep." Ric leaned back in his chair and stretched. "There's something else I want to do, also."

"What's that?" Dante asked.