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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5371460" data-attributes="member: 3285">Music of the Spheres: Part 10 – The ArrayJudy rose, dusting herself off.&nbsp; &quot;You okay?&quot; asked Bob.&quot;Yeah,&quot; said Judy.&nbsp; &quot;The radio was all static and then right as we pulled up to the house Dave went nuts.&quot; She nudged Dave's unconscious body with her foot. &quot;He'll be out for awhile, but he should be all right.&quot;&quot;Randy and the girls are inside,&quot; said Donny.&nbsp; &quot;You sure you're okay?&quot;Judy nodded.&nbsp; &quot;As okay as I need to be.&quot;&quot;This ain't a case of rabies, is it?&quot; asked Donny.&nbsp; He looked at his poorly bandaged arm.&nbsp; &quot;Because if it is, then I've surely got whatever Dave got.&quot;&quot;I don't know,&quot; said Judy, lips pursed.&nbsp; &quot;But if whatever's making people crazy spread to the town…&quot;&quot;Already did.&quot;&nbsp; Bob's gaze became unfocused as he recalled the girl's spattered brains.&nbsp; &quot;We came straight here from Main Street.&quot; Donny shook his head.&nbsp; &quot;Total chaos, Judy.&nbsp; Everything's been turned upside-down.&nbsp; We have to get out of here.&quot;&quot;Well come on inside,&quot; said Judy.&nbsp; &quot;You're no good to anybody with that awful bandage.&quot;&nbsp; She ushered Donny into the house like a mother hen. Bob kept guard outside.Donny unwound the makeshift bandage and washed the bite wound under the kitchen sink. After checking that Randy and the girls were okay, Judy returned with a first aid kit.&quot;Judy,&quot; Donny said slowly as she unwrapped new gauze from the kit, &quot;give it to me straight: what's the first signs of rabies?&quot;Judy shook her head.&nbsp; &quot;You don't have rabies, Donny.&nbsp; Rabies jumps to its hosts from an infected carrier.&nbsp; It takes weeks to show up. Even if you had rabies, there's plenty of time to get vaccinated.&quot; She put some cream on the bite wound and finished wrapping it up.&nbsp; &quot;Where did the incidents first start?&quot;&quot;You got a map?&quot;Judy rifled through a kitchen drawer.&nbsp; &quot;We use it a lot when we have medical emergencies in the middle of the night.&quot; She spread the map out on the counter.&nbsp; &quot;First it started with the Osbourne house here.&quot;&nbsp; He pointed with his good arm.&nbsp; Judy made a black mark with a pencil. &quot;She said something about dogs going nuts.&nbsp; They killed Bill.&quot;Judy nodded. &quot;I saw what was left of poor Bill.&nbsp; Terrible.&quot;&quot;Then here. Rory came out to the ballgame.&quot;&nbsp; He pointed.&quot;Where's the Hamill house?&quot;&quot;Over here.&quot;&nbsp; Donny pointed to a location that wasn't far from the school.&nbsp; &quot;Why?'&quot;Because Rory didn't get infected at the ballgame.&nbsp; He came from his house.&nbsp; It's close enough for him to walk the distance to the school. Whatever happened, happened at home.&quot;Donny agreed with that logic. &quot;And the Arnolds are here,&quot; added Judy, making an additional mark.&nbsp; &quot;That allows us to triangulate a position to...here.&quot; She circled a spot roughly between the three points. It was four miles due west of Hayden. &quot;What's in the center?&quot;Donny's brow furrowed.&nbsp; &quot;The GPCA.&quot;&quot;The what?&quot;&quot;The Great Plains Central Array.&quot;Judy's eyes went wide.&nbsp; &quot;The satellite dishes pointed at the stars?&quot;Donny laughed, then stopped laughing as the implications dawned on him. &quot;You don't think...well now come to think of it, Dr. Neal over at the GPCA was talking about how that recent earthquake calibrated the dishes and he picked up on something from the stars.&quot;&quot;And the cell phone towers are down,&quot; said Judy.&nbsp; &quot;That can't be a coincidence.&quot;&quot;I don't...&quot; Donny stood up, pacing.&nbsp; &quot;What if...what if...this frequency or whatever.&nbsp; What if it's subsonic?&nbsp; What if you can't hear it normally but if you're close enough to the array, it drives you nuts?&quot;&quot;That'd be one explanation,&quot; said Judy carefully.&nbsp; She seemed to be teetering between contradicting Donny and agreeing with him, but the explanation was so crazy that she couldn't make up her mind.&nbsp; &quot;And then--and then they broadcast it over the radio!&quot;&nbsp; Donny swore.&nbsp; &quot;Son of a...that's it!&quot;&quot;What?&quot;&quot;The radio!&nbsp; There was a radio on at the Osbournes.&nbsp; And the earthquake hit right after they played the music from the stars on KRVN FM.&quot;&quot;When the radio went dead in the ambulance, that's when Dave went nuts.&quot;&nbsp; Judy covered her mouth in dawning horror.&nbsp; &quot;The whole town...&quot;Her next exclamation was cut short by the sounds of gunfire.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="talien, post: 5371460, member: 3285"] [b]Music of the Spheres: Part 10 – The Array[/b] Judy rose, dusting herself off. "You okay?" asked Bob. "Yeah," said Judy. "The radio was all static and then right as we pulled up to the house Dave went nuts." She nudged Dave's unconscious body with her foot. "He'll be out for awhile, but he should be all right." "Randy and the girls are inside," said Donny. "You sure you're okay?" Judy nodded. "As okay as I need to be." "This ain't a case of rabies, is it?" asked Donny. He looked at his poorly bandaged arm. "Because if it is, then I've surely got whatever Dave got." "I don't know," said Judy, lips pursed. "But if whatever's making people crazy spread to the town…" "Already did." Bob's gaze became unfocused as he recalled the girl's spattered brains. "We came straight here from Main Street." Donny shook his head. "Total chaos, Judy. Everything's been turned upside-down. We have to get out of here." "Well come on inside," said Judy. "You're no good to anybody with that awful bandage." She ushered Donny into the house like a mother hen. Bob kept guard outside. Donny unwound the makeshift bandage and washed the bite wound under the kitchen sink. After checking that Randy and the girls were okay, Judy returned with a first aid kit. "Judy," Donny said slowly as she unwrapped new gauze from the kit, "give it to me straight: what's the first signs of rabies?" Judy shook her head. "You don't have rabies, Donny. Rabies jumps to its hosts from an infected carrier. It takes weeks to show up. Even if you had rabies, there's plenty of time to get vaccinated." She put some cream on the bite wound and finished wrapping it up. "Where did the incidents first start?" "You got a map?" Judy rifled through a kitchen drawer. "We use it a lot when we have medical emergencies in the middle of the night." She spread the map out on the counter. "First it started with the Osbourne house here." He pointed with his good arm. Judy made a black mark with a pencil. "She said something about dogs going nuts. They killed Bill." Judy nodded. "I saw what was left of poor Bill. Terrible." "Then here. Rory came out to the ballgame." He pointed. "Where's the Hamill house?" "Over here." Donny pointed to a location that wasn't far from the school. "Why?' "Because Rory didn't get infected at the ballgame. He came from his house. It's close enough for him to walk the distance to the school. Whatever happened, happened at home." Donny agreed with that logic. "And the Arnolds are here," added Judy, making an additional mark. "That allows us to triangulate a position to...here." She circled a spot roughly between the three points. It was four miles due west of Hayden. "What's in the center?" Donny's brow furrowed. "The GPCA." "The what?" "The Great Plains Central Array." Judy's eyes went wide. "The satellite dishes pointed at the stars?" Donny laughed, then stopped laughing as the implications dawned on him. "You don't think...well now come to think of it, Dr. Neal over at the GPCA was talking about how that recent earthquake calibrated the dishes and he picked up on something from the stars." "And the cell phone towers are down," said Judy. "That can't be a coincidence." "I don't..." Donny stood up, pacing. "What if...what if...this frequency or whatever. What if it's subsonic? What if you can't hear it normally but if you're close enough to the array, it drives you nuts?" "That'd be one explanation," said Judy carefully. She seemed to be teetering between contradicting Donny and agreeing with him, but the explanation was so crazy that she couldn't make up her mind. "And then--and then they broadcast it over the radio!" Donny swore. "Son of a...that's it!" "What?" "The radio! There was a radio on at the Osbournes. And the earthquake hit right after they played the music from the stars on KRVN FM." "When the radio went dead in the ambulance, that's when Dave went nuts." Judy covered her mouth in dawning horror. "The whole town..." Her next exclamation was cut short by the sounds of gunfire. [/QUOTE]

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