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screen which was blank and black. Ten

seconds later it was still blank and black.

“Nothing's happening,” Jake said. “Maybe

it never worked.”

“Maybe we haven’t waited long enough.”

Suddenly the screen turned bright orange

and then the same dazzling gold as the

box. Two words appeared in the top right

hand corner of the screen:

TIME LEFT: 99 seconds

There was a number next to it: one

hundred. No, ninety-nine... ninety-eight...

ninety-seven... Time seemed to be running

out. Then more words appeared in the

centre of the screen:

ARE YOU THE AUTHORISED USER?

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