13
Jun/2008

by maded

Vyusher had awakened to the sound of engines roaring.  He groggily looked about the room.  The cyborg killer had been scattered across the room by the concussive force of the frag grenade he’d made the thing eat.  He hadn’t made it far before it blew; there were bits of fragmented metal embedded in his back.  Voices brought him to a heightened clarity.  He could hear the Livemetal cyborg and the netrunner Karrilyn talking.

“Forgive m... Read More

12
Jun/2008

by maded

Choking on the nanite flood pouring down his throat, Silverblue Alpha stared at the Idol, the metal man crawling inexorably towards him, and the Cee-Metal rising behind the metal man.  Silverblue Ceta had played him for a fool, as the humans said.  All of this had been a ruse.  He couldn’t jump to the Data Pool, couldn’t escape his meat body’s state of rapid decay.

The nanites chewed into him, and he watched as the metal man lashed out at Silver, a... Read More

12
Jun/2008

by maded

He crouched in the shadows overlooking the Arasaka Towers.  For a day now, he had set up his arsenal, watched and waited.  Absorbing the patrols of the guards, knowing their shift changes like clockwork, waiting for the call that would be the beginning of the end of all this waiting.  He couldn’t help but think on the irony of Silverblue Alpha’s choice of lairs.

At first, he had not wanted to believe that all of this was possible.  Mankind’s a... Read More

10
Jun/2008

by maded

I’d followed behind the other AV as it took off, studding into the AV’s navigational link.  I didn’t know exactly where this little journey was going to take me, but I knew that I had Silver right under my nose now.  When the time was right, I promised myself…and the snake.

That time came when the AVs landed in front of a bunch of broken-down buildings and eleven men dismounted to form a security detail around the passengers of the AV I had driven.  ... Read More

10
Jun/2008

by maded

The Combis had arrived at SurfCity, and Jonas had taken them in.  He had starred in a holovid with Jonas a few years back, as a fledgling star, and the older man had taken him under his wing and helped him earn his contract with Mexicalland.  

Since that time, as it did for all Idols, Jonas’ star had faded and he had joined the older production company of B-holos and beach party slasher stims in SurfCity.  He was happy with his lot in life, though, and mo... Read More