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- TITLE:A DARK VISION OF THE FUTURE - CHAPTER 5 - By TRID. K. and MOP
- PALETTE:0333 0889 0b9a 06ac
-
- CHAPTER V
-
-
- "GENTLEMEN, WE CAN REBUILD HIM... STRONGER, MEANER AND FASTER!"
- - DR. C. Rouvendale, GENTek
-
-
- A lonely Hover Ship was heading through the empty tunnels. It was very rare to
- see any hover in those areas at that late hour. As the ship came out of the
- tunnels it turned around, and moved towards an alley. A labyrinth of allies
- stood ahead, but the driver seemed to have already hovered over here before.
- The alley area was not the best place to drive a hover in, as the allies were
- very narrow, and there were no tunnels available, thus making the hover ship
- very difficult to manoeuvre. The driver seemed to be short of time, because he
- was moving at a very high speed through the allies. At one point, the hover
- ship slowed and quietly settled down. A dark figure popped out, and hurriedly
- moved towards a small building that was situated at the far end of that alley.
-
- He stopped, as soon as he was in front of this half demolished old building. He
- looked around for sometime, as if he was waiting for someone. He checked the
- time, looked around, and was going to go back, but a sharp, loud voice stopped
- him...
-
- "Are you so eager to go away, my friend!"
-
- The dark figure turned around, towards that voice. Another dark figure appeared
- in the distance. They seemed to stare at each other, but this was impossible,
- as the alley was very dark. They slowly moved towards each other. Now they
- could see each other more clearly.
-
- "Fish, you old bastard! How are you?". Fish smiled, but didn't reply.
-
- "I thought that you wouldn't come, Fish!"
-
- "How can I ever forget one of our most active members!", replied Fish.
-
- "Fish, as you already know, I badly need those passes for KEID 1. FastJoy, and
- his friend Sven are in trouble and they need all the possible support they can
- get. And I think that you are the only one able to help them!"
-
- "Mock, you know that I'm always willing to help you, but you also know that I
- really get pissed off when one of the RESISTANCE is involved in unnecessary
- trouble!"
-
- "Yes I know, but apart from being a mutant, FastJoy is also the best Decker
- around, so how can the RESISTANCE survive without his help! You already know
- how much CyberWare I had to promise him, before he accepted to join us?",
- shouted Mock.
-
- "OK, Mock, stay calm my friend!". Fish handed out a couple of plastic cards,
- and Mock promptly snatched them!
-
- "But I warn you Mock! If this Sven fucks up our organisation, then we would
- have no other alternative but to wipe him out!"
-
- "Well, Sven is a very hot Decker, so I believe in him! Maybe he would also help
- us one day! Who knows?!"
-
- Fish turned around and walked away. Mock looked at the cards and smiled. They
- were the passes he needed. He always thrusted his friend Fish! Having no more
- time to waste, Mock boarded his Hover Ship and moved away.
-
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-
- "Turn around slowly babe, and pick your hands up!", shouted the Razorguy.
-
- LADY turned around very slowly. They were now both facing the Razorguy. The
- Razorguy looked at Sven, as if he was scanning him for identification. Sven had
- no chance to escape now. Surely this was the same guy who was after him, and
- who caused the Red Alert at his flat. But he wasn't sure about that. Maybe he
- was just after the girl and the boy! After all they did look a bit suspect!
- Sven was still glancing at the RazorGuy, when IT aimed it's Mossberg auto
- shotgun at him. Sven stood amazed, unable to move. The RazorGuy fired, but the
- girl was fast enough to push away Sven. Sven fell down thus missing the shoot.
- The RazorGuy looked at Sven, and aimed again. This time the girl pulled out her
- SatDat, and threw it at the RazorGuy, before he could shoot. Disrupted by her
- action, the RazorGuy turned towards the girl, and his instinctive programme made
- him now, aim at her. "Fuck you bitch..."
-
- Joy was just coming towards the entrance area, where Sven supposedly was, when
- he heard a shot in the distance. He hurriedly went in, and stood still by the
- steel door. He could see 4 figures in the huge entrance area. Two of them were
- lying on the floor. He could now make up, that one of those figures was Sven,
- so he hurriedly ran towards him.
-
- "Sven, what the fuck has happened here...", shouted Joy. He looked around and
- turned towards the boy who was still lying on the floor. He knelt down and
- again looked attentively at his face.
-
- "Slicer... Is he Slicer?"
-
- "Yes he's Slicer... Are you Mock?", replied the Girl
-
- Joy looked up at the girl, then again at Sven, and at the figure who was lying
- not very far away near the door. "What the fuck has happened here, and who the
- hell are you?"
-
- "My name is LADY. I have brought Slicer over here, because as you see he had an
- accident. A cyber Head exploded as he was examining it! But are you Mock?"
-
- "I always told him not to play with fire... little boy! You see how you ended
- up! I always warned you... I always warned you...". Joy was shaking the boy,
- as if he wanted to wake him up!
-
- "Are you Mock?", shouted the girl, aggressively.
-
- Joy woke up, grabbed the girl, and shouted, "No, I'm not Mock! My name is
- FastJoy! Mock is not here now, so what the hell do you want?"
-
- The girl pulled herself back, and replied "Stay calm, you animal! I'm looking
- for Mock because he's the only mutant that can help Slicer! Furthermore, I know
- that this clinic is the HQ of the RESISTANCE. Slicer told me everything about
- the RESISTANCE, and he had already spoke to Mock about me, because Slicer was
- always telling me to join their forces! And finally I'm here! Unfortunately,
- Slicer is not in a very good condition, but don't worry he's just in a deep
- coma. But he urgently needs Mock's help. He must recover soon, because there
- are also some mercenaries after us!"
-
- Joy now looked at Sven. Sven was standing there quietly beside him. He was
- holding a 387 Magnum.
-
- "Sven... Sven..."
-
- Sven looked at Joy, but didn't reply.
-
- "Sven, what happened over here?"
-
- Sven moved towards the other lying figure. Then he turned round, facing Joy.
-
- "Do you remember the Red Alert at my flat? It was this guy over here. He is
- after me, since my CyberDeck accident. He followed us at FATs, and found our
- abandoned hover. He has then used some kind of tracker, so he ended over here.
- Fortunately enough, I was quick enough to shoot him, but if I'm still alive it's
- only thanks to this girl..."
-
- Joy looked down at the RazorGuy. Sven had hit him right in his forehead, thus
- putting him out of action! Joy, remembered something.
-
- "Sven, you never would guess what I found in your CyberDeck memory! But first
- of all you need to come up to the Net area, so as I can install all your head
- memory back!"
-
- Sven was going to say something, but they heard someone running towards them.
- It was Mock, who looked very worried seeing the mess in the entrance. Mock
- looked at Sven, Joy and LADY, who in turn were looking at him. Mock was
- shouting and jumping all over the place, but he calmed down as soon as he saw
- the poor Slicer. Joy tried to explain everything, and so did LADY. But all
- these happenings were too much for Mock. After a while he settled down, and all
- 4 tried to evaluate the current situation.
-
- They talked for some time. Joy took Sven to the upper floor, where the Net was.
- In only a couple of hours he was able to install all his memory back. He would
- then have the time to talk to him. Mock promptly took Slicer in the operation
- chambers. He had a very important operation now. LADY dragged out the
- RazorGuy's body to Mock's Hover Ship, and headed away towards the junk areas.
-
- Another day passed away, and all five mutants were still at Mock's clinic. Mock
- was still busy working on Slicer. No one had seen him again. Sven had just
- recovered all his memory back!
-
- "How do you feel Sven?"
-
- "It's absolutely relaxing to have all your CyberDeck fully working, don't you
- think so, Joy?"
-
- Joy smiled, as he surely knew better about CyberDecks and enhancements!
-
- "So tell me Joy, what have you found hidden in my damaged CyberDeck?"
-
- "Well, Sven, it seems impossible, but you DID manage to discover, what a lot of
- experienced Deckers had been looking for, for ages! Do you remember what
- happened before your Deck blew up?"
-
- Sven had already told everything he remembered to Joy, so there was no need for
- further comments.
-
- "Sure you don't remember. After you scanned the tower, your browse software
- started to download all the data banks around. But it didn't last for long,
- because your Deck was blown away. But fortunately enough, I managed to salvage
- part of the file you downloaded!"
-
- Sven listened silently. He was curious to know what ARES ARMES had to hide from
- the rest of the population!
-
- "Therefore, what I found was a very detailed list of documents, which shows that
- ARES ARMS & CYBER RESEARCH Ltd. loaned a huge sum of money to the HUMANIS
- POLICLUB. It's the proof that MC TRAMPLER is the man behind the HUMANIS
- POLICLUB. He's using ARES ARMS Ltd. just as a cover for his illegal actions.
- But that's not everything. I have also found something more important. This
- loan is being used to hire an army of mercenaries and corrupted galaxian
- guardians. There is a huge list of all the names. MC TRAMPLER also seems to
- have discovered some mutants who have PSI abilities. He is now able to pay them
- huge sums to convince them to join his army! But unfortunately, the
- transmission was stopped here, so the list is incomplete..."
-
- "Well, Joy, that doesn't seem so exciting to me!"
-
- "What!!! It has been a long time since WE were looking for such proofs. WE are
- now able to move!"
-
- "WE, we who? The RESISTANCE! Who the hell do you think you are! You are only
- looking for trouble JOY! There's already the TERRAN FOUNDATION who takes care
- in protecting us mutants from people like MC TRAMPLER!"
-
- "But you can't understand Sven? The FOUNDATION has no proof against MC
- TRAMPLER, and we can't show them the LOAN LIST as a proof, because then, they
- would surely ask from where did we manage to get that data! And we surely can't
- say that YOU were casually walking around and found it lying on the matrix.
- Remember Sven, stealing data banks is illegal..."
-
- Sven considered Joy's words for some seconds. Surely he had ended up into a lot
- of trouble! But his meditation was interrupted by Mock and LADY, who came
- inside, all of a sudden.
-
- "How are you feeling Sven?", asked Mock
-
- Sven smiled. Mock introduced the mutant girl. But Joy had more important
- things to tell him. He explained everything about the LOAN list he found in
- Sven's burned CyberDeck. Mock was very happy about all this, but then he
- worriedly looked at Sven.
-
- Noticing all this, Joy said, "Don't worry Mock, he's with US now!"
-
- "With you! I'm with no one! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I don't want to get involved
- in all this trouble and with the RESISTANCE!", shouted Sven.
-
- "No boy... Joy is right! You're with us now! MC TRAMPLER has already sent a
- killer to eliminate you! You know too much now! You must stay with us! Else
- you're dead! Together we can beat the HUMANIS POLICLUB! We can't leave MC
- TRAMPLER to take control of all the COLONIES. He wants to form a super power to
- take a sure, secure and successful hit against us MUTANTS. And you're also a
- mutant Sven!!!"
-
- "It seems that I have no other alternative, eh MOCK?"
-
- "Furthermore, LADY is now also a member of the RESISTANCE. We have been looking
- for a Parapsychologist for a long time, and finally Slicer managed to convince
- her to join us."
-
- "By the way, what happened to Slicer?", asked Joy.
-
- "Slicer is resting at the moment. His cut hasn't caused too much damage as it
- seemed. He lost his eyes though! A real pity! I replaced his face skin with
- the new artificial foil-skin. All his headware is still working. But I had to
- replace some organs and install a new Air filter. Anyway, it had to be done one
- day or another! But that's not the main problem now. It won't be so long since
- MC TRAMPLER will track us down here again. I have already found a new place
- where to move the whole clinic. We'll soon clean up this place so as to leave
- no traces behind! But you two. You must leave FORTRESS. MC TRAMPLER knows you
- are here, so he'll keep sending killers after you, until he wipes you. I have
- managed to find two passes for KEID 1. You must leave now. LADY will come with
- you. She's got a clean pass, and MC TRAMPLER is looking for 2 and not 3
- mutants! This will mislead our enemies but you must still be very careful! We
- can keep in touch through my Net though!"
-
- Three mutants hurriedly moved out of a huge building, boarded a hover ship, and
- went away. Meanwhile, in a nearby junk field, a figure rose up from amongst the
- other masses of junk. He moved away near another bunch of junk, and settled
- down. Needles sprang out from his left hand fingers, and he started to work on
- the hole he had in the middle of his head!
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