HAIR: PART TWO
by Womby
As thousands of formerly missing Citizens and
civilians are suddenly emerging from captivity,
authorities admit to being completely baffled,
unable to explain why each victim had their hair
harvested. We spoke briefly with one victim as he was
released from an abandoned porn shop.
“They took my hair, but it was worth it. Tentacles,
man. So many tentacles!”
Sharon swiped the news to one side, and returned to
the message she had just received from Rock.
“I am writing this on my mobiglas, and will send it if
communications are ever restored. Help me. Please.”
So that’s what happened. Sharon felt slightly bad
about the curse words she had uttered when she
thought she had been stiffed. Poor Rock. She almost
felt sorry for him. No doubt he has recently woken up
to find the door open and the haul of a lifetime gone.
Sharon had no time for losers, however. She had
valuable information, and needed to work out how to
make the most of it.There had to be some connection
between Mr. Mongrel and the various disappearances.
Searching through her potential blackmail recordings,
she eventually found what she was looking for. There
it was, taken on the night Rock went missing.
On the fifth playthrough Sharon suddenly noticed
it. In the heat of the moment she had dropped her
mobiglass on the floor, and every time Mongrel went
down the screen flickered almost imperceptibly.
It was as if he was somehow generating electrical
interference.
Considering he was naked at the time, that ruled
out a wire. Could he be an android? What made
that creepier was the fact that humans did not
build androids. AI was given a bad rap by the Janus
computer when it managed to make the colony
ship Artemis disappear with thousands of people on
board. So, one of the alien races was behind the bulk
hair harvesting. But why? It made no sense.
Harry Rakov liked Sharon. She provided good
information about people of interest. In return she
received a healthy reward, and the Advocacy chose
not to notice her other activities.
“Nice work Sharon. Our labs will have a good look
at this video. However, we have to wonder what
business an android has usi