FICTION
Shareth finish but that was okay, she
would. “Yeah, I haven’t seen it
limbs. He used two specially made
was right. “Bet you see a lot of crazy
happen, but the programmers aren’t
belts for his legs and two for his
things out there though. Caretaker’s
quite as quick as the engineers.”
arms along with the customary belt
been a bit funny lately, heard he
That shouldn’t give anything
around his scrawny waist. There
goes yellow ev’ry now and again.”
away that he’s not supposed to.
were ragged holes punched into
Conversation from there was
the belt to accommodate his frame.
cordial and contained very little
Brarik screamed some curses
detail in to either of their lives.
in a foreign language, his deep
“Red,” Shareth’s reply was
curt and distracted. He felt like he
voice didn’t match his appearance.
should continue, “They say, red.”
Setting down, Shareth climbed
“Funny, thought the programmers
would have sorted that out by now.”
Shareth and Brarik walked to a
out, his ident card already swiped
lopsided armoured craft that shook
and prepaid the route. “That
and bucked at every turn of the key.
route will take you back to the
“This is your job for to--” Brarik
Shareth smiled, engineers and
capital and pay your expenses.
programmers were always at odds;
Thanks for the ride.” The cabby
suddenly dropped to his knees,
and any chance an engineer like
waved and thanked him.
half his head bursting to red mist.
himself could get a jab in, they
Sentries had moved and overnight
Eldan forces had lost a good klick of
ground; this was the fallback
“Shit!” Shareth fell
backward, narrowly missing a
second giant electric bolt.
and thankfully was warmer
than Galeras. No sooner
A hooded Pell pushed through,
did Shareth entered
knocking equipment and people
the mechanic’s
out of it’s way with deadly force.
ring, than his boss
A long snout and glowing green
was at his heels.
eyes darted around the enclosure.
“Where in Nexus
It reached out an augmented
have you been?”
hand to Shareth and with a loud
crack, everything went silent.
The tall thin
Eldan was like no
Silent and dark.
other. Brarik wore
clothes that were two
By Mike Baker
sizes larger to fit his
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