TITLE:A DARK VISION OF THE FUTURE - CHAPTER 5 - By TRID. K. and MOP PALETTE:0333 0889 0b9a 06ac 3 CHAPTER V "GENTLEMEN, WE CAN REBUILD HIM... STRONGER, MEANER AND FASTER!" 2 - 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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!