A man looks up from the grid on his desk. A holographic image before him... suit, quaffed hair, and a lapel pin of a dignitary in public service. Glid wasn’t sure if he was being addressed by a constable , a mayor, or just a wanna be. He wasn’t even sure he registered the words prior to
“... and you are flagged as Delinquent. Your firm is 600 credits over due and 36 credits behind on interest. You have only 3 credits left on your grace period before I confiscate your skiffs, your badge, and your pass. I can offer you the option at this point If you want to save your reputation, but I don’t know if you have it in you...”
Glid wiggled his head affirmatively, “I will make my own option... you will have it all when we meet at Sunrise. ”
The Dignitary’s image faded after he leaned at the camera to create a more intimidating image , “See you at Sunrise.”
Glid tapped his desk, speaking to himself, “All I have to do is speak it into existence...” caressing the desk lightly with his palm, “Mulak, did you track the transmission?”
A strong male voice responded, “B. I. C. are on it.”
Glid, “Good. Do not underestimate him. He probably can detect you with a sniff the air... ”
Mulak laughed, and grunted, “Don’t worry, BIC always stay downwind. Coder already tapped the primary... Galan has your six.”
Glid, “Syncing primary...” Glid stood, and turned to the console behind him and pressed some glyphs, “Got it... Oh No! He has an old building with outdated Perimeter alarm... can only be deactivated when a fire alarm is activated ... and that will kick on the antiquated sprinkler system. I bet he is slippery when wet... hehe.”
Mulak, “I can see him in the window... he is running ... direct into... haha... he just slammed himself into the glass wall. I think the water got in his eyes... okay... He ran out, and Galan slipped right by him. BIC have the com.”
Glid, “I can almost see that in my head.... . I am already getting the download...
Coder, “ Holy Smokes! GET OUT IF THERE! “
Mulak, “ I see it... we can handle her... you focus on the A.T.A.”
Galan, “They have you, Glid... you get out of THERE,”
Glid, “No. The decoy is thier Target... You dont think my Six would be that easy to trace ?”
Mulak, “Galan, get out... he obviously doesn’t need you now... he is in...”
Galan, “I can buy you 30.”
Mulak, “Don’t be a hero, Galan! Oh... No... there he goes... Shit!”
Explosions outside Sunrise Complex could be heard through Glid’s console.
Glid, “What did he do?”
Mulak, “He HAD your six...His skiff just went by in a flurry of smoke., if he is in there he won’t be able to eject! Oh haha... I see a parachute.. Galan... you on com? “
Galan, “Yeah... Dignitary got caught in the action... his skiff was hit by his own guardian escorts...exploded on impact.. Did I buy you the time?”
Glid, “Download complete, and we did meet him at Sunrise, but I don’t think it went as he imagined... We have all the proof we need. ... Looks like the sun just set on ‘Sunrise.’
Mulak, “I bet he didn’t know he was working for them... he was probably an innocent stiff...”
Galan grunted, “Uhh Uhh.”, as his boots hit the ground, “There are no innocents here, only winners and loosers.”