2084 by Daryl V Riggs

Author:Daryl V Riggs [Riggs, Daryl V]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ZTC-Labs.eu
Published: 2019-12-20T22:00:00+00:00

The bus still hadn’t arrived and the display was not giving any useful information. This cheered him up. He knew that Ghergana was the cause of it, since she was infecting everything. But he knew that Mrs. Lee wouldn’t give a damn about Ghergana. He couldn’t afford to arrive late, so he decided to use his motorcycle.

He had a pseudo-trusted Honda sport bike parked in his garage that he only used in emergencies. Until then everything had gone well as he had always driven it carefully. After all, motorcycles couldn’t be auto-driven and their interaction with traffic was much more limited compared to that of cars.

It was superb in white, blue and red. He never got tired of looking at it. He turned the engine on and waited for it to warm up. For a brief moment, he heard the thunderous roar of 1300 RPMs and then left.

He parked his motorcycle in the garage that belonged to Syncon and went into the hall. Some workers were comfortably seated in armchairs, holding their phones, waiting. The secretary still wasn’t in.

He went to his office. It was empty. Sam’s desk had been removed. This remembered him with a touch of sadness that he was not going to be there. He wouldn’t have thought he would have cared less, but he suddenly realized with amusement that he liked Sam and perhaps even pitied him. He thought of him as the quintessential victim of the Trusted society. Without question, the job they made him do depressed him. Something Kurt completely understood. At least now Sam had a chance somewhere else.

He mentally prepared himself to start another workday and tried to figure out what Mrs. Lee would want from him. Maybe he would be able to leave a little bit earlier and meet Sarah.

He took control of the avatar and headed Mrs. Lee room. He looked for others, but virtual offices were deserted. He walked across the vast silent rooms with immaculate desks in perfect order and found himself in a deserted corridor. He entered Mrs. Lee office but behind the door there was another corridor. Something wasn’t right...

He ran toward Mrs. Lee room again and opened the door. He found himself again in the corridor. That’s Ghergana doing, he thought.

At the other end of the corridor Lesàr’s avatar appeared.

“Kurt.”

“Dr. Lesàr, what is happening? How come no one is around?”

“Because I need to talk to you.” The avatar was slowly getting closer. The only sound was that of his expensive shoes.

“About what? Are you attending the meeting with Mrs. Lee, sir?” Kurt was uncomfortable with the idea.

“No. Forget Mrs. Lee. I just have to talk to you.”

“About what?” asked Kurt backing off, intimidated.

“About possibility... developments...” continued Lesàr. His avatar became bigger and scary.

Kurt hid in a room. What should I do now?

Lesàr’s voice was right in his ear, “...about opportunities.” Lesàr was now behind him. He could do whatever he wanted in the virtual world.

Then Kurt realized, I got made, I don’t know how but they found me.

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