Code of Vengeance: The Complete Collection by Richard Kayne

Author:Richard Kayne
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction
Publisher: Sterling & Stone
Published: 2020-09-24T22:00:00+00:00

Br00-S had already walked the perimeter of the building twice. It was an old commercial building that had been renovated a few times, but the original brick still stood, a testament to the quality construction practices of those who originally built it.

The building had a number of small conference rooms inside that got rented out for a variety of purposes. Br00-S had logged in to their system and seen that one of the rooms on the first floor was booked this evening by a nonprofit calling itself “Humans First,” which he assumed was just a cover for Sapiens.

The room itself was easy to spy on. If he saw the man again, he would recognize him, even from the grainy video from Bryce’s apartment that was all he had to work with. Br00-S decided on a hiding spot across the street, up on a rooftop. From there he could see into the conference room while remaining a safe distance away. He wasn’t going to make a move until he was sure his target was there. If this was a sophisticated trap, which he doubted, he wanted to be as safe as possible.

As the time slowly ticked closer to the meeting, he had to keep his thoughts from moving towards Nat. The task proved almost impossible. On one hand, so much of what she said made sense, if he could take a different perspective. He was putting himself in incredible danger. There couldn’t be any doubt of that. But why didn’t she see the bigger picture? Why didn’t she see that he could help so many? Why couldn’t she see that this mystery man posed an enormous threat, maybe even more than Clive Proskey and Felix had?

He didn’t have any answers to his questions. In his mind, everything was straightforward. He didn’t understand why she didn’t understand. His logic was sound.

About a half hour before the meeting was to begin, people started pulling up to the building. More importantly, they started trickling into the conference room. Br00-S recorded everyone’s biometrics for future reference, but as soon as he was sure they weren’t his man, he paid them little mind. Tonight, his focus was tight.

He did note the diversity of the group that was attending. There was a desire, some remnant of the pattern-recognition aspects of his software, which made him want to try and find the commonalities, even when they weren’t skin deep. Every ethnicity, age, and wealth level seemed to be represented. The only commonality was that they were afraid of the advance of AI and robots and were trying to do something about it. At the very least, they were going to sit around a room and bitch about their problems.

The timer continued to click down, and still the man hadn’t shown up. Br00-S hadn’t even seen him walking around or scouting the area. But, if the man was as good as he seemed to be, he might be lying low.

Ten minutes before the meeting, Br00-S saw his man for the first time.

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