Exposed (Interplanetary Spy for Hire Book 2) by Ell Leigh Clarke & Michael Anderle

Author:Ell Leigh Clarke & Michael Anderle [Clarke, Ell Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-05T22:00:00+00:00

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Fred ran through the door and collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. “I… haven’t… run that fast… ever… I… Help…”

Vlad and Merry ignored him and took the shopping bag he dropped on the floor next to his sweating body. “Water… Can I… Have…?”

Vlad nervously wrung his hands together as Merry took out a consumer-grade VR rig. “Are you sure you can make this work?”

Merry ripped the box open. “Vlad, you can’t be throwing those negative vibrations my way so early in the morning.” She took out the VR rig and popped the casing off. “Vlad, go check that digital tracer, please tell me it’s still active at the cryo-institute.”

Vlad ran over to his tablet. “We’re good.”

Fred managed to roll over on his side. “My body… is… on fire…”

Merry glanced to Fred. “Thanks for running and buying this, by the way, buddy.”

Fred gave a thumbs up, then officially passed out.

Vlad looked down at Fred. “Is he alright?”

Merry popped out a game chip from the headset. “Yeah, he’s fine.” She threw the game chip in the trashcan and held her hand out toward Vlad. “Give me that cloak.”

Vlad picked up a chip that Merry had pried out of her tablet while they waited on Fred to run back with the VR rig.

Merry had installed the cloak in her tablet for the very purpose of tracking, hacking, and doing everything she did, both for her job and for fun. Removing it ruined her tablet permanently, but it was worth it. Popping the cloak into the VR headset would guarantee an easy, undetectable infiltration.

With the cloaking chip connected, Merry popped the casing back on and handed the VR rig to Vlad.

Vlad took it, uneasily. “Why do I have to be the one to do this again?”

Merry synced up the VR rig to Vlad’s tablet. “Because I’m smarter than you, so I have to be at the controls. Now put that on.”

Vlad pulled back the strap but stopped. “But what do I—”

“Vlad! We do not have time! Put on the rig!”

“Fine!” Vlad stretched the strap out. “See you on the other side!”

He placed the rig over his face, and the black screen pixelated into a broken loading screen. It was the result of Merry Frankensteining the rig. Naturally, some of its original design would function awkwardly. But then, a beautiful vista of rolling hills rolled out before him.

Vlad heard birds chirping, the soft sound of wind and rustling grass. The sounds drowned out the jazz blasting in the office. He forgot he was standing in the office, actually. He reminded himself that everything he saw was unreal.

Then, he heard the voices. He walked, in place. Yet, he moved. It was awkward at first, but he got the hang of it. Rather than walking forward, the world around him had the appearance of moving in his direction.

He crested a hill and saw, down below him, two men talking. Vlad panicked. Terrified of being spotted, he fell down on his stomach and flattened himself as much as possible to not be seen.

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