Genrenauts: Season One by Michael R. Underwood

Author:Michael R. Underwood [Underwood, Michael R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: urban fantasy, alternate universe
Published: 2016-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

Epilogue: An Extended Denouement

The five Genrenauts raised glasses with amber liquor, shot-glass pours from King’s victory flask.

“To another successful mission.” King raised a toast around the condo’s dinner table. They’d all changed into their fancy clothing to celebrate.

Leah decided to sip her drink this time. Roman and Mallery slammed theirs, movements synced with the air of ritual.

“If HQ has given the all clear, why not head home tonight?” Leah asked.

King shrugged. “Dimensional disturbance. Preeti says the storm will have passed by morning.”

“Well, that’s convenient for us. Another night in the big city!”

“Another night here, at least,” Shirin said. “With the mission done, we don’t have any need to leave the condo.” She leveled a look at Mallery. “Don’t want to cause any more ripples than we have by running roughshod over the city for the last few days.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about. It was all for the mission,” Mallery said.

Leah asked, “Do missions on story worlds that match up with Earth Prime’s time frame usually involve this much felony wiretapping and cybercrime?”

Roman nodded. Mallery shrugged.

Shirin answered, “Not always. We use whatever tools are available to fix the breaches. Chances are, no one will ever know we did all of this.”

Mallery winked. “I’m very good at covering my tracks.”

“Which for a chatterbox is quite impressive,” Shirin said.

“It helps that my approach in ‘covering my trail’ is actually to DDoS every system I’ve touched by dumping terabytes of Lorem Ipsum on them.”

“Really?” Leah asked. She saw Mallery’s look and knew the answer. No, not really.

A thought struck Mallery, and she set her drink down. “Before everyone gets too trashed, we need to put the place back in order for the next mission. Reset tasks are in your inboxes.”

They finished their drinks and set about the packing. The schedule from King said they would be out of the condo at six AM, which was cruel, though Leah knew she could expect the chance to sleep all day once they got back.

This Genrenaut thing was wreaking havoc on her sleep schedule.

The last task on her prep list was to sort out the wardrobes with Mallery. The mission leader stood out on the balcony, loose robe rippling in the wind, a glass of wine in one hand.

“You did well, newbie,” she said as Leah closed the door behind her.

“Thanks. Privacy concerns aside, this was really fun.”

“Living the high life on the job certainly never hurts.”

“No, it really doesn’t. Is it like this on other worlds—Action, Thriller, Crime?”

“Action sometimes, not as much with the others.” Mallery continued looking out at the city.

“Are you okay?”

Mallery turned. “It’s fine. I just have the silly problem where I miss a place before I leave it.”

Leah walked over to join Mallery on the balcony. The moon illuminated the city in grayscale, assisted by the thousands of lights atop buildings, in the park, and beyond. Central Park West buildings faced her on one side, and the skyscrapers and office buildings in Midtown loomed to her left. To her right, the city sloped down from giant scale into Harlem and beyond.

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