Kill Code by Jamie Hawke

Author:Jamie Hawke [Hawke, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LitRPG
Publisher: Double Down Press
Published: 2018-09-16T06:00:00+00:00

11

At some point I realized I was drifting off to sleep and tried to fight it, but couldn’t. I remember seeing glimpses of the command room, of a doctor in front of me, my eyelids opening and closing, then an intense pain and then fading. Dreams took me, and in the last one before I woke, I remembered seeing Donica on a raft, alone in a white dress, floating downriver and away from me.

She looked over her shoulder at me, smiled, and then waved farewell.

I woke from my sleep to see Rivera at my side, rifle held at the ready. Her shoulder looked fine now, and even the blood was gone. That was enough to largely clear my grogginess, but when I asked, “What happened?” she shushed me and pointed toward the lake.

She was staring intently at something in the waning light, but at first I couldn’t see what. Then, as my mind cleared and my eyes adjusted, I noticed two silhouettes. Two women. They were out there, at the edge of the water.

“Are they…?”

She shook her head. “I don’t know. Enemy? Doubt it.”

“NPC then,” I said. As I watched, something became very apparent to me. I knew them! One was tall and slender, her military space armor clinging to her body in a way that made no practical sense but was sexy as hell. The other emerged from the lake completely nude, and I instantly recognized the busty redhead from early artist renderings when we were developing Game of Shadows. It was Glider and Banshee! The characters from my game.

“You look like you’ve seen a ghost,” Rivera noted.

“It’s just that… I think we’re getting our hacker help now.”

“Or maybe they’re here to kill you,” she pointed out.

I averted my gaze as Banshee saw me staring. She waved, then started dressing.

“Sorry about that,” Banshee said, finally covering up her breasts. “I didn’t expect to find you so soon.”

“Find us?” Rivera asked.

“Well, him,” Banshee replied. “We’ve been sent to help win this war.”

I frowned, eyeing the sky around us as if I’d be able to see the cameras. “Who sent you?”

“Good question,” Banshee said, turning to Glider. They were natural enemies in the game, but after the battle we’d been adding choice space to at my meeting the day of the call, Glider joined the good side if you played your cards right. Apparently, they were programmed to be in that phase of the game—working as partners.

“We’re not sure of much, yet,” Glider said, looking down at me over her nose. “You? You’re the one trying to take on the entire enemy forces by yourself?”

“With her,” I said, nodding to Rivera.

Rivera stuck out her hand. “Nice to—”

“Uh huh,” Glider said, turning back to me. “What level are you?”

“It’s not that kind of game,” I replied.

She grinned at this, then looked at Rivera as if they were sharing a secret, though Rivera continued to look confused. “You didn’t even tell him?”

“Tell him what?” Rivera asked.

“You’re saying you don’t know either?” Glider laughed, while Banshee shook her head.

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