Love Bug by Goodhue H.E

Author:Goodhue, H.E. [Goodhue, H.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2014-04-08T18:30:00+00:00

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Eldritch found himself oddly bored. His Em-Pak controlled and dissipated emotions and feelings and boredom was not one of them. In fact, Eldritch suspected that his Em-Pak and a lack of emotions made his boredom even worse, removing the very things that might offer some small distraction. Numerous administrative tasks always need to be accomplished and minute details needed his careful attention, but the excitement of overthrowing the ERC Council had waned and left him empty. The distractions of his position provided some degree of relief, but not much. He needed something new to turn his attention towards, and focus on, or otherwise he would become no better than the group of people he had just deposed.

For lack of a better option, Eldritch punched a few keys on his computer and brought up the video feed from his family’s car crash. Maybe some small splinter of affection laid buried deep within, hidden from his Em-Pak or maybe he was just bored. Either way, Eldritch found himself staring at a topsy-turvy world through the dashboard camera of limo. There was really nothing new to see. The ERC officer covered in blood, crawling out and getting killed by Reds. That nasty little Emo boy showing up to do God knows what. If only there was something in the video that Eldritch could use, some small bit of information that would give him new direction. And perhaps even more importantly, give Captain Ortiz and his men direction.

Eldritch had trusted Ortiz, but now wondered about the man’s loyalties. Ortiz had already overthrown one set of rulers, so would it really be a stretch for him to do it again, especially now that he knew how? If Eldritch was in Ortiz’s position, he knew that the thought would be forming in his mind. It was the logical next step. Ortiz surely would desire the control and power that he had just helped Eldritch achieve.

Eldritch broke from his thoughts and cued a series of Em-Pak Identification numbers. Running a quick program put the numbers in a sort of electronic lockbox, one that was linked directly to Eldritch’s own Em-Pak. Should his ever cease to function and sense his vital signals, the lockbox would open and deactivate the loaded identification numbers. It wasn’t a perfect plan, but it would ensure that if Ortiz or his men ever got smart enough or brazen enough to kill him that Eldritch could at least take them with him.

The other small splinter of worry that festered and rotted within Eldritch’s mind was what to do with the Em-Paks. His father’s notes had clearly said that they would eventually lose their effectiveness, but was that because of a body building resistance or because of the Em-Pak’s signal weakening? A physical resistance to the Em-Pak would be far more difficult to manage, but increasing the signal should be easy enough. All Eldritch needed was a guinea pig.

Pressing the intercom, Eldritch waited impatiently for the three or four seconds it took his aide to respond.

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