Shadowrun by CZ Wright

Author:CZ Wright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs

Frostburn drove, and everyone else in the car remained silent. It was a tense drive, and she didn’t want to rely on GridGuide at this particular juncture, just in case anyone caught her license plate and called it in to Knight Errant. She wasn’t an experienced driver, and it took all of her attention to drive as casually as she could while still putting as much distance as possible between them and the mess they left behind.

She zigged and zagged through residential neighborhoods, moving directly away from where they’d come, yet keeping to less populated roads as often as possible. It was a full ten minutes before Frostburn relaxed enough to allow GridGuide to resume control of her car and drive them in a roundabout route back to her aunt’s house.

It was a full five minutes after that before anyone broke the silence. Five minutes passed before anyone said anything. Emilia broke the silence. “Thanks for getting us out of there,” she muttered.

“You’re welcome,” Frostburn said without much feeling.

Silence surrounded them all once again. The four kids Frostburn had rescued first were crammed in a row into the back seat. Their faces betrayed a multitude of feelings, but they kept them to themselves.

After a period of time that ensured whatever she said would be awkward, Frostburn said, “Thanks for the help back there.”

“You’re welcome,” the dwarf boy said cheerfully.

“Okay, you know, no. This is not okay,” Frostburn said and spun around in her seat to face them. “What the hell were you guys thinking, going out there? You don’t just go into a corporate facility for your introductory job. At least, not without a decent plan. Or equipment. Or backup!”

“Just like you, I suppose,” Emilia said, but without much venom in her voice.

Frostburn sagged and only shook her head. “Yeah, I suppose I’m a shit example, aren’t I?”

“And I told you spontaneity was superior to plans, and you didn’t believe me. So, I told you so,” Emilia said.

“No. No, what you said was something like: something, something, something, fragging plans are boring, something, something.”

Emilia snorted. “You just don’t want to admit you were wrong,” she said at the same time the red-haired ork girl said, “So you planned that shot to his face? That was impressive!”

Frostburn glowered. “Okay, fine, sometimes plans aren’t the be-all, end-all. You happy?”

“Oh, it’s okay. I get it. You’ve got a reputation to maintain,” Emilia said breezily.

“For crying out loud, I’m not trying to maintain a reputation!”

“Sure, sure.” Emilia pretended to be distracted by the passing cityscape. “You wanna tell my friends what you really do to pay the rent?”

The kids in the backseat blinked and listened attentively.

Frostburn pretended to be involved with driving the car. “Not particularly, but I think you have an idea.”

“Yeah,” Emilia said matter-of-factly. “You’re in insurance.”

Frostburn’s mouth quirked.

“Oh, we saw the whole thing,” the sandy-haired ork said. “You’re obviously an experienced runner.” At Frostburn’s silence, he added, “Aren’t you?”

Frostburn pursed her lips and heaved a sigh. “Okay. You got me. Fine, yes, I’m an experienced runner, and have been for a while now.

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