Agent G: Infiltrator by Phipps C. T

Author:Phipps, C. T. [Phipps, C. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction, cyborgs
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2019-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The two of us proceeded to a nearby town to purchase changes of clothing, laptop, a hotel room, and water. We used the hotel room to change out of our clothes, have sex, and shower as part of our preparations for our hit.

The sex was purely perfunctory and I suspected both of us wished we could have avoided it. While physically satisfying, it was entirely lacking in anything resembling emotional content. Both of us were running the other, though, and she was used to feeling like men desired her to the point that would betray themselves or their causes. I needed her feeling like I was ambitious and intrigued enough by her offer to want to go along with her coup d’état, but also attracted enough to potentially fall in love later.

I thought of Marissa. I imagined she thought of Gillespie.

Or perhaps simply of her own pleasure.

Stepping out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my waist, still wet from my second shower, I took a moment to take stock of my surroundings. The hotel was a locally-owned one rather than part of a franchise, which meant it was lacking in certain amenities but had an atmosphere I rather liked.

The fading sunlight coming through the floral-print curtains behind the bed played well against her form as she lay on the bed, and I had to admit an aesthetic appreciation of her body. Lucita’s Shell was an idealized version of the human body, at least in its sculptor’s mind, and had all the feeling of a normal human’s flesh. It weighed about twice as much as body of flesh and blood, but this was a small issue compared to how human it felt in other respects.

I couldn’t help but wonder again how being a Shell compared to being a Letter. I was deprived of all my memories but she was deprived of her human body, given a substitute made of artificial carbon-fiber bones and nano-weave organs. Her exterior flesh was grown in a vat somewhere, harvested and applied to the endo-skeleton, theoretically giving her access to all of the feelings she might normally possess. Certainly, she seemed to still respond as a woman might. But were those feelings real? Were mine, since my brain operated through a cybernetic implant?

I couldn’t say.

Noticing my stare, Lucita turned over on her side and gave me a view of her front. It was as impressive as her back. “Enjoying the view?”

“Very much so,” I smiled. “I’m ready for another round if you are.”

Truth be told, I wanted to get down to business, but I wasn’t about to let my charade of attraction to her drop.

“I’m afraid we don’t have the time,” Lucita said, rolling back onto her front. “I’ve set in motion events that are going to rapidly pick up speed.”

“You’ve contacted your people?”

“Yes,” Lucita said, staring at the screen. “I’ve let them know I suspect Alonzo tried to kill me.”

“Why him and not your father?”

“Lingering loyalty,” Lucita said. “Alonzo is considered brutal and stupid by the majority of the senior assassins.

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