Alita~Battle Angel - Iron City by Pat Cadigan
Author:Pat Cadigan [Cadigan, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B077WYMTKH
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2018-11-20T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 14
The enormous Factory doors rumbled open the same way they had the first time Alita had come here with Ido. That night, heâd been mad at her. Heâd made her stay outside while he went in, despite the fact that if it hadnât been for her, he wouldnât have been able to collect any bounties. In fact, if it hadnât been for her, he wouldnât have been able to do anythingâheâd have been a splattered mess on the street with three homicidal cyborgs picking over his bones. With one of them making earrings out of his eyeballs.
But did he appreciate it? Hell, no! Sheâd saved his life and heâd showed his gratitude by forcing her to live a lie, to be someone she wasnât, refusing to let her discover her identity.
Well, tonight she was absolutely furious with him, and she was taking charge of her lifeâher life. She was calling the shots now, and if Ido tried to make her be his perfect little flower-covered darling, sheâd tell him whose rules she lived by: nobodyâs.
Alita strode between the gargantuan doors. (If they tried to close on her, she would shatter them with one blow from her open hand.) Her footsteps echoed in the cavernous entry hall; she liked the sound.
Centurians were lined up along the walls on either side of her, and she could sense they were tracking her as she went. Ready to open fire if she did something against the rules. Alita gave them a sidelong glower. You know whose rules I live by? Nobodyâs. What are you gonna do about it, you walking junk-piles?
She stared hard at the platform ahead of her. Maybe sheâd find out there was a rule against what she wanted to do. Well, too badâif the Centurians even tried to get in her way, she was going to send them all to walking-junk-pile heaven. Her footsteps were even louder when she reached the platform and stomped up the few steps to the counter. She rested her elbows on it, pretending it wasnât just a little too high for her to do so easily. A couple of seconds went by. What the hell, she thought, was the night shift asleep on the job? There wasnât even a switch or a button to press for service, just a trashcan behind the counter.
Abruptly the trashcan spun around, and Alita found herself looking at a weird cartoony cat face. âState your business,â the trashcan ordered her in a voice that was somehow both cartoony and mechanical. The Factory used trashcans for receptionists? Was this place for real?
âIâm here to register as a Hunter-Warrior,â she told it. âAny questions?â
âName?â asked the trashcan.
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