As Worlds Drifted by Parker Tiden

Author:Parker Tiden [Tiden, Parker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-18T22:00:00+00:00

Send in the Clowns - Then Kill Them

Tristan checked the time. It had been exactly 24 hours since they met the last time. He had already spawned into the FBI office in Alphacore, always surprised to see it still standing. He had no idea if the dwarf would show, but the reaction he had gotten from Maxwell led him to believe that the dwarf would. The system alerted him that someone was in the lock, and after a few seconds, the door slid open and there was the dwarf.

"You know that weapons are deactivated outside battle zones, right?" the dwarf asked.

"Correct."

"So, why all this ridiculous security?"

"Just a precaution and a way of filtering out the real crazies. Of course, you got in, so the system may need to be overhauled," Tristan said. "So, you gonna sucker-punch me now?"

The dwarf ignored the comment. "Last time we met, I gave you something valuable."

"Maybe... and you promised more."

"Conditionally, yes," the dwarf said.

"Information concerning the matter is classified as highly sensitive."

"Why?"

"The key you gave me belongs to someone else. It was obtained illegally, and just by possessing it, you're committing a felony."

"Tell me something I don't know."

"I'm going out on a limb here," said Tristan. "The key belongs to a company called EnviroTech. It unlocks files that are necessary to unlock a product that they have spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing. So, you understand."

"I'm going to leave now," the dwarf started to turn back towards the door.

"Go ahead and give it a try. I think you'll find the door locked."

"I might be a dwarf," the dwarf said calmly and turned back to face him.

"A dwarf with a mullet."

"With a mullet, granted, but I'm not stupid. You're stalling on purpose. Your in-house geeks are trying to smoke me out as we speak. Tell them to stand down. Tell them, or I will instruct my associates to destroy the key."

For a second, Tristan thought that maybe destroying the key would be the best for all. The blackmailers would have nothing to blackmail with, and Maxwell would fail. A win-win as far as Tristan was concerned.

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