Death From Above! (Scoundrels of the Wasteland Book 3) by J.I. Greco
Author:J.I. Greco [Greco, J.I.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Chaotic Neutral Media
Published: 2017-04-24T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter Fourteen
The Wound roars away from the Combine, towards the setting sun, the Dodgeâs adaptive tires kicking up twin trails of dust behind her.
âYou believe the nerve of that egotistical, self-centered, nanochine-infested freak?â Trip asks, his hands clawed around the carâs steering wheel, his knuckles white, the wireless jack behind his ear blinking an agitated redâno link. Heâs doing this manual, and the Woundâs puppy-level AI is not happy about it, wondering what it did wrong. âIâve got half a mind to invent a practical method for time travel, build a time machine using those principles, put on a snazzy jumpsuit, hurdle back through time to our happy-go-lucky early teens, and stop ourselves from accidentally setting off that All-Mart bomb and creating her in the first place.â
In the passenger seat, Rudyâs got his stomach unzipped, his hand rummaging inside his guts. âIf we had a time machine, Iâd go back to stop George Lucas from casting Hayden Christensen.â
Trip glances sideways at his brother. âWhat, you wouldnât stop him from doing the whole Jar-Jar thing?â
âI like Jar-Jar,â Rudy says, popping the empty vial of raw hallucinogenic ingredients out of his belly-implanted chem synth plant with a hiss. He flicks the empty vial out the open window. âHeâs funny.â
âRemind me to get a DNA test at some point. No way we can actually be brothers.â Trip turns his attention back to the road, ignoring the flashing GameGear screen in the dashboard, pleading to establish a link. âBut the correct plan is to stop the prequels entirely⦠and then stop ourselves from setting off the All-Mart bomb.â
Rudy takes a pair of glasses â older than he is by a factor of three, kept together with electrical tape and wire, the left lens cracked, the other one discolored with age â out of what used to be a hideaway knife sheath in his right combat boot, and slips them on.
âOkay,â he says, adjusting his bandolier so he can squint down his nose through the glasses to read the labels on the lids of the vials of chem mixes stored in it. âSo we didnât get the workers we need. We can build some robots to do the work. Youâll see. Itâll work out.â
âNobodyâs building any robots.â The flashing plea for a connection on the screen gets flashier, with reds and yellows, and now a soft but insistent beep. Trip rolls his eyes and reaches for the screen and itâs big flashing CONNECT button. At the last second, he pokes the physical OFF button instead and the screen goes black. âNobodyâs building anything. Whatâs the point?â
âSure, Lockâs mechas are sweet, but theyâre high-end. Not everybodyâs going to be able to afford them.â Rudy scans the vial labels, with names like SKYWALKER KUSH - BEGGARâS CANYON REMIX (THC-A/MESC-A), LORD OF THE HIGHS (THC-A/PEYOTE DISTILLATE), and DONâT EVER USE THIS ONE, IT WILL KILL YOU (SERIOUSLY). âWe can serve the low-end market. Warcars for the warlord on a budget.â
âWarcars? You saw what I saw. Sheâs got a jet,â Trip says through clenched teeth.
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