Enhancer 2 by Wyatt Kane

Author:Wyatt Kane [Kane, Wyatt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wyatt Kane
Published: 2018-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

24: Catching Up

His apartment looked the same as it had when last he’d seen it. The security bolt was still broken. The microwave and toaster still lay in pieces on the kitchen bench. And Brad, Ty’s roommate, still sat on the couch with his holo-visor down as he played a game on the screen in front of him.

The only differences were that when last he’d been there, the apartment had been filled with people. Bain’s mercenaries, whom Ty had fought with his home-made stun gun. The police, who had come to take the mercenaries away. And Tempest, with whom Ty had left out of the hole in the wall.

As for that hole, it was no longer visible. Someone – Brad? – had taped a large sheet of cardboard that looked as if it had once been a box over it. The only visible damage was a few cracks in the wall that the cardboard didn’t cover.

Yet aside from that, everything was exactly the same. It was almost as if the last few days hadn’t happened.

“Hey,” Ty said to Brad.

The gamer barely looked up. “Hey back,” he said. Ty glanced at the screen and saw that instead of the more usual fantasy landscape where Brad plied his trade, he was looking at a battle in the expanse of space.

Brad spoke into his visor. “Real-world interrupts. AFK.” Then he flipped his visor up and studied Ty with greater interest. “You look different,” he said.

“Yeah,” Ty replied. “You said that before. The device, remember?”

Brad was the only person Ty had told about what had happened. He knew all about the device, Tempest, and Bain. But the gamer frowned and waved Ty’s answer away.

“Yeah, the device. That isn’t what I mean.” Then he grinned broadly, showing teeth that hadn’t been cleaned in months. It fit the rest of his slovenly nature. “You got laid, didn’t you?” Brad said.

The accusation caught Ty off guard, and his own face betrayed him. He grinned like a kid caught with his hand in a cookie jar.

“I knew it!” Brad said. Then he took on a calculating look. “It wasn’t that superhero chick, was it? No way! She’s like, so far out of your league she’s playing a different game entirely!”

Ty couldn’t help himself. He grinned even more broadly. “That’s where you’re wrong,” he said. “She’s out of your league. Turns out she’s not out of mine at all.”

The incredulous expression that passed over Brad’s features was priceless. He looked both impressed and disbelieving all at once. It was as if he couldn’t believe the Ty he knew could score a woman like Tempest.

Out of no more than a whim, Ty decided to drop the other shoe. “Turns out I’m not out of her roommate’s league, either.”

“Roommate?”

“Yeah. Dinah. Another superhero. Just as stunning as Tempest, but completely different. Full deerkin, with antlers, hooves, and a tail she can wiggle.”

“You’re shitting me!” Brad said.

Ty just grinned.

For a moment, the gamer stared at Ty as if he was a stranger. Then, slowly, Brad shook his head.

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