No More Mr. Nice Girl by J.S. Morin

Author:J.S. Morin [Morin, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-64355-090-9
Publisher: Magical Scrivener Press

Without any other pressing objections, Esper scoured New Singapore in search of Mitch. The policeman from Kebok had been the first signal from the outside world since her darker half had taken control of her body.

Somehow, with a mission, the place seemed less a prison and more a pocket-sized world. Even if it were only the two of them in here, there was still someone in need of saving.

Faceless, mindless masses milled past as flora more than fauna now. No malevolence flowed from the flowers, the trees, the fleshy robots that populated Dark Esper’s vision of their hometown. All the evil in this place was the will of the warden, not the furniture.

Esper turned down a street she didn’t recognize in the hope that it led to someplace outside her experience. It boasted the same retrovert brickwork that New Singapore used to give the air of culture and sophistication beyond its bourgeois origins. It was an imitation of Old Earth, and most Martians knew it for the farce it was. But to a certain brand of nouveau riche transplant, it was the height of class.

Now, Esper simply rolled her eyes at the pretension. “Was I ever really impressed by this place?”

The thought of asking for help came so naturally that she had to fight back the impulse whenever it rose. Anyone here who could give information would be speaking Dark Esper’s words regardless of the voice. Any “help” would only lead her away from the center of the labyrinth of a city she now sought to solve.

“I hope she didn’t actually destroy him.”

Mitch had seemed so human he had to be real. Her dark impostor could barely handle acting like one human, let alone believably puppeting another. And if he was human, and this was her mind, Esper was ultimately responsible for his safety.

He had to be all right. He just had to.

Snarls from a nearby alley drew her attention. The real version of New Singapore had never been so riddled with dirty little stretches of shadow-bathed road, like gaps between the teeth of buildings. Or had it? Had Esper simply overlooked the dark side of the city that had sheltered her even as it protected her tormentors?

Nevertheless, she couldn’t ignore the signs of a struggle.

When she paused at the alley’s entrance, a dozen pairs of eyes turned toward her, dripping a mixture of fear and menace.

“It’s her,” an azrin said through bared fangs, speaking his own language.

“Get her!” a burly human yelled. “Quick!”

Thinking quickly, Esper fought the impulse to run. Instead, as the horde barreled toward her, she flung her arms out to the side and tensed every muscle in her body, bracing for a potential impact. Her would-be assailants dimmed to hazy figures glimpsed between slits as she couldn’t quite bear to shut her eyes completely.

“I’m not her! I’m not her!” Esper screamed.

Rough arms wrapped around her and a crush of bodies swung her to slam against the decorative bricks. They manhandled her against the wall like a

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