Virtual Vandals (1998) by Tom - Net Force Explorers 01 Clancy

Author:Tom - Net Force Explorers 01 Clancy [Clancy, Tom - Net Force Explorers 01]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-03-17T20:24:14+00:00

"Find yourself a proxy, and we'll get going."

Cat Corrigan seemed pale as the walls while she selected an icon. Activating the program, she became taller and older--a pale-skinned woman with waist-length black hair and a flowing black gown. Her eyes seemed to gleam from within, and her lips were a shocking shade of red. And when she opened them--she had fangs!

She'd chosen to go as a vampire!

"Excellent choice," Luc Valery complimented her. Matt noticed that the French boy was staying in his swordsman form.

Luc smiled as he noticed Matt's eyes on him. But it wasn't a friendly expression. "In my country, the laws are somewhat different from your American Constitution," the young swordsman said. "The police are allowed to use agents provocateurs--spies who can push people to commit crimes. They get off scot-free, even if they commit those crimes as well."

He ran a practiced hand over the hilt of his sword. "You didn't push the Savage to go off on this little adventure. But if you try to betray us, then blood will flow for the vampire, eh?"

Matt forced himself to laugh. "Right. I look like a cop, don't I?"

Luc laughed just as mirthlessly. "In this world of masks, who knows the truth?"

"If you two are finished with the philosophy, you can join the circle," Gerry Savage said. The others had already gathered around him.

Matt noticed that the English boy had somehow shrunk his jeweled proxy. He wasn't a giant anymore, just a large human--say, about the size of a high school football linebacker. In his palm, Savage held an icon whose glow clashed with his bejeweled glitter. It was in the shape of an arrow, and it gave off a poisonous green radiance that reflected off Gerald's gemstone hands. As they stood around him, all their faces were speckled with mirrored pinpoints of sickly green--as if they'd all caught some terrible disease.

Could that be it? Matt wondered, thinking of the destruction these kids had left behind their previous little adventures. And had Matt himself caught the virus? Because here he was, ready to go along with this wrecking crew. Yes, he was trying to win their trust so that they could be stopped. But he had to admit that he felt a certain excitement....

"Link up," the Savage commanded.

Matt glanced around. If he didn't go along, the vandals might well jump him. And even worse, he'd blow his chance to get in solidly with them and perhaps discover the mastermind who was pulling their strings.

He took a deep breath. "Count me in."

Caitlin grabbed Matt's left hand, clutching tightly. Luc took his right.

The green glow blazed up as if the little icon were truly on fire. Luc and Serge each seized one of Gerald's elbows. The room faded around them, and all of a sudden, they were rocketing across the Net.

Matt had half expected them to shoot across the sky like a vast green comet. But apparently they were stealthed. They seemed to give off no light, and the neon glare of the virtual constructs all around their flight path didn't reflect off them, either.

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