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Max Colson's many lives
Chapter 9: death is never far behind.

Chapter 9: death is never far behind.

Over the next week I code finishing the codes.

Fire Worm: melts code that is typed after upload.

Dos Worm: “denial of service” worm that when uploaded denies all functions.

Wiper Malware: permanently deletes all information on a device.

V had been going back to the school, so I showed her how to ride the bike and she left with it to school. I look over my new stats.

1. Max Colson, 2. Seare: lives lived: 1: life points 1/1

point balance: 4 points “at the start every life you get 121 points: for your gained achievements”

body: 4 (+) “determines raw physical power”

Sub stats body:

Athletics: 4 (2+) “determines your durability and speed”

Annihilation: 0 (+) “determines speed and control for large weapons”

Street brawler: 3 (4+) “increase speed and control with hand weapons”

Reflexes: 3 (+) “determines evasion and speed”

Sub stats body:

Handguns: 2 (+) “better at reloading and firing faster”

Blades: 0 (+) “quicker and better at handling”

Assault: 0 (+) “better fighting in and around cover”

Technical ability: 6 (2+) “represents technical knowledge, and ability to handle cyberware”

Sub stats body:

Crafting: 4 (2+) “how to find, use, and make things”

Engineering: 2 (2+) “ability to see loot and materials you can use”

Thought speed: 7 (+) “determines Netrunning ability”

Sub stats body:

Breach protocol: 6 (+) “ability to hack people and things, and make hacking daemons”

Quick hacking: 4 (+) “how many and strength of your hacks on people and things”

Cool: 4 (1+) “resilience and composure and control over yourself”

Sub stats body:

Stealth: 2 (1+) “understanding of how to hide sneak and avoid.”

Cold Blood: 3 (2+) “ability to handle killing”

Bought ability’s:

“artists hands” you have complete control over your fingers and hands.

"keep pumping” your heart doesn’t stop unless you are braindead or mentally unstable, even if its removed blood will keep flowing through your body. Warning can be painful.

"numbness” you can control what pain gates are open with your thoughts instead of massaging them.

“fast hands” when working you can move your hands at double speed.

“debug” see and what is wrong with any writing.

"remember recipe” remember all cooking recipes you have made.

“maker” know how to change recipes to fit the stuff you have on hand.

Skill abilities:

“disassemble” you are able to know how to disassemble whatever your hands touches.

“shut down” stop feeling one emotion for a limited time.

“pressure healing” the more pressure you feel the faster you heal.

“eyes in the sky” know were camera are around you and be able to breach them faster.

“Rapido” speed is everything when working, lose track of time when working and increase speed in work.

“running heal” body works faster when moving.

“optimized” optimize the space in your head.

Cyberware: Monowire, interface plug, Basic Kiroshi Optics, Militech Paraline cyberdeck.

Today I got a message from mom

Kiri: “still alive, sorry it’s been so long, turns out the attack will not stop for a long time, ill text you in a safe place again next week.”

Seare: “SHIT”

I picked up a remote and hurled it against the wall.

I picked it up and started repairing it.

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Justin walked in I spent most of my time with him, we had similar interests and liked the same shows, so we hanged out often.

Justin: “how bad.”

Seare: “at least another week.”

Justin: “you broke the remote worse than last time.”

Seare: “I’ll fix it, its something to do.”

Justin nodded at that a saw his eyes narrow.

Justin: “if you like fixing things you could go to Haft. He repairs our weapons you could help her.”

That… sounds fun. I finished fixing the remote it wasn’t as bad as Justin said.

Seare: “So where is Haft?”

He lead me to the armory and there was a girl, she was holding two needle nose plyers. One in each hand she was trying to mess with a grenade with a bullet hole in it. she flipped a small switch, and the casing opened.

Half: “finally!”

She sat down and wiped sweat off her forehead.

Justin: “hey, need a hand this guy is good.”

She turned to me.

Haft: “can you hold your hands steady?”

I lifted my hand using artists hands to make them not move an inch.

Haft: “thanks Justin.”

He nodded and left, she waved me over and I walked over.

Haft: “I already deactivated the bombs, but I can’t flick the switches in them to open them. My hands aren’t steady enough. Can you do it for me?”

Seare: “Sure.”

I grabbed the plyers one used to hold the grenade steady and the other to grab the switch and flick them. after ten minutes I had the other twenty done.

Haft: “it took me an hour for just the first three of them.”

She shook her head.

Haft: “now that’s over, know anything about making grenades?”

Seare: “yes.”

One game I made was called disarm, you learn about how different bombs were made and disarm them and for that game I did research and learned about many different grenades.

For the next hour we fixed the grenades and added the powder and had it ready.

Haft: “alright were done. Thanks.”

I felt it inside I was close to a level up, not to a new skill but a new level.

What could I do.

Seare: “I want to continue with this, for a bit I feel close to something.”

She shrugged and turned to a gun and started cleaning it.

Now I knew what I wanted, tear gas. I went to the food storage, found it pepper’s fake but good enough still had capsicum. I grabbed five of them then grabbed vinegar. Then went to the kitchen and cut the peppers to the size of my fingernail, don’t use the stems I remembered. Then grinded them into a fine powder, keep the seeds in two, then mixed them with the vinegar. I put the mixture in the fridge with a label saying painful don’t drink, important don’t throw away.

Afterwards I went back and designed a container it was like a brick with a bomber man logo on it, and had the printer start making it. after Haft showed me how to clean a gun for a bit then we cleaned guns for the rest of the day until V got back, I said by to Haft and hanged with V watching shows.

The next day I went to the fridge and saw that multiple people were watching what I did with it.

Panam: “that was an interesting note, what you going to do with it?”

Seare: “you can watch.”

I poured water into the cold mixture and mixed adding more water until it had equal consistency between water. I grabbed my seven grenade casings sit a pin in it and poured int the mixture then put in the pin.

Panam: “what are those going to do?”

Seare: “come with me.”

I went outside, I love advanced technology when I pulled the pin it would aerosolize the mixture. It currently is pepper spray but when I pull the pin it will be tear gas. I shook it pulled the pin and through mist spreading everywhere. I felt my level up and started

Panam: “so you made a smoke grenade why the extra steps just add color dye and water with that casing?”

Seare: “touch the mist with only your hand.”

She pointed at someone that was watching and he touched it and I saw his skin start to get irritated.

Seare: “its tear gas. It irritates skin to the point where you will lie on the ground hoping for it to stop, it lasts for forty minutes to an hour long. Not the mist but the discomfort and pain.”

The man’s hand was red. And he was scratching it.

Seare: “washing it off is somewhat effective but it is half water so not much.”

She smiled.

Panam: “how much for them?”

I tossed the others to her.

Seare: “I did it because I was bored, I don’t need them, and used your supplies.”

I would like them, but I have some of the liquid for normal pepper spray and I need to stay here for at least another six day.

Panam: “thanks. If you make more well pay for them if they continue to work.”

Money. I do need that.

Seare: “sure. I will need more peppers.”

She nodded

Panam: “out of your pay for them.”

YES, something to do other than code. I like coding, but not a week straight of it!

Over the next week I made many grenades and got paid a lot, and level up to level four in engineering I picked

“broken sight” broken pieces glow in the stuff you look at.

I haven’t got to use it yet, but it sounded useful. I waited for my mom’s text when It finally came it wasn’t what I expected.

Kiri: “I got info that it’s over, we can meet up again! Let’s meet at the park by our house! I can’t wait to see you son!”

Yes, it’s over I can see my mom. I look at a map and see the park across the street from our house.

V is at school, and I don’t have my bike. I ask Justin for a ride, and he says yes.

Great. I text my mom back.

Seare: “just got a ride, I will get there soon!”

Kiri: “I’ll be a little late, I am not near our house so I will need to drive further.”

And we rode, I got another text, but it was from an unknown number, so I ignored it. I didn’t care I could see mom again! When I got there, I waved Justin goodbye he had to get back fast.

As I sat at a bench waiting, I got another text.

Kiri: “be there in less than a minute.”

I decide to look at the text from earlier to abate my nerves.

NCPD: “please come to the building to identify a body.”

What?

I texted back.

Seare: “who?”

NCPD: “The ID has your name under family. She is a female adult who works for Arasaka Banking name Kiri.”

Oh no… there was a picture… it was her… who is coming here then…

I RAN as I saw a large car pull up outside our building apartment and five guys jump out with guns. Shit. One saw me and pointed a rifle.

Bullets sprayed over me as I dived for cover. One hit my hand, and I saw my bone start to glow. Oh, its broken bone. I felt three in my back before I was behind a vending machine the person didn’t stop firing.

I could enter cyberspace and hack him, but I would be defenseless I could hack him from here, but I can’t see him and I will be shot if I can. I felt warm blood leaking out my back. I need to move there was five of them if one is shoot the others are moving around.

I started running keeping the vending machine in the way. I need a vehicle. as I ran running heal was taking effect. I notice a dingy car and dive under it. bullets lit up the car it wouldn’t work.

As I got up behind the car, their large truck rammed the car I was hiding behind and the car smashed me into the ground.

I was pinned against the wall. And saw the man driving the car keeping my pinned I felt my bones crunch as the car crushed me against the building stone. Blood gushing out of me.

I couldn’t feel my legs. what could I do. I could hack the man in the car one of his arms was chrome. I hacked it and sent Wiper through. the firewall gone from my hack the arm lost every letter of code in it. it was now just heavy metal. the wheel churned to the side as it went limp. I saw another one pointing a gun at me. He had cybereye’s. gone now. No code it couldn’t move or ever see again just metal. the car had turned due to the wheel, and I dropped to the ground. I could only look up. shit I was going to die. I am healing but there are still five of them if you include the man with one arm. My blood is leaking to fast.my cybereye’s able to move normal let me look inside myself sure I couldn’t see but I did see that my leg was glowing a foot away from me cut off by the car slam. I was bleeding to much, my heart was pumping but I was running out of blood to pump. One of them they didn’t have any cyberware walked over and with a shotgun blew out my chest.

I emptied my mind going unconscious as I enter the net. I was going to die but I had a minute in the net before I went braindead from lack of oxygen from lack of blood. I looked at my assailants and hacked all of them. It was so hot and thinking hurt but I wanted to hurt them. I edited my Dos worm to not deny them but to hide all closed tabs instead of closing them. They would eventually get a stroke from the heat maybe.

But then it all stopped. Oh, I’m dead.

End of chapter: nine