“Its only a extra few million who have to die.” I was listening to the radio when I heard the American representative to the nano commission talk.“Listen I know the nano particles cause super powers and cancer but we want Texas back. We need to seed the air with more nano particles. Right at the moment if we increased the death level to a mere twenty million a year we could reclaim most of California. With the farm land we could begin to reclaim the dust bowl Texas has become.”
A different speaker began to talk“Twenty million deaths for what? You westerners caused this. Or do I need to remind you of the whole there is no such thing as global warming speech. My dog spits lightening and I am lucky it comes out his mouth. We can not handle any more weirdness. Beep Beeep you beep Beep”
I winced and looked at my radio there must be one of those censor chips in it. Tossing it into a bin I walked off. You never knew what else those supers had put into it. I did not want to be brainwashed into buying the latest soda drink. Then there were the religious groups that planted the idea in your head that Jesus wanted you to donate all your worldly goods
I walked past a bunch of Nazi supporters and found myself in front of a stunning Chinese goddess. She smiled at me and the Nazi's shuddered. I winced Nazi's with who they considered a sub human this did not look good for me “So your part of the neo totalitarian group.” The Nazi's eyed me and I lead the Chinese women to a seat. “What can I do for you?”
The Chinese women grinned and I winced again as one of the Nazi's arm bands went off calling out “Black and beep beep Dna detected in a female eliminate if possible. Superior super dna detected male. Scientist awarded medal of valor for the supply of nanite atmospheric seeds. Was a member of the famous gospel group who cured the black goo. Kidnap if at all possible all female agents are requested to recruit. Any married female agents are given full permission to seduce priority agent with no legal penalties. ”
The Nazi's swallowed as they realized I was one of the group that stopped the spread of the dreaded disease. The lead Nazi saluted me. “Sir the fourth reich would be willing to hire you we will pay far more than that thing you are talking to.” The chinese looking woman smiled “A old associate of yours wanted you to know you could trust me. I have a letter from your old boss Hans”
I looked at the woman in front of me “And your name is?” “You can call me Jessica 1045” The people in the bar with me all started to leave and the Nazi's clutched at there weapons not that it would do them much good if Jessica decided to kill them all. No one was entirely certain what the chinese did to train up the Jessica series. There were rumors they were all clones.
Jessica smiled “The fact I am here at all with them suggests that my superiors and there's need something done. I have a vial of something that should unblock your powers.”
I realized I was wrong about Jessica. Jessica was a recreated person more machine than human and only group allowed them into there military. The human league a bunch of scientists that would never have anything to do with the Nazi's. At least that was what I had been told. The human league hated the Nazi's.
I had done good work on the cure for the black goo but there were others that just as good as me. The only reason to hire me was because someone wanted some nanites created off the official books.
Jessica winked at me “With global warming the relative sane people left in the world agree we need nanite technology to keep the temperature down. But the several of the island folk are demanding that we stop using the ocean to adsorb carbon. Australia and India are refusing to allow us to dump any more nanites near them. With the increase of sea monsters a lot of the western world is also complaining. The problem is the carbon still in the air. So we come to you with a offer.”
I nodded “You want a leak of nanites into the oceans.” Jessica shook her head “We are going to need a little more than that. We need the coral reefs regrown and also several forests.” I could see the Nazi's sweating as they realized what was going on.
Everyone knew it would be possible to regrow the forests in southern America and that it had to be done. But there were several million people now living down there. If the forest began to regrow those people would more than likely eaten by the nanite infused super trees. Or some other insane creature spawned by the nanites
I looked at Jessica and used my powers for the first time in public in years. Jessica's eyes widened “Your powers have increased that means they were never damaged during the food riots”
I looked at the Nazi's who were all looking at me like I was a minor god. One of there arm bands began to talk. “Higher level super detected. A tree splicer know for the free development of seed crops. Suspected to be behind technology used in reclamation of the Spanish and Californian desert. Considered extremely dangerous. Priority recruitment level one.”
Jessica looked at me “I was told by Hans to tell you this needed to be done and give you the letter. He said you would understand.” I opened the letter to see a picture of my family. My brothers and sisters and there kids. The letter was brief.
Get it done. The island nations are refusing to allow any more nanites into the water near them. So I need a fifty percent decrease in carbon world wide.
PS your family is doing well in there new home. The Reich has supplied them all with bodyguards. So you can be sure they are all safe.
I looked at Jessica “I assume that the predictors have given me a decent chance of pulling this off.” Jessica shook her head and I felt my ass clench. “So basically I am your last hope. Or one of them. Have you access to a obscene amount of credits?” Jessica nodded and I got up. “Alright lets bring a bag with a quarter of a million credits to see a sea captain. Then we are going to need a few bankers shot. I assume Hans has given me a blank cheque ?”
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Seeing Jessica's confused look I winked at Jessica and grinned “As you know all the drug money was laundered threw the porn industry? That was until the Irish and Swiss banks took over. They would sell cocaine to a baby and frankly we can not afford the bribes it would take to get past there lock down. So we need confusion.” Jessica paled as I explained “Why do you think Hans is sending me in to do his dirty work now lets go hire a teleporter. Then we have to hire a captain.” I tossed a list of names to the Nazi's “Tomorrow they all die get moving. Also try and kill them all at the same time. Collateral damage is not a issue.”
Captain John was living in a three story mansion on what looked like a cliff that was about to fall over. John was a older black man with haunted look in his face. I knew he had some kind of super power more than likely some kind of physical strength enhancement not that you could tell by looking at him. He looked at me and the bag in my hand and his eyes lit up.
John grinned “Its good you came the shit and poison in the seas are getting worse. I know nanites create monsters but starvation is a worse disease.” I pointed at Jessica “I have been hired to reduce carbon by 50 % globally. A few tons of nanites are not going to cut it this time. How do you feel about the Mediterranean sea?” John looked at me “You think you can do this?” I nodded “It looks like we are going to need six or seven trips. The Russians will be happy to supply us with the nanites for free as long as we dump them far away from them. You can have a few tons of the better quality nanites to strain your local waters.” I gave John the bag and his orders. John pulled out a phone and started to make phone calls. A hour later he grabbed the bag with the credits and left.
Jessica punched me “Are you nuts there is no way they will not stop you.” I grinned “They can try but its right next to the canal and Egypt is awfully corrupt. We fake a few ships manifests they will never think of looking at the Russian ports. Well they will but by the time they catch us we will have done what you are paying me to do. I need you to give me a few days to organize this before you contact your boss for more credits”
I headed to one of John's spare rooms and tried to enter the room. A security bot appeared with a giant machine gun. I looked at the older model and stopped trying to enter the room. Jessica laughed “Ok so call John and we will get the codes” I shook my head “No there are supers listening in so no electronic communication. We and by that I mean I have about 1000 credits in hard currency. Which will have to do us until John gets back” Jessica gave me a stunned stare “What there is no way anyone can take a bag full of credits and acquire enough nanites to kill everyone on earth” “What can I say I am betting he does not have to spend a credit. The russians will give him the nanites for free.” I sat down and began to use my internal world to reduce my energy usage then I began to practice.
I stood still for about a week focusing on the nanites in my body. Each step needed to be practiced again and again. I was kicked awake my a annoyed Jessica “I am suppose to be the robot you just sat still for a entire week. John is back” John grinned at me and passed me a briefcase with the control nanites. A full liter I took control of the nanites and loaded in the safety protocols and then added in there instructions. Jessica watched as John pulled six jars from the briefcase and brought them carefully to his boat. He climbed in and raced off. Other boats arrived and meet up with John. Jessica looked at me and I lied my ass off “There decoy boats. We wait a half a day then we make a run for it. Do you have any food? I am starved” Jessica nodded and entered Johns home and made me what looked like a egg sandwich. Not that it was eggs it was some kind of yellow nanite created goo and not the good kind. I sat and tried to work out escape routes. I still had about 10 hours before the nanites were noticed. I sat in silence until I could not take it any more so I watched the execution squad show. Basically they were looking for ex presidents so they could toss garbage at them.
I watched Joey give a glass of water to a ex president. I would say the guy did not deserve what happened next but that would be a lie. He ran for a toilet but tripped before getting there. One of what had been the most powerful people in the world began to scream as he lost control of his bowels. The security guards began to beat up Joey who seemed to like the kicking he was getting. The show stopped a few minutes later and went into what had happened. Joey was now suing the bodyguards for brutality. The ex president died before he was brought to hospital. Apparently they had to release Joey because he had given the president a glass of water from a local stream the president had assured the public was safe to drink from. I saw Joeys grinning face as he was let out of prison calling out his porn web site address.
Jessica gagged and switched over television and a news report came in. “It looks like there has been a major illegal dump of what are so called re claimer nanites in the Mediterranean sea. Reports are coming in of actual rain in Spain instead of acid rain.” Jessica pulled out what looked like a phone and spoke into it. “OK I think Lazyboots actually has a plan that might work up to Walkers requirement.”
There was a giant flash of light as a superhero appeared outside Johns side house and I shuddered. Internally I called the super captain Barbie as she was blond bomb shell who looked like she was really annoyed. Her voice echoed out “Foul evil wretch your time to face lady justice has come.” I raised my hands above my head and walked out of the small side house “We surrender we are unarmed well I am.” Jessica starred at the flying super hero and I frantically called out “WE Surrender now raise your hands before they send a entire team of supers to remove our heads”
The flying blond barbie looked upset and even more so when I winked at her. She flew down and I knew she wanted to give me a beating. Still there was no way she had come up with that ridiculous speech herself someone was monitoring her. More than likely a agent and no one messes with the cash flow not even brain dead blonde air heads.
The blonde super glared at me as I pulled out my wrist communicator switched it on and began to call a local space shuttle service. A naked female appeared and growled “Tom you have a customer.” Tom was also naked but looked a lot less pleasant than his latest girlfriend slash hooker. I called out “Two for the moon reservation in about a hour.” Tom snorted “You want a trip in a garbage bin cause that's all we send up.” I nodded “That's about what I can afford and since I am fairly broke can you reduce the oxygen in the can for my friend. We will go naked”
A giant flying war machine flew out of the sun and landed. It was battered and the paint was chipped but the flying barbie pulled back. Some of the American war machines were twenty feet tall and had crews of a half dozen. This one looked like a smaller version ten feet tall a two pilot version and looking from the scratched paint it was one of the ones that held back one of rat hordes that had hit Africa. You could just smell the pure raw savagery coming from the war machine.
A booming voice came from the war machine in what sounded like mandarin. Seeing Jessica pale face I was guessing she realized for a tanker with a storage capacity of 200,000 tons needed maybe 175 grams of control nanites. I had given John a liter of control nanites. The flying barbie was brave I will give her that when her arm band began to glow and a tiny hologram of a pissed off looking woman appeared and told her to arrest me she actually squared off against the war robot.
I raised my hand and spoke “You know that a teleport block like the one I just placed around this place can only be created by a class b combat super.” The flying barbie spoke out “That's only as a long range attack specialist” Hans voice came from the war machine “Max you should have kept up with your super serum injections.” I grinned “You mean the ones made of nanites?” Hans sounded happier when he spoke up again “I take it you did the bare minimum then?”
I nodded everyone stayed still while the council of heroes and the other forces involved began to try and get there forces to where I was situated. I looked at the flying barbie and the screaming hologram on her wrist and at the robot and grinned evilly. “You know I bet she is juiced up on combat nanites. Which means there going to have to pass out of her system in about half a hour. Save me a recording of her and we can put it on the internet. Flying bimbo uses the loo”
I pulled out a radio and listened. “The American president took time off trying to settle the latest round of riots and condemned the release of nanites into the Mediterranean. The Chinese and Russians governments have also issued statements condemning the act as a misguided attempt by a ill informed rogue element.
In other news the Texas governor has praised the release of the nanites saying we need to give whoever did this a medal. The fourth reich has also praised the release of nanites calling it a much needed step.”