Routine [Project „Streets of Cyberworld“]

Thunder cracked like a whip-tail of angry cyberdog. Rain was pouring as if heavens decided to wash away all the sins of this world. Big Boss above obviously had no idea how much world have changed since Adam and Eve. And how little.

From thirty feet she looked gorgeous. From ten she looked like somebody, who should be looked at from thirty feet. Makeup was too thick, colours were too garish, and she was too much dead for my liking.

I knelt beside thin broken body, but didn’t touch anything. There was no need to check for pulse or cause of death. Nobody can survive loss of some six pints of blood. There was oddity though - she had no serious injury. Or at least I could see none. Only thirty or so shallow cuts in face, neck, little breasts and belly. I could easily see each of them, as she was stark naked, unless you want to count unbranded veerd soft in a slot. I wanted to think, that veerd was full on when she was carved and she didn’t feel a thing, but I knew better. Her screams woke the neighbours.

Indistinct noise from wardrobe roused me up. I’ve pulled service thirty-eight from holster and slowly opened the door. Weapon was unnecessary – man inside wardrobe was armed with a short knife but in a deep veerd. His left forearm sported same shallow cuts as whore’s body, but at least he was fully clothed. Small blessings of my life.
I’ve holstered thirty-eight and without ceremony pulled soft of the socket. Flash stick looked very much alike no-name on the dead body. Must be same batch. Then I kept slapping junky until he came round.
“I have you red handed”. I told him. He may have missed that part. “It will cost you fifty if you want to sport some visible police brutality in front of magistrate. And another half hundred if you want to call your pals right now. They will have about half an hour to make me an offer. ”
He paid for a phone call but refused on police brutality offer. I had to avoid lasting injuries.

In half an hour I had money. Enough to let him go. More than enough. And rain have stopped. Big Boss above got bored.