Rated NC17 The Reaper
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I claimed my weapons and left the docking bay. I wasn't particularly crazy about what I needed to do next, but it was the fastest way to the perimeter, so I sucked it up headed to the nearby flyer colony.

Once there, I paid the handler a little extra, hoping he'd give me one of his better flyers, not that any of the giant dragonfly-like bugs that I was nervously eyeing looked particularly faster or more reliable than the next.

He pointed to a bright emerald green flyer and I took a closer look as I approached it. There were a few patches of molting around it's giant faceted eyes, but its wings were large and I didn't see any creases or tears in them. I took a deep breath and turned my back to the emerald green flyer. It snagged me and pulled me up to its abdomen. I always found being snatched up by a giant flying insect very unsettling.

"East perimeter, as close to the substructure access as you can get me," I told the handler.

He made some clicking noises in response. I never understood them, but it was only important that they understood me. He grabbed a gooey yellow chunk out of a cubby and held it up for the flyer to smell. I hated this part too.

Even with redundant synthetic organs, it still felt like the flyer left my stomach behind as it lurched up into the air and flew at a blurring speed toward the perimeter...

(do I get to my destination without any mishaps?)

Yes.

The bright orange sections of the agricultural hive sped past as my flyer buzzed and darted through the sky, narrowly missing every flyer, drone, platform, and tower as it flew, as if it had to play chicken with every obstacle in our path.

My cybornetically-enhanced inner ears saved me from motion sickness, but they didn't magically make the crazy jerky ride enjoyable. I felt like kissing the concrete when the flyer dropped me off on a storage platform butted up against the inside of the giant translucent dome, but it was time to hit the ground running.

I quickly found the platform's maintenance ladder and slid down the rails, checking my surroundings before my feet hit the ground...

(do I have any trouble finding the substructure access?)

No.

Spotting the hatch, I sprinted to the security panel, hoping my quarry has hunkered down somewhere in the substructure. If I had to hunt that psycho bastard across the planet's surface...

(am I able to get past the hatch security?)

Yes.

My access worked and the hatch popped open (if only it was always so reliable!) With the firearms restriction ending at the hatch, I pulled my goop-gun, primed the cylinder, and slipped through the hatch, flashing my reaper badge at the security camera in case anyone was paying attention. My goop-gun quietly hissed as the 36-cast cylinder molds filled with resin and the projectiles were instantly heat-cured.

My low-light vision autocorrected for the dimly lit tunnel on the other side. I scanned for traps and signs of my mark. I didn't expect to find any yet, but I'm a cautious girl...

(any traps? -very unlikely-)

No.

(signs of my mark? -very unlikely-)

No, but...

One end of the tunnel had been sealed off for damage containment and the seal looked old. Only one way to go then - perfect...

(to be continued...)
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The Reaper - by slaad11 - 04-30-2013, 10:58 AM
RE: The Reaper - by smw - 04-30-2013, 11:20 AM
RE: The Reaper - by slaad11 - 04-30-2013, 12:41 PM
RE: The Reaper - by TrollSlayer - 04-30-2013, 06:13 PM
RE: The Reaper - by nialios - 04-30-2013, 06:49 PM
RE: The Reaper - by slaad11 - 04-30-2013, 10:52 PM
RE: The Reaper - by TrollSlayer - 04-30-2013, 11:52 PM
RE: The Reaper - by slaad11 - 05-01-2013, 10:32 AM
RE: The Reaper - by slaad11 - 05-01-2013, 10:12 PM
RE: The Reaper - by mark - 05-01-2013, 10:24 PM
RE: The Reaper - by slaad11 - 05-01-2013, 10:42 PM
RE: The Reaper - by TrollSlayer - 05-02-2013, 03:26 AM
RE: The Reaper - by smw - 05-02-2013, 05:09 AM
RE: The Reaper - by slaad11 - 05-02-2013, 10:14 AM

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