Dis-Integration Pt. 2

"Dis-Integration Pt. 2"



"Shit" he said
there was a silence
as the cops looked at Roland
and discenred he was the target
and Roland realized how fucked he was
he bolted out the back door
to a "HEY! STOP!"
bursting outside and into the rain
he pulled his hood
and ran
the doors crashed behind him
and he heard the whirring of their batons
Out the back and onto the sidewalk
a crowd of Sycnhs were praying toegether outside
the Synchs were all connceted
such a tight web of communication
their mind had nearly become one
these gypsy like people wandered together
a hive mind
He pushed through them
their smiles did not fade as rain fell on their glazed eyes
Roland spit into his bluetooth
"DEREK wake up!"
the lights on his laptop flashed blue
Roland lowered his goggles over his eyes
an interface appeared
DEREK's smile at the corner of his vision
"DEREK i need a radar bounce."
*Uploading Now...I feel sick Roland*
Roland ignored him running out into the streets
a bus swerved as Roland glided over the pavement
He was clotheslined
hard
the zap of a baton knocking the air out of him
Landing on the ground he looked up
through the rain drops he saw a fat MP standing over him
he stepped on Roland's neck
The MP smiled, his face shilded by a ID (interface display) scren
The MP kicked him over and lay a knee down on his back
beginning to cuff Roland
"DEREK-"
"Shut the fuck up"
the MP punched Roland's head into the pavement "Quit resitting...
*resisting
Give me your goddamn hands"
"DEREK sieze em!"
The lights on derek became a terrible brightness
kaliedoscopic in color
it flashed rapidly
blinding all around it
the ID's on the MP's helmet malfucnitioned
he was blind
Roland used this time to trip up the cop
and regained his footing
when the cop looked up
Roland crushed hte side of his head with a recyclign bin
He looked over
and saw more MP on their way
he could hear sirens in the distance
Above him sat two fat birds
well
one fat bird
a blue jay
its eyes were tired
"Rough start."
the bird next time was long and white
Golden eyes
"He's got it." she said
the blue jay sighed
below
Roland dove into the subway
His screen was blurrying
and then
"Hello Roland" said the Ophelia program
"What? Go away!"
Roland scanned the terminal
the trains lunged back and forth
He saw hte SNC's watching him
and transit MPs making hteir way over
"DEREK bring up the train schedule!"
Ophelia laughed
"I'm sorry. I can't let you do that."
Roland pushed through the crowd
most people were talking
but not to anyone around htem
to people hundreds of miles away
about nonsense
or playing mmo games
Roland pushed a man to the ground getting into a train befor ehte door closed
"What are you doing?!" he shouted
*The system is mine.* Said Ophelia
Damnit
she was a trojan
She must of alerted the MPs
Nick had tricked them
and now she was taking over DEREK
The train departed leavign the MPs behind
Roland's vision went black
and he tossed his goggles
His reliance on technology had blinded him to the obvious
and now he had a traitor on his back
*Smart.* she said *But I am still gps compatible*
Roland sat down to think
"That's fine. I'm not connected to any wifi, and i tossed DEREKs airport."
The machine said nothing for a bit
Roland took time to think
this Ophelia program is a hack
a paraise
*parasite
but
it sent a transmission to...someone
to notify the MPs
probably an OmTech router
When Roland gets out of here
he can trace it to the router
and find their routers
maybe shut down the system for good
*They will catch you They know where the trains go.*
Roland thought
she's right
Roland had an idea
he got up and moved his way up the train cart
the trains were clean
USB ports on every seat
and outlets for chargers
the windows displayed RSS feeds
and the advertisements were video

Roland snuck through the carts, using the Glyph in his palm to naviagte
The Glyph displayed a map
Flashing radar
The screen kept glitching and freezing
*You think I would make this easy?*
In the next train car was an MP,
Scanning peoples eyes
A gun holstered at her side.

Information on the tattooed passenger displayed on the MP's visor
She saw his complete legal and medical history
*Alert* it said and highlighted Roland, making his way towards her.
A mugshot appeared along with the flashing text *Wanted*
Her eyes met Roland's for a brief moment
Before flickered and glitched out of existence
“Did you just-Did you see that?”
A glitch twisted pixels ran across her visor
But at the bottom of her vision, unshielded by the display
Roland's feet raced passed her
Reacting to slowly
She felt her gun torn from it's holster
And her balance abondan her.

Her head hit the ground
Her vision came to, a barrel in her face
Roland smiled above her
He bent down swinging a USB
Inserting it into a port on her neck
Her visor and armor shut down
Leaving her blind and useless
Cursing she removed the visor to free her vision
Roland had removed her keychain and was leaving scene
She tried to make chase
But was chained to the ground with her handcuffs

*Impressive
Military grade weaponry?
Did the Doll Maker provide you with firewall?
Pirated programs...
You must of appeared a ghost to the MP*
“You haven't seen anything.”

Pistol tucked into his blue hoodie
His left hand reached up his right sleeve
He rolled the sleeve up
Beneath the hoodie his arm was wrapped in a black armor
What little strips he could scavenge
At his wrist a slingshot, set back
He released the slingshot, it's prongs like ears at his hand
Roland's hood fell back and his hair breathed fresh

He armed the slingshot with a bullet, a small ball with a glowing red center
Roland kicked the door open into the Cab
He shot the sling shot, the bullet going through the Conductor's hand
Roland strung again and kept his aim fixed on the Conductor
Who wept and was scared
“Stop the train.”

Hopping out into the tunnels
Roland trekked on
A LED illuminating his path from his fingers
*You shot the poor man, aren't you supposed to be the good guy?*
“He'll live.”

*Why do you run? Why do you resist?*
Roland ignored the machine
His glyph had been hacked by Ophelia
And was no longer useful
The tunnel was illuminated by service lights.
*Why fight against submission? You will be much happier.
You fight, and you are hunted. You have no home
Your life will most likely be very short.*

Roland gazed upwards
A service ladder to the surface
*The UDS gifts you with safety
Security
The benefits of technology and materialism
Give us your soul, and we will keep you happy.*
“Sedated.” said Roland.
*What's that?*

As Roland ascended he planned out his next move.
Nick had betrayed Roland's mentor, The Doll Maker
His first step would be to find The Doll Maker and make sure he was safe
This Ophelia program, annoying as she is, may still be useful
If Roland could hack it, it may provide him with powerful inside into OmTech
Pushing aside the manhole cover, Roland emerged from the Earth
The sun was out and greeted him warmly
A fence to his left, the city of New Wacho behind it
To his right, a rusty forest.
Plant integrated with pavement, a bastard child of industry and foliage
Colored insects buzzed in the woods
*Wilderness. Fantastic. You know there's no wifi out here?*
Roland pushed on.