Arron slinked through the dark backstreets with the hood of the bloody hoodie pulled down to cover his face. Since he now knew the territory of each of the families well enough he was able to avoid the hot spots and escape from deep within the family-held territory. With how serious this situation was, he could not chance meeting with …

Arron marched down a cramped hallway that had not been cleaned in years. All the trash covering the floor allowed his footsteps to be muffled instead of the normal loud clack of footsteps on a para-steel floor. There was only one light that worked in the entire hallway and it was right above the last office door that had a …

For the next two weeks, Arron lost himself in work as he bounced between the offices of each of the businesses he was in charge of. During this time there was very little to report to A.S. or Kix. Arron received a holo-call while at his desk typing up a document for the week’s report that he had to send …

Arron was still deep in debt with the Ryu family due to the cost of his new clothes, accessories, and the weekly shaves and haircuts that had been added to his tab. Since this was his first day on the job, it would be a while before he could even be paid. Even if he was paid, the credits would …

 When Arron entered the room he saw three black-suit Office of Reason agents sitting on three old hover chairs which were the only furniture in the room. Their private discussion stopped immediately as they turned to inspect him.  “You are quite young to own so many businesses,” said a skinny agent as he stood up and held out his left …

Slap! Arron’s face was smacked hard, waking him from his drugged stupor. “Huh?” he looked around trying to figure out where he was and who had just slapped him in the face. “You were not waking up so I had to take matters into my own hands, no pun intended. But damn, is your face made of metal?” asked Enk …

The next day. Arron stood in the main meeting room far underground with other probationary members. There were people of all ages and from all different recruitment batches, not just those that had been recruited when Arron had joined. The bright light inside the room revealed the nervous looks on everyone’s face as they quietly chatted among themselves. There were …

Arron tapped on the new file he had received and a holo-vid opened up and was streamed in front of his face through his cybernetic eye’s connection. From a quick glance, he could see that the holo-vid was security footage of one of the few random goods shops that still allowed people to enter in person and browse the goods …

Sector one. Zone three. Midnight. A sharply dressed young man was running for his life down a narrow side alley. As he saw the end of the alley opening up into a larger street, he picked up his speed and darted across the deserted street and pulled himself up and over a chest-high para-concrete barrier landing onto an empty balcony …

The flying limo and several flying cars that had escorted them, all landed on a flat parking space that was blocked off from the surrounding area by a large flowing electric fence that was constantly letting out loud zaps. Arron quietly exited the vehicle with the others and was stunned when he looked up at the building in front of …