“…like I was before, I don’t know why we had to be suspended for a week. I would have thought they would want to keep us working without pay,” said Arron. Arron turned onto sector 11’s main food market street and slowly made his way through the night crowd made up of tens of thousands of workers who had just …

A pounding headache tormented Arron as he sat in an uncomfortable parasteel hover-chair. The magnetic cuffs that bound his legs and arms to the Parasteel chair made it so he could not get comfortable. The blinding white light along with the white walls and table did nothing to lessen his discomfort. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply to …

“What? Did you just say you lost your target!?” asked a surprised Toothbrush, spitting out his half-eaten food from his mouth. Lexa joined the call, her face appearing next to Tooth’s on Arron’s helmet visor. “I have just sent out orders for the nearby patrolling security drones to be on the lookout for the Troubled suspect. Are you able to …

 The KNN news that had been muted and minimized was now playing above the dashboard once again as Kix drove the APC to the Private government Prep school. With nothing to talk about, everyone inside the APC was quiet and just listened to the news. “Breaking news! We have just learned that the son of Jood, a party member under …

The silent holo-call ended with Jood’s face completely ashen. It appeared he had just received similar news or maybe even new orders. “Father? You look ill… what is bothering you?” asked Jepp. “I have to go to the Office of Reason to fix something,” said Jood, as he straightened his slick medium-length black hair with a comb. “What about me?” …

Inside the APC Arron bit into his soggy synthdog. A large stream of grease squirted out the rear causing his greasy hands to become even more slippery. “Let’s not go to that stall again,” said Arron after swallowing the last bite of his lunch. “Why? The food is almost the exact thing at the other stalls around here,” said Kix, …

“Heavy drug user?” asked Kix. “Are you saying he was using illegal drugs?” asked Arron. Ms. Watopod nodded her head. “So this was a drug deal gone wrong?” asked Kix, who was using his helmet camera to record the entire interview. It would be sent to Tooth as evidence to help them find the drug dealer or dealers. “I believe …

“…that’s right Kommy. Mr. Watopod, the rich CEO of the largest factory of wrist datapads in the Mega-city was found dead in this alley late last night. He was a major supporter of helping push Mother and Fathers views into reality.” Thud!  Arron slammed the APC’s door shut, drowning out the news playing on the dashboard. “Look over there! The …

Arron and Kix exited the M1 HQ garage and got onto the fast lane to head to their designated sector and zone they would be patrolling today when their helmet visors and the dashboard of the APC started flashing a red warning message. [Red Alert! Code 2! Red Alert! Code 2!] “What is it now? We just started and something …

“Why did you buy that piece of junk?” asked Kix. Looking at the prototype hovercycle v8. Arron and Kix were exiting the M1 HQ employee entrance at the back of the building after finishing the day’s grueling patrol. “I think it would be a great help with getting around the city, and if the chief allows it I might be …