(G4 14/03/2020 JF(GM), AP)

(G4 14/03/2020 JF(GM), AP)

DAY 4 continued...

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FILE #005

Well, hello again sweeties. The fighting was over, but this is a personnel file so I log everything. Jim has an interesting life so don't worry! So to continue;

There was a medic onboard the Osprey. She is one of ours - Edwina 'Eddie' Abosos. Her records are also on file. She tried to attend to Mazzie's wounds, but he was a total jerk about it and was trying to squeeze her and kiss her. Jim just left him to it.

They landed in Miami and waited in a crew room in the hangar for a limo to come and get them. Mazzie kept trying it on with Eddie, getting so bad that Jim finally stepped in, cuffing the asshole around the back of the head.
The dam-fool then started carrying on, saying, 'I have a concussion!' and other stupid stuff. Jim should have shot him in the crotch if you ask me, but instead he got his rippers out and said, 'We'd better make an incision then!'
Before it all got a bit out of hand, Eddie butted in and separated them. A few seconds later the limo arrived and took Mazzie away. Jim got on a flight to the west coast later in the day and arrived home in the evening.

DAY 5

Jim reported to Will Bates, the CEO of Megasoft and his boss, in the morning and told him about the  rescue of his brother. Will thanked him and told him to take a few days off. He also transferred  50,000 creds into his account. Not too shabby!

DAY 6

Jim checked himself into a cyber-clinic to get a bunch of upgrades today.
He got himself a whole load of optical and audio upgrades.

DAY 7

Jim was in the clinic all today, recovering from his operations.

DAY 8

Our hero Jim reported back to work today. They were driving back from a meeting in the city when they were attacked by a sniper! Just as they were about to go over a crossroads, waiting for the lights to change, the driver was hit right in the head by a high-caliber bullet through the windshield, killing
him instantly.

Will ducked for cover and keeping low, Jim jacked into the rear seat com-port of the car as more bullets hit the car. He managed to get the car over the junction and down the street a ways, but then a bullet through the engine block stopped it in its tracks.

They were in a built up area, all the buildings were at least eight stories high. He scanned the roofs and spotted the sniper. He returned fire and the car absorbed most of the incoming rounds, but they were sitting ducks.

Jim laid down some suppressing fire then they ran for it, into a nearby boutique. Sirens blared and them cops turned up. It was all over, but they never did find the sniper. A few minutes later the Alpha Team arrived and took Will and Jim to a safe house.

DAY 9

Will was up all night on his laptop. Eventually he called over Jim and said:

"Right, Jim, this is the plan. This has Tusk's fingerprints all over it. He's getting more and more desperate as Megasoft is angling to buy him out. I need to get to NYC and sign off the final deal with his grandfather.  He's the main share holder and is 124 years old! He's mainly cyberware now, but he wants to meet in person first. Tusk won't allow it though, at any price. We are going to send decoys by air and sea, but actually we are going to go overland. He won't be expecting that. Me and my assistant and you and one other security person - your choice - can come. We'll take the armoured Winnebago. It can withstand a nuclear blast. We'll have a couple of stops to make along the way."

They picked up the Winnebago in the morning. Jim arranged the purchase of one of those 'Life-saver' neck-brace helmet things. Oh yes, the 'Bullet Smasher 9000' it's called. Well anyway, Jim opted to take Carole Dee with him so when they set off their were four of them. Jim, Carole, Will and his assistant Lisa Craine.

DAY 10

They arrived at Las Vegas in the wee hours of the morning. The good old Winnebago could drive itself, but everyone stayed awake. Will worked away on his laptop, but even he was enjoying the feeling of adventure and camaraderie I'm sure. Jim and Carole sat at the front, chatting away, swapping army stories.

They spent the night in an opulent hotel just off the strip. They gave false names.


DAY 11

At the end of a days driving they arrived in Kansas and stopped at one of Will's properties, a massive house in the hills, well fortified (a virtual fortress really) beside a lake. This was where his 17 year old daughter, Mercedes, lived. They spent the night.

DAY 12

After another day of driving they arrived in Ohio, and spend the night in a Motel just off the main highway.

DAY 13

In the evening of this day they finally arrived in New York. They spent the night in a hotel in Manhattan.
After days spent together Jim and Carole were becoming good friends.

The meeting with 'Pawpaw' Tusk was arranged for the next day.