"To Kill A Runner" Chapter 13 "Lucky Number" (Cyberpunk Fiction)

The following mornings rest was cut short with the sound of low flying helicopters and motor cycle engines. Jarome sleeping with one eye open on the hard metal floor of the back bed of the van. Britney in the drivers seat her drowsy head slumped over still clutching the tranquilizer rifle. The strange shape shifting woman as still passed out was wrapped in another grey blanket with some discolored threads, the cheep sort that was issued to inmates in prisons. Waking up Britney took wanted to take her body armor off her body armor and set down the rifle but lifted her head up to do a visual sweep out of the glass shield of the van.

“ Jarome, get up... get up. There are go-gang bikers all over the parking lot. “ Britney said panicking a little as she shoved Jarome's side coaxing him to awake.

No time to relax she turned the key of Ignition,

“Let me Drive, We need to get away.”

“What's Out There ? “

“The Police and Bikers On the road spreed apart by half a few yards or more “

“ We are surrounded ! Aren't We ? “

“Yes” Jarome got up and grabbed the drivers seat.

“ We Need more Weapons. I'm feeling like we were set up to fail Don't you think ? “

“ Can you drive a motor bike ? “

“ Yes “

“ We need fuel ? “

“ Yes “

“ Wake Her Up, I want to know who the who the Wolf Woman Is ? “

“Magena. And I need Clothes “ Said the new. Groggy and wrapped in the gray prison blanket.

“ Is River Head your Uncle ? “

“NO, HE Wants to Kill Me Too !”

Jarome pulls the van drive to engage and creeps it slowly over to the petrol fuel pump

“ We Are going just get gasoline with the cash From that Bit- Head House. Then We need To get out of here."

“No, No, I Need To Get On A Damn Computer, I Have been Offline Too Long! We Are Surrounded and It's Your Damn Fault! Jarome I Need To Get On The VR MATRIX ! I NEED TOO Reach Out !” Britney Exclaimed Panicking.

“ Let's rob River Head Casino, I have been a wolf and lost my human existence for Sixteen yeas ! He interfered so much. He Must Have killed my Father Too, Now I can control It. Look one last big hit then we can get out of Cattaraugus County, I will even help you for a while! “ Magena spoke. “I will Help You get to a computer in the casino. Then we hijack bikes or a car from the parking lot “

Jarome Left going by himself to pay cash.

Britney took out her radio and changed the batteries and started to use switches to reprogram it and Looking In the Blue Goggles that where no longer connected to any feed.
“ Do you have an Idea of how to do that with no ammo or guns? We are not too prepared anymore. River Took our guns Gave us non lethal rounds and polymer rifle sand give us OK old lone star body armor and asked us to find you, capture you, but we really need to find a Fixer ! He Obviously set us up he drugged us” Like a person that would sell me computerized vehicle Adapter and the program for my VR Goggles And more ammo or new weapons ? “
“At least this machine is quality “. She also took out the one glock pistol they had fired on the BreathMakers. “And this “
She pulled the slide a few times back, Ejecting not firing 45. calliber bullets in the palm of her hand. Then pulling out the magazine chambered in the handle “that's all we have. River Head took our other riffle”

Jarome returned with gasoline cans and filled those too, opening the back van doors passing Magena a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Then loading several gallons of fuel. Then getting back into the drivers seat. “ Do you have A plan yet ? “

Magena smiled and nodded While Britney put her eyes into her VR googles after an angry expression toward Jarome.

“I can control the power now. Tonight I can run into the casino with Britney. I will go upstairs to the Hotel rooms for rent and Do My Animal Thing ! “ A wolf running down guests hotel room hallways in the next building should distract the guards from the casino. Then you can use the computer And I will get your riffle and some other weapons from River Heads Office. He Can break a steering columns and expose ignition leads ? “ Megena spoke seeming to have confidence “

Jarome pulls the van into ignition and out into the road, stepping lightly on the gas trying to go at a speed that did not draw attention. He thought the plan was risky but they had little choice A gamble when your down makes sense right ? No.