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The flickering neon sign buzzed like a trapped wasp as I slipped through the alley’s shadows, boots crunching over broken data chips. Rain slithered down my trench coat, its collar turned up against the electric sleet stinging my neck. A low thrum pulsed beneath the city...’s usual chaos—the kind of silence that swallows gunfire. My gloved hand hovered near the plasma revolver at my hip, its charge pack warm against my thigh. Across the street, a flicker of movement in the third-floor window of the derelict arcade. _There._ The client said the package would be guarded, but they hadn’t mentioned the telltale glint of cybernetic optics. I thumbed the safety off. The scent of ozone sharpened as my augs booted up, overlaying the alley with targeting grids. Two hostiles. Three. No—four, the last one’s heat signature blurred by the rotting dumpster. Time to even the odds. The first shot tore through the night, painting the rain crimson. They returned fire, muzzle flashes stuttering like broken pixels. I lunged sideways, the world slowing as adrenaline and circuitry fused. Concrete exploded where my head had been. _Too close._ Spinning behind a corroded delivery drone, I ejected the spent cartridge. It clattered to the ground, hissing. Their footsteps echoed—methodical, synchronized. Corporate hounds. Should’ve known. My HUD flickered a warning: 23% charge remaining. A grin twisted my lips. Plenty. The drone’s rusted hull groaned as I vaulted over it, plasma searing the air where their formation broke. One down. A scream. Another clipped by ricochet. The remaining two faltered, their overlapping fire suddenly less precise. My augs sputtered, edges of vision fraying. _Not now._ Teeth gritted, I surged forward. Steel met bone. The last one’s mask cracked under the revolver’s grip. “Message for your boss,” I growled, pressing the barrel to his trembling jaw. “Delivery’s been canceled.” The thunderclap drowned his reply. I didn’t stick around to hear the body drop.
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