Chapter 1: The Corpse of Steel(18)
As the woman shrieked, I glared daggers at the boy. He shrunk back, face clearly admitting guilt as it disappeared into the safety of another room.
"I will," I promise as I raise my hand further up her form. "He and his friends will all be getting the punishment they deserve. He's too cowardly to even run." I pat the woman's shoulder one more time with my free hand in sympathy. Seeing that it does seem to calm her rather than frighten her, I cautiously trail it to the back of her head "First, are you ready for me to set you free?"
She nods, twisting slightly to reveal more of her back to me and the coiled form she was bound in. The image shimmered and pulsed gently. Her pale skin as clear as winter frost, the auburn of her hair as luminous as the last leaves clinging on a winter tree. In life she must have been a one of a kind beauty.
-CRUNCH-
My fist closes on the back of her skull. Her form pulses with light one last time which fades away matching the muted tones of the building around it. Circuitry and metal rain to the floor and what remains in my hand is only a shattered hard drive. I pull my hand back and take in the rest of the real form in front of me.
"I will," I promise as I raise my hand further up her form. "He and his friends will all be getting the punishment they deserve. He's too cowardly to even run." I pat the woman's shoulder one more time with my free hand in sympathy. Seeing that it does seem to calm her rather than frighten her, I cautiously trail it to the back of her head "First, are you ready for me to set you free?"
She nods, twisting slightly to reveal more of her back to me and the coiled form she was bound in. The image shimmered and pulsed gently. Her pale skin as clear as winter frost, the auburn of her hair as luminous as the last leaves clinging on a winter tree. In life she must have been a one of a kind beauty.
-CRUNCH-
My fist closes on the back of her skull. Her form pulses with light one last time which fades away matching the muted tones of the building around it. Circuitry and metal rain to the floor and what remains in my hand is only a shattered hard drive. I pull my hand back and take in the rest of the real form in front of me.
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