Danger Close

Wallrunner

This chapter is back at YOU, the reader's Perspective!

Barker had been your saving grace, the alcoholic's arrival being a surprise you welcomed.

What was even more welcome though, was his lack of questions. From the moment he had picked you up from the Precinct to the second he'd taken you back to your apartment, he spoke nothing of your arrest.

No small talk about recent events.

Nothing.

Because as a former Pilot, he knew what you did and didn't need.

Instead he brought his stash of moonshine and a multitude of cases. Equipment actually, your equipment. Furniture and homewares was easy to provide with online shopping, but having your weapons, armour, and ordinance delivered via courier wasn't exactly subtle.

Not to mention the materials and composition of your Tactical Equipment would definitely raise literal alarms. Androids may be made of plastic, but ADVanced AT-Cobalt Composite would have you pinned as a terrorist.

Other items were brought as 'housewarming' gifts, one being a weapons permit. It would only be enough to allow the carry of your Knife and Smart Pistol, though you didn't exactly need to be carrying an Assault Rifle while buying milk from the convenience store. Another gift was still to be revealed, but Barker had insisted that it was a 'surprise you will definitely enjoy'.

And because of this 'surprise', he had ushered you out of the apartment to take some time to relax while it was set up.

You had waited on the roof of your home building until the sun had completely set, the view of the city below being one you'd come to enjoy. Out of sight and out of people's minds, a little like a recon mission back when you were still an active Pilot.

Being idle for several hours had never been an issue for you, but it proved to be interesting when a sudden burst of activity happened a couple of blocks down.

From the frantic shouts you could hear and the way the police cars zipped past in the streets below, something was definitely was up. The fire escape was your choice of descent, door being thrust open while you bounded down the stairs - a subtle tingle warming in your legs as you ran down every second step to quicken your pace.

You'd arrived at ground level in no time and pushed the Emergency Exit door open, keeping against the walls of the buildings and sprinting towards the source of all the commotion.

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The back alleys were your ally, vaulting the chain link fences with ease and using various dumpsters and crates to your advantage. Movement was slow compared to when you were properly equipped with your Jump Kit, but it was still quicker than any Officer would be able to match.

Upon arriving at the next street corner, you dropped back and slid along the ground, grabbing the wheel of a dumpster to stop yourself going too far out of the alley. Police cars drove past, and you leaned out a bit to see officers setting up a line around the scene. Something clearly happened, and to have this many people out could only mean it was a high-profile robbery, or a murder.

"Securing the area now, need to increase the perimeter though. Victim is right out in the open."