I stood there, furious, a steady hand holding the gun
"Let him go, Joie." I say with a snarl
"No! You're misunderstanding my intentions! I'm not- That's-"
"Sure, let him go, I'm not gonna hesitate to pull the fucking trigger."
"Noell, drop it." kirk said.
"What's going on?" I ask, still holding the gun
"Were you hypnotized or something?" I push
"NO! NOELL! DROP THE FUCKING GUN." Kirk barked
I recognized that burst of anger and dropped my arm, putting the gun away, then crossing my arms
"Care to explain, one, why you're not back at base, and two, why you're with this fuck?" I snarl
"You're supposed to be being treated by Sam, not walking around this place next to THE REASON WE'RE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE." I bark as I look to Joie.
"Just listen for five fucking seconds. He was developing NX-5 as a cure for any sort of pollution to the earth, he was there to oversee the military tech installation. I've seen the files."
"Is this true, Joie? Files can be altered. Don't lie to me. Unlike Kirk here, I won't hesitate to slice your neck clean in half." I replied.
"Yes, it's true!"
"I don't believe you." I said as I rip my gun back out and pull the trigger. The second the man saw me move he acted, diving forward and clutching the gun, twisting and directing the barrel away from himself. This guy fights like Kirk!? Fallen snapped an elbow into my ribs and tore the gun from my grasp and pointed at my head. "Done yet?" he spoke smugly.
"Think you're tough, huh? I'm only trying to keep Kirk safe; I don't want to lose more organization personnel." I say with crossed arms, cradling my chest
"Noell leave it be! I'm not kidnapped, Fallen has a point. NX-5 isn't a superweapon, it's doing its job! Its cleaning the earths pollution, us, humanity."
"Wait, so, If he's not the danger, then... Fuck, Kirk, I made a mistake."
"What?"
"The organization, WE'RE the threat."
"How?" he replied, curious.
"You remember the fact that back in the synth wars, NX-5 barely consumed anyone?"
"By bombing the shit out of it with enough EMPs to blackout the world for a year. Yeah, we angered it. Oh, oh shit, we made it think humans are the threat. NX-5 has all of world's information on pollution, it realized that the words issues are coming from humans, but yeah bombing it probably didn't help."
"So what do we do?"
"I have a plan."
We find ourselves in a large, laser-tag maze-like room, there were about 5 stations with a bunch of tubes and a sort of VR headset protruding from the walls of the stations
"I've been working on a prototype to allow organic beings to be transported to the digital world, It's not done yet, but if you two manage to find whatever the hell is controlling NX-5 in there and shut it down, I think we might be able to finally finish this."
"Are you sure It's worth the risk?" Kirk asked. Coughing blood as he did so.
"Yeah, though, I can't guarantee you'll be able to leave."
"Wait, what do you mean we? you're coming with us."
"I think it's best I stay in the real world and monitor you guys from here."
"Actually, not a bad idea." Joie says
"Alright, take a station." The two each walk into one of the pod-like structures as the tubes stick to their skin and they grab the headsets, they look at me and kirk said.
"Hey, if it comes down to it, pull him out first. I'm dead anyways."
"Forget it, if I can't pull you both out, I'll force you out."
"How?"
"Placing myself in it and pulling the other out." I flip a few switches and press some buttons before holding a large red lever. I nod
"Good luck, you two." The two nod back to me as they put the headsets on and go completely limp, their eyes white and lifeless. Kirk opens his eyes to look around to see something kinda beautiful, it was a world that was composed completely of cyan code, it was like a replica of Earth but digital, Kirk looked to his side to see blue pixels form the figure of Joie from feet to his head, the blue glow vanishes as he feels his body.
"This is so odd." Kirk said as he felt himself, he then noticed a bunch of weird holographic buttons constantly in his sight, no matter where he looked, like he was in a video game, Kirk also felt himself much more energetic and stronger, he felt as if the disease was rid from his body, and he was at top condition once again.
"Okay! This is kinda nice!" Kirk said as he bounced between his feet, punching the air in front of him, Joie just stood there, confused. The two then heard a feminine voice speak from behind them
"You two are new."
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Hijack'd - A Sci-Fi Fiction novel
Science-FictionNoell and Kirk discover a familiar nanotech goo that begins to invade Earth, can they stop it before everything is gone? We'll see. [This story is OLD, like, OLD OLD]
