Sky City Wars

Death Alone

Harold finally made it to the top of the crevice. He laid down on the dirt and sighed. His crew left him and he had no way home now. He saw a bunch of dust on the horizon and stood up. A space craft was slowing down near him. 

"Hello sir. What are you doing out here at this time?" Asked the man. "Well I crash landed here and jumped out as my ship plummeted to the bottom of this canyon." Said Harold. "You need a ride into town?" Asked the man. "Sure do." Said Harold. "Name's Jorge, Jorge Harrison." Said Jorge. "Hello Jorge, I'm Harold. Harold Moore." Said Harold. "The man who made spaceflight and colonization on distant planets possible? That's impossible." Said Jorge. 

"I did that?" Asked Harold. "You must've hit your head." Said Jorge laughing. "Must have." Said Harold laughing. "Well hop on." Said Jorge. Harold climbed into the ship and they took off towards the city. 

"Where were you coming from Mr. Moore?" Asked Jorge. "Well Jorge, I am coming from Earth. We had to dock on the docking ports in orbit around Mars. But we crash landed." Said Harold. "Well what happened to your crew?" Asked Jorge. "They survived but they thought I died with the ship and a nearby ship came in and they were evacuated out of here." Said Harold. "Wow, they left you?" Asked Jorge. "Yes they have." Said Harold. "I'm sorry that happened." Said Jorge. "I'll get in touch with them." Said Harold. "Yeah the comm towers have been down recently. One of the generators was taken out and that took out more than half of the communication on Mars." Said Jorge. 

"I think it could've been our ship." Said Harold. "Well everything happens for a reason. We can figure it out." Said Jorge as he stopped the vehicle. "Where are we?" Asked Harold as Jorge swiped his card. A gate swung open and they drove through. "The First Colony." Said Jorge. "Wow, this place is amazing." Said Harold. "Built into the biggest crater on Mars. Fully functioning city with everything it needs." Said Jorge pulling into a driveway and he stopped the vehicle. 

"That's amazing." Said Harold. "Yeah, you designed it all." Said Jorge laughing. "I can't remember designing all this." Said Harold. "Beautiful work and architecture." Said Jorge sliding his hand across a pillar. "Exquisite." Said Harold in awe. "Here's your room." Said Jorge opening a door. Harold walked in and looked out the window. "Is that a market?" Asked Harold. "With every alien creature and creature from Earth that you can imagine." Said Jorge. "Why are you letting me stay here?" Asked Harold. "You are like me. We are searching for the same thing." Said Jorge smiling. "What is that supposed to mean?" Asked Harold. "See you in a couple hours for dinner, here's money to go buy gear and clothes." Said Jorge smiling and closing the door. 

A panel opened on the wall and a tube of money slid out. Harold grabbed it and stuck it in his pocket. He walked out of the room and down the hall and stairs. He couldn't find Jorge anywhere. He walked outside and saw his car was still there. 

"Hello Mr. Moore." Said a female voice. Harold jumped back and was staring at a tall robot. "Are you a S model?" Asked Harold. "The first Mars robot to be sent there." Said the robot. "What's your identity?" Asked Harold. "My true identity, S-7893H4567KLYT." Said the robot. What's your given name?" Asked Harold. "Janette." Said Janette. "Well Janette. Nice to meet you but where is Jorge. I would like to speak to him." Said Harold. "Mr. Harrison is away at a meeting right now, he will pick up Thai food on his way home in three hours." Said Janette. 

"Where is a weapons store, clothes store, and the closest hardware store?" Asked Harold. "All were put into the GPS in the car." Said Janette. "That's Jorge's car." Said Harold. "He has given you permission to drive it." Said Janette. "He has?" Asked Harold. "Yes he has." Said Janette. "Thank you Janette." Said Harold climbing into the car. He pulled out of the driveway and followed the GPS to the clothes store. 

Harold pulled up in front of the clothes store and parked the car. He stepped out of the car and closed the door. He walked into the clothes store. "Hello Mr. Moore." Said the clerk. "How do you know who I am?" Asked Harold. "DNA scanner in the door frame." Said the clerk. "This is awesome." Said Harold. "Well Mr. Moore, I understand your choice of style." Said the clerk pressing a button. 

"Malory, get items G-67 through J-45." Said the clerk. "Right away." Said a voice. "And who might you be?" Asked Harold. "My name is Jenny." Said the clerk smiling. "Well Jenny what do you think I would wear?" Asked Harold. "This." Said Jenny motioning to a rack of clothes that slid out of the wall. 

"Wow. Seems amazing." Said Harold. "Very amazing indeed." Said Jenny. "What is in inventory?" Asked Harold. "Well first we have a very nice suit for you and there's a few things about it." Said Jenny.  "Like what?" Asked Harold. "Well this suit is equipped with a small micro-radio transmitter and there are hidden poisonous needles in the left sleeve and in the right there is a small electroshocker. 

"I'll take that." Said Harold. "Good choice, here is a nice button down shirt with a pair of slacks." Said Jenny. "Anything good?" Asked Harold. "Nope, just a shirt and pants." Said Jenny laughing. "Okay well now I need socks and a pair of shoes." Said Harold. "Here are a few things as well." Said Jenny handing him, shoes, a belt, socks, and a tie. 

"The tie has a GPS locator in it, also a small micro SD card to record audio along with a small micro camera in the tie clasp." Said Jenny. "Sweet." Said Harold. "In the shoes there is a hidden pistol in the heel of the right shoe and a knife in the left heel." Said Jenny.