Stories tagged “Human Weapon”
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Proof
“We have access to criminals, specifically criminals on death row. Except instead of an injection, you’ll do the deed. You understand that we have to know that you can do what you say you can do. We need proof.” There were a thousand ...
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Necessity Dictates Tyranny
“What would have happened if I hadn’t done it?” I felt numb. “Look kid, don’t ask questions you don’t really want to know. Right now, the whole world is looking for people like you and most of us are worried. Counter...
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Two Deaths
It had happened twice before I was sure it was me. The first time some guy was pawing my sister at a party. I didn’t like to think about it, but he’d dropped dead in my hands. The EMT’s thought it was a heart attack. They couldn’...
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The Recruiter
The lobby was empty. A bored man sat behind a desk, idly thumbing through a magazine without really looking at it. He was wearing a simple turtle-neck but I could tell he was a military man. It wasn’t the shaved head, bulky frame, or piercing eye...
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The Next Step: Bureaucracy
This is what I signed up for. Lab rat or assassin. The U.S. government wasted a lot, but I figured I was a new commodity. I didn’t know the half of it. “So how many of us are there?” I was genuinely curious. How many had come before m...
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Three Truths in Five Minutes
I waited until the door closed behind her before asking, “What’s her problem?” “She’s probably afraid of you. It’s a scarier world than it was a couple of months ago. Knowledge is one thing, proof is another.” ...
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I Didn't Sign Up to Read
I took home three books bigger than any text book I had ever opened and access to a website called gravediggers. The website was a front. Oh it was a real website with a cartoon grave-digger and a directory of funeral services, but if you clicked on on...