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Preview of Chapter 1 - Neon City
Smooth sailing.
Yeah, that's what Juno thought as she sped down the street on her bike, Mona. bright neon lights gone by in a blur as it poured down rain, billboards flashing with ads of products being sold by big companies.
This ad in particular, just so happened to be from the very company she had just managed to steal something extremely valuable from.
“Now it’s gonna be your fault if you get sick after this Juno. I told you it would have been better to wait till the rain stopped.” A male voice spoke, it was coming from the earpiece she had on.
“Relax Dex, I'll be fine!” She replied.
Taking a sharp left down a busy street, lots of vehicles and people walking with umbrellas or raincoats.
Looking at the buildings lining the streets, a few shops and hotels here and there. “On my locating radar I can see you’re a few blocks away from the junkyard.
I know you're not fond of parkour, but this is going to be one time where you have to do it.” Dex finally spoke after some time.
He had been busy looking through the street cameras. His ability allowed him to hack into any system. code was his main language, as he understood it more than he did English.
“Why would i need to do that, I’m almost there, I can just-”
“Up ahead, take the ramp up to the roof, Mona should be able to climb the rest of the way. Just do as I say if you want to continue living this free life of yours!” Dex cut Juno off.
Reluctantly, Juno sighed and took a sharp right. The engine of the bike revved as she went over the sidewalk and into an alleyway.
Then she made a sharp left turn, went straight. Then a sharp left again. A sharp right turn. Then finally, she came up to a dead end, ahead was a ramp leading up to the roof.
Juno stepped on the gas, and Mona began to go faster. Going up the ramp the bike was shot into the air.
Looking down, Juno saw hundreds of drones and robotic guards, as well as some human guards blocking the pathway she had originally planned to take.
“Now I see why you said to take this way, they really stepped up security.” She mumbled, feeling sick to her stomach at the same time. “No, you just stole something valuable to them that took longer to make than YOU did.” Dex retorted.
Juno rolled her eyes as she pressed a button on Mona as the bike began to descend, the back of it began to change shape, parts shifting and moving to form thrusters.
Then the sides began to open up to form wings. The handlebars shifted into what looked somewhat like a game controller, with a variety of buttons and a digital screen displaying how much charge was left on the bike.
Pulling slightly up on the game controller like handles, mona began to stabilize.
Juno looked down at the Charge power and gas power that was left inside Mona. Charge was mainly backup energy, and right now it was at a full 100%. However, there was less than 10 gallons of gas left inside Mona's tank. “I need to get back there fast, if I have to fight off all these drones, I may not get home.” Juno worried.
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