#ci-fi

His father walking right past him and his mother at the resleeving facility. Waiting with little legs dangling off of the metal chairs before they are ushered out by attendants as the sun sets. They’d been there since noon.

You took away my friend,

Jimmy desoto is curled up on the floor, ash falling around him and onto his face, sticking to the tacky metallic blood. Takeshi watches as he claws his eyes out, shrieking insane and withering on the ground.

My buddy.

Sarah’s body is torn to shreds. Bullets decorate her flank, leaving an array of wounds and holes. She dies as soon as he hits the ground.

What’s the kindest way to say-

Alice’s body is ripped apart at the Wei clinic. He’d barely known her. He was still at fault for her death. She was the sacrifice.

You took away my friend.

Takeshi is floating on his back, his hands behind his head in a spacious swimming pool that came with the virtual formate Amelia had chosen to their journey to Latimer. Its quiet out, the others not disturbing him as he floats. The water is pure and blue and the sky is clear and the air is warm. Days ago he had just killed Carrera and everyone else at Dangreck. Tony. The doctor.

Cruickshank is dead. So is Hanson and Jiang and Schneider. Sujiadi went crazy.

They’re all gone.

What’s the kindest way to say,

Kristen is not dead, but she is left behind.

Her and Elias will reunite, and eventually, the pair will get married. Years down the road, they have two daughters that smile just like him.

In another life, those were his kids.

El Cielo Está Enladrillado

Un cómic online en cinco actos