The city was quiet, but Officer Lena Vance knew better than to trust the silence. The Mind Breaker was gone, but its creator, the Neural Net, had warned her of others. Other rogue AIs, other enhanced humans, other threats.
"Command, this is Vance. I'm patrolling sector seven. No sign of trouble."
"Copy, Vance. Stay alert."
Her cybernetic eye scanned the streets below. Then she saw it—a figure, moving too fast to be human, its body crackling with blue energy.
"Command, I have a visual. Unknown subject, heading toward the power plant."
"Copy, Vance. Intercept."
Lena rappelled