The hunt   von deadside
                                 (short story)
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The sound of the police siren became louder. Steve looked around and asked
himself, how it 
had just came so far. It all started two days ago, as he and his friend Andy
sneaked into 
the headquarter of the AD Police, just to delete some data, what should brought
them lots of
money. They regarded the building and control plans very exactly and imprinted
them 
completely. Actually it seemed to work. They entered the building through the
main entrance
and went in with a false reason. Then they sneaked into the 49. floor to delete
the data. 
All things worked out fine until they tried to delete the data. The alarm bell
started 
ringing and the doors closed while the monitor turned completly red.  
"What¥s so special about this Mason?", asked Andy. 
"I¥ve no idea. I just know, that we better get out here as fast as we can."
Andy opened his jacket and took out a blue bag. Carefully he took out a small
test tube.
"Nitroglycerin - hydrochloride acid - mixture. High explosiv and very
effective." said he,
before he threw the test tube against the small wall on the opposite side of the
door. And so 
they "bombed" themselves through three floor and finally came to an airing
shaft. After 
they crawled aimless through the tubes, they arrived finally on the roof. There
was one of 
the newer helicopters standing which had the rotor in the middle. Luckily, there
was no one
on the roof and so the two sneaked to the helicopter and entered. Somehow they
got the 
helicopter even started and took off. 
They just wanted to drew a deep breath and thought they would make it to escape,
as three of
the one-person helicopters appeared and shot with their machine guns. Steve
tried some 
escape maneuver and Andy made it somehow to shoot back, what killed one of the
police men. 
But then some rockets came from behind and from this moment on, all things got
down.
First, naturally, the stolen helicopter. So fast Andy and Steve had never fall
before. 
Somehow they survived the crash and ran away as fast as they could. 
In the night they slept by a friend whom they trusted. During the day, they
sneaked through
the underground of Mega Tokyo. The next evening they slept at another "friend".

In the morning they woke up, a weapon aimed on their faces. The Cops had found
them. 
Andy defended himself and so he gave Steve a chance to escape. Since then Steve
was fleeing
and ran through the slums of Mega Tokyo. He didn¥t know if Andy was still
living but he 
hoped so because Andy was his best friend. 
The sirens were very close now. There, a backdoor. Perhaps it was his rescue.
His hands 
tried to open it, but the door didn¥t move. Then he tried to open the door with
his 
shoulders but the door was built from massive steel and won¥t move a bit. Panic
slowed down
his thinking processes. The sirens were extremly loud. They would be just two,
three streets 
away. This thought let the panic getting smaller and now he was able to think
better, he 
sneaked to the edge of the building. He crawled up a fire escape on the side of
the building.
On the third floor was a window at the outside which he broke and then climebed
into the 
room. The room was empty and so he sank down on a chair which stood in a kitchen
and thought 
about what to do next.
His right hand grabbed a small video-phone and dialed the number which Mason had
given him.
On the sreen appeared in green letters: "This number is not taken" So Mason had
told them a
lie. They wouldn¥t get the money. He tried to remind what Mason had said in the
whole. Now
he was thinking about it, he reminded that Mason had said something about
Genom.
It took a long, long time until he arrived at the Genomtower without being seen.
The man on
the door wouldn¥t let him trough first but as Steve said that he had news for
Mason, the man
said: "Would you please follow me." Steve followed him and felt a bit frightened
in the near
of such a tall person. 
They used the turbo-lift and drove into the higher floors of the Genomtower.
After the tall
man had brought him through a labyrinth of corridors they walked into a big
office. In front
of Steve sat Mason in a chair. Both looked at each other and Mason moved his
hand a bit. 
Steve heard a loud crack, then all things turned black.

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