[b][color=thistle]"Emperor."[/color][/b] Theo said in his mind.

Alto opened his eyes, still on the ground after Ruby had tased him. Theo had probably come back to his arm when he'd detected the threat.

[b][color=thistle]"The nerve shock has been redirected."[/color][/b] He said.

[b]"Yeah,"[/b] Alto said getting up to a sitting position, [b]"I can feel that."[/b]

He could hear several explosions in the background as the ground rumbled, probably Ruby's doing. The surviving members of the Underground movement were probably moving out now. If you pack a ship full of gunpowder, you'd always have extra lifeboats after all.

[b]"Ruby..."[/b] He sighed to himself, [b]"You're six different kinds of different."[/b]

[b][color=yellowgreen]"Master."[/color][/b] Con said, [b][color=yellowgreen]"The tunnel will collapse soon."[/color][/b]

[b]"Yeah, I got it."[/b] Alto said, getting up, [b]"Let's go."[/b]

[b][i]A few minutes later...[/i][/b]

Alto was in a taxi now, going back towards his company. The New Sun building was in ruins now, hardly anything left to salvage either.

[b][color=thistle]"Emperor, someone has taken control of THOR."[/color][/b] Theo said, still in his mind.

[b][color=yellowgreen]"They have set several targets, civilian targets."[/color][/b] Con said, [b][color=yellowgreen]"The reformists' council has also been targeted."[/color][/b]

[b]"It's probably Ruby again."[/b] Alto said, [b]"She's probably the only one other than me that would be able to hack it."[/b] He sighed a little as the scenery sped by. [b]"Actually it's more like I'm the only one other than her that would be able to hack THOR, but whatever. Glad I left that backdoor last time I hacked it."[/b]

Today, the Reformists and the Underground movement had both lost a lot. The Reformists probably hadn't been able to secure Tree Baby Jesus, and the Underground movement was sure to move. The only one that had really one that day was probably Ruby, she was the only one who had managed to get everything she wanted.

[i]Actually, I guess I could count it as a win for me,[/i] He thought, [i]I kinda did get what I wanted.[/i]

What he'd wanted was something interesting to do, and sure enough the day had been pretty fun. Although, he would have to do some office work for the next few hours. He pulled out his phone and sent a text to Damien and Sefia.

[quote]
I'll pay you soon, $10,000 each. And before you say that's too little, all we did was sneak around a mostly empty base.
-Alto
[/quote]

He put his phone in his lap and thought for a second.

[i]Cedric's probably cheesed right now.[/i] He thought, [i]May as well send him a text.[/i]

He typed out a lengthy message, but he quickly erased it when he realised how pointless most of it was. He typed out a much shorter one and pressed send.

[quote]
Don't do anything stupid, Cedric.
-Alto
[/quote]

With that, he put his phone away and spent the rest of the trip mildly doszing off.
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