October 26, Morning (Cas)*Sigh* Off chasin' the Doc today. I grab the Falcon and roll down to the train station. Oh, thats right..... the crazy old lady last night mentioned something about being watched. Thats why I set the alarm early. Gotta check that out, just incase she ment me too. I cruise round some quiet streets like I'm out for my mornin' constitutional but I'm lookin' for a tail. Nothin' so far. Hmmm. I'll keep trying and head another station closer into the city. Hey! I am being followed. And boy is he good. #@$*#@(*$! Looks like Joe Average. Not a brother thou. He fits in great to the 'Hood. Bastard. I wouldn't even be able to spot the prick if it wasn't, like, totally dead on the streets. Oh my god! Oh well. Time to do that funky Xwing Death Star attack, type skatin'. Must remember to hit TF around the head. Skate down some stairs, round some corners, past the ion cannon and through a station or two. Ill go east and take another line I think. Give the tail the slip and then take a train to the Doc's place up north. Some swish suburb out in the sticks according to the map (from the address in his wallet). I don't think I've been up that far north. Sit on the train and watch the world go by. Its cold. Its early. I watch the 9-5 slaves pile in and out. I have to get me some mobile sound. Im so bored. Im sure I can get DJS to hand over some of my fav dance tracks without getting too much blood on the dance floor. 9:52am - Doc's farm It takes me ages to get out to where Doc lived. Christ, its a #*(@$&ing farm! Its bigger than our whole block. I cant even tell how big it is. Wow. He must be loaded. I check security and it seems tight. Fence. Intercom on the door. Hmmmmm. Better not barge in here. I watch for a while but he has probably gone off to work. @#$&!! I took too long losing the tail and playing trains. Bugger. I get some weird looks in this 'Hood when I kick the Falcon into the fence. Jezzus I'm in Ken and Barbie land bigtime. Skate off down the station. Blonde Ken and Barbies doppin' their brats off at school give me the once over, with the usual slight sneer I notice. Great. Yeah, come on everyone, look at the freak. Back to the train. Back into the city. Time to check out the Doc's work. Why doesnt he live above his shop like normal people??? 10:33pm - Yuppie central Gack! Oh my.... Um. Dead center of ca$h-ville. Lake side view. New buildings. Banks. Yuppies. Cafes. 'Latte. BMW's and Merc's everywhere. My stomach growls. May I'll puke my breakfast. I hope I'm not just allergic to money. Ah, nope. Brakefast and skating all over the city. Batteries low. Cant make the jump to light speed. Find a hotdog stand and dock the Falcon. Get a 'dog with everything. I even avoid bitch slappin' the vendor when he tells me the price. I call the Doc to see if I can see him. I aint going in there without an appointment. Christ. I aint wearing some Versace number costing 6G's so Im like Mz Sore Thumb. They'd probably call the cops if I even walked through the door. "Ah, Hi. I need to see Doc.. tor Renee Saint-Clare". "I see, you want an appointment with Dr. Saint-Clair? Ahhh, he doesn't really do consultations that are not referred from other doctors. Perhaps you could talk to your local Doctor? What sort of condition do you have?" "Errr. Ok. Ill call back." Slam the phone back onto the payphone with a satisfying crack. What a *$#*ed day! What else could go wrong. Jinx. I notice some black lexus rollin' round the Doc's place again. Why did I say that?!? I always jinx myself. Stupid. Thats like circle number 5. They passed atleast 3 parking spots, so they aint looking to park. Hmm. Eventually the circling roller parks. Wait for the Doc. Maybe I can talk to him at lunch. *sigh* I wish I had some music. I try and count the coffee shops but lose count. Oh man, I gotta get me some action. Im getting jumpy. Im so #@$&$ing bored! Someone's gotta pay. Doc and some noname yuppie jr come out for lunch. Walking. Excellent! Skate down to intercept. Bandit, 2'o clock. Gotta get that tie fighter before it can radio back. Hmmm. I remember backing TF into the corner. He lashes out at my head to the left. I bow down, raise the back of the broomstick and smack his hand hard. Leaning forward, I drive the front of the stick into his stomach and drive the breath out of him. He folds over, gasping for breath. Kneeling, I swing the front of the stick up and back from his chest and lash up at his head. Yes! Hit! The face, just above the eye. She shoots. She scores. He bleeds. Oh yeah. Gotta do that again. I manage a satisfying thump out of Cashboy as I run into the lunchin' Doc. Figure I can pass it off as an accident if he cant see people who dont wear real Rolexs and drive flash cars. "You! Why are you following me" Great. Popular again. Nice to see you too again, prick. I think about selling off his Amex cards from his wallet. I tell him he is being followed and he starts ranting again. I plan the rest of my day while he blows hot air. Give him back his wallet, minus expensises. Hmmm thats about $300 clear today. Nice work. Note to self: get his Gatt back. Better warn the others too. Saftey in numbers, as DMS says. He calms down (well all things are relative) and we arrange to meet at MickyD's in a couple of hours and a talk. He sounds like he's keen to scrape something off his boot. Oh yeah, its nice to feel wanted. Renee finishes gas baggin' and rushes off to get his avacardo and sea turkey on rye or some such crap. 'Latte drinkin' wanker. I call the Nark and arrange to meet. Great. Cops. Just what I need. *sigh* Still, if I can get in with the Enemy, then all the better for me. Im probably gunna need it sometime and if I do ever need to smack Renee's head into a brick wall, I'm sure she will cover for me. I mean she met him too. 12:28pm - PigPen Train and skate down to the Pig Pen and meet Mz Nark. Get a ride in a berry back to Renee's cash farm. Oh boy he must be rollin' in it. I think I like this cop. We get to put the flashin' lights on and be generally rude to traffic. My sort of lady. I cant see any tail on the cop, but its way more busy now. She doesnt seem to have noticed a tail and she notes it down and says she'll tell Dish Girl. She dont know Red's number so I get Red's on her own till friday. She mentions ritual stuff. I ask if its like ritual murder and she says its magic stuff. Yeah. Right. And Renee things I'm on drugs. "Sure Lady. Just let me off here." She does. Magic. Cops. Doctor. Yeah. What the #@$#*@($ am I on?!? Skate over to MickyD's and scope the place. #@*($&@#*!!! The tail from this morning is inside. How the #@$@(#$ did he know that I would be there?????!??? Hmmm. Na. Id get arrested if I went in and started snappin' his fingers. Bugger. Gotta interecept Docboy. 1:49pm - Yuppie-ville Here he comes. Target ahead. I use the Force and wack! Photon torpedeos down the hole! Direct hit! Note to self: TF needs another black eye. Renee spills into some other yuppie skum. Satisfaction! "Rant rant rant." starts the Doc. I let him rave and stear him to another Cafe. I'm worried. He's a prat. Great. Renee agrees that he needs watching. Oh man. Isnt that obvious. $50/day sounds right for spending time in this place. Whats a brother like me doin' in honkey-ville? He pays for lunch and for a day. Good. Was hungry. Fed the beast. I ask about an expence account for stuff like a mobile, but the cheap prick just doesnt get it. Still I got his cell number to call him direct so I dont have to deal with his phone Barbie. Man, I'm tryin' to drag our asses out of the fire and the phone Barbie hets, what, 20 G's a year? As DMS says, 10% are everywhere. He walks off and I settle down to watchin' his place. I wish I had some music. *sigh* Oh man, I got that NIN/Heresy song in my head, but dancin' here would probably just get me arrested. "Oh what rude behaviour". *shakes my head* Oh man, squares-ville ussa. About 30 mins later his tail drives off from where he parked. I watch some more to see if he is just circiling, but he seems to have gone. Time to call Mr Nathan. Dumb bastard is in his car. He drove off! He swapped cars from last night and didnt tell me. So much for watching him. I shake my head and debate just dissapearing. Atleast Doc will be first to go if there is a real threat. I can read about it in the paper if it is a danger. I grab a taxi over to where Nathan is going. Lets see if I got this straight. He is being followed. One of his work mates didnt report in today. He sent another to check and she hasnt been heard of. So naturally Mr Clueless is going to check it out himself. Alone. I warm up for a tumble in the cab on the way over.
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