Chapter Forty-One
October 31, 2228, Neo Southern California Metroplex, near Residential Tower 546
Jia leaned back in the passenger seat of the MX 60.
Fireworks lit the night with dazzling kaleidoscopic displays over a nearby platform. Holographic dragons, demons, and even a giant Zitark flew through the sky to enhance the celebration.
All the illumination highlighted the thousands of people thronging the platform, but from a distance, she couldn’t make out any of their costumes.
Thoughts of Florida pushed away relaxation. A couple of missiles into the crowd would be a disaster. CID and police information suggested no credible threats to any celebration, but the Evolved Six incident had taught her not to take safety for granted.
Erik lifted the beignet he’d saved from earlier in the d
