Chapter Fifty-Four
March 11, 2229, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Bar “Remembrance”
Halil hoisted his glass and gestured to the floating holographic cartoon goblin above him. The eyes had been replaced with Xs. EZ 122 MONSTER KILLER PARTY hung above it in bright white letters.
“The preliminary reports are done, the evidence has been collected, and some of the bad guys are already signing confessions,” he shouted. “We delivered this week. 1-2-2!”
The officers gathered in the bar raised their own glasses and shouted. “1-2-2!”
Jia felt warm, which was a good feeling. She was at least fifty percent sure it wasn’t because she was on her third beer. It might have been because Jared Thompson was conspicuously absent, despite taking part in the Kerrigan raid.
She sat at a table near the
