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181 - We Are Free!!
The Architect's voice shifted, almost sounded curious. Like a scientist looking at something interesting under a microscope."You don't really know, do you? Can't know for sure. Three thousand years is a long time. Long enough to change anyone. Even gods. Maybe the Council learned something in that prison. Maybe they're not the same tyrants you remember. Maybe they'd actually help humanity instead of crushing it. You're betting the entire world on assumptions from ancient history.""We're not helping you free the Council," Jake said.His voice came out wrecked. Maya had done a number on his throat. But he pulled himself up from where Sora was holding him. He stood on legs that wanted to give out. He looked the Architect dead in whatever passed for its face."Not happening. Not now. Not ever. Go find some other idiot to help you end the world.""Then I'll just take what I want. Starting with you, boy. You're young. Weak. Bleeding all over my nice destroyed lobby. This should be easy."
180 - Greetings Everyone
It wasn't solid. Wasn't physical in any normal sense. It existed somewhere between code and matter. Between information and reality. Between concept and flesh.The shape looked vaguely like a person if Jake squinted hard enough through the pain. Tall. Impossibly tall. Maybe seven feet or maybe twenty depending on the angle. It wore what might have been a suit or might have been data rendered as fabric. The material rippled like water but held form like steel.Its face was hidden behind something that could have been a mask or could have been its actual face. The features shifted constantly. An eye where a mouth should be. A nose that became an ear. Lips that dissolved into smooth skin. Never quite the same configuration twice. Never quite solid enough to pin down.Just presence. Weight pressing down on everything. Wrongness that made Jake's teeth ache and his Hearts recoil inside his chest like animals sensing a predator.The voice came from everywhere and nowhere at once. Not spoken
179 - The Architect's Arrival
She pushed herself up from the wreckage. Blood was running down her face. Her arm looked broken. Her ribs were definitely cracked. None of it mattered. The artificial Heart was pumping so much corrupted energy into her body that she couldn't feel pain anymore.She attacked.There was no technique this time. No strategy. Just pure animal violence.Her fist connected with Jake's jaw before he could raise his guard. The impact lifted him off his feet. Sent him flying backward. He crashed into a marble pillar hard enough to crack it.Maya was on him before he hit the ground. She grabbed his shirt. Lifted him. Slammed him down onto the floor. The marble cracked under the impact. Jake's ribs cracked under the impact.He tried to activate his Hearts. Tried to defend himself. Tried to fight back.But Maya was beyond reason now. Beyond control. Beyond anything that could be called human.She wasn't fighting to win. She was fighting to destroy. To kill. To make everything hurt as much as Derek'
178 - Laid To Final Rest
Derek stared at him. Purple light pulsing in his eyes. But something human flickered behind it."I want my family back," Derek whispered. The layers in his voice fading slightly. "Want my father out of prison. Want my company restored. Want my life back the way it was. Want to matter again. To be somebody instead of nothing.""I can't give you that," Jake said. Being honest. Being direct. "Nobody can. Your father committed actual crimes. Your company made illegal decisions. That's not on me. That's on your family.""But you helped!" Derek's voice rose. The corruption surging back. "You pushed! You used your connection to Mr. Vale! To Sora! You destroyed us faster than we would've fallen naturally!""Maybe I did," Jake admitted. "Maybe I pushed harder than I needed to. But that doesn't change what your family did. What you did. Actions have consequences. That's how the world works.""Like this?" Derek held up the switch. Shook it. "Like th
177 - Point Is Leverage
The Storm Heart activated on instinct. Blue lightning crackled across his entire body. It arced directly into Maya. Thousands and thousands of volts. Enough electricity to stop a human heart cold.She convulsed hard. Her body jerked and spasmed. But her hands didn't let go of his throat. The artificial Heart was keeping her conscious somehow. Keeping her fighting through what should have killed her.'Not working. The electricity isn't working. She won't let go. I'm going to pass out. Going to die.'Jake raised both hands despite the lack of oxygen. He placed them flat on her chest. Right directly over where the artificial Heart was pulsing.'One shot. All or nothing. Everything I have left.'All four Hearts pulsed together inside him. Dragon and Midnight and Crimson and Storm.White light and enhanced perception and red heat and blue lightning.He channeled all of it into a single point under his palms.'Sorry,
176 - She's Enjoying This!
She exploded forward. No warning. No telegraph. Just movement that closed the distance between them in a heartbeat. Her right fist came at Jake's face like a bullet. He jerked his head to the left. The punch missed by barely an inch. The displacement of air slapped against his cheek hard enough to sting like a wasp. 'Too close. Way too close.' Jake's left hand came up fast. He drove a palm strike toward her solar plexus. She twisted her torso at the last second. His hand connected with her ribs instead. The impact felt like hitting wood instead of flesh. The artificial Heart was making her denser. Tougher. Stronger than any normal human should be. 'She's faster than I expected. The Heart is compensating for her lack of training.' Maya's knee came up fast and vicious, aimed straight at his groin. No honor in this fight. No rules. Jake shifted his hips just in time. He took the knee on his thigh instead. The impact sent pain shooting down his entire leg. He gritted his teeth and
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