Blood on the Asphalt biker
"The Old Guard doesn't recognize the transition of power. Marcus is gone, Elena is gone, and the Engine is perfected. The asset is to be secured, and the witnesses are to be purged. That includes you, Dax."
The stalemate was a brittle thing, ready to shatter. I looked at the Norton, its silver Engine still idling with that haunting, rhythmic hum. I realized then that my father hadn't just taught me how to fix machines; he had taught me how to talk to them. And this vault was just one big, complicated machine.
I reached for the diagnostic cable still connected to the golden model on the pedestal.
"Mia, don't," my father warned, his thumb clicking the safety off his rifle.
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