The Upgrade Novels & Stories

But his eyes were solid silver, cold and dead. "Who are you?" Bryan rasped. He gripped my hand so hard his knuckles turned white. He was looking at a mirror image of himself, and I could feel the fear coming off him in waves. "I am the upgrade," the man in gold said. His voice was a perfect match for Bryan’s, but there was no emotion in it. "I am Bryan 2.0. The version that doesn't feel fear. The version that doesn't fail. I was built to replace the weak original."