Nemesis 5

- It was 12 years ago, the day I met Alex.

I couldn't believe it.

My parents had been killed

as a result of the 60-Year Cyberwar,

and I'd been by myself for a few months.

I had almost given up hope when I found that alley,

and when I found the war goddess.

My whole life changed at that moment.

Alex wasn't very interested in my company at first,

but my persistence finally paid off.

I must have asked her a thousand questions that day.

She maybe answered three of 'em.

She took me to where she lived.

It was a very secluded place in the wastelands,

a place where no one would ever bother her.

As time went on, she would open up to me.

She even started to train me.

Alex told me of the cyborg war

between the Red Army Hammerheads and the LA Police,

how both sides claimed to be protectors of the humans,

but due to all the death and destruction,

the humans no longer cared.

She showed me a journal that she had been writing in.

It documented all that she had been through,

fights, friends, enemies, time lapsing, everything.

Alex told me how at one point in 2084,

the war was about to be over,

how the LA Police had been making significant victories

against the Red Army Hammerheads

and that an end to the wars was in sight,

and that's when the Hammerheads tried a new tactic.

That had launched a massive coordinated attack

on the four major national media centers.

The Hammerheads' non-stop propaganda

made them out to be the saviors of humanity

against what they called the fascist LA police state.

Videos of state atrocities committed by the Hammerheads

were made to look like the LA Police flooded the airwaves.

So willing to believe what they saw on the screen,

the humans had taken the Red Army Hammerheads' side.

The army-held media fed human's act.

They would be totally submissive within a generation.

She thought she had failed humanity,

but could fix that by training and teaching me.

Over time, as I got stronger, Alex would get weaker

as her cybernetic parts would break down,

but her emotional strength would get stronger.

We knew the only way to do this was send me back

to 2077 LA, seven years before the national media takeover.

The Hammerheads had a stronghold on the media there

at that time.

I would go back to find their leaders

and put an end to the propaganda machine.

Alex felt that this was the right thing to do,

because now she can hear the angels singing for her

at the end of her existence.

- I have the subject on the phone.

What do you advise?

Go in.

Go in.

- Move and I'll crush your throat.

Hmm.

Had to make sure you weren't armed.

Can't be too careful these days.

Undercover police are everywhere.

Relax baby.

Goddamn bitch cop.

Goddamn terrorist!

Fuck!

Fuck!

Fuck!

She got away.

Not for long.

Get a drink and mourn the martyrs.

Good evening.

Firstly, all of us here with the Red Army Hammerheads

would like to thank you for your help

in decimating the oppressive power

of the fascist Los Angeles Police.

Without you, the strides we have made

would never have been possible.

Unfortunately, the battle continues

and we still need your help.

The LAPD continues to recruit others against you.

This was the scene earlier where a member

of your Red Army Hammerheads, as well as three

fully human citizens, were viciously killed

by this woman.

If you have any information as to her identity

or whereabouts, please find any

of your Red Army Hammerhead officers,

so they may apprehend this terrorist against you

and give you the recognition and thanks you deserve

for not only helping your Red Army Hammerheads,

but also your family and your country.

Remember, see something, say something.

We can't do this without you.

Goodnight.

John Walker is very good.

Yes.

Excellent.

Calls are coming in already.

Who is she?

- No ID on her yet.

Come on, we gotta go.

What's the rush?

- I got free of the ambush by the building!

You are all over the news!

They have footage!

Oh, that was fun.

Who was it?

- I don't know, some guy in a trenchcoat

and two white-haired twin girls.

Shit, Harley and her twin.

They've each been modified in the right eye.

It's got a camera.

It goes straight to the network.

You got it?

Yes.

- Good, Eve should be able to do something with this.

It's Ari.

Alright, clear!

We're all clear.

- So, you got a bit popular all of a sudden.

So I've heard.

- Harley and the twins were there.

Well, they do like to watch.

Nice.

- How much time do you think we have?

Not much.

Yes.

- They're at a building on 12th and Ed Street.

Time to redeem yourself, no human martyrs this time.

Yes sir.

Let's go.

Do you guys have it?

Here it is.

Thank you.

- Well, knowing that Diane was a close contact to Mel,

her card probably has his location in the wasteland

somewhere on the memory.

Once we got that, we can go meet my contact

for transportation into the wasteland

and be out of your hair forever.

- Good, I can't wait to get you guys out of here.

I mean, I'm all for the cause and everything,

but not for the price of my head or my building.

Alright, here we go.

Last several weeks, preset locations,

there's even a spot here in the wastelands.

- Are you sure it's not an outpost?

Uh, I don't think so.

It's further out than most of he outposts.

I'm game.

- It's a bit of a ride out there.

I can study the rest of the disk on the way there.

Good, let's start packing.

About fucking time.

They're here!

Fucking hell!

How many?

So far I see the twins.

No Harley?

- No, he's probably coming in on the other side.

Oh fuck, oh fuck!

Calm the fuck down!

If you don't calm the fuck down,

I'm gonna shoot your right in the head.

I can't, I'm sorry.

No, don't!