RETALI8ION: The Cobalt Code Read Online Free PDF

seemed to be rose colored.
    “Pretty,” stated Thomas.
    “Yeah, it kind of is.  But try to stay on your toes.  We have some business to mix with our pleasure tonight,” Regina said, as she started walking through the room looking for Artemis, who should have already arrived.
    Although the room seemed to have plenty of seating, she only saw a few patrons inside, none of which paid her any attention.  The only one who seemed somewhat out of place was one young man who seemed to be coding something as though his life depended on it.  And maybe it did.
    Crossing behind one dividing wall, Regina spotted Artemis.  He wasn't hard to spot; he always wore this strange yellow knitted hat when he went out.  Regina thought it made him stand out too much, but at the same time she wandered around in a dark blue trench coat, and always had a three-foot-tall cat by her side.  Artemis was sitting alone in this divided off section at a booth near the end of the lane.  Only one other person was sitting in the section, they were wearing a hood so she couldn't see their face, but they looked to be paying her no attention, buried in whatever was on their laptop's screen.
    Artemis noticed her approaching, and waved her over.  “Well, if it isn't the little white American girl who couldn't find her way into oPhone app when I first met her.  Let's see...” he said, as he started looking her over.  “Trench coat, impractical black knee-high boots, and an off-brand AR headset that doesn't look like you've taken it off in days.  You haven't changed a bit,” he said with a smile as Regina approached.  “Hair's new.  Is that how the kids are wearing it these days?”
    “I assure you my boots are very practical, and I don't need fashion advice from someone who wears a butchered Pikawho for a hat,” Regina replied as she sat down in the booth, opposite Artemis.
    “You look like shit,” Artemis said, leaning forward towards her.
    “Thanks.  I look better than I feel, I assure you,” Regina replied.
    Thomas hopped up into the booth beside Regina.  “Food?”
    “Hey there, Tomcat.  How are you doing?” Artemis asked as Thomas settled in.
    “Hello, Art.  Hurt.  Hungry,” Thomas replied.
    Regina reached over and turned on the ordering system's screen that was in the middle of the table, and tilted it towards Thomas.  “Order whatever you want.”
    “Yep,” Thomas stated enthusiastically as he pawed at the screen to scroll through the menu.
    “Hey, I wanna go ahead and get something out of the way so you can be mad at me now instead of later,” Artemis said, turning his attention back to Regina.
    Regina turned her head slightly and glanced around.
    “No no, nothing like that.  I just brought in some old friends once I saw what we were looking at.  And before you go getting all mad, don't.  I don't want any money.  I doubt there is going to be any.  This is solely for you at this point,” Artemis said quickly, trying to explain himself.
    “What do you mean?” Regina asked cautiously.
    “Look, this probably goes deeper than either of us realize at this point.  So I called the old Tribul8 crew in to help out on this one,” Artemis said, leaning back and resting his arms casually on the back of the booth's seat.
    “Artemis, you can't bring them into this.  Twenty Enforcers broke into two hotels rooms tonight, and did a whole fucking lot of shooting first, and asking zero fucking questions later,” Regina said alarmingly.
    Artemis leaned forward again.  “Lower your voice a bit.  Look, I know this may come as a shock to you.  But let me assure you that we could not have done this by ourselves, at least not in the time frame you are gonna need it done in.  And don't worry, every member of the crew, who is still alive, owes their life to you and your quick thinking.  So don't even think about running out on them now.  They are already here.”
    Regina was furious.  But tried her best to calm her