They wouldn't lift a finger to truly help anyone other than themselves. And as a Battlemage I always thought you were similar to every one of those be...ore you, but you and your family has proven me wrong time after time," said Wolfgang as he tried to smile warmly.But as he spoke Aric was still getting angrier and angrier."If he is to be believed he played with my life and my happiness. He destroyed the lives of all those good people under the guise of protecting the world. While I can see he. "Alexa, how much would a robo-cab cost, to get from here to 600Riverside, East Village New York, New York state?"Alexa whirred as she calculated, then replied. "It would cost 2,520credits to travel from here to New York state via robo-cab."Well, shit... that sounded expensive. "Alexa, how many credits do Ihave in my account?" I locked my small hands onto the edge of thecounter and awaited Alexa's reply nervously."You have 125 credits in your account currently, and 75 credits pendingpayment from. "Why have you still got it, mum?"She bent down and picked up a rubbish bin from beside the bed, tearing open the bag, she tipped the powder into the bin."I just wanted to let you see me doing it, Johnny, it was important."A tear appeared in her eyes as she read what I'd scribbled."So are you, mum."I went home a week later, but to be honest, I felt like shit, as well as the broken jaw, I'd got a broken collarbone and a few fractured ribs. Every little movement I made sent needles of pain. The plague that hit the globe was not expected at all. It had started innocuously in some of the third-world countries. Most of the civilized nations didn't consider it a real threat even though the modern era made international travel an accepted risk most governments were willing take for the economic benefits derived.In fact, the initial outbreaks seemed to affect mostly people past their productive lifespan and that had the economists and politicians jumping for joy. By the time it had.